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MWg Roadmap Shows Windows Mobile 7 Device in Q4 2008

Posted by Zach Epstein on May 10, 2008 6:16 pm 1 comment Filed in Windows Mobile, Handsets

Wow, not sure we expected this one. According to a video shot during the roadmap portion of an MWg presentation, Q4 of this year will bring with it the first crop of Windows Mobile 7 devices. This of course makes absolutely no sense given the time line between 6.1 and 7, but we suppose crazier things have happened. The presenter neglects to delve into the specs in depth, but his visual aid speaks for itself. Here’s a breakdown of the roadmap for those of you who are too lazy to click through and watch the video:

Q3 2008

MWg Rici - 12.5 mm thick, Windows Mobile 6.1, 3 megapixel camera, integrated GPS, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.2 Mbps HSUPA connectivity

Q4 2008

MWg Flame II - Windows Mobile 7, 3.5″ touchscreen display, advanced multimedia features, 3.2 megapixel camera and integrated GPS

MWg Iris - Touchscreen device with slider form factor and QWERTY keyboard, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.2 HSUPA connectivity and integrated GPS

MWg Graphite II - No specs available

MWG Walk PC - Connected UMPC / tablet with Vista OS and integrated 3G radio

Q1 2009

MWg Atom IV - Windows Mobile 7, 7.2 HSDPA and 5.2 HSUPA connectivity, 3.2 megapixel camera and integrated GPS

MWg Vix - Windows Mobile 7, 12.5 mm thick, "new" QWERTY slider "for better messaging experience", 3.2 megapixel camera and integrated GPS

Whether or not MWg is able to push Windows Mobile 7 out during this calendar year, it looks like the Expansys-owned manufacturer has some pretty hot devices in store for us.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/05/10/mwg-roadmap-shows-windows-mobile-7-device-in-q4-2008/

7 MWG smartphones leaked, 3 of them with Windows Mobile 7. MWG Flame II with WM7 to be released in 2008

MWG is not the best know Windows Mobile smartphone maker around the world. But having Expansys - one of the biggest mobile phone distributors - as a parent, helps.

During last few months MWG caused a lot of buzz with their Zinc and Atom smartphones. And it has much more exciting things up it’s sleeve towards the end of this year.

MWG presented their whole 2008 smartphone roadmap to select audience recently, and it did not take long for the presentation to leak onto the net. And there were quite a few interesting tidbits in it.

According to the roadmap, MWG plans to launch 6 new Windows Mobile smartphones, 1 UMPC/MID. 3 of them will get Windows Mobile 7 OS, and one of WM7 devices is scheduled for the end of this year!

The picture above is pretty self explanatory. Still, I’ll recap the timing and specs of the planned devices.

Q3 2008 has only one handset scheduled, and that’s a slim 12.5 mm MWG Rici WM 6.1 smartphone with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.2 Mbps HSUPA connectivity, 3 megapixel camera and GPS.

Q4 2008 gets much more interesting with 4 pretty impressive devices scheduled. And the first of them - MWG Flame II is supposed to to run on Windows mobile 7! Other MWG Flame 2 specs include big 3.5″ or higher (touchscreen, I’m sure) display, advanced multimedia features, 3.2 megapixel camera and GPS.

MWG Iris is a slim touchscreen slider with QWERTY keyboard, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.2 HSUPA connectivity and GPS. There’s another non- touchscreen phone model called Graphite II, but no specs for it are defined yet.

And MWG also plans to have an ultraportable PC, called MWG Walk PC for the end of 2008, with Vista OS and built-in 3G. My guess is, it will be one of MID/UMPC devices along the lines of HTC Shift UMPC.

In the begriming of 2009 we’ll se 2 more Windows Mobile 7 equipped smartphones from MWG. Slim, multimedia centric MWG Atom IV, with 7.2 HSDPA and 5.2 HSUPA connectivity, 3.2 mpx camera and GPS. And 12.5 mm slim, messaging oriented QWERTY slider MWG Vix with some kind of novel keyboard, 3.2 mpx camera and GPS.

http://www.unwiredview.com/2008/05/09/mwg-rici-flame2-atom4-iris-walkpc-vix-graphite/