Thursday, December 18, 2003
Telus Offering Samsung SPH i700
Posted by Jason Dunn in "HARDWARE" @ 01:00 PM
"Introducing the Samsung i700 Pocket PC Phone Edition. Check out the first fully integrated phone, PDA and digital camera to be offered on TELUS Mobility’s 1X network. The i700 offers everything you need to stay productive when you're away from the office, plus it includes an embedded digital camera so you can easily capture special moments on the go. You can do even more on your PDA with Microsoft® Pocket PC Phone Edition software applications, like Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Pocket Outlook®, Pocket Internet Explorer, Microsoft® Windows Media™ Player and Microsoft® Reader."
Big Canadian carrier Telus has finally released the Samsung SPH i700. Woo. :roll: You'll have to excuse my lack of enthusiasm, but I remain deeply cynical about how slow Canadian mobile carriers are when it comes to releasing Pocket PCs and Smartphones. There's nothing new or exciting about the Pocket PC 2002-based i700, or the fact that it's $899 CND (about $750 USD) with an activation. It's a good device that will no doubt perform well on the 1xRTT network here, but it's grossly overpriced for the market. Of course, this is the company that wants $649 for the Thera...
Big Canadian carrier Telus has finally released the Samsung SPH i700. Woo. :roll: You'll have to excuse my lack of enthusiasm, but I remain deeply cynical about how slow Canadian mobile carriers are when it comes to releasing Pocket PCs and Smartphones. There's nothing new or exciting about the Pocket PC 2002-based i700, or the fact that it's $899 CND (about $750 USD) with an activation. It's a good device that will no doubt perform well on the 1xRTT network here, but it's grossly overpriced for the market. Of course, this is the company that wants $649 for the Thera...
