We've seen super-duper Chinese cell phones at trade shows before, but we've never been able to get hold of them in the US. Enter zzzPhone, a new company that promises to customize your super-duper-China phone and send it to you ... individually.
Their base model, for $149 plus an unbelievable $5 shipping, lets you put in two GSM SIM cards at once and has a touchscreen, 3-megapixel camera, music and video players and Web browser. But the real fun comes when you start configuring your own phone on their Web site. The site is only compatible with Internet Explorer on Windows. But you can change the phone's color, add a water-resistant coating, more speakers, GPS, a TV tuner, a 7-megapixel camera, a second camera, or even ask zzzPhone to pre-install movies (legally purchased, they say), all for a price. Try the configurator on their site. It's a lot of fun, as you can see speakers and cameras appear and disappear as you refit your phone.
Some of the phone's features are pretty mysterious. For instance, even after talking to the guys in charge of the company I still couldn't figure out what operating system it runs. The Web site is vague on frequency bands, but I found out that it's GSM/EDGE 850/1800/1900 - perfect for the US.
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