Thursday, May 13, 2004

Mitac to Release Lighest Pocket PC to Japanese Market

Mitac Mio 336Taiwanese manufacturer Mitac have announced their 4th Pocket PC 2003 device for the Japanese market. The Mio 336 is a basic model but weighs in at just 118g, the lightest Pocket PC on the Japanese market beating their own Mio 339 in to second place at 120g and the iPAQ h1937 at 124g into third. Toshiba's smallest model the e400 comes in at a pocket destroying 137g, 0.5g above Dell's low end model at 136.5g and just a bit less than their high end model at 140g. Honorable mention does have to be given to the h2210 iPAQ which at 144g is the lighest model available with a Compact Flash slot.