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Sonar looks like a good idea if it worked on real feature phones. You know like a razr or one of the many cheapo samsung / lg / sony etc etc phones.

The problem there is you are not going to get a webkit instance running on a cheap phone. That requires some serious cpu horsepower which cheap phones cannot afford. So what gives ? Why would I get a Android phone, get features removed and still pay the same price ? There are enough twitter / facebook clients. Sure synergy on non palm phones is a nice feature but is there all there is ?]]>Feb 20th 2009 1:43AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/Feb 20th 2009 10:56PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/
This concept is over-simplified. Some things are *required* to make a device a phone, and not just a voice portal.

I don't think this will last at all.]]>Feb 20th 2009 10:58PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/
"a commercial deployment would likely be on a phone designed with Sonar's basic specifications in mind: four-way directional pad, back and OK buttons, a numeric keypad, and that's it. Simplicity reigns supreme here."

The portal sounds like a good idea.

My question is how can I get simliar contact management on my g1. Right now/soon?]]>Feb 21st 2009 5:16PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/Mar 29th 2009 10:23PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/Feb 20th 2009 11:00PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/02/19/sonar-hopes-to-power-social-featurephones-we-get-a-demo/Feb 25th 2009 11:14PM