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500,000 G1 phones expected to sell in quarter
Marguerite Reardon | Oct 06, 2008
T-Mobile G1, the first phone powered by Google's Android software (Credit: T-Mobile)
T-Mobile will also order up to 2 million of the devices from G1 handset maker HTC, the site said, quoting industry insiders. This could mean a big boost in revenue for HTC in the fourth quarter and into next year.
T-Mobile will launch the G1 on October 22 in the US for US$179. The new phone, which has a touch screen and GPS navigation, along with a rich software interface, has been compared to Apple's iPhone.
Even at the predicted sale rate of 500,000 units in the fourth quarter, the Android phone won't be selling as quickly as the first-generation iPhone. Apple shipped about a million iPhones during the quarter in which it first released the smart phone, in the summer of 2007. Still, 500,000 phones is nothing to sneeze at. And if the pace continues, Android developers will certainly have a big enough market to target with their new applications.
Via CNET Crave
Report: HP to market new smart phone to consumers
Leslie Katz | Oct 06, 2008
Aiming to push its hardware beyond the corporate world, Hewlett-Packard will release a new version of its iPaq smart phone that will also be marketed to consumers, The Wall Street Journal reports.
We don't have many details yet (iPaq App Store?), but the latest iPaq apparently will sport a touch-screen and keypad and will run on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, according to sources cited by the WSJ. The phone will likely hit Europe by the end of this year, with a broader release to follow.
Though definitely better known for its laptops and desktop PCs, HP isn't new to smart phones. The company has released several models in the past, including the HP iPaq hw6945 Mobile Messenger and the HP iPaq 510 Voice Messenger (the first Windows Mobile 6 smart phone). Both were geared mainly toward businesses, and both garnered their share of favorable reviews from users.
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Ballmer: Zune coming to Windows Mobile
Ina Fried | Oct 04, 2008
Microsoft has indicated for some time that it sees a Zune future in the cell phone arena, but the company has been hard to pin down on just what its plans there are.
There would seem to be two main scenarios--the rumored ZunePhone, or just making Zune software for Windows Mobile or other phone operating systems. A magazine interview with CEO Steve Ballmer suggests that Microsoft at least plans the latter approach.
Asked why the Zune is important to Microsoft, Ballmer told the magazine that it was about more than just the device itself.
"Now, we built the Zune hardware with the Zune software--and what you'll see more and more over time is that the Zune software will also be ported to and be more important not just with the hardware but on the PC, on Windows Mobile devices, etc.," Ballmer said.
Asked for clarification, a Microsoft representative provided the following statement.
"We've always said that software and services is a key focal point for Zune and it does make sense to extend the Zune experience to other devices," the representative said. "In terms of specific timing we have nothing to announce at the moment."
Via CNET Crave
Is this the new HP iPaq smart phone?
John Chan | Oct 03, 2008
Ubergizmo has uncovered a leaked image of an unreleased HP iPaq going by the name "Silver". Supposedly running Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard, it's a handset that looks like an update to the company's 512 Voice Messenger smart phone which has been around for almost two years now. Rumored specifications suggest that it will have a full suite of connectivity options including 7.2Mbps HSDPA, Wi-Fi and GPS. The keypad looks similar to the ones found on BlackBerry's consumer-friendly Pearl series of devices.
At a press event last month in Hong Kong, HP told CNET Asia that it will be releasing new iPaq devices before the end of the year. Whether or not this image is what HP will be launching, we are definitely looking forward to seeing something from the computer giant soon.
Via Ubergizmo
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