Deeda Pi, another iPhone killer?
Someone said that the only thing that is going to kill the Apple iPhone will be the iPhone 2, cause this gadget has the huge Apple name behind it. I can see his point, but that doesn’t mean that others can’t try to outbeat it, like this project from Deeda, called Pi.
Deeda has been working on this project since 2005, and is based on an Open source operating system, probably Linux. This makes if very customizable and more stable and reliable, comparing to the Windows Mobile based gadgets. The OS integrates online with deeda.com for multimedia file sharing with your friends and real time updates whenever you want.
Deeda Pi has a tactile Interface similar to the one on the iPhone
Like we can see from the demonstration on the producer’s site, the Deeda Pi has a very intuitive and easy to use interface, similar to the one on the iPhone. A nice high resolution screen with proximity sensor, equipped with a touch vibrating mechanism, for realistic tactile response, makes all the functions accessible to the users.
What is claimed to be "the next generation consumer multimedia devices", is in fact a device that integrates entertainment, organization and Internet capabilities. No mobile phone function though, and this might be a major drawback. The Deeda Pi has also mobile phone functions.
Deeda Pi might be a contestant for the iPhone, even though it has no Mobile phone functions
In the end, the Deeda Pi seems to have some improvements over the iPhone, but we’ve surely seen better projects, like the LG KS20, the Blank or the SKY…
PS: The home site of Deeda doesn’t seem to work just right now.. Weird…
PS2: As Alphapapa signaled to me, it seems that the Pi has mobile phone functions afterall. It says that black on white on their site. In my defence, when i wrote the article, the deeda.com was down, so i couldn’t get all the info. My bad, it won’t happen again.
Source: Deeda (via Ubergizmo and Mad4Mobiles )
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Unfortunately, this web site seems to be a bot of vapor-ware. Not all of the web pages were consistent (see the Pi demo for “Device Buddying”, notice the left-hand-side menu seems to have no final selectins). The Send-Feedback-to-”feedback@deeda.com” email address failed with a “Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table” return code. There is no information about availability, or purchasing channels.
It is too bad, because the concept looks really cool.
Dude, the site seems to work just fine now. I agree it’s not a very professional site, and it lacks some information, but give it a break. Since they’ve been working at the project from 2005, i guess they didn’t have time for other things..
“No mobile phone function though, and this might be a major drawback.”
Why is there a phone icon in the bottom left corner? Looks like the pi with a bluetooth headset. Supposidly the kiku and menx models don’t have phone options but the pi is supposed to have phone. Just click on the product comparrison on the website.
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