Airis' GPS-enabled T610 and T620 PDAs won't break the bank

We're not sure who's still snatching up these old-fashioned "personal digital assistants" (or PDAs -- for you kids out there, they're like smartphones without the phone; weird, right?), but apparently some people are still interested in do-it-all devices that don't really do it all, so Spanish manufacturer Airis has broken off two new GPS-equipped models on the cheap. As far as cellular-free handhelds go, the Windows Mobile 5-powered T610 and T620 are pretty feature-packed, each sporting a 400MHz Samsung CPU, 3.5-inch QVGA display, 64MB RAM / 128MB ROM, Bluetooth 2.0, SiRFStar III satellite receiver, and a regular SD slot to hold your maps and various multimedia swag. On top of all that, the T620 also throws down an 802.11b/g radio, making it even more attractive than some of the pricier Garmin iQue models that we've seen. Best of all, either unit can be picked up for a song, with the T610 priced at €220 ($278) and its big brother going for a very reasonable €289 ($365). Still, without the ability to pull in live traffic updates like a PocketPC phone loaded up with TomTom, we'd probably take a pass here (man, are we spoiled).

[Via Digital-Lifestyles]

[Matt Errend @ Oct 10th 2006 6:26PM]

I still use my Toshiba e755 almost daily. It makes an excelent remote for Winamp.

[Chris @ Oct 10th 2006 6:34PM]

Do you use the e755 with VPN to control winamp?

[brunoflipper @ Oct 10th 2006 5:44PM]

if it is not a phone than they should not use a crappy photoshop of a wm5 phone... note the "G" and the signal bars in the bar at the top....

[twoback @ Oct 10th 2006 5:58PM]

Thats, weird, it doesnt have a phone? Then why does the screen shot show a screen antenna indicator and the GPRS icon?

[Chris @ Oct 10th 2006 6:04PM]

Because it's either a mock up, or they are just lying to everyone. I didn't even notice that, to be honest. I'm not sure how everyone but me can pick out these very small things.

Anyways, I have a Palm T|X, and I realized too late that the PDA is a dying breed. I barely use it, aside from an on-the-go email (only if I'm in a wifi zone, or someone lends me their BT phone with data plan). I still find it much easier to set up my calendar on an actual calendar. Curious, though, is the SiRFStar III satellite receiver what allows for GPS use? When will we finally get PDAs with radios for recieving television broadcasts?

[Matt Errend @ Oct 10th 2006 6:46PM]

No, I use a program called RemoteAmp. It is a client for pocket PC and a server that you install on your computer. Works really well. I took an old PIII machine I had laying around, installed WinAmp and filled my media library with FLAC files off of the network, and installed the RemoteAmp server. Worked out really well. The computer fits in nicely with the rest of my stereo gear after I did some modding, and added a slightly higher quality sound card. My $100 version of a Sonus.

http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=1&jid=CF877BE83848DBB99E61FXFDEX2XDXFB&platformId=2&N=96806%2095837&productId=41480&R=41480

[irus @ Oct 10th 2006 11:42PM]

ya it's either photoshop, which means they need to fire who ever did that or it's another version that they are not announcing yet

[sandeep @ Oct 11th 2006 3:02PM]

swahti
http://atrieecs.seo.iitm.ac.in/shaastra-autophytes/

[Mike @ Oct 16th 2006 8:07PM]

nice