Sanyo @ CES - Phone pr0n IV, The W22SA Spacephone
posted Jan 10th 2005 10:47AM
There is a serious dearth of coverage about the new W22SA in English, however we've been able to catch the basic details. It has all the same features of the W21SA, including OCR translatation software that lets you take a picture of text in English and display the Japanese word. The 22 forgoes the 21's twist and flip screen in favor of a more traditional flip but it's still packed full of gadgety goodness. It has stereo speakers (for extra trick ringtones) and this crazy navigation pad that lets you control certain phone features with the lid closed. (those five little dots below Snow White). By using newer chips and giving up on the twist and flip design, the 22 is significantly lighter and smaller than the 21 without sacrificing any features. Just look at how Ryan has to cup the phone gently in his hand (after the break), it's so light and small you just have to cradle it.
how is it compared to the razr?
Nothing like it. Motorola has done a phenomenal job marketing that phone. It's a wonderful phone, but that's all it is. As far as features go they don't get any slimmer than a V3 Razr. I must admit I've never used one and I WOULD like to. It's a designing marvel. There are an innumerable amount of phones out there with more to offer though. The W22SA being one of them. I like to look good and all, but the geek inside me screams for useless features and capabilities.
This on ebay yet? I gotta look!
better fun is to just read the japanese pages as translated by google.
"Because it is the large capacity data folder of the 40MB, desired contents such as music and picture and ebook can be retained fully.
In case of music: Maximum of 26 tunes (with 1 tune approximately 1.5MB calculation)
In case of photo data SXGA: Approximately, 81 (fine mode), in case of the wallpaper: 1024 (wallpaper size)
In case of movie M size: Approximately 568 (standard mode 15 second)"
That is CDMA phone, V3 is the very old GSM