Gigabyte shows off VoleWare handset

NEWS ABOUT the Beast's new partners for Mobile VoleWare leaked way before the official announcement here at 3GSM Barcelona. LG and Softbank got namechecks but few seem to mention Giga-Byte Communications.

This Taiwanese manufacturer introduced a Windows Mobile 6 based handset that supports the DVB-T, DVB-H, DAB and T-DMB standards for digital TV and radio.

Known as the GSmart t600, it's GBC's first 3.5G/3G PDA phone. The company claims that it has “enjoyed a great success with TV roaming in Russia and also received high reputation during the World Cup season in Thailand market in 2006.”

Other vendors who had Windows Mobile 6 handsets on display included Lenovo and Toshiba.

The best bit about the whole Vole presentation at the show were the digs aimed at the user interface of “another major vendor”. Which was rather obviously Nokia.

The most impressive feature, however, was how all the loaded applications can share the same handset addressbook.

Since the addressbook supports ‘presence', when you look at somebody's addressbook entry, you can see if they're online and able to accept a instant message, for example.

If they ain't you can choose to email or text them. Now that's actually quite useful. µ

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