South Africa creates Qeo Q500 phone
Homegrown handset from Qeo Wireless is spitting image of Sony Ericsson T610, but packs more under the hood.
South Africa's first native mobile phone has been quietly available in the shape of the Q500 from Qeo Wireless. The design is eerily reminiscent of Sony Ericsson's popular T610, but Qeo claim a series of very impressive specifications.
The tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz GPRS handset runs a 200 MHz ARM processor backed up by 8 MB of RAM and an SDIO-capable expansion slot. The display runs at the same resolution as Microsoft's SmartPhones, 220 x 176, and measures 2.2 inches.
The Q500's proprietary operating system offers an e-mail client with IMAP4 support as well as an xHTML browser, J2ME support and PC synchronization. Other features include a voice recorder, integrated speakerphone and support for WAV ring tones, while connectivity is topped up by an industry-standard IR port.
Qeo's handset weighs 130 g and measures 120 x 50 x 20 mm, while the company claim a talk time of 2.5 hours or 100 hours of standby from its Lithium-Ion battery.
Unlike the T610, the Q500 does not include Bluetooth or a camera.
