The Orange SPV M700 aka the HTC P3600 Smartphone is making inroads in France and will be available next week in the Orange/France Telecom shops. One will be able to get their hands on this smartphone for around 250€ Euros and looks like HTC is on its way to solve the GPS problem which resulted in compatibility issues between the 3G chip and the GPS chip.

Our UK readers who need their fix of the net on the go, should perk up! Sierra Wireless in conjunction with Orange Business has announced the availability of the Sierra Wireless AirCard 850 Mobile PC Card. A first from Orange, this 3G+-enabled lets the user access services like the Orange Business Everywhere service on 3G+ and 3G wireless networks across Europe. Another great advantage is its full compatibility with EDGE and GPRS networks around the world.

For the uninitiated, AirCard 850 is a 3G wireless WAN Type II PC Card which can be inserted inside the notebook and is fully functional on 3G+, 3G, EDGE, and GPRS networks. It generally operates 2100 MHz 3G frequency and is capable of data speeds of of 1 Mbps, with bursts up to 1.8 Mbps on the Orange 3G+ network. It can also connect to all the four frequency bands (850, 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz), when on roaming. For more info on visit the Product Page

Orange has recently announced the new Orange SPV C600 candy bar styled smartphone supporting Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 The C600 is an upgrade to the ever popular C550 Windows Smartphone and features many improvements over the prior generation.

The main new feature on the Orange SPV C600 is the inclusion of Windows Mobile 5.0. The new OS version comes with a new suite of applications that will surely make your phone experience ever more enjoyable.

The C600 is a quad-based GSM phone supporting 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. You'll also find support for GPRS and EDGE networks (although EDGE is not available in Orange's UK phone network). Other features on the C600 include a 240 x 320 262K color display, infrared, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, and a better 1.3 megapixel digital camera with 4x digital zoom.

The new C600 will be available in France, UK, the Netherlands, and Switzerland at the end of October. Via InfoSyncWorld.com

Orange unveiled two brand new phones, the Orange SPV C600 (a smartphone) and Orange SPV M3000 (a wireless PDA). Both are based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0, providing seamless integration with MS Exchange Server.

The SPV C600 smartphone supports EDGE (which, at present, is available only in France, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Belgium), and presents the user with single-click access to frequently used applications. The Orange Homescreen provides shortcuts to ActiveSync, File Explorer, Calculator and Notes (I would want the Calendar there - that's the one app I access the most on my phone). You can access e-mail (both POP3 and IMAP4 protocols are supported) and sync mail, calendar and contacts data with a PC.

The SPV C600 It comes with a crisp hi-res 320x240 pixel color screen, a 1.3 megapixel camera for sending that occassional MMS or moblogging and 64MB memory. It will be available in the UK, France and Netherlands from October end, and other countries will follow suit in November. I had a tough time with the Orange SPV E200, and haven't touched any model after that.

The SPV M3000 offers many of the same features of SPV C600, with the main difference being the addition of a QWERTY keyboard, bigger screen and touch-screen interface. Memory stands at 128MB, and in addition to EDGE support, the SPV M3000 also provides 802.11b interface. It will be available first in France, and then Poland, Netherlands, Slovakia and Romania.

The SPV C600 is available for around €250, while the SPV M3000 is available for around €350. More info is available from Orange.

(Via coolsmartphone and infosyncworld)

Features of the new Orange phones