As you may well expect from a device produced by one of the leading sportswear companies, the Puma Phone’s principal and central set of functions are squarely aimed at the sports and leisure user and include such useful features as a pedometer for the user to measures how far they have travelled, a compass for the keen hiker, a GPS tracker in order for users to deduce exactly where they are on the planet to an unerring degree and also a stopwatch in order for the serious athlete to time their training sessions. There is even a compass, a great addition for trekkers and adventurers who want to include as much as possible into one device at any given time. The device’s memory also comes pre-installed with applications that enable the user to access the Puma World Portal where they will be able to obtain a wide range of sports information to help them develop themselves further.

As far as phone performance goes the Puma Phone comes with a reasonable screen display of 2,8-inches and a resolution of 320X240 pixels. The integrated on-screen touchpad is also fairly responsive and easy to use. The device even features an accelerometer which gives the user a smooth an unruffled change from horizontal to vertical screen viewing.

Feature-wise the Puma Phone packs a reasonable 3.2-megapixel integral camera, and luckily the camera also features an LED flash which means that the user can take decent quality snaps in a wide range of lighting conditions. This is a good touch, as some smartphones don’t include a flash and it is a bit of a glaring omission in those that don’t come equipped. Other features include geotagging, allowing the user to keep contacts updated as to their whereabouts online, a decent quality music player and a microSD slot which gives the user the opportunity to ramp up their device’s memory storage capacity. In terms of connectivity, the Puma Phone boasts Bluetooth 2.1 which allows information to be transferred wirelessly to and from a similarly enabled device.

Perhaps the most intriguing feature of the Puma Phone, however, in addition to its sporty applications is the integral solar panel on the back of the phone, allowing the user to easily check recharge levels and power the phone while on the go. The solar cell also displays the number of talktime minutes that have accrued whilst the phone was recharging via solar power and these minutes may usefully be redeemed for official Puma merchandise at their official Website.

The device’s dedication to the sporty lifestyle was very much underscored by Puma’s CEO, Jochen Zeitz, who stated that Puma’s main aim in producing the Phone was to ‘mix the influences of fashion, sport and lifestyle’, and it seems that this has clearly been achieved with the Phone’s range of sporty applications which will doubtless richly appeal to the many dedicated sports fans that might well be attracted to such a phone.

As well as these options the Puma Phone supports the usual range of music files for playback whilst you train and also includes an integrated FM radio. Internet surfing and browsing is also seamless, with Open Browsing and WAP-Push. The device is light too at just 115 grams and can easily be slipped into a pocket. The Puma Phone is likely to hit shops this coming April and as of yet no prices have been released.

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