Dead Men Walking

Forum Archive 2023 => dMw's Community Centre => Community Archive => Tablets, Mobiles, Cameras and Gadgets => Topic started by: Snokio on September 13, 2008, 04:19:18 PM

Title: 01 phone..it coming...
Post by: Snokio on September 13, 2008, 04:19:18 PM
http://www.the01phone.com/

I like it! :D

Mode info here:
http://www.t3.com/news/the-01-phone-discovered-is-this-our-dream-phone-with-32gb-of-storage?=36478
Title: 01 phone..it coming...
Post by: delanvital on September 13, 2008, 04:22:50 PM
looks sweet, but info very uncertain.
Title: 01 phone..it coming...
Post by: Liberator on September 13, 2008, 06:31:32 PM
It must be a marketing stunt by T3.

A lookup of the domain owner (http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=the01phone&tld=com) shows that it's owned by "Future Publishing" and they are the ones who own T3 magazine and happened to discover the "unknown (until now) website".

Also the website shown on the phone is T3.

Probably some special edition of the magazine that's coming out so they are trying to lure people in.
Title: 01 phone..it coming...
Post by: Snokio on September 13, 2008, 06:36:53 PM
Looks like its a fake........

http://www.trustedreviews.com/mobile-phones/news/2008/08/22/Just-What-Is-The-32GB--01--Phone-/p1

:crying:

:ranting2:
Title: 01 phone..it coming...
Post by: T-Bag on September 13, 2008, 07:09:20 PM
Looks sweet. if it was a marketing ploy I'd have thought the countdown is a bad move because when it lapses everyone will just say "I told you so" or just ignore it.
Hardware wise there's nothing too impossible about it. 5MP camera is easily do-able in that size, as is 32gb memory. (The phone is fairly thing but also quite wide).
The laser keyboard dock thing looks cool, and if it comes out with it might be a good combo, but could just be there to bring some hype.
We'll see soon enough.
Title: 01 phone..it coming...
Post by: smilodon on September 14, 2008, 08:51:48 PM
Yup it's a domain owned by a UK magazine publisher. Plus the timer keeps resetting rather than actually counting down properly. Fake site and as mentioned I imagine it's a marketing ploy :sad:
Title: 01 phone..it coming...
Post by: Nefertem on September 16, 2008, 02:43:01 PM
The text on the site has been corrected to explain the hoax :)