Friday, May 24, 2002
Smartphone Makes Waves at Pocket PC Summit
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 08:54 AM
Looks like the Pocket PC Summit will be about more than just Pocket PCs - I'm looking forward to seeing a hardware-final Sendo phone.
"Over the past year, the market opportunities for Microsoftıs Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 software, aka Stinger, have been analyzed from every angle. Will Smartphones replace cell phones and PDAs? Is North Americaıs wireless infrastructure ready for the potential impact? What does an integrated device buy users that they donıt already have? As major vendors line up to declare their support for the new Smartphone 2002 platform, two developers will be among the first to show actual working products this month. Sendo, the UK-based cellular phone manufacturer, and SYWARE, leading developer of database and forms-building software, will show first editions of their Smartphone products at the Pocket PC Summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 28-31, 2002." <!>
Z-100 Multimedia Smartphone
"Sendo will demonstrate the Z100 Multimedia Smartphone at the Pocket PC Summit. "At 99 grams (approximately three ounces) and 99 cc, the Sendo Z100 is one of the smallest and lightest GPRS tri-band smartphones," said Greg Christian, Sendoıs US President. "The unit features an impressive TFT display with up to 65,000 colors and can play MP3 and Windows Media audio and video files. The availability of an integrated HTML/c-HTML/WAP browser and an advanced EMS/MMS messaging client give users access to e-mail, contacts, and meaningful Internet content on the go."
Sendo will also demonstrate its first wave of third-party applications. In addition to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel viewers, titles under development include Versalyıs The Untouchables Pin Ball,ı various titles from Germany-based Mobile Scope, and Midwayıs smash hit arcade classic, Defender.ı The Z100 Smartphone is currently being tested in Europe and North America. First launch will be in Western Europe, with rollout in the US shortly thereafter. Asia will follow later this year.
FoneDB Database Software
SYWARE will introduce FoneDB, the first database software for Smartphone devices, at the Pocket PC Summit. Based on Microsoftıs Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 software, FoneDB allows mobile content developers and corporate users to quickly and easily create full-color, highly portable phone databases without programming.
"Whether youıre a content developer working on a 5-star restaurant guide or a corporation creating an in-house white pages, FoneDB provides quick and easy, feature-rich data publishing without requiring you to be a C/C++ developer," said Sy Danberg, CEO of SYWARE, Inc. FoneDB is currently in beta test. Final product will ship by Q3 2002."
"Over the past year, the market opportunities for Microsoftıs Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 software, aka Stinger, have been analyzed from every angle. Will Smartphones replace cell phones and PDAs? Is North Americaıs wireless infrastructure ready for the potential impact? What does an integrated device buy users that they donıt already have? As major vendors line up to declare their support for the new Smartphone 2002 platform, two developers will be among the first to show actual working products this month. Sendo, the UK-based cellular phone manufacturer, and SYWARE, leading developer of database and forms-building software, will show first editions of their Smartphone products at the Pocket PC Summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 28-31, 2002." <!>
Z-100 Multimedia Smartphone
"Sendo will demonstrate the Z100 Multimedia Smartphone at the Pocket PC Summit. "At 99 grams (approximately three ounces) and 99 cc, the Sendo Z100 is one of the smallest and lightest GPRS tri-band smartphones," said Greg Christian, Sendoıs US President. "The unit features an impressive TFT display with up to 65,000 colors and can play MP3 and Windows Media audio and video files. The availability of an integrated HTML/c-HTML/WAP browser and an advanced EMS/MMS messaging client give users access to e-mail, contacts, and meaningful Internet content on the go."
Sendo will also demonstrate its first wave of third-party applications. In addition to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel viewers, titles under development include Versalyıs The Untouchables Pin Ball,ı various titles from Germany-based Mobile Scope, and Midwayıs smash hit arcade classic, Defender.ı The Z100 Smartphone is currently being tested in Europe and North America. First launch will be in Western Europe, with rollout in the US shortly thereafter. Asia will follow later this year.
FoneDB Database Software
SYWARE will introduce FoneDB, the first database software for Smartphone devices, at the Pocket PC Summit. Based on Microsoftıs Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 software, FoneDB allows mobile content developers and corporate users to quickly and easily create full-color, highly portable phone databases without programming.
"Whether youıre a content developer working on a 5-star restaurant guide or a corporation creating an in-house white pages, FoneDB provides quick and easy, feature-rich data publishing without requiring you to be a C/C++ developer," said Sy Danberg, CEO of SYWARE, Inc. FoneDB is currently in beta test. Final product will ship by Q3 2002."
