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February 17th, 2010, 21:40
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General Mobile -- maker of the DSTL1 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/DSTL1/) dual-SIM Android phone -- has always walked a fine line between KIRF and originality with its phone, and its latest batch is no different. Normally it's easy to resist a device widely regarded as a knockoff (for most of us, anyhow), but in the case of the newest model here, General Mobile's actually managed to answer a question HTC's failed to so far: where the hell is the HD2 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/HD2/) with Android? The so-called "Touch Stone" (deep breaths, Palm) rings true to many of the actual HD2's specs, from the 5 megapixel camera to the 4.3-inch capacitive WVGA display, but this sucker adds an "optional" analog TV tuner (which won't do countries with digital transitions any good) and Android 2.0 atop an ARM9-based PXA935 core. Sadly, this phone doesn't quite exist yet -- we were shown a dummy model today with the promise of retail toward the end of the year, at which point HTC and others will undoubtedly have phones like the Supersonic (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Supersonic/) on the shelf. If you'll excuse us, we need a cold shower, but you'll find more shots of the Touch Stone along with the Cosmos (launching soon) and Cosmos 2 dummy (launching... well, eventually) in the gallery.
Gallery: General Mobile's Touch Stone: how can something so wrong be so right? (http://www.engadget.com/photos/general-mobiles-touch-stone-how-can-something-so-wrong-be-so-right/)
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General Mobile's Touch Stone: how can something so wrong be so right? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/general-mobiles-touch-stone-how-can-something-so-wrong-be-so-r/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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General Mobile -- maker of the DSTL1 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/DSTL1/) dual-SIM Android phone -- has always walked a fine line between KIRF and originality with its phone, and its latest batch is no different. Normally it's easy to resist a device widely regarded as a knockoff (for most of us, anyhow), but in the case of the newest model here, General Mobile's actually managed to answer a question HTC's failed to so far: where the hell is the HD2 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/HD2/) with Android? The so-called "Touch Stone" (deep breaths, Palm) rings true to many of the actual HD2's specs, from the 5 megapixel camera to the 4.3-inch capacitive WVGA display, but this sucker adds an "optional" analog TV tuner (which won't do countries with digital transitions any good) and Android 2.0 atop an ARM9-based PXA935 core. Sadly, this phone doesn't quite exist yet -- we were shown a dummy model today with the promise of retail toward the end of the year, at which point HTC and others will undoubtedly have phones like the Supersonic (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Supersonic/) on the shelf. If you'll excuse us, we need a cold shower, but you'll find more shots of the Touch Stone along with the Cosmos (launching soon) and Cosmos 2 dummy (launching... well, eventually) in the gallery.
Gallery: General Mobile's Touch Stone: how can something so wrong be so right? (http://www.engadget.com/photos/general-mobiles-touch-stone-how-can-something-so-wrong-be-so-right/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/general-mobile-mwc-2010-00_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/general-mobiles-touch-stone-how-can-something-so-wrong-be-so-right/2719844/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/general-mobile-mwc-2010-01_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/general-mobiles-touch-stone-how-can-something-so-wrong-be-so-right/2719847/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/general-mobile-mwc-2010-02_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/general-mobiles-touch-stone-how-can-something-so-wrong-be-so-right/2719852/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/general-mobile-mwc-2010-03_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/general-mobiles-touch-stone-how-can-something-so-wrong-be-so-right/2719857/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/02/general-mobile-mwc-2010-04_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/general-mobiles-touch-stone-how-can-something-so-wrong-be-so-right/2719861/)
General Mobile's Touch Stone: how can something so wrong be so right? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/general-mobiles-touch-stone-how-can-something-so-wrong-be-so-r/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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