Qisda showcases dual-mode GSM / WiMAX-compatible mobile

Far from being the first dual-mode handset we've seen (heck, it's not even the first WiMAX-friendly dualie), Qsida's recently showcased slider is still quite intriguing. The currently unnamed cellphone supports both 802.16e WiMAX as well as GSM / GPRS / EDGE networks, and just in case you're hankering for another way to get connected, there's a built-in WiFi module too. Reportedly, the smartphone is a test device used in the M-Taiwan initiative to promote WiMAX, and aside from handling voice calls via (almost) any flavor of wireless protocol, you'll also find Windows Mobile 6.1 running the show. Granted, this particular unit wasn't down with 3G, but a spokesperson was adamant that such a handset would be added to its portfolio eventually.

[Aguiluz @ Jun 7th 2008 10:38PM]

Wifi....

Nice!

[clak @ Jun 7th 2008 11:22PM]

Windows Mobile is always the villain on these phones. It's almost as bad as the butler in an old Agatha Christie murder novel. Not that I read.


Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?—Steve Jobs to John Sculley, 1983

[Aguiluz @ Jun 7th 2008 11:24PM]

clak, please, Windows is not that bad.

You are just giving mac users like yourself a bad name. Please stop.

[phanbouy @ Jun 7th 2008 11:26PM]

how much creativity do you need to be as annoying as possible? about as much as a screaming infant.

[Niki @ Jun 7th 2008 11:46PM]

WiMAX, GSM...
Now let's just make it as pretty as the X1 and they'll have something. =]

[Aguiluz @ Jun 7th 2008 11:46PM]

@Phanbouy

What's more annoying? I was watching Mythbusters while hanging around here and my blood just boiled on the commercial break. You know why?

This damned commercial played back:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFygMFjiK2c

Mac ads seem to reflect their "hardcore users." ANNOYING.

[phanbouy @ Jun 7th 2008 11:53PM]

ha... yeah the concept was kinda amusing at first, but i had to stop playing it halfway through.

my OP was directed at clak if not obvious

[Aguiluz @ Jun 7th 2008 11:58PM]

I got to run for the TV's power switch to stop it.

Its.... MADDENING!


AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

The pinnacles of Fanboyism! NOOOOO!!!! Get it away!!!

[chickenator @ Jun 8th 2008 12:01AM]

fanboy and hateboys detected! popcorn time!

[Aguiluz @ Jun 8th 2008 12:05AM]

Chicken detected! Fried Chicken time!

[Aguiluz @ Jun 7th 2008 10:38PM]

Wifi....

Nice!

[Aguiluz @ Jun 7th 2008 11:23PM]

Darn double posted. X_X

[phanbouy @ Jun 7th 2008 10:52PM]

how many days have we gone without a post about the Eee? i'm starting to get worried. does it still exist?

/irrelevant

[chickenator @ Jun 7th 2008 11:10PM]

slow news day, huh?

[Aguiluz @ Jun 8th 2008 12:07AM]

Bok-bok-ba-kok!

[chickenator @ Jun 8th 2008 12:17AM]

delicious!

[hiko36 @ Jun 8th 2008 2:45AM]

@ Aguiluz

you said kok...

[phanbouy @ Jun 8th 2008 2:56AM]

@hiko36

uh huh huh huh. huh huh huh.

[yo @ Jun 7th 2008 11:17PM]

sorry, already pre-ordered the Touch Pro and an 8GB card to go with

[aaron @ Jun 7th 2008 11:43PM]

Hmmm..okay. I don't think anyone here was asking you to buy one.

[ddub @ Jun 7th 2008 11:50PM]

Seems like 90% of the news stories today are about cell phones. If I cared that much I'd read engadget mobile.

[phanbouy @ Jun 8th 2008 1:43AM]

hey look this phone makes calls and has a web browser!!!!!1!!111

[daniel =] @ Jun 8th 2008 1:29AM]

do want !

[DundunDuuuuun @ Jun 8th 2008 4:20PM]

Oh boy, Qisda have no chance at capturing the Eastern European market.

What were they thinking?