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The smartphone is run by Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC and has a sliding side QWERTY-keypad. It is capable of working in both GSM and UMTS/HSDPA netowrks, supports EDGE, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Other peculiarities include a 2MP camera and also a CIF camera for videocalls.

Class: Windows Mobile-communicator
Position in the line: above HTC Wizard
Rivals: no data
Description based on official information

General features
- Announced in 2006, official announcement on the 16 June 2006, on the market since 4 quarter 2006
- eGSM 850/900/1800/1900 HSDPA/UMTS
- Battery type Li-Ion 1350 mAh
- Battery life:
- Touchscreen, TFT 2.8” with the resolution of 240x320 pixels, shows 65000 colours
- OS Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC
- CPU: Samsung S3C2440 (ARM) 400 MHz
- Colours: silver graphite
- Weight: 176 gramms
- Dimensions: 112,5x58x21,95 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
- ROM: 128 MB
- Memory connector for microSD (TransFlash)

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 2.0 MP camera (the maximum resolution of 1600x1200 pixels)
- Records video as MPEG4, MotionJPEG, H.263 with the resolution of M (176x144 pixels) or S (128x96 pixels)
- Digital zoom
- Effects, multishooting
- Frontal CIF-camera for videocalls

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
- HSDPA (up to 1,8 MB/c)
- WAP 2.0/xHTML
- Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
- Irda
- Bluetooth 2.0
- MMS
- Push e-mail
- SyncML
- Synchronization with PC (USB 1.1, Irda, Bluetooth)

Organizer and extras
- Complete set of standard applications for Windows Mobile
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Smart Dialing - this add-on allows fast search for contacts
- MIDlet Manager - loads and starts Java-applications
- ClearVue PDF - view PDF docs on the communicator
- Dictaphone
- Date, time, world time
- Alarm clock, reminders
- Timer, stopwatch, calculator