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Hyundai's MB-490i Dolphin cellphone is ridiculously clever

by Thomas Ricker posted Feb 26th 2009 @ 5:59AM

You know, when we first read the image-less text describing Hyundai's dolphin-shaped cellphone, our instinctual, caffeine-injected reflex was to launch into an angst-ridden assault on the MB-490i. Then we saw the pictures and, well, dammit, we kind of like it. Somehow Hyundai managed to make the aquatic scroll-wheel on the front mirrored by cascading waves of aluminum along the backside work. Even the pale blue eyeball on the side comes across as tasteful without kitsch. Spec-wise, we're looking at a 240 x 400 touchscreen display augmented by a swipeable touchscreen surface below, a 2.0 megapixel camera (no flash), Yamaha speaker, Bluetooth, and a €250 price tag when it launches in May. Check the pictures after the break and sound-off in the comments with your opinion.

[Via PMP Today]

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Hyundai's phones are creatively ridiculous

by Chris Ziegler posted Feb 17th 2009 @ 1:04PM

We associate the Hyundai name more closely with cars and ten-year warranties than we do phones in these parts of the world, but Hyundai Mobile does a little business selling low-cost phones in parts of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (cars... phones... right, makes sense). We had a chance to check out some of the offerings today, and yeah, let's just put it this way: some of these devices are a bit off the beaten path. Pictured above from left to right are the MB-400 (bearing absolutely no resemblance to any existing device), the MB-910 touchscreen watch phone, and the lovely MB-105 "Chico" (which -- interesting fact -- features a whopping 50-message SMS storage capacity). The Chico wasn't functional for us, but follow the break for some hands-on time with the unfortunate iPod rip and one of the nicer watch phones we've seen come to market. Odd couple, isn't it?

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Hyundai Mobile Europe expands to UK

by Darren Murph posted Jan 21st 2009 @ 5:28AM

Here in the run-up to this year's Mobile World Congress, Hyundai Mobile Europe is hoping to steal some attention by announcing the launch of Hyundai Mobile UK. The announcement comes hot on the heels of successful handset deployments with network operators in Europe including Pannon, Mobiltel and Eplus. At least initially, the outfit will be located at the Advantage Cellular distribution hub in Oxfordshire, and it'll utilize their warehousing and logistics facility to provide a "seamless supply chain operation for the UK and Eire." Hyundai Mobile UK is ambitiously hoping to reach a market share of three to five percent in just five years, though we can't say the company's strong branding in the automotive realm is apt to help it here. Nevertheless, we'll been keenly interested to see what it brings to MWC -- who knows, maybe it'll shock the world and introduce an Android-powered watch phone.

[Via Pocket-lint, thanks Ben]

Hyundai shows off W-100 watch phone

by Darren Murph posted Oct 16th 2007 @ 12:55AM

Remember that mysterious CECT cellphone watch we peeked back in July? Unless our eyes (badly) deceive us, that very piece has morphed into Hyundai's W-100, the latest watch phone in town. Reportedly, this device sports a 1.3-megapixel camera, a 176 x 144 resolution touchscreen, Bluetooth, support for English / Chinese languages, an integrated MP3 player and a microSD slot for loading up your tunes. Regrettably, no pricing or release information was readily available, but feel free to click on through for a couple more looks.

[Via AkihabaraNews]

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