Motorolas erstes Android-Handy Cliq (in Europa Dext) ist in China derzeit nicht erhältlich, aber wie es in Fernost so üblich ist, haben die Chinesen kurzerhand eine inoffizielle Version des Motorola Cliq gebaut, das Rola V19. Die Hardware sieh im Grunde genau so aus wie beim Original, allerdings scheint die Software irgend eine Eigenentwicklung zu sein.
Ein MTK-Chipsatz, 3,0-Zoll WQVGA-Touchscreen (nur resistiv), eine Front-Kamera, UKW-Radio und eine QWERTY-Tastatur, klingen als technische Ausstattung ganz nett.
Im Grunde genommen finde ich aber nur ein Merkmal wirklich interessant, den Dual-Sim-Slot, etwas, dass ich bei europäischen Geräten noch sehr vermisse.
No, we’re not suffering from dyslexia but the above title is obviously a blatant ripoff of Sony Ericsson’s X Series of smartphones, called the Somy X5 from Scny Eriosscn. This knockoff does resemble the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness pretty closely in physical dimensions, boasting a 2.2″ transparent display, albeit coming with a dual SIM carriage, a digital camera of unknown megapixel count, Bluetooth connectivity and an integrated FM radio. Needless to say, it retails for approximately $80 a pop in China, and we’re pretty sure you won’t see it hitting Stateside anytime soon.
Do you think that your Bluetooth headset’s volume is way too low? Well, the Jupiter Jack might be able to do something about that. It can plug into any cell phone headphone jack, and after you tune your car radio to 99.3 FM, you’ll be able to start yakking away. Volume shouldn’t be a problem anymore, as the sound will be transmitted through your car speakers. At $9.98, it’s certainly a cheap alternative to the more expensive Bluetooth solutions. Of course, the need to use the frequency of 99.3 FM only might be a downside of this, since you might be in an area that needs that channel. Still, at such a price, you can’t go far wrong.
Hello world, this cool phone Cool F910 is another Android phone from China. This phone is introduced to the market as a new phone, but it seems that it might be just a rebranded model of the Apanda A60. The specs between these two phone are almost the same. Cool F910 features a 600MHZ Qualcomm 7227 processor, a 3.2-inch 320*480 HVGA capacitive touchcreen, 512MB of ROM, 256MB of RAM, a 5-megapixel camera, WAPI (compatible with WI-FI ) and Bluetooth connectivity, 3.5mm headphone jack, Android 1.6 OS, and a 1230mAh battery. The phone supports GSM quadband and WCDMA networking. It measures 111×57×12.4mm, and weighs 120g. The price is still not disclosed. Watch the video below to take a more detailed look.
When you talk about cloned devices, most people would think of the usual fake iPhones and fake Nokia phones from China, but could you ever imagine Apple’s iPad being sued for being a clone? The Shenzhen Great Long Brother Industrial Co. has already applied for a patent of its P88 tablet back last May, entering a process that could take up to a year in China. With that in mind, Wu Xiaolong, the president of the company, isn’t too happy with Apple’s iPad announcement, especially since the company had presented their P88 six months ago at the IFA (International Electronics Fair in Berlin), and while he has admitted that it will be difficult to take on Apple in the US, but if the iPad enters the Chinese market, they will certainly sue them. Apple’s iPad is already in the firing line of Fujitsu over its name, right now it probably isn’t looking to have another company making noise about its design.
If you let an 8 year old kid choose a name for a phone it would probably be close to this Chinese CoolKing.
Despite the name the HTC Touch Diamond 2 Cell Phones has some nice specs, namely a 480 x 800 WVGA display, a 624MHz Marvell Pxa310 CPU, Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, a 3.2 inches 480×800 WVGA touchscreen, 128M of RAM, 256M of ROM, a 3 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, JAVA, GPS, and a 1600 mAh battery.
The price is a ‘cool’ $220.
My product has a TV function, will it work in my country?
It doesn’t matter if the product you are buying is for analog or digital TV signals, it is usually very easy to work out whether or not you will be able to pick up TV channels in your country using the device.
Just go to the bottom of the product description and look for the subtitle ‘TV Profile’ the countries and regions listed are the ones that the gadget works with.
Will you give me a tracking number for items that you’ve repaired?
Unfortunately no, we do not send an email. However, you can check your original order status. In the comments, you will be able to see the date the repaired product is sent out and the tracking number.
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How long should I charge the battery before first use?
Before you use the battery for the first time, please charge it for 12 hours.
Great to hear that the phone comes with 2 batteries. What if I need more batteries, what should I do?
Simply contact our customer support department to order replacement accessories. Easy peasy.
Can I change the ringtone with this phone?
Definitely. The phone provides for many preset ringtones. You can also load your own MP3s to act as ringtones or use the phone’s sound recorder to record your own voice or sounds as a ringtone.
What is Dual Standby and does the Amigo phone have it?
A phone which is designed to work with 2 Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) are called Dual SIM phones. Of these Dual SIM phones, the ones which allow both SIMs to be active at the same time so you can receive calls on both are called Dual Standby phones.
When I am entering the name of a new contact in my phonebook, what is the maximum number of characters I can use?
You can enter a name that is 14 characters long.
What kind of operating system does this phone use?
It’s called Nucleus RTOS.
How hackable is this phone?
If you like to hack things, by that we mean squeeze more functionality out of a thing than was originally intended then this phone is for you.
Keep in mind that any attempts to open up the phone, flash the firmware, basically mess with it, will void the warranty.
Having said that, if DIY hacking is your passion then you might find gsmhosting.com very interesting. Especially the section about Chinese models and cloned phones.
This phone uses the MediaTek 6235 chip by the way.
Cell phones, they come in all shapes and sizes, with many different forms of information entry. From the good old fashioned ‘Keypad’ phone to the newer Qwerty and touchscreen phones there is a cell phone out there for everybody.
With all the new cell phones on the market, it can be difficulty to identify the function of each button and connection slot. So we have gone through some of our popular cellphone and identified each of the buttons and connection slots so you can have a firm understanding of how everything works.
Before we start we need to take a look at some of the more common interfaces:
Now we know what buttons we are looking at lets take a look at what each of these buttons generally do:
Mini USB -The second smallest USB connection. It is used for connecting your cellphone to a computer and charging your battery.
Micro USB – The smallest USB connection. It is used for connecting your cellphone to a computer and charging your battery.
RSK/Right Soft Key – A multi-functioning key that does something different on every cellphone. It is usually located on the upper right of the keypad.
LSK/Left Soft Key – A multi-functioning key that does something different on every cellphone. It is usually located on the upper left of the keypad.
Confirm Key – A multi-functioning key that is usually located in the top center of the phone, directly under the screen, if it has text it usually has the word OK.
Navigation Keys – The touch sensitive ring around the Confirm Key. These work like the D-pad on a game system and help you move to the option that you want to select.
Dial Key – There can be two of these depending on how many SIM cards the phone can use. If there is a dial key button it is normally on the left hand side of the phone below the screen. It is usually green.
Power On/Off or Call End Key – This is the button that is used to end calls and/or switch the phone on/off. It is usually red and is frequently on the right hand side of the phone.
Volume Control Bar – Some phones like our very cool Metro – Dual SIM Swivel Screen QWERTY Cosmopolitan Phone have this button. It allows you to raise/lower the volume of music without changing the settings. Is also used to scroll through ebooks.
Application hot keys – These are pre-set buttons which will act as shortcuts to various features on the phone. They usually have picture icons to tell you what they do.
Input Selection Key – This is a key that changes the input between numbers, uppercase letters, letters, predictive text and various language displays. It is very useful when putting together SMS messages.
Texting Hotkey – This is a shortcut key which puts the phone into the ‘create a new SMS’ mode.
Stylus – This is used to navigate a touchscreen interface.
Micro SD slot – This is a slot which holds and reads a micro SD card. A flash memory device which holds things like music, movies, pictures and more.
2.5mm Jack – A common connection used for 2.5mm headphones which are frequently used by mini devices.
3.5mm Jack – A common connection used for 3.5mm headphones.
There you have it, a list of the most common buttons and connections used on cellphones today. You can now go to
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Dual SIM cards are the norm in prepaid phones coming out of China these days
You would have to be blind deaf and dumb not to see all of the dual SIM cell phones coming out of China these days.
After no contract and a lower price it’s the main reason for the enduring popularity of the not quite Hiphone against even the iPhone.
Even despite the not quite iPhone OS and sometimes questionable quality.
But what does does dual SIM mean, what is it capable of and how can you best use it.
When looking at a a dual SIM phone you really need to take into consideration two things:
- Dual SIM
- Dual Standby
What Is Dual SIM And Dual Standby?
Dual SIM
Dual SIM is simply a single cellphone with two SIM card slots. Simple!
Dual SIM essentially refers to a phone that can hold and utilize two SIM cards in the same GSM cellular phone.
It doesn’t matter if they’re dual SIM TV phones or any other dual SIM phones as long as they take two SIM cards and read them, then they are dual SIM mobile phones.
Just because a cell phone can take two SIM cards, it doesn’t mean that both SIM cards are working. You need the dual standby function for that (More about that below).
However this doesn’t mean that having two SIM cards isn’t very useful for:
- Keeping all of your personal and business contacts separate while keeping them in the same place
- Keeping two separate numbers so that you are always in touch
- Traveling between country to country
Dual Standby
A dual stand by phone is different to a dual SIM phone in that has one CPU but, will actively monitor both networks at the same time.
While dual SIM cell phones will put two phone numbers into the same phone you need to physically switch between them by going into the settings menu and making the switch.
Some phones, like the c7000, can handle two phone networks at the same time
However, dual standby phones can actively switch between the two without any input from you.
How Does Dual SIM And Dual Standby Work?
Dual SIM
A dual SIM phone always has two SIM card slots and, occasionally, two CPUs.
Phones that have two CPUs are few and far between. In fact, even though we have sold hundreds of cell phones and looked at thousands more we have only seen one example of a dual CPU phone.
A phone that has dual SIM slots without having a dual standby function will require you to go into settings and change it from SIM 1 to SIM 2 and vice versa.
There are some older forms of dual SIM available where the second SIM card slot is just another place, besides your wallet, to keep your spare SIM card.
Dual Standby
With Dual Standby phones there is an electronic switch in the phone which will automatically switch between SIM cards depending on which one is getting a call from somewhere.
If a second call should happen to arrive when you are already talking on the phone one of two things will happen:
1) If you have call secretary software, or your carrier has an online call secretary service then if you’re on the phone and another call comes in then it’ll be shipped to voicemail.
2) If no such software or option exists on your GSM dual mobile then the other caller will just be told that your line is busy.
How Can I Use A Dual SIM/Dual Standby Phone?
Making a call
Insert the number you wish to dial, and select SIM 1 or SIM 2
Sending A Text Message
Select the options icon and select SIM 1 or SIM 2
Saving A Number To A SIM
to store a new contact, insert their number, tap the “add contact” option and select either SIM cards or the mobile phone memory itself
Check out our fantastic range of Dual SIM Cell Phones and Dual Standby phones and see the future of cell phones right now.
Don’t you hate it when somebody gets into your phone’s settings and ‘accidentally’ changes the settings so that they’re in some obscure language, like Latin, Ancient Egyptian or Klingon.
Thankfully, if you’re dealing with a phone from China in most cases go about things in a similar way and usually use either the MediaTek 6225 chipset or the MediaTek 6235 chipset. So, there are some things that will be in the same place (one of them being the language setting).
So without further ado here is how you can change your phone from Klingon to English (or your native language) without knowing any Klingon.
On pretty well every phone I’ve ever come across, the function to change languages is in PHONE SETUP. And PHONE SETUP is always in SETTINGS. And the SETTINGS icon on the main menu always looks like some wheel or cog which is basically as a metaphor for the inner workings of a product, er the settings, it could also be represented by the picture of some type of tool (like a spanner or a screwdriver).
Common settings buttons
So visually locate the SETTINGS icon, press on the 4th menu item which is usually PHONE SETUP, and then press on the 3rd menu item which is usually LANGUAGE. Once you’re there, you’ll see your own language and you can set it as your default.
Another instance of needing to change languages occurs when you do a factory reset. Factory resets of Chinese phones always takes the phone back to Chinese.
Once you turn it on after a reset, the first thing it will prompt you to do is calibrate the screen. Then follow the instructions I provided above to change the language.
And that’s it. Your phone is now immune to any ‘hilarious joke’ that your friends might want to play on it on April first.
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