div style='float:right;'img border=0 title='Deals of the day' alt='Best Deals' src='http://www.uberbargain.com/photos/2008/0089268400045_215X215.jpg' hspace='5' vspace='5' //div p $129.40, a href='http://www.uberbargain.com/archives/2008/12/flip_video_ultr.php' target='_blank'Flip Ultra Pink 60-Minute Digital Camcorder F260/abr $587.00, a href='http://www.uberbargain.com/archives/2008/12/magnavox_32_inc.php' target='_blank'Magnavox 32 inch LCD HDTV with DVD Player/abr $128.86, a href='http://www.uberbargain.com/archives/2008/12/garmin_nuvi_200_15.php' target='_blank'Garmin nuvi 200 GPS with 3.5 inch/abr $14.99, a href='http://www.uberbargain.com/archives/2008/12/sandisk_4gb_mem_3.php' target='_blank'Sandisk 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo/abr $99.99, a href='http://www.uberbargain.com/archives/2008/12/olympus_fe20_bl.php' target='_blank'Olympus FE20 8.0 Megapixel Digital Camera/a/p pMore good deals at a href='http://www.uberbargain.com/' target='_blank'www.Uberbargain.com/a/p pPermalink: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/12/hot_tech_deals_15.html"Hot Tech Deals/a from Ubergizmo (a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com"US/a, a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/fr"FR/a) | a href="http://www.uberbargain.com/"Good deals/a | Hot: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/11/blackberry_storm_review.html"Storm Review/a/p pmap name="google_ad_map_081204174730" area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/081204174730?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/ area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"//map img usemap="#google_ad_map_081204174730" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_imgamp;client=ca-pub-7335032025195922amp;channel=9684588219amp;output=pngamp;cuid=081204174730amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubergizmo.com%2F15%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2Fhot_tech_deals_15.html"//p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/LYMPaaC07GyhM7JoUu1x4757O60/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/LYMPaaC07GyhM7JoUu1x4757O60/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=mffttv88"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=tlvEec6l"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?i=tlvEec6l" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=BAB5n0MC"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=qjJXdOYe"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?i=qjJXdOYe" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=oY8XoPw2"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?i=oY8XoPw2" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ubergizmo/~4/aMYl5JnoVOc" height="1" width="1"/

Thanks in part to the willingness of Google to share the love that is known as the Android mobile OS, we’ll probably see more devices loaded with this highly-anticipated operating system in the coming months. Case and point; the Sciphone Dream G2 is trying to follow in the footsteps of the successful HTC G1.

It’s runs on Android Home edition V1.0 and comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen, 4-megapixel camera, WiFi, FM tuner, 50MB internal memory, micoSD card support, 1500mHa battery, and an ultra-compact size (56×107.2×11.8mm). If you think the specs are a toned down as compared to the G1, that’s because it is. No 3G, GPS, physical QWERTY keypad, and the numeric keypad doesn’t even come with text support which basically means you’ll have very limited usage for the Schiphone Dream G2.

It’s expected to ship in the next couple of week with a $174 price tag attached to it. It may look the part of a worthy successor to the G1, but it obviously lacks the power and features to emulate the pioneering model from HTC. We’ll pass on this one because we know something better’s going to come out in the near future.

[trustedreviews via yugatech]

We'll be totally honest -- we pretty much blew Ruslan Kogan off when he proclaimed that he was about to push out a $199 Android phone by the year's end. And truthfully, the guy still hasn't totally delivered, but you won't find us kvetching about more Googlephones, regardless of MSRP. The Agora (AU$299; US$192) and Agora Pro (AU$399; US$256) are available for pre-order as we speak, though neither one is scheduled to ship out until the end of January. For those unfamiliar with Kogan, it's an online-only enterprise that has wares built specifically to its dimensions in China, and so far as we can tell, it's as legit as they come. As for specs, the Agora packs a 2.5-inch touchscreen (320 x 240), 3G networking, a backlit QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot; the Pro adds in GPS, 2-megapixel camera and WiFi. So, with unsubsidized prices this low, are you willing to take a chance?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/k...ora-agora-pro/

centerimg border=0 title="Kogan Agora Pro Is Android-Powered" alt="Kogan Agora Pro Is Android-Powered" src="http://www.uberphones.com/photos/2008/12/kogan-agora-pro.jpg" style="margin: 0 0 0 0;" //center br/pFolks in Australia will be able to play with an Android-powered handset aside from the G1, assuming that they’re patient of course. We’re talking about the Kogan Agora Pro, which will only start shipping from Janurary 29th. The Kogan Agora Pro will be going for AU$399, though if you’re a little short you can still opt for the model which doesn’t have a camera, Wi-Fi and GPS, which is a whole AU$100 cheaper. Features of the Kogan Agora Pro include:/p ul li624MHz processor/li li128MB RAM/li li2.5" resistive touchscreen display/li liQWERTY keyboard/li li2 megapixel camera/li liWi-Fi and 3G connectivity/li liGPS support/li /ul pPermalink: a href="http://www.uberphones.com/2008/12/others/kogan_agora_pro_is_androidpowered/"Kogan Agora Pro Is Android-Powered/a from a href="http://www.uberphones.com"Uberphones/a | a href="http://www.uberbargain.com/"Good deals/a | Hot: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/11/blackberry_storm_review.html"BlackBerry Storm/a/p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/I94TanAuEzlE0MNFb72ChvU6UAg/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/I94TanAuEzlE0MNFb72ChvU6UAg/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

centerimg border=0 title="Motorola W530 Coming" alt="Motorola W530 Coming" src="http://www.uberphones.com/photos/2008/12/motorola_w530.jpg" style="margin: 0 0 0 0;" //center br/pMotorola’s W530 clamshell phone isn’t going to slay Apple’s iPhone anytime soon (or ever), but it’s aimed at the user who is looking for a simple phone, rather than a fancy feature-laden phone. The phone is reportedly being prepared for the Chinese market, though there is no mention when it will be available. Features of the W530 include:/p ul li1.3 megapixel camera/li li220 x 176 resolution internal display/li liFM radio module/li li20MB internal memory/li limicroSD card expansion/li liquad-band GSM/li liEDGE data transfer/li /ul pPermalink: a href="http://www.uberphones.com/2008/12/motorola/motorola_w530_coming/"Motorola W530 Coming/a from a href="http://www.uberphones.com"Uberphones/a | a href="http://www.uberbargain.com/"Good deals/a | Hot: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/11/blackberry_storm_review.html"BlackBerry Storm/a/p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/3v_27f89Oik9dYNmHYk_5cZwlF4/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/3v_27f89Oik9dYNmHYk_5cZwlF4/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

div style="float:right;"img border=0 title="Huawei u121" alt="Huawei u121" src="http://www.uberphones.com/photos/2008/12/huawei-u121.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="5" //div pHuawei Technologies has released the third-generation Huawei U121 handset which looks like it’s aimed at the consumer who is looking for an entry-level handset, but doesn’t compromise on build-quality, especially since the phone is made from materials that include stainless steel. So far it looks like the phone is only available in Russia, but if you’re looking for a phone in Russia, then you’ll want to check out the features of the Huawei U121, which include:/p ul li1.3 megapixel camera/li liSupport for video calls/li liIntegrated FM radio/li limicroSD memory card slot/li li3.5mm headphone jack/li liAudio and video playback/li liminiUSB port/li li3G connectivity/li /ul pPermalink: a href="http://www.uberphones.com/2008/12/others/huawei_u121/"Huawei u121/a from a href="http://www.uberphones.com"Uberphones/a | a href="http://www.uberbargain.com/"Good deals/a | Hot: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/11/blackberry_storm_review.html"BlackBerry Storm/a/p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/rA5UxWkhl2mqxVrP-HDN9b4CRWw/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/rA5UxWkhl2mqxVrP-HDN9b4CRWw/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

17Lamp.net: "TechFaith Wireless and Qigi Future Technology announced a smartphone that runs the Google Android mobile Linux stack. The i6-Goal is only the second Android phone to launch, and reportedly includes a 2.8-inch touchscreen, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and a two-megapixel camera."

Nokia takes on Apple with their new N97 handset with a Symbian S60 OS, a 3.5-inch touchscreen, GPS, HSDPA, FM transmitter and tuner and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash. In addition, it also has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard,  WiFi and Bluetooth capability, 32GB memory and a microSD slot that can manage up to 16GB. Look for the N97 early next year with an approximate price of €550 ($695.00.)

Tags: cell phone, mobile phone, nokia n97 handset, qwerty keyboard, symbian os, touchscreen,

Nokia N97 Handset originally appeared on Gear Live on Thu, December 04, 2008 - 9:58:50

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We'll be totally honest -- we pretty much blew Ruslan Kogan off when he proclaimed that he was about to push out a $199 Android phone by the year's end. And truthfully, the guy still hasn't totally delivered, but you won't find us kvetching about more Googlephones, regardless of MSRP. The Agora (AU$299; US$192) and Agora Pro (AU$399; US$256) are available for pre-order as we speak, though neither one is scheduled to ship out until the end of January. For those unfamiliar with Kogan, it's an online-only enterprise that has wares built specifically to its dimensions in China, and so far as we can tell, it's as legit as they come. As for specs, the Agora packs a 2.5-inch touchscreen (320 x 240), 3G networking, a backlit QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot; the Pro adds in GPS, 2-megapixel camera and WiFi. So, with unsubsidized prices this low, are you willing to take a chance? Engadget.

Doesn't look half bad, especially at that unsubsidised price point :eek: :cool:
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You know what we could really use right now? A chunky slab of XP running on a device that is simultaneously too big for our pockets but less functional than a netbook. Oh, what's that Trigem, you've got that? Suweet. Meet the LLUON Mobbit PS400, an Atom Z520-powered UMPC MID with a 4.8-inch (1,024 x 600) touchscreen LCD, 2 megapixel camera, 1GB memory, choice of 30GB hard disk or 16GB SSD, WiFi, and Korean WiMax (WiBro) and digital television (T-DMB). Here's the interesting part: the price. According CNET, it will cost "around" $411 (600,000 won) when it ships in January -- that's a lot of kit for that price (the similarly-speced R50A from ASUS costs over $1,800). If true, then the Mobbit looks to have finally achieved the pricing goal set by Microsoft and Intel for these UMPC-class devices way back in early 2006. Add the RAM- and touch-friendly Windows 7 OS and we might finally be home... albeit 3-years (too?) late.

[Via Akihabara News]

Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Trigem's Atom-based LLUON Mobbit crashes below the $500 UMPC sweet spot originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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centerimg title="Déballage du MSI Wind U120H" style="MARGIN: 0px" alt="Déballage du MSI Wind U120H" src="http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2008/12/mswind-u120h-unbox.jpg" border="0" //centerbr / pLe dernier Wind de MSI, le U120H, disposant de la connexion HSDPA, vient juste d'être déballé par NoteBook3G, un site français. A part de pouvoir se connecter sur Internet n'importe où (tout dépend de la disponibilité du signal), les spécifications techniques du MSI Wind U120H sont les suivantes:/p p ul li10" affichage LED LCD à 1024 x 600/LI LIIntel Atom 1.6GHz processeur/LI LI1Go RAM/LI LIDisque dur de 160Go/LI LIBatterie 6 cellules/LI LICamera à 1.3 megapixel/LI LIHauts Parleurs/LI LIWi-Fi et Bluetooth/LI/UL PLe MSI Wind U120H fera ses débuts en France à partir de Janvier 2009./p pPermalink: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/fr/archives/2008/12/deballage_du_msi_wind_u120h.php"Déballage du MSI Wind U120H/a d'a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/fr"Ubergizmo FR/a. Aussi a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com"en Anglais/a/p pmap name="google_ad_map_081203210636" area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/081203210636?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/ area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"//map img usemap="#google_ad_map_081203210636" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_imgamp;client=ca-pub-7335032025195922amp;channel=5336763717amp;output=pngamp;cuid=081203210636amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubergizmo.com%2Ffr%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2Fdeballage_du_msi_wind_u120h.php"//p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/TmUy_e3ME49sl-XdbWAbQVvooIg/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/TmUy_e3ME49sl-XdbWAbQVvooIg/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ubergizmo_fr/~4/hQmrWIg29jQ" height="1" width="1"/

div style="FLOAT: right"img title="Huawei U121 Announced" alt="Huawei U121 Announced" hspace="5" src="http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2008/12/huawei-u121.jpg" vspace="5" border="0" //div pHuawei Technologies has just released its third generation Huawei U121 handset that will cater to those looking for an entry-level handset without compromising on style. Made from high-quality materials including stainless steel, you will find the Huawei U121 pack the following :- p ul li1.3 megapixel camera/li liSupport for video calls/li liIntegrated FM radio/li limicroSD memory card slot/li li3.5mm headphone jack/li liAudio and video playback/li liminiUSB port/li li3G connectivity/li/ul p/pNo idea on whether this will make it Stateside or not as it looks as though it is a Russia-only candybar phone at this point in time. p/p pPermalink: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/12/huawei_u121_announced.html"Huawei U121 Announced/a from Ubergizmo (a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com"US/a, a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/fr"FR/a) | a href="http://www.uberbargain.com/"Good deals/a | Hot: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/11/blackberry_storm_review.html"Storm Review/a/p pmap name="google_ad_map_081203205407" area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/081203205407?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/ area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"//map img usemap="#google_ad_map_081203205407" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_imgamp;client=ca-pub-7335032025195922amp;channel=9684588219amp;output=pngamp;cuid=081203205407amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubergizmo.com%2F15%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2Fhuawei_u121_announced.html"//p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/x94YMNv6luouds7qMV0Jh3Yri_4/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/x94YMNv6luouds7qMV0Jh3Yri_4/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=WkRd2tLH"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=AnO5jKdq"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?i=AnO5jKdq" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=KPR0E1D3"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=5jyut1tQ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?i=5jyut1tQ" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=4Ang7MEZ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?i=4Ang7MEZ" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ubergizmo/~4/BLPycVnvxjQ" height="1" width="1"/

centerimg title="C'est Officiel, Le Samsung Ego GT-S9402 est Disponible" style="MARGIN: 0px" alt="C'est Officiel, Le Samsung Ego GT-S9402 est Disponible" src="http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2008/12/samsung-ego-gt-s9402.jpg" border="0" //centerbr / pLe Samsung Ego GT-S9402 est un produit de luxe et n'est pas à la portée de toutes les bourses à en juger de son prix de ventre, 1.200€. Construit à base d'alliage "métal liquide" développé par Caltech, l'Ego est un solide portable qui se prétend d'être "plus résitant, supporte jusqu'à 1,8 fois la pression, 1,6 fois plus flexible, un taux d'absortion des vibrations 3 fois plus élevés et un taux de conductivité thermique 100% inférieur au titanium". Il dispose des caratéristiques suivantes:/p p ul liTriband Connexion GSM (900/1800/1900 Mhz), GPRS/EDGE sur la 1er carte SIM/li liDouble band Connexion (900/1800 Mhz), GPRS/EDGE sur la 2nd carte SIM/li li2" d'affichage en 262k color QVGA AMOLED /LI LIcamera 5 megapixel /LI LIAutofocus, stabilisation de l'image, détection du sourire, WDR et Flash LED/LI LIFM Radio intégrée avec RDS/LI LI1Go de mémoire intégré/LI LIlecteur de carte microSDHC/LI LIBluetooth 2.0 et port USB/LI/UL PDommage qu'il ne supporte pas le mode 3G ou WiFi, sinon il aurait sa place parmi les téléphones portable de haut de gamme./p pPermalink: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/fr/archives/2008/12/cest_officiel_le_samsung_ego_gts9402_est_disponible.php"Capos;est Officiel, Le Samsung Ego GT-S9402 est Disponible/a d'a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/fr"Ubergizmo FR/a. Aussi a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com"en Anglais/a/p pmap name="google_ad_map_081203204006" area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/081203204006?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/ area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"//map img usemap="#google_ad_map_081203204006" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_imgamp;client=ca-pub-7335032025195922amp;channel=5336763717amp;output=pngamp;cuid=081203204006amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubergizmo.com%2Ffr%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2Fcest_officiel_le_samsung_ego_gts9402_est_disponible.php"//p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/FnTDUOpeUKmNSbhx9GMPFJYzk-s/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/FnTDUOpeUKmNSbhx9GMPFJYzk-s/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ubergizmo_fr/~4/ndWB4iydWIY" height="1" width="1"/

centerimg title="Kogan Agora Pro Android Phone For Those Down Under" style="MARGIN: 0px" alt="Kogan Agora Pro Android Phone For Those Down Under" src="http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2008/12/kogan-agora-pro.jpg" border="0" //centerbr / pOur friends in Australia will be able to enjoy the latest Android handset without having to pick up the G1 - this time round, it will come in the form of the Kogan Agora Pro. The Agora Pro comes with the following specifications :- /p p ul li624MHz processor/li li128MB RAM/li li2.5" resistive touchscreen display/LI LIQWERTY keyboard/LI LI2 megapixel camera/LI LIWi-Fi and 3G connectivity/LI LIGPS support/LI/UL P/PYou will be able to pick up the Kogan Agora Pro for AU$399, although those who opt for the vanilla Agora (which lacks a camera, Wi-Fi and GPS support) is AU$100 cheaper. These handsets won't make it in time for Christmas though, as they're only ship from January 29th onwards. pPermalink: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/12/kogan_agora_pro_android_phone_for_those_down_under.html"Kogan Agora Pro Android Phone For Those Down Under/a from Ubergizmo (a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com"US/a, a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/fr"FR/a) | a href="http://www.uberbargain.com/"Good deals/a | Hot: a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/11/blackberry_storm_review.html"Storm Review/a/p pmap name="google_ad_map_081203200558" area shape="rect" href="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/imgclick/081203200558?pos=0" coords="1,2,367,28"/ area shape="rect" href="http://services.google.com/feedback/abg" coords="384,10,453,23"//map img usemap="#google_ad_map_081203200558" border="0" src="http://imageads.googleadservices.com/pagead/ads?format=468x30_aff_imgamp;client=ca-pub-7335032025195922amp;channel=9684588219amp;output=pngamp;cuid=081203200558amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubergizmo.com%2F15%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2Fkogan_agora_pro_android_phone_for_those_down_under.html"//p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/9cj2PlWk-brvDSxUf1yX1SxUaso/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/9cj2PlWk-brvDSxUf1yX1SxUaso/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=RM5aPzV6"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=zvcYdbgm"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?i=zvcYdbgm" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=XrOb1vzC"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=wpRWSi2q"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?i=wpRWSi2q" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?a=zmfIIgOT"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/ubergizmo?i=zmfIIgOT" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ubergizmo/~4/MBJCgTfm5-I" height="1" width="1"/

We'll be totally honest -- we pretty much blew Ruslan Kogan off when he proclaimed that he was about to push out a $199 Android phone by the year's end. And truthfully, the guy still hasn't totally delivered, but you won't find us kvetching about more Googlephones, regardless of MSRP. The Agora (AU$299; US$192) and Agora Pro (AU$399; US$256) are available for pre-order as we speak, though neither are scheduled to ship out until the end of January. For those unfamiliar with Kogan, it's an online-only enterprise that has wares built specifically to its dimensions in China, and so far as we can tell, it's as legit as they come. As for specs, the Agora packs a 2.5-inch touchscreen (320 x 240), 3G networking, a backlit QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot; the Pro adds in GPS, 2-megapixel camera and WiFi. So, with unsubsidized prices this low, are you willing to take a chance?

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div align="center"a href="http://www.kogan.com.au/blog/2008/dec/4/here-it-kogan-agora/"img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2008/12/12-3-08-kogan-agora.jpg" //abr //div We'll be totally honest -- we pretty much blew Ruslan Kogan off when he a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/11/06/aussie-sez-hell-produce-a-199-android-phone-by-december-15th/"proclaimed/a that he was about to push out a $199 a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/category/android/"Android/a phone by the year's end. And truthfully, the guy still hasn't emtotally/em delivered, but you won't find us kvetching about more Googlephones, regardless of MSRP. The Agora (AU$299; US$192) and Agora Pro (AU$399; US$256) are available for pre-order as we speak, though neither one is scheduled to ship out until the end of January. For those unfamiliar with a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/11/20/kogan-intros-au-349-profile-1-1-blu-ray-player-for-australia/"Kogan/a, it's an online-only enterprise that has wares built specifically to its dimensions in China, and so far as we can tell, it's as legit as they come. As for specs, the Agora packs a 2.5-inch touchscreen (320 x 240), 3G networking, a backlit QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 2.0 and a microSD card slot; the Pro adds in GPS, 2-megapixel camera and WiFi. So, with unsubsidized prices this low, are you willing to take a chance?br /br /[Via a href="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22082/1168/"iTWire/a]pFiled under: a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag"Cellphones/a/pp style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/kogan-intros-worlds-second-android-phone-agora-agora-pro/"Kogan intros world's second Android phone: Agora / Agora Pro/a originally appeared on a href="http://www.engadget.com"Engadget/a on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:23:00 EST. Please see our a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/"terms for use of feeds/a./ph6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"/h6a href=http://www.kogan.com.au/blog/2008/dec/4/here-it-kogan-agora/Read/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/kogan-intros-worlds-second-android-phone-agora-agora-pro/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry"Permalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1390760/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email"Email this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/kogan-intros-worlds-second-android-phone-agora-agora-pro/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry"Comments/a pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/4OvKkhB-soGLMkNAja1F4IdwGaw/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/4OvKkhB-soGLMkNAja1F4IdwGaw/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?a=7Hbra3Az"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?i=7Hbra3Az" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?a=0KsMlq34"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?i=0KsMlq34" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~4/qR1kKQRcph8" height="1" width="1"/

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/atte1ab1.jpg" width="558" height="284" /The Kogan Agora Pro has popped up in Australia as the latest a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/android"Android/a handset and is available for international pre-order. The phone has a 2.5-inch resistive touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, 3G and GPS for $399. /p pKogan claims they spent a lot of time listening to direct feedback from consumers on what features they wanted most, and what price point they were looking to buy at, then Kogan filtered it down to the Agora. The phone sells without a contract or carrier obligation and also features a 624 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM, wi-fi, 2 MP camera and 400 minutes of talk time. A lesser equipped Kogan Agora is also available, lacking the camera, wi-fi and GPS for $299. The phones will start shipping on January 29. [a href="http://www.kogan.com.au/"Kogan/a]/p blockquotepKOGAN UNVEILS ‘AGORA’br / FIRST AUSSIE PHONE POWERED BY ANDROIDâ„¢/p pMELBOURNE, Thursday 4th December 2008 – Kogan Technologies today unveiled the Kogan Agora, the first Australian mobile phone powered by the Androidâ„¢ operating system./p pKogan Technologies will sell the Agora for AU$299 and the Agora Pro for AU$399. Both models are available for sale today on www.kogan.com.au. The phones are sold outright – with no contract – and will work on any network./p pThe Kogan Agora (AU$299) features a full QWERTY keyboard, central navigation key, 2.5” touchscreen, microSD slot, and 3G connectivity./p pThe Kogan Agora Pro (AU$399) adds a 2 MP camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS to the Agora’s impressive specifications./p pBoth models will ship to customers – in Australia and internationally – on January 29th 2009./p pKogan Technologies founder, Ruslan Kogan, said the Agora is proof that his company is achieving its goal of offering the latest technology at the best value prices./p p“The Kogan team have been working very hard to bring out the exciting new phones powered by Google’s Android operating system at the right mix of price and specifications,” Kogan said./p p“We’ve been listening to customers through our blog, and crammed in all the features we possibly could. The end result is the best value, fully-featured phone in the Australian market./p p“We worked closely with manufacturers and vendors to develop drivers, software, and tweaks to make the Agora an intuitive and exciting experience for everyone./p p“The design and features of the Kogan Agora makes the phone appeal to both consumers and business users./p p“The Android operating system means the handset can capture and play music, photos and video, surf the web, play games, navigate, and organise your life with extremely powerful applications."/p pKogan has been a long time supporter of open source and Androidâ„¢ provides a real alternative to Apple’s proprietary operating system for the iPhone./p p“Google is a key player in developing efficient and innovative online solutions for customers around the world. The open source nature of Android means the operating system will continually improve over time,” Kogan said./p pSome of the applications pre-loaded on the Kogan Agora are:/p p· Gmailâ„¢br / · Google Searchâ„¢br / · Google Calenderâ„¢br / · Google Mapsâ„¢br / · Google Talkâ„¢br / · YouTubeâ„¢/p pHIGHLIGHTS:br / · 2.5-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screenbr / · Integrated QWERTY keyboardbr / · High-speed 3G network connectionbr / · One-Touch Google Search â„¢br / · Easy Web Browsingbr / · Easy-to-use email with attachment support for images, videos, music and documentsbr / · Customisable Home Screen with instant Email, text message and IM notificationsbr / · Instant access to mobile Internet services (Gmail â„¢, YouTube â„¢, Google Talk â„¢, Google Calendar â„¢, Google Maps â„¢)br / · Music Playerbr / · microSDâ„¢ expansion slot for all your storage needsbr / · Wi-Fi network access (included with Kogan Agora Pro)br / · GPS navigation capability (included with Kogan Agora Pro)br / · 2.0 megapixel camera (included with Kogan Agora Pro)/p pSPECIFICATIONS:/p pOperating Systembr / Androidâ„¢br / Google Mobile Functionsbr / Google Searchâ„¢, Gmailâ„¢, YouTubeâ„¢, Google Mapsâ„¢, Google Talkâ„¢, Google Calendarâ„¢.br / Displaybr / 2.5-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 262K QVGA (320 X 240 pixel) resolutionbr / Device Controlbr / Central Navigation Keybr / Keyboardbr / QWERTY keyboardbr / Keyboard backlightingbr / GPSbr / GPS navigation capability (included with Kogan Agora Pro)br / Connectivitybr / Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Ratebr / Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11b/g (included with Kogan Agora Pro)br / Camerabr / 2.0 megapixel colour camera (included with Kogan Agora Pro)br / Audiobr / Built-in microphone and speakerbr / Headphone jackbr / Ring tone formats:br / · MIDI, MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, PCMbr / Videobr / Video formats supported:br / · MPEG2 H263, H264, MPEG4, AVIbr / Mail attachment support/p pViewable document types:br / · JPEG, GIF, WBMP, MIDI, AMR, MP3, WAVbr / Dimensions (HxWxD)br / 108 mm x 64 mm x 14.8 mmbr / Weightbr / 130gbr / Batterybr / Rechargeable Lithium-ion batterybr / Capacity: 1300 mAhbr / Talk Timebr / Up to approximately 400 minutesbr / Standby Timebr / Up to approximately 300 hoursbr / Processor MHzbr / 624 MHzbr / Memorybr / ROM:br / 256 MBbr / RAM:br / 128 MB/p pmicroSDâ„¢ card expansion slotbr / Network/p pUMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)br / GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)/p pOther than as described in this release, Kogan and its products, are not affiliated with Google Inc or its products. Googleâ„¢, Androidâ„¢, Google Searchâ„¢, Gmailâ„¢, YouTubeâ„¢, Google Mapsâ„¢, Google Talkâ„¢, Google Calendarâ„¢ are trademarks of Google Inc. Use of these trademarks is subject to Google Permissions./p pAbout Kogan Technologiesbr / Kogan Technologies is a wholly-owned Australian company established in 2006 by entrepreneur Ruslan Kogan. Kogan sells a wide range of consumer electronics in Australia, New Zealand, and around the world. The Kogan promise is based on a unique business model that passes the savings of dealing direct with the manufacturers onto Australian consumers. Bypassing middlemen, Kogan is able to offer the latest technology at the most affordable prices. Kogan’s unique blend of quality technology and value for money offers price-conscious Australian technology consumers a real choice./p/blockquote br style="clear: both;"/ a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=2ccda3c64c70060d567ec392a555443cp=1"img alt="" style="border: 0;" border="0" src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=2ccda3c64c70060d567ec392a555443cp=1"//a img src="http://www.pheedo.com/feeds/tracker.php?i=2ccda3c64c70060d567ec392a555443c" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/div class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=wdX8W6px"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=120" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=abtVBGgr"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=IxLzi89c"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=IxLzi89c" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~f/gizmodo/full?a=IxV1Qrko"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/gizmodo/full?i=IxV1Qrko" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/o_sCggcbvuI" height="1" width="1"/

pimg src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/12/atte1ab1.jpg" width="558" height="284" style="display:block;" /The Kogan Agora Pro has popped up in Australia as the latest a href="http://gizmodo.com/tag/android"Android/a handset and is available for international pre-order. The phone has a 2.5-inch resistive touchscreen, QWERTY keyboard, 3G and GPS for $399./p pKogan claims they spent a lot of time listening to direct feedback from consumers on what features they wanted most, and what price point they were looking to buy at, then Kogan filtered it down to the Agora. The phone sells without a contract or carrier obligation and also features a 624 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM, wi-fi, 2 MP camera and 400 minutes of talk time. A lesser equipped Kogan Agora is also available, lacking the camera, wi-fi and GPS for 299 Australian dollars. As mentioned earlier, pre-orders are available not only to Australian markets, but the rest of the world as well. And the Agora will start shipping on January 29. [a href="http://www.kogan.com.au/"Kogan/a]/p blockquote pKOGAN UNVEILS ‘AGORA’br FIRST AUSSIE PHONE POWERED BY ANDROIDâ„¢/p pMELBOURNE, Thursday 4th December 2008 – Kogan Technologies today unveiled the Kogan Agora, the first Australian mobile phone powered by the Androidâ„¢ operating system./p pKogan Technologies will sell the Agora for AU$299 and the Agora Pro for AU$399. Both models are available for sale today on www.kogan.com.au. The phones are sold outright – with no contract – and will work on any network./p pThe Kogan Agora (AU$299) features a full QWERTY keyboard, central navigation key, 2.5” touchscreen, microSD slot, and 3G connectivity./p pThe Kogan Agora Pro (AU$399) adds a 2 MP camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS to the Agora’s impressive specifications./p pBoth models will ship to customers – in Australia and internationally – on January 29th 2009./p pKogan Technologies founder, Ruslan Kogan, said the Agora is proof that his company is achieving its goal of offering the latest technology at the best value prices./p p“The Kogan team have been working very hard to bring out the exciting new phones powered by Google’s Android operating system at the right mix of price and specifications,” Kogan said./p p“We’ve been listening to customers through our blog, and crammed in all the features we possibly could. The end resul