Sigh* of relief that the ET560 may be the first smart phone that does a great job at handling the delicate balance between data-centric and phone-centric smart phones. What do you think? Rate this device as well as the article.

MSMobiles initially reported that Chinese Legend Group corporation has introduced a Pocket PC phone that looks similar to a smartphone plus a rotable display - Lenovo ET560.  There's no use for a device such as the MPx200 smartphone to have a rotable display because it has no touchscreen, but with the Lenovo Pocket PC Phone Edition operating system such construction is extremely useful and gives you a feeling of having "a Tablet PC in a pocket".

Lenovo ET560 features & functions:

• Dimensions : 107X65.5X24mm.
• Weight : 176g.
• GSM Dualband (900/1800MHz).
• GPRS (General Packet Radio Service).
• Support Bluetooth connectivity.
• Intel X-Scale 400MHz processor.
• Microsoft Mobile 2003 Operating System.
• 64MB RAM.
• 32MB Flash ROM.
• Dual LCD display screen, external mono LCD display screen and internal 320X240 pixels 262144 colours TFT LCD display screen.
• Integrated 350K resolutions digital camera.
• Built-in microphone, speaker and headphone jack.
• Call vibration.
• Polyphonic ring tone.
• Text input prediction software.
• SD/SDIO/MMC card expansion slot.
• Infrared and USB host port.
• Applications : Microsoft Windows Mobile 2003 applications, Microsoft Pocket Office(Pocket Outlook, Pocket Reader, Pocket Word and Pocket Excel), Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer, Microsoft Instant Messanger, Microsoft Media Player, Microsoft Reader(e-book), Notes, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and games.
• Up to 160 hours of standby time.