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T-Mobile Says Shelves Microsoft Smart Phone Launch | |
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| Time: 20:11 EST/01:11 GMT | News Source: Reuters | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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Thanks Sodajerk. Europe's second largest mobile phone operator T-Mobile International said on Thursday it had shelved plans to introduce a mobile phone powered by Microsoft software. "We have decided not to introduce this phone," a T-Mobile spokesman said on the sidelines of a Deutsche Telekom news conference. "For the time being, we are not pursuing this project further." T-Mobile announced in February it planned to introduce the Microsoft phone this summer in a move analysts saw as a blow to mobile handset industry leader Nokia. | ||
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| #1 By 2459 (69.22.78.22) at 5/15/2003 8:47:00 PM |
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Just to add a bit more murkiness to this issue:
http://rcrnews.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?newsId=13511 T-Mobile clarifies Microsoft OS handset delay rumors "Media reports surfaced last week that T-Mobile had delayed the release of a phone using Microsoft’s Smartphone operating system, scheduled for sale in June. However, a T-Mobile spokesman said the carrier had never set a definite date, only that it would begin selling the phone sometime this summer. Spokesman Philipp Schindera said there are software problems with the phone, and that T-Mobile, manufacturer HTC and Microsoft are working to fix those problems. He said the phone has not been delayed, because there are still several months of summer left." This post was edited by n4cer on Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 20:49. |
| #2 By 3653 (209.149.57.116) at 5/15/2003 10:34:53 PM |
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poor sodajerk, scanning the news headlines day after day... looking for any smartphone failure. He thought he had found one... but now he's DENIED.
Thanks for submitting this link sodajerk. Except that the WallStreet Journal says... --- A spokesman for T-Mobile said that the handset, which runs Microsoft´s Smartphone software and is to be made by HTC Corp. of Taiwan, should still go on sale this year. A spokesman for Microsoft said the "exact launch date" of the T-Mobile phone "is still to be confirmed" and the two companies still have a "good working relationship." T-Mobile spokesman said also: "We won´t market this handset for the time being". Please note: "for the time being" does not mean "never". Make no mistake: Microsoft is on track to enter cell phone industry big time, and these initial teething problems will be soon over. |
| #3 By 7754 (209.98.224.241) at 5/16/2003 4:47:31 AM |
| I like my Pocket PC a lot, but I'm a bit less enthusiastic about WinCE than I am about 2000/XP. The core might be solid, but if the Pocket PC is any indication, it's not at the same level of reliability of 2000/XP. Hopefully the Smartphone doesn't have the same problem. |
| #4 By 61 (65.32.171.144) at 5/16/2003 10:17:41 AM |
| hmmm... the only problem I've had with my PocketPC is when a friend of mine spilled wine on it during a New Years party. |
| #5 By 7754 (216.160.8.41) at 5/16/2003 11:12:23 AM |
| On the whole mine has been fairly solid, but it's sort of like going back to Windows 95/98 reliability after using 2000/XP. I have to do a soft reset more often than I'd like; some of the UI can be a bit glitch-y/flaky at times. ActiveSync drops the connection after awhile, too, which is maddening. You have to periodically pick the device out of the cradle and put it back in. Usability-wise, though, it's a leap above the Palm. I love the wireless capability as well (Toshiba e740), but it's not a very reliable method of communication (yet). I think part of that is the nature of 802.11b, though. |
| #6 By 3339 (66.219.95.6) at 5/16/2003 2:29:39 PM |
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"poor sodajerk, scanning the news headlines day after day... looking for any smartphone failure. He thought he had found one... but now he's DENIED."
Whatever, mooresa--I read all sorts of news all over the web. I submit news posted on this site all the time--usually asking to not be acknowledged--I don't like seeing: "Thanks, sodajerk." As for MS's clarifications--mmm, yeah... They're oh so believable these days--"it was a hoax, it was an April Fool's joke, it was real but we weren't going to build it, we were gonna but it's a bad idea..." Uh, huh. I really appreciate what a MS marketing droid has to say after they've been embarassed. And anyway--there is nothing wrong with this article--T-Mobile is indefinitely shelving their plans. And... DENIED? How so? They have been talking about the Stinger for over three years and they're are still only about 60,000 out there in use. Orange is still sitting on a 190,000 more and haven't made a second order. They are still getting sued. They are still waiting on AT&T and T-Mobile. My intention was to let people know the news--that's about it. But let's play with this: "these initial teething problems will be soon over." "initial" is over two years? "teething problems" is a major lawsuit, buggy and unusable software, having a userbase of inconsequence, and no sign of adoption from its "partners"? This post was edited by sodajerk on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 14:38. |
| #7 By 61 (65.32.171.144) at 5/17/2003 12:28:26 AM |
| True, I do get UI screwups sometimes... I generally attribute that to the fact that I'm running PocketPC 2002 on my old iPaq H3150, which was made for PPC2000, and black and white. |
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