Seeing this phone reminds of the Hello Kitty craze a couple of years back, here in Singapore. People were camping outside McDonald’s through the night, just to buy the Hello Kitty soft-toy that comes with every McDonald’s meal.
This Okwap 236 Hello Kitty edition cell phone doesn’t look much different from the original Okwap 236. But stick Hello Kitty on anything, I’m sure it’ll sell.
Here are some of its kitty features:
- GSM Triband (900/1800/1900)
- 65536 colours TFT LCD display screen
- 2 ways english & chinese dictionary
- Pen input and hand writing recognition system
- Touch panel keypad
- VGA digital camera with video recorder/playback and digital zoom function
- MP3 player
- FM radio
But unfortunately for the Hello Kitty lovers in US, apparently this phone will only be available in Taiwan. No known release date and pricing yet.
[via Engadget, Akihabara News]
January 16th, 2006 at 10:58 am
I need the explications of my phone in french>
It’s synnex OKWAP model A 361 2005
s/N NB5815P01126
bEST REGARDS
Jean marc CESBRON
February 20th, 2006 at 7:59 pm
I am so interested in the hello kitty cell phone could you please send info on that and a price? thanks so much. Michelle
February 22nd, 2006 at 4:08 am
Hello, I want to know if I can load an instruction or guide in english or spanish about this phone? or any site where I can read the guide.
Thanks a lot¡¡¡¡
March 5th, 2006 at 9:18 pm
yes i would also like to know whether an english maunal is available for the okwap hello kitty A236..
Thank you
March 27th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
hi, like the two above, it will be good if I can get hold of an english manual for okwap A236. Thanks alot.
March 31st, 2006 at 12:46 am
I also need to get an english manual for the a236. Thanks
April 6th, 2006 at 11:39 am
Hi! I really want to buy this phone but I live in Okinawa,Japan. Will this phone work for me? Also, even though I live on Okinawa, I live on US military base. Will this make any difference on whether or not the phone works for me?
April 22nd, 2006 at 12:55 am
Where can i get this from singapore ? Is there a distributor in singapore ?
April 27th, 2006 at 2:51 pm
I have the phone with me but I can’t read Chinese. Where can i find a copy of the english instruction?
May 6th, 2006 at 4:44 am
I have the okwap a236 hello kitty phone but I need to english manual… how can I purchase the manual?
May 14th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
Hi, I had this Okwap 236 Hello Kitty edition cell phone for less than a year but never use due is a gift. Anyone interested to buy, can contact me at 6581590246 or email me jetstar319@yahoo.com.sg . I residing at Singapore. It is a limited set with a lots of accessories. Thks
May 15th, 2006 at 10:34 pm
please if anyone has an ENGLISH version of the manual for OKWAP A236 hello kitty phone
i would be grateful if you could contact me via my e-mail address.
THANKYOU!
May 25th, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Hi there - did anyone have any luck getting english instructions? I have a photocopy of some of the basics but am struggling to get on the GPRS web browser.
Any help very welcome!!
May 25th, 2006 at 8:09 pm
Where can i get this from Brazil ? Is there a distributor in Brazil?
I would like to know if there is a distributor in Portugal ou Londres too…
Thanks!
June 20th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
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Hello, please could I have a copy via email of the basics you have for this phone. It will be great appreciated. Thankk you a lot¡¡¡¡
adrianita_aleman@hotmail.com
June 21st, 2006 at 10:17 am
can l have that photocopy of some of the basics thru my mail too. Thanks…
benglip@yahoo.com.
August 18th, 2006 at 7:28 am
Hello,I am interrested in this Hello Kitty phone.If you could please contact me at the following e-mail address:tndooms@yahoo.comI would like to know where I can buy this phone and I would also like to know a specific price and where it is currently available.If you do find a store I would like to know what store and where this store is located and what networks this phone is compatable with.If you get any info on this Hello Kitty phone i would appreciate you e-mailing me.Thankyou very much.
October 23rd, 2006 at 5:37 am
hy im from philippines i really really like the hello kitty phone is anyone know where i can buy one and how much is it you can e mail me at this add. j_j_sabile_ao5ao1@yahoo.com or princessniron_18@yahoo.com pls. pls pls.=) and one more thing will it still work here in the philippines
October 31st, 2006 at 3:25 am
Could I get a copy of the English instructions for the A236 OKWAP Hello Kitty cell phone? Thank you for your help! sgalbraith@cebridge.net
December 1st, 2006 at 10:04 pm
I am bored of having to use the stylus to do text messages, hoe do I do it the normal way and does it have predictive text.
Thanks
December 2nd, 2006 at 4:59 pm
Can someone plz send me the english manual!!!…plz!..that would be so helpful!
December 2nd, 2006 at 4:59 pm
oh yeah …my e-mail is leona_lo88@hotmail.com THANKS!!!
December 13th, 2006 at 5:44 am
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December 20th, 2006 at 8:10 am
Everyone in here is asking the same question that I came here looking for. Where is the answer? Thanks
December 24th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Seems like this would be the right place to inquire about an English manuel for okwap hello kitty A236. I know the basics but am running into some trouble recieving and sending pictures and text messages. It would be helpful if I knew more about the phone. The terms are a bit different. It has gone through a lot in the little while I had it and now the part that makes the phone slide up and down is getting lose or actually broken. My phone is hanging from it’s hinges you could say. Any advice on where to take it. I live in the US. Any advice please email at favrite_tika@hotmail.com. I would be very grateful.
January 2nd, 2007 at 6:39 am
What is the price for the hello kitty phone?
January 5th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
hey
ive just got the hello kitty phone and everyone seems to not have the english manual, but if you have some basic instrutions it would be most helpful to send me them via my email thanks :”)
xoxoxoxo
guys_and_robots_with_guns@hotmail.com
January 5th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
hey, the prices start from about £200.
xoxo
i got mine from ebay @ £230
its said to be around $553 in the US for sending but its cheaper online.
it took about 2weeks forit to come but its worth it
January 12th, 2007 at 11:02 am
I just bought the Okwap A236 Hello Kitty phone and there are no instructions in English. I would like to know where I can find information about this phone in English.
Please let me know where I can find this. Thank You
my email is emilyinla04@yahoo.com
January 20th, 2007 at 1:02 am
sorry i got my addy wrong try my new one
feedtheclams@hotmail.com
thanks xox
January 29th, 2007 at 4:43 am
yeah my phones screwed up after a year too, I can’t hear the calls I make unless it’s on loudspeaker…
January 29th, 2007 at 4:52 am
ha…..ok i feel silly i posted my comment three times in three different ways…
February 4th, 2007 at 8:19 am
I am in need of the English manual also like everyone I am unable to understand how to do many basic things on this phone. Thx for your help anyone that gets there hands on a English version of the directions I will pay $10.00 bucks for it THX aott37@yahoo.com
February 10th, 2007 at 6:14 am
Hi I love Hello Kitty And I was wonderin how much are thoes phones
February 19th, 2007 at 10:48 am
i lost my stylus pen for my okwap a236. Does anyone know where i can buy a new one??? plz tell me.
February 23rd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
thanks for
informations….
February 24th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
hi,
iw as just wondering if you knew where i could get english manual for my okwap A236, i looked on the website (OKWAP) but again its all in chinese please help me !!! i really need to no !!
March 5th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
hi i need help with my hello kitty 236 i cannot get any music off my pc onto my phone can i use itunes music or do i have to use something else HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPP!!
March 10th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
2007 and i still want to find the a267 unlimited hello kitty edition with pink faceplate and pearl finish and im in australia
email s2angelickiss@hotmail.com
March 27th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Hi! i just got the phone, please help, i need to know how to dolwnload pics to it, it keeps saying setting error, thank you
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:15 pm
hey anyone have a HELLO KITTY OKWAP A236 for sale or know where i can buy one? id like to buy one. .. please email me x__angelanguyen69@Hotmail.com thanks!
April 3rd, 2007 at 3:36 am
EBAY has them
April 10th, 2007 at 2:04 am
hello, i wonder if the Hello Kitty phones are good, if you have a HK phone cud u tell me if they are problematic-do they break or sth like that, do u have problems w/it, how bout the batteries and such things,
tell me also which cell u have,
thnx =)
polishchick83@hotmail.com
April 19th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
hai i would like to purchase one of the hello kitty mobile phone that i can used it in singapore.
is there any shop that i can purchase the mobile phone in singapore?or where can i get if i can’t find any in singapore
thank you
April 24th, 2007 at 6:21 am
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hi.. if every one have english manual of (OKWAP) just email me @ grizzom@yahoo.com
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August 18th, 2007 at 6:16 am
Hmmm I like it so much,p/s somebody can let me know where can i get it ?
August 29th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
lubb this phone…..
September 11th, 2007 at 7:21 am
hi does any one here have or can fwd info on english maunal for the okwap hello kitty A236
email me at xcitingbrwneyez@aol.com
thank you
September 17th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
The Hello Kitty phone totally rocks. It is a bummer that it is not in english. . . BUT they really should send these to the U.S. I think they would be a great success (as long as they are in english and not chineese). : )
December 14th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
you can get the phone on Ebay from anywhere between $.99 to $500 depending upon how bidding goes and whether or not you just want to buy the thing outright. i got mine outright for about $300 from an aussie. it’s an awesome phone, and since there aren’t any instructions in English, you’ll have to mess around with it to get it to english. but the ONLY languages it uses are English and any of the main languages/dialects of Asia.
to get it from it’s default Asian language, hit the joystick button in the middle of the phone. go down to the last row, middle icon (it should be HK with her signature red bow). hit the ok/green/kitty button to the side of the joystick button. click through the first set of options you come to three times. you can then scrool from side to side til you get “English.” hit the ok/green/kitty button to the side of the joystick button. this sets your phone to English. from there, you just have to mess around with the phone to see how it works. get to know it if you will.
as for web browsing. mine doesn’t work either. i’m thinking that’s due to the fact that in America, the cell phone companies have the cell phones made to their specifications. if they didn’t make it, even with your SIM card in it, it won’t work right. MOST HK A236’s you find out there are “unlocked” which means they’ll work with any SIM card, but that doesn’t mean your network supports the phone’s different settings.
as for texting (sending and receving) i haven’t had any problems with it. my MAIN problem is getting voicemail notifications. i used to, but i don’t any more. if i miss a call, i just check the voicemail (i plugged my own number under the Number 1 speed dial key since my network didn’t support the phone, so when it read my SIM card, it didn’t know to put the voicemail number in that spot) to see if i’ve missed messages. if i go out of my network, i check it sporadically when i come back into my network to see anything has come in yet b/c lag time between going out and coming back into the network can be a bitch. sometimes, if i know i’ll be out of my network for a while (ie. at the movies, in a basement, in a building that’s a “dead zone”…) i just use the closest available land line to call myself and other ppl b/c my phone/network is being craptacular. you’ll know you got a voice mail if you recieve what looks like a text, but there’s nothing in it. in the message, tho, you’ll notice a phone icon and 00 underneath it. this means you have a voicemail. i’m ALWAYS getting these texts after checking my voicemail and finding that there were messages there. :p
hope all this helps and enjoy your new phones!
December 14th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
and they didn’t release the phone here b/c of the deal made between sanrio and okwap. THIS phone and about 3 others were made to commenorate the 30th anniversary of the sanrio/HK brand. it was meant to be a Japanese/Asian only thing. but sanrio knows a smart business deal when they see one and started having the phone available to various online retailors. i saw one once that ran for $700. but if you think about it, in the long run, no matter where you buy a phone or what type of phone it is, if it’s BRAND SPANKING NEW and is the HOTTEST thing on the market, you’re gonna spend a pretty penny on it, if you just buy the handset and no cell phone plan to go with it. case in point: a brand new blackberry from cingular can be about $500 if you just bought the phone and no plan. they get you with the plans!
December 19th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
im 15 and i got this phone last christmas
its a great phone and i got everything with it
the battery lasts AGES!
anyone has any queries about the phone please email me on
misscongenitality@hotmail.com
ps:i have some of the english instructions for it, but not all
December 27th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
i like this phone but im not allowed to buy it off ebay but i said tht i can so im gettni and its awsum
December 27th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
hello kitty is a great cartoon but i think it is a bit stupid to have it on a phone but im getting the phone and i think it is goin to b a good phone but ill wait and c bout tht haha
January 3rd, 2008 at 6:47 am
hey.
if you accidentl deleted the SMS number.
can e get it back?
if so does anyone know the SMS number?
because without it then i cant text.
January 3rd, 2008 at 6:58 am
hi everyone
ok im going to be selling my phone i used it once it was a goft from my ex and i love hello kitty but i dont really want it esp when its from a ex
its been used once so it still in the box with a cute lil hellokitty cell phone pouch and a hello kitty cellphone accessorie bag
wih two batts and a batt charger and the works just no english namual sorry
im asking 320 shipping and all included
email me
exoticqueensgal@aol.com
October 1st, 2008 at 7:56 am
How do you get the predictive text working on this???