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HTC, T-Mobile to go the Smartphone Route

Steven Parker CEO - Neowin.net Neowin @aSteveParker · Jan 6, 2003 07:10 EST with -1 comments

Thanks BOFH for this. Microsoft have secured themselves another contributer to the mobile communications cause today, as HTC (High Tech Computer Corp) announced its second Windows Powered Smartphone 2002-based handset.

The new GSM/GPRS handset, details of which were first revealed on the Federal Communications Commission's web site last month, will be launched with Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile International mobile network unit this quarter.

This is good news for the public image of Microsoft's cellphone OS, but bad news for Symbian's PDA-based equivelent, formely known as EPOC.

The unit bears a close resemblance to both the SPV device designed by HTC last year for Orange SA, and mm02's XDA. It seems as if designs in the GPRS/3G field will be less diverse than was previously expected, which could pose problems if the "universal" design is deemed unsuitable by customers.

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