Qool Palm OS Smartphone Available for the First Time

Last fall, Qool Labs announced its first Palm Powered smartphone, the Qool QDA-700. This device has just hit the market for the first time.

According to Nexave, the QDA-700 has been released in Germany, where it sells for 469 Euros without a service contract.

Qool Labs originally hoped to launch this smartphone in multiple markets in Asia and Europe in November, but ran into delays.

An Overview of the Qool QDA-700

The QDA-700 runs Palm OS Garnet on a 200 MHz Motorola processor. It has 32 MB of RAM, and an SD slot for additional storage.

It is a tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) smartphone targeting the Asian and European consumer market.

This device comes with plenty of multimedia features, including a 1.3-megapixel camera, a 2.8-inch color display, support for WAV/MP3/MIDI ringtones, MP3 player, and MPEG4 video capture and playback capabilities.

In addition, the QDA-700 is bundled with productivity applications such as DocumentsToGo and PalmSource Mail, designed to appeal to "prosumer" and business customers.

It comes in two colors: blue and silver.

The QDA-700 is based on the smartphone platform developed by Portable Innovation Technologies (PiTech).

Thanks to Tam Hanna for the tip.