Philips 968

Here is the leader of year 2005 among touchscreens. The device is designed as a clamshell with a rotary screen. It has a better body design and a higher screen resolution (QVGA) as compared with younger models. Besides, a 1.3 MP camera capable of recording MPEG4 video is present.

• Class: leader
• Position in the line: above Philips 760
• Description based on official information

• General features
  • Announced in 2005 official announcement in July 2005
  • eGSM 900/1800/1900
  • Battery type Li-Ion, 1450 mAh
  • Battery life:
  • standby mode up to 240 hours
  • talk mode up to 4 hours
  • Colour display, touchscreen, TFT, the resolution of 240x320 pixels (QVGA), shows up to 262000 colours
  • OS Linux
  • Сolours: black, silvery
  • Weight: 128 gramms
  • Dimensions: 95 x 48.7 x 258 mm

• Memory
  • Phonebook and for SIM-card. Set a personal call signal for a name, assign own picture.
  • Call log of last 10 calls of all types with time and date specified
  • Memory available to a user forms 40 MB, shared dynamically among all applications
  • Memory connector for SD

• Call management, ringing tones
  • Vibracall
  • Polyphonic call melodies, 64 tones polyphony
  • Fast dial
  • Automatic redial
  • Speakerphone
  • mp3 file as a call melody

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

• Camera
  • 1,3 MP camera, (the maximum resolution of 1280x960 pixels)
  • Digital zoom
  • Records video clips (mp4)
  • Effects, frames
  • Backlighting at shooting

• Multimedia
  • Java (MIDP 2.0)
  • Integrated audio and video player (AMR, Midi, MP3, MP4)
  • 4 Games

• Connectivity
  • GPRS class 10
  • WAP 2.0
  • MMS
  • Instant Messeging
  • Synchronization with PC (USB)

• Organizer and extras
  • User profiles
  • Dictaphone
  • Time, date
  • Organizer
  • Alarm clock plain and daily recurrent
  • Currency converter
  • Moon calendar
  • Stopwatch and calculator

Michail Machnaev (michail.machnaev@mobile-review.com)
Published — 19 October 2006

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