Source: DigiTimes

Athena will have the following features: a Marvel 624MHz processor; Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PC operating system; a 5-inch VGA screen; a separate QWERTY keyboard which can combine with the screen to become a mini notebook PC; a built-in 3-megapixel phone camera with an 8GB hard disk drive; support for Wi-Fi, 3G, HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access), Bluetooth and GPS (global positioning system), the sources pointed out. As Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and 7-inch screens are mainstream specifications for UMPC models, Athena is different in these two respects, the sources noted.

If those specs are right, this really is a very interesting UMPC-like device. I would think of this as an ‘in addition to’ rather than ‘instead of’ device – because it’s going to be too big to really take the place of your smartphone type device, and obviously not a full substitute for a laptop for most people.

But … if you have the money and the inclination (and a clever way to carry it) this could be an awesome beast.

And apparently this will be out sometime in the first half of 2007.

Check out the DigiTimes piece for more details – HERE

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