ATLANTA-Industry is awash in high-end phone news, as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile in Germany showed off new smart phones, and as Panasonic gears up to release a new device running Nokia Corp.’s Symbian-based Series 60 operating system.
First, Cingular announced it will sell PalmOne Inc.’s Treo 650. The high-end, Palm OS-based device will run on Cingular’s EDGE network and features an MP3 player and Bluetooth. Cingular is selling the device for $450 with a two-year contract. Sprint Corp. offers a CDMA version of the device.
In other Cingular device news, the carrier announced it plans to sell the F9100 phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. The device features a slide-out QWERTY keypad as well as instant-messaging software and 24MB of memory. The device is available for $150 with a two-year contract.
Separately, T-Mobile in Germany showed off its new MDA IV, which runs Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile operating system and will work on the carrier’s W-CDMA network. The flip-open device features a keyboard, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Finally, the Federal Communications Commission approved a new clamshell-style smart phone from Panasonic. The company’s new GSM X800 runs Nokia’s Series 60 operating system, according to FCC documents. It is unclear whether it will sell through one of the nation’s carriers; Panasonic does not sell any mobile phones in the United States.
