VK Mobile's credit-card sized VK2200 handset
By Brian White 
posted Mar 12th 2007 7:40PM
posted Mar 12th 2007 7:40PM
Mobile lovers in South Korea: are you ready for a small 4 megapixel cameraphone? Local manufacturer VK Mobile has had a shaky past recently but has now released the VK2200 handset that features an interesting new design -- with the d-pad and send / end and softkeys opposing each other instead of happily grouped in the usual moon-circling-planet design. Mobile goodness of the VK2200 includes that 4 megapixel shooter to rock those MMS messages over that included but painfully slow GPRS Class 10 data connection, a rather paltry 1.66 inch LCD display with an old-school rez of 160 x 128, 128MB of internal memory, the obligatory and slow USB 1.1 connection and Bluetooth 1.2. All gripes aside, the VK2200 does have something over most other handsets -- it's the size of a credit card (not in thickness, of course) an weighs just 53 grams with battery. View the VK2200 as it is unboxed over at thinktechno if you really want to see how small this puppy is.
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Ha!
This phone was announced over a year ago before the company went bankrupt. I remember at the time I was in a market for a new phone and wanted this one, heh.
Actually, Korea has only CDMA networks. That one is released in Europe, not South Korea.
Well, I am glad to see VK still getting handsets out the door but I hardly think this type of handset will get the company back into the black
Tiny phones are a very tiny niche market these days.
They really need another stylish unique handset like the kickflip and put all their remaining marketing muscle behind it to get it on as may carriers Globally as they can.
I am still rooting for VK as I think they can bring something special if they really try... and I like naked body painted women at trade shows!