What’s this — q mobile manager or a phone? Actually, it’s both. The A6188 uses a specially developed version of Starfish Sidekick to handle desktop dates, contacts, memos and so on. Then (and this is the clever part) it ports the data across to the Accompli through an infra-red or cable connector. It can then be used to dial numbers, access the Internet through the built-in WAP phone capability, and send and receive emails.
Like the Palms, the Accompli uses a Dragonball chip working with 2M of memory, powered by a chunky lithium ion battery with about three days of life, depending on the number of voice calls and WAP sessions.
The unit is smaller than most, and uses a flip cover which doubles as a phone earpiece. The touchscreen is about 75% the size of the Palm m 100. making it pretty tiny. Controls include an on/off button, up and down scroll/soft menu buttons under the screen, plus a home key. A thumb scroll wheel sits on the left side, which can be pressed to select entries or actions.
The top panel houses an IrDA window and an earphone socket. A stylus is also supplied. Connection to the desktop PC can be made through serial cable, a charger/data port on the bottom edge or through the IrDA port.
The Accompli isn’t quite as fast as the Palms, but makes up for it by loading up the standard OS with everything but the kitchen sink. As well as the usual addresses, date book and memo pad, there are messages, calls.
a WAP browser, voice notes, dictionary, calculator, games, world time and a scribble pad. Input is available through English and two Chinese virtual keyboards, as well as the Wisdom Pen text recognition application. The 240 by 320 resolution plastic screen is easy to read.
The Accompli is tiny, but it is also straightforward to use, with very well-structured menus and display pages. Some functions, such as cut and paste, or data beam, are missing, but the Accompli does a very decent job all round, and works well as a phone too.

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