Comments on: GeeksPhone One Box Revealed

By: ari-free

ari-free — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:14:50 +0000

that’s a very good question and you have the answer: none of the phones have targeted the ‘gaming nuts’ yet and there was no spec war as a result. If you are content with flash games and tip calculators then you’re not going to care if one phone has a 1 ghz cpu and the other has an nvidia gpu.

But once the phonemakers go after gamers there will be a major spec war and that will lower prices for everyone else.

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:32:38 +0000

I know this drum has been beaten to death, but…WHY WHY WHY won’t manufacturers stop stupidly using the 528MHz Qualcomm processors? They are OBSOLETE. Sure, I’m sure the new stuff costs more, but people are willing to pay more for better performance. Why do you think graphics card companies can retail their top models for $600-700? Some gaming nuts pay thousands of dollars to build custom gaming machines, and look at what people do to customize their cars. People are willing to pay for good performance, so PLEASE SELL GOOD PERFORMANCE!!! *whew* Okay, that’s the end of my rant. Sorry. It’s just that I feel like smacking somebody every time I see a new phone’s spec sheet with 528MHz listed on it.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:01:13 +0000

Resistive touchscreen? Lol.

This being posted from my DROID (which has to be spelled in. All caps, just because) I’m not intrigued at all. Granted, this could potentially be a nice addition to the android market as a cheap pre paid deal?

To sum this phone up…its like getting a SEGA CD for christmas ’09…its just bullshit.

By: Hank

Hank — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:11:41 +0000

I went to their site and found this message explaining that they mean by “geek”:
http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=47.0

And several questions suggest that the phone won’t have the Android Market, but my wife will be happy to know that it has a “vibrator” feature :-) Really, they should rename that to “vibrate”

In addition, this phone is not targeted for the US, so you Americans should probably forget about this one for now. From an admin response in the forum: “EDGE will work everywhere. And 3G will work everywhere except the US and a few more places.” (http://forum.geeksphone.com/index.php?topic=30.msg319#msg319)

By: T-Mobile Customer

T-Mobile Customer — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:54:25 +0000

oooooooooooooo a stylus… neato

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:23:48 +0000

Well it’s not especially powerful, but it does have 2 speakers, a rear AND front facing camera, keyboard, and stylus. Name one android that has those? Maybe they’re not your killer features, but it should find a niche. Video calling anyone? Additionally, it might be rootable without requiring an exploit.

By: ace

ace — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 03:46:58 +0000

reminds me of a touch pro.

By: ari-free

ari-free — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:44:16 +0000

the ultimate geek phone should also have a usb host port.

By: David

David — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:51:36 +0000

@Noah Y – I know…as underpowered as this is, it would seem it would fit right in with the rest of T-Mo’s lineup. ; )

@SK – Well said. I can see the “Geek Phone” not being flashy on the outside, but it *must* be flashy on the inside. If anyone released a Snapdragon phone with root access out of the box, they’d have instant geek cred.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:45:43 +0000

Keyboard looks nice. Display not so much…comparing to Droid/Eris.

By: SK

SK — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:33:37 +0000

Looks like many already said what I came here to say. The phone is not geek-cred worthy. Just an ordinary or possibly shitty phone.

Put in a Qualcomm Snapdragon, provide root access, open up the hardware where possible, etc. *Then* you can get to call it a geek phone.

By: vovkab

vovkab — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:28:55 +0000

This phone is already sale in Russia with different name: http://vobis.ru/product/highscreen-zeus/, the price about 400$

By: Noah Y

Noah Y — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:23:11 +0000

No 1700MHz = no T-Mobile 3G? :(

By: TK

TK — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:41:39 +0000

I kind of like it. It’s simple, gets the job done, and looks decent. It stacks up pretty well with my wish list: 3.5 mm headphone jack, usb, up to 32gb SDHC card, qwerty, wifi, bluetooth, and it runs android too! Is it running 2.0 or what? I like the UI.

The only thing that is missing is global touch support. I know that it’s possible with hardware, but people are going to whine until you can swipe your finger to go to the next picture and pinch and zoom EVERYWHERE. Have we learned nothing from the iPhone? Pinch+Zoom WORKS. Use it!

By: Z-liberator

Z-liberator — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:08:54 +0000

It sucks! No power, its ugly and it looks cheap!

imitation Cliq!