Panasonic A100

This model is a renewal for Panasonic GD55 with a changed design. The device is one of the smallest available in the market. It is an ODM model that is manufactured by Taiwan Quanta.

• Class: fashion (low-end fashion solution)
• Position in the line: above GD55
• Rival phones: no any in this segment and form-factor
• Test based description

• General features
  • Announced in March 2004, in the market since the 3 quarter of 2004
  • eGSM900/GSM1800/GSM1900
  • Battery type Li-Ion 780 mAh
  • Battery life:
  • standby time 90 - 300 hours
  • talk time 3 - 8 hours
  • Graphical display with the resolution of 112x64 pixels shows up to 4 text lines, backlighting is blue
  • Body colors - Black, Red, Blue
  • Dimensions: 77x44x17.8 mm
  • Weight: 66 g

• Memory
  • Phone book memory for 250 numbers (one name - one number), SIM-card memory. Only one type of memory may be viewed at the same time, up to 4 users' groups
  • Call log of last 10 missed, 10 incoming and 20 outgoing calls
  • Organizer memory for 100 events
  • Memory for 100 SMS, 50 of them are an Archive
  • 286 KB for pictures and melodies

• Call management, ringing tones
  • Vibrating alert
  • Polyphonic melodies (16 tones)
  • 3 ringtones and 17 melodies
  • There is a mixed call signal - first vibrating then a melody.
  • Speed dialing for 8 numbers
  • Loud speaker

• SMS
  • EMS
  • A possibility to send and receive ringtones and animated images
  • Predictive text input Т9
  • Templates

• Connectivity

• Organizer and extras
  • Time, date
  • Alarm clock
  • Screen headbands, wall papers
  • Calculator, currency converter
  • Organizer supports such events as meeting and memo
  • Games - memory, game for speed

Eldar Murtazin (eldar@mobile-review.com)
Published — 15 August 2004

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