Ogo CC-10 throws time-tested formula to the wind, goes portrait QWERTY

We haven't heard a solitary peep out of IXI Mobile in a hot minute, even though its Ogo line -- once a member of Cingular's lineup -- had found some niche popularity among teens and the deaf community. We'd even thought they'd gone into R&D hibernation, actually, but apparently not -- they're innovating. They're innovating so much, in fact, that they've innovated themselves right out of the landscape clamshell form factor that made the Ogo famous. This Inventec-sourced CC-10 we just spotted in the FCC looks more Centro than Ogo, though all of the original's features -- notably strong IM and social networking support -- carry on through to the new model. At any rate, we can say that IXI doesn't intend to break back into the North American market -- at least not with this exact unit, anyway -- since GSM 1900 and Bluetooth are the only features it bothered testing.

[Eddy Munn @ Jul 3rd 2009 6:38PM]

Ugly, period.

[MrFairladyz @ Jul 3rd 2009 6:59PM]

definitely a centro clone

[Jake @ Jul 3rd 2009 7:01PM]

When the hell were they popular in the deaf community? Don't you mean the RIM before they became blackberry or the Motorola flip texter thingy, or what about the sidekick? Do your research next time. The sidekick was and still is popular in the deaf community. We knew the Ogo was a joke.

[Chris Ziegler @ Jul 3rd 2009 7:05PM]

Where in the post do I say that other devices *weren't* or *aren't* popular in the deaf community?

[Jake @ Jul 3rd 2009 10:13PM]

the ogo never really gained any attention in the deaf community. In rochester, new york, there would be at least 50 deaf folks that has the sidekick and maybe, just maybe, one of them had the ogo and quickly returned it because Cingular had crappy plans that would rip off the deaf people.

[Tal @ Jul 4th 2009 2:20PM]

Really? And what exactly is your expertise in the field that you can claim, based on apparently experience alone, that you know the popularity of a phone with the ENTIRETY of the deaf community? The example you state is that of a very small subset of the deaf community. Where is your research, sir?

[Jake @ Jul 4th 2009 5:53PM]

Look at the population of deaf people in Rochester, New York and also, look at the population in Washington D.C. You'd be surprised. All i'm saying is, the sidekick was far more popular than the ogo was and the ogo really never gained any attention because it lacked a lot of features when it came out. I remember when ogo first came out because I lived and knew a lot of deaf people (because I'm deaf myself) who rejected the Ogo from the get go.

[Someperson @ Jul 3rd 2009 7:03PM]

It reminds me of that one Palm phone thats going to be avaiable for at&t with the WebOS.

[Templarian @ Jul 3rd 2009 7:32PM]

The eos looks a lot different.

[pete @ Jul 3rd 2009 7:17PM]

kinda weird to see such a shitty picture from such a big camera

[Epsilon-Not @ Jul 3rd 2009 8:39PM]

Perhaps it's some kind of federal standard for image quality.

[Phoenix @ Jul 3rd 2009 11:02PM]

Well it's definitely on par for Government work. I was thinking the same thing!

[Psycros @ Jul 4th 2009 4:38AM]

Reminds me of my cherished E62. You can't make a QUERTY too big for my tastes. I'd carry an IBM AT keyboard around if it had a GSM radio in it.

[Paulo @ Jul 4th 2009 4:57AM]

I actually saw one of these in London the day of the HTC conference where the Hero was revealed. Looked pretty nice in white but dint look like it had a camera.

[Keith Myers @ Jul 4th 2009 9:20AM]

It looks like a Palm Centro Knock Off