Wireless carrier T-Mobile announced Thursday that it is selling a device using Microsoft’s Pocket PC Phone Edition software, making it the first to do so in the United States.
T-Mobile’s Pocket PC Phone Edition combines cell phone and organizer features as well as voice and data capabilities, which will let customers wirelessly surf the Web and send and receive e-mail. The device will cost $550, but T-Mobile is offering a $50 rebate on the device for the next 45 days for subscribers who agree to a one-year service contract. The device runs on T-Mobile’s GSM (global system for mobile communications) and GPRS (general packet radio service) wireless networks.
T-Mobile’s device is the first device available in the United States to use Microsoft’s Pocket PC Phone Edition software. Hewlett-Packard announced that it will sell a device using the Phone Edition software in Europe that runs on wireless carrier Vodaphone’s network. The British wireless carrier mmO2 also announced that its XDA handheld, which is made by Taiwan’s HTC, will also use Phone Edition software. The T-Mobile device is the same HTC-made device.
Source:Zdnet
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