I wouldn't be surprised if the rumored specs are true. All of these features (except maybe surround sound, whatever thats supposed to mean) have been available in different Pocket PCs already. It was just a matter of time until someone decided to combine them all. Of course, this thing will cost more than the average laptop, but cool none the less.

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If it has full SMB (Windows file sharing) capabilities, I assume that means it has an SMB server (Samba, for example), by which two 604s could share files with each other.

A 2.5" Color LCD and TV out for $40? What really matters here is what kind of hardware is in this and whether or not it is hackable.

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I just got back from a week of backpacking on the Appalachian Trail in Maine followed by a week of hanging around in a cabin, and frankly, I look like a caveman now. I have nothing against cavemen, or their choice of hairstyles; it just isn't the look for me.

Those may be the ugliest headphones I've ever seen. I have a pair of SR60s and love the retro look (and the amazing sound quality for the price). Anyway, I don't see this getting very far with the iPod crowd, who generally value style over sound quality.

@OP: It's too big for a smartphone, plus any Smartphone or Pocket PC OEM is going to design their own PCB to save a few bucks.

@Sean: Not exactly. I have a Pocket PC with a 624mhz Xscale. The performance is nowhere near a 300mhz x86 cpu, let alone a 600mhz. As for getting 10, your average computing tasks scale horribly to parallel processors. 10 500mhz CPUs do not equal 1 5ghz CPU.

@Blademonkey: I don't know the exact unit you're talking about, but I assume it was a nanoITX board running a VIA CPU and NB. NanoITX is pretty nifty, and at 12cmX12cm with a ~1.2ghz x86 cpu, it has a decent performace/size ratio.

@Ethan: Well... there aren't all that many choices for OSs with GUIs for XScale. Your choices are basically PalmOS, WinCE, or a tiny linux distro like Familiar with Qtopia or GPE as a GUI.

The Samsung GUI is really slick looking: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=929548

Hopefully it'll be like some of the Motorola Verizon cells, and it will be flashable to the manufacturer's GUI.

WiFiSpy, lower heat (and therefore noise), power consumption, and cost are all benefits of using hardware specifically designed for the task. The cost advantage doesnt exist just yet, but it will soon enough.

Well, at least its not a PC in a sleek case like the Toshiba HD-A1 was. Progess is nice.