Treonauts is still scouting out the 3GSM conference in Cannes and has discovered this prototype instant messaging device from Sanyo called the ‘Wipoq’ (both the name of the product and the new division within the company, it seems). Running the same IXI operating system as using by the Cingular’s marginally successful ogo, the Wipoq is designed to connect to your phone via Bluetooth and be used as a dedicated, but complementary device for instant messaging duties. I’m fine with this, but obviously some people would prefer to have it all wrapped into a single device. Both the prototype (on the left) and the working production model (on the right) look nice, too, appearing to be slim enough to slip into a pocket without all the weird edges of the ogo. We’ll give it a shot, but as Danger’s Sidekick II has proven, there’s a lot more to good instant messaging machines than just the hardware.
3GSM – 02 – The Messaging Devices [Treonauts]
