I dont think it will catch on.
By Ben Charny
Posted on ZDNet News: Jul 1, 2002 11:15:00 PM
Nextel Communications debuted its first full color-screen cell phone on Monday, and two more U.S. wireless carriers are about to do the same.
Color-screen phones have been selling in overseas markets for at least two years, but Nextel's product, the Motorola i95cl, is new for U.S. consumers who are used to the gray, green or blue background colors. A representative for T-Mobile U.S., also known as VoiceStream Wireless, says its first color-screen phone should be reaching store shelves now. Cingular Wireless is expected to unveil its first color-screen phone "very soon," a representative said Monday.
But don't expect carriers to paint a huge swath onto their product lines....
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Posted on ZDNet News: Jul 1, 2002 11:15:00 PM
Nextel Communications debuted its first full color-screen cell phone on Monday, and two more U.S. wireless carriers are about to do the same.
Color-screen phones have been selling in overseas markets for at least two years, but Nextel's product, the Motorola i95cl, is new for U.S. consumers who are used to the gray, green or blue background colors. A representative for T-Mobile U.S., also known as VoiceStream Wireless, says its first color-screen phone should be reaching store shelves now. Cingular Wireless is expected to unveil its first color-screen phone "very soon," a representative said Monday.
But don't expect carriers to paint a huge swath onto their product lines....
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