3GSM World Congress - Roundup 3

14th February 2007

Windows smartphone manufacturers have been very much in evidence. We've already touched on Toshiba, so here is what the competition is up to.

HP

The HP iPAQ 500 Voice Messenger is conventional looking but quite clever Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone that plays heavily on voice recognition technologies. This is due to be launched in the US this spring/summer.

HTC

The HTC Advantage (codenamed Athena) is the own-label version of the T-Mobile Ameo, due for release in March. The conventionally styled HTC S710 is a compact Windows Mobile 6.0 device with WiFi that suprisingly squeezes in a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and the P3350 is a PDA-style device with good multimedia capabilities.

i-mate

The i-mate Ultimate features a large VGA touchscreen, HSDPA and WiFi, and the JAQ4 is a "BlackBerry" style messaging device with WiFi and a QWERTY keyboard. Both these products run Windows Mobile 6.0 and are due for release in mid 2007.

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