http://blogs.computerworld.com/call_...s_a_cell_phone

IMOVIO launched today a smaller alternative to a subnotebook -- much smaller. The new iKIT is about the size of a PDA from ten years ago, but has a QWERTY keyboard and connects to the Internet at 3G speeds via your cell phone or Wi-Fi.

The $175 Linux-based system has a Webcam built in, as well as a range of applications, including Web browsing, e-mail and IM.

It can connect to the Internet using a standard Wi-Fi connection, or it can use your cell phone's mobile broadband connection via Bluetooth.

The company is currently pitching it to mobile network operators and retail stores.

It's being compared to the ill-fated Palm Foleo. But the comparison doesn't work because the Foleo was Palm-phone only, didn't fit in a pocket and cost well over three times the price of the iKIT.

Would YOU carry a second device (in addition to your cell phone) like this?

Mentioning 3G twice isn't necessary. So you can tether with it using BlueTooth. OK, good.

This is basically a minitop, perhaps competitor to NIT. What about the hardware? What kind of CPU? Etc...

hardware isn't very breath-taking...

Processor: Marvell PXA270 312MHz
Memory Internal
- ROM: 128 MB, RAM: 64 MB SDRAM
Display
- 2.8 inch QVGA, TFT, 260,000 colors, landscape

http://imovio.com

Specifications

Processor Marvell PXA270 312MHz
Operating System Linux 2.4.19
User Interface GUI : Proprietary plus Trolltech QT/E 2.3.8

Display Icons / Indicators
- Battery signal strength
- WiFi active/inactive/level
- Bluetooth® active/inactive
- Date & time

Home screen: 8 icons
- Email, launches Email application
- IM launches Instant Messaging application
- Web browser, launches browser application
- Contacts, launches A-Z listing contacts
- Multimedia, open 2nd level icon screen with
- icons for, Video player, Music Player, File manager
- Wireless, open 2nd level icon screen with icons for
- BT, WiFi
- iKIT, open 2nd level icon screen for Display settings,
- Date & Time, Sound settings
- Utilities, Open 2nd level icon screen with icons
- for PC Sync

Keypad
- QWERTY/AZERTY + numeric keys, other
- languages optional
- 2 soft keys, 5 quick access keys, multi directional
- key, power on/off key, volume up/down key
- Backlight: White

Speaker
- 16 mm built-in, monophonic

Memory Internal
- ROM : 128 MB, RAM : 64 MB SDRAM
- User data : 12MB, User media files : 23MB

Memory External
- Micro SD (up to 8GB)

Display
- 2.8 inch QVGA, TFT, 260 000 colors, landscape

Camera
- 0.3 MP fixed focus camera (Option)
- Viewfinder: 15 fps, 16-bit color depth
- Image format: JPEG, fine and standard
- compression, user selectable
- Digital zoom: Up to 3X smooth digital zoom with
- 7 steps
- Effects: Color, black & white, negative, sepia
- Capture time: less than 2 seconds to return to
- viewfinder mode after shuttered


Vibrator
- Built-in for use as an alert

Dimensions
- 95 mm (L) x 65 mm (W) x 15.5 mm (H)

Weight
- 113 g (with battery)

Form factor
- Clamshell

Connectivity
- Bluetooth® 2.0 with EDR, supports wireless
- stereo headset
- (A2DP) & DUN profile
- WIFI® IEEE 802.11 b/g

Connector
- Mini-USB 1.1 used for charging, PC data exchange
- and wired stereo headset.

Browser
- Web browser Opera Mini 4.1

Java
- JTWI / JSR75 compliant

Email Protocols
- POP3 / IMAP / SMTP

Instant Messaging
- Support MSN

Audio Formats
- MIDI, WAV and MP3

Image Formats
- JPG, BMP, GIF and PNG

Video Formats
- 3GP, MP4 and AVI format, Maximum size
- QVGA
- 25 fps video playback for QVGA size video
- clips
- Support full-screen display

Contact List
- Maximum 2 000 records

Calendar
- Maximum 1 000 events

PC Sync
- With Outlook 2000/2003 & Outlook Express v6
- (emails, contacts, calendar)

Personal Features
- Calculator
- Media folder
- Notepad
- World clock
- Alarm clock
- Stop Watch
- Countdown Timer


Battery
- 1050 mAh, Li-ion
- Standby Time; up to 250h
- Power-up Time; up to 3h (25% data download
- per hour)
- Gaming Time; up to 4h (java game)
- Charging time: 2.5-3.5 hr to full charge from flat
- with device power off


Colors
- Velvet Black, Satin White – other colours available
- to order

Box Contents
- iKIT
- Battery
- Mini USB / USB cable
- USB stereo earpiece
- Charger
- User guide and CD

funny how no image save the first one shows the things screen.

why? because its much smaller then the overall device.

look at the one image showing the screen and you will notice a small logo towards the right edge.

then have a playaround here:
http://www.comsciences.com/applications.htm

its really funny how the poking at the buttons in the flash makes the screen grow larger...

if it had filled out the lid, i may have considered it. but as it seems to be a eeepc 701 boiled down to a pocketable size, forget it.

From everything I'm hearing about this device, you're MUCH better off getting a Pandora if that's the form factor you want. And, these days, even an N810 isn't much more expensive.

This thing, though, way underpowered.

So its basically a Sharp Zaurus clamshell...?

if there just was a zaurus model out there with bluetooth and wifi at that price...

or a zaurus with bluetooth, period...