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Daniel Shen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DigiTimes.com [Wednesday 3 May 2006]


Taiwan-based handset vendor Dopod International on May 2 launched the High Tech Computer (HTC) StarTrek smartphone under its brand, the Dopod S300, in the Taiwan market, at a suggested retail price of NT$13,900 (US$437), the cheapest model ever marketed by the company. The company aims to ship about 100,000 unit of the S300, which sports a 1.3-megapixel camera, push e-mail, QR Code and a 2.2-inch 240×320 (QVGA) display, in the Asia-Pacific market in 2006, said company president Jack Tong.

In related news, Dopod has entered a cooperation agreement with China-based telecom operator China Mobile, and the two companies jointly launched a dual-brand smartphone for the China market in April, Tong said, as quoted by the Chinese-language Commercial Times today. The dual-branded smartphone is based on the Dopod 818 Pro and is being modified to meet China Mobile’s specifications, the paper noted.

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As speeds get faster I can see quite a few users hosting pictures that they took on their phone for people to navigate to and view. I don't think I would do it personally but I am sure there are those users out there.

I don't think this is a good idea. It opens up the cell platform to a wide range of viruses.