Comments on: New Kogan Agora Shots Get Us Excited For Android All Over Again

By: mobile.ie

mobile.ie — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:54:10 +0000

I’m looking forward to see this launched I would like to know a little bit more about it.

By: Peter Armenti

Peter Armenti — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:51:00 +0000

I hate to be synical, but I WAS excited about this phone. Looks pretty crappy now though. I agree with a lot of other people.. pretty terrible that the screen doesn’t fill out to the edges. Aside from it just making the screen smaller, design wise it just looks terrible. And that whole deal about the H,J,K being out of order on that one rendering… pretty poor.. how could they even release that? Seems like a mess to me. I think I’ll wait for a future android option. Oh well, like I said, I WAS excited.

By: FbX51

FbX51 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:41:59 +0000

silver border looks alright, but its abit disappointing they didn’t just put a larger screen in.

By: Bastett

Bastett — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:33:55 +0000

You have to wonder if the blurry photos were taken with the not-so-great camera in another Agora.

By: f3nr15

f3nr15 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:58:13 +0000

I suspect that we’re actually looking at 2 different pre-production handsets; one is pictured with the screen off, has a small dimple to the right of the power LED, and has the letters in the sequence “HKJ”. The second one is pictured in the other 3 photos, with the screen on, with no dimple to the right of the power LED, and has the letters “HJK”.

By: Benjibuls

Benjibuls — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:43:48 +0000

Anyone else notice how the H K & J keys change order in the first shot. Bad photoshop work or quickly put together sample?

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:24:40 +0000

Don’t disagree about the screen being a bit disappointing but this probably also means it’s a lot cheaper right?

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:07:46 +0000

hmmm i am actually a bit dissapointed with how the device looks like in non-promotional images like these

By: tpc

tpc — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:45:28 +0000

What the? Wonder why they couldn’t fill the screen out to the edge. It’s like the 7″ eeepc all over again :) Think I might avoid this one, glad I didn’t preorder.

By: Macca

Macca — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:44:36 +0000

My only real gripe with this phone is the low-res screen. Given the wide range of productivity applications that will eventually come out on Android, and given that this phone is clearly a business-esque type of phone, a higher-res screen is a must imo.