The Pharos Traveler 117 has just received the FCC’s blessing so you might be able to purchase one soon enough. It’s a phone and it’s a GPS device. It’s actually a pretty smart phone. Let’s take a look at its main features:

• Quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• Tri band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity (850/1900/2100 MHz)
• 2.8 inch resistive TFT touchscreen display with 480 x 640 pixels
• GPS and A-GPS
• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 connectivity
• 2.5mm headset jack (that’s not a typo, there’s no 3.5mm jack)
• 2 megapixel camera
• Secondary VGA camera for video calls
• 400MHz Qualcomm MSM7201 processor
• 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
• microSDHC memory card slot
• Windows Professional 6.1

The Pharos Traveler 117 will cost you $529.95 unlocked so get ready to pay the price if you want the device. We don’t know what carrier will pick the 117 up and we have absolutely no idea why the smartphone comes with a 2.5mm headset jack. Still better than the G1 when it comes to getting music to your ears.

Pharos has revealed a new member to its Traveler line giving T-Mobile users another option if GPS is the keyword in their search.  The aGPS aside, the Pharos has much more to offer compared to the previous models in the Traveler series. For starters, it’s expansive 3.5-inch wide VGA screen should suffice to help you forget there ever was a device called the iPhone and its versatile network support for GPRS/EDGE, 3G, UMTS, HSDPA at 7.2Mbps, and 2 Mbps HSUPA on US and European bands must have you speed freaks on the high already.  There’s 512MB of flash memory onboard with SDHC memory card support and the 528MHz processor aided by 256MB RAM should keep this baby humming Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional without a glitch.  WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, and aGPS make up its connectivity options with an FM tuner and a 3-megapixel camera thrown in for good measure to make it a damn decent device.

The Pharos Traveler 137 smartphone is set to make an appearance in the first quarter of 2009 at a well-deserved price of $600.
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The last time we mentioned Pharos devices, it was to talk about the Traveler 177 and 127, but they have released a new handset codenamed on the Traveler line, codenamed 619. The popular cellphone with GPS costs $199,95 and is already available for purchase at Dell’s website.

Sporting a 2.8-inch VGA touchscreen, the device has a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2-megapixel camera. The operative system used on the Traveler 619 is Windows Mobile 6, while the network options include quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, and 3.5 support.

In the wireless connectivity department, it boasts bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and IrDA. The battery life is 4 hours on talking-mode, or 200 hours in stand-by.

Pharos Traveler 619

Pharos already had the GPS Phone 600 and 600e available for T-Mobile customers, but they’ve added two new products entitled Traveler 117 and 127.

Much like the other models, the Travelers are categorized as “GPS Smartphones” and strangely enough they come unlocked, meaning that a 3.5G connection is possible. The 2 new products will be the first ones to make use of Pharos Smart Navigator - their hybrid navigation system that has location services as its main feature.

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While we knew that the P3470 was on its way, we can’t help but be disappointed that this device is somewhat crippled by 2.5G while the rest of its specs don’t look half bad. HTC has thrown in a 200MHz CPU, 256MB ROM, 128MB memory, Bluetooth 2.0, and microSD. Even the big 2.8-inch QVGA TouchFLO display and GPS don’t make me forget the fact that this is only a quad-band EDGE device with no WiFi connectivity. Headed straight to the European market later this month at a not-so-cheap $650.

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