http://techcentral.my/news/story.aspx?file...241&sec=it_news

Specs :

24 June 2010 – Spice CSL has announced the Spice MI300, which is an Android phone with the following features.

# Qualcomm Chipset, 600 MHz processor

# 3G, Quadband

# 3.2" HVGA Capacitive touch

# 114.9 x 56.8 x 12.6mm

# ROM 512 MB / RAM 256 MB

# Push Email

# BT 2.0

# 5 Megapixel Camera

# WiFi

# G-sensor + E-compass + Proximity Sensor

# Android v1.6, upgradeable to v2.1

# GPS Navigator with Map King software

# Anti Theft security software

# CSL Fun Club

# BlueBerry Messenger

# BlueBerry Store

# Islamic features (Azan Alarm, Kiblat Compass, Al-Quran) ♠ JC

RRP : RM1099

How sharp will the display be, hopefully not dull and dim like all the china phones out there....
Will be worth the money if price around RM500...

What you guys think?

This post has been edited by PrinceCaspien: Jul 1 2010, 09:45 AM

honestly speaking, im waiting for this phone to release.
if the price is good, i might actually buy this.

If this handset can update to fuyo, I can consider about it

there are a few sources that states it can be updated to android 2.1...

Aiyo, RRP is RM1099, i think the price is a bit on the high side(maybe this price got something to do with royalty payment to Map King?), might wait 1 or 2 months for it to drop, what do you think?

This post has been edited by PrinceCaspien: Jul 1 2010, 09:47 AM

Unless it's dirt cheap (like RM500 cheap), unable/no support for 2.2 is a dealbreaker.

where did you get the quote of RM1099? i was wishing that it is well below rm600... if it really is rm1099, i might as well get a Nokia 5800(though it's not android). but that depends on how well it performs first. will need to have a hand-on session before passing any definite judgment.

This post has been edited by LovesReborn: Jul 1 2010, 09:55 AM

I rather sign up another Legend with Digi.

Mapking

Yalor, CSL overated their phone price and it's only 3G not 3.5G....haiz

---

Added on July 1, 2010, 10:17 amfrom CSL HQ, maybe the dealer will sell it at RM599 or below...

This post has been edited by PrinceCaspien: Jul 1 2010, 10:17 AM

did you ask him when can we have a look at the actual phone at concept store/retail store?
rm1099 android phone that MIGHT be able to upgrade to froyo aint that attractive...

it's gonna be launch today.....

It's pretty good work from a malaysian phone company.
A decent sized phone, with decent specs coupled with licensed GPS map.

All these with a price below the competitors.

Worth to support.

The general consensus is CSL imports those generic china phones and market them under CSL brand, thus having some AP warranty. There's enough queries in this part of forum on CSL so anyone interested can do a search on it.

The question now is, is this model a rebranded model from china or r&d by csl themself?

---

Added on July 1, 2010, 4:04 pmI maybe found their supplier.....
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/29401605..._wholesale.html

This post has been edited by PrinceCaspien: Jul 1 2010, 04:04 PM

wow... rm1099, better buy x10 mini lo... looks classier...

Wow good job!

Didn't think China would be selling OEM Android phones.
It's a platform for a very wide spectrum of phone manufacturers.

China is actually producing oem android phones loh......

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/29401605..._wholesale.html

http://translate.google.com.my/translate?h...:en-US:official

its in Thailand too

for 8990 baht (rm 900)

but from tat link the pic it produce really .... china quality

youtube searching WellcoM A88 Android will come out a lot video, the screen quality seems great

design quite attractive to me, jus the camera

---

Added on July 2, 2010, 1:24 ambtw, white look great

---

Added on July 2, 2010, 6:44 amUpdate : this phone is 5 MP but NO auto focus.

http://translate.google.com.my/translate?j...532&sl=th&tl=en

---

Added on July 2, 2010, 7:00 amhttp://www.hiapk.com/bbs/forum-164-1.html

HK user of this phone, at there call 首派 A60

This post has been edited by Ah hao: Jul 2 2010, 07:00 AM

CSL is known for its OEM handphone, thats why CSL blackberry can sell around RM300 ++ only. If the MI300 cost below than RM600, then it is still ok. Otherwise, there are so many choices of better brand of Android phone in the market to choose from. Just cross your finger.

I dunno about this. I never use CSL phones before.

the price is out at lowyat first page...
rm1099. as mentioned, I wont be getting this. might as well get a htc android.

very expensive lah.. I used CSL before. If u pay peanut, u get monkey strategy.

spec and how much?

tattoo, magic or maybe wildfire(since its price in malaysia is not known yet) .

or x10 mini maybe...if i were to add on a bit more, milestone is in sight, and the difference is a couple of hundreds ringgit.

oh, 1 more, htc dream, it's old but is capable of rooting to eclaire(2.1) if not mistaken.

This post has been edited by LovesReborn: Jul 2 2010, 05:57 PM

RM1099, i rather go for HTC Wildfire

i heard this model using htc processor..n the price will be up to rm1399 soon..the rm1099 juz the promo price only..maybe tactic to increase sell

lol...rm1399...better get milestone or HTC magic...more "established" and forum support.

price up soon and uses 'htc' processor, yeah right. The price raise gave me a by itself.

Spec list already out AND PrinceCaspien searched out a link to those China wholesalers offering this phone.

CSL's brand name is as 'cheap' as the china product they sell. If they think by importing generic china Android based phones allows them to charge the same premium as HTC brand names and such, someone in CSL should be fired.

i think htc produce phone and not processor right?

siaw one, chip plak phone somemore wanna increase price.......wanna make me laugh loh.....even at RM700, i will think twice if i wanna buy or not....

maybe i'll buy if the price is cheaper than tattoo, for testing purpose. think back again, it's really not worth it.

htc also taiwan..china also..juz bought factory from dopod..both of them are same..juz htc rename/rebadge a good brand product.haha

---

Added on July 4, 2010, 5:00 pmthe model name is CSL Spice..design totally like HTC Hero..free full mapkings..but the price 1k..not worth it for csl

This post has been edited by RieZky: Jul 4 2010, 05:00 PM

Taiwan is not China. Try telling that to a Taiwanese.

The phones are not the same. You can say they are all made in China but that's all the similarities ends. Iphone2/3/4 are made in a factory in China and there are tons of China Iphone imitation. You might as well just say the same thing about Iphone as to HTC.

Instead of trying to bring down established brand names, give the good points of CSL and/or this android phone. Since it's out now, anyone wants/bother to do a review on this device?

any 1 can comment on the phone if support dual sim card standby or not.

how abt the phone book sync wif microsoft outlook contact book

anybody had bought this phone? Mind giving a review???

I heard from someone that this phone comes from the same factory as HTC, and its upgradeable to Android v2.1. I saw the phone in Low Yat plaza, the touch and feel is good. MapKing is certainly a candy for me.... i can dump away my garmin liao

I will certainly choose this instead of Legend, now looking at which data plan to signup, I'm using Maxis. Any recommendations?

Source pls

Friend of a friend's friend whose uncle's cousin's sister knows the cab driver who drives the wife of the neighbor to the guy whose brother's classmate married the factory's security guard's wife's colleague's despatch rider.

Fact.

is it out already here,in Malaysia?

the salesperson tell you is it?

whoever tell you this must have no knowledge of what he/she is saying.......

this phone is oem in china and even you can buy this phone and put your name as a brand to sell here in malaysia.....

Testing this phone 3 days ago, sales person told me it's RM1090. The price put me off, but I did demo the phone anyway.

The screen wasn't very responsive, and it felt like a resistive screen even though it states capacitive screen.
I did not try the browser to test if there was multitouch.

It was a little sluggish; which may be what led me to think that the screen is resistive, but that is not a fair statement as the demo set was loaded with apps running and did not have ATK. And by loaded I mean, the sales guy had video app, music app, google maps and several games running on the demo set.

And for RM1090, unfortunately for CSL, there are better choices for consumers out there. If it was priced at around RM600 consumers who want an android may consider this.

This post has been edited by MYstombox: Jul 16 2010, 05:44 AM

To be honest, as I said, I heard it from a friend who is working in a handphone distribution company. However, I checked out the processor part of it, it is running on the same processor as HTC Legend - Qualcomm MSM 7227 600 MHz processor. I found this from gsmarena and csl website.

I have to respect PrinceCaspien's patience to scroll through >240 pages in Alibaba to find the same phone, I gave up on the 10th page:stars:

Nevertheless, I'm quite open to China or Taiwan made phones.... which established brand is not made in China? HTC is from Taiwan.. old news.

I'm looking for an Android 2.1, not simply an Android. Anyone knows any Android 2.1 that is below RM1000?

can get for rm1199,just rm100 difference,you are right.

they run mapking in front of me..this phone default using 1.6firmware..the design n cover look cheap..since wildfire launch different only rm100..better get wildfire..

it is a china phone in local branding.
i try buy a asus netbook under csl. keyboard spoilt after six mths. repair jz 3-4 hours at their factory ,shah alam. no parking for customer, all parking are occupied by their big n rich CEO and managers. but it spoilt again in 2 mths time.
and not all CSL accept repair for IT product.

I think i will not dare to try for their product anymore.

---

Added on July 20, 2010, 4:24 pmtry i-mobile? i heard it is quite good phone. dunno wat model.

or jz buy old magic.

This post has been edited by KannaSai1: Jul 20 2010, 04:24 PM

yeap i-mobile also release android phone.but small one..price i think less than rm600

I don't really get CSL strategy on this product The marketing flaws aside, there's HTC Wildfire that is the competition in the RM1K bracket. Since Android is gaining so much momentum (I can just name Marketplace for example) I'm sure there's a lot who wants a bang-for-buck Android without putting to much upfront, both money and Maxis/Digi/Celcom tie downs.

IMHO, CSL could easily make this product sell extremely well.

Android is gaining lots of momentum now.
Kinda wanted to own one.

This post has been edited by Chyan: Jul 24 2010, 01:18 AM

Just read this model on Mobile World Mag ... i'm wondering what's the screen resolution with this model. Any idea ???

should be 320 * 480 TFT screen

Thanks for the info ... i wonder if anyone tested the phone ?

honestly speaking, slim chance that someone owns the phone long enough to thoroughly test it. if i have the budget, i might as well go for wildfire which is around the same price.

if you are thinking of getting it, you should head to CSL center to have a hand on session with it. I did not have any hand on session with it,so im not really sure how it performs.

i also rather get wildfire or tattoo...

Thanks for all the information. Initially i was thinking of buying wildfire (but the low resolution is kinda making me think twice about it), but suddenly i read about CSL MI300 having a faster processor and a better resolution.

As for pricing wise, both are almost the same.

Branding wise - i think HTC is more convincing than CSL.

But does the low resolution in wildfire be an BIG effect for not able to use maximize the phone with so many available apps around ?

Anyway i haven't really have a feel and touch for the two phone. Perhaps should go test it out first.

P/S : Newbie here.

actually high or low resolution depends on what u do with the phone and what u need from the phone... do a hands on trial and see which 1 u can get used to...

sure got issue with firmware official update..unless u can root it urself

there are some apps that u cant use it on wildfire because of its resolution and the screen is quite blocky for me. i think get a magic that u can play with many kinds of roms after root is better. just my point of view

Thanks for the suggestion ... as i'm on a tight budget this moment ... n wanting to get an android phone ... so currently i'm thinking either CSL MI300 or HTC Wildfire ... both at RM 1099 - 1199.

i never own a touch screen mobile before, so what do i look for when i'm testing the touch screen mobile ?

*yesterday my friend was using a HTC (one of the older mode - wife's phonel) mobile (he is an iphone user), n he told me the screen is very sensitive when he was talking on the phone (i think some button was activated when his ear touches the screen - cause got disconnected few times). Do you guys encounter this with the later models ?

Later models with proximity sensors do not have such an issue.

Thanks for the info (was hoping they have a THANK button here)

well said!!! rm999 only for a Legendary HTC phone...

Hantumati, as a whole, Android phones/devices can sync with Outlook with many programs. www.syncdroid.net has a chart showing the software and what Outlook items it syncs with the Android (calendar, contacts, notes, tasks, email), whether it uses USB or Wireless, if it uses Google Services or not, prices (many free) and more.

Yesterday the csl store at the mines sales about rm899 for promotion... Maybe today i'm going to buy it... Try the phone yesterday... The touch screen is quite acceptable (altough i have iphone right now)... Just wanna try the local brand with android system.... Hehehe

at mobile show KLCC, CSL MI300 sell for 799 with alot of freebies..

Android 2.1
free map king.
extended 6 months warranty

This post has been edited by mmusang: Nov 13 2010, 06:33 PM

hi there, i m trader and i selling this model.

I can give you the price is more cheaper then handphone fair.

PM me if you are interesting...

Is there anyone knows how to flash this model into android v2.2?

The camera didn't function anymore.how can i fix it?

This post has been edited by phyz: Nov 22 2010, 01:57 AM

DELETED!

This post has been edited by 41LY45: Dec 12 2010, 10:12 PM