Huawei Ideos U8150-B is touted as the first handset to have Android 2.2 (Froyo) pre-installed and, more significantly, also the cheapest Android phone of the world. People, remember that when you go out looking for one, okay?
Now, as part of a global plan to bring Android to the masses, Huawei has packed the Ideos with almost all the features of a high-end phone. Not everyday can you get that lucky, fellow consumers.
The Ideos has a 2.8-inch of capacitive touchscreen powered by a 528 MHz Qualcomm processor. It has Android 2.2 (Froyo) pre-installed along with many Google applications like Maps, Voice, Navigate, Search, etc.
It has a 256 MB memory, 512 MB ROM and supports microSD of up to 16 GB. It has a 3.2-megapixel still camera and support for video recording. Other features include GPS, A-GPS, accelerometer, proximity sensor, FM radio, Bluetooth and 802.11 b/g/n and supporting GSM / GPRS / EDGE / UMTS / HSDPA.
The Ideos easily handles multitasking like running many applications simultaneously. It has a very prolonged battery life; the 1200mAh battery can be juiced to about 5 hours of continuous use of GPS, WiFi, Music and other tasks running simultaneously in background. The battery also takes very less time to recharge. Recharge the device using the adapter or though a computer via USB-cable.
The Ideos is slightly smaller than most high-end smartphones, measuring 104mm x 55mm and 13.5mm thick thanks to its 2.8in 320 x 240 capacitive touch-screen, and ergonomically friendly.
Below the screen are four touch-sensitive controls for search, home, context-sensitive menus, and go back. Beneath these are the physical phone controls, consisting of a five-way navigation button and green and red call/hangup buttons for voice calls.
While it keeps the size down, the 2.8in screen makes text correspondingly smaller than the 3.5in or larger displays on other smartphones, and some users may find it a little hard to read, especially when used outdoors.
The touch screen also does not support multi-touch input, which means that you cannot pinch to zoom when web browsing, for example. Instead, you have to use on-screen zoom controls that step the magnification up or down a notch at a time.
Android 2.2 brings a number of enhancements to Google's platform, the most noticeable is the tips widget on the main home screen, which tells new users how to customize the display with shortcuts and other widgets.
There are also dedicated shortcuts to the phone dialler, apps menu and browser at the bottom of the display, which stay in place even if you flick to one of the other home screens.
Other features new to Android 2.2 are voice dialling, voice navigation and better integration with Microsoft Exchange email servers, plus the ability for a handset to double as a Wi-Fi hotspot for other devices to access the web.
The Ideos supports HSPA up to 7.2Mbit/s, 802.11n Wi-Fi, built-in GPS and Bluetooth. The memory consists of 256MB RAM with 512MB Flash storage, and a micro SD card slot inside the battery compartment for adding Flash cards up to 16GB in capacity.
There is also a MicroUSB port for charging and connecting the handset to a PC.
The battery of the Ideos is behind a slide-off cover at the rear of the phone, which incidentally is available in several colours and carries the Google logo. Also at the rear of the phone is the handset's 3.2 megapixel camera.
So you want an Android phone, and still keep some in your pockets? Then get this phone, pronto.
source: mb.com.ph
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