There's tons of new clones that come out all of the time. Some stick and some don't. Most of the CECTs are well received and some become classics that remain popular for a really long time. To put it simply, the winners stand up well and hold their own. Examples of these are the CECT P168, the i9, and the M88, which I'll discuss more in the following article.
Why The M88 Stands Out: One of the reasons that the M88 holds up because it has Wi-Fi, GPS, Windows, and Java. However Wi-Fi often comes into play the most because it can be a real money saver over the life of the phone. This phone is already pretty cheap to begin with and it's made even cheaper because you don't have to have a contract with it. You can use pay as you go or prepaid sim cards if you wish. But also saving money is the fact that if you're close to hot spots or the Internet, you'll never (or rarely) need to pay for or use up your data or Internet. You're able to connect for free via Wi-Fi instead. I also really like this feature when I'm with my kids and want to check email or the status of something but I don't want to stop what I'm doing and log on to the computer. I can just take the phone out of my pocket, do what I need to do, and I've never had to interrupt my time with my kids.
Also, one thing that is a big deal on this phone is that it has Windows. This makes it more user friendly, but more than that, it allows you to download a browser that supports flash. The free browser is called Skyfire and it only works on phones that support Windows Mobile or Symbian. The M88 is one of the few clones that fit this bill. This can be important if you want to very quickly browse sites with video or games that require a flash reader. You can go directly to the sites rather than having to use and wait for a go between.
Additionally, this phone has Java. Not all clones do. This allows for Microsoft productivity downloads and upgrades as well as games, and other fun applications that you couldn't get if the phone didn't support Java. This phone is also a quad band. The predecessor to this phone, the T32, was only a tri band so this is an improvement. You can pretty much use this one world wide as long as you're using a GSM sim.
One other feature on this one that is considered a "bonus" is the TV out feature. Many people mistake this for being able to watch TV on the phone. That's not what it means (although you could watch TV by getting online via Wi-Fi.) What "TV out" means is that you can plug the phone into your television so that you can watch the video, photos, or movies that are on the phone on a larger screen.
And, this one has all the standby features that most of these models have - web browsing, email and text (pop up QWERTY, flat keyboard), Bluetooth, FM radio, and 2.0 MP digital camera. There are also plentiful accessories readily available for this clone including pre paid sims, skins, batteries, USB cords, SD memory cards (and software to expand the memory) etc. Basically, this phone is pretty easy and pretty cheap to own. It has most everything that you could need and would potentially pay a lot more for if you were using another name brand phone.
Specifications:
Supporting Networks (Quad Band): Unlike the T32, the MiPhone is a quad band which supports 850, 1900, 900, and 1800 MHZ bands. This covers all GSM networks that work via sim card world wide.
Touch Screen Display: This phone has a 3.2 inch touch screen with a 320 X 240 pixel resolution.
Dimensions: This phone is full sized. It weighs about 120 grams and measures 116 X 61 X 120 mm.
Bluetooth: This phone includes Bluetooth 2.0 transfer and Bluetooth A2D2 stereo sound.
Internet Browsing: Web surfing is via WAP and GPRS.
Media Player: MP3 / MP4 player
Ring tones and Playback: 64 chord, MP3, WAV, MIDI, and AMR
Data / Messaging: MMS, SMS, GPRS, and email.
Games: This phone has built in PPC games. However, you can download thousands of additional PPC and JAVA 3D, Java QQ, and PPCQQ games.
Battery And Talk Time: This phone has a 240 -460 minute talk time and a 150 -200 hour standby time.
Data Transfer: You can transfer data from this phone to your computer via ActiveSync and USB cord.
WiFi, Windows Office, GPS, And Java: The specs which get this phone the most attention is that it includes WiFi, Windows Mobile, and GPS. This allows productivity options like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook Express, to name a few. It also includes Java, which allows for even more third party downloads.
The Complete Package: Many people consider this clone as "the complete package," because it offers almost every advanced feature under the sun in a quad band. There are clones with Java and there are quad bands, but this is one of the few that combines all of these into one phone. It has your typical web browsing, media player, digital camera / web cam (2MP), ebook reader, and FM radio. It also has handwriting recognition, stock quotes, a stop watch, a currency converter, a to do list, a calculator and firewall protection.
Price: The total cost of this phone is not too bad. It's contract free which certainly helps, and it's usually somewhere slightly above or slightly below around $200, which is pretty fair in my opinion, especially when you consider all that are getting.
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