Phone Scoop - HTC SPV e100 / 7070 (Tanager) Updates

SPV2 Details Leaked

Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:59:45 GMT

Details of a new, unannounced Microsoft Smartphone appeared on the website for French carrier Orange SA recently. The phone, which appears to be based on the rumored Voyager design from HTC, looks similar to the current SPV e100 (Tanager) phone, but adds Bluetooth and an Integrated camera. The web site also indicates that the new model will support Java 2.0. Like its predecessor, the SPV2 will sport a 16-bit TFT display and tri-band GSM/GPRS.

Released (somewhere)

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT

The HTC SPV e100 / 7070 (Tanager) is now available. It is not yet available from a major U.S. carrier, but it is available in other countries, or from a smaller regional carrier. If it is available overseas, stay tuned to this feed for links to purchase this phone from one our affiliate partners that imports such phones.

T-Mobile Scraps Microsoft Smartphone Plans

Thu, 15 May 2003 15:13:12 GMT

T-Mobile International said today it has shelved plans to introduce a mobile phone powered by Microsoft software. "We have decided not to introduce this phone," a T-Mobile spokesman said on the sidelines of a Deutsche Telekom news conference. T-Mobile announced in February it planned to introduce the Microsoft phone this summer. The phone was to be based on the Tanager design from manufacturer HTC, which is still slated for introduction by European carrier Orange as the SPV e100.

Orange Launches World's First Windows Powered Smartphone in Europe

Tue, 22 Oct 2002 16:49:56 GMT

Microsoft and European operator Orange today announced the launch of the world's first Windows® Powered Smartphone - the Orange SPV. The SPV – which stands for Sound Pictures Video – is manufactured by HTC, and was previously known by the code-name "Canary". An attachable camera will be included with the phone. The SPV is due to be available in the UK in early November, followed by France, Denmark and Switzerland in the coming weeks. Other Orange operations including Belgium, The Netherlands, Slovakia, Romania and Thailand are also expected to offer the SPV early in 2003.