While not widely acknowledged, introduction of Apple iPhone seems to have sent a shockwave throughout cellphone industry and left major vendors scrambling to produce their own answer to it.
Only LG seems to have had something at least a little bit similar to iPhone with their LG Prada KE850 phone. Other vendors were left churning out the concept phones on YouTube.
And here’s another concept phone – Asus Aura, produced by Hungarian design company Egy Studio for Taiwanese vendor. It was clearly inspired by iPhone, although it has some interesting innovations addressing commonly mentioned shortcomings of Apple’s cellphone.
One of them is a movable navigation module with navigation buttons, another – a sliding QWERTY keyboard that should make text entry much easier.
Other features of Asus Aura include – 3,9″ touchscreen covering the whole surface of the phone, 2 megapixel camera, microSD memory card slot, GSM, UMTS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. All of this in a 6mm thick package.
Unfortunately Asus Aura is just a concept so far and will stay that way probably a few years.
With the dimensions of 97x49x6mm and total volume of 28 cc, Asus aura is several times smaller then what current HSDPA chipsets allow to be. But with Moore’s law and competition among communication chip makers in full swing, who knows? We might see it sooner.
It seems that everyone is coming out with their own version of a touchscreen, keyless phone these days. ASUS apparently is no exception with their own announcement of the ASUS Aura, however their phone also has a QWERTY keypad that folds out and a 2-megapixel camera.
Like the iPhone, the ASUS Aura can work in both horizontal and vertical modes, switching automatically when you flip the phone around. It features a nice 3.9-inch touchscreen display, as well as Bluetooth, a microSD card slot and miniUSB connectivity. The Aura is pretty darn thin at just 9mm, which makes this the perfect size to carry easily in a pocket or purse. It is a great multimedia device, allowing you to take photos, watch movies, etc. It works on GSM networks, and features internet connectivity through 3G (including HSDPA) and WiFi.
The one thing this phone that others do not is the QWERTY keyboard. You can use either the touchscreen or the keypad, depending on your preferences. I think this is a great option, and will help sales of the device. It looks really cool!
GSM, 3G, including HSDPA, and also the wireless networks Wi- fie and interface Bluetooth 2.0. And all this with the thickness of 6 mm. overall sizes are assumed such: 9"khya9kh' mm. that zh, will be healthy, if they sometimes personify development into the life.
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