February 6, 2008

Ericsson announces the U500 mobile phone

Ericsson announced about its U500 mobile platform. U500 is enabling new multimedia functionality and advanced multitasking capabilities. The U500 will improve the usability and quality of existing multimedia services. The U500 is a powerful multimedia platform with performance, graphics and usability, more resembling a mobile computer than today's mobile phones.

The U500 mobile is a response to the rapidly growing demand for advanced multimedia features and services requiring enhanced user experience. Designed for mass market mobile devices, the U500 is capable of groundbreaking features such as high quality camcorder, 12 Mpix camera, WVGA displays, advanced 3D gaming and 3D user interface, CD quality audio performance and high resolution video for a true mobile TV experience.

The advanced graphics capabilities available in the U500 are enabled through the implementation of ARM Mali200 GPU, a programmable, OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics processor producing fast, high quality graphics with the low power consumption required for a handheld device.