Invair Technologies (Stuttgart, Germany) is set to unveil a new Linux-based PDA that includes GSM/GPRS phone functions as well as GPS positioning at the CeBIT 2003 show in Hannover, Germany this week. The device, called the Filewalker Messenger, is the first Linux-based PDA to feature a new dual-core “OMAP” system-on-chip… processor made by Texas Instruments (TI), and is a follow-on to an earlier Linux PDA product introduced by the company a year ago at CeBIT 2002.

Here is a summary of features and specs of Invair's new Linux-based Filewalker Messenger . . .

Hardware:

• CPU:
  • TI Omap 5910 Dual Core system-on-chip processor
    
  • 150 MHz clock rate
• Memory:
  • 64 MB DRAM
    
  • 32 MB Flash
• Display: 160 x 240 pixel grayscale LCD with Electroluminescent (EL) backlight
  
• Communications:
  • TriBand GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz)
    
  • GPRS
    
  • Bluetooth wireless
• Built-in GPS
  
• Input/output interfaces:
  • IrDA
    
  • USB
    
  • RS-232 serial
• Expansion slot: MMC / SD card
  
• Mechanical:
  • Size: 3.9 x 2.2 x .8 in. (100 x 55 x 21 mm)
    
  • Weight: 5.2 oz (150 gm)
    
  • Battery: Lithium ion rechargable

Software

• Operating system: Linux, based on kernel 2.4.18
  
• MS Outlook synchronization
  
• MS Exchange Server support; PC Client support for Win98/ME/2000/NT/XP
  
• KDE PIM synchronization Linux-Client
  
• Bundled applications: world time, date, alarm, games, PIM suite (notebook, contacts, calendar, todo)
  
• Email support for SMTP und POP3
  
• Supports five European languages: German, English, Italian, Spanish, and French

 
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