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News But overall Microsoft made few mobile advances, though a new version of the SPV, made by HTC in Taiwan, added Bluetooth and an integrated camera. There were spats over 3G, Iraq and mobile OSes but, says Tony Hallett,... [23 Dec 2003]
Vodafone CEO: Microsoft OS not ready yet
News Microsoft has made advances with its Windows Mobile OS this year, seeing it included in the Motorola MPx200 on the Orange network as well as the SPV, also an Orange 'signature phone'. Vodafone has backed away from... [22 Dec 2003]
Huawei signals intent in handset market
News Neighbouring Taiwan has also made a splash in the mobile arena, though it is better-known for contract manufacturers who make bespoke devices, often directly for operators in the West, such as the Microsoft-based SPV... [12 Nov 2003]
ITU 03: Gates talks up the Digital Decade
News Introduced as "one of the best friends of our industry", he again spoke positively about telecoms and whereas last time saw a Windows CE-based smart phone with a browser and messaging, this time the audience were treated to the mobile... [13 Oct 2003]
Latest Orange SPV gets Bluetooth and integrated camera
News Orange has unveiled the SPV E200, the latest and most feature rich version of its smart phone based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system. The phone looks like the earlier SPV, which received a... [10 Oct 2003]
The worst kept secret in mobile
Comment Though sales haven’t been stellar, last year’s SPV (the one in association with Orange and HTC) has been a success in terms of that all-important metric: ARPU (average revenue per user). The companies behind the latest... [15 Sep 2003]
Microsoft, Motorola and Orange team up for UK smart phone
News Orange announced a partnership with Motorola in June and has been a key user of Microsoft technology, being the first operator to sell a device based on the Windows Smartphone 2002 operating system last October - its... [15 Sep 2003]
Convergence will drive users to ditch standalone PDAs
News There has also been slow growth in the demand for voice-centric devices that include advanced data applications, commonly called smartphones, such as the SPV by Orange and Nokia's 9210 Communicator. Research house IDC is... [26 Aug 2003]
TI deal put paid to SPV suit
News UK mobile phone handset maker Sendo has confirmed that a deal reached last week with Texas Instruments was behind the decision to call off its patent lawsuit against Orange, maker of the processor that powers Orange's... [23 Jul 2003]
Consumers go mad for camera phones
News Unsurprisingly, Nokia remains the leading handset manufacturer, with a 78 per cent share of the simple voice-centric handset market, with Sony Ericsson in second place (15 per cent) and Microsoft in third with five per cent share for its... [23 Jul 2003]
Sendo drops Orange lawsuit
News Sendo had attempted to stop sales of Orange's SPV, a smartphone based on Microsoft software, in the UK, saying that the SPV infringed on Sendo patents. HTC is the manufacturer of the... [22 Jul 2003]
Microsoft stakes claim on mobile market
News What we've seen from the Orange SPV rollout is that Windows mobile devices are introducing new usage patterns within both the consumer and business space. Microsoft's share of the mobile market will be boosted by new... [02 Jul 2003]
New Orange, new optimism
News Orange was the first company to roll out a phone, the SPV, that uses the Microsoft Smartphone 2002 OS. Orange has outlined bullish plans for the next few years that it says will see it being number one or two in a market... [24 Jun 2003]
Sendo sues Orange over SPV smart phone innards
News Sendo said on Thursday that it has filed legal action against mobile phone operator Orange in the UK for alleged patent infringements in Orange's SPV (Sound, Pictures, Video) smart phone. The handset maker said the... [06 Jun 2003]
Opera refuses to perform on Microsoft smartphone
News Opera, which recently launched its Small-Screen Rendering technology that makes it easy to read standard web pages on smartphones, last week said it will never offer a version for Microsoft-powered devices such as the Orange... [24 Feb 2003]
