You'd better have a pretty
spectacular product if you're going to put "cool" in its name ("i," on the other hand, can be
prefixed to any piece of junk), and Chinese manufacturer CEC Telecom seems to have produced just such a device with
their CoolPAD 728. Available through mobile carrier China Unicom, the CoolPAD is a Windows CE-powered smartphone which
sports two SIM slots for the ability to run on 800MHz/1900MHz CDMA and 900MHz/1800MHz/1900MHz GSM networks-
simultaneously (we're not sure how many people are skillful enough to hold two conversations at once, but the bragging
rights alone warrant this feature, we feel). Other niceties include a dual-core 266MHz Samsung ARM processor, 2.8-inch
QVGA screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, and a handy, talking English-to-Chinese dictionary. We've got a few more pics of
this double-duty mobile, but for the real motherlode you've gotta head over to Engadget Chinese, who went so snap-happy
that they needed two posts to cram all the pics in.
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Read- Engadget Chinese photo gallery, Pt. 1
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
xman @ Mar 7th 2006 12:13PM
useful idea, but what is the poing of having them working simultaneously? and wouldn't you need two phone numbers? since no carrier supports both networks. how is the battery drain with both GSM and CDMA running at the same time?? can't be good......
i wish they would do 3 SIM cards. then i would definately get a phone like this if it came to the USA b/c i would sign up for the add a customer on a friend or relative plan for $9.99/mo. phone service combined would cost me $30/mo and I would have access to all 3 major carriers. And just tell people from each carrier to call the respective number and I could save on making and receiving calls anytime of the day. and of course they all offer nights and weekends for free, so then i would use the calls from anyone and any phone system.
John @ Jan 28th 2007 12:16PM
A very good idea. At the same time having two GSM SIM cards online. So you can use different providers and don't have to take two cell phones with you. In Europe it is sold by WIGro-Productions, http://www.prepaid-sim.eu
Ahmad Shehu @ Mar 27th 2007 3:42PM
I want to buy this CoolPAD 728 CDMA/GSM How can I got it, it seem very usefull for me
saf @ Jun 11th 2007 11:02AM
this is a very cool phone having both cdma and gsm sim card.
it is very useful for me, we don`t need to keep two handset.
two sim in one hand set.
Joe @ Jun 17th 2007 11:53AM
This phone seems very useful fpor travel here in Europe, but I have already run into a major glitch after just one week. The unit has gone into some sort of terminal software loop at power up where only thje passpword prompt appears. It does not allow the text keyboard to pop up so you can enter your password.
Has anyone else come accross this issue, and is there a way to do both soft and hard reboots to recycle the device?
Thanks.
Joe
Karths @ Jul 6th 2007 5:20AM
What USB interface this uses...is it USB high speed that comes like in Blackberry....
adel ali @ Jul 23rd 2007 7:46PM
Are this mobile have arbic lunge
sami @ Aug 31st 2007 11:00AM
The CoolPAD is being sold by Themobilestor in Hyderabad, Chennai and in Mumbai next week for 29,950Rs
ravi @ Sep 16th 2007 3:03AM
I want to gsm/cdma dual mode in mobile how can purchase,cost of rupees
Sunny @ Oct 15th 2007 5:16AM
The CoolPAD dual mode phones are very good, we are a local wholesale in Shenzhen city, China, focus on dual mode phones, such as CECT C828, ZTE H500, ZTE, CoolPAD...For coolpad serial, only chinese version in stocks, no english version now. All models are good market here. And we have new dual models with double bluetooth, Such as E680, please brower www.svway.com
matias @ Nov 3rd 2007 12:24PM
Hi!
Does anyone know how to hard reset the coolpad 728g2? I have one of this, locked it with the password and now i am unable to get the virtual keyboard back to type in. I would like to get it to its defaults.
Any help would be great.
Thank you!