“The combination of cell phone and Web-browsing handheld, which the company had hoped to have in the hands of consumers by the beginning of this month, is unlikely to be widely available until next month, industry sources say. […] Danger CEO Andy Rubin declined to offer a new launch date, saying that is up to the company’s carrier partners. However, he said the company is in volume production of the device, with 6,000 Hiptops being produced each week (will sell for $200, unlimited browsing and some free phone minutes for $40/month). […] Initially, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion should not feel much of a threat from Danger, given that the former sells primarily to business users and the latter is pitched at consumers. […] The device’s arrival could pose problems for Palm, which gets much of its business from consumers”. The story is at News.com, earlier coverage here.
Danger’s Hiptop Handheld Still on Hold
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Hehe… it seems that it is going to be ex-Be engineers Versus ex-Be engineers… The heart of Danger’s engineering force consists from 8-9 ex-Be engineers while Palm’s consists from the rest 40 (or so).
As long as the price is decent, the call quality is decent, and they offer more carriers than just Voicestream.
I’ve used a number of the Motorola all-in-one devices and none of them has ever really impressed me that much.
I hope Danger did a better job with their keyboard and UI, especially for their IM software.
Motorola at least had decent call quality and battery life even if using it was not a heavenly experience.
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Hmm… I have a thought here, the carriers do not start to sell it at 6000 a week volume. If T-Mobile were to split that up between the US, Germany and UK, that would be 2000 per week for each, which is laughable. If the Register was correct the Nokia 7650 is being produced by 750k per month and it is sold out again at T-Mobile in Germany. And that one costs 700 EUR. Just a thought here, but I am greatly looking forward to the device.
where’s the software?