Very nice indeed! Take it easy with the hacksaw though!!
The inefficient use of real estate on the keypad must make the keys very
small. So I suppose its use is limited to those who can dial with their
thumbnail rather than thumbitself. This is a real problem with small candy
bars I can't imagine anybody involved in manual labour or any rugby player
being able to use as their thumb would probably cover 2-3 keys at once.
However styling is great: European styling and Asian Technology is the only
route forward for handsets
John w
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From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of nick may
Sent: 13 May 2004 17:08
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Premini
There was a thread recently about clamshells/candy bar phones, and also
one about super-small phones, as preferred by some of us.
Premini is
39mm X 90mm X 1.9mm candybar
(warning: lots of truly horrid flash and "peepy" noises)
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/p_s/products/keitai/premini/
no flash
http://www.slashphone.com/19/490.html
Sad things is, this is STILL only slightly smaller than an clamsell
P504, and 2mm thicker. It is lighter though, at 68g as opposed to the
504i's 99g. The 504i has a bigger screen of course...
It has a curiously curved handle - which might make the effective
thickness greater then the quoted 1.9mm. I wonder if careful
application of a hacksaw would leave it in working condition. Silly
name, Premini, makes me think of premature ejaculation. I wonder if
they will release it before it is ready...
Still, it is the first phone I have seen that might tempt me to
upgrade. And good for Sony Ericsson/Docomo, producing a phone without a
camera, but that does the basics in a small package.... I expect they
will sell truckloads to salarymen.
Nick
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