At CeBIT 2003 largest companies demonstrate their communicators and smartphones, which have all chances to reach a broad market. A specific role for the smartphone platform Symbian, the most similar in form factor and interface to existing cellular phones. That is why the transition from conventional mobile phone to the smartphone Symbian should not cause difficulties. That is why they can just release without difficulty and without special risks, positioning as advanced phones. And the truth: in any avenue you can not find words for Symbian, although many smartphones are based precisely on the subspecies of the OS. Highly customizable Symbian OS allows to produce devices with completely unexpected, the original interface, thereby protecting investment in the development and marketing campaign to promote a particular model, not the operating system as a whole. Unlike smartphones, which can be named with a functional PDA phones, communicators based Pocket PC and Palm OS is a traditional PDA, but with a GSM / GPRS-module. In this case more difficult to explain to consumers that this new device and why it should definitely buy it. Would have been interpreted, what the CCP, and persuade that he necessarily needed instead of a simple phone. Large vendors do not want to invest in advertising communicators, because it will play into the hands of others who will wait until all users will be clear and it will be enough just to release competing models on the market. Especially when it comes to more or less the standard platform such as Pocket PC or Palm. But lag behind in this area can be dangerous. Therefore, we are witnessing the release of an endless series of prototypes Communicators, of which the widely spread, perhaps only the more unlike anything the Nokia 9210. In recent years, the ice was broken in connection with an activity of European mobile operators, who see in communicators new perspectives to improve traffic and expand the range of services. It is they, not the manufacturers must take the trouble to conduct "explanatory work among the users." Such steps have already been taken: to take, for example, a campaign to promote Communicator O2 in Germany. Producers can only offer operators the best solution for the user.
Real Smartphones
Siemens made a number of Symbian smartphones. Their most interesting - Siemens SX1, submitted in February this year. Very nice tri-band GSM / GPRS (class 10) 900/1800/1900 smartphone both in mind and to work with him. Buttons made on two sides - typing, you have two hands. Color 176 by 220 pixels screen (16-bit color). Siemens SX1 supports all the fashion standards: SMS, EMS, MMS and e-mail (POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP). Built-in infrared port and Bluetooth transmitter will be useful for data exchange. There is also a SD slot, you can use memory cards up to 512 MB. Of particularly interesting - built-USB-port (new for Symbian Series 60 smartphones) to synchronize with your desktop PC.
Of course, the built-in camera too.
Samsung demonstrated the three device on three different platforms, read about it a separate article.
To stand among the many Nokia phones and lots of attention was focused on Symbian smartphone Nokia 3650.It supports MMS, it has a built-in camera and software for recording and playing videos. According to the stand staff, except the phone owner will receive a 3650 great entertainment complex.
Nokia 3300 - Multimedia Cell. This phone is probably intermediate between the ordinary mobile phone and gaming N-Gage. Perfected form factor and software. In 3300 built-in FM-radio and a stereo input with the ability to record music on the fly to MP3. 4.5 MB of memory available for user data, there is also a slot MMC.
And, of course, waiting for Nokia N-Gage, a hybrid phone and gaming console. This is something. This entertainment center. Form Factor specially sharpened by the game. Many of the toys will be three-dimensional (in the list, for example, costs Tomb Rider). Built-in FM-radio, MP3-Player, Bluetooth, GPRS. In addition to games can be quite serious work with email and applications for Series 60. Will be available closer to the winter of 2003. For more details you can consult the website www.n-gage.com.
Smartphones, are far from life
Concept 3G smartphone Toshiba. Estimate the thickness.
Two individuals from the Sanyo. It looks like the company of one screen on the phone seems not enough. Just look at these folding and sliding design!
Mitsubishi is not far behind. Smart phones with TV-tuner, it's something new.
Communicators
Communicators at the exhibition also showed quite a lot. It is especially popular with the direction of Taiwanese manufacturers. However, it seems that there are two problems: the shortage of affordable GSM-modules and the complexity of licensing OS Pocket PC 2002. If the first problem is completely solved, then the second is really urgent. According to the Taiwan stand assistants, Microsoft puts price on their barrage Pocket PC 2002 (including Phone Edition). Few can afford to buy a lot of licenses for quite a round sum, so we have to use Windows CE. NET and go to other compromises. Leading manufacturers of mobile devices is also not lagged behind the Taiwanese. Particularly pleased with their Palm OS and Pocket PC communicators Samsung. However, these typewriters, we have been told.
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CDMA smartphone Lenio IPA-C1 400-MHz processor, with slots for CF and SD / MMC, Built-in Camera and extended 3000 mAh removable battery. Quite attractive equipment. There is also a version without the CDMA-module. Operating system Windows CE. NET 4.1.
Company DO Tel, known on the Russian market for its Wincent 320, has demonstrated continued the series - a new DOT400 c possible to upgrade to a GSM device running Windows CE. NET 4.20. More information about the device described in our previous article from the show.
The Taiwanese company E-TEN has introduced a new improved device E-TEN 603. Compared with the previous model we tested E-TEN 600 for this machine more than a nice design, GSM-Module has a three-band, and GPRS class is 10. The rest is all the same "six hundredth."
One of the few Palm OS smartphones have found at the stand of Taiwanese company Group Sense PDA. The smartphone is based on Palm OS 5, built-in camera is a Sony, area graffiti - hardvernaya. But most importantly, that all this economy really works. I expected that the smartphone will hang on the third click, but it did not happened. And the performance was at 33 MHz color Palm OS machines. Actually, both inside and is 33 MHz Dragonball. GSM / GPRS 900/1800 dual-band module. The overall impression is very favorable.
Actually, Group Sense PDA has several finished devices based on Dragonball, and seems ready at any time make a lot of their PDA, I beg Palm OS instead of its own operating system. For example, one of these GSM PDA.
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Korean Firm Startups demonstrated its Pocket PC device Vivace PDA with built-CDMA. According predstvaiteley company, this module can be easily changed to GSM. PDA, according to the parameters, it is quite standard, but the battery capacity increased to account for work as a communicator: 1500 mAh battery, 206 MHz StrongARM processor, 64 MB of ROM and RAM. All farm runs on Windows CE. NET.
Well, finally another device, expected investments, and OEM-a. Meet Mobilion! Made a very good impression, quite completed yet thing on PPC 2002 Phone Edition, Standard Specifications. Housing quality better than average, in the hand is okay. Equipped with only a CF-slot, and it is an obvious drawback.
In conclusion, we note that CeBIT 2003 is not much different in terms of smartphones and kommunikatorostroeniya from last year's exhibition, but with one important amendment. Communicators and smartphones are slowly but surely marching to the consumer. And while talking about it being best direction has been good for several years, still smartphones will not become a mass phenomenon. It seems nevertheless that this moment is getting closer. The authors, translation:
