Saygus Announces “Competitive Pricing” Video Phone

by Talton "Phases" Pettigrew on January 7th, 2010 at 9:19 am

Saygus has announced the VPhone – it’s Android flavored video conferencing phone that can do 2 way video conferencing on 3G and even Edge networks.. without tearing up bandwidth. It’s a sleek looking phone, that’s for sure.

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(full size high resolution pictures on their site)

Some of the features listed:

Smartphone/PDA/Handset PIMS (Personal Information Management System) i.e. Day Timer, Calendar, Address Book, Remote Save, etc.
USB Sync Compatibility to PC
Voice Recorder
External Speaker
GPS
Full Color LCD WVGA Touch Screen
2 way video calling
Android OS (Operating System) Offering Scores of New Applications
Saygus Propietary Real-Time, Two-Way Mobile Video Calling Software - 24 to 30 Frames Per Second (Movies Standards are 24 FPS)
USB Host Port (Others have Client Port Only)
Modem Port (USB Modem Capable)
WiFi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth v2.0 + EDR
Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
Multi Media Player
GPS - Global Position Satellite System Capable

Saygus says they plan on staying ahead of the competition and are already planning more features for future models. Complete specs of this device are listed as follows:

Processor Marvell PXA 310, 624MHz
Operating System Android
Memory
Flash: 512 MB
SDRAM: 256 MB
Mass Storage up to 16GB SDHC
Dimensions (LxWxT)
116.5 mm x 59.5 mm x 20.3 mm
(4.58 in x 2.34 in x 0.79 in)
Display
3.5-inch capacitive touch-sensitive screen
800 x 480 (WVGA) resolution
Network CDMA2000 EV-DO REV A
Productivity Applications
Video Calling, Document viewer, File System Explorer, Web Browser, Calculator, Email, Instant Messenger, Image Browser, Voice Recording, Alarm, Calendar, etc.
Keyboard Slide-out 4-row QWERTY keyboard
Connectivity WiFi 802.11b/g (MicroAP, Infrastructure, Ad-Hoc)
Bluetooth v2.0+EDR
Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
CDMA 800 Mhz – 1900 Mhz
Camera 5 MP main camera with auto focus and flash
VGA forward facing camera
Audio Built-in microphone and speaker
Audio formats MP3, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
Video formats MPEG2, MPEG4, H.263, H.264
Battery Rechargeable Lithium-Polymer battery
Capacity: 1500 mAh
Talk time up to 7 hours
Standby time up to 250 hours
Music playback time up to 8 hours
Video-talk time up to 4 hours
Expansion Slot MicroSD™ memory card supports current 16GB and 32GB when available
Special Features Video Telephony – Two-Way Video Calling
GPS / A-GPS E911
3D Accelerometer (G-sensor)
Digital Compass
USB 2.0 OTG / USB Mass Storage / USB Charging
FM Radio

Processor	Marvell PXA 310, 624MHz
Operating System	Android
Memory	Flash: 512 MB SDRAM: 256 MB Mass Storage up to 16GB SDHC
Dimensions (LxWxT)	116.5 mm x 59.5 mm x 20.3 mm (4.58 in x 2.34 in x 0.79 in)
Display	3.5-inch capacitive touch-sensitive screen 800 x 480 (WVGA) resolution
Network	CDMA2000 EV-DO REV A
Productivity Applications	Video Calling, Document viewer, File System Explorer, Web Browser, Calculator, Email, Instant Messenger, Image Browser, Voice Recording, Alarm, Calendar, etc.
Keyboard	Slide-out 4-row QWERTY keyboard
Connectivity	WiFi 802.11b/g (MicroAP, Infrastructure, Ad-Hoc) Bluetooth v2.0+EDR Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) CDMA 800 Mhz – 1900 Mhz
Camera	5 MP main camera with auto focus and flash VGA forward facing camera
Audio	Built-in microphone and speaker
Audio formats	MP3, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
Video formats	MPEG2, MPEG4, H.263, H.264
Battery	Rechargeable Lithium-Polymer battery Capacity: 1500 mAh Talk time up to 7 hours Standby time up to 250 hours Music playback time up to 8 hours Video-talk time up to 4 hours
Expansion Slot	MicroSD™ memory card supports current 16GB and 32GB when available
Special Features	Video Telephony – Two-Way Video Calling GPS / A-GPS E911 3D Accelerometer (G-sensor) Digital Compass USB 2.0 OTG / USB Mass Storage / USB Charging FM Radio

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swehes
I’m looking forward to a phone that can do video conferencing on a GSM network.
ari-free
it looks like droid with a keyboard that looks like it can be usable…
G
I wonder what the price is….
http://blog.tkassembled.com TK
Weak, CDMA.
Abrown
Sweet! I would just like the forward camera on a Droid and then use some Skype!
ThinkOpenly
“USB host port”? Does that mean one can plug other USB devices to it? /me pictures a hub with a full size keyboard, mouse, DVD drive, and 1TB disk. :-)
rkaid___
@ThinkOpenly – yes it does, though I would imagine you can hack a Blutooth KB/mouse into working with a Android device.
“Saygus Propietary Real-Time, Two-Way Mobile Video Calling Software – 24 to 30 Frames Per Second (Movies Standards are 24 FPS”
I don’t believe for a second, Saygus have the most efficient vid codecs.
This phone will fail. No one will hand over the coin for this thing, when they can wait a bit for hardened, proven device manufactures to simply include another camera on the front and some efficient on the fly vid compression algorithms, be it software or on a chip.
Mensahwatts
Yes indeedy a badass looking phone! I would indeey buy it
Del
Hmm…I’m interested as to what version of Andy will be shipping with this device. It looks like the screen shots show a degenerate form of Sense, but that can’t be…I doubt HTC would allow their skin to be used by another company.
rkaid___
The new iPhone is meant to have a forward facing camera for vid conf, i would imagine new HTC’s and the like will have it.
Its the same old story though, vid conf wont take off, until the majority of the ppl that you regular call, have the same ability… and it MUST be cross platform for it to take off.