ZTE has introduced at the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress, together with Qualcomm, the world’s first ultra-slim big-screen BMP 3G smartphone – ZTE Bingo. In addition, ZTE is showcasing its 5 Android smartphone models for the first time. With the availability of Linux, Windows Mobile and OMS-platform mobile phones, ZTE is one of the few mobile phone manufacturers to offer smartphones for a variety of mobile operating systems.
ZTE Bingo adopts Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform (BMP), which is the Mobile Operation System that provides high-end functionality to mobile terminals. In addition to full support for Adobe Flash, the platform also provides such advanced terminal functions as touch screen, multimedia, window management, open platform scalability and extended support for local application development. The Brew Mobile Platform’s open operating system has attracted wide attention from software developers and the global communication industry since its industry launch. Continue reading ‘ZTE Bingo is a Brew touchscreen phone’
ZTE and Telefónica have announced that a full range of Movistar branded handsets will be launched in 12 Latin American countries during 2010, starting in Q2. Telefónica and ZTE signed an agreement for the development of a complete range of mobile devices. ZTE will manufacture Movistar branded handsets exclusively available for Telefónica in Latin America. 
A new report says that Verizon Wireless is getting ready to launch a ZTE phone, F350. No word on full specifications, but it seems the cellphone comes with Bluetooth, voice command, and a camera.
A new MTV-branded phone passes the FCC, it’s the ZTE F870. Coming with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, ZTE F870E features a 3 megapixel camera, FM radio, Bluetooth, email client and so on. From the phone’s user manual, it provides access to Vodafone’s MTV Music website and the Vodafone Pass MTV website – so we should expect the handset to be launched soon by Vodafone. No word on price but there are also screenshots which indicate that the F870E will be released by China Unicom too.
ZTE is apparently in active discussions with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless for their first Android smartphone, which be launched in 2010. Dale Ying, ZTE’s managing director of handset business marketing, said in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires that the company is planning to bring an Android-based handset to the U.S. market in 2010.
Verizon Wireless has announced its new ZTE’s AD3700 USB global modem. The USB modem works on both CDMA and GSM-based 3G networks (EV-DO and HSPA). It supports EV-DO in the States and HSPA around the world. It is available for $79.99 after a $50 rebate and with an appropriate mobile broadband plan.
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