Verzo launches Kinzo Android smartphone and Kinzo is offered in the custom skinned format, but interestingly uses the blanked out Froyo Android version OS to run the hardware. he device is a 12.3mm thick handset that packs in a 4.3-inch screen with WVGA resolution and the hardware inside is rather mundane with a 1GHz TI OMAP 3630 processor, 512MB of RAM, and a 5MP camera with LED flash. he radio inside makes the phone work with the AT&T network and it also has quad band GSM support. The phone comes with accessories to like a leather case, headphones, and a chair dock with charger and this Android smartphone will cost you $459.
Convinced that the world needs a change from time to time and that the smaller ones who tend to be perceived as weak and irrelevant sometimes need to stand up against the big, the VERZO is coming to the market with its first smartphone called Kinzo. Since the very beginning we wanted to create a phone that would be open to its owners at least as much as the Google Android OS is open to its community. Based on this open source software we wanted to build a phone that would not be the slimmest, the best in performance or the most expensive, but to create a phone that would go its own way and never leave it. This way is based on differentiation from the great and seemingly untouchable brands by original design and most of all by active communication with clients. The Kinzo is coming to the market with a carefully selected mix of hardware, software, accessories and price, all of which gives you enough space to affect its future development. n the top of the pyramid is an American company called VERZO TECHNOLOGY LLC. This is the founding company for VERZO Technology s.r.o. – a company based in Prague, Czech Republic. If therefore we say that the VERZO project is a Czech-American one, it is probably the best name for it. The VERZO Technology s.r.o company supervised the development of the design of the phone and the VERZO GUI, and is currently managing the production process and forming the distribution strategy. The VERZO project involved top designers, developers, graphic designers and managers, who have utilised their long experience in their respective fields and brought dynamics and courage to the project.
Kinzo is not a smartphone that would like to look down on others, boast about how many cores its processor has, how many megapixels the cameras have, how the display is the brightest with the best resolution and so on. The hardware was chosen so it does not limit its users in any aspect, but also not to promise things that cannot be delivered. VERZO belongs more to the company of smartphones like: Sony Ericsson Xperia ARC, HTC Desire HD, Motorola Milestone, LG Optimus 2X, Nexus One, HTC Desire S, etc. In comparison with these, VERZO Kinzo can offer mostly matching parameters for the same or a slightly lower price with an extremely rich offering of accessories, free of charge. The accessories include a luxurious genuine leather case made in the EU, the smallest USB charger you have ever seen, a luxurious car charger from polished steel, quality headphones, an 8GB Micro SD card and a car holder for your Kinzo. With every new Kinzo you will also be given an offline Navigation app from Sygic with the maps of the whole EU or USA (based on your location). And this is still not all. Every new Kinzo comes with a stylish car holder. VERZO Kinzo is coming to the European market with the price of 420 EUR and for the customers in the USA the price is set to 459 USD. The sales start on the 11th of November 2011 via the official VERZO online store accessible at www.verzo.com. The list of our partners will be constantly updated and available at www.verzo.com. VERZO is shipping the Kinzo worldwide for free. You will not pay a single dollar or euro more. In the VERZO community is where one can meet all the other owners of VERZO devices, who decide to actively participate on the future of the brand. VERZO community starts with the TellME application, which is activated with the registration of a user and the Kinzo smartphone on the official website www.verzo.com, from where it can be downloaded to the phone itself. This application provides the basic means of communication between the users and the VERZO brand. VERZO GUI represents our way of thinking about the world of smartphones and most of all our idea about the perfect look of a Google Android OS. VERZO GUI starts with the model Kinzo in its basic layout – with a modified main screen and the status icons, with its own weather widget, contacts visualization, background and some other features. The development of the VERZO GUI will continue in the future, while taking into account the desires of the users. It is similar or even better than other comparable smartphones on the market. Kinzo has a 1530 mAh battery, which ensures that the Kinzo will be up and running for over a day while used under regular conditions. If used intensively for phone calls, e- mails and web browsing, the Kinzo will have to be charged on a daily basis, however, it will always be up and running at least from dusk till dawn.
VERZO Kinzo Specifications:
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Convinced that the world needs a change from time to time and that the smaller ones who tend to be perceived as weak and irrelevant sometimes need to stand up against the big, the VERZO is coming to the market with its first smartphone called Kinzo. Since the very beginning we wanted to create a phone that would be open to its owners at least as much as the Google Android OS is open to its community. Based on this open source software we wanted to build a phone that would not be the slimmest, the best in performance or the most expensive, but to create a phone that would go its own way and never leave it. This way is based on differentiation from the great and seemingly untouchable brands by original design and most of all by active communication with clients. The Kinzo is coming to the market with a carefully selected mix of hardware, software, accessories and price, all of which gives you enough space to affect its future development. n the top of the pyramid is an American company called VERZO TECHNOLOGY LLC. This is the founding company for VERZO Technology s.r.o. – a company based in Prague, Czech Republic. If therefore we say that the VERZO project is a Czech-American one, it is probably the best name for it. The VERZO Technology s.r.o company supervised the development of the design of the phone and the VERZO GUI, and is currently managing the production process and forming the distribution strategy. The VERZO project involved top designers, developers, graphic designers and managers, who have utilised their long experience in their respective fields and brought dynamics and courage to the project.
Kinzo is not a smartphone that would like to look down on others, boast about how many cores its processor has, how many megapixels the cameras have, how the display is the brightest with the best resolution and so on. The hardware was chosen so it does not limit its users in any aspect, but also not to promise things that cannot be delivered. VERZO belongs more to the company of smartphones like: Sony Ericsson Xperia ARC, HTC Desire HD, Motorola Milestone, LG Optimus 2X, Nexus One, HTC Desire S, etc. In comparison with these, VERZO Kinzo can offer mostly matching parameters for the same or a slightly lower price with an extremely rich offering of accessories, free of charge. The accessories include a luxurious genuine leather case made in the EU, the smallest USB charger you have ever seen, a luxurious car charger from polished steel, quality headphones, an 8GB Micro SD card and a car holder for your Kinzo. With every new Kinzo you will also be given an offline Navigation app from Sygic with the maps of the whole EU or USA (based on your location). And this is still not all. Every new Kinzo comes with a stylish car holder. VERZO Kinzo is coming to the European market with the price of 420 EUR and for the customers in the USA the price is set to 459 USD. The sales start on the 11th of November 2011 via the official VERZO online store accessible at www.verzo.com. The list of our partners will be constantly updated and available at www.verzo.com. VERZO is shipping the Kinzo worldwide for free. You will not pay a single dollar or euro more. In the VERZO community is where one can meet all the other owners of VERZO devices, who decide to actively participate on the future of the brand. VERZO community starts with the TellME application, which is activated with the registration of a user and the Kinzo smartphone on the official website www.verzo.com, from where it can be downloaded to the phone itself. This application provides the basic means of communication between the users and the VERZO brand. VERZO GUI represents our way of thinking about the world of smartphones and most of all our idea about the perfect look of a Google Android OS. VERZO GUI starts with the model Kinzo in its basic layout – with a modified main screen and the status icons, with its own weather widget, contacts visualization, background and some other features. The development of the VERZO GUI will continue in the future, while taking into account the desires of the users. It is similar or even better than other comparable smartphones on the market. Kinzo has a 1530 mAh battery, which ensures that the Kinzo will be up and running for over a day while used under regular conditions. If used intensively for phone calls, e- mails and web browsing, the Kinzo will have to be charged on a daily basis, however, it will always be up and running at least from dusk till dawn.
VERZO Kinzo Specifications:
| Display: | |
| Touch Screen | Capacitive Multi-Touch Screen |
| Size | 4.3-inch |
| Resolution | 800x480 pixels |
| Screen Type | TFT |
| Features: | |
| OS | Android 2.2 (Froyo) |
| Communication Standard | GSM / WCDMA |
| 2G Bands | GSM:850/900/1800/1900MHz |
| 3G Bands | WCDMA:850/1900/2100MHz |
| Processor | IFX XMM 6160 + Texas Instruments OMAP 3630 @ 1GHz |
| Memory | RAM:512MB |
| ROM:512MB | |
| Camera | Front 0,3 megapixel (FF), Rear 5 megapixel (AF) with LED |
| GPS | GPS module built-in |
| Sensors | Light sensor, Accelerometer sensor, Proximity sensor |
| Audio Format | AMR / AAC / AAC+ / MP3 / WAV / PCM |
| Video Format | MPEG4 / 3GPP / H.263 / H.264 |
| Image Format | JPEG, PNG, BMP, WBMP, GIF |
| Battery: | |
| Capacity | Rechargeable SONY 1590 mAh battery |
| Talk Time | 9 Hours (GSM) |
| Standby Time | Up to 360 Hours (GSM) |
| Connectivity: | |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 b/g |
| 3G | WCDMA |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 2.1+EDR |
| Connectors: | |
| USB | Micro-USB |
| Earphone | 3.5mm stereo audio jack |
| Card Slot | 1x MicroSD/SDHC card slot (Supports up to 32GB) |
| Accessories: | |
| User manual | |
| Battery | |
| Charger, 5V / 1.5A | |
| USB cable | |
| Earphones | |
| Car charger | |
| Dimensions & Weight: | |
| Dimensions | 131.62 x 72.36 x 12.30 mm (5.18 x 2.84 x 0.48 inches) |
| Weight | 155g (0.34 pounds) |
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