Sendo finally debuts its Symbian X phone

This small and light tri-band GSM/GPRS handset incorporates a number of Sendo's own proprietary technologies including its GraphiX graphics engine and SoniX audio system, which the company claims provides the most realistic ring tones (64 voice polyphonic), plus superb MP3 playback via its 'dual acoustic chamber speaker' system.

Having fallen out big time with Microsoft, the X is the result of Sendo licensing both the Symbian OS and Nokia Series 60 platform.

Running on top of this is Sendo's own Now! Technology which will make it easy for either the consumer or mobile operators to customise the handset's look and feel. That's an obvious attempt by Sendo to appeal to the likes of Vodafone with Live! and T-Mobile with T-zones.

Unlike other recently-announced smartphones, the X has a built-in camera for video and stills plus support for Bluetooth as well as USB and infra-red. Video clips can be viewed on its 176 by 220 pixel TFT display with up to 65K colours.

In terms of Internet connectivity the browser can support HTML, Frames, WAP 2.0, and XHTML MP along with both standard Web (SSL) and WAP (WTLS) secure pages.

The best news for consumers is that the handset comes with 64Mb of built-in memory of which around half is available to the user for storing images, applications, etc. Sendo says this is nearly eight times more than rival products.

Other features include a Java client and document viewers so that X users can see Microsoft Word attachments, for example.

No price is given and the X should ship before Yuletide is over. Journalists expect to see the X early in November. µ

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