Where's UTStarcom and the 6800?

[Paragon]

Originally Posted by e-dub

oops. sorry about that!

but hasn't htc been wanting to make their brand recognition stronger for some time now?

eric b

Yes, absolutely. HTC is and has been increasing its exposure. The main factor here is that this was a done deal with UTStarcom. Both Sprint and Bell Mobility were two weeks away from launching this device as the UTStarcom 6800 then all of a sudden the wheels fall off. There were then emails floating around Sprint of it being delayed without a firm future launch date. Then it shows up one day as the HTC Mogul. A new name and no mention of UTStarcom. Now we see pictures of it in release material and again no UTStarcom. The change from UTStarcom to HTC came VERY late in the game. Well after the initial deal had be done, only days before launch. The switch to WM6.0 definitely plays a part in the delay, but until the light bulb went off in my head today that's all I thought it was. I never noticed the lack of UTStarcom in the latest news....something is amiss??

Dave