23-26 February 2004, Cannes, France
Nokia showed at last, after several years of selling of GPRS-less communicator, the new communicator that supports both GPRS and Wi-Fi - Nokia 9500
Siemens showcased their CF62 and CX65
Motorola unveiled high-end, high-priced gadgets Motorola A1000, Motorola Mpx and the first Motorola 3G handset to support PoC.
Sharp Corporation introduced megapixel CCD camera phone GX30.
Philips introduced 855 - one of the first clamshell phones that can open up to 180 degrees.
NEC presented European i-mode phones N400i
Sendo announced the launch of the S600, a slim, elegant phone with leading edge digital camera capability and M570.

tags: Motorola E1000, 3GSM World Congress, Motorola A1000, Motorola Mpx, NEC N400i, Nokia 9500, Sharp GX30, Siemens CF62, Siemens CX65

24 February, 3GSM World Congress. Panasonic introduces its flagship model for 2004 - Panasonic X700 smartphone. X700 is a compact phone with digital camera, video capability and supports the miniSDTM card. The X700 utilises Symbian OS and the Series 60 Platform. Shipments are scheduled to begin Autumn 2004.

tags: Panasonic X700, smartphone

Motorola announced the Motorola MPx (based on Microsoft Windows Mobile) - part of the Motorola MOTO Pro series of handsets. It is dual-hinge device (opens both lengthways as a clamshell phone and in landscape mode) with a wide screen and full QWERTY keyboard.

tags: 3GSM, Motorola MPx