Mitac unveils Mio 8390 - first Microsoft Smartphone 2003 OS

[Guest sebset]

Microsoft smartphone world is on the move. Just 1 month before the launch of the new SPV2 by Orange UK, Mitac (a Taiwanese manufacturer) unveils today the world’s first smartphone powered by Windows Smartphone 2003 OS.

Smaller than the 8380 this new model is also powered by a 200MHz Intel Dalhart processor and uses the new version of Windows Smartphone 2003 OS.

More info from Computex: http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article....ages=PR&seq=201

Mitac unveils world’s first Microsoft 2003 OS Smartphone – the Mio 8390 – at Computex

Chinmei Sung, Taipei [Monday 22 September 2003]  

Mitac International today debuted the world’s first smartphone running on Microsoft Smartphone 2003 OS at Computex Taipei 2003.

The Mio 8390 is the company’s second Microsoft Smartphone. The handset features a 200MHz Intel Dalhart processor, a 65,000-color TFT LCD panel, 40 polyphonic ring tones, MMS support, Java MIDP 2.0 support and a VGA CMOS built-in digital camera. For expansion, it has a slot for SD I/O~MMC Secure Digital (SD) cards.

It is unclear when the product will be available. The company said it is still discussing deals with mobile operators.

Mitac was the first company to launch a smartphone based on Intel’s XScale technology. It debuted the Mio 8380 in June and has been shipping the smartphone to mobile operators in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia. The company did not ship any handsets prior to the second quarter of 2003.

Mitac said it would possibly launch a third model by year-end. The company is evaluating other operating systems in addition to Microsoft’s. Sources estimate that Mitac will ship 80,000 smartphone units this year. Its Kunshan, Jiangsu Province (China) plant is handling all of its smartphone production.

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[Guest Crispy]

Ok, where can I buy this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:

[Guest Will]

It has a gas gauge!! and a lithium polymer battery..

Woo!

[Guest AngelOfRage]

does this phone come with Bluetooth, because i couldnt see it listed....

also would the SD I/O~MMC support WiFi cards?

which networks in the UK will be carrying this? (if any)

[Guest mcwarre]

Angel,

Nope no bluetooth

[Guest Coucou]

Self portrait mirror? Can you use it for video calls? Ooh, that would be good ;) Factory customizable nameplate, isn't that a poor man's customizable case?

[Guest sebset]

more pics there http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwb/ultimatebb...c;f=39;t=000032

Home screen of Smartphone 2003 OS

[Guest londonlad]

its a brick

[Guest Coucou]

According to CoolSmartPhone it's not the first to run 2003 either, a dopod one is.