Keepin' it real fake, part CCXLIX: Cool K07 is the ultimate facePalm

Yeah, yeah -- we've seen a fairly weak effort to ape the Pre before, but this... this is the knockoff webOS device your shady side has been waiting for. A dead ringer for the Palm Pre, the Cool K07 boasts a luscious 2.8-inch touchscreen (320 x 240 resolution), a T-Flash card slot, a 2 megapixel camera, inbuilt speaker, MP3 / MP4 player, a blazing fast connection to the web (GPRS, if you must know), Bluetooth, an FM radio tuner, alarm clock, a few games and room for 1,000 contacts. Granted, there's none of that fancy "Synergy" stuff, and we're guessing you won't find any "cards" or "multitasking" here, but for $128 unlocked and room for the SIM card of your choice, how on Earth could you complain? Exactly. You can't. Or maybe that's just stunned silence we hear...

[Thanks, Dechris]

[Nimer55 Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:14AM]

can u guys do a full review, I liked my pre, but i'm looking for something new, but similar... Could this be it?

[Gad Get Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:20AM]

@Nimer55

Tell me you're joking.

[Nimer55 Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:41AM]

@Gad Get

of course i'm kidding... Well i do have a pre, and would to upgrade as soon as i can, but not to this... I want a newer web-os device.. It doesn't have all the functionality as some other phones, but i mainly want a smartphone for the web-browser watching videos, listening to music, and the pre does that great. It lacks one major feature, flash, but it's getting it..I would really appreciate the iphone apps, and find some of the games to be alot of fun, but like web-os to much.. So i'm stocked to see what palm shows at ces..

[RottingOrange Posted Jan 5th 2010 9:16AM]

@Nimer55

Yeah, I LOVE my Pre, multitasking is great, the keyboard works well, screen is gorgeous...

But this one is SHINIER. I must have it.

[gerrrg Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:24AM]

They should have called it the Preen... as in to make one's self pretty. Now that would have been funny.

[Nimer55 Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:44AM]

Once android matures, and arm cpus get cheap, unknown phones will actually be nice phones. Not saying theres anything wrong with android, but like most the current operating systems, it needs some work...

[AndroidRokz Posted Jan 5th 2010 7:57PM]

@Nimer55 no it doesn't

[Nimer55 Posted Jan 5th 2010 11:34PM]

@AndroidRokz

I think all current systems are fine, but they all need to be worked on.. Like I'll be fine with android, web-os, iphone, windows mobile, symbian, or blackberry os (or whatever it's called), but i believe all of them still need work. I think microsoft, nokia, palm, have already admitted that. Also blackberry os, is getting kind of outdated, and android, and iphone also have stuff to improve on. (they may, or may not have said it publicly, but I believe that they do.) I guess it's a matter of opinion..

[Level 5 Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:02AM]

Now it's hard to say for sure given there's no video of the device in action or no full review, but this looks as if it COULD be a good backup phone. Stressing COULD. The specs are certainly in line.

[Freakin Ijit Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:52AM]

Indeed, why not? That price certainly is cheap enough AND the phone does what 90% of phone users out here want to do.

[guises Posted Jan 5th 2010 7:15AM]

Ugh. The hardware on some of these KIRFs is looking really nice. They just need to drop some unlocked Android on there and this might actually be a decent phone. Why do they keep insisting on this closed proprietary junk?

[Patlex Posted Jan 5th 2010 12:48PM]

I would agree, but also say add wifi, and if low cost gps at the very least.

[journalismnazi Posted Jan 5th 2010 7:52AM]

@Jon Rubinstein
But don't forget, they're flattering to deceive...

Shame this is *still* the only Pre I can buy where I live >-(

[impasse Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:03AM]

is "inbuilt" even in english? sounds like you're quoting the documentation..

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:59AM]

why would anyone bother to copy that thing?

[Co1e Posted Jan 5th 2010 10:34AM]

Camera in the front! Now people can take even more pics of themselves. wtf

[Freakin Ijit Posted Jan 5th 2010 11:01AM]

It's not clear to THIS reader why Engadget thinks this is a Pre clone.

Simply because it's a portrait-qwerty slider?

[Scape3d Posted Jan 5th 2010 12:57PM]

Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Go Pre!
(this message brought to you from my Pre).

[StormD Posted Jan 5th 2010 2:31PM]

Speaking as a Pre user, in some ways, this KIRF looks like an actual improvement on the original. I like the flatter keyboard, front camera, and removable storage. Of course, without WebOS, it's a complete non-starter, but still, Palm could do worse than to take back some design ideas from the imitaters here.

[Atara9 Posted Jan 5th 2010 3:26PM]

Haha, introducing the FacePalm Pre.

[rlanza1054 Posted Jan 5th 2010 3:43PM]

Is this a joke, is it a real phone or just a toy product that you can walk around and look like you have one of the best phones on the market (a Palm Pre).

Who is this being sold to?

Not the US market?

Rob

[Eternal Density Posted Jan 5th 2010 4:38PM]

This device is a cry for help. It's calling "Please make the Pre in silver!"

[airpolgas Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:24PM]

When will you guys stop using roman numerals? CCL maybe?

[dyyz Posted Jan 6th 2010 4:42AM]

you can get this for like a backup phone if ur going out and u dont wanna take ur 500$ phone with u.

[wenwalk Posted Jan 6th 2010 3:50PM]

hey people, i found this phone some days ago when engadget wrote about the first pre clone. too bad those holidays came or else i could show you a video review now ..

i ordered mine yesterday, once i receive ill post up a video review.
ill keep you updated

[wenwalk Posted Jan 6th 2010 4:12PM]

actually if you would like to order and try it out yourself and dont want to wait for my review then i suggest you do it at fastcardtech because they got the lowest price and best service! i ordered my there too...
here is the link to the shop
http://www.fastcardtech.com/goods.php?u=11995&id=3919

solomobi wants $128
fastcardtech is ONLY $104

both wants the same s&h

[wenwalk Posted Jan 6th 2010 4:10PM]

actually if you would like to order and try it out yourself and dont want to wait for my review then i suggest you do it at fastcardtech because they got the lowest price and best service! i ordered my there too...
here is the link to the shop
http://www.fastcardtech.com/goods.php?u=11995&id=3919

solomobi wants $128
fastcardtech is ONLY $104

both wants the same s&h

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 24th 2010 3:02PM]

I find it interesting that they're advertising the cellphone with a near-dead battery.