A device that has a 5″ display is surely too large to be a comfortable smartphone to use even with the right operating system, while it won’t fare too well as a tablet either since the screen size is far too small. Where does that place it? In no man’s land, of course. The ICE Smart device that runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread falls under this category (unfortunately), so it needs the consumer market to create a niche for it to survive, otherwise I suspect we won’t see too many 5″ devices floating around in the future.
At $190 a pop, this could very well be an Android-powered portable media player, although don’t expect it to unseat the iPod touch anytime soon. What does the ICE Smart deliver? How about 1080p HD video playback support for starters, not to mention a mini HDMI port for video output, and a microSD card slot? Other than those, everything else is rather vanilla, ranging from its 800 x 480 resolution resistive touchscreen display, 8GB of internal memory, an 800 MHz ARM11 processor, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi connectivity and a built-in G-sensor.
You can use the ICE Smart as a USB host, letting you hook up a keyboard or mouse to it if you want more control over the interface. Do you think the somewhat aluminum sides make it look as though it is an iPhone 4?
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