Chinese company QLA released its V88 GSM mobile phone and it looks like a nice change compared to the iPhone rip-offs we’ve seen recently. With a battery time of 200 hours, and a talk time of 300 minutes, you can spend hours yapping on the V88 or simply listening to MP3, AAC, WAV, and MPEG4 files on its automatic lyric syncing media capabilities.

The V88 is compatible with microSD for on the go storage options and includes a 1.3 megapixel camera. It measures in at 90.7 x 45.5 x 20.8 mm at a weight of 96.5 g. The V88 also supports Bluetooth and oddly enough, Java 2.0. The phone is available for around 8,800 yuan (approx. $1,136), which seems mighty expensive. But that’s our info until proven otherwise. — Andrew Dobrow

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Hong Kong based iDo launched its new line of P890 smartphones which run the Windows Mobile 5.0 PPC Phone Edition OS with Push Mail. It might look kind of clunky, but it’s one of those phones that packs in enough meat to make it worth it.

With a Freescale iMX21 350 MHz processor doing the powering deed along with a 128 MB Flash ROM and 64MB RAM, the P890 packs in enough power for the typical power-user. Its 2.8″ 260k LTPS TFT LCD color display won’t disappoint those who are looking for a hard worker rather then a feature powerhouse.

In addition, the P890 can record MPEG4 video and supports MPEG4, H.263, 3GP, ASF, WMV video, MP3, WAV, WMA, AAC, and AAC+ audio files. A 3 MP camera, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth 1.2, and an A2DP, miniSD slot tops it off. Measuring in at 126 x 59.4 x 22.4 mm and 195g.

The iDo P890 is now available in Hong Kong for 4980 Hong Kong dollars. We like them a little sleeker then the P890, but to each his own.

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