Mobiado shows Megapixel Phone with Wood Cover

Mobiado Professional EM

Mobiado Professional EM

Mobiado Professional EM

Over the past few months I have been hearing that the next big thing in mobile devices was going to be, of all things, wood. Most of what I heard was referring to wood detailed headsets, but it seems that Mobiado wants to take it a bit further. Their new Mobiado Profession EM takes the basic design of the original Professional model, stuffs a 1.3 megapixel camera inside, and wraps it in exotic woods.

The Professional EM is going to be available in Black with either Cocobolo or Honduran Rosewood accents. The wood gives an already distinctive looking handset even more of an eye-catching appearance. The wood also seems to have helped Mobiado shave some weight off of the device, since the EM comes in at 14g (.5oz) lighter than the original Mobiado Professional.

Specifications for the Mobiado Professional EM
Band	GSM 900/1800/1900Mhz
Data	GPRS/EDGE
Size	105mm x 46mm x 20mm (4.13" x 1.81" x .79")
Weight	128g (4.51oz)
Battery Life	150-300 hours standby time
	180-300 minutes talk time
Main Display	65k color TFT, 128x128 resolution
Sub-Display	N/A
Camera	1.3 megapixel, 1280x1024 resolution
Video	Video capture/playback (QCIF)
Messaging	MMS/SMS
Email	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes
Infrared	Yes
Java	Yes (MIDP v2.0)
Polyphonics	Yes
Radio	FM, with Nokia Visual Radio support
Memory	32MB, MMC memory card slot
Availability	Q1 2005 (manufacturer's estimate)
Other	MP3/AAC/M4A music player, supports Nokia's Push-To-Talk, 2 LED flashlights, hands free speakerphone, auto-resize of megapixel images to fit MMS, includes 3D Golf and Street Racer games

The new device has an upgraded 1.3 megapixel camera, as we mentioned, and also gets a boost in the internal storage department. Internal RAM has been boosted to 32MB (from 6MB), and the MMC card slot will allow users to add up to an additional 512MB of storage for photos and music files. If the built-in music player doesn't float your boat, you can make use of the Professional EM's FM radio instead - as long as you attach a wired headset, which serves double duty as the antenna.

As you might expect from such an exotic looking handset, the thrills don't come cheap. The Mobiado Professional EM has a list price of US$1900. That is a lot of money to put out for a phone, even if it does have a very current feature set. The Professional EM is available for pre-order now from the Mobiado website, and will be available for immediate shipping later this month on June 30th.

You'll find more photos of the Mobiado Professional EM on the following page.

 

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