MobileMag review of one handheld that maddeningly still isn’t out here, the Nexio S160 from Samsung. The S160 is somewhat bigger than a regular PDA, and has a 5-inch transflective screen (that can switch from portrait to landscape mode), a 400MHz processor, built-in 802.11b, 128MB of RAM, 64MB of flash ROM, and runs Windows CE.NET (rather than the Pocket PC operating system). Even has an optional keyboard cover attachment. Mobile Mag gives it high marks:
This is my first run on this O/S and I’m happy to report that there was about a ZERO learning curve. It feels and runs much like XP to me. All the options are exactly where I figured. It comes with all the standard PPC Office apps (Pocket word, Spreadsheet, PDF Viewer, Presentation Viewer), Contacts, Calculator, Voice Recorder, Calendar, Image Viewer, Date Book and the like along with some games (casino and cards), Email and Explorer, Windows Media Player, (JVM)Macromedia Flash Player and a separate MP3 Player. Where it really excels though is in the integrated Wi-Fi. The unit does have a CF slot for expansion but you won’t need to waste it on a wi-fi card. The unit’s internal antenna locked onto my home network and had me surfing right out of the box. I was able to listen to a streaming radio broadcast over wi-fi on my back deck without skipping a beat for 1 hour and 11 minutes on a single charge. I later took it for a walk around town and had no trouble logging into several different types of networks. I surfed, checked my mail and even ran the included version of MSN Messenger with little hassle.
