Day: May 22, 2007

“T-Mobile USA, Inc., today announced the availability of the new T-Mobile Wing. Developed by High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC), the T-Mobile Wing has a blue soft-touch exterior, touch screen, and full, slide-out QWERTY keyboard.It’s a great fit for customers who seeking a powerful all-in-one device with a cool design. This phone delivers impressive call quality and battery life and also offers a new keyboard design, a 2.0 megapixel camera and Bluetooth connectivity for reliable hands-free use. The T-Mobile Wing costs $299 with a two-year contract and runs Windows Mobile 6 and will be available exclusively to T-Mobile customers beginning May 22 at T-Mobile retail stores and online at www.t-mobile.com.Key features of the T-Mobile Wing include these:
Compact, powerful smartphone with large external touch screen and stylus
Slide-out screen exposing full QWERTY keypad
Soft-touch exterior with deep blue color
Wi-Fi and EDGE-enabled high-speed Internet access
Full HTML Web browsing
Support for Microsoft Office Mobile enables document viewing and editing
Windows Live for Windows Mobile including Windows Live Messenger, Windows
Live Hotmail, Live Search, and Windows Live Spaces
Direct Push e-mail available with Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and later; Windows Live Hotmail also supports push mail
T-Mobile’s myFaves
Voice dialing, voice commands and voice recorder
Bluetooth connectivity
2.0 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom
Video capture and playback music and video player
Micro SD memory card slot
2.8-inch diagonal, 65,000 color screen with 240×320 pixels
2.3 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches; 6.0 ounces
850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz
GSM/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi” via slashphone.com. You can read a nice review here:

“Make way for the new widescreen GPS device from Mio. Better still, make room in your car for the new Mio DigiWalker C520 GPS device. With a large 4.3″ split screen display and text-to-speech driving directions, the C520 boasts of Bluetooth.The large display can show you the desired map in its entirety, or, in the split mode, you can access additional information about upcoming intersections, approaching points of interest, etc. With the text-to-speech feature, you can concentrate on the road ahead while driving.Thanks to Bluetooth, you can pair the Mio DigiWalker C520 with a variety of compatible wireless devices. The built-in mic and speaker let you answer calls while driving. The device comes with US/Canadian maps, over 6 million POIs and SD/MMC slot.Priced at US $399.95, the Mio DigiWalker C520 is now available from Circuit City and other retailers.” via mobilewhack.com

“ASUSTeK Computer has officially announced its smartphone ASUS M530w. I’d remind you that the device was showcased at CeBIT 2007. This is a candy bar shaped smartphone with a landscape oriented display and a QWERTY-keyboard. The M530w is positioned as the device for business users.The specs of ASUS M530w: Networks – GSM 900/1800/1900, GPRS Class 10, UMTS OS – Windows Mobile 6 Standard Display – 2.4” 320×240 pixels, 65K colors 256 MB flash-ROM and 64 MB SDRAM 2-megapixel camera VGA-camera for video telephony Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) and Bluetooth 2.0 Audio support – MP3, WMA, AAC, Midi and WMV Video support – MPEG4, H.263 WAP 2.0 J2ME (CLDC 1.1 + MIDP2.0) Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery Talk time – 4 – 5 hours (GSM), 2 – 3 hours (WCDMA) Standby time – 150-200 hours Dimensions – 117x65x13.8 mm Weight – 135 g Color solution – White or Black” via mobile-review.com