Rumor has it that the HTC Herald (P4350) and the HTC Vox (S710) will be headed to Canada’s Telus Wireless within the next month. There have been reports that the inventory at Telus now includes the HTC P4000 and HTC S720, possible CDMA renditions of the GSM P4350 and S710. ***UPDATE*** So it’s been about…
HTC Releases Their New 3.5G Wireless Broadband Card – BandLuxe C100
HTC sure is stretching its legs in the mobile technology arena. With a recent move to market their previously re-branded Windows Mobile smartphones under their own brand, HTC is looking to expand their hold on the mobile industry with production of 3.5G wireless broadband cards and adaptors. HTC’s subsidiary, BandRich will start production on the…
Orange to introduce SPV E650, Windows Mobile 6 smartphone
Orange UK is set to launch its first Windows Mobile 6 based smartphone. The SPV E650 (also known as HTC S710, or HTC VoX) boasts Bluetooth, WiFi, 2 MP camera, microSD memory card expansion, and an array of business features, including the ActiveSync email. Furthermore, this device has both numeric and QWERTY keyboards (slide out),…
T-mobile Wing Flying In To Replace MDA?
T-mobile may be replacing the MDA with another new Windows Mobile smartphone featuring that familiar sliding qwerty keyboard. The T-mobile Wing could take the place of the older and bulkier MDA with some stylish Windows Mobile 6.0 action. The T-mobile Wing rocks that super-slick spring-loaded sliding-keyboard (had enoug hyphens yet?) that brought the HTC P4350…
Rogers boosts its smartphone offering with HTC Excalibur (S621)
Potential smartphone buyers in Canada have something to look for, as the country’s GSM carrier released the HTC Excalibur (S621) to its customers. The QWERTY-equipped smartphone runs Windows Mobile and promises to make its owners more productive. Interested? Grab it now for a $250 CDN ($213) on a three-year agreement. (via: Engadget)
O2 Ireland adds the XDA Orbit (HTC Artemis)
O2 users in the Ireland are about to get some Windows Mobile love, as the carrier introduced the XDA Orbit, aka HTC Artemis. The all-in-one device among other things packs an integrated GPS, a WiFi, and a 2 MP camera. Still the XDA Orbit will be released with Windows Mobile 5. I’m not sure why…
O2 Says XDA Zinc Is Canned, Pulled, Dropped, Kaput – To Be Replaced By HTC TyTn (?)
O2, European GSM operator, just went official with an announcement that the much lauded XDA Zinc will not be offered through their network. We all expected the Zinc to drop in January, and then expected it in March. And when we finally get news of it dropping on us, we find it’s been dropped from…
2010 Census Goes High Tech With Data-Only HTC ‘Census’ GPS Smartphone
Well folks, it looks like the U.S. Census Bureau is finally getting high-tech for their 2010 census. With $600 million poured into the Field Data Collection Automation (FDCA) project, half a million (500,000) field enumerators will be getting hooked up with a HTC Census smartphone. Armed with an EVDO data-only Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC,…
The Digital Life: Top Picks – UMPC
The UMPC – black sheep and disappointment of the entire mobile computing industry – launched into a questionable market after an extensive viral marketing campaign. And maybe you heard of the $700 price tag that the UMPC was supposed to launch with? Yeah, that never happened, in a big way. So, why are we even…
HTC Athena Will Hit US Shores As Advantage X7501
HTC announced today that the US will be getting the HTC Advantage X7500 (codenamed Athena) as the HTC Advantage X7501. No carrier support needed, what with HTC selling its wares under its own global brand. Those in the US can pick up an unlocked Advantage this summer through your importer of choice. Nothing solid on…