We can’t say we’re especially enamoured by Rockchip’s first attempt at an Android smartphone, but this reference design is more about what’s going on inside the casing than what said-casing looks like. Based on Rockchip’s Android-capable RK2808 chipset, first announced all the way back in August last year (and wearing a pretty slick MID outfit at the time), the unnamed smartphone should support 720p HD video.
Full specifications for the handset are unknown at present. There’s talk of various types of 3G modem inside, together with a front-facing camera for video calls; beyond that it’s all a bit of a mystery.
We do know a little more about the Rockchip RK2808 chipset, however, which is believed to be able to handle MKV (H.264/VC-1), AVI (Xvid/DivX) and various other formats, with bitrates ranging from 30 to 40Mbps. Of course, Rockchip aren’t planning on making this handset themselves, and instead will be looking to manufacturers to pick up the design and put it into production.
[via Cloned in China]
