Talk about sensory overload -- MoDaCo got its hands on a bunch of semi-official Orange debuts for a number of devices over the weekend, and we have to admit, we're insanely jealous. Perhaps the most interesting of the bunch, Samsung's "Blackjack" WM5 Smartphone comes fresh on the heels of the i320, offering basically the same functionality plus 3G data and a forward-facing camera for video calling (
feeling the heat, Moto?). Also shown were the HTC
Breeze and
Oxygen, known on Orange as the C700 and C100 respectively; no real surprises here, though we can now confirm that the Oxygen won't be sporting DTV like we had
previously heard might be the case. In case that all doesn't have ya impressed, the
Hermes (M3100) and
Star Trek (F600) showed up for the party, too. Don't know about you, but we're feeling a bit overwhelmed here; excuse us while we lie down for just a few minutes.
posted Jul 17th 2006 12:38PM
Oh my.
That Orange versioned i320 looks MUCH better than the i320 we all have seen.
In Lieu of having a GSM Q out anytime soon, I MUST have that!
After 8 months w/a WM phone...I'm scared for the amount of calls/complaints the Orange folk are going to have after they roll these out.
What's with the every-other-key numeric keypad layout?
Samsung sucks! they are using a proprietary jack for the connection and charger as usual. At least the Moto Q and other Motorola devices now uses mini-usb. Can't wait until they launch that HTC Breeze over here (if ever).
Nice to see my photography getting an airing these days ;]
You also forgot to mention that Orange kindly gave the attendees a free limited edition white SPV C600 with the MoDaCo logo on the back.
The oxygen could very well have DTV. Like the 'Tornado' before it, Orange decided to take out Wi-Fi. It looks like the oxygen is going to be a more mainstream outing for Windows Mobile. We all think it is going to have a £99 price point.