The GSPDA Xplore M70 Launched in Hong Kong

The Groupe Sense PDA has launched in Hong Kong the Xplore M70 smartphone, 18 months after the launch of its predecessor, the M68. I have mentioned here the M68 because the two handsets seem to have a very close relationship, both phones practically sharing the same technical specifications. There is a plus for the M70 though: it offers a very nice and good looking design to all future users.

The tri-band GSM handheld, working on 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz networks, is running an almost defunct Palm OS Garnet v5.4 operating system, a 64k colors 176x220 pixels touchscreen, a WAP browser that can be upgraded by installing a HTML browser that comes with the included software CD, a 1.3 megapixel digital camera, a multimedia player offering MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-4 and 3GP playback, a SD/MMC memory card expansion slot, Java games support, Bluetooth, Infrared and USB connectivity, and last, but not the least, an optional push e-mail service.

Even if the device's operating system is on the edge of being declared an endangered OS species, you will be happy to know that this would still be a very good choice because of the continuous development of new Palm applications and the outstanding number of apps already developed.

Until now, the M70 is only available in Hong Kong and a release date of it in other parts of the world has not been made public yet.