RUMOR: Is HTC's first Windows Mobile 7 smartphone to be released in Q1-09?

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:59:12 +0200

While real Windows Mobile 7 information are still in the dust, Kevin Chen, HTC's General Manager for MEA and CIS is quoted that HTC plans to release its first Windows Mobile 7 smartphone at Q1 next year. That's at least what PhoneReport says, which had the chance to chat with Chen during the HTC Touch Diamond launch event in South Africa. At this event, Chen unveiled that HTC is planning to release a device with Google's Android Operating System by Q4 of this year and also confirmed that Windows Mobile 7 is on the roadmap for a Q1 launch early next year.

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REVIEW: Giga-Byte GSmart t600 Windows Mobile Professional DVB-T Smartphone

info@theunwired.net (Arne Hess) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:40:27 +0200

Just in time to the EURO 2008, Vodafone Germany and Giga-Byte introduced the GSmart t600 (we've previously photoviewed), a Windows Mobile 6 Professional 2.5G smartphone. While the GSmart t600 design is over one year old already (the t600 was unveiled during last year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona) it's still quite stylish, if you like white "iPodish" mobile devices. Powered by a Marvell PXA270 CPU at 520 MHz, the GSmart t600 is a quadband GSM and GPRS device, also featuring WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0. Nevertheless, neither EDGE nor W-CDMA in terms of UMTS or HSDPA are supported which might makes the device less attractive to online-savvies. But that's not the focus of the t600 anyway but the main reason for this smartphone is the fact that it supports DVB-T broadcast which allows users to watch digital terrestrial TV on the go.

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RUMOR: Is HTC's first Windows Mobile 7 smartphone to be released in Q1-09?

REVIEW: Giga-Byte GSmart t600 Windows Mobile Professional DVB-T Smartphone