Saturday, March 16, 2002
Microsoft Smart Phones Come Calling
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 10:11 PM
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,89223,tk,dn031502X,00.asp
The Sendo Smartphone 2002 is a thing of beauty. We'll publish some pictures on Monday.
"Mobile-phone maker Sendo is preparing deals with both European and U.S. mobile phone operators for the launch later this year of its Z100, a combination phone-PDA based on Microsoft's Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 platform, the company said Friday. The first devices are expected to be on the streets in the second half of this year, said Hugh Brogan, Sendo's chief executive officer, at a news conference here. He declined to name the operators that would offer the handsets, but said the advanced phones "will show up in Spain quite early, as well as in France, the U.K., and possibly Germany."
A deal with a "national U.S. operator" will be announced at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association event in Florida next week, he added. The Sendo Z100 is expected to be the first Microsoft Windows Powered Smartphone 2002-based, mobile-phone and PDA hybrid on the market. South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the only major mobile-phone maker working on a phone running the Microsoft software, this week said it does not expect to release its handset until the fourth quarter."
The Sendo Smartphone 2002 is a thing of beauty. We'll publish some pictures on Monday.
"Mobile-phone maker Sendo is preparing deals with both European and U.S. mobile phone operators for the launch later this year of its Z100, a combination phone-PDA based on Microsoft's Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 platform, the company said Friday. The first devices are expected to be on the streets in the second half of this year, said Hugh Brogan, Sendo's chief executive officer, at a news conference here. He declined to name the operators that would offer the handsets, but said the advanced phones "will show up in Spain quite early, as well as in France, the U.K., and possibly Germany."
A deal with a "national U.S. operator" will be announced at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association event in Florida next week, he added. The Sendo Z100 is expected to be the first Microsoft Windows Powered Smartphone 2002-based, mobile-phone and PDA hybrid on the market. South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the only major mobile-phone maker working on a phone running the Microsoft software, this week said it does not expect to release its handset until the fourth quarter."
