sci-phone: iphone clone runs java apps, still phony
Nope, your eyes aren’t fooling you. This isn’t an actual iPhone. It’s the latest in a long line of iPhone knock-offs to find its way to our shores from China. The SciPhone isn’t the first iPhone clone out there, but it’s the first one I’ve seen that claims to run native Java applications.
The case design and the on-screen icons of the DigitalRise Sci-Phone D990i definitely look quite a bit like a legitimate iPhone, but upon closer look, you’re likely to be able to tell the difference (gotta love that floppy disk icon for documents). The iFake even tries to outdo the original by offering something called “shake control”, which lets you shuffle through songs by simply shaking the phone.
The Sci-Phone D990i features a 3.2-inch color touchscreen (some of the docs say 3.5-inch, so I don’t know which is accurate) , a 1.3-megapixel digital camera, and offers Bluetooth support. Since it’s an unlocked quad-band phone, it’ll work on any GSM-based network, and uses GPRS for data services (sorry no Wi-Fi or 3G ).
With the new iPhone 3G hitting stores next week for just $199, and Sun working on Java support for the real iPhone, you’d be hard pressed to come up with a reason to drop over $200 on this complete fake. The only reason I can think of is if you’re not an AT&T customer and want people to think you have an iPhone. Frankly, you’d be better off picking up an iPod Touch and pretending to speak into it.
categories: media players mobile tech
July 4th, 2008 comments (494): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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have the Sciphone i68…I got my MMS to work, but this is supposed to be a 4 or 8 GB phone. I don’t have space for anything. Ok, first thing I need…
How do I delete apps that were on this phone when I bought it? They’re Java apps like “MSN, ET-boll, Robot Rebellion, etc”…. help!! I won’t these gone and want to add news one. Where do I get new ones btw?
thanks, katy!
email me at kateclarinet@hotmail.com if you want or just put it on here thnx!
i have an i phone mode i9+++ and no charger can someone help me get one its a 32 gb i phone
have sciphone and everything works well,even shake control,java,picture change,
slide,open close everything and what a bargain at $70
I have loaded mp3 files on to my micro flash card in the phone but the audio player will not read the mp3 songs on my flash card….does anyone know what to do?
ok so i have searched my entire phone and for the life of me cant find SILENT and i need it as i study at tafe all week please help me i dont want to have my phone turned off every minute of the day
thanks guys xxx
go to settings, user profiles then meeting it’s all set to vibrate xx
can you please tell me the wap and mms setting i need for the sciphone i68 for uk orange
i have an i phone 32 gb and no charger and i need one asap i wanna see if anyone can help on this asap
i have ani68+ with no charger. what kind of charger would i need for it?
like anything that will charge it