Palm Qool QDA 700 Smartphone

Here's the newest gadget to checkout, Qool QDA-700 Smartphone by Palm. The Qool QDA-700 is a Palm OS feature phone. Unlike the smartphone Treo, which is primarily a data communicator and phone, the QDA-700 does not espouse to be anything more than a phone that uses the Palm OS to do some neat functions here and there. If you will, the feature side of things is the fact that it has a nice camera (with photo managing capabilities), MP3 player, and games that are a little better than those of many mobile phones.

Hardware and Software Specifications

• Dimensions (in mm and grams): 57.7(w) x 103.5(h) x 24(d); 139g
• Palm OS 5.4.1
• Motorola Dragonball I.MXL @ 200MHz (however Speedy reports @ 235MHz)
• 32MB RAM (applications area, 10.8MB available)
• 32MB ROM (internal memory card, 16.9MB available)
• 1.3 Megapixel camera with zoom (5MPx interpolated)
• 320x240pixel, 16bit, 2.8in TFT touchscreen
• GSM (900/1800/1900)/GPRS (Class 10)
• Speakerphone
• SD memory slot
• Infrared wireless
• English and Chinese (via CHOS and PenPower handwriting suite)
• MP3 player
• Voice Recorder
• MPEG 4 player
• SMS/MMS, email, and web browser
• Image editor, eReader ebook reader
• Documents to Go 6 - Standard Edition
• Backup Utility

Pros:

• Nice compact design
• Solid base for future products

Cons:

• Old software bundle that's not very good
• Lack of availability
• No Bluetooth or WiFi

Reviewed by AWright for Brighthand.com