12-23-2002, 09:42 PM
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Sendo Sues Microsoft
Sendo alleges that Microsoft took some proprietary work Sendo did on top of the MS Smartphone reference platform and gave it to other vendors who then released a very Sendo-like solution; in particular, the article cites the HTC/Orange SPV which came out a few days before Sendo cancelled the release of the z100.
This may finally explain why Sendo wanted out of the partnership. I always felt the discussion we had never seemed to explain the suddenness of Sendo's move. Whether it's true or not remains to be seen, however; as the article mentions, the Sendo-MS relationship was rocky for some time amid Sendo's apparent skepticism of the MS platform.
Thanks to the million people who submitted this story...
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12-23-2002, 10:07 PM
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Thinker
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Re: Sendo Sues Microsoft
i'm really glad the first smartphone out is the orange spv. i think it's way better than any of the phones i saw from sendo.
cheers,
pt
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12-23-2002, 10:25 PM
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Executive Editor
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Re: Sendo Sues Microsoft
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Originally Posted by pt
i'm really glad the first smartphone out is the orange spv. i think it's way better than any of the phones i saw from sendo.
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I agree! I haven't seen the SPV yet, but anything has to be better than the Sendo. I never got around to doing a front-page post about this, but the Sendo phone was a piece of junk (sorry Sendo!). The unit I had was an engineering sample, but I've never seen such a poorly designed phone. It took too much force to press the buttons, they were mushy, the screen had strange black lines running vertically, and it simply felt cheap.
It's ironic - pretty much everyone who wrote about the beta Sendo units kept saying "Oh, the final one will be better" - and in hindsight, the Orange unit came out faster and better than anything Sendo could do.
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12-23-2002, 10:51 PM
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Intellectual
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The SPV is a better phone, but I still wouldn't call the z100 junk.
The only things I can complain about the z100 phone were the screen and the button press issues, which like you, I hoped would be resolved in future version. It is much lighter than the Sendo (lithum-ply battery instead of lithum-ion) but doesn't last quite as long as the SPV.
But I still have think the buttons on the SPV are too small, not enough room to put the "space" or "shift" key symbols so I find myself entering text more slowly.
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12-23-2002, 11:11 PM
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Sage
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Exactly what features is the law suit about?
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12-23-2002, 11:11 PM
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I've read about 3 articles on the topic and haven't seen any elaboration. If someone knows, post it here and I'll update the post.
--janak
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12-23-2002, 11:30 PM
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Theorist
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Sendio sucked... and BTW if you didnt order the developer kit in the first week, you would have never seen it. BTW i still havenet gotten reimbursed for the 2 dev kits i ordered 
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12-24-2002, 01:01 AM
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Pupil
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How typical of MS (:evil: ), they've let Sendo study the market, do the beta testing and suddenly went to HTC with all the data and told them to make a great phone.
That must have been a great disappointement for Sendo.
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12-24-2002, 01:20 AM
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Intellectual
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Originally Posted by someppcuser
How typical of MS (:evil: ), they've let Sendo study the market, do the beta testing and suddenly went to HTC with all the data and told them to make a great phone.
That must have been a great disappointement for Sendo.
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That's what happens when you do business with Microsoft - they embrace you and then come in for the kill.
I can't see them (Sendo) recovering, this sounds like a last ditch gamble at getting some money in because I can't imagine anybody wanting to take Microsoft to court unless its the only option left. And what with Sendo being such a small operation, I don't fancy their chances at all.
Another one bites the dust :roll:
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12-24-2002, 01:30 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I was just thinking today after i saw the spv in the store that this will be a cool xmas present for myself and a little brother for my 3970. Shame it doesn't have bluetooth. I'm getting it anyway....
merry xmas to all...
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