Treo Killers?

To my surprise, Nokia today announced the addition of three new business-oriented phones one of which (the model E61 pictured below) is particularly relevant because of its form factor and full QWERTY keyboard. Evidently this is Nokia’s answer to fight...

October 13, 2005 | Comments (18) | Read more...

Unfortunately, even though the image below bears an uncanny resemblance to our Treo 650 it is not that of a future model but instead the conceptualized drawing of L-3 Communication’s winning proposal for a Secure Mobile Environment – Portable Electronic...

September 16, 2005 | Comments (8) | Read more...

Yesterday the web was abuzz with Motorola’s announcement that it plans to release a new smartphone – the Moto Q – sometime in Q1 of 2006. Evidently, officially announcing this product a full 6 to 9 months before its intended...

July 27, 2005 | Comments (7) | Read more...

A few days ago Verizon Wireless launched the Samsung i730 smartphone which Walt Mossberg then reviewed in his Personal Technology column. Amusingly, he started his review by extolling the virtues of our Treo 650 stating that: “For Americans who want...

June 29, 2005 | Comments (6) | Read more...

Images of a rumoured Motorola ‘RAZRberry’ (officially codenamed ‘Franklin’) running Windows Mobile 5.0 surfaced on Engadget today. Less of a ‘Treo Killer’ (people have mostly given up trying on this front ) than a would-be ‘BlackBerry Killer’, this RAZRberry design...

June 27, 2005 | Comments (9) | Read more...

There's a recurring story that we all know by now in the 'smartphone world' and which was recently confirmed by a BlackBerry (BB) sales rep at a major wireless carrier. Namely, that over 95% of BB owners carry two devices...

January 24, 2005 | Comments (10) | Read more...

After the resurfacing of the BenQ P50 last week and some people labelling it as the best bet for a "Treo Killer", I was very glad to read how this notion was thoroughly debunked by Engadget a few days ago....

January 19, 2005 | Comments (1) | Read more...

After almost a year in buzz kingdom, BenQ has finally announced the forthcoming availability of their P50 as of next month. However, aside from the fact that it costs a whopping $800, there is as of yet not a single...

January 7, 2005 | Comments (4) | Read more...

With a form factor strongly resembling our Treo 600 - size and weight within 10% of each other and similar battery performance, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera, a high resolution 240x320 screen, no antenna!, a full Qwerty...

October 11, 2004 | Comments (1) | Read more...