Siemens ST55 - Microsoft Smartphone?

[Guest Paul [MVP]]

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... :)

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[Guest sebset]

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[Guest Paul [MVP]]

Kinda looks that way :)

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[Guest midnight]

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

[Guest Brody]

...and Mid is the "Arty Tweaker Dude" so thats good enough for me :wink:

[Guest smartphone-web.com]

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."

[Guest midnight]

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 :)