Gigabyte Launches 3 WinMob Handsets in India

In Feb of this year, GIGABYTE Communications Inc. had announced its foray into the rapidly growing mobile phone market with the launch of its award winning new generation GSmart phones that included the MS820 touchscreen handset with GPS. They have now introduced two new models of touch screen Windows Mobile PDA phones for the Indian market along with the MS820 and - the MW702 and MW700.

The GSmart mobile phones being launched in India run on a Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS and come equipped with features that also include built-in GPS, Autofocus cameras some of which include Face Detection, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth as well as external memory support via microSD cards.

The GSmart MS820, according to the company is capable of working virtually with all audio, video and image formats and features -

• 3.5G: HSDPA 7.2Mbps, WCDMA 2100, EDGE, GPRS, GSM Tri-band
• Modem: QUALCOMM MSM 6280
• CPU: Marvell PXA270, 520MHz
• 2.8-inch VGA TFT LCD touch panel
• 5M camera with Face Detection
• Smart sensor accelerometer
• Built-in GPS: SiRF Star III

The MW702 comes with –

• 2.75G: EDGE, GPRS, GSM 900, 1800, 1900
• CPU: Marvell PXA270, 520MHz
• Modem: Qualcomm 6235
• 2.8-inch full touch panel with high resolution screen
•  “Smart Touch” Personal finger-touch UI
• 3.0 Mega pixels with Auto Focus Camera
• Built-in GPS: SiRF III Built-in

The third in the set, the MW700 will feature –

• EDGE, GPRS, GSM tri-band
• Built-in GPS: SiRF Star III
• 14.95mm thin
• Video Telephony
• Modem: QUALCOMM MSM6235
• CPU: Marvell PXA270, 520MHz
• 2.8-inch TFT LCD touch panel
• 2M camera with auto focus

The Smart Touch interface will allow easy management of the main function menu while the multimedia center has a photo editor, music player and FM radio. The GPS tracking feature enables users to download online maps and edit traveling paths to create personal traveling journals. Photographs can be tagged with GPS to record the location where they were taken.

The MS820, MW702 and MW700 are also available in the country for purchase and are priced at Rs. 36, 999, Rs. 29, 999 and Rs. 16, 999 respectively.