Taiwan based electronics manufacturer Altek is known for their camera technology. The company is well known for making cameras to be used for assembling mobile phones as well as their standalone digital camera series. Aside from this, the company has also produced a small series of electronic driving assistance devices as well.
At the CommunicAsia event in Singapore, many expected Altek Corporation to show off their latest cameras made for mobile phones –in order to attract phone manufacturers. But they instead surprised everyone when they went up onstage to show off the new Altek Leo. With the device’s 14 mega pixel camera, Xenon flash, 1/2.3 inch CCD sensor and 3x optical zoom, the device seemed like a handy little camera –until they announced that it was also a mobile phone.
And not just any mobile phone; aside from the fact that the Leo allowed users to make and receive phone calls, the real clincher is the fact that this smart phone is an Android handset. Yes, right behind that spectacular 14 MP lens is a large capacitive touch screen display with Google’s ever familiar mobile platform user interface.
It brings apps, plenty of Google features such as Maps, Goggles, Mail, Chat and more, a really powerful camera and what we can only assume would be a decent CPU and a sufficient degree of internal storage (or at least some microSD card support). Overall, this is one smart phone that you people should not pass up –if they get a chance. It seems that there are no confirmed plans to release this handset in any European territory at the moment.
So far, Altek has only confirmed an Asian release for this impressive piece of technology but considering the amount of interest there is in the device, it would a great idea for the Taiwanese camera maker to consider bringing this smart phone to the west.
