Pogo Mobile and nVoy

The Pogo Mobile was a GSM-based mobile device developed by British start-up Pogo Technology Ltd. It combined web browsing, messaging, audio playback and phone functionality in a portable form.

It used a server-side compression system to shrink web pages before sending to the device, improving the effective speed of the device by reducing the amount of data that needed to be sent to the device. A similar system is used by the Opera Mini browser available for most current mobile phones.

The Pogo Mobile was launched in 2001, only to be withdrawn from the market 2 years later when the manufacturer went into liquidation.

A fully functional GSM mobile phone.

Full Internet access (dependent on website compatibility with Internet Explorer 5) using data compression to increase effective GSM speeds to the equivalent of around 70-80kbit/s.

MP3 files could be played from the MMC card.

SMS and Internet email integrated into one inbox.

A diary and contacts facility was included, integrated into the phone and messaging functionality and synchronised with a cloud service.

A number of Flash 4 games were included that made use of the device's touch-screen interface.

The original Pogo was based on the Samsung S3C44A0 SoC with an ARM7 core at 33 MHz, 16 MB of DRAM, 4 MB of Flash ROM, 320x240 Transflective 256-colour LCD (Kyocera), Wavecom GSM module, Valence Li-Ion 1860mAh battery and Micronas DSP for audio functions. It also had an MMC slot compatible with PC formatted MMCs.

The OS (32-bit non-preemptive threaded) was written for high-performance on the ARM core with minimal memory footprint, and was around 700k when compiled from C++, including UI data files. It featured a full web-browser, including JavaScript, email, some games in Flash 4 and embedded database for addresses, links, etc., MP3 playback, full GSM phone functionality and local "client-server" design with a UI also implemented in Flash 4. The UI was designed to be operated via a touchscreen and a single button located on one of the "lugs" of the device (the other three corners housing the antenna, stylus and charger socket). Although a carbon-fibre stylus was included, the UI was designed to be operated by the owner's finger.

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