Arima,one of the newer Symbian licensees announced the Symbian Smartphone ASP805.The smartphone features Symbian OS 7.0 with the UIQ interface, 2.7� sensor screen (208x320 pixels), 64 MB of RAM, 32 MB of Flash RAM, SD/MMC slot and 1.3-megapixel camera.
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Well there is a little more information on the UIQ site here.
It looks to me like the front panel with numbers covers the whole of the screen and flips upwards to expose the full screen. If so, I like this design as it provides better screen protection over the P900. Also having a directional pad is a big addition.
Sounds goods lets just hope they get round to releasing it in a senseable timescale..
SPECIFICATION
User interface: UIQ 2.1
Operating system: Symbian OS v7.0
Display: 65 000 colors, 2.66" TFT Transflective LCD, 208x320 pixels
Memory: 64 MB RAM & 32 MB Flash
Memory card: SD / MMC Expansion slot
GSM / GPRS / HDCSD
Tri-band 900/1800/1900 MHz
FEATURES
- 1.3 Mega-pixel & VGA camera, 640 x 480 pixels
- Multimedia features
- HTML Browser with Small Screen Rendering
- Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
- PIM application � Contacts, Calendar, Stopwatch, Time countdown
- Synchronization - SyncML (Synchronization with PC)
- Integrated Bluetooth / IrDA / USB connectivity
- Handwriting recognition
- User customization (Wallpaper, Screen Saver, Ring tones, Alarm tones)
- Games
- WAP/ JAVA/ J2ME MIDP
- 1000 mAh Detachable & Rechargeable Li-Polymer Battery
- CPU � Texas Instrument OMAP
For more information, please visit www.arima.com.tw
Further information here too:
http://www.arima.com.tw/ViewProduct.asp?View=83
http://www.arima.com.tw/ViewNews.asp?View=154
Smart phoneASP805, which is 100% developed by Arima, is an easily pocketed handset with superb telephony capability, all of the key PDA type functionality with special focus on personal information management, messaging, and browsing, tri-band GSM/GPRS/HDCSD connectivity, running over Symbian 7.0 OS and UIQ 2.11, with a 2.66 inch high resolution color display, integrated 1.3 MP CMOS camera, Bluetooth / IrDA / USB connectivity, 64MB RAM, 32MB Flash, SD and MMC external memory support.
Besides, ASP805 has a cool and distinguishing style, easy to use and fun to operate while reliable enough to manage valuable business information. It is intended for both the professional and young users.
Further more, ASP805 has a series of amazing features enabling users to take digital pictures, view them on a 320x208 pixel color screen, store them in the photo album and send them as an e-mail to a PC or as an MMS-message to another. Furthermore, ASP805 can be used in more than 150 countries worldwide as it runs on GSM 900/1800/1900.