Kogan Agora Pro “Indefinitely Delayed”
The Kogan Agora Pro, the next Great Android Handset from Australian entrepeneur Ruslan Kogan has been indefinitely delayed, with low resolution displays and concerns over app compatibility said to be the reasons behind the handset’s shelving.
“It now seems certain the current Agora specifications will limit its compatibility or interoperability in the near future,” said Kogan founder Ruslan Kogan in a statement.
“Since the design of the Agora, the Android community has been growing quickly … I now believe that in order to access all the Android platform has to offer, the Agora must be redesigned.”
The Kogan Agora and Agora Pro are were QWERTY keyboard-equipped handsets with a 2.5-inch QVGA (240×320-pixel) resolution display, far below the T-Mobile G1’s 3.2-inch 320×480 screen.
All of the apps currently being created are the larger display of the G1 in mind, and as such the Agora Pro would have been in danger of becoming obsolete dangerously quickly.
A new Android phone from the company is currently being developed, whilst all current pre-orders made to Kogan will be reimbursed.
A real shame as I admired the concept, the phone looked nice and could have been a fitting testament to how anyone could make a great handset off the back of Android’s open source system. Here’s hoping the Agora Pro 2.0 suffers a better fate…
Source: CNET Australia