Pharos finally releases their GPS Phone for sale this week. The Pharos 600 and 600E feature the SiRFstar III GPS chipset and run Windows Mobile 5.0. The $600 Pharos 600E is differentiated from its bigger brother by its lack of North America maps and the Ostia Navigation package. The Pharos 600 is pricier, at $700,…
Amp’d Mobile In Canada, Eh?
Like the title suggests, Amp’d Mobile just opened up shop in Canada as Amp’d Mobile Canada. Fitting name, eh? As of March 14th (which, not so coincidentally, coincides with the day that number portability took afffect), our neighbors to the north can get their Amp’d on with TV and radio services for $30-$75 Canadian Looneys.…
HTC Gets Into UMPC Game With HTC SHIFT!
HTC has seen prominent and growing success in the smartphone market in recent years, and now they apparently want to jump on the UMPC bandwagon. Using their expertise in mobile computing, it would seem that the UMPC is the logical next step for this Taiwanese smartphone company. And with a healthly dose of Windows Vista…
Gigabyte to launch GSmart T600, Q60 smartphones
What we have here are two yet-to-be released Windows Mobile-based smartphones from Gigabyte Communications.
Lenovo ET600 WM6-based smartphone for China
Just recently Lenovo announced its first WM6-based smartphone in China. The ET600 is a GSM tri-band device that runs the Windows Mobile 6 Chinese Pocket PC Phone edition, and is an all-touchscreen device. Among the specs, we highlight the huge 2.8″ QVGA TFT screen, a 2 MP camera with auto-focus, and support for Bluetooth 2.0…
HP’s future smartphone?
The new concept design by Teague called “Data Center Communications Vision of the Future Server” won the “If Design” award at this years CeBIT. The image shows a device that should enable IT personnel to “monitor data center equipment, diagnose and track problems, and perform system services.” The way I see it, it looks like…
Asus Aries M530w at CeBIT
During the CeBIT, Engadget guys had their hands on Aries M530w, Asus’ BlackBerry-like Windows Mobile-based smartphone. The Aries M530w is a HSDPA device that brings the full QWERTY keyboard, a huge d-pad and a scroll wheel. The device also packs a 2 MP camera, and runs the new Windows Mobile 6. Sounds promising – too…
EMOBILE EM-ONE Gives Japan Flat Rate 3.5G Data-Only Handset
Oh those lucky Japanese. Their 3G mobile phones are so ubiquitous that, it seems, the only thing left to do was to do away with phone functionality. EMOBILE launches their EM-ONE handset as a 3.5G HSDPA data-only device. With 3.6Mbps on the downstream and 384Kbps of upstream transfer rates, our Japanese friends can enjoy true…
Palm Treo 750 with HSDPA support released in Hong Kong
Palm released the HSDPA-enabled Treo 750 in Hong Kong. Finally, the Treo fans will be able to enjoy the fast 3.6 MBps download speeds on their favorite device. So far, only the UMTS version was available, and I guess this was one of the features that Treo users wanted more than anything else. After all,…
Gotive H42 – an all in one device for the industrial world
At CeBIT, Slovakia-based company, Gotive, showcased its flagship product – H42. The new device impresses with its features. It sports a 640×240 6.2″ wide touchscreen, a 384MB of memory (expandable to 1.1GB), and a bunch of connectivity options. The Gotive H42 can connect using Bluetooth, GPRS/GSM, and WLAN networks. Furthermore, this device has built-in IrDA…