The names "Agora" and "Agora Pro" are now used for laptops, tablet PCs and Google TV devices produced by Kogan.

History

The Kogan Agora was a planned Internet

Internet

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-enabled smartphone

Smartphone

A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...

 running the Android operating system

Operating system

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 for mobile devices. Developed by the Australian company Kogan Technologies

Kogan Technologies

Kogan Technologies is an Australian manufacturer and retailer of consumer electronics devices. The company, founded in 2006 by Ruslan Kogan, sells products direct from Asia to customers in Australia and the United Kingdom....

, it was to have been supplied unlocked and intended for use on the networks of telecommunications companies internationally. The Agora was announced on 4 December 2008 and was the second device announced running the Android platform. Two versions of the device were planned, a standard version, and a pro version with a 2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and GPS functions. The Agora was originally planned to launch on 15 December 2008, but was delayed until 29 January 2009, then later was delayed indefinitely, "due to potential future interoperability issues."

Features

The features were state-of-art for the time.

• 2.5-inch TFT-LCD QVGA (320×240) (160 ppi) resistive touchscreen
• QWERTY keyboard
• 3G network connectivity
• Android mobile phone operating system and associated applications, such as a Web browser
  Web browser
  A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
  
  , email client, media player
• UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100 MHz, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Expansion slot, microSD, SDHC up to 16 GB
• Built in Wi-Fi
  Wi-Fi
  Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
  
  , Pro version only
• 2.0 megapixel camera, Pro version only
• GPS navigation ability, Pro version only

External links

• "Android phone pops up down under" (LinuxDevices, December 4, 2008)
• "Kogan Agora Tablet (TCC8803 based)" ("xdaforums", currently active)