Samsung's SPH-9200 gets specs, leaked manual

You may remember our old friend -- the Samsung SPH-9200 UMPC -- from way back in the hot and humid days of August, when we first laid eyes on the contraption (a re-up of the SPH-9000). Well, the little flip-out, fold-up has gone and gotten its manual leaked out to the internet, and we understand that at least two ultra-nerds have read it cover to cover. Of course, there's an upside -- we've got confirmed specs. What does it look like under the hood you ask? Well, the whole package runs atop a VIA C7-M CPU, sports 512MB of RAM, a 5-inch, 800 x 480 touchscreen, a 30GB hard drive, a 1.3-megapixel camera, WiFi, WiBro, HSDPA, and between two and five hours of battery life. No word on price or release date, but you can watch the most boring video possible of the device in action after the break.

[Via SlashGear]

[GoreTEX @ Oct 10th 2007 10:10AM]

Congrats Engadget, you didnt turn this into an Apple post. Good job!

[paolo90 @ Oct 10th 2007 11:05AM]

Yeah, how could the iPhone not be mentioned in an Engadget post on a mobile device? Haha

[Kim @ Oct 10th 2007 10:10AM]

Correct. That's amazingly boring.

[DickHardknocks @ Oct 10th 2007 10:21AM]

I like it. I'd consider getting one if it was around $1000.

[Major Malfunction @ Oct 10th 2007 10:38AM]

woo hoo! smaller everything, and I'll betcha the price has increased.

[Erwos @ Oct 10th 2007 10:41AM]

No Bluetooth, and short on RAM. If they released a version with WiMax and Bluetooth, plus the ability to go up to 2gb of RAM, that would be killer.

[Kozzi @ Oct 10th 2007 12:55PM]

well atleast it...slides

[Shibathedog @ Oct 10th 2007 1:03PM]

Bluetooth and Wimax?

I swear, people just insist on things in their devices nowadays just to say they have them. I don't know anyone who actually uses the bluetooth in their mobile devices, people are always asking me how to turn it off because its running their batteries dead, and even if you did, what the hell would you use it for? Especially on this device, do you really need to sync your contacts or use a headset? Its like insisting on having an interface like USB, but about half as useful, like parallel. (yes i realize the value of parallel I'm just pointing out it isn't used in mainstream products like it used to be) and how often do you really need to sync contacts? When was the last time you ever even lost your contacts? If your transferring files, great, bluetooth is pretty fantastic for wireless file transfers I must admit, but I doubt theres anything terribly large going between mobiles on a regular basis.

and WiMax? Wimax isn't even going to be available at a level thats worth throwing money into for years, and by years I mean you wont even own this particular device anymore at that point. I'm sure someones going to post some article about how close we are (I've read them, I'm a network enthusiast) and how wrong I am, but I can tell you with 100% confidence that its not happening next year, or even the next, or even the next after that. Its going to be stuck in major cities (when they finally get it) for awhile, especially since thats a great way to do a little testing before its fully deployed.

[Shibathedog @ Oct 10th 2007 1:05PM]

Not that I find this device too terribly useful (although its pretty nifty) I'm just saying thats a stupid reason to cause you to decide you definitely don't want to have anything to do with it.

[wolf @ Oct 10th 2007 2:48PM]

I use bluetooth all the time on my mobile. sorry you feel it's a stupid reason to not buy the device, but it'd prevent me from getting it.

[Tor Slettnes @ Oct 10th 2007 4:47PM]

I, for one, regularly use bluetooth for all manners of things: Handsfree/headset, laptop tethering, file transfers, navigation (MGMaps w/bluetooth GPS receiver). Bluetooth with these profiles is _neccessary_ for a higher-end cellular device, whether it is an actual phone or not. (I don't consider the iPhone a higher-end device, at least technically).

I agree with you on WiMax. Before it is even deployed (by Sprint), it already faces competition in the form of LTE (Long Term Evolution, a followup on W-CDMA/UMTS/HSDPA, and a GSMA standard, likely to eventually be deployed by AT&T on their existing frequencies - and also announced by Verizon). Moreover, the WiMax standard is not even well-defined enough to ensure device compatability yet.

[MDB @ Oct 10th 2007 1:12PM]

How did a black man get his hands on the prototype?!?!?!?!

[MDB @ Oct 10th 2007 1:13PM]

It's thin and white... what did the expect?

[Jeff P. @ Oct 10th 2007 2:26PM]

Nice. I think you really meant to post a comment on another site, such as:

http://www.missouritrailertrash.com/index.html

[Jonathan @ Oct 10th 2007 2:40PM]

You'd think that they would make a better attempt at reducing the huge gap in between the center keys when the thing is unfolded...

[Skon @ Oct 13th 2007 8:06AM]

Why would the gap matter? There's no reaseon to even have them connected to each other even. The keys for your right hand are on the right and for the left hand on the left.