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Let us introduce a small and cheap Windows Mobile-smartphone for youth audience. EDGE support, 1.3 MP camera and an expansion connector for miniSD cards are the features to mention.

Class: Windows Mobile-smartphone
Position in the line: above HTC Amadeus
Rivals: Voxtel W210
Description based on official information

General features
- Announced in 2006, official announcement on the 07 September 2006, on the market since in the end of October – the beginning of November 2006
- eGSM 850/900/1800/1900
- Battery type Li-Ion 1150 mAh
- Screen: TFT 2”, with the resolution of 176x220 pixels, shows 65 K colours
- OS Windows Mobile 5.0 for Smartphone
- CPU: Texas Instruments OMAP850 200 MHz
- Colours: black, white, gray
- Weight: 108 gramms
- Dimensions: 108x47x18,5 mm

Memory
- Phonebook, several numbers for a name, assign a photo, an image and a melody, including MP3 files
- Any number of user groups, assign a name to several groups
- Call lists, no limit on the number of entries, call time, duration and type are specified. You can set a storage period for call entries (a month by default)
- RAM: 64 MB (SDRAM)
- ROM: 64 MB
- Memory connector for miniSD

Call management, ringing tones
- Vibracall
- Polyphony, 40-tones polyphony
- Fast dial
- Automatic call redial
- Speakerphone

SMS
- Concatenated messages
- Message templates
- Sending and receiving graphical messages

Camera
- Integrated 1.3 MP camera (the maximum resolution of 1280x1024 pixels)
- Records video as MPEG4, MotionJPEG, H.263 with the resolution of M (176x144 pixels) or S (128x96 pixels)
- Digital zoom
- Effects, multishooting, timer

Multimedia
- mp3 files as a call melody
- Integrated video and audio player (MPEG4, H.263, МР3, ААC, ААC+, е-ААC)
- Java (MIDP 2.0)

Connectivity
- Integrated mail client (SMTP/POP3/IMAP4)
- GPRS/EDGE class B multi-slot class 10
- WAP 2.0/xHTML
- Bluetooth 2.0 without EDR
- MMS
- Push e-mail
- SyncML
- Synchronization with PC (USB, Bluetooth)

Organizer and extras
- Complete set of standard applications for Windows Mobile
- Task Manager - manage running programs, allows emptying RAM, view system info
- Java Apps- loads and starts Java-applications
- ClearVue PDF - view PDF docs on the communicator
- Dictaphone
- Date, time, world time
- Alarm clock, reminders
- Timer, stopwatch, calculator

Michail Machnaev (michail.machnaev@mobile-review.com)
Published — 6 November 2006

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