Sprint PPC-6800 May Launch This Month

There can be no doubt that Sprint plans to introduce a successor for its venerable PPC-6700. The real question is when this is going to happen.

Rumors and unconfirmed reports have placed the launch of the PPC-6800 as late as October, but the latest information says this Windows Mobile 6 smartphone will be released on June 18.

This model will have a base price of $550, but signing a two-year contract will drop that down to $400, according to a document that was leaked to Engadget.

An Overview of the Sprint PPC-6800

The 6800 -- a version of the HTC Mogul -- will supposedly have some noticeable improvements over its predecessor; although what's probably the most noticeable of these is something this device will lack: a large external antenna.

Despite this, it will offer faster wireless data transfers... at least in theory. It will have both Wi-Wi b and Wi-Fi g, and its EV-DO service will be upgradeable to Revision A this fall. In addition, it will include Bluetooth 2.0.

This Pocket PC phone will also have its internal memory bumped up to 256 MB and its camera resolution increased to 2.0 megapixels.

The 6800 will launch running Windows Mobile 6 Professional, the latest version of this operating system.

In a slightly unusual move, it will use a 400 MHz processor from Qualcomm, a chip that slightly slower than the one on the 6700.

It will have a microSD card slot, not a miniSD one like its predecessor. Sprint will include a 512 MB card with this device. The amount of RAM will not change: 64 MB.

Although the Sprint PPC-6800 will be available later this month, it won't hit this carrier's retail stores until June 16.

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