Impressive Edelweiss touchscreen phone

John Chan | Oct 14, 2008

(Credit: Emblaze Mobile)

Even as widescreen VGA displays are starting to feature in upcoming handhelds like the HTC Touch HD and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, Israeli startup Emblaze Mobile has in the works one that tops them all with a 3.5-inch 852 x 480 display.

The Edelweiss is a touchscreen device with a capacitive display, just like the iPhone. This means that multitouch is a possibility, provided the software supports it. The operating system found on the Edelweiss is the Access Linux Platform (ALP). Access is the Japanese company that bought the rights to Palm OS 5 (or Garnet OS) and it developed ALP as a successor to that.

Other specifications of this smart phone include internal storage of up to 16GB, a 3.2-megapixel camera, HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi and GPS. Interestingly, it will be made by Sharp in Japan. Though not prevalent outside of the country, we know Sharp makes many mobile phone models for the Japanese operators and these are known for having excellent displays. In fact, many of these handsets have trickled out to grey markets for use in countries with UMTS networks after being unlocked.

The Edelweiss will first be sold in Russia, and quite a few pictures and full specifications can be seen on its Russian language teaser site. We have contacted the company for more information about availability in Asia and are awaiting a response.

Via Palminfocenter

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