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CrunchGear: Next major Android handset revealed: the Agora
Gadgetreview: Gadgets At A Glance: The Kogan Agora Android Phone
Wired: Gadget Lab: Aussie Googlephone Announced
Celularis: Kogan Agora y Agora Pro con Android ya están a la venta
MacMagazine: Agora são dois Google phones no pedaço: Kogan anuncia mais um aparelho com o Android
Next major Android handset revealed: the Agora
CrunchGear —
The next gPhone has arrived, and surprisingly, it looks pretty nice. Although we were all very excited about China’s Sciphone (not really), the Kogan Agora and its upgraded twin, the Agora Pro, are probably a much better bet.
It looks rather like a Blackjack, but it fits all the capabilities of a G1 or iPhone into that thinner form factor. I’m a bit jealous, although I think I’ll much prefer the keyboard on my handset. It’s being sold for 300 and 400 Australian dollars for the Agora and Pro respectively, which translates to ...
Gadgets At A Glance: The Kogan Agora Android Phone
Gadgetreview —
... email with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents.
Customisable Home Screen with instant Email, text message and IM notifications.
Instant access to mobile Internet services (Gmail ™, YouTube ™, Google Talk ™, Google Calendar ™, Google Maps ™).
Music Player.
Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
microSD™ expansion slot for all your storage needs.
Availability: Early 2009
Price: $200ish
[Crunchgear]
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Aussie Googlephone Announced
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... EDR, a paltry 256MB of onboard memory and an SD card slot.
The bigger brother takes those specs, and raises them thusly: GPS and a 2MP camera.
The Agora can be bought right now, but won't actually ship until the end of January 2009. If the touch screen and the keyboard are done right, this could be a killer phone. For those to Agora-phobic to visit the wide open spaces of Oz, it's even available internationally.
Pro product page [Kogan. Thanks, Vuki!] Product page [Kogan]
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Kogan Agora y Agora Pro con Android ya están a la venta
Celularis —
... les contamos de Kogan, una compañía australiana que se mostraba optimista en sacar un celular con Android… y al final no sólo lo logró sino que es el segundo móvil en venir con el OS de Google.
Seguramente, Kogan Agora y Kogan Agora Pro serán las estrellas móviles de la navidad australiana (?) y ya se encuentran a la venta liberados para que los compren en cualquier parte del mundo.
Cuestan unos 192 dólares el Agora y 256 dólares el Agora Pro siendo la principal diferencia ...
Agora são dois Google phones no pedaço: Kogan anuncia mais um aparelho com o Android
MacMagazine —
... “Agora” (sacaram a brincadeira do título? Hein? Hein?) já está disponível para pré-compra no site da empresa e tem previsão de disponibilidade marcada para 29 de janeiro de 2009.
O aparelho oferece um teclado QWERTY completo com uma tecla de navegação central, touchscreen de 2,5 polegadas (com resolução de 320×240 pixels), slot microSD e conectividade 3G. Uma versão “Pro” adiciona uma câmera de 2 megapixels, Wi-Fi e GPS.
O Agora custará 299 dólares australianos (cerca de R$477), enquanto o Agora Pro sairá por ...
Kogan Agora: Second Android powered phone
Tech Ticker —
... support: JPEG,GIF,WBMP,MIDI,AMR,MP3,WAV
Dimensions (HxWxD): 108 mm x 64 mm x 14.8 mm
Weight: 130g
Battery: 1300 mAh Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery
Talk Time: Up to 400 minutes
Standby Time: Up to 300 hours
Processor: 624 MHz
Memory: 256 MB On-board + 128 MB Flash
microSD card expansion slot
Network: UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Pro Features:
GPS
Wi-Fi b/g
2 megapixel camera
Kogan Agora Basic
Kogan Agora Pro
[Via DVICE]
Kogan Agora: new Android handset takes on the G1
Mobile Mentalism» The best mobile phones from the best mobile phone UK site – MobileMentalism —
... Agora is Google's vision of the mobile Web in the flesh. 2009 should start to see the slow trickle of Android handsets turn into a flood. From dozens of small companies to the big guns of HTC, Samsung and Motorola all actively developing Android handsets, and even Sony Ericsson developing prototypes, Google's new smartphone operating system is about to turn up everywhere in all manner of shapes and sizes.
Can't wait!
[Source: Mashable, CrunchGear, Kogan]
Agora Android Phone (Kogan Agora) Worldwide shipment in January
D' Technology Weblog —
... Priced at the US equivalents of about $225 for the Agora and $295 for the Agora Pro, the phones are being sold unlocked and without SIM cards. US and other international customers must pay additional shipping charges which are figured in at checkout on Kogan’s Web site. ...
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