Panasonic has launched its first smartphone, sporting a VGA camera and powered by Symbian OS and the Series 60 platform.
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Panasonic has introduced its flagship model for 2004 - the X700 smartphone - powered by Symbian OS and the Series 60 platform. The smartphone comes in a clamshell design and is equipped with a digital camera with video capability.
According to Panasonic users will experience clearer pictures with the X700's built-in VGA digital camera, photo light and 65,536 colour Thin Film Transistor (TFT) display screen. The handset's editing capabilities allow users to enhance the quality of these images further and images can be stored on a miniSD card.
The X700 is one of the first clamshell smartphones to offer a full colour sub display and picture CLI (Call Line Identification), and is claimed to be one of the smallest and lightest smartphones available.
The X700 sports 900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS functionality and supports J2ME, MMS, email and Bluetooth. Equipped with a series of pre-loaded applications, users of the X700 can view and edit native Microsoft Office documents, as well as edit photos taken with the VGA camera. J2ME applications and games, as well as polyphonic ringtones can be downloaded over-the-air.
The X700 also features one of the first speaker independent voice recognition systems, to ease the dialling of numbers from the phonebook and to control some of the functions in the phone.
The Panasonic X700 is expected to start shipping across Europe in 2H 2004, while the price will depend on operator.
An additional hi-res picture of the Panasonic X700 is available on the following page.
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