Art Lebedev's Scartel WiMax handset concept: we're moving to Russia
By Paul Miller 
posted September 25th 2008 10:59AM
posted September 25th 2008 10:59AM
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Looks wonderful !!! This is a true iPhone killer !
In 2019, when it gets released for $30,000.00
I'm with fred. Coming soon, to a vaporware store near you! And eventually, to select other stores for you to pay obscene amounts of money at!
"In 2019, when it gets released for $30,000.00"
by 2019 the iPhone will cost 1,99 dollars, and will have 14G according to the "twice as fast, half the price" theory.
everything else will be the same.
Wow! Now thats an awesome look.
Clean, sleek, thin, even delicious, like a Cadbury Bar ;^p...
Well, if he's aiming for Russia, then the billionaire/millionaire market is growing by leaps and bounds and these people will buy it just say they have it.
After that the price can drop a little for the rest of the world.
Yes.. it looks almost just like every other touchscreen phone. Almost just like an iPhone!
by 2019, the iPhone may be $1.99 and with some obscene radio that still doesn't get reception because AT&T networks sucks - but I can guarantee that it still won't have copy/paste and MMS.
You just think this looks cool now, because you haven't seen my SuperMegaEverything concept. It's a device no larger than a deck of cards, but does everything you could possibly imagine -- and more! It's a phone, a navigation system, a camera, an internet device, a blender, a water purifier, a can opener, too many devices to list. It's even got its own fusion reactor so it provides it's own power! When you plug it into the wall at night, it doesn't recharge from your mains, it POWERS YOUR HOUSE!
I'm taking $500 deposits now -- be among the first to own the SuperMegaEverything!
I'm really sick of the whole idea of an "iPhone killer". Who cares?
I'm damn sure no fanboy, but kudos to Apple for making something that works well.
The diehard fanboys that think Apple shits rainbows can die in a fire.
ok, please don't snap at me for this, i really have no idea.
what's so good about android? i really have no idea about all the hype.
anyone care to school me? thanks.
Specs seem similar to the TouchHD except for WiMax. And the TouchHD is alot closer to release...
Hopefully they will put Windows Mobile on it, since Android is a gimmick.
Windows Mobile, you mean THE Windows Mobile? The OS that prevented me from buying half the smartphones out there? WinMo is a joke. It's just crap in a phone. I would rather have Android in there than Windows Mobile, at least it's open sourced, open to improvements.
I'm reluctantly agreeing. If you need a google log-on to use Android, it's really no better than needing an iTunes account to use iPhones.
I'm not sure how "free" and "open" android will be, but what I saw with the launch of the G1 didn't excactly thrill me.
Also, what's up with Engadget making a cut for a reversed picture of the one they first used? Redundant, much?
Windows Mobile is awful. We just had an HTC phone using it that would ring for no reason, alarms wouldn't work, email was a pain to get into, it would shut off and on when it wished, etc. What a frustrating OS. No thanks. We dumped it and Sprint for screwing us out of so much for their super phone.
Wow, Looks Awesome. I would love to have that. Pretty slick design too.
Slabs are soooo in.
As opposed to slivers?
it looks like those lg ones, sorta like the viewty or whatever, except with proportionate and slim dimensions, and better specificatyions, great looking phone
android? no thank you...for now
I agree. No android. Period. It looks like it was designed in the early 90's along with the device.
Well considering how long it took them to put together something as simple as a keyboard, i'm not expecting this one in my lifetime. I'm sure my future children will love it though, very nice looking device.
Relax guys, it's Art Lebedev, you can't afford it and neither can i.
And neither can he.
Looks and sounds very nice, although I fear it'll cost a small fortune.
Needs OLED buttons IMO.
The screen is probably OLED.
absolutely TERRIBLE placement of the headphone jack. wow.
Agreed. Looks prone to the broken headphone jack that plagued the 1gen-4gen ipods. How is it supposed to slip in and out of your pocket easily with that placement? :(
At least it HAS a headphone jack.
At this time, I believe that it would be difficult to make such a thin phone with all of those features - maybe not. I wonder if they have talked to the engineers to make sure that all of the parts can be fit into such a thin phone. Does it have a battery? And how long would that battery last with all of those radios?
Yes it does have a battery*, but it isn't user replaceable or even rechargeable. You must ship the phone back to Mother Russia for charging.
*We use the term "battery" for the device that barely keeps our phone powered on for 15 minutes. You can't charge it because we forgot to add that feature. It's a v1.0 product for the rich, they won't care, right?
...Wow. You guys are freaking out over this. It's far from perfect, and it's nothing amazing. How would you use that directional pad. ...With your second hand? ...yeah. Bad placement.
The candybar form factor with a querty is still the way to go. Like the iPaq 910c or the BB Bold. The rest are fine PMPs, but a computer needs a keyboard. And lets face it, we don't want a phone, we want a computer.
...Honestly, most of you are probably too green to remember when touchscreens first became popular (in the 80's). ...In the end we realized there's nothing like a keyboard.
Then again, if you're just going to stream videos from YouTube or watch My Little Pony reruns, maybe this form factor is right for you. ...Personally I use my phone to text and email more than anything else. And I know I'm not alone on that.
Looks like you are the only one freaking out :|
I happen to agree with 8r13n. The joystick placement is impossible to use. The headphone jack is at the wrong place as well, imagine holding it right hand, single hand operation with the headphone jacked in? I think it is meant to be mostly used landscape, but then putting it in the pocket with headphone sticking out that direction is odd.
besides, HTC can kick out something like this in no time. Look at the Touch HD as an example. Too high res means more processing power needed to display the same thing, lower battery life. Video playback will require heavy upscaling or you see blocks. If videos were encoded in the native resolution of that screen, the phone will need a pretty damn fast CPU to play it back too.
I have to agree with you regarding the design of this phone. The joystick, call and end buttons are going to be incredibly awkward to manipulate. And the placement of the headphone jack looks inconvenient in both portrait and landscape orientation.
And although I disagree with you regarding keyboards on phones - I'd rather have the flexibility of a touchscreen than the convenience of a keyboard - I don't really understand why you got low-ranked for thoughtfully expressing your opinion. Oh well.
By that logic 8r13n, we wouldn't have any technological innovation.
Flash back to late 1800's
This handcranked auto-carriage is a pain, horse drawn carriage is the way to go and will never be replaced.
Low and behold a few decades later and the Model T assembly line with the removal for a need to hand crank, we have the automobile. Do you own one? You might have more clout if you don't own own, use, or have ridden a car.
After the fold?
What happened to the "after the jump"?
This the second time I've noticed this phrase, and both have been today...
Did the internets suddenly switch terminology or have I been under a rock the whole time?
(OK, fine--just lower my rock, please. The light is hurting my eyes.)
I think it's a reference to "above the fold" and "below the fold," which was originally old broadsheet newspaper terminology describing the placement of editorial or advertising either on the top half or bottom half of a folded broadsheet newspaper. ("Above the fold" or top half being preferable placement.)
The terminology has been co-opted by web designers and usually refers to whether or not a particular content element appears near the top of a web page and is visible without scrolling.
I've never heard it used to describe the placement of content after a link, though.
eww its got 80's VCR written all over it. PLUS its got the terrible little thumb ball thing that always break on Sony Ericsson phones.
Plus its just a large screen with not much else....geez.
As opposed to chrome rings surround CERTAIN devices. Which are Soooooo hip-and-now, and not 1980s at all.
and so your saying the iphone isnt just a large screen and nothing else
...Oh, and the iPhone is STILL a LOT better looking than this POS.
Where the pussy at?
I read once on Lebedevs blog that he hates touchscreens.
But he loves MONEY!
If you think about it - his first device - the much-delayed and ridiculously-priced keyboard - is technically just a big collection of screens that you touch.
Now THAT's a phone I actually want.
If it's a touch screen, why does it need the joystick? Pretty slick looking, other than that.