Keepin' it real fake, part XXIX: Dubya 800

So, if we were going to rip off a phone's design, we'd probably do current-gen hardware (a la TechFaith), not played-out music phones whose successors are already starting to look a bit long in the tooth. Granted, we don't know how long Fifth Media's W800 rip has been floating around, but the last time we checked in on these cats, they were pumping out generic Windows CE 4.2 smartphones -- we'll let you decide whether they're moving up or down in the world. Specs seem about the same as the real deal, so if you're down with no-name hardware, you just couldn't justify dropping the cash on that W800 last year, and the first knockoff wasn't doing anything for you, well, here's your chance.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 14th 2006 10:08PM]

uhh...
if i couldn't justify dropping the cash for an se w800, how could i justify dropping the cash for a knockoff from god-knows-where that would probably disentigrate when i took it out of the box?
huh? huh? huh????

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 15th 2006 12:13AM]

seems to come from HK-French outfit

http://www.minimoworld.com

they have a velvet/rubber black model too which looks quite different... high end video like Samsung D600 and rumors of pricing below USD240 with 1GB MiniSD...

[Rollins Posted Jul 15th 2006 12:46AM]

The Dubya, eh? Nice name. I'm sure the president would love one.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 15th 2006 10:45AM]

It looks like w800 on the picture above. Am I right?