S-XGen hands-on
By Cyrus Farivar 
posted Jan 7th 2007 4:53AM
posted Jan 7th 2007 4:53AM
Finally, we got to play with the S-XGen, that cellphone handheld that apparently will do pretty much everything but cook us dinner. Translated into specific spec-language, this one runs Windows Mobile 5.0 with a 520MHz Xscale processor, a 20GB drive, 128MB of SDRAM and shows itself off with a 4.25-inch screen at 470 x 270 pixels. Beyond that, you've got nearly every kind of connectivity known to humankind, with WiFi, tri-band GSM, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB OTG and that good ol' Infrared (we're not totally sure whether you can sync it with your Newton). Unfortunately, we didn't have time to do a full dance with this device, but we gave it a quick spin and it's light, plasticy, and definitely unique. Now you can give it a test drive in our gallery.
every connectivity known to man should include quad band GSM?
How am I going to play World of Warcraft on Windows CE?
Good grief, that thing is a brick!
Decent specs, but only tri-band GSM? Who sticks with only tri-band these days? That's out of touch. And with its dimensions, it should have GPS.
Lacks good styling to me, as well. Not anything I'd buy.
Each to his own.
Gee, take a look at the screen. Thats Windows Mobile 5.0, not some generic Windows CE (Which is what Windows Mobile runs on top of). Whoever reported on this needs a little education on mobile devices.
Too bulky to my taste...
470x270? Is that a standard/supported WM5 resolution? It sounds like a rather odd set of numbers.
It looks like the little computers from SeaQuest what with the fold out keyboard and screen on one side.
Yoiks! Come in Cyberdyne Systems!
This looks awsome... can't wait to see it in stores to play with it in person.