HTC Prophet (aka Athena) is on sale in several Asian countries, but also in the US and in Europe (UK), through expansys.
http://www.expansys-usa.com/product.asp?code=127899
Price (750 USD) is lower as its direct competitor, the O2 XDA Atom, which is however not released yet, so its real price is not yet known.
Source: http://msmobiles.com/news.php/4630.html
Could we have a new forum for this?
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Simple enough question.
o2 asia offer the Tornado as the o2 XDA Orion, but so far there has been no whispers of it coming to UK
Vodafone UK have it comming soon.
just found O2 UK are offering the tornado as XDA IQ from early April 2006
http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news2280.html
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=238721
http://www.coolsmartphone.com/news2280.html
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=238721
shadowman said:
just found O2 UK are offering the tornado as XDA IQ from early April 2006
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Yup - we'll be selling it from 14th April.
Which realistically means sometimes that following month.
Maybe.
Why they had to change the name from Orion to IQ is beyond me.
Details available from O2 now.......
http://xda.o2.co.uk/doesXdaIQ.aspx
XDAIQ pricing.....
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/pls/portallive/docs/1/4389909.PDF
o2 XDA IQ Available now in UK!
http://shop.o2.co.uk/cgi-bin/o2uk-b...&model=business:O2:XDAIQ:GROUP&deviceType=Pda
O2 XDA IQ Alias the HTC Tornado is now available from O2 business and the price is.....
FREE!!
Spoke with O2 CS this morning and they advised me that 2 new XDAs are due for release on 15 January 2007. They are currently named the XDA Zinc & XDA Graphite. I have the feeling they are O2's version of the HTC Trinity & HTC Artemis respctively. I have no further info and frankly, neither did they.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Someone must know something, or maybe not considering o2 have no idea about the handsets themselves. I was told that the XDA Atom is something that is being considered by O2 UK for release.
Zinc and Graphite are not the products that you state, they are from a differenet manufacturer. :wink:
Cheers
LB
O2 has severed all connections to HTC. Only O2 Germany are serving HTC products now.
At least the fact that O2 UK and HTC no longer have a trading relationship is very clear so we know not to rely on any of HTC's current and forthcoming models as pending releases on O2 UK. So who's handsets are being released?
Quanta and Gigabyte are the 2 I know have an involvement with O2 Asia so most likely will fill the gap in the UK but where can we see their handsets?
Plus is there anyone else to look at?
I believe a different company is responsible for the O2 XDA Stealth so there would be a good starting point.
Atom and Atom Exec are both manufactured by Quanta. The Stealth is manufactured by Gigabyte
Sunnychad said:
At least the fact that O2 UK and HTC no longer have a trading relationship is very clear so we know not to rely on any of HTC's current and forthcoming models as pending releases on O2 UK. So who's handsets are being released?
Your statement is not correct, O2 UK still have a trading relationship with HTC and will continue to do so for the forseeable future. There will be a new Xda device launched in the UK and Germany in Q4 from HTC.
Cheers
LB
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To the Lord,
Tell us what it is and when. Can you help shed any light on the Graphite and Zinc?
The basis of my comment with regard to O2 UK is that I have read in several places that HTC will no longer produce O2 XDA branded phones for O2 UK. I am well aware that O2 Germany continue to have a relationship, bearing in mind the XDA Cosmo and XDA Orbit
Zinc and Graphite will be 3G devices one smartphone one PPC device, neither from HTC, go here for pics and high level specs:
http://www.4winmobile.com/portal.php?topic_id=3300
As for a relationship between HTC and O2UK that will continue.
Regards
LB
O2 XDA Zinc and TyTN comparison
There are also some images of o2 xda zinc and a comparison with HTC TyTN at http://www.mypocketpcmobile.com/O2XDAZincAsusTekMarsII/tabid/159/Default.aspx
I spoke to O2 UK customer services today and they confirmed the Xda Orbit (aka HTC Artimis/P3300) is now on their system and has a launch date of 27/11/2006. So not just O2 Germany, now O2 UK as well!!!!!
good news
good news, i was just thinking about upgrading to the xda exec. The orbit sounds much better for my needs. Did he mention any costs? execs are going for about 150 with new contract on o2, i hope the orbit is similarly priced.
(uk)
I know its being released on o2 as xda orbit II, but is it being relased by any other carriers- notably t-mobile or orange??
o2 tariffs are crap, and my orange contract finishes soon, t-mobile flext/web-n-walk is excellent.
thanks.
I just got the Top Cat on t-mobile thanks to expansys uk. Cost me +£100 on top of the tariff.
example http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=162746&se=1202
HB
aameerp said:
(uk)
I know its being released on o2 as xda orbit II, but is it being relased by any other carriers- notably t-mobile or orange??
o2 tariffs are crap, and my orange contract finishes soon, t-mobile flext/web-n-walk is excellent.
thanks.
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T Mobile are releasing the HTC Diamond as the MDA Compact IV. So no branded Touch Cruise version I'm afraid.
In Denmark I can get the HD2 for 578 Euro without subscription-plan. How is that compared to prices in rest of Europe for the same device?
In Cyprus i found it in a couple of shops for €755, and expansys.com.cy has it for €599. So i guess €578 is a reasonable price.
Sounds about right from what I've seen on the Leo forum.