pocketables.net have published some preliminary material on a new device prototype from the well known music player company iriver which has all the hallmarks of a true-blue Handheld PC.

The new iriver Wing device clearly features a clamshell form factor, with sleeks modern looks, modern equipment and is stated to feature Windows CE as its release operating system.

The Wing's specifications that have emerged from CES are:

• 4-inch TFT touch screen (800 x 480)
• Windows CE Pro OS
• 4GB, 8GB, 16GB NAND Flash + microSD card slot
• Folding, portable design with full QWERTY keyboard
• Wi-Fi and VoIP
• Web browser, messenger, web mail, text viewer, voice recorder
• multimedia: audio (MP3, WMA, OGG)
• video (MPEG4-SP, WMV9 @ 30fps), photo (JPG, BMP, GIF)
• 2-megapixel camera
• Optional: WiBro, DMB, DVB-H, ISDB-T

Pocketables have provided a small number of photos of the Wing on show at CES, however the device can clearly be seen to not be displaying Windows CE - although it may be using a Remote Desktop Connection from Windows CE across to a Windows XP system.

View: Photo's of the Wing (Pocketables.net)

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