14 DAY TRIAL // Along with the XDA Graphite, another mobile phone was presented on O2 Asia's website as well. Mobile operator O2 Asia will soon release the XDA Zinc and is already offering information regarding the handheld on their website. The pocket PC phone is equipped with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, which, as in the case of most devices of this type, will make messaging as well as document editing easier and more convenient.
The handheld runs on Windows Mobile 5.0 - so expect all the usual software to be included - and sports a faster processor, Intel XScale PXA 270 at 520MHz. If video calling and faster web browsing is important for you, than the XDA Zinc will provide that as well, being 3G-enabled.
Add a 2.8 inch 65k color screen with a 320 x 240 resolution, 2 megapixel camera and VGA camera for video call, 64 RAM, 128 flash ROM and MiniSD card slot for memory expansion and you'll get a pretty great handheld, that can pretty much do it all; maybe not as well as the HTC Hermes, but certainly enough to be appreciated for its features.
For connectivity, the tri-band 900/1800/1900 MHz XDA Zinc features WiFI, Bluetooth, IrDa and miniUSB and comes with GPRS and 3G support, but not EDGE. It measures 109x58x22.6 mm and weighs 175 grams and will work for up to 220 hours on standby mode or 5 hours of talk time.
The XDA Zinc will most likely only be available in Asia, as it doesn't feature U.S. 850 GSM band or WCDMA band, and might also head on to Europe. No information regarding the price of the XDA Zinc is available.