Motorola on Monday announced the MotoRoi, its first Android-based smartphone for the South Korean market. Like the Motorola Milestone (Droid in the U.S.) launched in Europe, this handset has a 3.7-inch WVGA capacitive touch screen that supports multitouch. A big difference is the absence of a physical keypad. It also has an improved camera that shoots 8-megapixel still images as well as 720p-resolution videos--an important feature for Koreans as they are accustomed to highly spec'ed cameras on mobile phones.
The Android 2.0 MotoRoi will be sold by SK Telecom in Korea. Motorola said the smartphone will be "available in Q1 in selected markets," but was unable to comment on which specific countries aside from Korea. We'll just have to wait and see how the company plays its cards when it eventually comes back to ply its mobile phone trade in Asia Pacific
Here are some of the features:
-> 3.7-inch touchscreen display
-> HD WVGA resolution: 480 x 854
-> Google services integration: Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk
-> Widget support
-> 8-megapixel camera with Xenon flash and 720p HD video recording
-> HDMI support
-> DMB connectivity and up to 24 TV and audio channels for free (at least in the version shipped to Korea)
-> 3.5mm headphone jack
-> 8GB storage space
-> microSD support up to 32GB
-> docking station
-> multitouch support
-> 5 text-input methods: 3×4 keypad, full QWERTY and half QWERTY keyboard, hand writing and writing pad (all software-based, from what we can see)
