After gathering a little over $36K of the $500K needed, ZTE's Hawkeye campaign on Kickstarter has been shut down. This move follows a frantic request by the company's Project CSX team to discover what would make this phone more attractive to potential buyers....

A week ago, ZTE's Project CSX unveiled the complete spec sheet for the crowdsourced Hawkeye smartphone. For a $199 introductory-priced smartphone with eye-tracking software and a sticky backside, the specs seemed fine, considering the low cost. Highlights from...