02-18-2003, 09:49 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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New Microsoft Smartphones Debut
PCWorld has picked up the Smartphone story and added a bit more detail.
"Mitac International has a clamshell-type phone based on the Microsoft Smartphone software on show, while Winstron, an Acer spin-off, is the first to license a blueprint for a Microsoft Smartphone from Microsoft and Intel, says Annemarie Duffy, a Microsoft spokesperson. T-Mobile International will be the third mobile operator to sell a device running Microsoft's Smartphone software. The German company will offer in Europe, starting midyear, the same handset from High Tech Computer that Philippine mobile operator Smart Communications on Friday said it would start selling soon, Duffy said.
The HTC triband phone has a color screen, 32MB of memory, and a MultiMediaCard expansion slot. Its software includes slimmed-down versions of Microsoft's Outlook, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, and Windows Media Player."
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02-18-2003, 10:48 PM
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02-18-2003, 11:34 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 23
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More MS Smartphones = Good, but...
All these announcements are in Europe and Asia. Good for them. But what about the USA?
What has become of the Samsung SCH-i600? This CDMA Verizon-branded phone has been FCC approved since Augsut 2002, but has seemingly vanished.
Will I pleasantly surprised by a major Microsoft announcement at CTIA? Perhaps a Smartphone roll-out in the USA?
Considering all the press at CES and other events, still nothing about MS Smartphone 2002 in the US.
Anyone? Anyone?
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02-18-2003, 11:54 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 53
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wait wait wait
I used to get really excited about the smartphone. That was a year ago. Now don't get me wrong, I will be the 1st in line when it is offered in nebraska, but until then it does me no good to get excited until the phone is ringing in my ear. It is like waiting for your 21st b-day.
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02-19-2003, 05:37 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 54
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Are bluetooth supported?
Do these smartphones support bluetooth? Can I dial the phone from my ipaq?
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02-19-2003, 08:26 AM
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