Velocity Mobile Enters Windows Mobile Smartphone Market With 103, 111

Velocity Mobile has launched a couple of new smartphones at CTIA in Las Vegas, placing a strong emphasis on ease-of-use, sleek and attractive design, and high-end features - points that customers are always looking out for. The two handsets are the Velocity 103 and Velocity 111. The Velocity 103 and 111 will be available unlocked in Q2 and Q3, respectively.

Running Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, the 111 has a 320 x 240 QVGA touchscreen while the 103 has a 640 x 480 VGA touchscreen; both use the Qualcomm Mobile Station Modem MSM7201 chipset, have 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM and microSD expansion.

The 103 has a 2.8-inch touchscreen with 640×480 resolution, Wi-Fi, AGPS, and no keyboard. The 111 has a front-facing keyboard, which cuts the resolution down to 320×240 on a 2.46-inch screen. This also has Wi-Fi and AGPS. Both phones have a 2-megapixel back camera and a 0.3-megapixel front video camera for conferencing.