PiTech Develops 3 MegaPixel Palm OS Smartphone

From PalmInfocenter:

Portable Innovation Technology (PiTech) today announced a new Palm Powered smartphone. The PiTech i10 is the world's first Palm OS smartphone to include a three megapixel camera with auto focus and anti hand shaking features.

The Pitech I-10 is based on the smartphone platform developed by PiTech and built on the Palm OS Garnet operating system. It has a Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900mhz) radio with EDGE high speed data and is targeted at the consumer market.

The Pitech I-10 comes with rich multimedia features including a 3-megapixel camera with auto focus & anti hand shaking features, a high-resolution, 2.2-inch color display, WAV/MP3/MIDI ring tone supportability, MP3 player and MEPG4 video capture and playback capabilities. In addition, the device is bundled with productivity applications such as Documents-to-Go and PalmSource Mail.

"We are very excited about the launch of the Pitech I-10 based on Palm OS," said Patrick Lin, executive director of Pitech. "We are thrilled to be working with PalmSource in launching the first Palm Powered smartphone with 3-megapixel camera. The Pitech I-10 is the ultimate Palm Powered smartphone thanks to its comprehensive camera features and robust multimedia capabilities."

The smartphone will be launched across multiple markets in Asia and Europe in Q2 2006.