Qool QDA-700 Smartphone Up Close

Posted By: Ryan on Thursday, February 03, 2005 4:44:26 PM

Nat the webmaster of MrPALM.com, a handheld enthusiast website based in Thailand, recently spent some time with the Qool QDA-700 Palm OS Smartphone. He posted some good pictures and shares his initial impressions.

The full picture gallery is here. Nat wrote in and said, "Size is smaller than XDA Ii mini , Screen is very clear and bright it comes with Qool Launcher which is a bit difficult to use. Materiel is very good body made from hight quality plastic. Speed is as fast as my T3 and faster than XDA II mini.

Deatils of the Qool QDA-700
The Qool QDA-700 is a Palm OS Garnet based Smartphone that includes a 1.3-megapixel camera, a high-resolution, 2.8-inch color QVGA (240x320) display, 32MB or RAM, 802.11 SDIO support, WAV/MP3/MIDI ring tone supportability, MP3 player and MEPG4 video capture and playback capabilities. It uses a tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900mhz) radio. In addition, the device is bundled with productivity applications such as Documents-to-Go and PalmSource Mail, designed to appeal to prosumer and business customers. The Qool QDA-700 is based on the smartphone platform developed by PiTech.

The phone is just becoming available in parts of Europe and the Middle East.

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Like it.

Hal2000 @ 2/3/2005 8:29:52 PM #

Now bring the US version. Competition is good.

Zodiac2/T616
2.128 gigs under the hood.

RE: Like it.

LiveFaith @ 2/4/2005 9:32:08 AM #

Man, that's pretty attractive from a hardware standpoint. My question is "what on earth" does current and future software do with 240x320? The screen density looks about like a large PDA screen with 320x320, since it is smaller. But, how will apps handle it especially since it is unique among POS devices ... barring the HE330?

Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com

RE: Like it.

twizza @ 2/4/2005 12:30:07 PM #

I like it too. It seems to be a good contrast to teh Treo and possibly the only device with the ability to actaulyl compete with the Treo line. It only lacks in the egronimic department in the sense of not having a keyboard, but other than that its nice.

I wonder on the resolution pick though. I know that HVGA would have been a pwoer drain, but wouldnt most programs still have to be rereleased for QVGA (though that is just a half step of HVGA which shouldnt be as hard as going up from QVGA to HVGA).

antoinerjwright.com

RE: Like it.

Masamune @ 2/7/2005 6:51:40 AM #

It could be a really good alternative to the Treo line as not everyone likes the keyboard features of the line (Myself included). Provided we could get some drivers for an SDIO Wifi & (seperate) SDIO Bluetooth card, this could be a strong contender - UK launch needed soon, please.

Blobby

DarthRepublican @ 2/4/2005 12:11:25 AM #

When I first saw the pictures, I thought it looked big. But the photogallery shows that it's slightly smaller than a Treo 600. The sloping curves make it look bigger. This is a bad thing IMHO.

RE: Blobby

temp_user @ 2/4/2005 7:11:14 AM #

Yes the design could be corrected by rounding it a bit, get rid of the cover, and the antenna. It's only version 1, these small companies can easily modify their design; they need feedback!

This is a nice phone!
Good news!

Any idea why their support website is under construction?

asiayeah @ 2/4/2005 4:28:44 AM #

http://www.qoollabs.com/

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hp's new SSS PPC Phone

mikecane @ 2/4/2005 5:21:38 PM #

HP Mobile Messenger

http://tinyurl.com/5xko4

(SSS = Small Square Screen)

RE: hp's new SSS PPC Phone

tompi @ 2/7/2005 6:51:36 AM #

Nice hardware. Too bad it's ruined by the software it runs.

palmOne, blunder = synonyms?

mikecane @ 2/4/2005 7:41:32 PM #

http://tinyurl.com/6zy4o

PalmOne blunders on Treo 650 pricing

Handheld maker PalmOne upped the price of unlocked Treo 650 phones--to the dismay of customers--citing an error in pricing as the reason for the increase.