Tuesday, July 23, 2002
HTC SmartPhone 2002
Posted by marlof in "NEWS" @ 02:21 AM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/26308.html
The Register reports that Orange UK is currently testing a SmartPhone 2002 design created by HTC.
You can also look at a bigger picture (pict: The Register). The product is apparantly called the "Canary reference design". It is based on the Texas Instruments OMAP 720 processor, weighs 95g and is a triband GSM/GPRS device. It will have a USB connection, and a MMC expansion slot. On the downside: there will be no Bluetooth and no MMS.
Although many carriers would like to see MMS as a source of even more revenue, I couldn't care less if this device has MMS functionality or not. I would prefer a HTML e-mail client over MMS any day! But I would love to see Bluetooth in this phone, as I could use it as a GPRS modem with my Bluetooth enabled notebook. Now I'd have to fuzz with cables or IrDA, and who wants that in this wireless day and age?
The Register reports that Orange UK is currently testing a SmartPhone 2002 design created by HTC.
You can also look at a bigger picture (pict: The Register). The product is apparantly called the "Canary reference design". It is based on the Texas Instruments OMAP 720 processor, weighs 95g and is a triband GSM/GPRS device. It will have a USB connection, and a MMC expansion slot. On the downside: there will be no Bluetooth and no MMS.
Although many carriers would like to see MMS as a source of even more revenue, I couldn't care less if this device has MMS functionality or not. I would prefer a HTML e-mail client over MMS any day! But I would love to see Bluetooth in this phone, as I could use it as a GPRS modem with my Bluetooth enabled notebook. Now I'd have to fuzz with cables or IrDA, and who wants that in this wireless day and age?
