14 DAY TRIAL // Sprint has announced the release of a phone with a strong resemblance with the Samsung i730 (which has probably suffered a face-lift), the IP-830w, a Pocket PC Phone Edition, with support for both CDMA/1x-EV-DO/1xRTT and GSM/GPRS 900/1800 Mhz frequencies. The device has a candy bar design with a sliding QWERTY keyboard and dimensions of 2.2"x4.53"x0.96".
Another feature of the phone is the Worlwide Sprint SIM card, which offers to the businessman on-the-go the connectivity long expected from other Pocket Pc handsets. You can also use the Sprint Mobile Broadband, with speeds of 400-700 kbps and peaks up to 2.0 Mbps when accessing the Sprint Power Vision services and content. The IP-830w can also be used as a wireless modem, with the help of the Sprint Phone as Modem plan. Other features included are: Bluetooth, enhanced attachment viewing, wireless e-mail, voice and memo recorder, built-in speakerphones and TTY compatibility.
It also features a 1.7"x2.27" TFT display, with 262k colors and 240x320 resolution. Sprint seems not to know exactly what operating system the IP-830w has, because they talk about both Windows Mobile 5.2 and Windows Mobile 5.0 with AKU 2.6 on the fact sheet published on their website. These "two" OSs run on a Intel Xscale PXA272 520 MHz processor, with the help of 64MB RAM and 128MB ROM, that provides enough storage space for all you mobile applications. You can add more memory through the provided SD I/O expansion slot, if you might consider this as a necessity.
There are no info about the price of the Samsung IP-830w Pocket PC phone, but the customers can order it online on Sprint`s website.