Spice Launches Popkorn Projector Phone aka M 9000 in India

While the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 is just in the ending stages with a few days left for the quarter finals, Spice has announced a projector phone called Popkorn. The phone has a pretty decent price and has quite a few things to offer.

Spice up your movies!

The Popkorn’s special feature includes a built-in projector and a built-in Analog TV chip that support free channels. It’s a feature phone where users can watch movies or even cricket matches (provided they’re hosted) on a larger screen. The Popkorn aka M 9000 has the following features:

• 2.4-inch QVGA display with 640 x 320 pixels resolution
• GPRS, WAP
• Bluetooth 2.1
• 3.2 Megapixel camera with video recording
• Memory expandable up to 16 GB

The M 9000 also has your mundane mobile phone features like a built-in browser and an audio/video player with support for formats like 3GP, MP3, MP4 and others as well.

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The handset is priced at Rs. 6,699 which looks pretty neat but it’s too early to say whether the phone does give good value for money. The M 9000 is available in stores near you.