The 1st Windows “Mango” smartphone has been unveiled. The IS12T is made by Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications and will be available in Japan only.
IS12T will go on sale sometime in September but no pricing was disclosed.
Mango, officially Windows Phone 7.5, adds some 500 improvements to the Windows Phone 7 platform. They include multi-tasking, an e-mail “conversation view” that is said to make long e-mail discussions more efficient, a “threads” feature that brings together text, instant messages and Facebook chat, and Internet Explorer 9 for faster Web browsing.
Powered by a Qualcomm 1GHz processor, the IS12T phone has a 3.7-inch screen and a 13.2MP camera.The CDMA-based phone weighs 113 grams and has Bluetooth and WiFi. There’s a 32GB onboard memory is waterproof with an IPX5 rating.