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Product: e2800 Linux smartphone by E28
Price: $4,000
Pros: Easy-to-use interface, good sound quality and plenty of Ram and storage
Cons: Lack of extra software

The e2800 mobile phone from a small Shanghai-based company called e28 is proof that Linux phones can be made palatable for the mass consumer market. 
While the e2800 shares many similarities with Motorola's Linux-based A760 mobile phone, it has better design features and a more user-friendly graphical user interface. 
E28's E2800 smartphone sells for about  $4,000 and is targeted at business users. Sold in the mainland since August, it is available in simplified and traditional Chinese as well as English. 
It offers PDA functions, a clear, colour touch-screen, handwriting recognition, a low-resolution camera, and memory expansion to 512 megabytes through an Secure Digital card. 
The 123-gram e2800 measures 98x59x26mm and is a dual band, GPRS device based on dual ARM 9 processors, running embedded Linux with a 2.4-series kernel. 
It boots quickly from the included 32MB of Flash Ram, and includes another 32MB of SDRam. It can be expanded with SD/MMC cards, and comes with a free 16MB SD card from SanDisk. 
The screen is a vast improvement on  the Motorola A760, although it is the same size. It is a 2.4-inch TFT LCD with 240x320 resolution and 4,096 colours. A built-in CMOS camera provides a resolution of 110,000 pixels but images captured are grainy and colours appear washed out. 
Networking includes USB and infrared capabilities, along with GPRS data services that provide Web and WAP browsing and e-mail. 
The battery is good up to 130 hours of standby and 120 to 300 minutes of use, depending on network conditions. 
Software is included for synchronising with Outlook,  although we did not test this.
The version sold in the mainland comes with extra software such as a basic Chinese-to-English electronic dictionary and an English assistant though it sells for a lot more. 
The e2800 plays MP3 files and can record voice for up to 30 minutes.  Overall, the excellent graphical user interface is the phone's main strength. It is easy to navigate and icons are arranged in a 3x3 format, making it simple to access the many functions.  



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Easy-to-use smartphone for businessmen