Unveiled during the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona already, today Giga-Byte Communications Inc., (GBC) announced its latest Windows Phone, the GSmart S1200, again. Designed as a light, slim and trendy styled smartphone, the S1200 runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 with an upgrade option to Windows Mobile 6.5. The stylish and powerful S1200 is powered by a Qualcomm CPU at 528 MHz and supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA as well as Bluetooth and WiFi b/g and GPS. The device features a 3.1" WVGA touchscreen, featuring Giga-Byte's self-developed and now called "Smart Vision" GUI. The autofocus camera snaps photos up to 3 megapixel. The S1200 measures 106 x 52 x 11.4 mm and includes a Send, End and function button only to keep the design as minimalistic as possible.

The latest GBC self-developed User Interface – Smart Vision, the first time to be presented to the public at currently running COMPUTEX Taipei, integrates the User Interface modules of Windows Mobile, feature phone and pull & slide. Active and realistic wallpapers can receive the latest weather information from real-time realistic status presented on the screen. Moreover Smart Vision has various scenes of wallpapers which will present different states by timing such as morning, daytime, nightfall and night.

To fulfill users' demands, GBC developed the function of G-Widget which includes Time, Note, Calculator, Weather and more. These applications will reside on the G-Widget after simply setting-up and users can check status easily by simply touching the screen to activate. G-Widget has another thoughtful function which will alarm users of the status of the device.

Giga-Byte hasn't yet given any information of when and where the GSmart S1200 will be released.

Cheers ~ Arne