Grundig Mobile's U900 Linux Phone
Although the orange and black color scheme is a wee bit passé, we do have to give props to Grundig Mobile for their new Linux-based phone, the U900. It features a single-chip architecture, which has long been considered to be the "holy grail" of modern mobile phone technology.
The phone was first showed off at the 3GSM show earlier this month, and was only one of two Linux phones in attendance. The U900 runs off Linux and a RTOS (real-time operating system) with the VirtualLogix platform virtualization technology. The chip featured in this phone is the NXP ARM9-based SoC (system-on-chip).
Other features of the phone are a 2-megapixel CMOS camera (which also supports video telephony, video recording and playback, and video streaming), a built-in MP3 player, microSD card slot, and FM radio. It has a dual-mode cellular radio which supports both UMTS+EDGE and quad-band GSM/GPRS frequences. It can also be used as a modem through USB and Bluetooth.
Specs:
# 3.6 x 2.0 x 0.5 inches (92 x 50 x 14 mm)
# 94 grams
# 2-inch QVGA (240x320) TFT display with 262K colors
# External 96x64 OLED display supporting 65K colors
# 1000mAh Lithium-ion battery
# Claimed talk time up to 2.5 hours
# Claimed standby time up to 220 hours
# 2MP CMOS camera
# Zoom, LED flash, multishot
# VGA video camera
# Stereo audio player supports MP3, AAC
# Browser supporting WAP 2.0, xHTML
# SMS and MMS clients
# Image viewer for JPEG, GIF, Animated GIF, BMP, WBMP
# Melody formats AMR-NB, Midi
# Ringtones 64 polyphonic with ADPCM
# Internal user memory 100 Mbytes
# Supports micro SD cards up to 1GB
# MIDP 2.0 Java game environment
# Animated wallpaper
# Picture CLI
# Date/time in idle screen
# Calculator
# Voice recorder
# Alarm clock
# Handsfree speaker
# Options: stereo headset, car charger, USB cable, bluetooth headset
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