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Altek Leo Officially Launced, 14 megapixels Camera and Android 2.1 (Eclair)

James — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 05:56:54 +0000

Looks like i missed the announcement of the 14 megapixel camera phone Altek Leo although i have posted about it here before. It’s the Taiwan based company Altek Corporation who recently announced their newest smartphone Altek Leo at CommunicAsia (CMMA) 2001 in Singapore. The phone is based on Google Android 2.1 (Eclair).

In addition to the 14 megapixel camera which could be the main selling point of this phone, the Altek Leo camera with on-board xenon flash and AF assist lamp also supports high definition video recording in 720 (1280 x720) and 30FPS formats. The video uses H.264 compression to retain the highest quality images for playback. The phone is also features the Altek’s latest self-designed image processor, the Sunny 9 which reduces image noise, supports high-precision lens focusing, adjust exposure and optimizes white balance automatically. For the best image viewing experience on the phone, the Altek Leo also equipped with 3.2-inches TFT with 480×800 (WVGA) resolution and 16.7 million colors and packed with many “smart” photo functions.

The Altek Leo supports HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 5.76 Mbps network and Wi-Fi 802.11n wireless. The Altek Leo’s specs is so impressive so far. However from the Press Release there’s no info about the availability of the phone yet but according to the short hands-on video of the Altek Leo below, the phone will be available in Asia from A4, starting with China, Hongkong and Taiwan. The Altek Leo will be offered with an estimated retail price of US$499.

14 Megapixel Camera Phone Altek Leo to Debut at CommunicAsia 2010

James — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:05:24 +0000

According to Digitimes, Altek will unveil it’s first 14-megapixel camera-phone, Altek Leo at the CommunicAsia 2010 exhibition in Singapore from June 15-18. The phone will be the highest resolution camera-phone globally so far. Currently the 12 megapixels devices are available from Samsung Electronic, Sony Ericsson, LG Electronics and Nokia.

There’s not much info regarding the specs and others about the phone. It’s only said that the Altek Leo will be a 3.5G smartphone with 3x optical zoom, 720p video recording and built-in Wi-Fi and HSDPA functions.

Samsung and LG Dominating the Top 10 Phones of ComunicAsia 2009

James — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:59:43 +0000

CNET reported the top 10 phones of CommunicAsia 2009 event in Singapore. Of those 10 phones, Samsung and LG dominating the list with 3 phones. The question is where those famous brand such HTC, iPhone or Palm gone? I think it’s because Asia always put in the last queue for every new devices from those brands. .

Let’s take a look of the top 10 phones of CommunicAsia 2009

Nokia E72 – A business-oriented phone as successor to the Nokia E71 with HSUPA network support and a dedicated 3.5mm audio jack.

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic – Another music phone from Nokia, better looking compared to the previous music phone Nokia 5800 XpressMucis and cheaper price for only 199 euros.

LG Crystal – Full touchscreen interface plus a transparent slide-out numeric keypad.

LG Viewty Smart - A 8 megapixel camera phone with intelligent shot feature.

LG Watch Phone – This phone actually not exactly new, but LG will be making it commercially available before the end of 2009.

Samsung Jet – A newly announced phone. Samsung called it as “smarter than a smartphone” with an impressive list of features, great and nice navigation menu and low price for only S$698 before operator subsidies.

Samsung Omnia II – A Windows Mobile based samrtphone as replacement of the Samsung Omnia SGH-i900.

Samsung Pixon12 – The first Samsung phone with 12 megapixel camera.

Sony Ericsson Satio – The first Sony Ericsson smartphone with 12 megapixel camera running on S60 5th Edition OS, 3.5-inch 640×360 pixel display.

Sony Ericsson Yari – A phone with Gesture Gaming features using the front-facing camera.