Gigabyte GSmart MS800 Mobile Phone

July 7, 2008

Gigabyte GSmart MS800 GPS Mobile Phone

Today the UK mobile market is flooded with scores of mobile phone designs. At times, you wonder at the optimism level of a good lot of manufacturers. Watching the rat run is more amusing than pondering over the prime motorway where the rat race takes place. Here, you watch aspirers from nowhere bludgeoning the scene with bizarre products, simply with a view to course themselves to the prime motorway as mainstream challengers. Scenario is no different here, as a Taiwanese wannabe launches their maiden venture, the Gigabyte GSmart MS800 Quad Band Mobile Phone , studded with features, of which, Windows Mobile Today interface stands tall.

Really Fast

In the course of time, you will find that the model’s communication downloading pace is tremendous for the introduction of the HSDPA technology apart from the advanced 3G constituents - a Quad Band GSM, UMTS and EDGE. You know well that as the 3G factor is considerably faster than the good old GPRS, the HSDPA technology provides a speed, nine times that of a 3G device at 7.2 Mbps. Furthermore, you have some advanced delicacies of the time to assist you in the mobile phone like the WiFi WLAN and Bluetooth 2.0 as interfaces for data transfer and WAP for smart browsing. Since this is the first PDA phone from Gigabyte, they have painstakingly loaded the device with the smartest and latest messaging aspects as the Windows Push E-mail and the MMS apart from the conventional SMS.

Real Fun

The ride starts with a 2.8" extra large QVGA LCD TFT Touchscreen that forms the fundamental to shoulder a galaxy of technological stunners. A 2 MP camera with digital zoom, Autofocus and video recording is a nice resort to an aspiring shutterbug as the music savvy in you can be more than satiated with a remarkable media player allowing MP3, AAC, WMA, AMR, WAV, MID G files. Further, as much as 192 polyphonic ringtones parade your domain virtually offering you a Guard of Honour.

Summary

The Gigabyte GSmart MS800 GPS Mobile Phone proudly sports a GPS receiver for location service. It is flummoxing to know that the receiver is the advanced SirFStar III type. For such a powerful receiver being dissipated to just a locating device with no credential factors to support real navigation as the TMC or Text to Speech features. However, the voice commands given in the device acts a compensator. Other blemishes you find here are a weak battery as well as poor ergonomics-compliance in the designing part.

Technical Specifications of Gigabyte GSmart MS800 Mobile Phone

General Information
Brand	Gigabyte
Model	Gigabyte GSmart MS800 Mobile Phone
Colours Available	Green
Weight	130 g
Dimensions	116 x 59 x 14.95 mm
Warranty	1 year
Display Features
Display Type	QVGA
Size	2.8"
Memory
Phone Memory	256 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM
Memory Expansion Slot	microSD, microSDHC, Transflash, SDIO
Ringtones
Type of Ringtones	Polyphonic, MP3
Customized Ringtones	Downloadable
Vibration Mode	Yes
Connectivity & Internet Features
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 2.0
GPRS	Yes
HSPDA	Yes
WiFi	Yes
WLAN	Yes
UMTS	Yes
EDGE	Yes
WAP	Yes
Features
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Push E-mail
Games	Yes
Camera	Yes
Camera Resolution	2 MP
Other supportive features	MP3, AAC, WMA, GPS, Windows Messenger, FM radio
Battery Information
Battery Type	Li-ion 1300 mAh
Battery Life in Stand-by Mode	150 hours
Battery Life in Talk Time	3.5 hours