Sciphone's Android-loving N21 gets some time on video

There's just something about Sciphone's Android-based handset, the N21, that we can't get enough of. This KIRF-tastic little dude has attitude in droves, to go with its clunky exterior. The 3-inch touchscreener boasts a 5 megapixel cam, WiFi, and an onscreen keyboard -- not to mention what looks like a killer stylus experience. In the video (which is after the break), you can check out the many and varied features of this looker of a device.

[pachi72 Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:07AM]

First time i ever seen a KiRF with a real OS.

[EdMercer Posted Nov 25th 2009 1:56PM]

@pachi72 welcome to the age of Android. With a free smartphone OS available, there'll be more and more KIRFs running it.

[CJ100570 Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:13AM]

um, yeah....awesome

[eruh Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:14AM]

Does anybody here dislike the new Engadget?

[zomg0t Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:23AM]

@eruh
lol, that's a little joke, right...?
No one likes it!

[glenskey Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:27AM]

@zomg0t
i like it.

[ROFL Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:28AM]

I NOT like the new Engadget!!!

I like the new Engadget NOT!!!

I like the new Engadget (pause.........................) NOT!!!

[MaczekWolniek Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:31AM]

@eruh
I don't, but Greasemonkey saves the day!

[zomg0t Posted Nov 25th 2009 1:05AM]

greasemonkey makes pages load noticeably slower for me and I find that only so much can be done with adblock element hiding...

[kadajawi Posted Nov 25th 2009 9:18AM]

@eruh I like it. Especially the new comments section. And the rest looks cool too.

[EdMercer Posted Nov 25th 2009 1:57PM]

@eruh I don't really dislike it. But I liked the old one better

[Terrillo Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:23AM]

I seen one something like this with android, no marketplace with these phones.

[k2001 Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:26AM]

There is going to be a flood of KIRF android phone coming soon.

[brokensticks Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:35AM]

possibly the best looking/ working KIRF I've seen... How it would hold up with regular use is another question...

[dieterk Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:36AM]

Dislike the new Engadget? Not more then the old.

[ROFL Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:39AM]

@dieterk

I can see that all is well with the comment system.

[brokensticks Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:37AM]

btw, How do I verify my account?

[Robbie Hottie Posted Nov 26th 2009 6:31AM]

@brokensticks can u please tell me how u did it??

[Hydra Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:41AM]

Looks great actually, I'm sure it can be hacked to add in the other google apps. But doubt it would ever be updated after you originally bought it. Wonder if it has att's 3G humm

[psychoace Posted Nov 25th 2009 12:51AM]

Wow other then the small res screen it's a pretty smooth and fast device. I would want one as a spare for my G1 or to give to my girlfriend.

[charlietokowitz Posted Nov 25th 2009 1:08AM]

except mostly it depends on if it is a resistive or capacitive screen, and considering it can use a stylus apparently, its most likely resistive.. no thanks

[va jj Posted Nov 25th 2009 1:10AM]

dual sim?

[oringal Posted Nov 25th 2009 1:19AM]

thats uber glossy :0

[KimCheeZZ Posted Nov 25th 2009 5:02AM]

it looks quite usable and speedy. a pretty nice KIRF

[matthew2 Posted Nov 25th 2009 7:10AM]

Rocking.... Android 1.5 (or maybe 1.0). No thanks.

[artshark Posted Nov 25th 2009 8:47AM]

surprised that android supports two sims

[kadajawi Posted Nov 25th 2009 9:22AM]

Looks good, though it reminds me of a design I posted on an ID forum 2 years or so ago.

However, why do they use that super glossy screen? That would be almost enough to be a dealbreaker for me. Yes, of course all phones have glossy screens (why?), but this one...

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 25th 2009 1:03PM]

I just hope noone's believing the 5 Megapixel label without actually testing it :) I used to work with KIRFs and every second phone has "x megapixels" printed or embossed on the case. All of them had VGA cameras. Some even went as far as faking the resolution setting in the firmware.

[funnywow Posted Nov 29th 2009 7:08PM]

they didn't even do anything to the rom. and it looks a developer rom to me

[peltonpinto Posted Dec 7th 2009 5:00AM]

I have not liked the phone in particular. With so much variety and some great launches from the top players like Motorola's Droid, HTC HD2, Samsung Omnia, HTC Hero, the N-97, why would the Indian Market want to explore into unknown territories. Especially after the launch of winmo 6.5, a lot of users will upgrade to this OS and explore a lot more on their existing Hardware

[kiran0071 Posted Jan 15th 2010 7:31AM]

yes its true i m looking forward to buy this phone.even it has microsoft mobile office is an inbuilt feature on your winmo 6.5 where you can edit and compose files.

[Tobster Posted Jan 17th 2010 1:22PM]

very tiny resistive screen, no thanks!