The Xplore G18 is a Palm OS

Palm OS

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-powered smartphone

Smartphone

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 created by Group Sense PDA

Group Sense PDA

Group Sense PDA Limited is a Chinese manufacturer of personal digital assistants and smartphones. GSPDA is owned by Group Sense and is based in Hong Kong. One of its product lines is the Xplore series of personal digital assistants....

. At some time prior to the 2004 PalmSource developer conference, the code name

Code name

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 "Zircon" was changed in favor of the official name "Xplore G18". At the conference, a Group Sense PDA

Group Sense PDA

Group Sense PDA Limited is a Chinese manufacturer of personal digital assistants and smartphones. GSPDA is owned by Group Sense and is based in Hong Kong. One of its product lines is the Xplore series of personal digital assistants....

 representative stated that the G18 is already available to the public

Public

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 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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, and that it would be made available in the United States

United States

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 later in 2004.

Some notable features of the G18 are as follows.

• A 320-by-240-pixel
  Pixel
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   camera
  Digital photography
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• A 160-by-240-pixel
  Pixel
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   screen
  Computer display
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External links

• Xplore Official Website
• Xplore G18 - PDA Pundit: Palm Trade Show Offers Glimpses of Newest Gear, Software

Distributors

• Italy Xplore Distributor - WiDiNet
• Malaysia Xplore Distributor - Alpha-Tech Distribution Sdn. Bhd.
• Taiwan Xplore Distributor - Instant-Dict Co., Ltd.