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Windows Mobile phones from Chinese brands - yay or nay?

Hi, I am off to China for a short holiday in a fortnight, and was thinking of buying a mobile phone while I'm there. China is like the Burgess shale of mobile phones, with hundreds of form factors, operating systems and features, most of which will become extinct in what seems like a few months!
Anyway, I was looking on eBay (as usual) for a preview of what to get and encountered 3 Windows Mobile 5 phones. I was wondering whether anyone has any experience with these devices, and whether they are any good. They are all pretty cheap, and no doubt even cheaper in China!
I think this is called the V111:
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This one is the "Hoilday Q9" (how cute!):
And this one is the Hauyu P30:
Edit: I just had to post this bonus - a phone which looks like an HTC Herald/P4350, but which fails by not actually running Windows Mobile!

Check this out.....The Asus P750 available in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?action=expand,56871

The Asus looks really, really nice, but what I'm looking for is a really cheap phone from one of the less reputable brands. I used to use two HTC Phones (a Magician and a Universal) but currently have a Ubiquio 501 (for me it is the perfect balance of size and functionality) so I'm not averse to experimenting a little on gadget paths less well-trodden.
When you really get down to it virtually all WinMo phones are made in China/Taiwan. I'm just wondering whether, in the perceived lack of quality control from unknown brands, any of these are actually any good!

Is there an app to turn a Android tab into a device like a cintiq?

I love drawing comics and other pictures on my transformer using sketchbook, and i go to thinking, wouldn't it be cool if you could tether the tablet to a computer via USB so that you could use the tablet to draw on in a program in the pc environment. pretty much like how a cintiq digitizer would work, much like this one
are there any apps on the market that would make this work? or does anyone know if someone is maybe developing drivers and software for something like this?

Not that i have heard off...
but even though u manage to do such a thing, you will never get the great results achieved with a cintiq wacom tablet. Do the math a cintiq tablet cost like 2,400 bucks u only payed 400 for the Asus the closest you can get to use something like a pen tablet is the app SketchBook Pro and since they have an app for PC 2 you can start some ideas on your tablet and finish theme off with the PC...
i've done some nice things with my sketch book pro ...
Thats only an example of things that can be done with sketchbook pro on asus tablet.
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yeah, sketchbook pro is awesome on the transformer, i use it all the time. would justl love to be able to hook the TF up to the computer and use the TF as an input on the PC version of Sketch book

I don't know of any apps on the market, but the Notion Ink Adam has that capability built into its firmware, and it works over wifi. So it is indeed theoretically possible, but like others have mentioned the accuracy would be poor compared to a standard Wacom tablet.

here is my effect of using sketchbook pro (transformer + Bamboo stylus+ 3Hours):

Cellphone for elderly, shaky hands?

I need to get an inexpensive cellphone for my Mom. She's elderly and has Parkinsons Disease, so her hands shake a lot.
Are there any good cellphones with large buttons that are extremely simple to use?

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I'm guessing something strong too
I remember Verizon used to sell an indestructible phone that was waterproof and hard to break
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my grandma is using a doro phone and is perfectly happy with it.

I decided on this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...droid.launcher.activity&feature=order_history
Tried it out on my phone and it's sweeet!
Getting her a Samsung Infuse with the 4.5" screen tonight to install it on for her.
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Boostmobile walkie talkie i415 strong, built to survive a world disaster
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Just to update the thread, I bought a Dell Streak 5 with the 5" screen.
But somehow broke it.
Now I bought a Samsung Infuse with the 4.5" screen. Time to ROM & Roll!

CZ Eddie said:
I decided on this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...droid.launcher.activity&feature=order_history
Tried it out on my phone and it's sweeet!
Getting her a Samsung Infuse with the 4.5" screen tonight to install it on for her.
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Yes I also agree the Big Launcher will be fine. If you are looking for simplicity and easy to use. Have a look at John's Phone (https://www.johnsphones.com/ww/en/)
The price seems to be not too bad and it has many designs to choose from.

The Best Sub-$200.00 Phone Is Not The Moto G. It's...

Let me tell you about a deal..
Right Now in the U.S.A. @ Wal-Mart you can purchase the Alcatel Fierce for $129.00
MediaTek 1.2 Ghz Quad-Core.. (One-Click Rootable took me 2 minutes)
4.5 inch display
5.0 mp Camera with Flash
4.2.2 Jellybean..
And best of all.. You get to make your 32Gb SD Card your *Primary Storage*.. just select the option in settings:
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No messing with foldermount, stickmount or anything else.. Stick in your SD Card select it done...
Adjust your Developer Options, run Nova or Holo and this 1.2 Quad-Core is very fast
Not benchmarking.. Real World Fast. I took it into a T-Mo store to compare it to the LG-G2 to decide if I wanted to get the LG-G2 to match my G-Pad 8.3
or keep this deal.. I'm keeping this deal for sure. Forget Synthetic Benchmarks, side by side, negligible difference.. certainly not enough to warrant spending $500.00 more..
Will it get any development here? Maybe, Maybe Not. Time will tell.. At $129.00 vs $199.00 for the 16 Gb Moto G is this a better way to go?
For my money, Yes the Alcatel Fierce is a steal of a deal..

Nice deal, however the moto G has KitKat, of course it depends on each persons use but still. About the processors, mediatek processors are good for normal stuff but wud lag in games or any other stuff. There are other phns in this range as well but no doubt this deal is very good
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Couldnt handle fast and furious game. Sorry but not sorry
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Zenpad S8 great hardware at a good £££

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I decided to purchase the 2gb ram version of the zenpad S8,the 4gb ram isn't available in UK .....yet....
The 2k display is gorgeous especially when watching a 5gb MKV files like The Avenger's on it,smooth and not stuttering. 32 gig on board and a slot for a micro SD card is a great bonus .
Hardware wise is quite solid ...thin..light ,compared to my aging N7 feels premium.
Unfortunately the software is super bloated and I was forced to disable and unistall as much as I could to make the tablet a bit more lively.
For the £200 price I think is a great buy ,the hardware as a lot of potential, I like the new type c charging port a lot,no NFC isn't a big deal in my opinion.
If the xda ROMs developers jumps on it with creating custom ROMs this tablet should fly .
And let not forget the front facing speakers.... They sound great.
Any questions please be free to ask.
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So,I have a Tab S 8.4 and I wanted to know if I should get it or not. I'll get the 4GB one though, how is the battery life and gaming performance of your tablet? I use my Tablet way more than phone. Thank you
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Games run good ,battery last me all day between the usual browsing... Social network apps....and video playing ..,
Like I said a lot of bloatware that need to be disabled, only running 5.0 so battery could be better if on a custom stock lollipop rom or marshmallows.
Let's hope Source Code gets released.
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