Sendo M550 - Blue Silver (Tesco) Mobile phone

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The big mobile-phone manufacturers are continuing to innovate, making smaller, lighter phones with more capabilities for delivering WAP services and media-rich content from music clips to directions to restaurants. Sendo has several models of its own in development, including its first WAP phone, which will be ready in the second quarter.

a b Pakalski, Ingo (13 September 2001). "Microsoft: Keine Beteiligung mehr an Handy-Hersteller Sendo" (in German). Golem.de . Retrieved 15 January 2011. In September 2003, Microsoft and Sendo dropped their suits and announced that Microsoft had given up its shares in Sendo. [4] We're going to report on the UI and the new programs in the Sendo X over the next week or so, but for the meantime, the X is almost the perfect smartphone. Ringtones are pretty impressive. While we've no support for the Nokia standard monophonic ringtones (are there still people out there using these on Symbian phones?) we've got support for 64 voice polyphonic ringtones, along with the ability to use AMR, WAV, MIDI, SP-MIDI, XMF, Real and SMF – which should just about cover any format on the planet. The only format it doesn't cover for ringtones is MP3 – because it's 'difficult' to tie in the phone side to the MP3 side of things. So while we can convert these on our computers to wave files, it's hard to explain to regular users why this should be the case. Connect More Desktop ConnectivityDonath, Andreas (26 February 2001). "Wandlungsfähiges preiswertes Einsteigerhandy von Sendo" (in German). Golem.de . Retrieved 15 January 2011. They were not entitled to such information under the terms of the SDMA" - the precursor to the February 2001 agreement that the two inked in the fall of 2000. The still camera takes pictures at the regulation 640x480 (only beaten by the Nokia 7610), but has two advantages. The first is the 4x Digital Zoom, which is pretty smooth and an improvement over the first and second generation Series 60 devices. The second is the big one. We've got a flash on the camera.

Trade-in Bonus: Available when we're running a Trade-in Bonus promotion, where you could get an additional bonus on top of the trade-in value for the phone you're trading in, when you buy a new phone. Eligibility for the bonus and the bonus value may vary depending on which phone you're trading in and which new phone you're buying. Please see our Trade-in Bonus terms and conditions, for more information. Microsoft's dalliance with cellphones is interesting for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because phones are morphing into a computer platform of great social value in unimaginably great volumes, only they're pouring into a terrain, a business that Microsoft doesn't yet own or fully understand. Microsoft was clever enough to understand that volume economics worked, when Bill Gates with great foresight engineered the PC DOS license. So Microsoft understands volume economics. That we know. To Americans, the telecom world's model of promoting growth through vertical investments (a Nokia or an Ericsson bails out the carriers) and through IP sharing (yeuch!), and promoting common standards (that's goddam Communism!), must look like a filthy and incestuous business. It's not a flash that's like the flash you find in a regular camera, because that would require too much power. While this would have been possible, the engineers would have had to switch the screen off for a few seconds to charge it up, and the impact on battery life would have been tremendous. So what we have here is a flash made up of some insanely bright white LED's. This switches on as you take the picture, bathing the scene as if you'd shone a really bright torch on everyone, and then snap the picture gets taken. It works well for what it's designed for (up to around 2 metres in a pub or club) but it's not going to light up the room at an Iron Maiden gig.

Sendo J530

Smith, Anthony 'Tony' (13 September 2004), "Financial News", Sendo, MS settle: Microsoft settles Sendo 'tech theft' lawsuit: Microsoft settles Sendo 'tech theft' lawsuit— Both sides 'happy' , UK: The Register, archived from the original on 20 October 2011 , retrieved 28 October 2011 There's no headset profile present in the Sendo X, but you can happily use the hands-free profile with any Bluetooth headset. This also has the advantage of a much larger feature set - so facilities such as mute are available. It uses slightly more power than the headset option, but the extra flexibility offsets this to a certain degree. Do More Memory Microsoft denied the allegations and in February 2003 filed a counter suit alleging breach of contract. A trial was scheduled for early 2005 but an out of court settlement was reached in September 2004, in which there was a "monetary component" and Microsoft giving up its stake of Sendo. [13] In June 2006 Sendo then sued Orange. [11] Sendo means 'what the future holds' in Japanese. But can Hugh Brogan's mobile minnow really compete against the giants of the industry?

The company specialised in low-cost handsets aimed primarily at the pay-as-you-go markets and also high-end Symbian smartphones. [6] History [ edit ] a b Pakalski, Ingo (26 February 2004). "Zwei neue Mobiltelefone von Sendo für Einsteiger" (in German). Golem.de . Retrieved 15 January 2011. Smartwatch: requires a) Vodafone pay monthly Airtime plan, and b) 12 or 24 month Connectivity Plan (via Vodafone OneNumber). Watch Plans over 12 months require a 24 month Connectivity Plan. Terms apply Sendo's solution is to offer operators customised phones that can be ready for retail shelves months ahead of their bigger rivals. Because of a unique manufacturing process that starts in China and is completed in Holland, Sendo phones can be made in different colours and in different shapes, with the operator's brand and special buttons, as well as embedded software for graphics, games and ringing tones, all bespoke for each operator. Finally, it has a flash for the camera. No matter what they do inside the casing, what features it has, or the accessories you can buy, the fact that bullet point one in any Mobile Phone Shop says “Camera With Flash” will ensure it flies out the door. Which is great, because when they discover what the Sendo X can do, they're not going to be disappointed.The first product, announced in Italy last week, is “technologically advanced” according to Brogan: “We want to show we’re not just another wannabe.” Under the deal, if Sendo was declared insolvent "Microsoft would obtain an irrevocable, royalty free licence to use Sendo's Z100 intellectual property, including rights to make, use, or copy the Sendo Smartphone to create other Smartphones and to, most importantly for Microsoft, sublicense those rights to third parties." A product based on the Sendo Z100 was released while Sendo was still solvent by Orange as the Orange SPV 100, [11] manufactured by HTC as the HTC Canary, the first Windows Mobile smartphone. Sendo freely admit that the Sendo X is later than announced, but to be fair to them, 15 months before the launch they were still working with Microsoft on the Z-1000, and hadn't even seen one line of Symbian code. You want to know how long a smartphone takes to make? Ask the boys from Birmingham. What about Mac Users? Well, Apple's iSync is pretty good at handling other Series 60 phones, so I'd expect the same with the Sendo X. Now if only I can find someone to test it for me... Document Viewer