E-TEN Glofiish M800 Launched

**Chris Leckness** · 11-16-07, 08:44 PM

Is this the "Ultimate Windows Mobile" Phone? This one has everything one could ever ask for in a phone.

Windows Mobile 6 Professional, 500 MHz Processor, 256MB ROM and 64MB RAM, a VGA Screen, Quad Band GSM, HSDPA/UMTS, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, Camera... The list goes on! Oh, don't forget, a big battery to run all that... 1530mah!

If the build quality has gotten better, I am getting this.

At a launch event held in the UK E-TEN Information Systems has introduced the Glofiish M800, an industry leading Pocket PC Phone that combines the current most advanced mobile technologies to deliver a premium mobile communications experience. In terms of features, the Glofiish M800 sets a new highest standard which few, if any, currently available handsets from other vendors are able to match.

E-TEN has packed the Glofiish M800 with a comprehensive mix of the current high-end mobile functionality. A sliding QWERTY keyboard design speeds up input for rapid messaging. 3.5G and Wi-Fi connectivity provide fast accesses to email, and online information. The VGA display allows more information to be viewed onscreen at once, while text, images and video are sharper and easier to view, and when traveling on foot or in the car GPS provides access to accurate location information for easy navigation. Furthermore, the M800 is based on the Windows Mobile 6 platform which comes with built-in features including a mobile office suite for productivity, search, and support for push email. While these features are available in other products, the M800 is E-TEN's first to offer them all in a single versatile device.

Compared to handsets from competing vendors, few, if any, can equal the complete feature list of E-TEN's device. For example, while there are some models on the market that feature 3.5G and a sliding keyboard design similar to the M800, these products only have a QVGA display, one-quarter the resolution of the M800's VGA (640x480) screen.

Additionally, as it is based on the Windows Mobile 6, the Glofiish M800 supports the extensive library of software written for Pocket PC platforms. With 1,000s of titles available ranging from simple freeware utilities to commercial applications, the M800 gives users the choice to expand and customize their devices in any way they need, unlike devices based on closed or proprietary platforms, while Windows Mobile's several years of development and refinement put it ahead of open source platforms in terms of maturity.

Thanks for the heads up Sylvia!

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11-19-07, 12:04 AM

I've seen comparisons to the TyTN II/Tilt which seem to like saying the M800 has got the same specs except that it has a VGA screen. That's not quite true if they've short changed the RAM this way. One thing I've enjoyed with the TyTN II is being able to have all sorts of things running at the same time and not having to worry about it.

I've had VGA devices for the last 3 years (X50v and JasJar) so I know how great those screens can be, but I'd gladly give up the screen resolution for the increased RAM (especially for a screen that's smaller than what I'm used to anyway.)

**hyedipin** · 11-19-07, 09:05 AM

It surely needs a lot of power if you are going to be using a lot of these. It would be difficult to provide juice for a Pocket PC like that, let alone one with phone built into it. Looks great.