Microsoft's phone gets closer
it-director | at | by Mike
Some time ago we saw that Microsoft had plans for the mobile market. And now we've seen details of Samsung Electronics' mobile based on Microsoft's Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 platform, which has just received clearance from the US Federal Communications Commission. The SCH-1600 has limited PDA functionality and has been designed as a clamshell device with dual band CDMA. Features include LCD panels, one inside the phone and one positioned on the outside, so that the caller id can be seen even when the phone is closed. An infrared port and Secure Digital memory card slot, which supports Secure Digital IO standard extension peripherals, such as digital cameras and Bluetooth devices, is also included. The phone supports email and SMS.