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New Pocket PC phone - Qtek 9100 - goes on sale August 23, 2005 [Pocket PC phone] | By Edward J. R. This news story is too good to be truth... 
... and also now - as always, when new models are being released, some retailers are trying various tricks to attract customers and sell devices with a bit higher prices. What is behind the story of Qtek 9100 (HTC Wizard branded by Qtek) going on sale? Certain online retailer is offering Qtek 9100 here with information that it will be available on October 1st, ... but in email to customers this retailer claims that this phone will be available already next week: Just wanted to take the opportunity to advise you that our first delivery of this brand new product which was planned for mid October has been brought forward to NEXT WEEK. We will have stock available for immediate shipment. For further details of the specification of this latest product in the comprehensive QTEK range which is available SIM FREE or with contract, please refer to our web site or call us for network connected pricing. ... and on top of that credit cards of customers who pre-ordered this phone, have been charged already! What is going on? Is this legit? Well, the price that this company demands is 339.00 British pounds plus VAT, what clearly is a premium price. Officially first Windows Mobile 5.0 devices were supposed to be available commercially not before October 2005, and we have now yet August! It is very unlikely, that a small online retailer will launch Windows Mobile 5.0 devices ahead of mobile phone operators (that usually sell much more units), but it is not impossible. Our advice is, considering high price: please wait until this device will be "in-stock". Very often it happened in past that online retailers were claiming unrealistic availability dates, that were later many times postponed... and very often other retailers were coming up with the same device but for a much lower price... Specifications of Qtek 9100 (according to the retailer, not certain yet): Platform PDA form factor integrated quad-band GSM/EDGE, Bluetooth, WiFi, 1.3/2 mega-pixel camera, and sliding QWERTY keyboard Theme: messaging Microsoft Windows PocketPC Phone Edition Dimension 108 mm(L) x 58 mm(W) x 23.5 mm(T) 150 g with battery pack Processor/Chipset TI OMAP 850 Memory ROM: 128 MB (for programs and users storage) RAM: 64 MB SDRAM LCD Module 2.8" 240 x 320 dots resolution 64K-color TFT Transflective LCD with white LED back light Sensitive Touch Screen Support both Portrait and Landscape mode (keyboard sliding and soft button on today screen) Screen rotation icon (portrait, right-hand landscape, or left-had landscape) and key lock icon (lock or unlock) on the bottom of status bar GSM/EDGE Function Internal antenna Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900) Audio codec: AMR, EFR, FR, HR SMS (MO, MT), concatenated SMS (640 characters) Supplement services: Call holding/waiting/forwarding Call barring CLI (Calling Line Identity) Display own number Network selection Cell broadcast Multi-party conference call Spool icon Phase 2+ unstructured supplementary service data Network Lock CPHS EDGE Functionality EGPRS class B Multi-slot class 10 PBCCH Incremental Redundancy SIM 1.8V/3V operation SIM Application Tool Kit release 98 class 3 Over the Air (OTA) programming FDN ADN SDN Security Pin 1 & 2 control Stylus Lock type mechanism Keyboard/Button/Switch Power button One navigation pad (5-way) Send/Hands-free button End button Voice command (right side) Voice recorder (left side) Volume up & down Camera capture 2 AP buttons (Messaging-left button, Portal or PIE-right button) 2 soft keys Notification One bi-color LED for GSM standby, GSM message, GSM network status, notification, and charging status Two respective (blue and green) LEDs for bluetooth/WiFi notification Vibration for notification Notification by sound and message on the display Audio Built-in Microphone Receiver Dual speakers on both sides Loud speaker for Hands-Free supported Full duplex Audio sampling rate 16-bits with 8KHz, 11KHz, 22KHz, 44.1KHz AMR/AAC/WAV/WMA/MP3 codec Camera Main Camera (manufacture option) CMOS 1.3Mega pixel with fixed lens Or CMOS 2.1Mega pixel with macro lens / AF Video/flash light Preview Mirror Interface Infrared IrDA SIR Mini-SD card slot with door (top) External antenna connector 1.8V/3V SIM card 2.5 Ψ stereo audio jack Power Battery Removable and chargeable Lithium ion polymer battery, 1200mAh [TBD] Charging time: less than 4 hours Battery life: PDA mode: 10 hours (running multimedia) [TBD] Talk time: 4 ~ 5 hours [TBD] Standby time: 200 hours [TBD] AC adaptor C input: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60 Hz DC output: 5V and 2A Device-to-Device Connectivity Bluetooth Compliant with v1.2 Class 2 transmit power Supported profiles: Generic Access profile Serial Port profile Headset profile Object Push profile DUN profile File Transfer profile Hands-free profile Generic Object Exchange profile AV profile PAN profile HID profile Co-exist with WiFi WiFi (manufacture option) IEEE 802.11b/g compliant Internal WLAN antenna 11, 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps per channel, auto fallback for extended range ELP mode Support 802.11i & AES Security WPA authentication WEP, PSK, EAP-TLS, PEAP, LEAP Signaling interfaces between the terminal device and the servers: mutually authenticated and encrypted utilizing TLS (RFC 2246) with RC4 encryption with SGA1 used as the message integrity check QoS 802.11 WME QoS 802.11e is preferred Fast AP to AP handover Infrared IrDA SIR Mini-USB Mini-SD Accessories AC adapter w/ mini-USB plug Carrying Case Sync. Cable (mini-USB/USB) Battery (rechargeable and replaceable) Stereo wired headset with microphone Mono bluetooth headset with microphone (optional) Stereo bluetooth headset with microphone (optional) Car adapter (optinal) Car kit w/car stereo mute function (optional) Hanger Travel Charger Mini-USB 1 slot for 2nd battery charging LED indicator for charging However, cradle may be requested, so main unit shall be able to be charged and sync. with cradle. Cradle (optional) User manual, quick start guide, sync. software CD) Pocket PC Phone Edition Applications Microsoft Pocket Outlook: Inbox, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks Microsoft Windows Media Player Microsoft MSN Messenger Microsoft Pocket Internet Explorer Microsoft ActiveSync Games Calculator Voice Notes Photo Caller ID Closed User Group Value Added Applications MASD Photo Album with editing picture capability Camera capture utility Camcorder (H.263 and MPEG4 encoder and decoder, 15 fps for QCIF encoding, 30 fps for QCIF decoding)[TBD] Zip Polyphonic MIDI Ringtone Engine IntelliDial IntelliPad SmartLauncher (operator depend) MSD MMS with video clip support MPEG4 Video/Audio Streaming Services JAVA virtual machine (J2ME, CLDC1.1, MIDP 2.0, JTWI) ClearVue Suite PowerPoint, PDF Viewer FAX (Optional) Voice command/voice dial/Text-to-speech OMA DRM 1.0/2.0 (TBD) Blackberry email client (Optional) SVG Tiny / Basic (MMS only) SW XBackup & Restore Wireless Modem (IR, USB, Bluetooth, WiFi, EDGE) Regulatory R&TTE: EMC/EMI, CEM, Safety PTCRB FCC Microsoft PocketPC 2004 Logo (NSTL) USB certification Bluetooth certification WiFi certification  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 13 Comments ]
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