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Gigabyte’s GSmart S1200 fully unveiled: WVGA display and Windows Mobile

Ilinca Nita — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:11:13 +0000

Gigabyte may not be the first company to come into mind when one’s thinking about smartphones, but that doesn’t mean the Taiwanese company does not have a place of its own at MWC 2009.

We told you not long ago that the manufacturer’s GSmart S1200 is almost ready to be unveiled to the world, and this has obviously happened in Barcelona, during MWC.

The handset looks really nice and elegant, having a chromed trim and a large WVGA display. It’s also quite slim, measuring only 105.5 x 52 x 11.4 millimeters.

As expected, the S1200 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and it’s upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6.5.

Its full list of features includes:

3.1 inch TFT touchscreen display with 480 x 800 pixels
Gigabyte’s Smart Zone user interface
GSM and HSDPA/HSUPA connectivity
Built-in GPS
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 2.0
Mini USB 2.0
3MP camera with autofocus
MicroSD card slot
528 MHz Qualcomm processor
256MB ROM, 128MB RAM
1010 mAh battery

GSmart S1200 should be on sale starting the second quarter of 2009, for a price that will be announced later on.

Via Gigabyte

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Gigabyte to launch an iPhone-killer smartphone: GSmart S1200

Ilinca Nita — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:35:11 +0000

OK, I know many of you don’t like the “iPhone-killer” expression (and I’m not too fond of it myself), but wait until you see the Gsmart S1200 – one of the smartphones Gigabyte is readying for MWC 2009.

The handset is only 0.43-inch (11mm) thick and it looks really well-designed. Its OS is Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, all dressed-up with Gigabyte’s Smart Zone – a brand new interface developed by the Taiwanese company itself.

GSmart S1200 is powered by a 528MHz Qualcomm 7200A CPU. Its display seems large enough to have a VGA resolution, so let’s hope it actually does have it. Unfortunately, other details about the device are currently missing.

Anyway, here’s what it looks like:

Together with the Gsmart S1200, Gigabyte (better known for its computer hardware stuff rather than for smartphones) will also unveil three new series of handsets, said to fall under the Business, Style and Multimedia categories.

Guess we’ll see what exactly all this is about at MWC.

Via Engadget Mobile

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Gigabyte announces GSmart MS808 – the 3.5G mobile TV phone, plus GSmart MS802 and GSmart MS820

bogdan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:59:15 +0000

GSmart (Gigabyte’s mobile phone brand) has brought an arsenal of new Windows Mobile handsets to the Computex show in Taipei. The flagship of the new range is Gigabyte GSmart MS808.

MS808 sports everything a mobile TV fan could want, but was afraid to ask for. It supports -T, DVB-H, T-DMB and ISDB-T. And if that isn’t enough to make you happy, it also has GPS and runs Windows Mobile 6.1.

The CPU is a 624 MHz Marvell PXA310 and Gigabyte GSmart MS808 has a 2.8″ display that fits its mobile TV capabilities.

GSmart MS808, just like all GSmart models to be released this year, features the company’s new SmartTouch GUI and G-Sensor applications, perfect for games and multimedia applications.
Joining GSmart’s SmartTouch party at Computex will be a few other new models. Gigabyte GSmart MS802, set to replace GSmart MS800, has 3G support and a 520 MHz CPU. GSmart MS802 runs Windows Mobile 6 Professional. It also has WiFi and is accompanied by GSmart MW702, that has the same specifications, but is an EDGE version.

Last but not least, Computex visitors got to admire the 3G Gigabyte GSmart MS820 (and its EDGE version, MW720). It has a 520 MHz CPU, a 2.8″ display and the OS is Windows Mobile Professional 6.1. Another interesting feature of GSmart MS820 is the 3 megapixel camera, more than suitable for snapshots.

Via hpc.ru

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Gigabyte G-Smart MS800 Smartphone

Staska — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:51:49 +0000

With Mobile World Congress (former 3GSM) show in Barcelona just a week away, we continue to peak at the new mobile phones to be announced there.

Today’s first handset comes from Taiwanese vendor Gigabyte, which has one powerful Windows Mobile smartphone prepped for the show.

Gigabyte G-Smart MS-800 handset comes equipped with a fast 520 MHz Marvel PXA270 CPU, quad-band GSM (850/900/180/1900), UMTS 2100, GPRS, EDGE, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, Wi-Fi b/g connectivity, 2.8″ QVGA touchscreen display, 2 megapixel camera, SiRF Star III GPS module with voice navigation, FM Radio with RDS and MicroSD memory card slot.

The dimensions of Gigabyte G-Smart MS800 are 116×59x14.95 mm, weight 130 gr, it comes with 1300 MAh battery that has up to 3.5 hrs talk and 150 hrs stand-by time.

Picture from MyBestPDA

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Gigabyte O2 XDA Denim details surface

Staska — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:28:16 +0000

About a month ago I noticed that one more Gibayte O2 3G smartphone – XDA Denim was approved by FCC, but there were no details available about it at the time.

Well, now the confidentiality period on O₂ XDA Denim has expired and all the details about this smartphone are available on FCC site.

Turns out that Gigabyte O2 Denim is one powerful Windows Mobile 6 slider with novel navigation pad that is located below the slideout keypad.

The navigation keypad has the capsense keys, which is another fancy way of saying that the keys are touch sensitive. They work pretty well on LG Chocolate phones, so they should work on XDA Denim too.

The specs for O2 XDA Denim are:

Intel PXA270 520 MHz CPU
GSM900/1800/1900, 2100 Ghz UMTS, HSDPA, Edge
Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0
256 MB ROM, 64MB RAM
2.6″ LTPS 65K color 320×240px TFT LCD with touchpanel
2 mpx main and 0.3 mpx front camera
microSD memory card slot
1300 mAh Li-Ion battery
150 hrs stand-by and 4.5 hrs talk time
Dimensions: 115×55.8×18.2 mm
Weight: 150

From the looks and specs Gigabyte O₂ XDA Denim looks to be a really good Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone. I wonder whether it will get to other network operators too?

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Gigabyte U60 UMPC to be announced at CeBit 2007

Staska — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:44:40 +0000

According to French site clubic.com, Gigabyte will announce a new UMPC during CeBit tradeshow in Germany this March.

Called Gigabyte U60 this UMPC will have an interesting slid-out keyboard and will be based on Via C7-M mobile processor.

Gigabyte U60 UMPC will also come with 6.5″ (800×600) screen, 1.8″ 20 and 30 GB HDD, Wi-Fi b/g, 2 USB ports and SD/MMC memory card reader.

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