Technabob » aura http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Asus Aura: iPhone Clone Plus http://technabob.com/blog/2007/02/06/asus-aura-iphone-clone-plus/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/02/06/asus-aura-iphone-clone-plus/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:51:33 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/02/06/asus-aura-iphone-clone-plus/ This cool phone from Asus channels many of its good looks from Apple’s iPhone. The Asus Aura has a 3.9-inch touchscreen LCD, a 2 megapixel digital camera and a slim 6.9mm thick case design.

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The Aura does one up the iPhone in a few significant ways by offering UMTS and HSDPA (3G) high-speed connectivity, expandable storage via an SD slot and a slide-out keyboard. The bad news? The Aura is just a concept design, and isn’t expected to be produced any time soon.

Don’t be surprised if more and more manufacturers start to clone the iPhone’s full-size touchscreen display and other design touches. But like Mac OS X vs. Vista and TiVo vs. other DVRs, the difference still lies in the quality of the user interface and underlying operating system.

[via CrunchGear]

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