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 ] Right then, connection options to your Windows PC are as follows. Infrared. Bluetooth and USB. Infrared and Bluetooth are self explanatory, and similar to other handsets (but it's nice to have the option of either). The USB needs a little bit more in-depth investigation. Eligibility for the bonus may depend on which phone you're trading in and which new phone you're buying. However on the surface, all appeared to be cordial, and at a board meeting in May last year Brown pledged that Microsoft was "not working with anyone else as an 'initial go to market partner'".

a b Pakalski, Ingo (13 September 2001). "Microsoft: Keine Beteiligung mehr an Handy-Hersteller Sendo" (in German). Golem.de . Retrieved 15 January 2011. Games programmers are going to be interested in two things. The Java programemrs will want to know that the Sendo X is using MIDP1.0 (not 2.0) which keeps it on a par with the N-Gage. There are a few new API's that Sendo have included for the programmers. And as previously mentioned, the C++ programmers can take advantage of the two co-processors, without having to alter their code. A Whole Bundle of Accessories One of Sendo's greatest commercial strengths is that they do have closer ties to the phone networks than the other manufacturers. While there's nothing wrong with that, it does mean that the Sendo X will never truly be your own computer that you can do what you like with. The Now! screen, and the possible pushed content from the Networks is one area that I'm wary of.As a consequence Sendo sued Microsoft in December 2002, alleging it stole proprietary technology and trade secrets and gave these to HTC enabling HTC and itself to launch into the mobile phone market. [12]

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] In 2004, Sendo sold 5 million devices [2] and, along with other major mobile phone manufacturer, showed interest in using Nvidia's GoForce graphic chips. [14] Under the SDMA, in the event of a Sendo bankruptcy, Microsoft would obtain an irrevocable, royalty free license to use Sendo's Z100 intellectual property, including rights to make, use, or copy the Sendo Smartphone to create other to create other Smartphones and to, most importantly for Microsoft, sublicense those rights to third parties."

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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 uncomplicated Mr Brogan is highly motivated, but not so driven that he can't guide his team. For example, he coached a very nervous Mr Leliveld before his first sales pitch over a couple of beers. "Hugh is very good at motivating you even if you don't know how to do something. He will always take a few minutes, and help you see how to do it," says Mr Leliveld. When we're running a Trade-in Bonus promotion, you may be able to get an additional bonus on top of the trade-in value for the phone you're trading in, when you buy a new phone.

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The idea was the brainstorm of Hugh Brogan, a self-effacing 36-year-old who realised the big mobile-phone makers were overlooking what a smaller, nimbler company might be able to make into a very profitable business. You can redeem your Trade-in Bonus as a monthly saving on your Pay monthly airtime bill or as credit on your Vodafone account. You can't get your Trade-in Bonus as a bank transfer. And this simply seals the idea that they're building a PDA in disguise. Just like the brummies to be sneaky. Anyway, we'll be reviewing the keyboard seperately in the next few days, so bear with us. I'll just raise one point here. You can plug your charger into the keyboard so the phone charges when it's attached to the keyboard. Very nice... The Big Gotcha? First things first, this replaces the static wallpaper screen that most Series 60 phone have. While you can put a fixed picture as one of your Now! screens, that's not taking advantage of the flexibility it has. It's made up of various 'panes', where each pane is a function. One of them is the 'Today' screen equivalent. Another lists your favourite applications. And so on. You can add panes yourself, move them around, change the colours, in fact you can do pretty much anything with them.

a b Pakalski, Ingo (26 February 2004). "Zwei neue Mobiltelefone von Sendo für Einsteiger" (in German). Golem.de . Retrieved 15 January 2011.Kewney, Guy (30 June 2005), "Mobile", Sendo: why it went titsup— Motorola’s Sendo takeover: Takeover may give Motorola a higher European profile, UK: The Register, archived from the original on 20 October 2011 , retrieved 28 October 2011 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. Sendo are pushing the X in four areas... See more, hear more, do more and play more. Let's use them to look in more detail at what's still at the top of my list as the most desirable Series 60 handset in the world. But first... The Phone Itself Sendo's description of a "master plan" to rob it of its secrets might look like paranoid nonsense, were it not for the fact that in that SDMA, Sendo's demise was in foretold. Microsoft had far more to gain than it had to lose by seeing its partner fall. Virgin and Sendo have co-developed the phones that will be on the market in the UK in the next three months. The phones will have a distinct shape and special buttons, as well as a prominent Virgin Mobile brand. "These are small, cosmetic things but they are increasingly important," says Mr Day.