QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, and Sprint PCS (NYSE: PCS) announced today the availability of the Sprint PCS Phone-QUALCOMM pdQ™, the industry's first integrated CDMA digital phone and Palm Computing® platform-based organizer. This PDA-centric phone is a highly functional productivity tool that provides clear wireless service on Sprint PCS'100 percent digital, 100 percent PCS nationwide network currently serving more than 290 major metropolitan markets. Additionally, with Sprint PCS Wireless Web services, consumers can use the pdQ smartphone to access email and Internet/intranet-based information services via a built-in minibrowser.
The powerful Sprint PCS Phone-QUALCOMM pdQ provides access to more than 1,000 applications available for the Palm Computing platform, including a variety of productivity tools such as a personal calendar, date book, address book and to-do list. Users can input data three ways: through Palm Computing's Graffiti® power writing software, the on-line keyboard, or through a personal computer's keyboard when connected to the Sprint PCS Phone-QUALCOMM pdQ with the included HotSync technology, which allows synchronization of information between the two machines.
This pdQ smartphone features a large, easy-to-read graphic display with touch-screen capabilities and stylus-based navigation. It is also loaded with many other feature-rich functions including the ability to store thousands of names, addresses, appointments and memo items and provides 13 unique ringing tones. The pdQ is packaged with a standard lithium ion battery, a Hot Sync cradle (charger with data cable), software, and a headset that enables users to talk on the phone while simultaneously using the PDA portion of the unit. The Sprint PCS Phone-QUALCOMM pdQ has a suggested retail price of $799.99.
"Sprint PCS is excited to be offering the first CDMA wireless phone that doubles as a Palm Pilot," said Charles Levine, chief sales and marketing officer for Sprint PCS. "The pdQ smartphone is an innovative organizational device that combines all of the necessary productivity tools with amazingly clear voice and information service on Sprint PCS' all digital, all-PCS nationwide network."
"The pdQ smartphone provides consumers with the versatility of a digital wireless phone, a pager and a PDA in a single device," said David J. McDowell, senior vice president of sales and marketing, QUALCOMM Consumer Products. "It offers users the ability to tap into the Internet or business intranets while on the go, furnishing access to vital information, applications and personnel day or night."
The pdQ provides approximately 2.5 hours of continuous talk time or 40 hours of continuous stand-by time with its standard lithium ion battery. This single-band phone weighs 9.8 ounces (with LiIon battery) and has dimensions of 6.2"H x 2.6"W x 1.4"D.
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