Bluebird BM-500 PDA smart phone

South Korea-based BlueBird has just showcased its PIDION BM-500, a classic looking CDMA with EVDO Windows Mobile-based smartphone at the CEBIT in Hanover, Germany.

The candy bar handset comes with an appealing design, as it features straight, well defined lines. The navigation buttons are placed rather uncomfortably on the left side of the handset. Left-handed people will really appreciate this shift, but the majority of right-handed phone users will really find it to be an uninspired decision coming from the producers.

Bluebird Pidion BM-500 is only 14.9 mm thick. The 2.8 inch QVGA display screen is not as large as we'd want it to be, as the handset also packs mobile TV capabilities, through T-DMB digital broadcasting.

Connectivity is available through Bluetooth, IrDA and Wi-Fi, as most evolved devices are capable of providing for their users. The 512 MB of internal memory might prove to be insufficient, but a miniSD card slot of up to 2 GB manages to compensate on this side.

Bluebird Pidion BM-500 works on Windows Mobile 5, which could use an upgrade to the sixth version. Moreover, it comes equipped with a camera of only 1.3 megapixel, capable of providing images at a quality below the average.

The Bluebird Pidion BM-500 handset will be available on the Korean market, with no hopes of seeing a global launch any time in the future.