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Strange smartphone drops into the market
A COLLABORATION BETWEEN a team of wireless engineers and a large notebook manufacturer has spent nine months birthing a new addition to the smartphone market, dubbed the Velocity 103.
Velocity Mobile, the name given to the team, has given the device a very HTC look, but with a trackball in the centre. It's unconfirmed at this point, but we strongly suspect the laptop maker in question is Samsung
The device runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, but has a pretty skin over the top called the Odyssey Interface.
Most of the interface is handled though a 2.8-inch VGA TFT LCD touch screen, with a resolution of 640x480.
The guts of the phone are powered by Qualcomm's MSM7201 chip and has 128MB DDR SDRAM with 256MB NAND Flash for the OS and storage, expandable via a microSD slot.
There is Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS built, along with a rather paltry 2MP camera on the back and a 0.3MP camera on the front for video calls. There is also TV/VGA out to show off your pictures or run presentations.
So far this is pretty run of the mill, but the device also boasts something called Velocity Over The Air (VOTA) updates, which apparently allows the company to easily update the device as Windows Mobile is turned into less of a dog.
The unlocked Velocity 103 is available for pre-order online now through Expansys for £324.99 and will ship by the end of September.
This is the not the first device from Velocity Mobile, who also have a very Blackberry-esque looking device in the Velocity 111. µ
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OTA is a feature that many mobile phone makers have implemented over time, Nokia being the most prominent.

OTA allows you to upgrade your phone's firmware/software directly over whatever network you're running on (not necessarily a 3G one). Simply put, it avoids a company having support stores in every single market they are present, each time they need to update your phone with something.

I'd be surprised if this device or any smartphone for that matter, did not have OTA.

It is likely that smartphones that can connect to the net will download packages from the manufacturer's site, instead of using OTA, but OTA is pretty run of the mill stuff.
For the love of god, please stop harping on about megapixels.

With the tiny sensors and lenses in phones, all more megapixels are going to do is give you more noise.

I would pay extra for a DECREASE in resolution--it would almost certainly mean better pics esp. in low light situations.

Hopefully this comment will cause the Inq to take a stand on the subject and some sanity can be brought to the issue?
Velocity Mobile, in collaboration with Inventec, designs and engineers 2G and 3G mobile devices and data cards based on Qualcomm and Samsung platforms.

from:

http://www.velocitymobile.com/Home/PressRelease/20080910
Since it runs windows does it come with a reset button to save you removing the battery twice a day when it crashes?
More pixels does not mean a better picture. Period.