Pharos Traveler 117 Approved By FCC

Folks in the US will finally be able to get their hands on the Pharos Traveler 117 after the folks at the FCC decided to approve it. Just in case it looks familiar to you, that’s because this Inventec device has already been released earlier in other countries, so it is nice to see the FCC keep up to speed with what’s going on around the world as well. The PDA smartphone will run on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional alongside the following features :-

• Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• Tri band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity (850/1900/2100 MHz)
• 400MHz Qualcomm MSM7201 processor
• 2.8″ resistive TFT touchscreen display with 480 x 640 pixels
• GPS and A-GPS
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 connectivity
• 2.5mm headset jack
• 2 megapixel camera
• Secondary VGA camera for video calls
• 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
• microSDHC memory card slot

The Pharos Traveler 117 can be picked up unlocked for $529.95. We’re still scratching our heads as to why companies want to settle for the 2.5mm headset jack which is much less common compared to the 3.5mm version that is, by far, more popular.