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Kogan Agora
Kogan’s Agora and Agora Pro hinted at last month is now ready to roll, costing AU$299 and AU$399, and shipping on January 29th. The Agora Pro’s specs are as follows:
- Operating System: Android™
- Google Mobile Functions: Google Search™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Maps™, Google Talk™, Google Calendar™.
- Display: 2.5-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 262K QVGA (320 X 240 pixel) resolution
- Device Control: 5-Way Central Navigation Key
- Keyboard: QWERTY keyboard, backlighting
- GPS: GPS navigation capability with Google Maps™
- Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate, Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11b/g
- Camera: 2.0 megapixel colour camera
- Audio: Built-in microphone and speaker, Headphone output
- Ring tone formats: MIDI, MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, PCM
- Video formats supported: MPEG2 H263, H264, MPEG4, AVI
- Viewable document types: JPEG,GIF,WBMP,MIDI,AMR,MP3,WAV
- Dimensions (HxWxD): 108 mm x 64 mm x 14.8 mm
- Weight: 130g
- Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, 1300 mAh
- Talk Time: Up to approximately 400 minutes
- Standby Time: Up to approximately 300 hours
- Processor: 624 MHz
- Memory: 256 MB On-board + 128 MB Flash, microSD™ card expansion slot
- Network: UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz), GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
The standard Agora model simply lacks Wi-Fi and GPS, but still has 3G. Not a bad-looking device all around, although a little more traditional than the G1. There’s bound to be a Jack/BlackBerry/Moto Q crowd out there curious to see what Android’s like, and a handset like this makes the transition easier. Hopefully this will act as a cue to other manufacturers to get their Android hardware in gear.
[via Kogan]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
