A very good copy, I especially like the user-upgradable battery and the micro-SD card. With a larger screen to help keyboarding, or a palm-like pen area it could be worth it's money.
but dual sim, micro SD and replaceable battery?! Not bad. I wouldn't mind those on my iphone. It might have a slightly crappy OS, but if they delivery a software update that allows, for instance, Opera mobile and a flash plugin, they might be cooking on gas.
Yay for blatant copyright infringement. All power to people who do little more than rip off someone else's idea to make a quick buck. Hooray for shoddy productry wrapped up to look like another companies product in the hope of conning some money out of the unwary.
Wait, what? You say that's supposed to be a bad thing? Oh I see, it's a bad thing /unless you're doing it to the iPhone, which we don't like/. Hmm.
"According to the back panel, the Mini comes with 8GB of storage but we couldn't find any way of accessing it - only the supplied 1GB SD card showing up in File Explorer"
Reminds me of a iPod I got from a street vendor while in China. Said 4GB on the box and player but was only 512MB. It was built well enough but they felt the need to falsely advertise it. Still worth the $5 though.
Maybe it was a typo or just chinglish. Like the Las Vegas DVD set, "Fast paged and sext!"
It's a generic GSM phone (probably not even EDGE) with entry-level multi-meeja and a WAP browser, that's been given a nice (if somewhat derivative) UI.
Quick guys, take a patent on "a phone that looks somewhat like the iPhone, only smaller". Given the state of the US patent system, it would probably be granted. Then move your lawyers to Texas and wait.
HTC Touch HD Pocket PC
MWg Zinc II
HTC Touch Pro
HTC Touch Diamond2
Palm Treo Pro Smartphone
iPhoney nano found, tested in Asia
Lionel Baden
copyright #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 15:11 GMT
I reckon they should copyright the mini idea and then smak apples hand as soon as they release a small iphone :)
But sounds like they did decent job !
but dont they blow up ???
Paul Murphy
Apple ... #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 15:11 GMT
Are you watching??
A very good copy, I especially like the user-upgradable battery and the micro-SD card. With a larger screen to help keyboarding, or a palm-like pen area it could be worth it's money.
What's it like as a phone?
ttfn
Ash
Important question unanswered! #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 15:11 GMT
UK availability?
Gogu
Same ? #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 15:11 GMT
http://www.dealextreme.com/photogallery.dx/sku.17846
Dan
It's a knock-off... #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 15:11 GMT
but dual sim, micro SD and replaceable battery?! Not bad. I wouldn't mind those on my iphone. It might have a slightly crappy OS, but if they delivery a software update that allows, for instance, Opera mobile and a flash plugin, they might be cooking on gas.
Come on Jobs, where's my f***ing Flash plugin?!
Stef
iCanCan #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:17 GMT
and all without a massive ripoff contract
kain preacher
Is it real a knock of ??? #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:40 GMT
Or a case mod.
tardigrade
iPhoney and friend #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:40 GMT
Phoney phone and a phoney friend. Superb lateral thinking there in the product demonstration dept. I love it!
Ladyboys in Bangkok, what a surprise.
E
That's a #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:40 GMT
...man!
Mike Flugennock
Never mind the phone... #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:40 GMT
...are THEY real?
Paris, because I can't be sure if _hers_ are real, either.
David Webb
Important Question #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:40 GMT
The most important question that I can think of, that "friend" in the first picture, is that a guy or a ladyboy? Its not female it is?!
Mick F
So much better #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:40 GMT
than the shit jobs has pushed out
Jonathan White
Hypocritical much? #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:42 GMT
Yay for blatant copyright infringement. All power to people who do little more than rip off someone else's idea to make a quick buck. Hooray for shoddy productry wrapped up to look like another companies product in the hope of conning some money out of the unwary.
Wait, what? You say that's supposed to be a bad thing? Oh I see, it's a bad thing /unless you're doing it to the iPhone, which we don't like/. Hmm.
Jon
Neil
The chick in the photo #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:42 GMT
Looks like a ladyboy version of Myleene Klass.
richard
that blokes a fake #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:45 GMT
well, a fake woman anyway. oh yeah, the phones junk too...
Jerry Masterson
8GB ? #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:45 GMT
"According to the back panel, the Mini comes with 8GB of storage but we couldn't find any way of accessing it - only the supplied 1GB SD card showing up in File Explorer"
Reminds me of a iPod I got from a street vendor while in China. Said 4GB on the box and player but was only 512MB. It was built well enough but they felt the need to falsely advertise it. Still worth the $5 though.
Maybe it was a typo or just chinglish. Like the Las Vegas DVD set, "Fast paged and sext!"
Dark Ian
If someone could knock up a decent OS... #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:45 GMT
...they'd be away. Aside from the b'llocks looking UI it seems an 'ok' bit of hardware.
Anonymous Coward
"iphoney and friend" #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:45 GMT
Does the "friend"come as an accessory ? And if so, how many of her slots are accessible ?
Shingo Tamai
Will it cook my brain? #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:45 GMT
What about electromagnetic emissions?
The chinese do not has the same regulations (and they do not care either) we have in Europe and US.
Anonymous Coward
@Dan #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:45 GMT
" Come on Jobs, where's my f***ing Flash plugin?! "
Maybe it's Adobe's fault - there's no Flash plugin for any 64bit browser yet...
Tony Chandler
Anchorman #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:45 GMT
"after some practice we managed to finger-type with around a 60 per cent chance of getting the right letter the first time."
Sixty percent of the time - it works EVERY time!
Anonymous Coward
Can anyone see a phone in this article? #
Posted Thursday 26th February 2009 22:45 GMT
I couldn't see one, and I gazed and gazed at it until...
Frank
Re. The Phone Holder Person #
Posted Friday 27th February 2009 06:01 GMT
To all those people speculating on the true nature of the person holding the phone.....
Read the sub-heading :)
Anonymous Coward
It's a Genuine Apple #
Posted Friday 27th February 2009 11:07 GMT
Well a genuine Adam's Apple, anway.
Anonymous Coward
So basically #
Posted Friday 27th February 2009 12:29 GMT
It's a generic GSM phone (probably not even EDGE) with entry-level multi-meeja and a WAP browser, that's been given a nice (if somewhat derivative) UI.
Pierre
Patent #
Posted Friday 27th February 2009 16:23 GMT
Quick guys, take a patent on "a phone that looks somewhat like the iPhone, only smaller". Given the state of the US patent system, it would probably be granted. Then move your lawyers to Texas and wait.
Anonymous Coward
Improve on the iPhone in many areas #
Posted Friday 27th February 2009 23:04 GMT
Would get one if it didn't look like the iPhone (ugly design).