Pharos: The Marriage Between Windows Mobile & BlackBerry

Chuong Nguyen | November 18, 2008 2:05 PM

With rumors swirling around Microsoft lurking to buy BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, some are postulating what the marriage would look like for both BlackBerry and Windows Mobile handsets. It looks like Pharos may put some imagination to play, bringing two handsets to market, one of which looks like a BlackBerry Bold meets Windows Mobile. Both handsets eature a VGA touchscreen and retail for $530 unlocked according to Gizmodo.

The Traveller 127 is a BlackBerry style device (even the keys on the keyboard look BlackBerry) with a trackball for navigating the device in the middle flanked by a Home and OK keys as well as Send and End keys. The device has HSDPA, GPS, and comes with Pharos’ Smart Navigator solution. The Pharos Traveller 127 looks like it has the BlackBerry body and the brains of Windows Mobile technology.

The Traveller 117 is an HTC Touch Diamond competitor, featuring a 2.8″ slab display.

Specs for both devices:

Operating System: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional

Processor: Qualcomm MSM7201-90, 400MHz

Memory: 256MB Flash ROM, 128MB SDRAM

Phone: unlocked GSM quad band 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, EDGE / GPRS

3.5G tri band 850/1900/2100 MHz, UMTS 384Kb/s, HSDPA 7.2Mb/s, HSUPA 2Mb/s

Talk time: up to 4 hours talk time and 200 hours standby time

GPS: NMEA0183/AGPS compatible

Wireless: Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth™ v2.0+EDR

Camera: 2.0 megapixel camera for picture or video; 0.3 megapixel front camera for video conferences

Battery: 1410 mAh Li-Ion, rechargeable/replaceable

Weight: 4.8 ounces

Traveler 117

Size: 4.44″ (L) x 2.28″ (W) x 0.60″ (T)

Display: 2.8″ Resistive TFT LCD, 480 x 640 VGA with 18-bit 262K color capability

Traveler 127

Size: 4.57″ (L) x 2.44″ (W) x 0.60″ (T)

Display: 2.5″ TFT LCD with touch panel, 320 x 240 QVGA with 16-bit 65K colors

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