Posted by axxxr
Via: mobiletracker
Despsite an extensive print advertising campaign, the Sierra Wireless Voq smartphone never sold well. The company today announced that the Voq division will either be sold off or shut down. Wireless modems make up the vast majority (99%) of Sierra Wireless' revenue. The Windows Mobile powered handset sports a flip-out QWERTY keyboard.
"We have enjoyed limited success to date on the Voq professional phone and have concluded that continuing to proceed with Voq is no longer the best use of our resources, given our other opportunities. We will now seek the most effective exit, whether by divestiture or by termination of the initiative." - Sierra CEO David Sutcliffe
Out of the approximately 319 Sierra Wireless employees, 55 worked on Voq.
Posted by whizkidd
Ahem..that is one ugly phone! Maybe, better designs would have saved them?
Posted by axxxr
Your absolutely right...although it may have suited some they took a huge risk by adopting this design.
Posted by EastCoastStar
if it was touchscreen... i would actually like it...
Posted by axxxr
Its that odd fold out keypad that ruins the whole thing i think.
Posted by EastCoastStar
i do agree about that. it would feel weird holding it with it open that way. i like the shape though.
Posted by twerg
Apparently it was so big you needed a briefcase to carry it in! It had some cool features thou, like changing the way it operated according to what you were typing, called MyVoq.
Posted by axxxr
Thats a bit of an exageration,as you can see it was'nt as big as that.
Posted by EastCoastStar
with the way the guy is holding it, i would be nervious that i would drop it! it looks like it could slip easily
could u get a pic of it closed?
Posted by whizkidd
Hey! Doesn't its upper half look a bit like the 6600? What are its dimensions? Got any specs axy?
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Posted by twerg
I was just going by a review T3 magazine made on the phone in issue 36, May 2004. They state 'it's a big model designed to appeal to business people- the type who'll have a briefcase to cart it around'. Its size is 57x133x22mm. Weighs 134grams.