MWg launch in Europe, offer up Smartphone, WM7 + more roadmap, Atom V and Zinc II launch devices premiered... WM7 before end of 2008? |
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 May 9 2008, 14:34
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 19,559 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
As well as going along to the HTC Diamond launch this week, I was in London to attend the European Launch of MWg, the Windows Mobile company formerly known as O2 Asia and now backed by well known device store eXpansys.
At the launch MWg announced their Atom V and Zinc II devices, as well as offering up their device roadmap for those in attendance. I captured the Roadmap presentation on video (as you can see), but also took a still you can see below (after the jump for news page readers!). Particularly interesting points... - MWg plan to make a Smartphone - MWg plan to make a Shift-esque UMPC - MWg plan to release a lot of devices - MWg plan to release a WM7 device before the end of 2008! If it's right (and let's be honest, the roadmap errs on the side of vague), that has to be VERY good news (and it'd be great to see another Smartphone released too)! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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May 9 2008, 14:38
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 19,559 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
-------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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May 9 2008, 14:58
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 281 Joined: 9th December 2004 From: Merseyside, UK. Member No.: 101,150 Device(s): HP iPaq 614c, Vario II, MPX220 |
Well I hope their other handsets are an improvement on the Atom Life which just seems beset with problems - I know, I had one before I swiftly got shut of it via ebay!
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May 9 2008, 15:02
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 19,559 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
I thought the Atom Life was a great device!
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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May 9 2008, 15:58
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Addict  Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 709 Joined: 19th November 2003 From: London - UK Member No.: 21,445 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
WM7? This year?
This is good news. Looks like choices are just getting better and better for me when I come upgrade! HTC has to take this as the gauntlet being thrown down and respond in kind surely? Diamond/Titanium/Raphael + WM7...surely gotta be a good thing |
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May 9 2008, 16:09
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Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 381 Joined: 18th August 2004 Member No.: 53,335 |
QUOTE(Syphon Filter @ May 9 2008, 16:58)  WM7? This year? This is good news. Looks like choices are just getting better and better for me when I come upgrade! HTC has to take this as the gauntlet being thrown down and respond in kind surely? Diamond/Titanium/Raphael + WM7...surely gotta be a good thing Might explain why Expansys' pricing on other brands like i-mate is going through the roof. Got to make their own stuff look competitive! |
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May 9 2008, 16:13
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 Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 214 Joined: 3rd January 2005 From: Cambridge, UK Member No.: 104,315 Device(s): HTC Touch |
Check out the Vix, only 12.5 and it appears to have a QWERTY keyboard! Now that's what I'm talking about! I hope by then MWg have realised that 64mb RAM is not enough!!
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May 9 2008, 16:32
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 2 Joined: 16th March 2006 From: West Palm Beach Member No.: 177,760 Device(s): XDA FLAME,8925,Treo750 |
This is very good that they are finally releasing new devices and WM7 is also a huge plus. But where is their promised WM6 for the XDA Flame 1? If they can not come through on their passed promises I don't think that I will purchase the new version. It has been on their site for months that the WM6 upgrade would be released. Inorder for them to recieve my money they need to release this upgrade for the device which is a great device IMHO.
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May 9 2008, 16:35
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 34 Joined: 27th March 2006 Member No.: 180,111 |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ May 9 2008, 16:34) - MWg plan to release a WM7 device before the end of 2008! It seems to be the first half of 2009 according to the roadmap ? This post has been edited by REem: May 9 2008, 16:35 |
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May 9 2008, 17:20
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 Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 6,105 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): Athena, Qtek 8500 |
Flame II is Q4 2008 on the top row - WM7
-------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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May 10 2008, 17:10
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 311 Joined: 31st August 2007 From: Edinburgh Member No.: 294,928 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
Hmm... Seems unlikely. But who knows, maybe they know something we don't.
And maybe that's why HTC are keeping the Titanium and Raphael back. They might be Wm7 based. And possibly an upgrade for the Diamond would be available. |
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May 12 2008, 18:37
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Addict Group: Moderator Team Posts: 822 Joined: 3rd December 2006 Member No.: 216,586 Device(s): a lot |
While, with all the problems and lack of support with the Flame, I'm pretty much wary of paying anything for Flame II, I'm certainly interested in the new model. Do they manage to beat the N95? Highly unlikely - but at least someone tries to come up with a multimedia-focussed device.
I only hope that, in addition to the key strengths of the N95, it also had DVB-T / H (and/or, for you non-Europeans, MediaFLO / T-DMB and the like.) |
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May 12 2008, 18:39
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Addict Group: Moderator Team Posts: 822 Joined: 3rd December 2006 Member No.: 216,586 Device(s): a lot |
QUOTE(aktopshooter @ May 9 2008, 18:32) This is very good that they are finally releasing new devices and WM7 is also a huge plus. But where is their promised WM6 for the XDA Flame 1? If they can not come through on their passed promises I don't think that I will purchase the new version. It has been on their site for months that the WM6 upgrade would be released. Inorder for them to recieve my money they need to release this upgrade for the device which is a great device IMHO. BTW, did you try the XDA-Devs cooked 6.1? I haven't really read the related threads so I don't know whether it's any good... given that the cooked 6.1 ROM's are very good on the other models I've tested, I bet it's cool too. |
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