Smart Communications 'NetPhone'

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http://abuggedlife.com/2011/02/14/sm...congress-2011/

Smart Introduces Pioneering Emerging-Market Smartphone

(14 February 2011) BARCELONA, SPAIN – Smart Communications, Inc.(SMART), the Philippines leading wireless communications provider, unveiled today the Netphone™ — a path-breaking smartphone designed for emerging markets.

The Netphone comes with a suite of applications that provide users one-touch, one-screen access to the most popular communications and social networking services, as well as relevant customer account services.

The phone is specially designed to enable users to access the Internet in bite-sized amounts.

Powered by the Android 2.2 Froyo operating system, the device is highly customizable by the user. Moreover, the Netphone comes with its own branded software and applications relevant to emerging market customers.

The Netphone provides simultaneous access to Facebook, Twitter and MyGroups social networks. Beyond that, the device combines Yahoo Messenger, Facebook Chat and other chat services in one seamless interface.

Netphone users can also find out his prepaid airtime balances with one touch.

These customized applications are compliant with the specifications of Android and the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC), a global alliance of the world’s leading telecoms operators, applications developers, handset manufacturers, and operating system owners that is defining open industry applications standards.

“With the NetPhone, Smart can rapidly deploy new widgets, applications and services over the air, continually enhance the Netphone’s value to our subscribers, and in the process create healthy revenue streams,” said Napoleon L. Nazareno, Smart President & CEO.

Orlando B. Vea, Smart Chief Wireless Adviser, said: “By providing easy, bite-sized access to the web, the NetPhone perfectly complements our Internet For All advocacy. Designed for emerging-market mobile phone users, this device further democratizes access to the Internet just as Smart led in putting cell phones in the hands of millions of Filipinos.”

Danilo J. Mojica, Smart Wireless Consumer Division Head, explained further: “Smartphones are powering tremendous growth in mobile Internet usage. Last month, Smart began offering our subscribers a line of affordable Android-powered smartphones combined with even more affordable mobile Internet rates. The introduction of our Netphone also at an attractive price point offering relevant services is a major enhancement of our strategy to unlock this new revenue stream.”

A founding member of the WAC, Smart has received numerous international innovation awards including two from the GSM Association for its breakthrough services Smart Money, the world’s first cash card linked to mobile phones, and Smart Load, the world’s first prepaid airtime electronic loading service.

http://abuggedlife.com/2011/02/14/sm...congress-2011/

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Globe Telecom also adopted Android powered smartphones.



http://www.cebutechblogger.com/2011/...phone-and.html

The Huawei Ideos U8150 is a Froyo device flaunting a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. It’s powered by a 528 MHz ARM 11 processor and Adreno 200 GPU in a MSM7225 Qualcomm chipset. Built with a 200MB internal storage, 256 MB RAM, and 512 MB ROM – the Ideos u8150 specs is pretty decent for entry-level handsets. This is a quad-band GSM phone, so basically a good choice as secondary handset (next to your high-end smartphone) if you’re the type of user who frequently travel anywhere in the planet. For those CTB readers who are new to Huawei Ideos, this is actually the first phone from Huawei launched here in the Philippines. What you would like with this curvy phone is its capability to be used as internet-sharing device as it’s coupled with functionality to act as a Wi-Fi hotspot - similar to Globe MiFi, the Smartbro Pocket Wi-Fi, or the Huawei’s E5 Pocket MiFi. Globe Telecom’s Huawei Ideos U8150 is free with My SuperPlan 499 and comes with free 30 days of SuperSurf.

What the article from Smart didn't mention is their smartphone is a rebadged ZTE Blade.

Nice 3.5" screen, so-so 600mhz CPU and rather small battery 1250 mAh...



http://www.gsmarena.com/zte_blade-3391.php