Pharos yesterday unveiled its first GPS-enabled smartphone called… err… GPS Phone. Smart naming, isn’t it? This handset is actually a rebrand of Eten’s 500 (Gloofish) cell phone. Aimed for business and travelers market, this quadband GSM mobile phone provides a full-feature sat nav system, thanks to the embedded SiRF Star III GPS receiver and pre-installed Ostia navigation software. It comes with detailed Tele Atlas street-level maps of the whole U.S and Canada. Users can navigate through their Outlook Contacts or POI (Points of Interest), and follow its turn-by-turn voice guidance with multi-stop routing and automatic re-routing capabilities.

On the entertainment side, the GPS Phone offers a large 2.8-inch touch screen display which gives high-res experience for watching movie or TV programme, an integrated FM radio tuner, a 2.0 megapixel camera module with flash and video recording capability, and also pre-installed Windows Media Player 10 Mobile for playing audio/video files. Regarding connectivity, this slim cell phone povides support for GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth, and WiFI.

According to Pharos, the GPS Phone will make its debut in February 2007.

Pharos GPS Phone Specifications

• Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0 software for Pocket PCs (AKU 3.2)
• Processor: Samsung SC3 2442 400 MHz Processor
• Memory: 128 MB Flash ROM, 64 MB SDRAM
• Display 2.8″, 240 x 320, 65,536 colors, TFT-LCD
• Dimensions(LxWxH): 113 x 59.5 x 15.5 mm
• Weight 146 (with battery)
• GSM/EDGE Quad-band: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• GPRS/EGPRS Class B, Multi-slot Class 10
• Bluetooth v2.0 class 2 + EDR,
• WiFi IEEE802.11b/g Certificated
• GPS Embedded SiRF Star III chipset
• Camera Built-in 2.0 mega pixels CMOS camera, up to 1600 x 1200 resolution
• Expansibility Micro SD card slot
• Interface/Audio Built-in microphone and speaker, external stereo headset jack, hands-free mode supported
• Interface/Data Mini USB Sync, headset jack
• Battery Lithium Polymer rechargeable with 1,530 mAh capacity
• Talk time: 5~7 hours
• Standby: 150~200 hours,
• Pocket PC usage: 10~15 hours
• GPS usage: 5~7 hours
• Multimedia Tools: Image Wizard, Image Maker, Multimedia Manager, Camera, Camcorder, FM Tuner

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