PPC-6601 launches on Sprint PCS

[Barry]

Sprint PCS today launched the Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device PPC-6601 at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment 2004 trade show in San Francisco. The new device will be available next month exclusively through Sprint business channels. Features of the PPC-6601 include:

• Intel XScale 400 MHz processor and 128 MB of on-device memory
• slide-to-hide QWERTY keyboard and touch screen
• Windows Mobile OS
• GoodLink wireless messaging system
• Multi-tasking support

The PC-6600 will ship later this year to consumers and is exactly like the PPC-6601 with the addition of a digital camera.

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Sprint released the Sprint PCS VisionSM Smart Device PPC-6601, the much-anticipated, full-color Sprint PCS Phone featuring Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 software and embedded Bluetooth Wireless Technology. Marketed by Audiovox, the PPC-6601 will be available early next month exclusively through Later this year, Sprint plans to offer another version of the device, the Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device PPC-6600, which will include an embedded VGA-quality camera with flash and video capability.

Powered by the Intel XScale 400 MHz processor, the PPC-6601 offers 128 MB of memory and has the most capacity of any other Sprint wireless device, allowing users to view, create and edit documents; send and receive email or text messages; browse the Web; and listen to news, music and other audio clips faster and easier than ever before. Slimmer and more compact than other Sprint Windows Mobile-enabled Pocket PC devices of the past, the PPC-6601 offers both Portrait and Landscape viewing modes and multiple data-input methods, including a slide-to-hide Qwerty keyboard for easy management of documents and email. The removable lithium ion battery provides up to 3.6 hours of continuous digital talk time or up to six days of continuous digital standby time.

Operating on the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network, the PPC-6601 replicates the familiar look and feel of a Windows-based PC with a full suite of standard Windows Mobile-based applications, including Microsoft Pocket Excel, Outlook, Word, Windows Media Player, Microsoft ActiveSync and MSN Messenger. With embedded Bluetooth Wireless Technology, the PPC-6601 automatically synchronizes with other Bluetooth-enabled devices and has a built-in SD I/O slot, which accepts SD (Secure Digital), MMC (MultiMedia Card) and SMMC (Secure MultiMedia Card) memory cards for viewing pictures and sharing large data files between other devices with SD I/O.

Business and personal wireless email for the new device is provided by Sprint PCS Business Connection. Interfacing seamlessly with Microsoft? Exchange and Lotus Domino data, Sprint PCS Business Connection extends wireless access to the messaging and calendar applications today?s wireless workforce demands ? securely and conveniently. The PPC-6601 also supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for over-the-air synchronization of email and calendar information with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003.

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