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Motorola's Symbol MC35 coming to AT&T
Motorola and Symbol bring us a new device that fits solidly in the would-have-been-way-cooler-last-year segment. While this device packs a huge array of features into a fairly compact 185 gram device, the feature set is lacking any 3G connectivity, ROM capacity is 128MB rather than 256MB, and it comes flavored with Windows Mobile 5, not 6. Featuring a 416MHz CPU, touchscreen, quad band GSM plus EDGE, WiFi, USB 1.1, Bluetooth 1.2, 2 megapixel cam, and integrated GPS, the handset does pack the goodies -- but with a couple tweaks it could have become a showpiece for AT&T. We do, however, love the fairly big 2.8 inch display and that sweet-looking QWERTY keypad, but it just isn't enough to make our hearts sing. This handset is aimed solidly at the business set, but with other kicking Windows Mobile devices in the stable, is it a case of too little, too late? There is no word on pricing, but we can expect this handset to appear sometime in April.[Via MobileTechReview]
The MC35: a Symbol for the masses?
Symbol's handsets, while plenty rugged and capable for everyday use, don't exactly meet the... uh, aesthetic requirements demanded by average folks carrying smartphones around as part of their daily routine. Enter the MC35, a rumored Windows Mobile Pocket PC coming down the pike for a possible January launch. If the blurry picture we have here resembles the final product, it looks like Symbol is taking a sharp turn in the direction of form over function -- but no worries, corporate users and Symbol fanboys -- it should pack pretty much all the typical goodness you'd expect from a Symbol. The company is apparently billing it as a "durable, lightweight... all-in-one enterprise communication device" with integrated GPS, VoIP, and push-to-talk. Foreign-language and WiFi versions will be following shortly after the plain vanilla variant launches.
