Its the old dongle problem again. Nice industrial design, good specs (WinCE might not be to everyone’s tastes though) good looking UI and good screen size/resolution, but there’s no built in comm’s radio. No Wifi or Bluetooth means no Internet mobility unless you want to plug in an SDIO card which AFAIK isn’t exactly a quick and easy option.
Specifications:
- 4.8" 800×480 screen
- VIdeo in (PVR function) and video out
- 55-key metal keypad
- SDIO slot
- USB
- WinCE 5.0 pro
- 30/60 GB HDD options
- Video codec support: MPEG, DivX, WMV 7/8/9, H.264
CrunchGear got some hands-on at CES and report a MSRP of $599
It’s a slick looking little machine that caught my eye quicker than a booth babe holding a box of Dunkin’ Donuts. – Crunchgear
As a mobile PVR it looks nice but it has to have at least some Wifi support before I start to get interested. Not a mobile Internet device.
Via Crunchgear.
Kaon Mobile website (click the ‘inquiry’ tab for access to a spec. PDF.)
feel free to color me confused as the second page of that pdf talks about wireless internet…
still, it says usb 2.0 host in the specs so dongle indeed…
ah, never mind. found all that under options. wtf i say…
did someone figure out late in the design that they could not fit a reasonable wifi or something?