Nokia launched this phone in Germany this month (read the article), looks allot like the i-mate JASJAR just anounced (read the article) , both devices also run on the new Microsoft operating system Windows Mobile 5.0
It sure will be fun when handsets like this become available in north america, the development possibilities seem endless. I am convinced 3G adoption and the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) will have great impacts on the way we learn, percieve and work. It stinks to be in north america when our Euro and Asian buddies get to play in our tomorrow today. While we wait for 3G the rest of the modern world is already looking to 4G. I guess I should be happy that the major bugs will hopefully be ironed out by the time UMTS really hits us here.
I wonder if Apple has a Nokia i-book in the works? I would be nice if the enviornment reflection worked so that the virtual world of the mobile would match our wired home space; a mobile telepresence of our home dataspace, if you will.
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I think that device is the HTC Universal - it will pick up various brand names because HTC is a Taiwanese ODM (Original Design Manufacturer).
Looks like T-Mobile is calling it the MDA Pro.
Hopefully SK-Earthlink will bring some South Korean goodness when it launches service in 2006.
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September 8, 2005 8:32 PM
Posted on September 8, 2005 20:32
Yep, I think you're right. The info I was getting seemed to suggest it was a Nokia device.
Great Q&A info @
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000713057093/
SK-Earthlink, seems like a cool venture, thanks for the tip. http://www.sk-earthlink.com/
I hope this doen't give Microsoft any sort of upperhand in the hand-held OS market. It would be really nice to escape to a future place w/o the MS vs. Mac wars...
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September 9, 2005 12:33 PM
Posted on September 9, 2005 12:33
Regarding mobile operating systems...
With all the various flavors (symbian, brew, linux, microsoft, etc), and the sheer number of handset variations with different button configurations and such; it seems to be a real obstacle for publishers to get their applications to a wide audience.
With companies that port software, like Tira (http://www.tirawireless.com/), and companies that offer standardized programing platforms like Sky Mobile Media (http://www.skymobilemedia.com), it will probably take a while to whittle down the mobile OS market down to two big players.
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September 11, 2005 1:02 PM
Posted on September 11, 2005 13:02