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[Eric]

New Nokia CDMA Models

Slacker,

<< Looks like Nokia has a CDMA version of the Nokia 3200 in the pipeline. >>

That makes sense. Can't say I'm into that cut-out covers stuff, BWTFDIK.

Thanks for the link.

Did you spot anything new in board layouts?

<< Also, the 6225 looks like it should be just around the corner. Hopefully, within a month or so. >>

Speculation is 2 to 4 weeks on Sprint PCS.

hatoncat says:

Nokia 6225 Official Price Confirmed: Sprint has informed their stores to expect the initial launch price of the 6225 will be $229.99. This also points to the phone launching later this month. </I>

Still wondering if Verizon is qualifying and worrying about the internal antenna stuff. Have you heard anything on the Verizon scene? I've been stroking some furry critters and haven't checked the forums for a week or so.

I see Sony Ericsson's announced their 1st EDGE handset:

Z500: Clamshell tri-band (850/1800/1900) model with EDGE (class 10), dual color displays, VGA camera with video recording, Push-To-Talk (PoC), and user-changeable covers. Available in the Americas in Q3 2004

Sierra Wireless's 1st phone (GSM Voq A11 tri-band) is interesting.

- Eric -

[Eric]

Carrier Customization

Sharp again. Evidently GPRS but can a 3G machine be far behind?

Picture at link below;

>> Sharp Customizing Handsets for T-Mobile

Cellular News
15-Mar-04

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/10841.shtml

T-Mobile and electronics manufacturer Sharp Corporation, have agreed a long-term partnership, which will see the two companies working closely together on the development of mobile phones. As part of the agreement, T-Mobile will offer its customers across Europe selected co-developed mobile telephone models from Sharp that will provide an enhanced user experience of T-Mobile’s new and existing t-zones services. The first of this new generation of co-developed phones is the TM100, Sharp’s multi-feature camera mobile phone, which T-Mobile and its sales partners will offer exclusively from April 2004.

"The cooperation with Sharp enables us to offer our customers an even broader range of technologically innovative and visually diverse mobile phone models", explained David Hytha, Executive Vice President, International Terminal Management at T-Mobile. "It allows us to meet customers’ demands for technology, exciting designs and easy to use products even more effectively."

"We are proud to supply our new mobile phone products, which fully utilize Sharp’s one-of-a-kind technology, and enable customers to subscribe to an attractive and wide range of T-Mobile’s t-zones multimedia services", commented Mr. Hirohide Nakagawa, Group General Manager, Information and Communication Systems Group, Sharp Corporation, Japan.

The Sharp TM100 boasts a unique design and features a sleek silver outer casing with the back of the phone resembling and functioning as a digital compact camera. The handset’s keypad is hidden under the large screen (240 x 320 pixel, 262K colors, for JPEG wallpaper display only) and can be pulled out when needed. The LCD color display shows photos and t-zones content in crystal-clear optic quality. The handset also features 40-polyphonic ringtones.

The Sharp TM100 proves its value in many different usage scenarios thanks to extensive modern mobile communications technology. A simple touch of the keypad promptly takes users to the mobile multimedia portal, t-zones, where they can easily access information and entertainment content. With the built-in VGA CCD camera, they can take photographs and record video sequences. The built-in digital zoom function allows pictures to be framed perfectly. A variety of integrated frames and graphics are also available for individual editing of pictures.

Video clips sent as multi-media messages or downloaded from t-zones can be played back quite conveniently using the integrated video player. The Sharp TM100 has the necessary software for the mobile sending and receiving of emails, i.e. an email client. It is also a tri-band device, and therefore can be used in many regions of the world. <<

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