12 November 2008

Just In Case You
Can't Wait Until Tube Go On Sale!?

Just in case you can't wait until long awaited firs Nokia S60 touch phone finally go on sale there is an option!!!

Those crazy and unscrupulous Chinese clonners have managed to clone Nokia 5800 XpressMusic even before it is commercially available and to be completely honest with you I am not surprised at all!!

I had expected that we’ll get Tube clone even earlier, shortly after I revealed the first spy shots of the very first Nokia S60 touch phone.

Speaking about clone I have to admit they have managed to copy the phone physically and that it looks pretty close to the original.

They even successfully rip the icons set and the whole user interface design but as usually, they completely failed to copy company's high-end technology and therefore, functionality of the user interfaces and the hardware features as well are far behind the original!

There is no doubt that cloning technology has advanced significantly over the past few years and those Chinese clonners are getting better day by day! Actually I believe that ear of reverse engineering is behind them and soon or later we can expect that they will offer clone with capabilities beyond the original!

Anyway, I am not sure about the OS or platform but the spec sheet reveals pretty good hardware, it is equipped with decent 3” touchscreen screen (resolution sucks a little bit 240 x 400). It is capable to process wide range of video formats, ( 3GP, MP4, 3GP/MP4I in the full-screen. There is an also FM radio that works just fine without headphones and this is piece of technology that Nokia should clone as soon as possible.

Furthermore there is 256MB of the internal flash memory and the card slot as well. Bluetooth supports all latest standards including the A2DP and AVRCP. However the most surprising detail is the some kind of the high-definition video camera function !?! HD video!? I don’t think so :/

So, as I said, if you can’t wait any more, there is a pretty good option :]