Motorola A688

This top model is intended for an Asian market and is equipped with 1.3 megapixel camera, two colour screens and an internal touchscreen.

• Class: fashion
• Position in the line: top
• Rival phones: there are no any at the moment
• Description based on official information

• General features
  • Announced in September 2004, in the market since December 2004
  • GSM 900/1800/1900
  • Colour touchscreen with the resolution of 128x160 pixels, up to 262K (TFT), shows up to 6 text lines + line with icons and tips for softkeys use. Hand input recognition and hand drawing
  • External colour screen with the resolution of 96x64 pixels, 65K, cSTN
  • Battery type Li-Ion 810 mAh
  • Battery life:
  • standby mode up to 162 hours
  • talk mode up to 230 minutes
  • A possibility of playing video clips
  • Integrated digital camera, 1.23 megapixels, flash, a possibility to record video clips - mpeg4
  • Editable menu order, tags, 3D interface
  • Colours - black, silvery
  • Weight: 90 grams
  • Dimensions: 92x44x23 mm

• Memory
  • Internal memory for 400 numbers, up to several phone numbers (unlimited) for a name. There are also fields for a full post address, extra info. There is a field for entering e-mail address. A photo or an image is assigned to a name, a personal melody may be chosen.
  • Call log of last 10 missed, 10 incoming and 10 outgoing calls
  • Memory of 8.3 MB for various applications and data

• Call management, ring tones, voice functions
  • Vibrating alert
  • 32 tones and call melodies, a possibility to create own call melodies (up to 32)
  • Mp3 or WAV file as a call melody
  • 64-tones polyphony
  • Different ways of vibracall working, schemes
  • Voice dialing for up to 20 numbers
  • Voice tags for menu access (up to 9)
  • Dictaphone

• SMS
  • MMS
  • EMS
  • Nokia Smart Messages
  • Predictive text input iTap

• Connectivity
  • GPRS (4+2)
  • Bluetooth
  • WAP 2.0
  • IrDA is absent
  • Synchronization with PC via a cable (RS232/USB).
  • e-mail (POP3/IMAP)
  • Synchronization with PC

• Organizer and extras
  • Integrated digital camera
  • J2ME
  • Calendar, date, time
  • Calculator
  • Organizer with an alarm clock, 500 entries, various types of events
  • Games

Eldar Murtazin ([email protected])
Published — 15 January 2005

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