New Smartphone Prototype from TechFaithWireless

[Mike Temporale]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pdagold.com/articles/detail.asp?a=273' target='_blank'>http://www.pdagold.com/articles/detail.asp?a=273</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The device's miniature requires compromising in some areas. One of them is the display, which is tiny with a diameter of 1.9 inch (49 mm) and resolution of 176x220 pixels. The resolution is common to most smartphones currently on the market yet Windows Mobile 5 devices are expected to bring about a shift towards 240x320 pixels. The quality, however, is uncompromised. The TFT display features snow-white, sufficiently intensive backlight and clear and faithful colour reproduction."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20060331-TechFaithSmartphone.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />The RAZR sure has inspired a lot of new designs. Too bad this copy doesn't look like a winner. The phone is running Windows Mobile 5 but only has a 176x220 screen and a really small - in size, screen. :( On the plus side, it's only an early prototype from a manufacturer called <a href="http://www.techfaithwireless.com/english/services_1_5_2.htm">TechFaithWireless.</a> The specs on that webpage are more than a little wrong too. I hope this shows that things are still getting hammered out.

[Jerry Raia]

This thing will probably hit the shelves before the Q! :lol:

[mbranscum]

This thing will probably hit the shelves before the Q! :lol:

Jerry...I think you have a love/hate relationship with the Q! Maybe even a fatal attraction! 8O 8)

[Ryan Joseph]

Jerry...I think you have a love/hate relationship with the Q! Maybe even a fatal attraction! 8O 8)

Yeah, I was actually starting to pick up on that myself. :-)

But anyway, I think this phone could be a good idea. Sure the screen is small, but that allows the device itself to be small, too. More people might spring for smartphones if they're smaller and this looks like a great step in that direction.

[edgar]

It looks too much like the SLVR. The screen size isn't so bad actually - it is a phone primarily, afterall -- but there is no reason to compromise the resolution.

With an item like the SP5 and 2125 and Moto releasing the Q in 2010 or so :) this has no where to go.

[Jerry Raia]

Moto releasing the Q in 2010 or so :) this has no where to go.

I think it's been pushed back to 2015 now. :lol:

[edgar]

Are you sure? That may be the GSM model; I'm talking about the TDMA model :rotfl:

[Mike Temporale]

But anyway, I think this phone could be a good idea. Sure the screen is small, but that allows the device itself to be small, too.

But the device isn't that small. It's just the screen. Check out this picture (http://www.pdagold.com/articles/image.asp?i=5243) :(

[Jerry Raia]

and another thing, what is with this RAZR fetish that a lot of phone makers seem to have? Enough already!

[Ryan Joseph]

But the device isn't that small. It's just the screen. Check out this picture (http://www.pdagold.com/articles/image.asp?i=5243) :(

Oh eww. Well, that puts it in perspective, doesn't it? :? And I have to say, the thought of a screen like that isn't appealing. That's my favorite thing about my new SMT5600...the screen. It's so big and sharp and clear. I wouldn't want to go back down. :(

and another thing, what is with this RAZR fetish that a lot of phone makers seem to have? Enough already!

Agreed. My brother has a RAZR and I don't really even like the keypad. :?

[Rocco Augusto]

Agreed. My brother has a RAZR and I don't really even like the keypad. :?

my girlfriend has the pink RAZR, i can not stand the keypad, it gets dirty just by looking at it funny