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[midnight]

Another new picture of the Remo has appeared, this time sporting an aerial, and the front buttons modified from previous pictures.
Is this real? The homescreen certainly isnt, as the specs say MS Smartphone 2003 )and this is clearly Smartphone 2002), and the icons used are from Orange (as far as i'm aware). (and where are the call/end call buttons?)

Still, its good to see new devices, and this one is certainly interesting with its slide-out keypad.



The Specs are as follows (some just dont seem quite correct mind you):

Tri-Band
260K TFT display 176 x 220, 2.2" Touch (touchscreen??? not on MS Smartphone it aint )
MS Smartphone 2003
32M bit flash & 32M bit SRAM (megabit???)
32Mb for MS2003 (errr, presuming they mean 32mb rom)
Intel CPU for MS2003
64 poly Stereo-Midi
MP3, MP4 player
Wap 2.0
EMS MMS IM
GPRS Class 10
IrDA, USD Client
PC Sync
iTab text input
J2ME
Dual Speaker & Headset Jack
Talk Time: 140mins
Standby: 100 hrs

Size: 87 x 47 x 23.5mm
Weight < 95g

Release Date: Sep 2004 (Europe/China)

Ive also heard this thing has 1.3mp camera, but then, thats of course if this is indeed a MS Smartphone.

[ultimasnake]

looks kinda fake to me.. though if it where real AND had a hangup/dial button etc it would be nice i guess.... also for a phone to be released soon the image looks to photoshoped :S

[midnight]

err, its not a photo, no, but neither where the first images of the Feeler by HTC, or the MPx220 by Motorola

[hamstar50]

hmmm...fishy.  I agree too many problems not just with picture but with description too.  *sniff sniff* I smell Bulls**t

fake

Ham

[ultimasnake]

err true true... but still :S

here is another image
from :http://www.wirelessmoment.com/2004/01/ict_europhoneus.html

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The companies are debuting several phones in the first and second quarter of this year, but the one I'm most interested in is the EG 4000 or "Remo." The 1.3 megapixel camera phone with flash is a quad band GSM GPRS handset featuring a slide-down keypad and, supposedly, Microsoft's Smartphone software. But as Gizmodo points out, the screen, as shown in a photo (see below), doesn't look like the Smartphone OS.

it doesn't really look like an windows mobile os as they state too :S... let's just wait and see ey midnight

Also the standby time looks to large to me 7.5 days? where do they store that much energy?

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I never doubt your word midnight but ofcourse sometimes we all can be fooled by great things like a new phone
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and what is the  INTERGRATED TV FUNCTION ? :S :S

[midnight]

i'm not being fooled, i have no idea if its ms smartphone or not, hence the tone of my original post. theres lots of errors in the info. We actually posted about the remo about 6 months ago (using the same pics from Europhone Wireless as you've just posted ), but this is the first pic with home/back buttons and an (admittedly fake) ms smartphone homescreen.

[ultimasnake]

let's just wait and see ey

[hamstar50]

May have to eat my smartphone hat or so to speak!

That other picture with it's shiney casing and gloss sure does make it look like a nice phone..yummy.  Having said that, the slide down keypad is never favourable.  Nevertheless, looks delicious and the idea of a MS smartphone that doesn't look like one (both unit and GUI) is very appealing.  To me anyway.

[wez_p]

no mention of an SD or miniSD card slot - would have thought this a necessity for MP3 player etc

[mavisdavis]

mmmm which new phone shall I go for??? :roll:

The TV function would be nice then I'd never miss Richard 'n' Judy again I could watch it LIVE

[midnight]

of course, the tv function could mean tv remote functionality (most likely if there is anything like that on there, but personally i wouldnt read anything into it just yet)

[mavisdavis]

Ah! but in Japan Mid they already have phone with integrated TV Tuners the home of Casio :wink:

[midnight]

sure, but i just doubt we'll see it in ms smartphone anytime soon (if it is ms smartphone of course)

[Alex (nedge2k)]

Hmmm...this looks a bit too good to be true

However, jus because the GUI is different...dont mean its not SP. For instance, look at the icons on the homescreen....there is a home and call icon....is this to make up for the lack of hardware? Is that bar permanently visible / visible when a call comes in (for films)?

As snakey said...lets jus wait and see

[Thumper Net]

looks fake to me its more like the siemens/samsung phones hope its a fake as my wife would want the dam thing as she likes the slide down bit, but hey pauls not replyed so its got to be a fake shame      

[Maverick]

TV function?? Hope we dont have to pay TV licence fee for the phone in UK

[djfuego]

I'm surprised that JAVA MIDP2 doesn't come up in the spec.  :? Anyway. I'm more interested in a phone that doesn't have moving parts but this is a phone I wouldn't dismiss IF it did have java as standard.

The touch screen crit made me laugh. Phone with a real bio login.. that would be cool. I guess if it does then it won't be a smartphone unless MS are developing a new smartphone os with that functionality. Y recreate the wheel tho?

Speed of the Processor will be the clencher in buying the phone though.
Most people don't know what a phone can do these days when they buy one. I'd never have imagined I'd be playing old PC games on mine.

I can't see why this phone won't be possible in the future

[fraser]

Sigh. All the photos are are pre-release mockups. The image on the screen was not the image that the camera took. The screen was photoshopped in afterwards. This is common place with new technology. Jeez, the SPV I/II did the same thing IIRC, are our memories that short?  :wink:

I'd take the text over the pictures in terms of accurate info anyday. Even then, it's all up in the air until the factory ramps up production.

[haso0on]

it would be amazing if this was is to be released this month
its going to kick the MPx220 and C500 a$$ BIG TIME!!

[darcus]

Nice looking phone.
If the screen is real - looks like UIQ/Symbian.
then again - could be MS with some nice customisations.
who knows?