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http://www.di.se/Nyheter/?pag[....]on%3DStartsidan%3BHuvudnyheter
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SE denies Windows mobiles
SE denies that a model based on Microsoft's OS is planed in cooperation with the Taiwanese mobile manufacturer HTC. But discussions have been held with the competitor.
Rumors have been flourishing about SE giving HTC commission to build a hand held mobile based on Windows Mobile. According to the news paper Comercial Times the model will be released around the second half of 2008.
The investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort reported the information in a custom letter on the Wednesday. The information is sensational in that both Ericsson and SE are big owners of Symbian, which develops the OS
used by the majority of all mobile phones.
Mattias Holm, head of press relations at SE says that discussions have been held with HTC, but building a Windows based mobile with the competitor HTC is not a work in progress.
So, do you have any plans on any Windows based mobiles ?
"We continuously look at potentional partners and different technologies. But in addition to that I want to say that we are faithful to Symbian and UIQ", he says.
UIQ is a subsidiary to SE, which develops user interfaces.
What have you talked about with HTC ?
"That I can not tell. We are looking at different parts of our markets, that we have to do continuously", says Mattias Holm.
[ This Message was edited by: Arne Anka on 2007-09-19 23:58 ]
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Posted: 2007-09-20 00:55:08
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most of who buy's
is becouse of the easy and fast UI
and WM is more complicated than UIQ which are a bit hard to use
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Posted: 2007-09-20 01:40:27
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CNN also
mentions the story:
Taiwan's High Tech Computer wins Sony Ericsson order for 1 mln handsets - report
September 18, 2007: 07:54 PM EST
Sep. 18, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) --
TAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) - High Tech Computer Corp (2498.TW) has secured a contract from Sony (NYSE:SNE) Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERICY) Mobile Communications AB to design and assemble the latter's first smartphone running Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows Mobile platform, the Commercial Times reported, without citing sources.
The order is estimated to exceed 1 mln units, and the smartphone is due to hit the market in the second half of 2008, it said.
The Taiwan company currently ships some 10 mln smartphones per year, and the Sony Ericsson contract is expected to expand shipments by 10-20 pct, it added.
philip.wang@afxasia.com
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Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.
If this is true then it will be just one more WM device made by HTC - this time with an SE sticker.
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[ This Message was edited by: AbuBasim on 2007-09-20 01:55 ]
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Posted: 2007-09-20 02:52:46
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http://www.mobil.se/ArticlePa[....]/20070920123930_MOB450.dbp.asp
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SE comments the Microsoft mobile
2007-09-20 12:41
SE now comments the rumors about the plans to release a Microsoft mobile. They confirm that a dialog about possible future business relations have been discussed, but "can not say anything about the details".
It was yesterday that Bloomberg and Dresdner Keinwort among others reported that the taiwanese finance news paper Commercial Times has uncovered the news about HTC going to manufacture a Microsoft mobile for SE.
- I can confirm that we discuss with HTC. Details around this I can not say anything about, comments Mattias Holm at SE.
But can you comment if you will release any Microsoft mobile next year ?
- I can say that we are still comitted to SYmbian and UIQ.
But there are others that makes both Symbian and Microsoft mobiles such as Motorola, Samsung and LG ?
- Sure, thats how it is. Vi have to continuously look for business opportunities. But we can not comment anything of that before we have anything finished.
But the information from Taiwan about HTC manufacturing one million mobiles on behalf of you, what is behind that ?
- I can not comment how our dialog with HTC looks like, but I can confirm we have a dialog with them as we have with other third party manufacturers.
However, the information now reveald is not correct.
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Posted: 2007-09-20 14:12:10
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^^^Ooooo, very cagey. There is definitely something behind that story.
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Posted: 2007-09-20 14:28:11
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Residentevil Posts: > 500
Don't want any WM on my
phones.
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Posted: 2007-09-20 14:31:29
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After using O2 XDA atom for 4 months in 1 years ago...I dont want any windows mobile in any SE phones...
WM based device in my mind mixed with hang,reset and laggish...
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Posted: 2007-09-20 15:08:15
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i do hope that sony ericsson will use windows mobile in their phones... not because i like windows mobile but because SEs market will be bigger indeed
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Posted: 2007-09-20 18:32:53
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symbiam is looking fairly good so far. wouldn't want WM on it at all.
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Posted: 2007-09-20 19:31:01
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nope, leave win mob with the ODM's where it belongs
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Posted: 2007-09-21 04:00:58
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