Au Design Project's New 3G Phone
KDDI has just announced yet another 3G handset, dubbed ‘Talby’ [.jpg image], the third from their in-house Au Design Project. This super-slim fashionable unit, styled by Marc Newson, has a built-in antenna and is set to hit store shelves in Japan by December. It’s a Flash-enabled model with a QVGA screen, 2D bar-code reader, and BREW.
Check out their new Talby website here:
http://www.au.kddi.com/au_design_project/seihin/talby/index.html
Brand name: talby
Size: About 45 (W) x 132 (H) x 13 (D) mm
Weight (with battery): About 79g
Call time: About 190 minutes
Stand-by time: About 250 hours
Charge time: About 110 minutes
Color: Hornet Green/Orange, Orange/Black Hole
Screen size/display capability: Main – about 2.1 inches; TFT 260,000 colors; 240×320 dots
Camera: 330,000 pixels; CMOS camera
Data folder capacity: About 8MB (or 1,000 files)
BREW data folder capacity: About 3MB
Email out-box capacity: About 100KB (or 200 files)
Email in-box capacity: About 250KB (or 500 files)
Input: ATOK and APOT
Audio: 64 chord
On sale: December 2004
Manufacturer’s suggested price: Open price