Vibo T588

The Vibo T588 is a touchscreen mobile phone released for the Vibo Telecom network in Taiwan on 15 October 2010, at a price of TWD 1,990 when sold with a subscription, TWD 10,000 without a subscription. The slogan used for the phone is Touch Your Life.

Specifications

The specifications according to the Vibo website in October 2010:^[1]

Hardware

• Frequency bands: WCDMA (UMTS) 850/2100 MHz, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Screen size: 2.8 in.
• Screen resolution: QVGA (240 x 320 pixels)
• Weight: 95g
• Size: 57 x 103 x 11 mm
• Input devices: Touchscreen with haptic feedback, 3 keys for navigation, 3 side keys for camera and volume
• Battery: 1000 mAh Li Ion
• Talk time: 3.5 hrs.
• Standby time: up to 300 hrs.
• Memory: up to 8 GB microSD
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP stereo sound
• FM radio, no RDS
• 2.0 megapixel camera

Software

The phone includes the following standard applications and features:

• Browser: Obigo 7.0,^[2] HTML and WAP
• Address book with photos
• E-mail, including support for Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo mail
• Appointment calendar
• Task manager
• Music player with playlists and album art
• Video player
• Weather forecasts from yr.no
• RSS reader
• Foreign currency converter with automated rate updates
• Chinese handwriting recognition
• Calculator, unit converter, stopwatch, alarm, timer, world clock, notes
• Games

Further applications and games are downloadable through JavaME

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