The MB-490i is a tri-band/
3G touchscreen
A touchscreen or touch screen is the assembly of both an input ('touch panel') and output ('display') device. The touch panel is normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The display is often ...
phone made by Korean manufacturer
Hyundai Mobile. It was first publicly shown at
Mobile World Congress
MWC Barcelona (formerly but still commonly referred to as Mobile World Congress) is an annual trade show organised by GSMA, dedicated primarily to the mobile communications industry.
The event is held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain at the Fir ...
2009.
Its design and styling is shaped to resemble a
dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the ...
’s head while other elements include rippling water around the camera. The dolphin theme is also carried through into software, with a dolphin assistant to help navigate menus.
The MB-490i is Hyundai’s first attempt to push the styling and functionality of its devices into the midrange dominated by the likes of
Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporatio ...
,
Samsung
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,
LG and
Sony Ericsson
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.
It has a 400 x 240 pixel
WQVGA
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touchscreen and is designed for multimedia playback. In particular, its audio components including speakers come from
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* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services, established in 1887. The company is the largest shareholder of Yamaha Motor Company (below).
** Yamaha Music Foundation, an organization estab ...
. Other elements include an FM radio, audio and movie player and a 2MP camera.
The MB-4901 Dolphin should be available in May in Europe with a price tag of €250.
Phones Review: Inspired by Dolphins...
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References
External links
Hyundai Mobile’s official webpagePhoto gallery from MWC09
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