[Mobilepartners] 3GSM News

[Andrew Yu]

Good morning,

As some of you may be aware, 3GSM World Congress is currently in progress in Barcelona, Spain. 3GSM is perhaps the largest global event for mobile devices, software, and related services.

This year's 3GSM seems to be dominated by announcements of Windows Mobile 6 (WM6) from Microsoft. The new version will now be categorized as Standards (equivalent to Smartphone Edition), Professional (equivalent to Pocket PC Edition), and Classic (non-cellular PDA device with "Pocket PC"). At least ten manufacturers have announced new devices including new licensees such as LG Electronics, Toshiba, and Lenovo. 

Impact on MIT: In the next three to six months, we can expect some of the new devices to be available through US-based carriers. With WM6 features some needed improvements from the previous version, including native support for X.509 certificates, higher-resolution screens (e.g. 320x320 and 800x480), built-in SIP client, etc.

You can find the list of new devices along with external links to obtain more information below:

Windows Mobile 6:
1. Motorola Q gsm & Q q9 (WM6 Standard)
2. Asus Aries (WM6 Standard)
3. i-mate 5150, 6150, 7150, 9150, 8150 (WM6 Standard & Professional)
4. HP iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger (WM6 Standard)
5. Samsung i760 (WM6 Professonal)
6. LG Device (WM6 Professonal)
7. Toshiba G900 (WM6 Professonal)
8. HTC Vox (WM6 Professonal)
9. Lenovo (WM6 Standard & Professional)
10. Palm Treo 750 (WM6 Professional)

Symbian:
1. Nokia E90, E61i, and 6110 (S60)
2. Motorola MOTORIZR Z8

BlackBerry:
1. BlackBerry 8800 (Cingular/at&t)

Palm OS:
None

External News Sites Covering 3GSM:
Engadget mobile: 
www.engadgetmobile.com

CNET: 
http://news.com.com/3GSM+World+Congress/2009-1035_3-6157682.html


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Andrew J. Yu
Mobile Devices Platform Coordinator
Software Release Team
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building W92-140B
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

Phone: 617-324-8985
Fax: 617-258-8736
Email: AndrewYu at mit.edu
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