Come March, Vodafone will kick off sales of its latest live! model, the Sharp GX30, featuring a one megapixel camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth - and much more.
Vodafone today announced the latest addition to its range of Vodafone live! exclusive handsets and the first megapixel camera phone for GSM networks - the quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Sharp GX30. The new phone follows the Sharp GX10, GX10i and the GX20, some of the best-selling handsets in the Vodafone live! range.
 | The Sharp GX30 will be the first handset in Europe to feature a one megapixel camera
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The state-of-the-art Sharp GX30 comes with a built-in CCD camera capable of taking pictures at a previously unheard resolution of 858 x 1,144 pixels, a first for European networks - and in fact, for GSM networks as well. The camera comes complete with Flash, and users will also be able to control shutter speed, do multi-shots and set a self timer for those all-important vanity shots.
Additional new features include an internal, 18-bit colour display capable of showing up to 262,144 colours - four times the quality of the GX20, an SD/MMC Card expansion slot, as well as an MP3 player. There's also an external, 16-bit colour display for Caller ID and reception/battery indicators, which shows the time when idle.
Other features include support for Bluetooth and Infrared, as well as polyphonic ringtones and GPRS, joined by picture ID functionality and video recording capabilities.
Measuring 95 x 49 x 26 mm and weighing in at 100 g, the Sharp GX30 is listed as offering a talk time of up to 200 minutes and up to 220 hours of standby time. According to Vodafone, the Sharp GX30 will be available in retail stores from March 2004, however no details concerning its pricing were announced.
An additional hi-res picture of the Sharp GX30 is available on the following page.
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