Monday, March 18, 2002
VoiceStream, Verizon and Sprint PCS get Pocket PC Phones
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 06:05 AM
http://news.com.com/2100-1033-861812.html
Here they come folks - Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition devices, and sooner than I thought. The Thera is a new Pocket PC from Audiovox that uses the Phone Edition of Pocket PC, integrating voice and data into one slick device.
"Verizon will introduce Thera in June, and sell it exclusively for a month. Then Sprint will begin selling it in July, according to a representative for Audiovox, which helped design and build Thera. VoiceStream will also start selling and offering service to PocketPC devices, according to Microsoft."
Thanks to Todd Ogasawara for phoning this one in.
UPDATE: We've just been told that the CNET article isn't completely accurate. The Thera is not running Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition - they're using their own custom dialer software. This means that some of the features in Phone Edition, like an SMS-enabled Inbox, won't exist on the Thera.
Here they come folks - Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition devices, and sooner than I thought. The Thera is a new Pocket PC from Audiovox that uses the Phone Edition of Pocket PC, integrating voice and data into one slick device.
"Verizon will introduce Thera in June, and sell it exclusively for a month. Then Sprint will begin selling it in July, according to a representative for Audiovox, which helped design and build Thera. VoiceStream will also start selling and offering service to PocketPC devices, according to Microsoft."
Thanks to Todd Ogasawara for phoning this one in.
UPDATE: We've just been told that the CNET article isn't completely accurate. The Thera is not running Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition - they're using their own custom dialer software. This means that some of the features in Phone Edition, like an SMS-enabled Inbox, won't exist on the Thera.
