“…ROAD has been promising this Handy-PC Linux dreamphone of theirs for a while now… it still hasn’t materialized, but their new concept version of the phone looks a tad snazzier and a bit more for-reals… it’s still a QWERTZ clamshell with Bluetooth, WiFi, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and a 640 x 240 display. When closed the unit acts like a slightly chunky candybar — ala Nokia 9300 — with a 102 x 65 monochrome display… The device is powered by a 400MHz Xscale CPU, and comes in two flavors: the S101 and S101K, the latter of which adds a 2 megapixel camera and encryption…”

No word yet on when this might be available or for how much, but I wonder how many folks would like this better as a Windows Mobile device with this higher resolution, but larger size? I know I might be intrigued. If you’re interested in pre-ordering or just following the latest press releases, you may want to bookmark their website (though it is in German). Anyway, let us know what your impressions are of this!

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