08-23-2004, 12:00 PM
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Pocket PC Phones In Southeast Asia
Two recent news tidbits about upcoming Pocket PC Phones:- Singtel has just announced that they'll be carrying the iPAQ 6365 for S$980, starting on August 20.
- North America and Europe aren't the only places excited about the MPx. This article illustrates interest in Malaysia:
"He said interest in the yet-to-be-launched Motorola MPx, dubbed by the company as the 'ultimate road warrior phone', was so strong that some consumers had actually requested to pay a deposit to secure a unit. The personal digital assistant (PDA) phone, to be available at a price above RM2,500 later this year, is the smallest of its kind and boasts numerous 'wow' features. It is among the few high-end phones out of the 14 models that Motorola will be launching in the local market before year-end."
For those who don't know, RM2,500 equates to about US$657. So for those of you who are panicking about the MPx costing $920, it's way too early to draw that conclusion.
Now, let's just hope that the carriers here are reading articles like this and they realize how smart they would be promoting them more aggressively. I think Pocket PC phones are on the verge of taking off. 8)
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08-23-2004, 12:06 PM
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Theorist
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It is priced ABOVE RM2500. But RM2500 is still cheap considering that the price quoted is in Malaysian Ringgit and most of the mobile phone carriers do subsidies.
Still I think the MpX is one of the ugliest devices ever created by mankind.
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08-23-2004, 12:49 PM
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Sage
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What's the difference between the 6365 and the 6315? I couldn't find any specs in the news release.
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08-23-2004, 01:05 PM
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Re: Pocket PC Phones In Southeast Asia
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
* North America and Europe aren't the only places excited about the MPx. This article illustrates interest in Indonesia: |
Urm... that's actually Malaysia and not Indonesia. The Star is one of the more popular paper in Malaysia. I'm a Malaysian and just came from there from my summer break.
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08-23-2004, 01:49 PM
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Re: Pocket PC Phones In Southeast Asia
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Originally Posted by sooby77
that's actually Malaysia and not Indonesia
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Thanks! The original post is edited to show the right country now.
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08-23-2004, 02:24 PM
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I think that the MPx is going to be a wake up call for a lot of the PPC and phone manufacturers. I think there will be incredible demand for these once they become available. I predict IPaq 36XX series style shortages whenever this finally gets released.
3 things non-geeks want in their phone-pda (see success of mediocre Treo):
1. Small Form Factor
2. Keyboard
3. It has to look like a "phone" not a PDA - this is where (along with size) is where the XDA III misses out.
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08-23-2004, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by whydidnt
3. It has to look like a "phone" not a PDA - this is where (along with size) is where the XDA III misses out.
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... and yet the XDA II has been extremely suceessful in the UK - which has a very strong mobile phone culture
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08-23-2004, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Duncan
... and yet the XDA II has been extremely suceessful in the UK - which has a very strong mobile phone culture
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I have to say my views are shaded or perhaps limited by my experiences in the US. The XDA II is not widely available here - most likekly because the original XDA never garned many sales for TMobile or AT&T when they offered it for sale. As an owner of the XDA, I know I quit using the phone functions because of the size within a short time of purchase. It just became easier to carrier a non-converged device. That's why I'm really looking forward to the MPx, since it "seems" to provide the best convernge of phone and PPC to-date.
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08-23-2004, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by whydidnt
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Originally Posted by Duncan
... and yet the XDA II has been extremely suceessful in the UK - which has a very strong mobile phone culture
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I have to say my views are shaded or perhaps limited by my experiences in the US. The XDA II is not widely available here - most likekly because the original XDA never garned many sales for TMobile or AT&T when they offered it for sale. |
Don't get me wrong - I'm surprised by the popularity of the XDA II in the UK myself - it runs counter to what might be expected in a culture that has embraced mobile tech so thoroughly. That makes me wonder if expectations are shaping the market rather than the other way round...
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08-23-2004, 03:40 PM
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Re: Pocket PC Phones In Southeast Asia
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Originally Posted by sooby77
Urm... that's actually Malaysia and not Indonesia. The Star is one of the more popular paper in Malaysia. I'm a Malaysian and just came from there from my summer break.
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Whoops. I was tired last night, and wrote that up in a hurry.  ops: My apologies.
--janak
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