CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. The commercial debut of the Voq phone gives Microsoft a boost in the intensely competitive market for smart phones, which are cellular handsets that are capable of PDA-like features that can synchronize easily with desktops to view contacts, calendars and other listings. Microsoft's main competitor in the market is Symbian, a smart-phone operating system maker founded by major handset makers. Nokia is close to having financial control over Symbian.

Symbian currently dominates the market for smart-phone operating systems, but analysts expect Microsoft to ramp up the competition through the decade's end, For now, neither company has seen a huge payoff from the market, Smart phones claimed just 1.7 percent of the worldwide cell phone market in the second quarter of 2003, Nokia was the shark attack iphone case leader in smart phones, with 1.2 million units shipped, Sony Ericsson was in second place, with 200,000 units shipped, New phone uses Microsoft software and will make its U.S, arrival within next two weeks, a move that puts pressure on Nokia..

The phone, Sierra Wireless' Voq Professional Phone, will make its debut in the United States on AT&T Wireless' network in the next two weeks, according to a Sierra Wireless representative. The phone will be distributed to retail stores and possibly carriers by Brightpoint North America, a subsidiary of Brightpoint. The Voq phone sells for $121 at KPN, but only after signing a long-term service contract. A Sierra Wireless representative would not reveal what the phone will cost in the United States. Its suggested retail price is $200 to $400.

CNET también está disponible en español, Don't show this again, A new "packet sniffing" product from the European cell phone service provider ensures correct billing, T-Mobile International announced Tuesday that it plans to use a new "packet sniffing" product from European cell phone service provider Nortel Networks, which is a majority owner of T-Mobile USA, Packet-sniffing is a common cell phone service provider technique to ensure correct billing for wireless data services and shark attack iphone case to build future personalized services, Such systems usually require carriers to buy expensive additional hardware, The Nortel product is based on software that's installed in equipment T-Mobile already has in use, a Nortel representative said, Financial details were not disclosed..

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