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Samsung shows bright i718 Pocket PC

by Chris Ziegler posted Dec 8th 2006 @ 1:54AM

Oh, you thought that when we said "bright," we meant "smart?" We suppose it could be that, too -- but more than anything, the Samsung i718's orange shell is just "bright." The fresh Pocket PC introduced at ITU Telecom World this week does the whole smartphone gig with a little more style than your average Windows Mobile device, though the specs aren't exactly earth shattering; would-be buyers can look forward to a 2.8-inch QVGA display, 2 megapixel shooter, 128MB of ROM, 64MB of RAM, microSD expansion, and Bluetooth 2.0. Though the phone's China-bound with no plans for a global release, the quad-band GSM / EDGE radio (somewhat unusual for a Chinese market device) means that North American readers pining for an orange PDA phone may have met their match.

[Via SlashGear]

Mobile WiMAX, HSUPA get spotlight at ITU Telecom World

by Chris Ziegler posted Dec 4th 2006 @ 2:55PM

LG and Samsung are using Hong Kong's ITU Telecom World 2006 as a platform for highlighting a couple technologies that, frankly, can't get here soon enough. It seems somehow appropriate that the Korean crosstown rivals are fighting for their share of the spotlight, parading HSUPA and Mobile WiMAX equipment -- both of which have the potential to shatter upstream speeds offered by the latest live technologies (HSDPA and EV-DO rev. A), while Mobile WiMAX also offers the tantalizing opportunity to pull upwards of 10Mbps down to you. While this isn't the first time we've seen either of these technologies in the wild, they're obviously becoming more ubiquitous at each and every trade show around the globe -- which means our dream of some day hosting Engadget Mobile on a cellphone grows ever closer.

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