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Boldly going where few other tech journalists bother to travel, we at Crave UK make sure to check out as many new phone makers as possible--because you just never know. Only yesterday we plunged into the depths of sweaty London to see MWg's latest handset, the MWg Zinc II.
You're probably thinking who the potatoes is MWg? It stands for Mobile Wireless group, and it used to be O2 Asia--but O2 ditched it, so now it's gone solo and is coming up with some pretty interesting Windows Mobile handsets. The Zinc II is a compact handset that runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional--and it's quite a looker. Check it out here.
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Wireless charging company Splashpower has gone out of business. In a press release, the U.K.-based firm said it unable to secure funding and is offering up the company for sale to interested parties.
About two months back, MWg announced it would be partnering with Splashpower to provide wireless charging for its products in the middle of this year. We contacted MWg to find out how this would affect its plans but, as expected, the company said it could not comment at this point as it is still discussing plans with Splashpower. We'll bring you more information as updates become available.
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Easter's gone, spring is twanging, and we're all skint--still paying off Christmas and saving up for our summer holidays.
But fear not--if you're looking to buy a smartphone with all the trimmings this season, there's a phone available at the moment that's so cheap we had to check it over and over again to make sure we weren't seeing things. Wave hello to the MWg Atom Life, available for 200 pounds ($400).
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Similar to the HTC P3600, the Atom Life offers a large touch screen, Wi-Fi, HSDPA (3.5G) and a 2-megapixel camera. But in contrast to the P3600, it also packs an FM radio, a faster processor, 1GB of flash memory, and it runs on Windows Mobile 6.
Admittedly, the casing is a little plasticky and it supports miniSD instead of microSD or full SD cards, but these are minor issues given how cheap it is.
Currently available from British retailer eXpansys and certain other smartphone sellers, we think 200 pounds for this is a real bargain compared with similarly featured handsets. If you're on a budget but want a Windows Mobile power house, this could be the fella for you.
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It looks like a new ultra-mobile PC brand will soon be coming to Asia. When CNET Asia spoke to Singapore-headquartered MWg (formerly O2 Asia) during the Atom V launch in the island state yesterday, Vice President Sanjay Sabnini revealed in an aside to us that the company plans to bring in more "IT-connected devices" before the end of this year. Three to six products are expected to be unveiled, among them PDA-phones, smart phones and, yes, UMPCs.
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It's been awhile since we've seen a new smartphone coming out of O2, so it'll be interesting to see how MWg plans to position its upcoming product(s).
What caught our attention, however, was news that MWg may be bringing its new UMPCs to Asia, competing with the likes of GigaByte, Everun, and Fujitsu in the UMPC space. MWg currently sells its UBiQUiO 711 UMPC (as shown on the left) in the U.S. and Europe exclusively with online vendor eXpansys.
Sanjay added that the company will be aiming to incorporate wireless charging in its devices launched in the second half of this year, as earlier reported by Crave. MWg in January signed an agreement with U.K.-based Splashpower to incorporate inductive charging technology into the former's upcoming products. Inductive charging involves wirelessly charging a handset's electrical batteries using electromagnetic induction.
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While we're still waiting for MWg to release its first products, the Singapore company has made another announcement. This time, it isn't new smartphones, but a partnership with U.K.-based Splashpower to provide wireless charging for its future devices.
If and when this is implemented, MWg's phones will not need to be plugged in for power. Instead, a base station will allow wireless charging using electromagnetic induction. Such technology has been in the works for some time, but there's hardly any use of it in commercially available products.
Few details have been provided by MWg so far. The first products will supposedly be equipped with the technology in the middle of the year.
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