Windows Phone Thoughts: Gigabyte g-Smart i128 Announced

"GIGABYTE Communications unveils gSmart i128, the world's first Multi-lingual mobile phone, featuring Multi-lingual internet browsing and Windows Mobile document viewing while traveling to 98 countries worldwide. In addition, this flagship phone delivers entertainment values with a 2.1 Mega Pixel camera and an analog TV Roaming with retractable antennae. Now, GIGABYTE gSmart i128 may assist business travelers to efficiently manage their time working from anywhere. In fact, gSmart i128 offers efficient and speedy mobile internet access via Wi-Fi or GPRS. Powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU2.3 Push Email technology, gSmart i128 activates real time email, schedule, and tasks. At the same time, business travelers may stay productive using Mobile Office programs, such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel."



It's interesting how Gigabyte's new g-Smart i128 is marketed as a "use anywhere" type of device, when in fact, it lacks support for the 850MHz GSM band. That aside, the g-Smart i128 (which in many ways, is similar to its predecessor, the g-Smart i) boasts an impressive set of features (Intel PXA272 416MHz CPU, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, tri-band GSM/GPRS support, a 2.4" 262K-colour QVGA TFT-LCD, a 2.1-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 1.2, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, a TV and FM radio tuner, and Windows Mobile 5.0 with the MSFP). Unfortunately, though, it lacks any sort of EDGE or 3G connectivity.