Microsoft and Qualcomm have entered a deal to have Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system work more closely with Qualcomm latest wireless chipset. Qualcomm's 7000 series Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipset combines a radio modem and applications processor on one chip. This allows a resulting phone to maintain better battery life and have a smaller physical size.
The new software should be ready sometime in the second half the year and will allow phone manufacturers to more easily create their devices.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Symbian 9.3 released
Symbian announced version 9.3 of its flagship smartphone OS. It adds several important high-end features, but also includes the ability for vendors to strip the system down to make it useful in lower-end handsets. In terms of volume shipments, Nokia still remains the leader in Symbian handsets. The OS is used in all of the company's S60 handsets.
New features in 9.3 include:
Improved memory management and general speed boosts because of that
Native support for WiFi
Support for firmware OTA (FOTA), HSDPA, IPSec for UMA and push-to-talk over cellular (PoC)
New features in 9.3 include:
Improved memory management and general speed boosts because of that
Native support for WiFi
Support for firmware OTA (FOTA), HSDPA, IPSec for UMA and push-to-talk over cellular (PoC)
HTC Excalibur approved by FCC
The featured packed HTC Excalibur has been approved by the FCC (ID NM8EXCA). The handset is being positioned to compete with the Motorola Q, but since it's GSM the competition will be limited until Motorola introduces new variants of the Q.
Features of the HTC Excalibur include:
Quadband GSM
QVGA screen
WiFi/Bluetooth
Windows Mobile Smartphone OS
Unique touch-sensitive scroll pad on side
No carrier deals for the Excalibur have been announced, but there have been rumors pointing to both Cingular and T-Mobile. The phone is expected to ship before the end of the year, likely before the holidays. Despite not being officially announced, Geek.com posted some medium resolution shots of the phone.
Features of the HTC Excalibur include:
Quadband GSM
QVGA screen
WiFi/Bluetooth
Windows Mobile Smartphone OS
Unique touch-sensitive scroll pad on side
No carrier deals for the Excalibur have been announced, but there have been rumors pointing to both Cingular and T-Mobile. The phone is expected to ship before the end of the year, likely before the holidays. Despite not being officially announced, Geek.com posted some medium resolution shots of the phone.
Palm Treo 700wx launches on Sprint
The Palm Treo 700wx has officially launched on Sprint. While this was the first time it has been officially talked about, like most past Treos there wasn't much about the 700wx that didn't leak. The handset is almost identical to the Treo 700w that Verizon has exclusively carried since early this year. The only difference is an increase in RAM (well, and Sprint branding).
Features of the Treo 700wx:
Windows Mobile 5.0
EV-DO data
Bluetooth and IR
1.3 megapixel camera
128MB NVRAM (60MB for the user) plus SDIO slot
240×240 touch-sensitive screen with 65k colors
Speakerphone
Sprint is selling the 700wx for $499.99 after a 2-year service agreement and $150 in instant savings. In contrast, Verizon is selling the 700w for $399 after promotional savings.
Features of the Treo 700wx:
Windows Mobile 5.0
EV-DO data
Bluetooth and IR
1.3 megapixel camera
128MB NVRAM (60MB for the user) plus SDIO slot
240×240 touch-sensitive screen with 65k colors
Speakerphone
Sprint is selling the 700wx for $499.99 after a 2-year service agreement and $150 in instant savings. In contrast, Verizon is selling the 700w for $399 after promotional savings.
HTC shows off Q4 2006 lineup
High Tech Computer has officially announced their holiday lineup. While leaks have shared info on all of these handsets, the official announcement clears the way for these devices to actually ship. Additionally we have actual model names, the trendy codenames like Excalibur and Trinity won't actually make it into production.
All of the devices run Windows Mobile. Descriptions follow the photo from left to right.
P3300 (Artemis) - First "navigation PDA" from HTC. Software from TomTom provides navigation, complete with 3D maps.
Built-in GPS
Trackball and track wheel
2.8" screen
P3600 (Trinity) - PDA form factor, extends on the HTC Prophet and Magician.
HSDPA-ready 3G connectivity
2 megapixel camera
S620 (Excalibur) - Flagship model, super thin and is HTC's answer to the Motorola Q. It's already approved by the FCC.
QWERTY keyboard
Just 12.8mm thick, weighs 130g with battery
JOGGR touch sensitive navigation bar
Quadband GSM plus EDGE, WiFi and Bluetooth
S310 (Oxygen) - Candy bar style handset, relatively rare for Windows Mobile
Quadband GSM
Comes in three colors: Black, white and grey
HTC will begin shipping these cell phones in Europe under their own brand starting in September and continuing through October. US carriers may launch one or more of the phones under their own brand, per HTC's OEM strategy in the US. T-Mobile will be shipping a customized version of the HTC P3300 as the MDA Compact III in several of its European markets. We've heard Cingular is picking up a few of these models as well.
All of the devices run Windows Mobile. Descriptions follow the photo from left to right.
P3300 (Artemis) - First "navigation PDA" from HTC. Software from TomTom provides navigation, complete with 3D maps.
Built-in GPS
Trackball and track wheel
2.8" screen
P3600 (Trinity) - PDA form factor, extends on the HTC Prophet and Magician.
HSDPA-ready 3G connectivity
2 megapixel camera
S620 (Excalibur) - Flagship model, super thin and is HTC's answer to the Motorola Q. It's already approved by the FCC.
QWERTY keyboard
Just 12.8mm thick, weighs 130g with battery
JOGGR touch sensitive navigation bar
Quadband GSM plus EDGE, WiFi and Bluetooth
S310 (Oxygen) - Candy bar style handset, relatively rare for Windows Mobile
Quadband GSM
Comes in three colors: Black, white and grey
HTC will begin shipping these cell phones in Europe under their own brand starting in September and continuing through October. US carriers may launch one or more of the phones under their own brand, per HTC's OEM strategy in the US. T-Mobile will be shipping a customized version of the HTC P3300 as the MDA Compact III in several of its European markets. We've heard Cingular is picking up a few of these models as well.
Samsung ships new PocketPC phone
Samsung's SCH-i700 has started shipping. The PocketPC OS powered phone looks pretty spiffy on the outside, but still packs some punch on the inside. It's got an integrated digital camera, 64MB of ram (we assume that you can store photos on this memory unlike the name RAM connotates). PocketPC Thoughts has a review unit and a nice write-up about it.
BenQ's New Smartphone
BenQ has announced the P30, a new Symbian powered smart phone. The name is awful close to Sony Ericsson's P800, and they even both run the same OS. Despite the rip-off quality's, the P30 has a decent feature set:
16-bit TFT display
Integrated digital camera with 16-bit color depth
Bluetooth
Look for it soon... No prices have been released yet.
16-bit TFT display
Integrated digital camera with 16-bit color depth
Bluetooth
Look for it soon... No prices have been released yet.
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