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PocketPC Phone Edition is the first device designed specifically to run the mobile phone-enabled edition of Microsoft’s PocketPC 2002. Is this much anticipated PDA/phone, built for VoiceStream by the same company that builds iPaqs for Compaq, the best foot forward for Microsoft’s new OS? Probably not. Having spent several days with the device, I’m ready to tell you why.

In the Microsoft world, the only thing that compares to this device is Audiovox’s Thera. However, the convergence in that device–which runs the regular edition of PocketPC 2002–was managed by Audiovox and not by Microsoft. The device I have in my hands now has the convergence baked into the operating system….

Full story @ ZDnet

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