Huawei announces U8230 and C8000 smartphones
Fresh from CommuniAsia 2009, Huawei has announced two handsets destined to get lost amongst the continued onslaught of full touchscreen kit. No, they’re by no means poor devices of course — they just offer very little in the way of excitement or differentiating factors. Starting with the U8230, pictured top right and notable thanks only to its Android OS, specs include a 3.5-inch touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel camera and a sizable 1500 mAh battery. The Windows Mobile-powered C8000, pictured above to the left, features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, some kind of 3D UI band-aid, an independent display adapter for smooth media playback and a claimed six to eight hours of continuous video playback on a single charge. Pricing has not yet been revealed but both handsets should hit Asia and Europe some time in the second half.
Interesting… by the looks of the photo I would have imagined the one on the right to be the Android powered device, rather than the one on the left. Though I guess if you put WinMo on the left one you’d basically have the HTC Touch all over again.
six to eight hours isn’t bad, in fact, it’s pretty good. still, it’s not long enough for my transatlantic flights.
…but will they blend?
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PandaBarr is right.. You’ve flipped them. The U8230 Android is on the right w/ the 3.5″ screen. The Black HTC Touch-esque model is the WinMo. Lots of other sites reporting this.. fix it!
Wish you could edit comments.. this is probably the best looking Android device rumored so far and has the biggest screen. Digging the trackball too. Curious to where the home button is as many others are, but I’m sure this isn’t the final version. Either way.. we have a new contender!
Yeah, I think you got it backwards.
The one on the right is the android device.
the U8230 reminds of a keyboard less touch pro2
which is good
Good looking design on the left.
The funny thing is, or atleast to me, almost all new win-mo phones has some type of UI band-aid applied. Microsoft achieved what it set out to do, make a mobile version of of windows, with a start menu, same file system and so forth. At the beginning (before major competition and another way to do mobile smartphone UIs), it was great, now it seems like every manufacturer is saying “we want your compatiblity but not your UI”. It is funny. WinMo is supposed to look and behave just like the PC Windows. Consumers are forcing it to look nothing like Windows.
MS should change the name from WinMo to something else because the OS is looking less like Windows on every new device.
I also find it funny how people bash WinMo yet some of them download themes, shells and other programs to give them a Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 look, feel and structure on their non-windows phones……but hate the real mobile version of Windows.
I feel that WinMo is clunky (make fun of my daughter’s Wing all the time), but so is my PC Windows IF I compare it to a flashy Touch based PC UI or GUI.
I think MS should migrate WinMo back to the PocketPC arena in which it came from and develope a Mobile Phone OS from the ground up with the present-day needs of consumers in mind. Hey, but who am I?
It is so wonderful that Asia and Europe will be getting YET ANOTHER Android device…
An Android phone with a 3.5 inch is not “destined to get lost” unless it’s seriously deficient somehow. That does not appear to be the case.
That Android device is sexy. Makes the mytouch look decent at best.
Really?
I don’t think the U8230 will be “getting lost”
That phone is beautiful. I was hoping for the former design http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/images/news/huawei_android_1.jpg But I actually like the metal look better.
I can’t wait. Prays it goes to Tmobile or else I’m buying unlocked
I realy like the Android device. This is what the first Android device should have looked like. I have a G1 and the screen is a little too small for Android. I think this phone would be very very successful in the US.