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Although the number of smartphone users keeps growing on a daily basis, there is still a significant population that uses phone for basic texting and calling. For those folks, Vodafone launched Emporia RL1, which looks like a regular cordless phone most of us still have in our homes. It doesn’t have a camera, mobile data and media player. Its 1.8-inch OLED screen can be used for texting, calling and to run few selected apps such as alarm clock, calculator and the birthday reminder app. You can store up to 100 entries in the phonebook and that’s about it.
This “anti-smartphone” is said to come with a battery that can provide up to 3 hours of talk and up to 8 days of standby time.
If this somehow excites you, hit this link to grab the Emporia RL1 for 60 GBP on Pay as you go. Alternatively, you can sign-up for a contract and get the phone for free.
[Via: Unwired View]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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