Dbtel M50 is exactly the same as Hop-on's Model 1886. The phone "copied" iPod dial pad which let you control the mp3 playlist just like an iPod.

Love the iPod dial pad? This phone can really give you the feel of it with phone integration. The 4 button let you open the phone menu, anwer calls, cancel action and end your calls. The dial pad is the one which detect your motion. Around the dial pad has also 4 music player functions. Once you confirm your music song, you can click the center round button to play it.

The display screen doesn't come cheap. It's a touch screen where you can activate the number pad by just one touch on the screen.

Specifications:

• Size: 90 x 46 x 18 mm
• Weight: 80g
• Bands: Tri-band 850 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
• Main Screen: 2.0" 262K TFT
• Ring Tones: 64 polyphonic/ MP3
• Camera: 2.0 Megapixel CMOS
• MPEG4: 30 fps, Video Streaming
• GPRS, Wap 2.0
• JAVA 2.0
• MP3, MPEG 4
• Voice Recording
• USB, Mini-SD, IrDA, Pen-base
• Calculator, Calendar

It will be available at Taiwan in Q1 2006. Price has not been annoounced but could be same as Hop-on's Model 1886 at around 300 USD.

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