CTIA Wireless 2003
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The new Kyocera Blade (middle) and Phantom (right), next to a T68i. The Blade and Phantom are part of a mix-and-match platform. Carriers can choose from three exteriors, color or grayscale displays, and modes and frequencies (tri-mode, single-band, etc.) The Phantom design supports user-changeable color bezels around the display. The other two designs have an integrated flashlight.
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The Phantom, a T68i, a 3245, and a 3225c (3225 with color display).
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The 3245 features a rugged-looking design, and carriers can choose a battery cover with an integrated carabiner (sport clip).
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The new Wildseed phone. Kyocera will be manufacturing the CDMA version, which will be marketed as the Kyocera Kurv. Wildseed also announced that Curitel will be manufacturing a GSM version. The phone struck me as rather thick and bulky.
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The hallmark feature of the Wildseed design is the SmartSkins - faceplates that include and integrated smart chip which adds content to the phone (ringtones and graphics). Announced at CTIA was a Smart Skin featuring the Coors Light twins, shown here.
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A Samsung SPH-i500 (closed), and A500, an i500 open, and an SPH-700.
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A Samsung SPH-500, SPH-i700, and a Hitachi G1000. The i700 and G1000 are both Pocket PC Phone Edition devices, and Sprint has committed to bring both to market in the 2nd quarter,
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The Samsung SPH-i500 next to an i330. The i500 is remarkably small.