Greatest projector / iPhone clone combo handset in the world now up for sale

by Paul Miller posted Oct 28th 2008 at 11:44AM

Look, here's what you need to do: reach into the appropriate pocket on your personage, take out your phone, and throw it into the nearest wall. It sucks. The N70 from Lanye (or ChinaKing, or... somebody from China), which we've drooled over previously, is a candybar phone with a 2.4-inch screen, Bluetooth 2.0, and a little bit of dual-band GSM. Oh, and a built-in projector. And an interface that almost perfectly mirrors that of the iPhone with the addition of voice recording and MMS. It's awesome, and it's now available for import for a mere $345. A bargain at any price.

[Thanks, Andrew]

Filed under: Cellphones

Tags: chinaking, fake, iphone, kirf, lanye, n70, projector

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Boarderwoot @ Oct 28th 2008 11:51AM

Engadget, I have done what you commanded. However, I reached into my other pocket and found my wallet void of the necessary $345. Guess I should have checked that one first....

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Deeznuts420 @ Oct 28th 2008 12:23PM

you're better than me, i threw the money at the wall and gave them my phone.

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JM @ Oct 28th 2008 11:52AM

They go through all the effort to make a pretty nice phone, and they can't redesign a couple of icons?

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slarity @ Oct 28th 2008 11:52AM

Ya, Im not throwing my iPhone into a wall until I get this thing in hand and see that its not really a pile. (Ex: laggy/slow/uncapable)

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Jeff @ Oct 28th 2008 11:52AM

Who else agrees that DealExtreme is the greatest invention of the 21st century?

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Ron @ Oct 28th 2008 11:56AM

I feel like a kid in the candy store when I visit that website.. There is just so much cool things to buy.

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anarkie @ Oct 29th 2008 12:17AM

Yea, that site causes me soo much trouble. Too many toys to choose from.

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rock99rock @ Oct 28th 2008 11:59AM

Too bad neither of the GSM bands are US compatible.

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Esat Dedezade @ Oct 28th 2008 12:01PM

Will this work in the UK?

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Scotty Doo @ Oct 28th 2008 12:13PM

Yes

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Esat Dedezade @ Oct 28th 2008 12:22PM

Thank you.

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thedesolate1 @ Oct 28th 2008 12:30PM

Win!! for both of you....

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noyp @ Oct 28th 2008 10:06PM

Wow. A straight up gentleman-like exchange. This becoming increasingly rare on the internet, even real life. I applaud you two.

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JM @ Oct 28th 2008 12:02PM

I wonder if I would be able to jam Android onto this... eventually...

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Félix @ Oct 28th 2008 12:17PM

I'm sorry to be interrupting here engadget but we have here a "phone" that has 2 specific features :
-pico-projector
-blablablablabla same as iPhone blablablablabla...

Like we say down there in Paris De deux chose l'une :

- Ok first ever Pico-projector phone, AWESOME that's a real news, just a question who's gonna use this and WHERE ?
Cause down there in Paris (again maybe not the same in the US or in Chine) people in the subway do NOT enjoy being projected on some stupid youtube video.
Secondly in most of the french house there is actually a screen of some sort on wich you can watch all sort of stuff you could watch on your phone : it's called a PC or a TV...
Thirdly if you were actually planning to use this as a professional (ahahah) devices for a Power point projection for instance let me ask you : is Power point included in your MACish interface ?
So projector : awesome but what for ?

- Noww.. about the 3648507639066596740th so called iPhone clone.. who cares ? i'm not sure it's really a breaking news that chinese haven't yet developed anything and especially in the software world.
Not worth mentionning and surely NOT is the title.
like so guy said iPhone ain't a synonym for smurf.

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Rogue_Genius @ Oct 28th 2008 12:33PM

Your sarcasm seems to transcend your French-fied post.

Your readability, however, did not. Either some horrible translating occurred or you've been sipping a bit too much of ze wine, oui?

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HyPeR @ Oct 28th 2008 12:27PM

Its been up for sale for more than 2 months in India...Its even on ebay.in since more than 2 months now...

http://cgi.ebay.in/Projector-Phone-Camera-Touchscreen-Bluetooth-Mp3-Mp4_W0QQitemZ370101899876QQihZ024QQcategoryZ3312QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Phoenix @ Oct 28th 2008 12:27PM

FUCK YEAH CKING!

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phanbouy @ Oct 28th 2008 12:46PM

CKING

FUCK YEAH!

Coming again, to save the mother fucking day yeah

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Phoenix @ Oct 28th 2008 2:10PM

...not bad, but I think my joke went over your head...

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thedesolate1 @ Oct 28th 2008 12:33PM

Nokia better hurry up and hop on this for their next top of the line Nseries. I wish they crammed this into the N96 because $800 is pretty steep just for DVBH. Then it would justify the huge price tag.

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Justin @ Oct 28th 2008 12:39PM

I honestly can't tell if Engadget is being sarcastic here.

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FRZ @ Oct 28th 2008 12:40PM

Chinese don't sleep apparently. Or it is just all of Asia? Still haven't made that one gadget that I want. This one isn't bad but, I'll hold my breath just a little longer for what will be out tomorrow, eventually.

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Mike @ Oct 28th 2008 12:57PM

OMG, this is SUCH a rip-off of the iPhone...

Oh wait, that insipid comment actually makes some sense here. Now I don't know what to think.

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ssoltero @ Oct 28th 2008 2:05PM

Ya, so how long does that battery last while projecting?

I'd be surprised if it were even long enough to watch a 30 minute tv show.

I'd also have to agree with Felix here: What the hell are you actually going to need this projector on your phone for?

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Zeek @ Oct 28th 2008 2:42PM

Yeah, as mobile as the car battery you need to hook up to it.

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wootman @ Oct 28th 2008 5:07PM

If you looked at the post above you, you would see its rated at 2 hours.
Think of it this way, its like making a temporary TV on a wall. It has video imput too if im not mistaken, so you could plug it in and project for as long as you like.

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MarbleMind @ Oct 30th 2008 1:41PM

I'm sorry, but...

Pico Projector
+VGA resolution
+2 hours continuous projection off battery
+345 bucks cheap
= Who seriously gives a bloody crap about the phone features?

Do you realize the potential of this technology? The fact you can whip it out of your pocket any time or place and visualize practically anything for a person or a group of perople on a nice 30" screen, purely ad-hoc? When they ask for it? Yes, I'm totally aware you can do that with "tiny-projector-only" devices as well, but despite their size, you still might not have them on yourself all the time, especially if you often (have to) lug around a ton of other devices and gadgets. Your cellphone is always in your pocket. I think this is just great.

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LaRainette @ Oct 31st 2008 2:44PM

Hum yeah and what about doing this in a darkroom because if you try in the light of a match you won't see anything ?

Dude i agree this pico projector looks like an amazing features for such a small and cheap device, and i agree too that this phone packs up alot of other cool features including BIG battery but honnestly I'm not 100% sure this pico projector is gonna work anywhere but in a totally dark room.

You think this is a detail ?
Well think about for a while please : where are you gonna find this room ?
in a house, where there is an PC or a TV...
= USELESS.

Again sorry but this isn't the kind of stuff you can use in the subway or in a airplane or wherever but at home...

There is NO way this pico projector is powerfull enough to grant a good visual confort, in the daylight.
This is impossible.
a basic videoprojector uses 250W..

The phone has a 2x1800 mWh battery and the phone sucks this battery in 2 hours = 1800mW power..
Most of it is used by the pico projector, and some for the video decoding etc..
Let's say 1500 for the projector .. that's 1,5 watt dude.

1,5 watt to do the work of 250W..

This gives you a good idea of how weak this projector actually is.

Wait and see but I'm pretty sure the first feedbacks will say the same.

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MarbleMind @ Oct 31st 2008 5:43PM

@LaRainette

This picture should give a fairly good impression of the projected screen under common conditions, since it has been taken in broad daylight:

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii123/littlebunny-hk/Mobile%20Phones/N70/20088131712692.jpg

Of course, brightness and contrast diminish if you move the device further away from the canvas/wall/any flat surface to create a screen suitably big for a group presentation and I certainly agree with you that visual comfort must be very limited then.
However, I think that even with low contrast and rather washed out colors, a decent picture might be produced when projecting a high contrast graphic such as a presentation slide with text and monochromatic graphics or a chart that uses sufficiently rich colors.

Also, please note, that even on the sunniest days, you'll always find a flat surface, be it horizontal, vertical or diagonal, that's in the shade, especially in urban areas. Also, I don't think it can be said this device only makes sense when used outdoors; even when you're in buildings, for example educational institutes, you may not always have (convenient) access to a device with video output. If you're guiding a group of people through a facility for instance, and a question is posed right in the middle that warrants visualization, this is an easy way to do it. And if daylight is really burning through the windows at that moment, flipping the blinds shouldn't be that much of an issue.

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