Reliance Communications and UTStarcom Launch
'Reliance Mobile Pocket PC'

India's First CDMA Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone with up to 144 kbps download speed

Here is Good News for the people on mov. Reliance has latest announcement today. UTStarcom and Reliance Communications today announced the launch of India's first CDMA Windows Mobile 5.0 pocket PC - PPC 6700 'Reliance Mobile Pocket PC'. The multi-functional service with data and video transmission capabilities of up to 144 kbps, with average download speed ranging from 60-80 kbps, on high speed Reliance Communications network, is targeted at the enterprise segment and executives on the move.

Speaking on the launch, Vijay Yadav, Managing Director, South Asia Operations at UTStarcom, said "We are glad to partner with Reliance Communications for the launch of our award winning PPC 6700 in India. This is in keeping with UTStarcom's ongoing endeavor to provide the technologically best and cost efficient solutions to our customers across the nation." He added, "With the power and flexibility of new Windows Mobile 5.0 software platform and the speed of Reliance network, mobile information workers will now have the freedom to stay connected when and where they want."

Mr. Prakash Bajpai, President & CEO, Reliance Communications – Enterprise Business said, "Reliance Mobile Pocket PC is a step forward in our endeavor to provide best and competitive services that harness technology for enhancing effectiveness. We are confident that enriched features, easy-to-use applications and high speed download capabilities of the device would add significant value to the upwardly mobile customers on Reliance Communications network. It will offer our customers to integrate their business applications seamlessly across the broadband infrastructure to mobile use".

Mr. Mohit Kapoor, Director, South Asia, UTStarcom Personal Communications further added, "The Indian CDMA carriers are technologically advanced and have a lot of options on these data devices. As of today, UTStarcom has a stronghold in North America and is gaining traction with the key global carriers by offering unique designs such as the PPC 6700." PPC 6700, is a compact, feature-packed PDA phone running on Windows Mobile 5.O sporting a slide-out text keyboard, and triple radios: CDMA EV-DO ready, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. Other key features include a 1.3 mega pixel camera with video capture, miniSD card slot, touch screen, speakerphone, and the full suite of Windows Mobile 5.0 software. The 'Reliance Mobile Pocket PC' is available through Reliance Communication's business sales channels, with servicing capabilities across 8 cities in India.

Key Features of Reliance Pocket PC:

• 1.3 Mega pixel CMOS Camera with Flash and wide angle
• Image (Graphic) Formats Supported : JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, JPG
• Video Playback & Recording : MPEG-4, H.263, WMV, ASF, Motion-JPEG AVI, 3GPP2
• Audio Formats Supported : MP3, WAV, WMA, MIDI, QCP
• Bluetooth® 1.2 Capable
• Camcorder
• MS Outlook Email Capable
• MS Office Word®, Excel®, PowerPoint® Mobile TM
• External Memory : Mini-SD Card slot
• Speakerphone
• TTY/TTD Capable
• Web Browsing Capable - supports broadband like Internet access speed
• In built Wi-FiTM Capable – can be used as a modem for dial-up networking on Laptop
• Capable of running heavy applications like Internet Radio
• Pocket Internet Explorer - supports rich html, PC like content rather than just WAP
• Built-in Push mail client to support Push mail.

I think it will relief for the people on the mov.