Huawei SmaKit S7
| by Rob Jackson on February 16th, 2010 |
If you thought the Dell Mini 5 (5-inch screen) was big for a phone, you haven’t seen the Huawei SmaKit S7 (7-inch screen)! In all due fairness, the device is considered a MID with 3G voice capabilities, and with Bluetooth you’ll probably be using a headset to talk more often than not. Either way, it looks like another winning announcement from Huawei.
Here is what the company had to say about the device:
The SmaKit S7 has a 7-inch wide screen with a resolution of 800 x 480. It supports information-sharing across screens to present the same content simultaneously on computers, mobile phones and TV screens. The SmaKit S7 tablet allows users to easily access local information, visit social networking websites and shop from online application stores. To provide end-users with an integrated home solution, Smakit S7 can be connected to home gateway, TV or Android handsets.
I’m loving the look and feel of the SmaKit although that sounds a bit perverted when taking the device’s name into consideration (Smack It?). Oh come on… lighten up!
The SmaKit S7 has 720p video and HDMI Out after placing it into a docking station. The dock also includes 2 USB ports as a nice added touch. Our friend Charbax snagged a video demo:
My favorite part of the video – by FAR – is at about 2 minutes 30 seconds in when he asks about 3G and the rep, trying to hold back a smile, says, “If you don’t mind it’s too big you can make calls like that,” as he puts the huge device up to his ear. Priceless.
The SmaKit S7 itself may seem priceless but how much would you be willing to pay for it?
1. Delphi wrote on February 16, 2010
Love it! Will totally line up for this… if only they’d make a belt clip for it :)
2. Magicdroid wrote on February 16, 2010
iWhat?… I’ll take this with its dock instantly!
3. Colts Fan wrote on February 16, 2010
+1 on the belt clip… :)
Would make a GREAT phone for Shaq or Brock Lesnar. How those guys use current touchscreen cellphones with XXXXL size hands I don’t know.
4. Delphi wrote on February 16, 2010
hehe i’m 6′5 and my nexus one is too small for me :( it’s ok but this phone if it has a snapdragon or better is dream come true for me :)
5. swehes wrote on February 16, 2010
It would work nicely as a home phone for me. :) VoIP is great. Did it have a front facing camera?
6. EmilianM wrote on February 16, 2010
@swehes only ipad doesn’t front facing camera…all other tablets have this
7. akil wrote on February 16, 2010
is it just me or just that look longer than 7in…..(smh) looks like its x4.5 bigger than the nexus one to me
8. swehes wrote on February 16, 2010
Just showed this one to a friend and he is already trying to figure out how to make this tablet work as a phone that he can carry around. I think he is about 5′2″ tall or so.
9. Mario wrote on February 16, 2010
If you will get a Car Dock with it, I would be all over it.
I am looking for long time now for a nice android car radio, but this device with a functional Car dock would defenetly do the job.
10. Brian wrote on February 16, 2010
This would be a great home tablet. Especially as a home phone too. Making phone calls and surfing the web, the best part is the dock so you can hook it up to the tv and other various things. I love it!!!!
11. brett lewis wrote on February 17, 2010
I like the ui for it, would be interesting on a phone.
This would be cool to use as a home phone, maybe I can get rid of my land line phone and just use wifi phone with google voice :)
12. IL_MORUZ wrote on February 17, 2010
depends of the real features …
well, i’ll spend max 350-400 Euro (or Dollar, because in tech market 1$=1€) for a 7″ android tablet under 2 pounds of wieght and with full connectivity (BT, WIFI and Build-in 3G modem)
There is also the archos 7 next in line!!
13. Droidum wrote on February 17, 2010
Huawei is not a good company. They steal secrets and intellectual property from other companies and sell it as their own. I’m sure their phone is riddled with the technology of other companies, similar to the Cisco switch they currently sell… I mean the Huawei switch with the Cisco OS.
14. nina wrote on March 14, 2010
The Huawei SmaKit S7 tablet has a 7-inch widescreen display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels. Such a widescreen format for this Android tablet delivers a fine display of all the applications in a row
More: http://bit.ly/huawei-smakit-s7-impressions
15. Popular Android wrote on May 12, 2010
Smakit has 7″ screen, what a great display. Moreover this phone able to show multi content display simultaneous from any inputs.