Whoa, what do we have here? First up, this is the first smartphone (thought not the first
phone) we've seen with the new AT&T branding. Second, this is the first partnership of which we're aware between China's
Amoi and an American carrier. Third -- and perhaps most importantly -- the QWERTY-equipped Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone evokes the storied "SMT" model series which long ago served up the original AT&T Wireless'
SMT5600, considered by some to be the first truly usable Smartphone device sold stateside, though the addition of the full keypad on the 5700 puts it in a slightly different category. We're not solid on specs here, but it'll have a 2 megapixel cam, microSD expansion, and we're guessing data will top out at EDGE (though we're obviously hoping for more); the user's manual here depicts Windows Mobile 5, but slipping in an upgrade to 6 Standard would be a pretty trivial process. As usual, the presence of the device doesn't mean much for a release date, but with the QWERTY market getting more saturated almost daily, we reckon time is of the essence here.
posted Mar 8th 2007 10:50AM
Can someone explain to me why Cingular/ ATT would release a phone that's not a 3G in the year 2007? Is it that much more $$$ to manufacture?
Eh.. Looks like the new Blackberry.
But it lacks the cool trackball, and appears to have the strange slanty keys found on the Blackjack.
lame
I believe the iPhone was the first smart phone to display AT&T branding, in Apple's commercial for the Oscars.
iPhone is not a smartphone.
GreenDragon, you might want to correct this wikipedia article then. Apparently everything from the definition of "Smartphone" to the comparison table including the iPhone is misleading people. Yet another case of wikipedia's erroneous subjectivity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone#Comparison_table
And if you're referring to this article:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-iphone-is-not-a-smartphone/
well, that'd be just plain ridiculous. Certainly you don't put that much stock in one analyst's opinion, do you? Perhaps Google should rethink all of this software they're creating that you don't "install." How will they ever garner any "hungry power-users" and find their place on "smartphones?"
Looks like the unholy marriage of the Moto Q and the HTC Cavalier.
I am probably mistaken, but why does the at&t logo on the device look like the old logo, and not the new one they have been boasting for the last few months?
pmorenz: ??? Old: AT&T. New: at&t. Old: straight lines through the globe. New: curvy lines, looks to me like a bunch of sashes 'round about. So I don't know, why DOES it look like the old logo?