The Unloading Zone: New Wireless Phones are going to be HOT in 2008!

Friday, January 4, 2008

New Wireless Phones are going to be HOT in 2008!

We'll know more after the Consumer Electronics Show next week, but if you thought the ATT Tilt or the HTC Touch were hot phones, let me introduce you to the HTC Touch Cruise. It will be available 1st/2nd quarter of 2008, according to rumors.

This phone is HOT! Check out these specs:

-Full multimedia experience with the large 2.8" TFT-LCD touch screen

-Revolutionary TouchFLO touch-screen technology that allows finger-touch scrolling, panning, and photo zooming

-Innovative 3D Tourch Cube interface for quick and easy navigation

And the BEST is yet to come:

-Worldwide connectivity (3G and GPRS/EDGE/GSM)

-Quad Band GSM: 850/1900/900/1800 (Works Worldwide)

-WiFi 802.11 b/g

-Bluetooth 2.0

-Windows Mobile 6 Professional with Direct Push Outlook email

-Live HTC Home featuring time and weather display, quick launcher, and one-touch ring tone settings

-3 megapixel camera with auto-focus for shooting photos/videos and a second camera for video calls or self portraits

-Built-in turn-by-turn GPS navigation with TomTom software offers you a full navigation experience

-FM Radio

-MP3 player

-Video playback

-microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

-HTC EXTUSB (11-pin mini-USB and audio jack in one) full-speed USB 2.0

-4-Way Navigation Wheel with Enter button

-Talk Time: 420 mins / Standby Time: 450 hrs

-Dimensions: 110 x 58x 15 mm

-Weight: 130g

And HTC isn't the only one coming out with hot new phones this year. RIM has already shown pictures of a full-touchscreen Blackberry, iMate has a blown-up version of the ATT Tilt called the 9520 which looks to be the smartest (but not the smallest) Smartphone around. Nokia has new offerings and the other manufacturers aren't kicking back doing nothing. By this summer, if not earlier, a whole plethora of new, powerful, and exciting Smartphones will be available.

As to when US wireless carriers will offer these is another question. The new RIM is a given but they've still got a lot of inventory to turn and commitments to meet on their current products. If you want to be an early adopter, you'll probably have to buy one unlocked from your favorite importer or on eBay.

Bottom line: If you're in the market for a new Smartphone and can wait a few months, you won't be kicking yourself later.

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