Microsoft Based Smartphone Launched in China

China's Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, the second largest telephone manufacturer in China, has announced that its subsidiary CEC Telecom has launched China's first Smartphone that includes the Microsoft Smartphone 2002 operating system and embedded high-speed Intel 200MX-Scale CPU.

The Smartphone is a result of the joint efforts of CECT and the Taiwan-based MiTAC International Corp.

The Smartphone surprised both domestic and overseas clients during its display at the 2nd Huizhou International Digital Fair. Many telecommunications operators like China Unicom, China Mobile, China Telecom showed strong co-operative interest towards it.

The Smartphone demonstrates a technical breakthrough and a developing trend in China's mobile industry. On 10 June 2003, Smartphone was displayed at an exhibition hall in the China Telecommunications Museum.

''We have a unique mobile operating strategy. Blindly expanding production capabilities and random, large-scale price reductions are not how Qiao Xing does business,'' said Wu Ruilin, chairman of the board for Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc. ''With our three R&D centres in China, we can focus on the high-end mobile market, continuously launching state of the art mobile handsets that lead the way in shaping our brand name in today's competitive market."

Posted to the site on 1st July 2003

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