Expected April 2010 16th Feb 2010
We’re always a little act wary of "celebrity brand" phones, as they ar often just a big epithet slapped on a cheap phone in ordering to twist a gain. The PUMA PHONE (yes, it is spelled all in capitals) is a little act different, because this earphone is rather interesting in its own right.
The PUMA PHONE is a touchscreen gimmick of a fairly conventional design, until you turn it over and come across the large solar control panel on the backrest. It is rather like the very rare Samsung Blue world handset that was announced last class, except that there’s a good probability that the PUMA PHONE volition make it to retail outlets.
Before we launch into the prohibitionist technical foul details, it’s worth look at some of the more offbeat features of this phone. The PUMA PHONE includes an "on demand digital cat" called Dylan who is 81kg of.. err.. Puma. There’s a "sarcastic calculator" and a "scratching turntable" too, because we all like to scrape our MP3s don’t we? The PUMA PHONE also has a comprehensive raiment of somewhat odd "icon messages" you tin manipulation. PUMA also say that it supports "easy peasy video calls" through the front face photographic camera.
The user port makes heavy manipulation of red, flannel and black colors and very flat look flannel-on-redness icons throughout, something based on PUMA’s corporate color outline.. we defendant that these strong colours will be a little act tiring after a piece. Everything does look to be very simpleton to use though, and that’s always a positive matter in a building complex device like this.
The display is a 2.8" 240 x 320 pixel TFT unit, on the backrest is the solar panel summation a 3.2 megapixel camera and LED flash bulb. The PUMA PHONE comes with Global Positioning System, 3.5G documentation, a multimedia system player, FM wireless and a 3.5mm audio frequency socket. There’s Bluetooth 2.1 and USB connectivity. One major missing component is wireless local area network, but other than this the PUMA PHONE is a fully featured touchscreen gimmick.
The PUMA PHONE is designed for those who like outdoor activities (although we also think that it volition appealingness to sofa potatoes) and it come with a stopwatch, Global Positioning System speedo, GPS tally tracker, pedometer and boating ambit summation integration into content from PUMA and social networking sites. Of course, there’s a vane web browser summation all the other usual features built in.
Inside is a smallish 880 mAh assault and battery that PUMA say tin power the earphone for up to 4 hours talktime on 3G. The PUMA PHONE weighs 115 grams and measures a pouch-friendly 102 x 56 x 13mm.
The PUMA PHONE itself is manufactured by Sagem, a company not normally associated with this grade of worldliness. Sagem and PUMA announced a partnership in Oct 2009 to employment together to create something distinctive, and the PUMA PHONE certainly is.
We think that this is an interesting and innovative gimmick, and that the PUMA PHONE has a goodness probability of being a surprise smash when it hits the retail market in Europe in Apr 2010. You can discovery out more information at www.pumaphone.com.
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