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O2 Xda replacements announced
John Chan | Jan 02, 2008
One of the biggest handheld stories last year for this region was news of O2's device business in Asia being sold to its management. The result, a new brand, MWg (Mobile and Wireless Group). Well, this new company is starting 2008 with a bang with the announcement of its new products and a revamped company logo (pictured here).
MWg's two new products are in the Atom and Zinc series. The Atom V will succeed the Atom Life. It will come with a 2.8-inch QVGA display, integrated GPS and a thickness of just 14.95mm. That's just 1mm thicker than the HTC Touch, arguably the most attractive WM6 handheld currently.
The Zinc II, naturally, will replace the O2 Zinc. We don't know much about what it can do, but apparently it will be slimmer than the original. The Atom V is slated for a Q1 release, while the Zinc II is for Q2.
According to its CEO Mark Billington, these devices will be "beautiful, intuitive and reliable". The proof, of course, will be in the pictures/products--but there are none as yet. MWg is not able to provide images at the moment, but we hope to get them for you very soon. Check back for updates.
Redfly Mobile Companion
John Chan | Jan 02, 2008
The Palm Foleo was canned last year, even after so much talk from its creator about how it would revolutionalize the use of smart phones. No matter. If Palm won't make one, someone else will.
Redfly will be showing off its Mobile Companion at CES this year, a notebook-like device meant to be used with your Windows Mobile phone. Its purpose is to give a larger display, keyboard and mouse so you can make better use of your handset. Yes, it sounds exactly like the Foleo, and at the same price, too--US$499.
Though the Foleo was demonstrated with Palm OS, it would have worked with Windows Mobile as well because of the Treo 750. Palm even said it would work with many other mobile OSes as long as the manufacturers want to participate. Even then, analysts and commentators didn't quite give it a chance--it's commonly known as the "Fooleo", even on Palm fansites.
Going by that, this Mobile Companion may have an uphill task. But if this product from Redfly becomes a hit, we can picture Ed Colligan sitting at his desk hitting his forehead repeatedly against the table going "why, why, why?"
Via Gizmodo
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