Guest midnight Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Contrary to reports on other websites, the Audiovox SMT 5600 won't be cancelled at all, as mentioned on engadget, who quizzed the public relations rep directly. It was probably the first Windows Mobile-powered Smartphone to come out here in the US that got more things right than it got wrong, but has the Audiovox SMT 5600 gotten lost in the shuffle of the Cingular/AT&T Wireless merger? The smartphone has indeed disappeared from AT&T Wireless’ website and is nowhere to be found on Cingular’s, so we made a quick call to the new company’s media relations office to get the scoop. The public relations rep we spoke to said that it is still possible to find the SMT 5600 at a few of the former AT&T Wireless stores and through their B2B channel, but that they aren’t selling it online anymore. When asked if that meant the phone was basically dead (or dying), he told us that actually Cingular was testing the phone on their network and would be reintroducing it soon, but how soon, he couldn’t say. Just goes to show, ask the right questions to the right people and you get the right answer :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nickcornaglia Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 That was my exact interpretation of ATT pulling the phone...despite the negative rumors on other sites....simply to give Cingular time to rebrand it! I wonder if they'll have an update for those who currently own the phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest midnight Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 i would think so, if only to remove the current ATT build so Cingular can better support it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lanrover Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Cingular is currently testing it on their network and is to offer on their network. No timeframe given. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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