Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Microsoft Smart Phones Coming Soon
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 10:08 AM
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,89443,tk,dn031802X,00.asp
I read a message in the forums yesterday from a user who was mocking the fact that only one carrier had signed up to use the Smartphone 2002. Today there are four, and I wouldn't count Verizon Wireless, Sprint, VoiceStream, and Cingular as insignificant players. Finally - the momentum is building.
"Four U.S. mobile-phone operators will start selling smart phones and phone-PDAs running Microsoft software later this year. Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and VoiceStream Wireless will market combination PDA and phone devices running Microsoft's Pocket PC software, according to statements issued by Microsoft and each of the operators at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association event in Orlando.
Cingular Wireless will sell Sendo's Z100, a phone with some PDA functions based on Microsoft's Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 software, Sendo said Monday. Sendo, of Birmingham, England, last week said the Z100 would be hitting the streets this year. Verizon, of Bedminster, New Jersey, and Sprint, of Westwood, Kansas, will both sell the Thera from Audiovox Communications. Verizon plans to start selling the Thera in the second quarter, followed by Sprint sometime mid-2002, the operators said."
I read a message in the forums yesterday from a user who was mocking the fact that only one carrier had signed up to use the Smartphone 2002. Today there are four, and I wouldn't count Verizon Wireless, Sprint, VoiceStream, and Cingular as insignificant players. Finally - the momentum is building.
"Four U.S. mobile-phone operators will start selling smart phones and phone-PDAs running Microsoft software later this year. Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and VoiceStream Wireless will market combination PDA and phone devices running Microsoft's Pocket PC software, according to statements issued by Microsoft and each of the operators at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association event in Orlando.
Cingular Wireless will sell Sendo's Z100, a phone with some PDA functions based on Microsoft's Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 software, Sendo said Monday. Sendo, of Birmingham, England, last week said the Z100 would be hitting the streets this year. Verizon, of Bedminster, New Jersey, and Sprint, of Westwood, Kansas, will both sell the Thera from Audiovox Communications. Verizon plans to start selling the Thera in the second quarter, followed by Sprint sometime mid-2002, the operators said."
