Yet another Chinese mobile phone manufacturer has decided to create and Android-powered handset. This time its Qigi and they bring plenty of pictures. From what we can see this handset is really something to get excited about.
The new i6 smartphone will be coming in two versions, one that runs Google’s Android and the other that runs Windows Mobile 6.1. Both versions will be sporting a 2.8-inch 65k color LCD touchscreen and Marvell Monohans 624MHz processor. Other specifications include a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, microSD card slot integrated GPS and Wi-Fi.
This phone is quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, but lacks basic 3G. This may really hit where it hurts when downloading applications from the Internet. We must admit we are getting kind of sick of hearing about all these cheap Chinese phones without ever seeing a thing, but the i6 has restored our faith. Next year is going to be a wild one for Android.
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But the lack of a QWERTY keyboard IS a problem for me. I'm also curious in that it's chinese, but you didn't mention dual SIM cards... that seems to be a staple of chinese phones ;-)
Here's what I want in order to buy this phone:
1) QWERTY keyboard that is at least as good as the G1's (best qwerty phone I've used)
2) Outstanding battery life, much better than the G1's
3) charge/data via USB, audio via separate 3.5mm headset
4) if they offer a 3G version, with AT&T 3G, then I'd want a dual SIM card option as well (voice+messaging on T-Mobile, data on AT&T :-) ).
5) They probably can't solve this one, but it'd be nice to see the tethering issue finally resolved; if they could have any input into that, that'd be great.
there is no qwerty
and to my knowledge android does not support a virtual keyboard let alone any other type of input.
maybe i am just a cynic, but this smells like a scam
how exactly are you supposed to type anything?