Windows Phone Thoughts: O2 Germany Introduce Black Xda III - Without Camera!

"At the same press conference, where o2 Germany previewed their Xda IIi the first time this week, o2 also confirmed that their version of the HTC Blue Angel - called Xda III - will be launched without camera! o2 Germany explained this step with the high demand of their corporate and business customers to get a Pocket PC Phone Edition without camera. More and more companies in Germany and worldwide disallow the use of camera enabled devices on their company terrain and therefore o2 Germany decided to go this way with their Xda III..........According to the German product manager, the demand for a Xda III without a camera was much higher than the demand for such a device with camera and the target market for the Xda III and Xda IIi are different"



So O2 join T-mobile as another German mobile company that gets it. There are a LOT of folks that do NOT want a camera on their phone or Pocket PC. O2 Germany will introduce one Xda III version, sans camera, while T-mobile will offer both versions. I wonder if O2 will introduce this camera-less Xda III into the rest of the European or worldwide market. The demand is certainly there. Make sure you check the 6 high resolution photos of this device in the PPCW.net article. That black styling looks really smart. Lets hope that this marks the start of the retreat of the scourge of embedded cameras in everything. :wink: