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We know Mercedes is not in the mobile phones business, but that doesn’t mean they’re totally against borrowing their brand to the other handset makers. For instance, we saw Asus’ Windows Mobile smartphone wearing the famous car badge.
As expected, certain Chinese handset makers don’t need those “old fashioned agreements” to use someone else’s trademark — the fact that there’s a Mercedes car out there on the street seems sufficient. That being said, today we’re presenting you with the fake Mercedes communicator device. The real name of this phone is QKfone G998 and besides using the Mercedes logo on the front, it also features a world map on the back. The latter is there to suggest this fairly ugly device sports the GPS receiver and is ready to be used for navigation purposes.
Speaking of specs, there’s also the dual-band GSM radio, dedicated gaming keys, 2 MP camera, 2.8″ QVGA main and 1.8″ QVGA external touchscreen, media player, Bluetooth 2.0 support and the 1 GB of memory on board.
Actually, the specs sheet is not that bad. Too bad the quality is questionable – hence we can’t recommend it… More photos follow after the jump.
[Via: Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
