Acer's Ferrari c500 Pocket PC spotted in the wild

The folks over at The Inquirer sneaked up on an Ferrari-branded Acer c500 and snapped this grainy picture before getting kicked out of the booth by the camera-shy Acer peoples. At least we're almost positive it's the c500, The Inq wasn't able to get any specs or a model number, but this shiny bugger looks to be the exact unit we saw hit the FCC a few weeks ago, which features WinMo 5, a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, a 300MHz Samsung 2442 processor, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and a decent complement of storage and RAM. We're guessing we'll know more about this sucker soon enough, Acer was never one to keep a random and possibly ill-conceived Ferrari-based concept under wraps for long.

[ksat @ Jun 4th 2007 2:17PM]

What's up with all the WinMo 5 hardware around?? Where is WinMo 6.0 Pro these days? Why is it taking so long to get 6.0 out to the masses???

[Bart Lee @ Jun 4th 2007 2:26PM]

Just don't let Eddie Griffin use it. He'd crash it in ten seconds.

[brendan Sheehan jnr @ Jun 4th 2007 2:29PM]

I don't get how you spotted one on safari?

[Mike @ Jun 4th 2007 3:56PM]

@Brendan: HA HA HA!

Please stop using that dumb phrase Engadget.

[Daniel @ Jun 4th 2007 2:40PM]

I wouldn't mind grabbing one.

dugg: http://digg.com/gadgets/Acer_Ferrari_Pocket_PC

[Ismael @ Jun 4th 2007 2:57PM]

Its true.. Why dont they start making Pocket PCs with WinMo6... Its been out long enough i mean..

[apeguero @ Jun 4th 2007 3:45PM]

Man. I can't believe it's come to the day when I say: "Pocket PCs or non-cellular capable Windows Mobile devices are useless to me". I know there's plenty of people out there that would still by a Pocket PC device but not me anymore. I refuse to go back to the days when I had to also carry a cell phone while I lugged around a traditional Pocket PC.

[JohnTitor @ Jun 4th 2007 6:57PM]

apeguero, I still haven't upgraded to a PocketPC Phone because there is still nothing that truely topples the power of my Axim X50v. I carry it with a RAZR v3, both are pretty thin, I would hardly call it lugging

[Blake @ Jun 4th 2007 10:16PM]

Why is the "ferrari" pda have such crappy specs? Come on, dedicated PDAs have had VGA screens, video processors, and 600+MHz processors since 2004.

[Marc Joseph @ Jun 4th 2007 11:03PM]

apeguero, yep. I'll echo what John said about carrying two devices because I carry almost the same two - Axim X30 plus Razr V3. The reason is the processing power. Smart phones just don't have the horsepower some of us need for our mobile apps. I use my Axim for doing many things while listening to music on it. Even at 624mhz, I still bog this thing down. So it just depends on your usage. But I must admit, I sure do wish one of those smartphones would perform at the level I need to get 'er done. I'd LOVE to carry only one device in my pockets.