Aussies get their Android Phone!

Its official mate, Australia has got its first Android mobile phone launched by Kogan electronics beating all major manufacturers and continuing the small company trend

Ruslan Kogan, of Kogan Electronics, unveiled the Agora Touchscreen Mobile Device.

The phone looks sleek. We’ll reserve our judgement until after we experience the hardware build.

There are two versions – the Agora Pro and the other one, simply Agora

A Specs capture from their official Website for Agora$299

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

Keyboard backlighting

Connectivity

Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate

Audio

Built-in microphone and speaker

Headphone output

Ring tone formats:

MIDI, MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, PCM

Video

Video formats supported:

MPEG2 H263, H264, MPEG4, AVI

Mail attachment support

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
Capacity: 1300 mAh

Talk Time

Up to 400 minutes

Standby Time

Up to 300 hours

Processor MHz

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)

AGORA PRO – $399

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

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

Video formats supported:

MPEG2 H263, H264, MPEG4, AVI

Mail attachment support

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
Capacity: 1300 mAh

Talk Time

Up to approximately 400 minutes

Standby Time

Up to approximately 300 hours

Processor MHz

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)

Both Agora and Agora PRO are availabe for preorders. Shipping not until 29th January as per their official website.

This new trend that we’re seeing, new not-well-known manufacturers coming up with their mobile phones and offering Android have come up with better devices than a veteran like HTC. Google indeed is to be thanked for it. Newer better more manufacturers means more competition.. and that, my friends, makes me feel safe at nights.

[ via News.com.au ]

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3 Responses to “Aussies get their Android Phone!”

  1. Art Marco

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