Guest Paul [MVP] Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Rumours are rife on the German news sites, according to MSMobiles, that Siemens are about to announce a Microsoft Smartphone for German Compatriot T-Mobile. This story (German) on Xonio.com, posts images of what it implies could be the above mentioned SmartPhone. Despite such news items, this seems unlikely for 2 main reasons: - Siemens is a key Symbian licensee, to release a product based on the Microsoft OS would be not impossible, but a definite blow to the Symbian camp. - The phone pictured in the story above has a standard key configuration, and does not have a 'home' and 'back' key, as required by the SmartPhone 2002 OS. So, on the face of it, this seems unlikely, but - well, stranger things have happened... :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Paul [MVP] Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 Kinda looks that way :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest midnight Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 hehehe, errr, i seriously doubt it :) for a start, that would be one wide phone, the chances are its a smaller display than Smartphones (120 x 160 perhaps at a guess, sl55 was 160 x 120) the logo at the top isnt masked out, its silver, and it says siemens ;) the home and back buttons masked out? that would make them above the softkeys, which is a bit silly if you ask me. And, also, surely you'd see the volume and record buttons on the side? a requirement of all SmartPhones oh, and as for the photoshop manipulation???? nah, its just a bad/low quality jpg thats all at a guess, this is yer run of the mill symbian siemens phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brody Posted July 11, 2003 Report Share Posted July 11, 2003 ...and Mid is the "Arty Tweaker Dude" so thats good enough for me :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smartphone-web.com Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Here in Germany i've never heard about a Siemens MS SMartphone. A few weeks ago the Siemens Chairman say things like: "We dont need MS to build Phones." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest midnight Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 hehe, but they may well do in the future, i mean, seriously, who is gonna be the best in integrating phones with windows????? ms themselves of course :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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