| If you are the kind of guy who doesn't like to | | | | If you are not focus on style but more on |
| carry to many things in his pockets, especially a | | | | functionalities and if you are tight on budget, the |
| cell phone, well at we have good news for you! | | | | AOKA AK08 & AK09 are for you. For the |
| Since late 2008, they are now few cell phones | | | | price, it would be difficult to ask for more. |
| watches available on the market but at that time, | | | | Features as found on the Internet: |
| they were very heavy and expensive. The good | | | | Information Network: GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz |
| news is that since summer 2009; you can buy | | | | Dual SIM: No |
| the AOKA AK08 (also called CECT AK08) for less | | | | CPU: - |
| than USD 80 and its twin brother the AOKA | | | | Operating system: Proprietary |
| AK09 costs few dollars more. It is actually one of | | | | GPS: no |
| the cheapest wrist watch mobile phone available. | | | | Connectivity: GPRS / Bluetooth / USB |
| The main difference between the 2 phones is | | | | Messaging: SMS, MMS with Handwritten input |
| that the AK09 integrates a photo camera and a | | | | Display Type: 65K colors |
| video recorder. | | | | Internal LCD: 1.3 inches touch screen, Sub-QVGA |
| For this price you get a 1.3" touch screen | | | | 220*176 pixels |
| (128*160 pixels) watch with a plastic case and | | | | Ringtones Type: Polyphonic (64 chord), support |
| strap. The design is very classic; it looks like an old | | | | mp3 format ring |
| bulky Casio watch from the eighties. But the | | | | User Profiles: General, Meeting, Outdoor, Indoor |
| interest of the watch is not in its design, but on | | | | Vibration: Yes |
| what is has to offer: it's actually a fully functional | | | | Phonebook: 250 groups of contacts |
| tri-band GSM, with Bluetooth, USB and GPRS | | | | Memory: 505 K |
| WAP connections. It can send SMS and MMS and | | | | Card slot: Yes, U disc expendable up to 2 Go |
| you can even go on the Internet with the | | | | Support Multi-Languages interfaces: English / |
| standard WAP browser. For sure, you don't get | | | | French / Spanish / Danish / Polish / Italian / |
| the convenience of a 3.2" touch screen like on | | | | Germany / Bahasa Indonesia / Vietnamese / |
| most of the phones, but it is there if you need it. | | | | Turkish / Russian / Thaï / Greek / Swedish |
| As it has Bluetooth, we recommend to buy for | | | | Size: 52*41*13 mm |
| few more dollars the optional Bluetooth headset, | | | | Weight: 70 g |
| so like that you get your hands free when talking | | | | Battery: Li-ion battery 3.7 V and 500 mAh |
| over the phone. | | | | Talk time: 120-150 minutes |
| What is also amazing with the AK08 or AK09 is | | | | Standby time: 70 - 100 hours |
| that AOKA had found enough space in the watch | | | | TV: No |
| to add multimedia functions. It has an MP3 music | | | | Browser: WAP |
| player, a photo viewer, a voice recorder, a video | | | | POP3 / IMAP4 email: No |
| player and for the AK09, a photo and video | | | | Camera: dual cameras 0.3 Megapixels (640*480) |
| camera (640*480 & 0.3 Mega Pixels). As file | | | | for the AK09 model only |
| storage, the AK08 has an internal memory of | | | | Video recorder: Yes |
| 505 K, expendable with a TF card up to 2 GB. It | | | | Radio: No |
| integrates a micro USB plug so it can also be used | | | | Music: MP3, MP4, WAV |
| as a U-disk to store data. The USB cover is made | | | | Movie: MP4, 3GP |
| of plastic and according to what we have seen, it | | | | Voice recorder: Yes |
| will not last very long and on some watches, it is | | | | E-book: TXT |
| also poorly adjusted. | | | | Photo viewer: jpg, gif |
| At rest the phone watch displays time, if you tap | | | | Games: Intelligent Puzzle, QQ2007 |
| the screen or press one of the command | | | | Java: No |
| buttons, it will switch to the phone mode. Each | | | | Color: Black and White |
| time you push a command, it will move to | | | | |
| another phone function. As the display is very | | | | Additional Features: |
| small, AOKA supplies the phone with a tiny stylus. | | | | Hands free, alarm clock, calendar, calculator, |
| You can still manage to dial a phone number with | | | | stopwatch, world clock, health management |
| the finger, but it is mandatory to use the stylus | | | | (BMI)... |
| to write a message. | | | | |