14 DAY TRIAL // According to the latest news on the Web, cell phone manufacturer General Mobile plans to come to the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona next month with a brand new dual-SIM capable mobile phone, the first Android-powered handset to feature support for two SIM cards at the same time.
General Mobile's dual-SIM phone is called DSTL1, and, as you can see from the images attached to this article, the device does not seem to feature all the necessary buttons an Android-powered handset would need to operate. As many of you might already know, such a phone requires 5 hardware keys in order to work, namely home, back, menu, call send and call end.
The manufacturer is reported to have said that the actual phone will differ from what we have seen until now, at least as far as the front of the device is concerned, as it will be changed so as to fit the requirements of an Android handset. Another problem with the DSTL1 might be the size of its display, which currently measures 400×240 pixels, and is manufactured by Sharp.
We've already learned that another Android phone, the Kogan Agora, has been delayed indefinitely due to some problems generated by its small screen, which has a resolution of 320×240 pixels. A 400×240 display is a bit larger and might not cause problems, yet General Mobile has stated that it will replace the screen if it proves to be an issue after all.
The General Mobile dual-SIM DSTL1 Android phone is reported to bring along a nice range of features, including dual-SIM cards with dual-Standby mode, a 624MHz Marvell PXA 310 processor, Tri-band GSM/EDGE support (900/1800/1900MHz), a 3-inch WQVGA touch screen display that supports 260k colors, a 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with flash (also manufactured by Sharp), as well as 802.11b/g WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity support. The phone measures 112 x 54 x 16mm (4.4 x 2.1 x .6 inches) and weighs only 135g (4.75oz).
