Could the Sprint Mogul be the enterprise iPhone?
By Keith Shaw on Mon, 06/18/07 - 9:08am.
While the mass of tech fanboys continue to drool over the upcoming release of the Apple iPhone (11 days people!), Sprint today announced a phone that might get some enterprise telecom managers drooling as well.
The Mogul by HTC from Sprint will be the first CDMA device in the U.S. that includes Windows Mobile Professional Edition and will support Sprint's EV-DO Rev. A network (via free software upgrade later in the year). The Mogul is the successor to Sprint's PPC-6700 device, and features the same slide-out QWERTY keyboard, large touch-screen and five-way navigation button. The Mogul will be available this week for $399.99 (with two-year agreement) online and through Sprint's business channel, with retail availability in July.
Sprint says the Mogul offers 20% more battery life than the PPC-6700, has 256MB of internal memory with support for 2GB of additional memory via microSD card (the phone will ship with a 512MB card). The Mogul is thinner (4.33- by 2.32- by 0.73-inches) than the previous model and includes an internal antenna.
The Mogul also has a 2 megapixel digital camera (with flash, auto-focus and camcorder features) Bluetooth (including the dial-up networking profile and stereo profile) and Wi-Fi wireless connectivity for connecting at hot spots or other non-EV-DO locations. On the software side, the device will support HTML e-mail and Microsoft Office Mobile (Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, Pocket Outlook, Internet Explorer Mobile, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, ActiveSync, Pocket MSN and PDF Viewer). The Mogul is also the first Sprint device to support Java applications.
And yes, the Mogul will be able to play music and watch videos. Sprint says it will support On Demand video downloads and by mid-July users will be able to perform over-the-air downloads from the Sprint Music Store (something the iPhone still won't be able to do).
While the Mogul is unlikely to get as much marketing hype as the iPhone, enterprises might be more gaga over this device for its faster network access, enterprise e-mail support and application support.
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Ugh...What To Get??? Hmmm...
Ugh...What To Get??? Hmmm...
I heard
I heard www.TopTenREVIEWS.com is coming out with a smartphone review--I'm sure they'll include the iPhone. I've found them to be a reliable source for in-depth reviews.
What iphone?
Sorry but the iphone has so many things lacking.
If you created a list and set them side by side, the Mogul would beat the iphone hands down!
The iphone only has some "shiny" features like "pinch" and a fairly nifty MP3 player.
List:
Network speed
Memory expandability
Enterprise email syncing
Visual voice mail -(just get callwave)
Applications available
Browsers available ( that can do Flash!)
Keyboard type-ability
File formats available ( like Divx)
Voice address book
Removable battery/battery time
The iphone wouldnt even be on the Top 10 !!
Reviews
There is a whole list of reviews for the Mogul plus a very active discussion forums at SprintMogul.net
Sprint Mogul Resources
For more reviews, tips, tricks & downloads you might want to check out SprintMogul.net
Sprint Mogul
This phone's only serious problem is the battery life. It is measured in minutes not hours.
It should have European capability too, given the price and business application focus.
It seems that the music capability is only there to try and sell the Sprint downloads.
I wonder how many buyers will care about this feature?
The unit's many capabilities are easy to use.
I ordered a larger battery and back plate based on a link provided by a great Sprint customer service person.
The "On Demand" component is really a great tool. Weather or personal portfolio is there in real time.
What is the link for the
What is the link for the larger battery and back plate?
Mogul not first for Java applications
Palm OS Treos have supported Java applications such as Opera Mini since at least the 650.
I'm Pretty Sure They Meant
I'm Pretty Sure They Meant First Sprint Windows Mobile Device ;).
Don't buy this phone unless
Don't buy this phone unless you intend to cough up at least 10$ a month for internet access. Sprint is a bunch on scandalous thieves. If you don't have a vision pack (min 10$ a month)they will still charge you for data access through your WiFi connection (3cents/kb). It's BULLSHIT!!!. They charge you for data access that isn't even using bandwidth from their EV-DO network. What a crock of shit. I bought this phone to replace my laptop but now Sprint is saying that they charge me just for touching the internet no matter what data connection I use. I called Verizon, Cingular, and T-Mobile and they all do the same shit. This needs to stop. They shouldn't be allowed to do this. Otherwise its a kick ass phone and the speakerphone is definately loud enough.