Oracom's W30 PMP, slathered in haptic goodness

It's been a while since an Oracom PMP caught our attention, but our ears perked up with news of its W30 rolling out later this month. Although the specs aren't anything out of the ordinary -- dictionary, DMB TV / FM tuner, and 4GB of memory to store whatever your little heart desires -- we're intrigued to see a haptic touchscreen device selling for the reasonable price of $180. The tiny 240 x 400 3-inch display is our only deterrent -- show us a flexible widescreen version and we'll talk.

[Via Electronista]

[CJ @ Sep 19th 2008 6:13AM]

I love haptics.

It's the only thing that keeps me partly interested in full-sized touch screens.

[Tonicboy @ Sep 19th 2008 6:21AM]

Haptics almost seem wasted on a device which requires only infrequent UI usage (for the most part, you pick some music or playlist and let it run for a while). Why can't wee see haptics on a touchscreen smartphone? iPhone, WinMo, Android, whatever pleases your fancy would be nice.

By the way, I'm not seeing any W30 info on that Read link.

[ntw1103 @ Sep 19th 2008 8:31AM]

I saw the W was was thinking Walkman.... *before reading the article heading*
interesting device, but for me 4gb is too small. I need about 10gb at the momment.

[Jon Acheson @ Sep 19th 2008 12:28PM]

And Palm says the PDA is dead.

Of course, if Palm made this, it would cost twice as much.

[kyle allen @ Sep 20th 2008 3:20AM]

the word slather makes me want to eat a McRib