Owning a smartphone has been made lot more easier as companies roll out low end handsets for the common masses. Joining the league is UK-based mobile service provider, Synchronica with its all new $99 MessagePhone .
Synchronica along with the Korean manufacturer KC Mobile has today unveiled two models of the MessagePhone that provides smartphone like features at very low costs. “The new MessagePhones offer advanced features such as Push Email and Synchronization services, mobile Instant Messaging, a full HTML web browser and access to social networking sites,” according to the company.
The two models, QS150 and QS200, look very similar to the traditional BlackBerry handsets, that offer 2.2″ colour screen and full QWERTY keypad with dedicated ‘read’ and ‘compose’ buttons for emails, 1.3-megapixel camera, SB connection and optional Bluetooth radio The QS150 supports tri-band GPRS-GSM, and has 10MB of user memory while the QS200 has a faster CPU, quadband GPRS/EDGE-GSM cellular, and 32MB of user memory. The internet browser is Bitstream’s BOLT that displays full PC-style web pages on all types of mobile devices. Also the handsets carry a MicroSD slot and promise 5.5 hours of talk time and 17 days standby time.
Well its not shaking Apple, RIM and other smartphone giants but is an amazing option and has great potential in the developing nations and the emerging markets.
