Alcatel, LG, Motorola
Alcatel
Alcatel had is representative office set up separately from other manufacturers, they had a spectacularly decorated truck not far from the entrance, this was the place where anyone who was curious could have taken the new low-end phones in his hands. They put their press conference on the next-to-the-last day, thus avoiding any conflicts with large manufacturers; still not many people were interested in this event. I care to mention that the manufacturer pays exclusive attention to the press, they had the highest-standard presentation and this is where we received the gift package we liked the most. Based on what we heard, we can say that the new management is very self-confident and even more aggressive. They were sentences flying around and upon hearing them we didn’t know which way to turn: Alcatel will be amongst the five largest manufacturers within a few years, as the quality of their devices not only is as good as the other manufacturers’, but even better. This is a bit tough, I think.
Alcatel One Touch Sport and V770
All phones presented were low-end ones. It is joyful that the first 3G-capable Alca was announced, moreover, some of the new models have OLED display. It is a pity, however, that they are still in bad terms with resolution, even their "top model" has received a 176 x 220 display and in terms of camera, the best is the 1.3 megapixel one. I would like to mention two models: the stylish, V770, that is altogether not thicker than 10 mm and the sport phone with an OLED display and step-counter, the One Touch Sport. It’s interesting, that the manufacturer also presented an HSDPA modem, the reason was really funny: "Alcatel has great experience in the field of 3G and HSDPA technologies and thus the release of such a device was a completely reasonable step."
LG
LG has created quite a few devices last few years and they were the first to launch a completely touch-controlled handset (this was the Prada), so we were very excited to visit the completely average press conference. They have presented three new devices, all of them have a touchscreen display – there is nothing surprising in that after knowing the preliminaries.
We were most fascinated about the slider phone named KF510. It has a slim, high quality case, opening mechanics reminding of luxury phones, touch-sensitive controls, fair feature-list (although 3G is missing), exceptionally fast software.
Hirdetés
The KF600 is an even more interesting piece: it has two displays, the lower has a diameter of 1.5” and is touch-sensitive and the upper is not and has QVGA resolution. The smaller display always shows the icons representing the available choices in the current menu, which is although not a completely new concept (Samsung E950) but his time it’s done in a fair manner. The most interesting part is the picture viewer: when started the touchscreen display shows the full picture currently viewed, while the larger screen displays the zoomed part, selected on the touchscreen.
Last, but not least, the KF700. Well, this is another completely touch-sensitive piece with a 3” display, but it also has a slideable numeric keypad. The software is similar to the one used on the Prada, but of course it has been refined a bit – pity we didn’t feel any special developments regarding speed. All devices are expected to become available in Q2 2008.
Motorola
From the large ones, the American manufacturer was the only one not to organize a press conference, or at least its news didn’t get to us (if thinking logically the latter seems more realistic). They had a stand however – a nice, large one – but the novelties weren’t so convincing.
Z10, or return of the banana… and it still look like a banana. Although it knows more, the greatest hit being the 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, Motorola didn’t manage anything like this before. It is a known fact, however, that some kind of cooperation is expectable in the near future between the manufacturer and the company named Kodak, which has some considerable experience in the field of camera production, so does the question come: was it worth for the company to develop an autofocus camera "at home"? Returning to the Z10: Symbian UIQ 3.2 operating system and not, I repeat, not touchscreen display (interesting pair), HSDPA, metal case.
The other device worth to mention was a music phone, the E8. An interesting, unique design, nice exterior, use of quality materials, QVGA display, 2GB internal memory, 2 megpaixel camera, touch-sensitive navigational semicircle which helps quick movement around the menu and seeking in music.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
