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Remember the talk in early October about a third Verizon Android smartphone from a small company and certified through the carrier’s Open Development program? The HTC DROID Eris and Motorola DROID pushed that mystery device to the back of our minds, but an FCC filing has seemingly revealed the device as the Saygus VPhone V1, another sliding form-factor with a 3.5-inch 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen, 624MHz Marvell PXA310 processor and a 5-megapixel autofocus camera.
Other specs include 512MB of ROM and 256MB of RAM, a microSD slot, WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS; there’s also an accelerometer and digital compass. An FM radio is a welcome addition, but we wish Saygus had found room for a proper 3.5mm headphone jack; still, the mini USB port can act as USB Host for peripherals, and there’s a front-facing camera for video calls.
If there was any doubt about this headed to Verizon’s CDMA EVDO Rev.A network, the fact that Saygus’ own site mentions the same “third mystery device” article seems to clinch it. No word on when we might see it arrive, but given the FCC clearance and Verizon’s current full-steam-ahead adoption of Android the “early 2010″ predictions seem reasonably probable.
[via Androphones]
10 Responses to “Saygus VPhone V1 clears FCC: Verizon’s third Android device?”
Vincent Nguyen November 5, 2009
Pretty close copycat of Droid!
-2mwillcowski November 5, 2009
Well since they both came out at the same time I think its hard to say copycat and since its a video phone I would say it blows the droid out of the water.
-1sportsnut November 5, 2009
I need to buy stock in this Saygus company………….
+2mwillcowski November 6, 2009
Ya that sounds like a great idea…
+1sportsnut November 6, 2009
My buddies Dad is the VP of the company. He was a big dog with HP before retiring.
+1art20 November 6, 2009
its it true that the saygus v1 its also gonna be the first real video call cell phone in the usa. and what part is plays dotcom wireless in this
+1sportsnut November 6, 2009
I don’t know about the first, but I think the video does 29-32 FPS on regular non 3G networks.
+1ZachP November 9, 2009
Interesting. If this is true then a much rumored about HTC device is NOT VZ’s 3rd droid.
p.s. this story did not appear in the RSS feed (i’m using google reader).
NeutralWhy does this phone have that much wear and tear like it’s been in a war?
+1Guys this phone looks alot like the HTC touch PRO 2 for T-mobile
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