Free Giveaway of the ZTC 8898 Phone
my birthday gift this year to you
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Above: the ztc 8898 is sitting on top of my samsung f700
ok, here's the winner of the giveaway ballot - Juliana Lim
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12:55am Apr 6th
Juliana Lim:
Hi there Henry,
Saw ur "ad" in SPUG and thought I would give this a try. I'm looking to change a new phone which need to be super easy in sms-ing & calling plus other admin functions (due to my mobile phone being a work phone), yet have games to keep me entertained on the roads. Your review got me interested as you had mentioned Nintendo games which I'm currently hooked on.
So, if I could have a chance to win this phone, it would be cool...
Ciao!
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6:13am Apr 6th
Henry Kong Luan:
ok, you're number 7 on the ballot Juliana Lim
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9:12pm Apr 6th
Juliana Lim:
thanks!
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10:17am Apr 12th
Henry Kong Luan:
this is to inform you
that you have been included
in the free phone giveaway ballot
on 16 april 2008
the winner will be posted after 12noon
on 16 april 2008 at H.O.T.S. @ facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6514551087
unless you are the winner
this will be the final message you will receive
to follow the progress of the ballot, goto
http://www.spug.sg/forums/showthread.php?t=92104
thank you for your interest
after all, 'you got to be in it to win'
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1:55am Apr 13th
Juliana Lim:
dat's great!
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Today at 10:23am
Henry Kong Luan:
congratulations!
you have won the ztc 8898 phone giveaway ballot
amongst 33 others
if you live in singapore
you can pick it up from my secretary, ms annie cheng
at church of Christ 347, pasir panjang road, tel 67788259
anytime from 2-4pm today
or
from my colleague at telok blangah heights
after office hours (before 10pm)
or
i can drop it anywhere within reason
tomorrow at lunch
if you do not live in singapore
i will send it by special mail
please reply to let me know
how to get the phone to you
last year i gave a super cd to over 200 people
and i thought this year
it would be great fun to give away
a funky brand new hand phone (only a week into warranty)
here's how it goes in case you are interested
- if you are already on facebook
(if not, just goto
www.facebook.com
to join - it's free)
just click below to my personal group
H.O.T.S. - henry's occasional technology stuff
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6514551087
and join in as a member - that's it
*** FREE BRAND NEW PHONE GIVEAWAY ***
4-15 April 2008 only - Hurry, hurry!
recently ordered from
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1509
and reviewed below
- it's great for moms (easy sms and phone)
- fun for kids (plays all nintendo NES games)
- cool device for all others (qwerty pad etc)
just message me at facebook
and tell me what you liked about this phone
on april 16, i will announce the winner
at H.O.T.S.'s wall in facebook
just for fun and laughter - have a great weekend!
take away the 5 silk-screened icons from the screen
and it looks like the nokia e90
but looks can be deceiving...
here's how it compares to the real mccoy
quite a bit of difference, dont you agree
in fact if the nokia e90 has such a good form factor
i may still be keeping it!
actually, compared to the samsung f700
it is almost the same size
still, the most surprising thing about the ztc
is not with the touch screen cover,
but inside the flip open keyboard
really very nice, well spaced out
now it looks more like the lg voyager or env
here's how the phone fits the hand
perfect fit, eh?
the outside of the phone
unlike the nokia e90
is a touch screen!
here is the home page
interesting - like the samsung f700
you can assign a pic for the home page
and another for menus - nice
top line: usual signal, 3g, profile, battery
this must be sold as a business phone
because calendar events are highlighted
(cant be switched off as far as i know)
fonts arent pretty
but some china phones have worse
bottom, 5 silkscreen icons
so small, you will need a stylus
surprise again - the phone comes with a stylus
here are the 9 menus
like the samsung f700
all nicely presented in a grid format
and the sub-menus
this is from the movie and music menu
this camera comes with 2 games
minesweeper and tetris
games that i liked
btw there is a pretty good review of this phone at
http://symbioosi.blogspot.com/2008/01/ztc-8898-nokla-e90-review.html
however, the one i got addresses all the shortcomings pointed out
including the delete key on the qwerty pad
both very well done
ok, here's the inside of the phone
actually 2 different phone inputs
with the same data
here's a shot of the larger screen in idle mode
and the animated 9 menus in grid format
showing 6 at a time
and the nes emulator in action
playing my fav game, battlecity
bottomline:
well built phone with nice keyboard
good for those who uses it as a phone and sms
camera, wap, email, mp3 players are bonuses
but nothing to write home about
Network:
900 / 1800 MHz
Dimensions:
108×51×18MM
Display Type:
260 thousand TFT,QVGA display
Display Size:
2.5-inch + 2.8-inch
Ringtones Type:
64 chord
Ringtones Amount:
depend on the memory
Ringtones Customization:
support
Vibration:
Yes
Phonebook:
500 groups of phone books
Card slot:
microSD (TransFlash)
Internal Memory:
256MB TF card
Connectivity:
GPRS
Data transfer:
USB cable,U disk and Bluetooth
Messaging
SMS, MMS
Messages & Multimedia messaging:
200 SMS/MMS
Games:
Yes
Camera:
2MP
Additional Features:
Single card standby phone
Six speakers
MP3 / MP4 player
Battery:
2200mah(2 pieces)
Stand-by time:
400—900 hours
Talk time:
200-500 minutes