Fujitsu surfaces the first Waterproof Cellphone – the F-01A

Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 7:14
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fujitsu-f-01a Fingerprint sensors and solutions provider Authentec and Japan-based NTT DOCOMO have come up with the announcement of the Fujitsu F01A, a new cell phone, which brags of coming up with full fingerprint sensor and a water-resistant compact form factor, set in motion by Authentec’s two ground-breaking technologies. The first technology to be use-ed for the handset is the TrueNav technology that comes with touchpad-like navigational control and make use of Authentec’s AES1711 fingerprint sensor, while the Touch-stone packaging boasts of making the handset resistant to water.

The Fujitsu F-01A is a Symbian-based cell phone, which comes featured with a 3.5-inch widescreen VGA touchscreen display, integrated GPS, which is capable of giving support to Google Maps with Street View, an e-wallet mobile payment capability, a whooping 5.2 megapixel camera with auto focus, plus a TV Tuner that brags of backing Japan’s 1Seg mobile TV network.

Being Fujitsu’s seventeenth mobile phone to make the most of the Authentec Fingerprint sensor technology as well as the second Fujitsu handset to make use of Authentec’s TrueNav navigation capability, the F-01A mobile phone comes built-in with an user-friendly security attributes embedded with touchpad-like navigational control.

Coming up in a compact and a small form factor, the F-01A gives the impression of the IPX5 and IPX7 specs thanks to which it is made capable of getting submerged into one meter of water for around 30 minutes without having made any damage to your handset. The Fujitsu F-01A comes packaged in a durable, thin, simple to incorporate, watertight and surface-mountable, which make F-01A stand lined-up with today’s stylish mobile phones.

Though the new F-01A comes with all those features that can function as a magnet for the customers out there, there are already waterproof and feature-packed phones that too brag all that is found in Fujitsu F-01A. Now time will tell who gives complex to whom.