INQ Mobile has introduced two new 3G Social Mobiles complete with internet-based Twitter, Facebook, IM and media sync capabilities. The INQ Chat 3G is the company’s first qwerty-style phone, while the compact INQ Mini 3G expands the range and provides an entry-level social mobile ideal for the price-sensitive prepay market. Both phones have plug and play HSDPA modems enabling high-speed wireless broadband on PCs and Macs. The INQ Chat 3G and INQ Mini 3G will be available in Q4 2009.
Working closely with the Twitter team, INQ has developed an authentic Twitter application for both its new Social Mobiles. After the initial log in, Twitter will be ‘always on’. Consumers can send tweets and retweet via the internet rather than using SMS. With the INQ Chat, a specially designed Twitter widget will deliver Twitter updates straight to the home screen.
The INQ Mini 3G is a slimline Social Mobile that offers Twitter, Facebook, IM, Skype and web-based email services like Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and GMail. It brings the usability that INQ is known for to a new form factor. Like the INQ Chat, the INQ Mini offers impressive capability at a fraction of the price of other application-rich devices.
INQ Chat 3G specifications include:
- 114.5mm x 61.0mm x 12.8mm
- Widgets automatically push Twitter and Facebook updates to the home screen
- Active address book is presence-enabled showing live status from all your contacts, letting you chose how to contact them
- Built-in plug and play HSDPA modem to give your PC wireless broadband access
- 2.4″ QVGA TFT landscape display
- 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera
- Built-in GPS
- 120MB memory, (expandable to 8GB)
- Brew 4.0 and Java MIDP 2.0 for application development multitasking supported by dedicated Switcher hard key
INQ Mini 3G specifications include:
- 102.9mm x 45.8mm x 12.8mm
- Active address book is presence-enabled showing live status from all your contacts, letting you chose how to contact them
- Built-in plug and play HSDPA modem to give your PC wireless broadband access
- 2.2″ QVGA TFT landscape display
- 2.0 megapixel camera
- 100Mb user memory (expandable to 8GB)
- Brew 4.0 and Java MIDP 2.0 for application development multitasking supported by dedicated Switcher hard key
[via slashgear]
