04-11-2003, 09:42 PM
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HTC Tanager Sold As Qtek 7070
http://www.qtek.nu/default.asp?id=15&element=2
In some countries, including Sweden, the Pocket PC Phone Edition known as T-Mobile or XDA is sold as "Qtek 1010". The same brand will carry the new Microsoft Smartphone that we have come to know as "HTC Tanager". The Qtek 7070 will be available at the end of May according to the distributor, Brightpoint Sweden AB, and will come with a stereo portable handsfree, camera, case, charger, Quick Start Guide, User's Manual, CD with ActiveSync and a USB cable. The new Smartphone 2002 will eventually become available in more countries soon, as well.
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04-11-2003, 10:26 PM
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Intellectual
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Beyond
It is BEYOND ridiculous that there are no MS Smartphones available from any US carriers at this point in time.
I see all of these other pieces of crap "wannabe" phones being released, and we still have no MS Smartphones to choose from, even if we wanted!
Flash back to the Fall of 2001, when Beth (Goza) Torrone did her Mobile Experience Tour. She demoed a Smartphone then!
I just don't get it - we're nearing midway through '03, and still nothing!
I'm all ears, for anyone who wishes to give a logical explanation for our current state of MS Smartphone-lessness!
Matt
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04-11-2003, 10:45 PM
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agreed
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04-11-2003, 10:51 PM
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Mystic
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no smartphones
It takes a smart mobile phone company to release a smart phone. So far, I would say that all of the mobile carriers in the US (except for perhaps Nextel) are not very smart. I believe Nextel would do it if there were even one SmartPhone based on the iDen network.
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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04-12-2003, 01:31 AM
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Re: no smartphones
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Originally Posted by JonnoB
It takes a smart mobile phone company to release a smart phone. So far, I would say that all of the mobile carriers in the US (except for perhaps Nextel) are not very smart. I believe Nextel would do it if there were even one SmartPhone based on the iDen network.
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Nextel isn't that smart either -- they've just basically bought into the iDEN technology years ago and move with Motorola, and that's about it.
It's scary, but IMHO T-Mobile is the "smartest" of the bunch, and I don't consider them remotely smart. :? And it's not the GSM vs. CDMA problem -- this phone is a triband GSM phone, and works in the US, so in theory AT&T, Cingular, or T-Mobile could carry it -- but none do. :devilboy:
--janak
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04-12-2003, 01:50 AM
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There's no accounting for US wireless carrier actions. Even the hardware they do "sell" isn't sold so well. I have 3 examples in less than 5 months at TM. In order for me to get a PPCPE the day they were "released" I had to listen to a regional manager explain how he was going to probably "get fired" for selling me the phone since I wasn't a new customer. Mind you I paid just over $700 for the unit. Not sure what kind of prick fires someone for selling that thing for $700...but that's the story there.
Try to get a BlackBerry, either 5810 or 6710. Next to impossible as well. In spite of the press releases. Even the "interest form" looks like somebody's first HTML page.
Try getting a Danger Hiptop. Claim they are sold out and won't be getting any more until the color devices come.
Come to think of it. The last 4 phones I've had on TM haven't come from TM. Each has been from a reseller of technology I actually wanted. You would think adding a few cool SKUs to the line up could help to generate sales...But what do I know. I just buy the stuff, I don't sell it. :twisted:
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04-12-2003, 01:50 AM
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No blue tooth eh?
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04-12-2003, 02:14 AM
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I want my US smartphone, preferably by Sprint!
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04-12-2003, 04:47 AM
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No blue tooth eh?
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No Bluetooth, no sale.
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04-12-2003, 12:53 PM
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For sure no sale! Such an obvious and cheap additon, I just can't understand why any cell phone coming to market would miss it. Everyone says there's no killer app for BT (I disagree) but being able to draw all your contacts into your new phone via BT and having your phone address book set up in 2 minutes seems pretty killer to me. This phone gets a slight pass because you can sync by USB, but I still wouldn't buy it without BT.
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