talby: the New AU Design Project Phone

The 'au' design project by KDDI and Okinawa Cellular gives free range to designers to create innovative and radically new mobile phones. "talby", to be launched in early December 2004 , is from product designer Marc Newson and his corporation.

"talby" boasts an ultra-flat, ultra-slim design achieved with an internal antenna allowing users to slip the phone easily into pockets. The phone comes with an original strap attaching to the phone through a large strap hole so that the user can carry "talby" around the neck as a fashion accessory.

The handsets have a base color of silver, and are accented in "Hornet Green" *1, "Orange Orange"*1, or "Hole Black" *1.

Some specs

• Size Approximately 45 (W) x 132 (H) x 13 (D) mm
  
• Weight (with batteries) Approximately 79g
  
• Continuous talk time Approximately 190 minutes
  
• Continuous standby time Approximately 250 hours
  
• Battery charge time Approximately 110 minutes
  
• Color variations Hornet Green, Orange Orange, Hole Black
  
• Display size, capacity Approximately 2.1 inches (main), TFT 260,000 colors
  
• Dots density of image (horizontal) 240 x (vertical) 320
  
• Camera 330,000 active pixels; CMOS camera
  
• Data folder capacity Approximately 8 MB (or 1,000 folders)
  
• BREW data folder capacity Approximately 3MB
  
• Email outbox capacity Approximately 100KB (or 200 messages)
  
• Email inbox capacity Approximately 250KB (or 500 messages)
  
• Data entry interface ATOK + APOT* $B#1 (B
  
• Polyphony ring-tones Maximum 64 chords
  

See also:

• Casio W21CA CDMA Wireless Phone


• Opera Browser on KDDI's New Casio W21CA


• Limited Edition Motorola i860 Phone from Boost Mobile

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