Spice Popkorn – M9000 Cinema Projector Phone

 Spice Popkorn M-9000 is a Dual SIM GSM phone and popularly known as Projector phone.And it is the first phone in India to have a built in projector and as such sets the standard for all future devices with this technology.It is a little thick phone due to the inbuilt projector.It feels quite solid and is comfortable to hold with its metal and rubberized plastic body. The phone weighs 123g.

The screen is a 6cm 320x240px QVGA display which has good contrast in colours. This marvelous device has a facility to insert Dual SIM and supports GPRS and WAP connectivity. It also has built in bluetooth to allow you to connect your phone to a bluetooth device. It does not support 3G or WiFi.

It has a Numeric keypad with T9 text input.The # key toggles between silent and general profiles. There 0 key acts as shortcut for FM radio that toggles on and off on long press.

The Popkorn supports GPRS and WAP. But it lacks WiFi. It would have been great if we could use WiFi to browse the internet on the projector.

The Spice Gang menu list has many pre-installed applications such as Spice Gang, Facebook, Yahoo service, Naukri, Wapedia (Mobile Wikipedia), Opera Mini, Nimbuzz, Ibibo, Zenga TV , Snaptu, Vuclip. It also has mobile tracker application.There are also basic apps in the Organizer, such as calendar, Alarm and world clock, calculator, currency converter and stop watch that are handy.

Box Contents

• Spice Handset M-9000
• 1200 mAh Battery
• Tripod
• External Speaker
• Laser Pointer
• Earphone
• User Manual and service centre number list

External Facilities

• Volume keys are on the left side of the phone.
• The projector is located at the top side of the Phone.
• The projector button is on the right side of the phone, which is the only way to switch the projector On or Off. And the fine tune adjustment knob is at the back side
• The USB slot is at the bottom and it is covered, Using the port you can connect Spice by a  USB connector.
• You can charge the phone from  the USB and the mass memory is accessible via PC even when the phone is switched off.
• There is 3.2MP camera at the back.
• There is an antenna at the bottom left side next to the speaker, which is used while watching analog TV or listening to FM Radio.
• The speaker is placed at the bottom of phone
• The 1200 mAh battery is covered with a metal cover.
• Removing the battery there you can see Micro SD card slot that supports up to 8GB memory.
• The SIM card slot is also at the bottom of battery and you can put two SIM cards there

Pros

• Projector
• Multiple Video format support
• MS Office Viewer
• Built in speaker
• Wireless FM Radio
• Analog TV

Cons

• Bulky
• Poor Camera
• Poor Headset

It costs around: Rs. 6699/-

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