http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/ Engadget Comments for Made-to-order cellphones: dubious quality included free of charge http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 3:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Also That TV option, will it work after all signals go digital.
Mice try but still lacking.
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I hope quality is good]]>Feb 5th 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/from the specs
Digital Cellular Technology: Tri-Band
Supported bands: Works Worldwide(except Europe) ]]>Feb 5th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/
I like a 7 megapixel camera. Tempted to buy one just to see the results. $250 would buy a very well-specked phone- though I think it would look like Frankenstein's monster based on the computer generated graphics they use.]]>Feb 5th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/
800 is a band that was used on old cell networks. GSM phones use a frequency that lies somewhere between 825-850, which most people just call "850." For advertising reasons, manufacturers will list their phones as "800" to invoke nostalgia in old people. Don't worry too much about the frequency band. Worry that it doesn't have 3G or specify what WIFI protocol it uses.

*Well spec'd.

I admire your recognition that the monster belonged to Dr. Frankenstein and was not named Frankenstein. ]]>Feb 5th 2008 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/]]>Feb 5th 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/First: i want it to run XP Pro
3" to 4" WS DVD Resolution Screen
16GB of Flash
An arrange of buttons, (so the touchscreen isn't the only interface)
For the inside, I suppose a mobile possible or a VIA possible will have to be the way, because of the power drain, also some sort of graphics, that as both a 2D and a 3D accelerator
A no so crappy external speaker, a 3.5mm headphone jack
bluetooth (including full stero) and Wifi b/g
a 5MP (though 7 would bebetter) with a REAL flash, and 3x optical zoom and not on a crappy CMOS give me CCD with abilities to record video (with optical zoom and audio) at VGA resolution

The dream home? or just me combining a DAP a PMP a Camera and a Phone with a UMPC-like abilities?]]>Feb 5th 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/
You mean 100-200% premium, right? No way they'd charge 20% more.]]>Feb 5th 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/
I like how it says "Windows Mobile (or equal)"]]>Feb 5th 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/
Unless you spring for the diamond edged TrU-G0LD finish, which as we've seen on engadgetmobile lets you charge stupid amounts of money.]]>Feb 5th 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/
Their press release states that they are trying to do what Dell did for the home and business PC market - by creating a more affordable, highly customizable mobile phone that is shipped directly from the manufacturer to the end user.

I'd like to know more about the company, but I'm very disappointed in their 30 day warranty... still, I'd be willing to give one of their phones a shot.]]>Feb 5th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/But wait, that might be a bit too expensive. Let's just say a 5 mpx cam ($39) and make it waterproof ($7), wow, I jsut saved like 50 bucks!!!!

lolz]]>Feb 5th 2008 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=zzzphone.com

I wouldn't bother wasting $149 to see if its legit or not, but the old saying of you get what you pay for seems to sound pretty good right now.]]>Feb 5th 2008 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/
Or rather it's just a pirated copy of WinMo and they have to guess which version based on your configuration.

Or it's just s piece of paper with a print-out of WinMo screengrab instead of an actual LCD.]]>Feb 5th 2008 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/I am so intrigued by this...]]>Feb 6th 2008 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 5th 2008 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 6th 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Feb 6th 2008 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/But oddly enough I kinda like it in bright red with the gold accents. Very Chinese.]]>Feb 6th 2008 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/
ZTE is a manufacturer of 'mobiles to order' and branded how you want them.

Australia's major carrier (Telstra) use them branded as the Telstra F156 and the Telstra F256 (flip version). Each with as much suck.

All of Australia are being dupped into signing onto 'NextG' network here by these cheap phones.

I have lots of returns and warranty forms to backup how USELESS they are (100+ from one location alone).

Morale: Be wary of these kinds of companies!

PS no I'm not a Nokia,SE fanboy (although I love my P910i :) , I'm just a retail mobilephone salesman.]]>Feb 6th 2008 7:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/05/made-to-order-cellphones-dubious-quality-included-free-of-charg/Genuinely upset that some have called it a scam.
We'll see
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