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  • 10-19-2008, 01:56 PM
    DevilsPGD
    In message <[email protected]> SMS
    <[email protected]> was claimed to have wrote:

    >LOL, the last thing I am is an iPhone apologist, but Wi-Fi is a critical
    >feature of a smart-phone if you plan on using the web where there is no
    >3G, but that has Wi-Fi (like tens of thousands of hotels and motels
    >around the world).


    This device doesn't even have 3G support.
  • 10-19-2008, 09:57 AM
    SMS
    Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > Ron <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>> You know, whenever someone cops an attitude like your "Now Go Away"
    >>> comment, it's obvious--that person is upset by the content of the
    >>> discussion for some reason.

    >>
    >> Sure because its such a scam phone.

    >
    > So it's "just DON'T DISCUSS IT!" for a response?
    >
    > As opposed to bringing it entirely to light for everyone to see all of
    > what it is and isn't?


    You need to keep up. It's been discussed extensively here. The CECT
    phones have been out for at least a year. There have been quad band and
    tri-band, and tri-band marketed as quad band.
  • 10-19-2008, 09:55 AM
    SMS
    Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > Todd Allcock <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >>> If all the iPhone apologist fanbois can come up with is "yeah, but it
    >>> doesn't have WiFi," then you've lost.

    >> Why? It seemingly lacks installable apps, iTunes support, or multitouch -
    >> it looks like a pretty typical feature phone with a ripped-off UI.

    >
    > Then you've come up with more.
    >
    > I stand behind what I said: if all you can come up with is "yeah, but
    > it doesn't have WiFi," then you've lost.
    >
    > I was amazed that the VERY FIRST fanboi comment was "yeah, but it
    > doesn't have WiFi". I mean, good God, that can't be ALL it's
    > lacking....either that, or it truly is an iPhone killer.


    Wi-Fi is a no-compromise requirement for a smart-phone. That's why it
    was my first comment. It's the first thing I look for on all iPhone
    competitors.
  • 10-19-2008, 09:53 AM
    SMS
    Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > SMS <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    >>> WTF is this?
    >>>
    >>> http://iphone-buy.com/index.php

    >> It's been around for a while. No Wi-Fi.

    >
    > ummmmm....o-tay, but look at what it DOES have.
    >
    > Video camera?
    >
    > WTF operating system is it running? Did I see a very brief glimpse of
    > the Windows rolling hills desktop screen?
    >
    >
    > If all the iPhone apologist fanbois can come up with is "yeah, but it
    > doesn't have WiFi," then you've lost.


    LOL, the last thing I am is an iPhone apologist, but Wi-Fi is a critical
    feature of a smart-phone if you plan on using the web where there is no
    3G, but that has Wi-Fi (like tens of thousands of hotels and motels
    around the world).

    I'm waiting for the new HTC which is due out in a week or so on Sprint,
    and by December on Verizon. It's much more fully featured than the iPhone.
  • 10-18-2008, 10:53 PM
    Larry
    DTC <[email protected]> wrote in news:slrKk.5230$be.2414
    @nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com:

    > Why do I suspect this to appear on the Eastern District of Texas
    > Federal Court docket for patent infringement.
    >
    > Apple vs. Chinese Knockoff
    >


    I always find it amusing when the Americans sue some little company in
    Shanghai in an American court. It's almost as if they think the
    Illuminati's New World Order has already taken over and the East Texas
    Federal Court had any effect on a company in Shanghai....(c;

    Why didn't Apple sue in Cupertino? Was the judge laughing too hard?

  • 10-18-2008, 10:05 PM
    Todd Allcock

    "DevilsPGD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    >>Good question- these phones turn up on eBay quite a bit from offshore
    >>resellers, generally with very vague specs. Some claim they run WinMo,
    >>but
    >>from the screenshots it looks like they simply lifted some WinMo
    >>wallpaper-
    >>the rest of the shots don't seem to be WinMo based-, nor is Office Mobile
    >>or Exchange support listed as features.
    >>
    >>It looks like another "CECT-168" model of iPhoney clone.

    >
    > The CECT-168 is tri-band, this one looks like quad-band. IIRC, CECT-168
    > is running some bastardized version of Linux.


    Details on all of these iPhoneys are sketchy. The original CECT-168 was
    tri-band, but I think a quad-band model was eventually released (or else the
    eBay sellers just lied about it- either seems a likely possibility!)

    I noticed this "iClone" didn't mention 3G anywhere on the web page. I
    suspect this web seller knows as little about the phone's specs as we do!
    ;-)



  • 10-18-2008, 09:25 PM
    Ron
    On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:03:31 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >top posting fixed
    >
    >In article <[email protected]>,
    > Ron <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:07:40 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
    >> wrote:
    >>
    >> >Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    >> >> WTF is this?
    >> >>
    >> >> http://iphone-buy.com/index.php
    >> >
    >> >It's been around for a while. No Wi-Fi.

    >>
    >> OBVIOUSLY a scam.
    >>
    >> It says ´Works on all carriers!´
    >>
    >>
    >> Yeah like it works on Verizon and T-Mobile. Get Real.
    >>
    >> Now Go Away.
    >>

    >
    >
    >
    >You know, whenever someone cops an attitude like your "Now Go Away"
    >comment, it's obvious--that person is upset by the content of the
    >discussion for some reason.



    Sure because its such a scam phone.
  • 10-18-2008, 06:58 PM
    DevilsPGD
    In message <[email protected]> Todd Allcock
    <[email protected]> was claimed to have wrote:

    >At 18 Oct 2008 13:01:22 -0400 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    >
    >> > Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    >> > > WTF is this?
    >> > >
    >> > > http://iphone-buy.com/index.php
    >> >
    >> > It's been around for a while. No Wi-Fi.

    >>
    >> ummmmm....o-tay, but look at what it DOES have.
    >>
    >> Video camera?
    >>
    >> WTF operating system is it running? Did I see a very brief glimpse of
    >> the Windows rolling hills desktop screen?

    >
    >Good question- these phones turn up on eBay quite a bit from offshore
    >resellers, generally with very vague specs. Some claim they run WinMo, but
    >from the screenshots it looks like they simply lifted some WinMo wallpaper-
    >the rest of the shots don't seem to be WinMo based-, nor is Office Mobile
    >or Exchange support listed as features.
    >
    >It looks like another "CECT-168" model of iPhoney clone.


    The CECT-168 is tri-band, this one looks like quad-band. IIRC, CECT-168
    is running some bastardized version of Linux.

    >> If all the iPhone apologist fanbois can come up with is "yeah, but it
    >> doesn't have WiFi," then you've lost.

    >
    >Why? It seemingly lacks installable apps,


    That's sad.

    >iTunes support


    A nice feature!

    >or multitouch -


    This one is take it or leave it with the built-in apps, although it does
    make some games far more interesting.
  • 10-18-2008, 05:49 PM
    Todd Allcock
    At 18 Oct 2008 13:01:22 -0400 Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

    > > Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    > > > WTF is this?
    > > >
    > > > http://iphone-buy.com/index.php

    > >
    > > It's been around for a while. No Wi-Fi.

    >
    > ummmmm....o-tay, but look at what it DOES have.
    >
    > Video camera?
    >
    > WTF operating system is it running? Did I see a very brief glimpse of
    > the Windows rolling hills desktop screen?


    Good question- these phones turn up on eBay quite a bit from offshore
    resellers, generally with very vague specs. Some claim they run WinMo, but
    from the screenshots it looks like they simply lifted some WinMo wallpaper-
    the rest of the shots don't seem to be WinMo based-, nor is Office Mobile
    or Exchange support listed as features.

    It looks like another "CECT-168" model of iPhoney clone.

    > If all the iPhone apologist fanbois can come up with is "yeah, but it
    > doesn't have WiFi," then you've lost.


    Why? It seemingly lacks installable apps, iTunes support, or multitouch -
    it looks like a pretty typical feature phone with a ripped-off UI.
    Geeks.com is currently hawking a media player for $80 that ripped off the
    iPhone/iPod Touch UI. A touchscreen and iPhony icons hardly makes it a
    direct replacement!

    > Come on, this has got to be more hype than not. You can do better,
    > can't you?
    >
    > Or do I have to spend $195 to find out?



    Find out what? You've bought a cheap Chinese knockoff like the cheaply-
    constructed $50 "Nano-style" MP3/video players eBay is full of?


  • 10-18-2008, 05:47 PM
    Todd Allcock
    At 18 Oct 2008 13:24:16 -0500 Ron wrote:
    >
    >
    > OBVIOUSLY a scam.
    >
    > It says ´Works on all carriers!´



    If you read their FAQ they qualify it to "all GSM carriers" and
    specifically state it won't work on CDMA carriers like Verizon.

    > Yeah like it works on Verizon and T-Mobile. Get Real.



    Um, T-Mo is GSM- it'll work with them fine. I think you meant "Verizon
    and Sprint."

    > Now Go Away.


    Don't be so quick to dismiss it- it's in the price range of what you wanted
    to spend on an iPhone but AT&T won't allow you! ;-)


  • 10-18-2008, 02:08 PM
    DTC
    News wrote:
    > FAQ says it won't work with TDMA, so it is clearly GSM.


    Well..it could be CDMA as TDMA won't work with CDMA.

    Just an off hand comment.
  • 10-18-2008, 02:06 PM
    DTC
    Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    > WTF is this?
    >
    > http://iphone-buy.com/index.php


    http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireles...allery_iclones

    http://www.popsci.com/iclone

    Why do I suspect this to appear on the Eastern District of Texas
    Federal Court docket for patent infringement.

    Apple vs. Chinese Knockoff
  • 10-18-2008, 12:40 PM
    News
    FAQ says it won't work with TDMA, so it is clearly GSM.



    Ron wrote:
    >
    > OBVIOUSLY a scam.
    >
    > It says ´Works on all carriers!´
    >
    >
    > Yeah like it works on Verizon and T-Mobile. Get Real.
    >
    > Now Go Away.
    >
    > On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:07:40 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    >>
    >>>WTF is this?
    >>>
    >>>http://iphone-buy.com/index.php

    >>
    >>It's been around for a while. No Wi-Fi.


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  • 10-18-2008, 12:24 PM
    Ron


    OBVIOUSLY a scam.

    It says ´Works on all carriers!´


    Yeah like it works on Verizon and T-Mobile. Get Real.

    Now Go Away.

    On Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:07:40 -0700, SMS <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    >Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
    >> WTF is this?
    >>
    >> http://iphone-buy.com/index.php

    >
    >It's been around for a while. No Wi-Fi.

  • 10-18-2008, 09:13 AM
    News


    Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:

    > WTF is this?
    >
    > http://iphone-buy.com/index.php



    Dunno but may explain rumors of Jobs' indigestion.

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