Gigabyte 'Codfish' Android 1.6 handset outed
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted March 8th 2010 2:20AM
posted March 8th 2010 2:20AM
We don't see too many Gigabyte phones in these parts, but all indications seem to suggest that the company is throwing in with Android for future handset releases (which is what we would recommend, if it ever asked us -- which it doesn't). As we wait eagerly for the GSmart Android phone to make its debut, which should happen any second now (right, guys?) we have word of a second Donut-powered device with the oh-so-unappealing name Codfish. According to PointGPhone, this bad boy is of "good manufacturing quality," "very responsive," and counts among its many charms a 3.2-inch display and 5 megapixel camera. We're just hoping that Codfish is either a codename or translates into something really bad-ass in Mandarin.
ewww, that green has got to go
@jaysim44
They're making fun of me!?!??
@Very Powerfull Codfish
I like your green.
@JimJam707
Very nice green
Is it me or are all these phones looking the same now, where's the design? Stick a Nokia sticker on it and I would have thought it was
@xenon73 I agree... there area few that stand out but this is your typical, eris, cliq, YOUR PHONE HERE... looking phone... Companies need to start doing knew stuff. Do they really think this is going to be phone of the year or are they just trying to make a quick buck?
Your first phone has got to be something amazing if you want to make a name for yourself these days.
@mmafighter077
oh man I still remmbr my first phone.
The Motorola a1200, way back in the days it just came out for like $400 imported. If there is ANY ONE PHONE that can get the ladies attention, its this phone (also newer versions a1600, a1800, etc)!
I have yet to see a phone as sexy as those. It sucks how Motorola is refusing to make a decent version of that phone anymore with a decent OS like Andriod 2.1 or Win7...
I've got a M1000, JP version of A1000. Indeed that IS looking great.
too bad there's virtually no emus^H^H^H^H productivity apps still on the web...
@xenon73
They talked about this on the Engadget podcast last week, how there's only SO MUCH you can do to a touchscreen phone to differentiate it from its competitors. That's why I'm waiting for the Palm Pre on AT&T. No one will mistake that for an iPhone!
The phone doesn't look that bad, although I hope the price isn't too bad.
Kind of reminds me of a lower end HTC phone.
Not bad
Mmm... Codfish flavored donuts!!!
Why 1.6 and not 2.1?
@Eminemdrdre00 Because, they didn't feel like it.Got a problem? Cry in a corner.
@AlexSanchez Another moronic android fanboi, I vaguely remember u saying in another one of your posts that you have never been downranked. I'm really surprised this is the only one
@AlexSanchez Whoa...
It's a legit question right? Wouldn't that be like an iPhone shipping with 2.0 instead 3.0 of the OS? Or is that not the case on Android?
@Eminemdrdre00
That's a good point. When you buy a phone or a game console you expect it to come with the best and latest version. Android phones don't allways though.
yayks
Why do they always insist on using an outdated version of android?
Because it just doen't matter, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0 or 2.1, they are all the same, waaaaay overrated!
So now when I hear the word Android, I will think "fugly phone" by default....
At least there's WP7S to look forward to...
It's a Magic clone with green highlights. Not interested.
Features: 'Good manufacturing quality, two-pronged wall plug, pre-molded hand grip well, durable outer casing to prevent fallapart'
@camroncake I'm holding out for the Carnivale
Android 1.6, wtf??
I never understood why all these hardware makers are so INCREDIBLY lazy and use all these ridiculous stone-age versions of Android.
ANDROID IS FREE
FREE
The source code is all over the internet.
What in the HELL is the hold up???
Lazy manufacturers. Jesus H Christ.
im tired of htc thinkin people want a curvy, bubbly, ugly phone like the magic aka mytouch. jus cut it out!! i cant stand how ugly the hero, eris, and nexus one are. i do love android tho. just hate the hardware, excluding the Droid and Devour. except i also do not like motoblur. so i will sit here with my beautiful nokia n900 running android and wait for somebody to make an okay looking phone with a physical keypad on t mobile. must have snapdragon and and be rectangular :)
Codfish? A Babelfish would be more suitable for mobile communication.
I like it but it won't be released in the USA on a carrier just unlocked by the company.
@leykis101 Downvoted for inciting flame war.
I doubt that Gigabyte is only sticking with Android for their phones. They have made good Winmo phones in the past and I am sure that they will make very good Winmo 7 phones (because of the minimum hardware requirements), just a pity that they aren't making a decent Android phone with 2.1 and at least some kind of Cortex A8 processor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHh5Ra4KgCY