Phones

It has only been about a week since we found out that Orange were planning to carry the HTC Vox/HTC S710 as the Orange SPV E650 so we were quite surprised to learn that the device has already appeared in the Dutch Orange magazine.

You’ll notice that the device is appearing under its codename (SPV VOX) and that it’s listed as running Windows Mobile 5. We believe that the device will have WM6 and that the name will change to SPV E650 once it launches. The E650 is expected to be available to all Orange markets.

Image ‘borrowed’ from MoDaCo.

Matt

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Lots of us have been waiting patiently to see the Orange SPV M650 finally released in the UK. We certainly get a lot of questions and feedback about the device. However, today we had terrible news from our source close to Orange. Apparently the SPV M650 will NOT be released in the UK as there is ‘Too Much Overlap’ with the flagship SPV M700.

This seems like a strange turn of events given that the M650 and the M700 are available from Orange in France. Do they not consider that the same overlap in technology to be an issue in the other European markets? We are seeking confirmation from Orange UK on this.

Check out more info on MoDaCo.

Matt

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It’s been a busy few days for new device annoucements and Sharp, not wanting to be left out, have released news of their EM ONE Pocket PC mobile phone.

Like the Sharp G900, the EM ONE is a W-VGA Widescreen beast sporting a 480 x 800 TFT. However, unlike the G900 the EM ONE is not designed for voice and the data-only design means that they combine the QWERTY with a side-sliding pad which is purely for navigation. Strangely though the EM ONE specification says that it’s running Windows Mobile 5.

Sharp EM ONE specification:

Matt

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HTC announced 4 new devices this week but the one that everyone is talking about is the HTC Advantage.

The Advantage was originally called codenamed the HTC Athena but this was changed to HTC X7500, however earlier this week the official annoucement confirmed the new name of HTC Advantage, the device even got its own website www.seehtc.com .

So who will be buying this the Advantage? Are you looking to purchase one? We would like to hear your thoughts about the device!

For those amoung you that are impatient our friends at Clove are offering the chance to pre-order the HTC Advantage on their website.

Infosync world have been talking about the device on their site:

Though the Advantage has a quad-band GSM/EDGE/HSDPA radio, HTC told us they don’t imagine this device taking the place of a cell phone, which makes sense because holding the device to your ear would be ridiculous. The device is quite large, even larger than some UMPCs we’ve seen, which puts the Advantage in a strange position.

Read more about the HTC Advantage HERE and HERE.

Matt

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The folks over at mobilmania have managed to get their hands on an i-mate Ultimate 7150.

The Ultimate 7150 works like the HTC Universal in that the screen swivels, flips and folds back on itself. Is this i-mate’s answer the the HTC Advantage? It’s certainly a big device!

i-mate 7150 specification:

Matt

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Toshiba have announced the release of the wide-screened G900.

The Toshiba G900 has a W-VGA screen, which a glorious 800 x 480 pixels! Running Windows Mobile 6 Pro, it’ll certainly have lots of real-estate for applications to play with. There’s also HSDPA, 3G, EDGE, Bluetooth and WiFi plus 2 cameras and a miniSD expansion slot.

“Toshiba is going to denominate concretely to this new device like “Portegé G900”, will be available in Castilian and its price does not have to surpass the 600 euros. His small brother, also the interesting G500 of that shortly we will contribute more data will happen to denominate “Portegé G500”, also available in Castilian and with an approximated price of 500 euros.”

See more at MoDaCo.

Matt

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Arne over at the theUnwired, lucky guy that he is, is currently at 3GSM and has managed to get a hands-on with the Orange SPV E650 / HTC s710.

No question, HTC’s latest Windows Mobile Standard smartphone, the HTC Vox (commercially available as HTC S710 and Orange SPV E650), is a compact and stylish messaging device which features – more or less – everything except UMTS (unfortunately).
On the first sight, this compact smartphone just looks like a stylish phone, but, thanks to the cleverly concealed semi-sliding keyboard, it makes light work of messaging, web browsing and calls. Viewing Microsoft Office Word and Excel documents on the go is a pleasure on the 2.4″ screen with landscape view option and users can stay connected via user-friendly, real-time E-Mail in its original rich HTML format (thanks to Windows Mobile 6) and the ability to chat over Windows Live

Read what else he has to say over at theUnwired.

Matt

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Today Orange have announced their HSDPA service rollout in the UK:

Orange Launches Fully Trialled and Tested HSDPA to Complement Existing Range of HSDPA-Enabled Devices and Mobile Office Cards

Orange announced the availability of its HSDPA service. Orange 3G+ is a fast upgrade to its existing 3G network which covers over 90% of the UK outdoor population. Orange UK’s overall strategy has been to deliver ongoing enhancements to its market-leading network and HSDPA-optimised mobile office cards and devices throughout 2006 in preparation for the rollout of 3G+ across its 3G footprint from today.

Orange 3G+ is being initially concentrated on key commercial zones such Greater London and airports. The service will be rolled out to the top five cities in the country during 2007.

Customers have a wide choice of the 3G+ enabled devices and Business Everywhere mobile office cards that are already available from Orange, including: Sierra Wireless 850, the current Option 3G/EDGE card* and the Fujitsu Lifebook E: Laptop with embedded 3G+. 3G+ enabled devices include the SPV M3100 and Motorazr maxx V6.

‘Mobile broadband is designed to increase the productivity of our customers, wherever they happen to be working,’ said Neil Laider, VP of Orange Business Services. ‘3G+ provides faster response times and enhances applications where bigger file downloads or faster data streaming is required. For example, a 3MB PowerPoint presentation will typically take just 34 seconds to download using Orange 3G+ compared with 20 minutes via GPRS. Customers with 3G+ enabled mobile office cards will notice these benefits as 3G+ is rolled out across the network. Orange is future proofing by ensuring all mobile office cards are 3G+ ready.’

Matt

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Part of the Q1 line up, HTC announce the HTC S710. (aka HTC Vox)

As one of the first devices to launch with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6, users reach a new level of functionality with the HTC S710 – a compact and stylish messaging device.

Ideal for business or pleasure, this versatile, compact handset looks like a phone, but, thanks to a cleverly concealed semi auto-sliding full keyboard, it makes light work of messaging, web browsing and calls. Viewing Microsoft Office Word and Excel documents on the
go is a pleasure on the 2.4 inch screen with landscape view option, and users can stay connected via user-friendly, real-time email in its original rich HTML format and the ability to chat over Windows Live.

The HTC S710 is no lightweight when it comes to connectivity options either, allowing users to. stay connected anywhere with GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 2.0.

Matt

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The HTC X7500 is a hot topic at the moment and details of the soon to be available device are emerging on the seehtc.com site.

You’ll notice that there seems to be a name change and it looks like the device is now going to be called the HTC Advantage!

Have a look at www.seehtc.com .

Matt

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