Sunday, March 12, 2006

VK Mobile's 8.8mm Thin VK2020

VK Mobile's VK2020 appears much like a Motorola SLVR L7 that didn't eat its vegetables when it was a kid. This is VK Mobile's thinnest handset, and also one of the thinnest handsets in the world. It measures only 8.8mm (.35") in thickness, significantly thinner than the SLVR L7's relatively beefy 11m waistline. It is also 19mm shorter and 2mm narrower. For those of your keeping score at home, that equates to 95mm x 47mm x 8.8mm (3.7" x 1.9" x .35"). Don't forget the fact that it weighs 53g (1.87oz), just slightly more than half that of our review SLVR that comes in at about 101g. This thing is tiny.
The VK2020 also has support for Bluetooth and a whopping 1GB of built-in flash RAM for storing music files and photos. The music player supports the MP3 and AAC formats, and the built-in camera takes VGA resolution photos. USB 1.1 support means that transferring 1GB of music to the VK2020 could take a long time, though.

The VK2020 is available in two different tri-band GSM versions, one that supports 900/1800/1900MHz, and one that supports 850/1800/1900MHz. The VK2020 makes use of the same 1.5", 260k color OLED display as does the VK5000. The display works pretty well and has a resolution of 128x160 pixels. JAVA MIDP 2.0 support rounds out the package.

The keypad that the VK2020 uses is eerily similar to that found in the Motorola SLVR L7. As such, it isn't all that terribly great, but it works well enough and does keep the design quite thin. For a small and light handset like the VK2020, perhaps it is worth the sacrifice.

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