MOBILE PHONES

Sony Ericsson W980 walkman phone was released in the first quarter of this year. The walkman mobile W980 brings an “improvement”: it will come with Mylene Farmer’s latest album. The entire album “Stitches” will be included on a limited edition, counting only 2,000 copies.(more…)

Palm Treo 755p is a sleeker-design smartphone for Verizon Wireless. It features a a large, 320 X 320, touchscreen, a full QWERTY keyboard, a 1.3-megapixel camera, built-in 60 MB memory and a miniSD card slot(up to 4 GB), built-in support for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents and PDF documents, Google Maps, Wireless’ EV-DO high-speed network, VersaMail 3.5.45 with built-in Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support.

Nokia E63, Nokia’s new Eseries device, has now surfaced on the Internet. This new handset hasn’t been confirmed yet, but Nokia has revealed some pictures and a user agent profile on its website.
The new E63 features a generous TFT display with 240×320 pixels, a 2 Megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard, a 3.5mm jack connector port, GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA (3.6 or 7.2 Mbps) connectivity, Bluetooth, WLAN, Java MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1, a microSD card slot and a microUSB port.
Rumors say that the phone will be available in three versions: E63-3 for the US, E63-2, and E63-1 for Europe.(more…)

Pantech has just unveiled a Sky phone, the stylish IM-S380K. The handset is designed to work only with Korea’s KTF.
Coming in a slider form factor, the IM-S380K brings the following features: a 7:3 aspect ratio, a display with a 240 x 400 resolution, high-speed data transmission HSDPA, Bluetooth connectivity, music player and FM radio, microSD memory card slot, front-facing video-call camera, email, Sky Studio (a photo editing application), subway map and electronic dictionary.
Pantech IM-S380K comes in three color versions: white, black and pink. It costs 400,000 KRW (around 355 US dollars) without a contract.

BenQ C36 was launched recently. The new C36 is the successor to the BenQ C30.
Measuing 108 x 47.2 x 14.2 mm and weighing 78 grams, this music phone packs a 2 inch TFT display with 256K colors and 176 x 220 pixels, a 1.3 megapixel camera, FM radio, MP3 player, MicroSD card slot, USB, Java, Health management, E-book reader and so on.
BenQ C36 will be firstly hit the Indonesian market in May, and will be available in other countries in the following months. The price is not unveiled yet.(more…)

Lenovo P960, a new smartphone, is now available in China. The P960 come with fingerprint biometrics, packing a fingerprint scanner on its edge. The Intelligent Touch Control solution is provided by Atrua Technologies, a Californian company.
Lenovo P960 only come with dual-band GSM connectivity (900 / 1800 MHz) with GPRS; hence, it’s targeted for the Chinese market only.
Measuring 117 x 58 x 17 millimeters and weighing 108 grams, the P960 smartphone brings the following features: VIP recording that can automatically record any call from any number users designate, a 2.8 inch TFT display with 65K colors, a 1.3 Megapixel camera, Music player, and a 1760 mAh battery that can probably provide some good talk and stand-by times.(more…)

Sanyo Katana Eclipse, a new mid to low-end clamshell, is now available from Sprint.
Presented as a multimedia phone, the new Katana Eclipse comes with “40 different lighting effects,” including pulse, echo, blink and multi-color patterns. These can be assigned to messages, incoming calls, playing music and various alerts.
It also brings the following features: a 2 inch TFT internal display with 176 x 220 pixels and 65K colors, a 1-inch external display, a 1.3 Megapixel camera with video recording, internal GPS, Bluetooth, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Store, Sprint Radio, Web and email capabilities, speakerphone, expandable memory and an 840 mAh battery said to last up to 4.6 hours in talk-time mode.(more…)

Philips X800 is said to pack a wide full touchscreen display with “edge-to-edge” technology.
The handset will works on SmarTone-Vodafone (Vodafone’s network in Hong Kong), and possible to feature 3G connectivity, Media player, Wi-Fi and Web browser.
These images of the X800 don’t seem to be the real device, but just some renderings of how it should look like.(more…)

Emobile Ltd., a new Japanese mobile operator, will unveil two new 3.5G HSDPA handsets, HTC S11HT EMONSTER and Toshiba H11T.
HTC S11HT EMONSTER (EMOBILE Net Smart Phone Terminal) runs on Windows Mobile 6 Professional, and features a 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display, a 3 Megapixel camera, a sliding full QWERTY keyboard, built-in GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR. It measures 112 x 59 x 19 mm, and weighs 190 g.(more…)

Softbank, a Japanese company, announced the Sharp SH920 YK recently. It’s a stock watcher which is especially developed to ease online trading and clearly targets businessmen on the go. The Sharp SH920 YK comes in a clamshell form, features a unique Stock Trading Key and a swiveling 3.2 inches Wide VGA LCD display. Other features include: 3G High Speed connectivity, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, microSD slot card for memory expansion, Media Player, Bluetooth 2.0, Bar code reader, Digital TV (One Seg), compatible with a well-known online stock trading site called E*Trade.(more…)

Verizon launched the Samsung Glyde recently. The Glyde comes in a QWERTY slider form factor, packs a touch screen, a 2 megapixel cam with flash and autofocus, music player, Bluetooth, GPS, microSD slot, a 2.5mm headset jack, and a true HTML browser.
Samsung Glyde costs $249.99 with contract after $50 rebate

The BlackBerry Curve is finally available on the AT&T network, making it the smallest and lightest full QWERTY BlackBerry handset. AT&T will be the first wireless carrier in North America to offer the BlackBerry Curve in wireless.
The phone measures 4.2" x 2.4" x 0.6", weighs approximately 3.9 oz and also includes a 2 megapixel camera and spell checker for e-mail. One also comes across features like; media player and new desktop media manager, microSD expandable memory slot and RIM's trackball navigation system.
The BlackBerry Curve is powered by AT&T's nationwide EDGE network and has support for Bluetooth stereo audio profile (A2DP/AVRCP) and dedicated volume controls. The BlackBerry Curve will be available for as low as $199.99 with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate beginning May 31 in AT&T (formerly Cingular Wireless) retail stores.
"The BlackBerry Curve has all of the qualities of a winner that will resonate with a broad segment of AT&T customers," said Kent Mathy, president of AT&T's Business Markets Group. "Business professionals and consumers alike will gravitate to its iconic look, industry-leading coverage both here in the U.S. and abroad, robust e-mail and Web browsing capabilities, and powerful entertainment offerings."

After a long wait, Nokia has finally announced their first 8 MegaPixel phone. The phone is called N86 and it will now compete with the likes of Samsung Memoir and Samsung Omnia i8910 HD. The phone comes with a wide-angle Carl Zeiss Tessar lens and can be compared to a high quality stand alone digital camera capturing brilliant and wide angle images. Continue reading ‘Nokia Announces N86: 8 MegaPixel Camera Mobile’

Virgin Mobile has launched a new vGlide slider mobile for the youth population in India. It has a stylish slide design and basic features which will attract the young generation of the country. It is a low cost phone with a nice style quotient thanks to its soft touch finish. Continue reading ‘Virgin Mobile Launches vGlide Slider Phone’

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Touch Screen technology has really evolved the mobile phones and people are getting adapted to it. Winters are around the corner and innovative minds have already realized the problem created by the hand gloves while using a touch screen devices. Touch enabled devices do not respond well while wearing the hand gloves as they are unable to sense the motion completely. Thus they have created such gloves which won’t make you get them down in cold, just to use your phone. Continue reading ‘Hand Gloves for your Touch Screen Phone’

Valentine’s Day is approaching and Motorola have launched a perfect phone to gift to your sweetheart. The new mobile phone is called PEBL Rose Bloom and it is a mid range handset with decent features. Its cute design is what makes it quite different and attractive and can become its main selling point.
It has an egg shaped clamshell design with a rose drawing in the front-center of the phone so it will generally appeal to females. It does not have any high end features but it comes with a touch-sensitive panel outer lid, a 2MP camera, music player, 3.5mm earphone socket, Bluetooth. It is also 3G enabled and offers 7.2 Mbps HSDPA support and comes with a microSD card slot.
It is almost like a 3G enabled music phone for the ladies. The phone will be first available in South Korea. No details about the pricing is yet known but it won’t be much expensive looking at the features. It can serve as a good present for your special one this valentine.

Triband: GSM 900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 2100
256K colors, 240 x 320 pixels, 30 x 40 mm QVGA TFT display
2.0 Megapixel camera with 1600 x 1200 pixels resolution, 8x Zoom
Video (VGA), 640 x 480 pixels resolution
Audio media player – MP3/AAC/M4A
Video player – 3GPP/MPEG4 video player
FM stereo radio, Visual Radio
6-MB Internal Memory
microSD (TransFlash), 64 MB card included
GPRS Class 10, 32 – 48 kbps
HSCSD – 43.2 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G, 384 kbps
Bluetooth v2.0
Infrared port
USB v2.0, Pop-Port
Push to talk
Java MIDP 2.0
Built-in handsfree
Voice memo
Voice command
Stereo speakers with 3D surround effect
Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3, AAC
Email (POP3/IMAP4/SMTP), attachments (PDF, ppt, doc, xls, jpeg, 3GPP)
Standard Li-Po 1100 mAh (BP-6M-S) batteryTalk time: up to 4 hoursStandby: up to 340 hours
Dimension: 108 x 46 x 18 mm
Weight: 110 g

There’s no denying that the current crop of 3G mobile phones have the ability to be fully-fledged gaming machines. A lot of the manufacturers know this and are trying their hearts out to create a mobile gaming machine that’s successful. When you think about it, it’s an obvious step for them to take. Virtually everyone has a mobile phone, and at some stage during the day they will have free time with their mobile phone lying in their pocket. Why not allow them to turn it into a gaming machine to pass the time?Being that there are certainly more people with mobile phones than there are with a Nintendo DS or a Sony Playstation Portable (PSP), you would think that mobile phone gaming could spell the end of the dedicated portable gaming device. Let’s be clear about this though, it’s certainly not the case and certainly not looking like it will be the case anytime soon. But the start of what could be a turning point is beginning.It’s reported that over 51 million Nintendo DS systems have been sold worldwide, while Sony has shipped around 34 million of their PSPs. While these figures sound impressive, there are more than 3.3 billion mobile phones currently on plans worldwide. Of course, not all of these are 3G phones capable of playing games, but only a very small percentage of them need to be if they are to eclipse the combined total of Nintendo DS and Sony PSP consoles sold worldwide.The market should be ripe for the picking in terms of gaming on your mobile phone. So why isn’t it taking off? The answer could well be unification. There is no unified gaming software for mobile phones. Consumers like to relate to a brand. Brand loyalty is a huge part of society today. There is no brand of mobile games as such. Some companies are changing this though, marketing their mobile phones as gaming machines as well, therefore linking mobile gaming to their brand name.

The LG F9100 cell phone is little bit large and has rectangular shape with measured size 4.1 x 1.8 x 0.9 inches and 4.4 ounces weight. It is easily adjustable in a Jean’s pocket and feels comfy during a call due to its solid structure. LG F9100 phone contains 1.75 inches screen display, which supports 65,000 colors and best for browsing through the straightforward but functional menus as well as for typing messages, but it is tough to see in straight light.
In LG F9100 cell phone you can adjust the backlighting, but not the size of font. Underneath screen display you will find the navigational keypad for controlling short cuts to media folder, text messaging, the address book also instant messaging. Surrounding the navigational keys there are two soft keys, the traditional talk and end buttons and a clear button. The LG F9100 cell phone navigational keys and the Clear buttons are much also little, and the other keys are positioned flush with the plane of the mobile phone.
The backlit keypad buttons are also displeasure; they are positioned flush with the plane of the cell phone. Feel a problem for dialing and frequently misdialed due to its tiny size keys.The numeric keys are fine spaced and bigger to easily press and buttons are a little rose, which creates boundary user friendly. Two soft keys are positioned on the right side of the screen also came into work when using the keyboard and allows you choose items and back out of submenu, but are motionless when the slider is closed. On the left surface of LG F9100 mobile is as volume rocker.

The Samsung D830 cellphone is the Samsung’s slimmest clamshell phone measured just 10mm in deepness and weighs 91g and feels light, and has a metal and hard plastic casing so feel very comfy in hand. On the peak of the front face of the Samsung D830 mobile phone there is a 2-megapixel camera together with this by a silver border. Beneath this is a little blue OLED screen that displays the signal power, time and date, battery power, and incoming calls or text sms.
On the right side of the economical Samsung D830 cell phone there is a microSD slot, while on the left surface of the cell phone there is a charging port that doubles up as the headset port and an enthusiastic volume rocker. After opening of the Samsung D830 cellphone, you will find the dazzling 240 x 320-pixel color screen that display 260,000 colors, and at the bottom of the screen is a plane alphanumeric keypad. Sadly the numeric keypad keeps less space connecting the keys and you will also notice that keys are tough to press in order to get a high-quality response.

The Samsung e900 cell phone is a stylish slider phone, which keeps much more impressive features such as cool heat and sensitive touch pad. The upper slider contains the display screen, which support 240 x 320 pixels with 262,000 colors and the touchpad also glows up when it is activated. At the time of the Samsung E900 mobile phone start up you will notice the interesting features of the touchpad that it shows you two soft keys at the top that allow you to access the menu and contacts list, ant at the bottom you will find Talk and End call keys. Moreover, when you activate the Samsung E900 cellphone MP3 player, then you will find further three keys are glowing such as; play/pause, forward and back keys for searching the desire track.
Under the display screen, navigational keypad is situated for directly accessing the shortcuts and an Ok button is placed in the center of the navigational keys, which is useful for accessing the WAP browser. On the left side of the Samsung E900 cell phone you will find the volume button that allows you to control the volume of the MP3 player. Furthermore on the right side of the phone there is the power on/off button and separate camera and MP3 keys. Beneath the same side Samsung E900 mobile phone charging port is located that also contains headphone port. The back of the phone is simple apart from several embossed Samsung logos and at the bottom there is loudspeaker and an expandable microSD slot that is accessible from the outside, which is better than having to take the cover and battery off in order to put a card in.In internal Samsung E900 review is that when you open the upper slide you will find the numeric keypad which keeps bulky keys, but lack of the space between the bottom keys. The Samsung e900 details for camera, which is located behind the open phone, which supports 2-megapixel, flash and relatively big portrait mirror. Moreover, it is hidden at the back of the slide when it is close up.

The LG VX3200 cell phone holds excellence features such as camera, mp3 player but it is pure simple handset for make and receiving calls. LG VX3200 mobile does not keep any exterior display or web browser, but it not look like very excellent without external display. LG VX3200’s measured size is 3.4 x 1.8 x 0.9 inches and weighs is 3.5 ounces, and it is easily modifiable in almost all pockets due to its small design shape, moreover during the call it feels more comfy and easy to hold.
On the peak of the LG VX3200 cell phone there is one-inch outer antenna, there are small numbers of outside controls to complicated things. A big volume rocker can be operated to roll through the menus, and a little green LED flashes for incoming call. Generally formation is strong, and the greater cover opens and closes up easily with a well-mannered click. LG VX3200 review for interior screen display comprised 1.5 inches and it support 65,000 colors, furthermore it is hard and clear and can be viewed in soft and diffuse settings. Additionally, in natural light screen appears slight even on a cloudy day, while you are able to transform the contrast and the brightness settings.
Beneath the LG VX3200 phone display screen there is navigation keypad, which is extraordinarily helpful to access shortcuts, and you can contact message, sounds, speakerphone and voice memo as well as voice dialing through these shortcuts. You can access text base menu via an Ok button, which is located in the center of navigational keys, whereas two soft keys are also situated close to to navigational keypad to open the open book and the main menu page. LG VX3200 cell phone numeric keypad is well designed and surrounds nice sized numeric keys for easy dialing.

The Sony Ericsson P990i Cell phone is little bit large as evaluate to most smart phone, its measuring size is 4.4 x 2.2 x 1 inches and 5.3 ounces weight, and the phone feels comfy to hold in hand. On the upper left corner on the face side there is a small VGA camera lens, and on the left side of the Sony Ericsson P990i cellphone there is a nudge dial, , back button and a keylock slide, media player key. Moreover on the right side of the phone there is a separate key for camera, a memory Stick Duo slot and a dedicated button for Internet activation.
On the rear side of the cheap Sony Ericsson P990i phone you will locate the camera lens cover, which skates counterclockwise or clockwise to activate the camera lens; moreover it also has a flash, self-portrait mirror and a little speaker. Sony Ericsson P990i mobile phone comes with typical packing box, which keeps useful Sony Ericsson P990i accessories like; USB data cable, a convenient docking cradle, cell charger, battery, small plastic front cover to replace the keypad flap as well as user guide.

The Nokia n93 cell phone keeps very attractive designs shape with measured size 4.6 x 2.1 x 1.1 inches and 6.3 ounces weight, which is enormous for a cell phone, especially when you open the flip of N93 cellular phone to make or accept a call. The middle section of the Nokia N93 mobile phone contains camera lens and N93’s rotate designs allows you to use the inner screen as a viewfinder for its camcorder / camera duties.
You can operate the LCD to work as your viewfinder, just open the face flap halfway and turn the screen 90 degrees counterclockwise then it will automatically make active the camera, and you will be capable to see the view of your photo or video clip across the interior screen/viewfinder. The Nokia N3 cell phone camera lens and flash are positioned on the left side and its lens band is enclosed in the box. Additionally an additional secondary VGA camera is located more than the internal screen, which you can use for photo as well as for video. On the right face of the economical Nokia n93 is as zoom in/out slider wheel, while a four-way navigation fastening, a camera/video button and a flash key are also located on the right back.
The Nokia n93 analysis for internal screen is that it consist of 2.4 inches and supports 262,144 colors with 320x240 pixel resolutions, so not only images give the impression of being is great, while text and web pages also look very good. You can also adjust the Nokia n93 wallpaper, themes, and backlight time, but you cannot alter the font size. Underneath the most important display screen there is a cute set of buttons, including two soft keys; like talk and end button, a four-way navigation control section, text editor, a row of shortcut keys to the main menu, multimedia menu and a clear button. The numerical keypad beneath these controls is huge and raised above the cell phone's plane, making it comfy to dial by feel.
Nokia n93 mobile phone also has an external 1.1 inch LCD screen, which supports 65,536 colors at 128 x 36 pixels resolution and presents the time, signal power, battery power and caller’s ID. The USB data cable slot, mini SD card port, headset as well as charger port are situated on the left spine and the power on/off buttons are situated on the top of the economical Nokia n93 cell phone.

The Nokia N73 cellular phone contains a beautiful design shape, which is accessible in two stylish color schemes such as; frost white/metallic red and silver/deep plum and its measured size is 4.3 x 1.9 x 0.7 inches and 4/1 ounces weigh. Nokia n73 cell phone included camera lens cover on the back of the cell phone, which also included a bit of additional size, but nothing excessively oversize. In addition, the Nokia N73 has a solid makeup and easy to hold to the ear while calling on the phone.
The Nokia N73 cell phone has good-looking 2.4 inch diagonal QVGA display screen that supports 262,144 colors at 240x320 pixel resolution, and shows instance, signal strength, battery life and caller’s ID for incoming calls; as well as it presents text and imagery in brilliant colors. You can adjust the Nokia n73 themes and backlight time, but you are disabling to alter its font size. Underneath the display screen there is navigational keypad, works for directly access shortcuts, two soft keys and established Talk and End keys, furthermore ¼ inch of supplementary space between the display screen and navigational controls.
On the right surface of the cheap Nokia n73 there is enthusiastic camera key and review key to see the last stored video or image, as well as a zoom in/out rocker that also works as a volume’s rocker. On the underneath of the Nokia n73 cell phone micro SD card slot is located, which is helpful for saving your significance files. The Nokia N73 evaluation for camera position is that it is situated on the back of the cell phone and it activates when its cover goes down and screen mechanically sets out into landscape mode and works as a view finder. Unhappily there is no self-portrait mirror, but you have a better-quality second camera just on top of the display screen towards the higher right bend.