Samsung F110 (SGH-F110) / Adidas miCoach
Discontinued 6th March 2008
As a phone, the Samsung F110 doesn't
have an awful lot to write home about - it comes with
a fairly basic 176 x 220 pixel display, a 2 megapixel
camera, it doesn't have 3G or GPS and it looks a little
on the plain side. It does have 1GB of non-expandable
memory, which makes it useful as an MP3 player and it
comes with Bluetooth as well.
But
in its other guise as the Adidas miCoach, the
SGH-F110 forms the heart of a personal training system
that integrates with a fitness coach application with
an optional heart rate monitor, stride sensor, a web
application to create training applications and of course
some snazzy Adidas sportswear to go with it.
It's not just a case of a Samsung slider
with an Adidas badge slapped on it, Adidas have worked
with the Athletes' Performance Institute at Arizona
State University to come up with a complete package
for its users.. people who we suspect are somewhat more
sporty than the average Mobile Gazette reader.
We understand that you can even upload
data from the miCoach sensors to your blog in real time.
So, if you've just run a marathon and are absolutely
exhausted, it saves you all the effort of having to
write about it.
Overall,
the Samsung F110 miCoach looks like a pretty good niche
product. Our worry would be this - compatibility. What
happens if you equip yourself with all the sensors and
gadgets that come with the miCoach, and then your handset
becomes obsolete? The average lifespan of a mobile phone
for many users is around two years, so it could be that
the F110 will be obsolete before you have gotten the
full use from it.
Samsung and Adidas say that the F110
miCoach should be available from March 2008.
In the UK, the Carphone Warehouse group
has already said that they will stock it, although no
guidance has been given on price.
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Motorola
DynaTac 2004 Provisional Specifications
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Available:
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March
2008
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Network:
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GSM
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE
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Screen:
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176
x 220 pixels, 262k colours
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Camera:
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2
megapixels
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Size:
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Medium
slider 102 x 45 x 15mm
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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No
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Infra-red:
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No
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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GPS:
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No
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Battery
life:
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Not
specified
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