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Dual-sim Windows Mobile phone spotted
General Mobile has launched a phone can hold two sim cards at once, the DSTW1.
It is the world's first dual-sim device to use Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, which should spread its appeal among business customers.
Sim cards from around the world, with the exception of America, can be used and if you're chatting on one line and the other one rings, you can answer the second call and put your first on hold.
The real appeal for me is that you could have one British sim card inserted and a foreign one fitted to avoid the unfair cost of receiving a phone call when you're abroad.
Its specs include a Texas Instruments 200MHz CPU, 256MB Rom, 64MB Ram, a Micro-SD slot, a 2.8in 240x320 pixel touchscreen and a 2 megapixel camera.
It weighs a hefty 144g and can last through 240mins talk-time or 150 hours on standby. The fastest data access it appears to support is Edge, which means 100Kbit typical download speeds and is a massive disappointment in the face of 3.6Mbit HSDPA enabled phones.
I'm promised it will go on sale in the UK in the second half of this year and its stand-alone price, without a contract, will be around €550 (£420).
Posted by Emil Larsen on March 5, 2008 | Permalink
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i would just like to put wright you are not the first i have had one for at least 6 mouths.
Posted by: Paul osmand | 6 May 2008 17:57:15
