04-24-2005, 07:00 PM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
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HP's HW6500 Will Launch in US on Both Cingular & T-Mobile
According to a Word and PowerPoint document found on MS MVP Joe Schurman's blog site (titled "Microsoft Mobile Enterprise.ppt" and "Microsoft Mobile Enterprise.doc"), the upcoming HP HW6500 Mobile Messenger will be made available in the US by both T-Mobile and Cingular. What's unclear to me is whether the HW6500 will be a single quad-band phone, split into two editions of tri-band (one for each partner), or a single model tri-band made specifically for the US (in which T-Mo only uses two bands). As long as we're not looking at that last scenario, this is potentially great news for all GSM users here in the US.
Post-Disclaimer: Upon further review, as pointed out by MobilePaddy, the documents only explicitly specify a launch with Cingular. We'll have to wait to see if T-Mobile will include this device as well.
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04-24-2005, 11:59 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Why make it quad band and then turn off one or more bands for US use? I enjoyed my MPx220 in the carribean and consider quad band a useful feature if you travel outside the US. If its not quad band then don't offer it.
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04-25-2005, 01:11 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Figures ---- No CDMA. Verizon stinks!!!!!
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04-25-2005, 01:29 AM
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Ponderer
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Wifi
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04-25-2005, 03:53 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2005
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HP's HW6500 Will Launch in US on Both Cingular & T-Mobile
There is no mention at all in this presentation or word document that the phone will be offered by T-Mobile. It only mentions Cingular and the HP together, never with T-Mobile.
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04-25-2005, 04:02 AM
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Mystic
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Re: HP's HW6500 Will Launch in US on Both Cingular & T-Mobile
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Originally Posted by MobilePaddy
There is no mention at all in this presentation or word document that the phone will be offered by T-Mobile. It only mentions Cingular and the HP together, never with T-Mobile.
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Then where did Ekkie get that image in the first post?
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04-25-2005, 04:09 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Re: HP's HW6500 Will Launch in US on Both Cingular & T-Mobile
Read the presentation. That slide that mentions tmobile and cingular is unrelated. It does have a page dedicted to the hw6500 with the provider listed as Cingular. Anyhow, This presentation even mentions the mpx300 (which is now dead) so hard to know if its current.
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04-25-2005, 04:45 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by tasmms
Figures ---- No CDMA. Verizon stinks!!!!!
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Too bad Verizon's service is really good. The problem is that GSM targets a bigger international audience, so vendors often go with GSM versions first. If it's successful, a CDMA version might come in the future...
--janak
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04-25-2005, 07:30 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Re: HP's HW6500 Will Launch in US on Both Cingular & T-Mobile
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Originally Posted by MobilePaddy
Read the presentation. That slide that mentions tmobile and cingular is unrelated. It does have a page dedicted to the hw6500 with the provider listed as Cingular. Anyhow, This presentation even mentions the mpx300 (which is now dead) so hard to know if its current.
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MobilePaddy, I think you're right. I've updated the original post.
I had associated the two slides together but they could be unrelated. In any case, if this device is offered globally, there's a good chance it will be GSM 900/1800/1900 (at least overseas), in which case I couldn't imagine why T-Mobile wouldn't offer it, though that's no guarantee. Though for Cingular, it would obviously have to be GSM 850/1800/1900 (or at least 850/1900).
We shall see...
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04-25-2005, 07:47 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Well my hope is that TMobile will let me trade in my 6315 for this, assuming it works better.
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