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Posted: 28 Jul 2004
Market Status: Released
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US carrier availability: AT&T Wireless - Discontinued AT&T - Discontinued
Links: UTStarcom (Audiovox) SMT5600 Official page

Audiovox SMT5600 is the smallest Microsoft Mobile powered smartphone. It features 65k TFT display, built-in VGA camera, miniSD card slot, Bluetooth, streaming multimedia, polyphonic ringtones, speakerphone, GPRS, wireless Internet browser, J2ME, voice dialing and voice recording.

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HTC Typhoon specifications

also known as PCD SMT5600, Orange SPV-C500, Qtek 8010

Pros

No pros

Cons

Slow processor (200 MHz)
Low resolution display (176 x 220 pixels)
Lacks global positioning system (GPS)
Too little RAM memory (32 MB RAM)
Low-resolution camera (0.3 megapixels VGA)
The camera lacks autofocus
Lacks microSD slot for storage expansion
Lacks a standard (3.5mm) headphones jack
Lacks an ambient light sensor for automatic screen brightness adjustment

Design

Device type:
- Smart phone
OS:
- Windows Mobile Standard (2003 SE)
Form factor:
Form factor - Refers to the form factor of a phone. The main handset designs are bar, clamshell, slide, swivel
- Candybar
Dimensions:
- 4.25 x 1.81 x 0.63 (108 x 46 x 16 mm)
Weight:
- 3.53 oz (100 g)
  the average is 4.2 oz (120 g)

Display

Resolution:
- 176 x 220 pixels
Technology:
Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.
- TFT
Colors:
Colors - Shows the number of colors that the display supports
- 65 536

Battery

Talk time:
Talk time - Maximum talk time in hours
- 4.00 hours
  the average is 8 h (497 min)
Stand-by time:
- 5.8 days (140 hours)
  the average is 21 days (496 h)
Capacity:
- 1050 mAh

Hardware

Processor:
Processor - The processor is the main computing component of a phone and is a major factor when it comes to the overall speed of the device. Some more powerful smartphones use dual-core and quad-core processors designed to deliver greater performance.
- Single core, 200 MHz, TI OMAP
System memory:
System memory - System memory, or RAM memory is the type of memory that the device uses to temporarily store data from the OS or currently-running apps. The more RAM available to the device, the better the performance will be when multiple or heavier programs are running.
- 32 MB RAM / 64 MB ROM
Storage expansion:
- Slot Type:
  - miniSD

Camera

Camera:
- - 0.3 megapixels VGA
- Features:
  - CMOS image sensor, Exposure control, Digital zoom, Night mode, Frames, Mirror
Camcorder:
- - Yes

Internet browsing

Browser:
- - Internet Explorer Mobile
- Supports:
  - HTML, XHTML, WAP 2.0, WML, cHTML

Technology

GSM:
GSM - Global System for Mobile communications. A world standard for digital cellular communications using narrowband TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access), which allows up to eight calls at a time on 800 MHz and 1800 MHz frequencies. Introduced in 1991. Is the standard most commonly used in Europe and Asia, but not in the United States. GSM phones use a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) smart card that contains user account information. Any GSM phone becomes immediately programmed after plugging in the SIM card, thus allowing GSM phones to be easily rented or borrowed.
- 850, 1800, 1900 MHz
- SMT5600 supports GSM 850/1800/1900 MHz
Data:
Data - Shows the particular phone's type of data. the major mobile phone data types are GPRS, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EDGE, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, UMTS, etc.
- GPRS

Phone features

Phonebook:
- Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer:
- Calendar, Alarm, To-Do, Calculator
Messaging:
- SMS, MMS (T9), Predictive text input
E-mail:
- - IMAP, POP3

Connectivity

Bluetooth:
- - Yes
USB:
- - Yes
- Computer sync, Infrared, SyncML

Other features

Notifications:
- Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
- Voice dialing, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

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