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CES 2005: The Next Big Thing
Audiovox CDM-180
January 7, 2005; 12:50 p.m.
Audiovox CDM-180
The product: Audiovox takes cell phone display design in a new direction with its CDM-180 flip phone. Rather than a standard Portrait orientation, the handset offers a Landscape mode. The form factor offers a wider field of view for navigating menus and composing text messages, while the 262,000-color resolution is easy on the eyes. The trade-off is that the flip phone is rather bulky (3 by 2.1 by 1 inches; 3.7 ounces), but it's still small enough to fit in a pocket. Other features include analog roaming (CDMA 800/1900; AMPS 800), a speakerphone, voice dialing, text and multimedia messaging, and a voice recorder.

The prospects: While the CDM-180 is certainly unique, the display orientation doesn't have enough wow factor by itself. Also, the almost square shape may be a turn-off to some users. On the plus side, though, the feature set is relatively attractive.

By Kent German, associate editor, CNET Reviews



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"CDM - 180 Cell Phone"
by poohfan1875 (See profile) - March 29, 2007 10:04 AM PDT
DO NOT PURCHASE THIS CELL PHONE!!!! This phone was the worst thing I go have ever bought. It work fine for 6 months then the speaker died. My service provider replaced it because I... (Read more).
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All cell phones are ugly. Smaller is good.

At least this one is smaller. Hopefully the wristphone will start to catch on. E... (Read more)
by racecannon (See profile) - July 23, 2006 7:25 PM PDT

cool phone.

This phone I have actually held in my hand. this is a small phone that will mske... (Read more)
by tduhon (See profile) - June 24, 2005 3:11 PM PDT

OMG UGLY

This looks like a toy, horrible design, who cares how it works, i would never ca... (Read more)
by joeybec007 (See profile) - January 12, 2005 10:21 PM PST
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