ALPHACELL: Two new smartphones under windows CE.NET!

[Guest sebset]

good news for MS wireless technology :D

Manufacturer: ALPHACELL

Two models: M5 and M6 GSM 900 / 1800 / GPRS

OS: Windows CE.NET 4.0 with Alphacell graphic user interface

Processor: ARM9 140 Mhz

the M6 and the M5

mmm... look like smartphone 2002. Same screen size, same number of colors,

same memory size, same processor family, same kernel: windows CE...

Recent events:

AlphaCell signs purchase and distribution agreement with The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC.

AlphaCell and Flextronics sign manufacturing agreement .

Alphacell will be present at the 3GSM World Congress in February (Cannes - France)

More infos on: http://www.alphacell.com/index.html

So, after the Neonode here is Alphacell products...

Soon there will be more phone on CE.NET than on smartphone 2002! :shock:

cu

[Guest sebset]

Alphacell + Carphone Warehouse?

source: http://www.mobile.seitti.com/story.php?story_id=1420

Carphone Warehouse to build its own phones

March 15, 2002 07:28 GMT

Timo Poropudas

Carphone Warehouse, the largest independent retailer of mobile communications in Europe with presence in 12 countries and over 1080 stores, will purchase and distribute in Europe, mobile phones designed by AlphaCell. The devices will feature advanced capabilities including MMS, video streaming & download, video messaging, MP3 playback, still image digital camera, personal information management, internet browsing and more.

The devices will be phone-size in a slim form factor and a unique colour TFT touch display that will cover the entire front of the device and allow maximum viewing area. The device will also be Java enabled, and will come with an integrated swivel colour camera and a built-in stylus pen.

These devices will be operating on standard GSM and GPRS networks available throughout Europe and in most parts of the world and will support 2G, 2.5G and 3G network features and capabilities. The prototype phone form-factor and electronic board will be ready by the end of this quarter with commercial availability expected within 14 months of that time.

AlphaCell is a joint venture of Emblaze Systems, Polar Investments Ltd. and Leader Holdings and Investments Ltd.

"This is an important deal. CPW are a leading provider of mobile devices to the mass market and have a very strong understanding of the mobile business," said Avner Mor, CEO AlphaCell.

The Carphone Warehouse Group had EUR 900 million turnover last year. The company has three business segments: distribution, comprising retail, online, wholesale and insurance; telecoms services, comprising on-going airtime revenues, facilities management business and MVNO, Fresh; and data services.

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

M5: looks nice, slightly bigger screen and voice dialing, but with the processor not being much faster than the spv's, i'm not sure how smoothly it will run. No bluetooth in this lower model either. It does have dedicated video hardware biult in though, which will make video conferencing/playback a lot easer to watch, It supports polyphonic ringtones :(, but why does it only have usb 1.1 support though? :/

M6: Bigger screen. practically the same spec though, same cpu, but does have WAP 2 support, built in camera (again with dedicated hardware support), touchscreen and bluetooth :D Java support and SD port. I just wonder how well a 140mhz cpu is gonig to cope with all this...

Looks like the M6 is CPW's answer ot he xda :(. Guess we'll soon see how well they run

[Guest sebset]

and do you think they will be under a signature protection?

For infos here are the M5 specs:

Dimensions  

129 x 53 x 25 mm (L x W x D)  

Weight 110g  

Form Factor Candy Bar  

Hardware  

Architecture Dual Processors  

Network GSM/GPRS Dual Band 900 /1800 MHz  

Baseband Processor Based on Analog Devices Baseband Processor  

ARM 7 52 Mhz  

Supporting GSM/GPRS Type B Class 10 (4 download+ 2 upload MAX 5 slots)  

Supports of FR, HR, EFR and Echo Suppression  

Supporting GPRS Coding Schemas CS-1, CS-2, CS-3 and CS 4  

Application processor Based on Emblaze Semiconductor ER 4521 Application processor  

ARM core and DSP Architecture  

ARM 9 144 Mhz  

Dedicated Video Hardware Support for  

Camera stabilization  

Artifact correction  

Noise reduction  

Resizing & color space conversion  

DeBlocking for quality improvement  

Picture Sharpening  

Packet Error concealment  

Display Full graphic color LCD TFT  

Active area: 39.3 x 56 mm  

Resolution: 176x220 pixels  

Color depth: 65K colors (16 bit)  

Features: Transflective high- contrast with backlight  

Antenna Internal  

Internal and External Memory 16 MByte Flash Memory for Operating system and application  

8 MByte PSRAM for running applications  

16 MByte for User Storage Data  

MMC/SD support  

Connectivity USB 1.1  

IrDA up to 115Kbps  

Camera CMOS VGA Resolution (640 x 480)  

16bit (65K colors)  

Auto-exposure (AE)  

Automatic white balance (AWB)  

Flicker rejection  

Stills and Video Support (Viewfinder)  

Viewing angle: 55ê  

Focus range: 30cm – infinity  

Audio and Notifications Dual speakers  

Stereo Jack  

16 Polyphonic Sound  

Vibrator  

2 Strips of Notification LEDs  

Voice activation dialing

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

All 2.5G phones have romours of certification around them, so no-one can be 100% sure really...

[Guest amo]

Update on this phone now available:

see here.

[Guest amo]

Pics added...