IcePhone could give Nokia Communicator a run for its money
When I first saw the IcePhone I thought of “another Chinese gadget” that tries to immitate something, in this case Nokia’s Communicator series, but I was wrong as IcePhone has something that no other phone has: it triple folds.
Yeap, that’s right, it folds 3 times. The first part has the 3 inch touchscreen, the second the QWERTY keyboard and the third part has dedicated keys for games and system keys. All this makes the IcePhone a micro-notebook, at least according to the manufacturer. And not forget the dual-SIM capabilities
When you hear that it triple folds you expect it to be thick, but at just 23.3mm the IcePhone seems almost normal. If you check the video below you see that the built quality seems OK, and it should be, because the price is the most unexpected surprise: 1000 $ it the amount you’ll have to spend on a micro-notebook, but that’s in the range of the Nokia Communicator so the targeted consumers won’t feel such a big difference.
A short list of specs (detailed specs here):
- GSM Quadband 850/900/1800/1900, GPRS/EDGE
- 7.2 Mbps HSDPA UMTS 2100 connectivity
- Freescale iMX31 532 Mhz CPU
- 3″ 240×400 px 65K color transflective TFT touchscreen
- Windows Mobile 6.0 Pro OS
- 3.1 mpx camera with autofocus and LED flash
- Built-in GPS
- Wi-Fi b/g
- 1250 mAh battery
- Dimensions: 127×60.8×23.3 mm
- Weight: 210 g
Oh, and the IcePhone is presented as a accredited medical device but I don’t think people will buy if for that.
