Some people say that China doesn’t innovate and only steals ideas, but have you ever seen cellphone with a built-in cigarette lighter before? I hope not. Besides the lighter, the Machismo lacks any other killer features. It’s still one of those dime a dozen triband mehh-phones, with a low res screen and a VGA camera. I also wonder if a built-in lighter increases the chance of your cellphone exploding. Oh well, health risks don’t seem to bother smokers anyway. Get the Machismo for $68.51/€49.68 at Chinavasion.
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Cigarette lighter cellphone… I always needed that.
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Another palm sized keyboard, this time with touchpad
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
I guess I spoke a little too soon in my last post. ChinaVasion is now selling this small portable keyboard for $40.37/€27.84, which is quite a bit more expensive than that DealExtreme keyboard. However, this one does add a touchpad and a rechargeable battery. The keyboard doesn’t use Bluetooth, but instead goes for the classic USB wireless radio dongle. However, it does have the weirdest button placement. Just look at the awfully layed out enter and cursor keys. At least you know you’re real hardcore if you manage to finishing Modern Warfare 2 with this keyboard and touchpad.
HD-Media Player gives new meaning to 720P
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
There is one thing you always have to keep in mind if you want to order something from China: read literally every character of the decription. Read it twice. Hell, don’t even trust the description: try to get the specs directly from the manufacturer. Although most webshops try really hard to prevent you from doing that by not mentioning the real product name. This way it’s harder to find other places that sell the same products. Take the ‘Memory Card and Flash Drive Media Player for TV‘ (you gotta love those titles) for example with the following description:
Coming with composite and component connections, the CVHV-E43 lets you watch high definition (720P) and standard definition movies and videos shows straight from SD cards and USB flash drives on your television.
A nice little media player priced at $31.34/€22.10 that plays 720P videos! It just seemed simply too good to be true. And it was:
Product Notes
720P = 720×576
Product Notes
720P = 720×57Product Notes
720P = 720×5766
Ahhh, so it’s 720P (720×576) instead of 720p(1280×720). Quite clever, Chinavasion! Still a far cry from high definition though. But if you’re still stuck in the good ol’ standard definition era, it seems like a reasonable buy.
The player is also known as the OnlyTek OT-RM02 HD Media Player.
Atlantis 4GB deluxe waterproof MP3 player is waterproof
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
Don’t you just love those calming sea sounds while swimming? Me neither, so let’s just be happy that Chinavasion introduced a deluxe version of their ‘Waterproof MP3 Player For Watersports And Shower Enthusiasts’ from 2008, also known as the NU Dolphin.
What’s so deluxe about the Atlantis compared to the previous player? Well, they doubled their 2GB flash memory to a whopping 4GB, ship with different waterproof earbuds and that’s about it. Still, being waterproof up to 10 meter and having 16 hours playback on a charge, this should be at least a must-buy for any hardcore shower enthusiast. It’s priced at $46.04/€32.30, so that’s still cheaper than most clumsy waterproof casings alone.
According to the description, the Atlantis will make you ‘look cooler than other surfer dudes’. Judging by a video of their previous player, we can all agree that this is definitely a head turner. Video after the break.
