It will be available only on CDMA EVDO network of Verizon Wireless, but since this wireless carrier has good coverage and good unlimited data plans, this phone may be an interesting proposition… and already first official information from Verizon Wireless is available about it!
Some highlights about this phone:
* support CMDA EVDO for wireless broadband speeds
* has no Wi-Fi
* memory card slot: microSD (visible in photos)
* small size
* powered by Windows Mobile 6
* not to be confused with Samsung SGH-i760 that is for GSM / UMTS / HSDPA networks and has slide-out QWERTY keyboard too but it slides-out in portrait mode not in vertical mode
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As mentioned in the story before this, there aren’t too many Windows Mobile 6 device available Windows roughly five months after the release of the platform. Those looking to upgrade to a smartphone built on Microsoft’s latest mobile-device platform have a growing selection smartphones and Pocket PCs to choose from, however.
The oldest is the HP iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger (see top image), which was introduced in February, and is now available unlocked through HP. Sprint customers have the new Sprint Mogul by HTC. T-Mobile subscribers are bound to the T-Mobile Wing. The HTC Touch also runs Windows Mobile 6 and boasts an innovative iPhone-like touch screen technology.
If you love your current Windows Mobile 5 device too much to part with it—or you just aren’t ready to splurge on a new one—you may still be able to enjoy the benefits of Windows Mobile 6. T-Mobile is offering an OS upgrade for its T-Mobile Dash, and AT&T says it will release an update for the AT&T (formally Cingular) 8525.
Palm also plans to offer an upgrade for the Palm Treo 750, as does Samsung with the BlackJack.
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T-Mobile USA recently launched the first cell phone in the U.S. to come with Microsoft’s latest version of Windows Mobile, with improved handling of e-mail and tougher security.
The T-Mobile Wing costs $299 with a two-year contract and runs Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft Corp.’s latest operating system for “smart” phones, which handle e-mail, documents and Web browsing in addition to phone calls.
It’s a competitive space: Microsoft is trying to translate its dominance in PC software into an advantage versus Research in Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry, Palm Inc.’s Treo and Apple Inc.’s soon-to-launch iPhone.
The advances in the new Windows Mobile version are incremental rather than revolutionary. It lets users read e-mail with embedded images and graphics, and can be set up to receive e-mail instantly from Windows Live Hotmail. It also supports Live’s instant messaging program and Web search. Synchronization of data with Windows Vista computers via Bluetooth wireless connections has been simplified.
Security features have been beefed up to appeal to corporate users: If used in conjunction with Microsoft’s latest software for corporate e-mail servers, the memory of a lost or stolen device can be wiped remotely by the owner through an Outlook account, with no need to call the IT department.
Files stored on removable memory cards can be encrypted, and the device can send and receive e-mail whose readership is controlled by Information Rights Management, useful for sensitive data.
Windows Mobile 6 also allows the user to search remotely stored e-mail and corporate address books.
The Wing features a 40- key keyboard that slides out from underneath the 2.8-inch touchscreen. The phone is similar to the discontinued T-Mobile MDA, but smaller, and like the MDA is made by High Tech Computer Corp. of Taiwan.
T-Mobile lacks a thirdgeneration broadband cellular network in the U.S., lagging behind the larger cellular carriers. The Wing makes up for this in part by including the capability to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots.
Microsoft released Windows Mobile 6 in February. HTC-made phones sporting the software have gone on sale in Europe in the last few months.
Windows Mobile 6 has been available for a few weeks as a download for TMobile’s Dash smart phone, but the upgrade wipes the handset’s memory of all user data. Dash phones with the new software pre-installed will be available in June, T-Mobile said.
The carrier said the Dash and the BlackBerry Pearl, which launched last year, have widened the customer base for smart phones beyond corporate road warriors. It says most of the buyers are getting them to replace regular consumer-level camera phones.
T-Mobile USA is a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG of Germany.
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Coming soon to USA : Samsung SCH-i760
