| The other day, I got an email asking me about the | | | | and then some. It is dual sim, quad band, and has |
| "KA08 Java phone." I knew exactly which phone the | | | | talking text and shake and tilt. (The phone can read |
| person was referring to. But, the phone is actually | | | | your text messages to you and you can advance |
| called the CECT KA08 and it typically doesn't support | | | | media on the phone by shaking or flicking it.) It has a |
| Java at all. I'll explain this more in the following article. | | | | vocabulary of over 3,000 words and while some |
| Java Is Mostly Missing From The KA08: Although you | | | | words do stump it, it actually gets most of them |
| will find listings and sellers that claim this phone | | | | quite right. It also has an MP3 / MP4 player, |
| contains Java, most of these do not. I suppose | | | | Bluetooth, digital camera, web cam, voice recording, |
| someone may have found a way to add this and if | | | | handwriting recognition, voice dialing, and FM radio, |
| so, I would just ask for video showing this function | | | | etc. |
| on that particular phone. I'm not saying it's impossible. | | | | This is also the smallest clone on the market that |
| But I am saying that it's a distinct possibility that | | | | comes in the largest variety of colors. Most people |
| most phones that claim this in the description are | | | | consider it a very cute, very sleek phone. However, |
| mislabeled. Often sellers will cut and paste the | | | | if the lack of Java is a deal breaker for you, there |
| descriptions from similar phones and then forget to | | | | are other clones from which to chose. Probably the |
| delete what's not applicable. | | | | most popular of these because of it's sleek size and |
| So What Does This Mean?: All this really means is | | | | popular features is the CECT i9. It does not have the |
| that the phone doesn't support Java downloads and | | | | talking text (only the KA08 has that feature right |
| applications. To get an idea of what you are missing | | | | now) and it's not quite as small, but it is probably the |
| (and whether you'll miss it or not), you can go to the | | | | best selling clone on the market today and it's much |
| get jar website and look around. Most of what's | | | | easier to text on if you do a good deal of texting. |
| offered is productivity applications, social networking | | | | It's solid sturdy phone and since many people own it, |
| software, and games. But, you can download many | | | | you'll find a lot of support for it (although it's intuitive |
| alternatives directly from the web. | | | | and easy to use.) |
| Many people find that the small size of the phone | | | | Price wise, the i9 used to be more expensive, but |
| and the other features that it contains sort of evens | | | | over time the cost has come down. It's quite possible |
| this issue out. This phone does have every thing else | | | | to get both phones for well under $100 each. |