Amazon will announce today its first smartphone. This will be an exclusive to AT&T in the USA according to the Wall Street Journal.
BGR.com has reported that the phone will have 3D effects without glasses and support a variety of motion gestures that will open menus just by tilting the phone. This is performed by an array of internal sensors and 4 front facing infrared cameras that track the users head in relation to the phone’s screen.
Amazon’s phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and it includes 2GB of RAM and a 4.7-inch 720p display. So from a hardware point of view, nothing class leading.
The phone will also be able to automatically digitise text in photos of signs and other printed materials. This will allow the phone to perform various functions on the fly, such as translating text into another language or saving information on a business card to a new contact entry. And maybe search quicker on Amazon to buy objects.
The phone will also feature “Prime Data” the details of which are still a secret.
In addition, Amazon has announced its app store has over 250,000 apps. It is clear that Amazon will also be pushing all its cloud, shopping and media services.
It will be interesting to see what else this new phone can do too, but for now as this is a USA only phone, it will have limited impact.
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It was only a matter of time before Amazon threw it’s hat into the ring with the titans of the smartphone industry. It will be interesting to see the consumer’s reaction and how well this new gadget performs in the market. I think the masses are so comfortable with the user friendly iPhone that it will be hard for many to switch to any other device.
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