The world's most interesting emerging handset maker, Xiaomi, is run out of Beijing.
More interesting the handset, is the Cricket service —one that I think many of you might be unfamiliar with.
Update: In an interview with The Guardian, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth appears to confirm this is the end of the road for the top-end Edge 'superphone' concept but he told the newspaper that carriers and handset makers are interesting in building lower end handsets running Ubuntu Mobile.
The occasional great devices, like the Surface, Zune HD, Arc Mouse, or the new 360, are outnumbered a hundred to one by anonymous-looking mice, uninspired handsets, and interesting projects hamstrung by bad design, bad advertising, or bad management.
Each of these handsets adds an interesting wrinkle to the smartphone sweepstakes: HP's Wi-Fi, RIM's unusual keyboard, Sidekick's sleeker design.
Noted industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has posted an interesting angle for 'the other handsets' that will come out of Cupertino in 2017.
What will make the wireless markets very interesting going forward is that handsets that incorporate GPS are typically in the range of smart phones or, at the very least, handsets that include numerous features that require the presence of an applications processor.
The nutshelled story so far, for those who are just tuning in: the G2, while a pretty great handset, has an interesting.. feature.
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