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Sciphone Dream G2 Poised to Disappoint

Categories: Android, GPhone, New Hardware
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 at 8:45 AM

Will wrote a great post about the Sciphone Dream G2 the other day… and I simply had to add my comments. This device looks stunningly brutal.

I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but it’s kind of fun to do when looking at new devices isn’t it? The thing that really gets in my craw about the Sciphone Dream G2 (if that is its real name!) is the lack of a keyboard. You heard me right… No keyboard. As you can see from the image, there are only a few buttons on the front of the device, and as far as I’ve seen this bad-boy isn’t a slider. Only other option here is that a touchscreen interface has been built-in for your keyboarding needs, but as far as I’m aware the Android OS doesn’t support on-screen virtual keyboards at this point. Good luck punching out that urgent email. Perhaps the device comes with a ‘thought sensor’ that plugs directly into your brain.

Besides its obvious shortcomings, the device looks to be built to a very low standard. The build quality, fit & finish and materials used look far from quality. In fact, from some of the images I’ve seen, it sort of reminded me of a 3rd grade science fair project I did. Memories.

Key features of the Sciphone Dream G2:

  • EDGE
  • WiFi
  • Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP
  • 4 MP with autofocus
  • 50MB internal memory
  • microSD/SDHC memory card slot
  • FM radio
  • 2.8-inch 320×240 touchscreen display

Sciphone Dream G2… or Sciphone Nightmare G2? By the rumored launch date of November 28th… we may know the answer. My money is on nightmare.

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  • indyy

    i've actually got this phone, and after an hour of having it, the touch screen broke.

    its quite good apart from this tiny factor, yay for not txting or anything.

    does anyone know how i can fix it?

    x

  • ram

    maybe it also has a calibrate screen option? i had also a sciphone but it is i68. at first i had a prob on its touch screen coz it not working fine then i found a calibrate screen on the settings and it fix the prob. ;)