Under the hood

The Audiovox SMT5600 is powered by a 200-MHz OMAP processor from Texas Instruments that has been specifically designed to conserve battery life in a number of different ways. Moreover, the end-user has complete control over various power -conserving functions, such as backlight time-out, display time-out, and onboard light-sensor enable/disable.

The new smartphone features a 2.2-inch, 64K-color TFT screen that offers 176 x 220-pixel resolution, 64 MB of ROM, 32 MB of SDRAM, an infra-red port, and even Bluetooth capability. The handset's built-in VGA digital camera is equipped with a 4x digital zoom and low-light capabilities, but the unit does not sport an onboard flash. In addition, the camera can be used to shoot video clips with maximum resolution of 176 x 144 pixels that can be stored as MPEG-4, H.263, or Motion-JPEG AVI files.

Over and above the unit's standard cellular keypad, the SMT5600 sports a 5-way navigation control plus two "soft keys" for accessing various on-screen functions. The remaining handset controls and communication ports are located on the top, bottom and sides of the handset: power-on button and infra-red port (top), mini audio jack and mini-USB port (bottom), volume up/down control (left spine) and camera button (right spine).

Cellular Phone Features

On the telephone side, the Audiovox SMT5600 integrates a tri-band (850/1800/1900) GSM/GPRS radio, a speaker-phone, and conference-calling capability.

The unit's contact list is limited only by the size of the available memory. Moreover, up to 99 speed-dialing numbers can be established to access frequently dialed numbers with just the touch of a couple of keys.

The SMT5600 ships with a rechargeable 1050-mAh Lithium-ion battery that delivers up to 5 hours of PDA operation, 3.5 to 4 hours of talk time, or up to 140 hours in the stand-by mode.

On the Software Side

The Audiovox SMT5600 smartphone ships with the PocketPC editions of Internet Explorer and Microsoft Outlook, as well as the latest mobile edition of Windows Media Player to enable the seamless transfer of media from any PC running Windows XP. (continued...)

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