Puma/Sagem Phone Offers Solar Charging, Pedometer and Other Active Features
By Chris Weiss
Usually worn on your feet or body, Puma will now make an appearance in your ear. The sportslifestyle company teamed up with Sagem Wireless to present a phone that “reflects the DNA of the PUMA’s brand”. We’re not usually particularly impressed with cross-industry phones like this, but the Puma Phone boasts just enough features and appeal to garner our interest.
The phone features a 2.8-inch QVGA capacitive touchscreen; 3.2 MP camera with 6x zoom and LED flash; Bluetooth photo sharing, video calling, recording and playback; FM radio and GPS. Other interesting features include a back-panel solar cell good for charging the phone and a number of features built to support the Puma active lifestyle including pedometer, stopwatch and GPS tracker. It also has some kind of “spin and scratch” music player. It weighs just 115 grams and measures 102mm x 56mm x 13mm. Not a bad little package overall.
The Puma Phone ”roared into life” today at Mobile World Congress and will drop in the European market in April. No pricing was offered in the press release. [via Engadget]
