Paul Martin
10-10-2007, 04:01 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pocketpcdubai.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=1' target='_blank'>http://www.pocketpcdubai.com/index....id=120&Itemid=1</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Pocket PC Dubai reports today about a new TechFaith Wireless Windows Mobile smartphone which is quite unique (but it seems to become a new trend) by supporting two SIM cards in one device. According to Pocket PC Dubai, the new device, which is codenamed "Cynthia", will sports Windows Mobile 6 Professional, supports quad- or triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE (depending on the CPU) as well as Bluetooth 2.0, a 2 megapixel camera and 64 MB/256 MB ROM (again depending on the CPU version). What makes me kind of wonder is the time-line which says "working samples ready in April and release in July". Hey, we have October already and not a single indication of the Cynthia on the horizon."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/martin-20071009-TechFaith_cynthia.jpg" /><br /><br />For frequent travelers or users of multiple cellular providers, dual SIMS might really save some time (that and avoiding the possibility of losing the other SIM)! According to <a href="http://www.pocketpcdubai.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=1">PocketPDDubai</a>, i-mate may be one of the distributors. While they are behind the schedule listed in the above graphic, they have been busy with other dual-SIM phones, including the just-released <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202300857">Twins</a>, which they describe as the first WCDMA/GSM Dual Mode Phone. Now, if they could just take some time to improve their smartphone lineup.