Casio CA001 Dual Screen Touchscreen Camera Cell Phone Virtual Fitness Trainer Included

Having just covered the newly announced Sony Ericsson CyberShot S001
camera phone we felt obliged to offer a heads-up concerning another
camera phone (i.e., a phone that will happily and reasonably serve as a
combined cell phone and compact camera substitute) in the form of the
Casio CA001 which comes with a 5 megapixel 9-point autofocus camera (not
quite up to par with the CyberShot S001 8.1MP) paired with dual screens
- the outer of which, apart from being particularly generously
proportioned, also offers touchscreen functionality.

Measuring in at 50 x 109 x 17.8mm, the Casio CA001’s
aforementioned outer, main 3.1 LCD touchscreen display boasts 480 x 854
resolution which is supplemented by a (non-touchscreen) inner display
whilst the 5MP camera offers up to x18 digital zoom as well as QVGA and
VGA (the latter at 30fps) video recording capabilities. Additionally,
apart from all the usual specifications you’d expect from such a
phone (Bluetooth connectivity, DAP capabilities, microSD card slot, etc
- as well as Global Passport) the Casio CA001 offers a few extra
functions of particular note.

Especially interesting is the Casio CA001's inbuilt dictionaries and
encyclopaedias (no less than ten of them to be exact) as well as its
‘Smart Sports and Run’ support offering pacemaker and
virtual trainer functionalise (inclusive of verbal feedback) and
automatic calories counter which utilises the Casio CA001’s
integrated motion sensor to offer feedback during, say, workouts or
perhaps just walks to the office.

With a host of other features on offer (e-Wallet support being one of
them) there’s no doubt that the Casio CA001 is a particularly
capable camera phone that’s sure to be especially appealing to
travellers (thanks to the multi-lingual dictionaries) as well as fitness
freaks (auto calorie burner calculator/virtual fitness trainer).

Due to be released in Japan on February 6th there’s no official
word concerning pricing at this juncture.

Casio Official CA001 Site (Japanese)