APRIL FOOLS: Sony Ericsson To Release Windows Mobile Based Smartphone

Mike Temporale

The other day I got an email in my inbox from an friend who works for Rogers Wireless here in Canada. He informs me that Sony Ericsson is working on a Windows Mobile based Smartphone and Rogers Wireless will be the first carrier worldwide to offer this phone. We have been trading emails back and forth over the last couple days as I have been trying to pull some details out of him. He is going to be testing it on the phone for compatability on the Rogers network over the next couple of months. With any luck I will be able to get some photo's from him over the weekend. However, the specs that I have at this time are as follows:

The phone is about the same size and shape as the T616
Windows Mobile 2003 software for Smartphone
IntelR PXA299
octuple-band phone
5.2MegaPixel digital camera, with a zoom lens and adjustable focus and brightness
Secure Digital - none of this mini crap.
256 Meg RAM / 96 Meg ROM

UPDATE: I just got another email with new specs, so I've updated the list above...
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Kris Kumar · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:48 am Post subject:

I hope its not an April 1st joke Rolling Eyes

Malte · Smartphone Pupil Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 25

I would think it is. Any other day of the year I would at least be hoping for it to be true...

Kris Kumar · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 6:59 am Post subject:

Please...Please...Please..When I open my eyes again...let it be true...

ppcsurfr · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:05 am Post subject:

Okay... I almost fell for it...

There was a time when Ericsson offered an HPC... a Windows CE device...

Well, the specs are just too good to be true... As small as a T616??? Shocked

hehehe

Mabuhay!!!

Carlo
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Carlo Guerrero
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Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices

jkovacs · Smartphone Pupil Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 47

If it weren't April 1, and if you said it had a memory stick slot, I might have believed it. Not!

Joe K.

mmarlor · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:38 am Post subject:

Nice try Mike Laughing

lonesniper · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:58 am Post subject:

SonyEricsson is 100% committed to Symbian so this was too off base to fool me.

possmann · Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:18 am Post subject:

Sony Ericson is committed.... Laughing

Happy April Fools!