CTIA Fall 2005
While the Windows Mobile Treo was the big Microsoft news at the show, and their big news for the US, there are some other Windows Mobile devices about to hit the global market that are equally interesting.
The first is an HTC device known generically as the "Wizard". Like most HTC devices, the Wizard will reach carriers and resellers under a wide variety of different names, and a couple of different outer shell designs.
Below is one design that was (very securely) shackled to the Microsoft booth on the show floor:
The style of it won't appeal to everyone, but it does have a great keyboard - basically the same type as HTC's Universal and Apache (PPC-6700) devices.
The other Wizard design has the same features, but a more streamlined outer design, and a different keyboard (that unfortunately didn't feel as good to us.)
This is the one i-mate will be offering overseas as the "K-JAM". They hope to officially distribute it in the US next year, although that hasn't been finalized.
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