TORONTO – Rogers Wireless on Wednesday announced it planned to increase its presence in the market for Windows Mobile software-powered devices, with the first step being the unveiling of the Palm Treo 750 smartphone and the MOTO Q 9h. Both devices run via Windows Mobile.
The company also said it would give away a free online Windows Mobile 6 upgrade for the HTC S621.
“As Canada’s leader in wireless data services, Rogers has helped turn hundreds of thousands of workers on to the power of wireless e-mail through our global leadership in BlackBerry device penetration,” said Rogers Wireless senior vice-president and chief marketing officer John Boynton. “With Windows Mobile-powered devices continuing to gain momentum in Canada, it makes sense to expand the portfolio of handsets offered to ensure the growing data needs of Rogers’ customers are met. This expanded portfolio of Windows Mobile-powered devices will help small business owners and their employees save time – their most important commodity.”
The Palm Treo 750 has fast download speeds, a colour touch-screen, and combines the Palm experience of a multifunction mobile phone with a new, powerful Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating platform for e-mail, messaging, Web browsing and organization software that allows users to review and edit business documents and access corporate data on the go. It has built-in 128MB memory.
The MOTO Q 9h is billed as a high-performance smartphone that allows web content to be downloaded or uploaded as fast as 3.6 megabytes per second. It also has built-in GPS capabilities, a 2.0 megapixel camera with flash capable of capturing video at 15 frames per second and a variety of email options for both corporate and personal use.
Windows Mobile is a mobile platform based on the familiar Microsoft Windows computer operating system.
