LG's PM80: the world's first Pocket PC with T-DMB TV

Koreans already have cellphones sporting digital TV, so why not a PDA, right? LG's just announced the PM80, a new Pocket PC featuring a 3.5-inch QVGA display, 64MB RAM and 64MB ROM with SD expansion, 2.5 hours of juice, and a 312 MHz Intel processor driving Microsoft's Windows Mobile 2003 SE (aka the old version). And no, that's not the stylus protruding from the top on the PM80… T-DMB is broadcast at 200 MHz (VHF) in South Korea, so unlike satellite DMB cellphones receiving broadcasts at the higher 2.6 GHz (UHF), terrestrial lovin' devices sport those goofy telescoping antennas which just ain't gonna fly in the west. Expect these to drop in Korea-only for about $383 for the base unit or $576 with optional GPS.

[Joe Smith @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

All four products look hot.

[Orneta @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

To bad its not running Windows Mobile 5.0

[NNTPgrip @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

Would you like to watch game in portrait or landscape while we give "happy ending"?

They would never release this sort of thing in the US - we use 8VSB over UHF for our DTV, the most multipath ridden, weather sensitive crap of a signal.

[Spencer @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

So that's where Sony CLIE design team went.

[Colin @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

mmm Load Windows Mobile 5 and get a better battery in there and I'll take it...

[Timpac @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

A Treo 650 pwns this. You'll get much more battery life, phone and web capabilities, a built-in keyboard, and a wide variety of third party applications.

[TonyB @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

#6 - Why in the world would you compare a Treo PDAPhone without TV reception capability with a PDA (only - no phone) capable of receiving Digital TV? I guess your posting is another one of those "My Treo is better than ANY Windows PDA out there" type???

[Mr. Kim @ Dec 19th 2005 2:06AM]

please learn what DMB is before you post anything about the product.