Sony Ericsson W705

Now, thats a good upgrade. The Sony Ericsson W705 is the upgraded version of the G705 by adding the walkman feature. Again, this phone is a 3.5G capable slider phone with WiFi and GPS.

As said above, this phone hosts all the features of G705 plus the Walkman. So this device comes with a 4GB memory card in the box.

The "Shake Control" is a latest addition to this phone as compared to the G705. Shake control lets you jump, skip and adjust the volume by simply moving your W705. And to create playlists based on mood, try SensMe™. The enhanced walkman experience of the W705 is as good as any music player and is worth mentioning. The "DLNA Sharing" allows you to connect wirelessly to other electronic devices via Wi-Fi. See your photos on your TV. The HSUPA support lets you browse at high speeds.

On a whole, this phone is a good music phone with cool looks but not sure why Sony is repeating the phones (with G705 already with same features).. Anyways, if you like Sony phones and are very particular about clarify(music and picture), this phone is the one looking for. But not so fast, it will take some months to get your hands on it.

Sony Ericsson G705

Sony Ericsson G705: "Juggle your day the easy way" is the caption that Sony has come up for its upcoming cool looking phone which is jampacked with the new features. This new device from Sony is an HSDPA capable 3.5G slider phone with GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera and built-in WiFi. This new mobile from Sony may not be the best in its class and not so sexy, but it certainly is a sleek and cool looking phone with GPS which makes it stand among the top mid-end models. There are some more negatives to this phone: It not a walkman phone and moreover its a dull phone with not so catchy name.

The display is a 2.4" QVGA (240 x 320 pixel) panel in 262,000 colours. Sony has done a fantastic job with the screen and the camera. The G705 has a 3.2 megapixel camera with a photo/video light (it appears to be fixed focus), there's a video calling camera too. Video clips and stills photos can be uploaded directly to a blog. The G705 can automatically geotag photographs with the current GPS coordinates.The G705 supports Google Maps too.

Sony is claiming to come up with different variants of this phone predominantly an European and an US version. The standard European one is a quad-band GSM phone with UMTS 2100, GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA data, plus WiFi, stereo Bluetooth and USB connectivity. The American version of the G705 which has UMTS 800 / 1900 / 2100 MHz and HSUPA which allows for high-speed uploads.

There's a media player plus an FM radio, and all the usual Sony Ericsson multimedia enhancements that you would expect. Usefully, the G705 comes with a 1GB memory card in the standard sales package. The google map navigation would have been a better experience if the G705 would have been a touchscreen like the earlier G series phones. The web browser is a little bit more sophisticated than usual, with one click access to Google and the ability to sense the orientation of the display and automatically swap between wide and tall formats. The G705 also has an email client, and can support Microsoft ActiveSync and instant messaging. There are a number of other personal information management applications too.
The Sony Ericsson G705 weighs just 98 grams and has up to 4 hours talktime and 14 days standby time on 3G, 10 hours talktime and 16 days standby time on GSM which is a very good battery life as compared to some of its competitors. Standard colours are "Silky Gold" and "Majestic Black". The G705u will be available in "Luminous Black" which looks the best in the lot.

On a whole, this phone is one of those devices to be watched out for. The GPS certainly will add to the positive side. Lacking Walkman is surely a big mess.

HTC Touch 3G

One of the most talked about phones that is expected to give iPhone 3G a tough time is the new HTC Touch 3G. Definately one of the most attractive Windows smartphones in the current industry, this beautiful HTC Touch 3G is a compact 3.5G smartphone that also features WiFi and GPS.

Weighing just 96 grams, and with a sleek design, the HTC Touch 3G slides into your pocket with great ease. It has a 2.8" QVGA touchscreen display, 900 / 2100 MHz UMTS with HSDPA, 802.11 b and g WiFi, GPS (and A-GPS) support, stereo Bluetooth, microSD expandable memory and a 3.2 megapixel fixed focus camera.

The operating system on the HTC Touch 3G is Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with HTC's TouchFLO interface on top. This smartphone runs on a Qualcomm MSM7225 processor running at 528 MHz, combined with 192MB of RAM which makes it a definate faster device as compared to its predecessors. Talktime on 3G is quoted as an impressive 6 hours with up to 18 days standby time. This beauty comes in Four colour combinations of Noble Gold, Sparkle Blue, Modern Brown and Sophisticated Black which makes it stand away from the crowd.

Remember the much talked phone HTC Touch Cruise? The HTC touch 3G carries all features of the feature-packed Cruise and is very light compared to the former. The HTC Touch 3G is basically a combination of learnins from Touch Cruise (features) and the successful HTC Touch original (Looks and sleekness).

Slightly priced on the higher side, the HTC touch 3G should be available very soon. On a whole, this phone definately is one of the best Windows mobile phones and worth looking at.

HTC Touch Viva

HTC Touch Viva is the next version of the traditional HTC Touch with upgraded software and additional RAM. Looks Slightly improved than its predecessor but no big deal. Again this smartphone device is a non-3G GSM handset with WiFi enabled.

The screen on the HTC Touch Viva is a 2.8 inch, 240 x 320 pixel touch-sensitive panel. On the back is the same old 2 megapixel camera. The Touch Viva supports Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 and microSD expandable memory. Internal memory is increased to 128MB (up from 64MB in the traditional HTC Touch), and the operating system is new Windows Mobile 6.1 with HTC's enhanced TouchFLO interface running on top.

The HTC Touch Viva runs on a 210 MHz TI OMAP 820 processor, the same as the original Touch. This isn't particularly fast, but enough.
HTC Viva comes with a 1100 mAh battery can now give this phone up to 8 hours talktime and 11 days standby time. This definately is a significant improvement over the original Touch. The Touch Viva comes at 105 x 49 x 16mm dimensions, but slightly lighter at 110 grams.
This phone should be launched pretty soon and the costing should be around the same as that of the traditional Touch.

On a whole, this phone is a upgraded version of the traditional Touch but lacks 3G. You can go for the HTC Touch 3G if you are so interested in 3G. Otherwise phone is cool and compact.

HP iPAQ Data Messenger

The second phone that the HP is coming up in next couple of months is the all new HP iPAQ Data Messenger which is a touchscreen device that takes all of the features of the Voice Messenger and then adds a larger display and a QWERTY keyboard. This is for all those who dont like the traditional QWERTY keyboard (BlackBerry style).
Still featuring high-speed 3.5G downloads and uploads, GPS, WiFi and a 3.1 megapixel camera, this iPAQ model comes with a large 2.8" 320 x 240 pixel touchscreen display, plus a pretty conventional looking slide-out keyboard. The display is a 320 x 240 pixel panel, which is not really up to the mark as expected but is kind of good. The iPAQ Data Messenger's tri-band HSDPA and HSUPA data support impress as of its twin brother, the HP iPAQ Voice messenger. The Data Messenger is definately bigger and heavier than the Voice Messenger at 160 grams in weight and 114 x 57 x 17mm in size, but for a touchscreen device like this it's pretty reasonable.
The expected price for this sim-free phone is around 500Euros and should be available in a month.
On a whole, a very well crafted smartphone which is worth taking a look at.

HP iPAQ Voice Messenger

The hardware giant of computer industry Hewlett-Packard is now planning to hit the Phone market on a high note with 2 phones. One of the is the HP iPAQ Voice Messenger. This time, HP have teamed up with Vodafone and this phone should be available in the UK and other Vodafone countries later this year.
The HP iPAQ Voice messenger is targetted to compete against the blackberrys as it carries the similar conevtional input mechanism: a keypad rather than a touchscreen. The main interface control is a five-way optical navigation pad. There is an other version of this phone which HP will be launching with a touchscreen: HP iPAQ data Messenger.
The HP iPAQ Voice Messenger carries conventional looks of a non-touch sensitive smartphone but it does carry loads of features in it. This HP smartphone has 3.5G HSDPA support and also HSUPA capabilities for high-speed uploads, plus WiFi, tri-band 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz UMTS, quad-band GSM, GPRS and EDGE data. The HP iPAQ Voice Messenger should be able to get you some sort of high-speed data connection pretty much anywhere in the world.
The other features that this phone carries are: it has GPS and Google Maps, plus a 30 day trial for a turn-by-turn satellite navigation application. The camera is surprisingly good for a Windows device, being a 3.1 megapixel unit with autofocus and LED flash. There's microSD expandable memory, Bluetooth and a USB connection too.
Now coming to the OS part of it: This HP iPAQ voice Messenger comes with a Windows 6.1 standard edition supporting all the features like browser, office etc...
On a whole, this jampacked smart phone comes with a price tag of approx. 420euros which is worth investing. This is a perfect example for showcasing the power of a windows powered smart phones.

Nokia 5130 Xpress Music

Although stated as an entry level phone by Nokia, this music edition phone - Nokia 5130 XpressMusic comes with a bundle of features with a big value for money.

The bundle includes an MP3 player, microSD expandable memory (with 1GB in the standard sales package), a 2" 240 x 320 pixel display, 2 MegaPixel camera, Bluetooth, an FM radio and a standard 3.5mm audio socket. As for any other music phones, this phone also has dedicated media keys on the side plus quite visible stereo speakers. This slim beauty from Nokia easily fits into the pocket with no real big weight.
The Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is a quad-band GSM phone with GPRS and EDGE data. It is relatively lightweight at 88 grams, and the 5130's overall measurements are 108 x 47 x 15mm. Battery life is pretty good with a maximum of 6 hours talktime and 12 days standby time.
We feel that this phone is a certain market winner for the Nokia worldwide but the consumers has to wait for more than 2 months to get a hands on this phone. At a low cost of about 90euros, the bundle of features certainly look attractive and we say this a very good return on investment.

Nokia 2323 Classic and 2330 Classic

Again, Nokia will be tarhetting the low-end/mid-end mobile phone markets with these two twins: Nokia 2323 Classic and the Nokia 2330 Classic. And believe me, you will be surprised to see this jam packed phone's features which no one would have expected to be present in such a low cost phone which would possibly be priced at around 40 to 50euros. Lets take a closer look at each phone now:

Nokia 2323: This Classic variant features a 1.8 inch and 120 x 180 pixel display, an FM radio, MP3 ringtones, GPRS and EDGE data, a web browser and email client. And remember, the screen would not be comparable with other high end Nokias as we are talking about a low priced device here. This small baby comes supports either GSM 900 / 1800 or GSM 850 / 1900 network. Java is supported as well. A battery life of 4.8 hours talk / 22 days standby should be handy. The features this phone DOESN'T have are :camera, Bluetooth, and memory card.

Nokia 2330: Upgrading the Nokia 2323 Classic by paying about 10euros is what Nokia 2330 is all about. Wired headset is a add on that the box will contain and will be useful. This phone supports GPRS and contain a 0.3 MP VGA camera.

Nokia have introduced two new features with their latest range of phones called Mail on Ovi and Nokia Life Tools.
Looking at Mail on Ovi first of all, Nokia have realised that many people have email enabled handsets but no email account to go with it. So, Mail on Ovi is a free service that allows up to 1GB of email storage and an email address, with support built into the 2323 and 2330 handsets. So, as long as you have one of these phones and a GPRS connection, then you can have an email address.. even if the phone is your only access to the Internet. That's actually a pretty useful feature.

The other major feature that Nokia are offering with these phones is Nokia Life Tools. This is aimed at non-urban customers in developing nations, starting with India. Life Tools allows access to information on Agriculture, Education (including learning English) plus some entertainment features. Accessing the Internet on a phone is no big deal, but the clever thing about Life Tools is that it uses SMS as a transport mechanism rather than GPRS - this means that it should work even on the most basic cellular networks that don't support packet data.

As said earlier, both these phones does look impressive but also carry jam packed features. These two phones does play a really important role for Nokia in capturing the emerging markets epecially i countries like India.

Nokia 1661

"Cheap Cost - Expensive Looks" This is what the new Nokia 1661 all about. Carrying a price tag of as low as 25euros, this new device from Nokia is the cheaptest color handset from Nokia. Together with 1202/1203 and 1661, Nokia is surely looking aggressive on capturing the low end segment of the mobile phones.

As said above, it just looks attractive but carries no real stuff. The 1.8 inch and 128 x 160 pixel display is certainly good but not comparable to any color phones from nokia which certainly cost more. There's no web browser, Bluetooth, camera or multimedia player (and this is expected in a low cost phone). On the other hand, this new Nokia comes with an integrated FM radio and a flashlight, plus multiple phonebooks and a call cost tracker.
Again Nokia has proved that it can give long standing phones, with a talktime of 8 hours and a standby time of up to 26 days. It is a lightweight device which can slide into your pockets smoothly weighing just 82 grams and measuring 108 x 45 x 14mm.
On a whole this little device from Nokia is worth looking at if your need is of a basic but smart looking phone.

Nokia 1202 and 1203

Remember the Nokia 1100? (made in india, made for india) Nokia is ready with a better version as its successor. Nokia is trying to fight out the low cost mobile battle on a very aggressive note and these 2 brothers are perfect examples. The Nokia 1202 is Nokia's cheapest ever handset priced just about 25 euros. You definately cannot expect high end technology in this but it has plenty of features that make it attractive and surely is gonna be a tough contender in the low price phone market.

The Nokia 1202 offers multiple phonebooks to take into account different users, it comes with a built-in flashlight, has a cost tracker and a dust-resistant keypad. That is not all, the 1202 (and 1203) have a very long battery life, giving up to 9 hours talktime and 26 days standby time. The screen is basic old fashioned low end types with the same 96x68 pixel display.

There are two dual-band variants depending on region - a GSM 900 / 1800 version and one with GSM 850 / 1900 support. And please do not expect bluetooth or a camera.

Now lets look at the twin brother of 1202. That is the Nokia 1203. There is no literal difference between both phones except that of the looks and appearence. The 1203 is a smooth looking handset in "Silver Gray", the 1202 looks a little more rugged and is available in "Midnight Blue" and "Violet Blue" colour combinations.

On a whole, both these phones are real good for the low money that you are going to pay. With both expected to be out in 2 around a month or two, lets wait and see the impact they create on the low end market.

Nokia 7100 SuperNova

The recently announced Nokia 7100 Supernova is a low-end to mid-end slider phone from nokia which may not compete with the recent high end like Nokia 5130 music Xpress or the Nokia 7610 Supernova but comes with a very low price of 75 euros approx.

This phone comes with a GSM triband support. It features TFT 262k colors scrren with a 240x320 pixel dsplay, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, Opera Mini browser, Flash Lite 2.1.1, MicroSD card slot and 1.3 MP camera. This phone also includes Ovi email services for creating personal email accounts on your phone and image sharing facilities. Despite its low price tag, it is fully feature packed.

It isn't really a great looking phone. Previous "Supernova" handsets have been very stylish, but the 7100 simply doesn't compare with the attractive predecessors like Nokia 7610 Supernova. At 104 grams, it is quite heavy and the stand by time is 360 hours with a maximum talktime of just 3.5 hours.. which is pretty short.

On a whole, this average looking phone carries a lot of features at a relatively low cost which will possibly attract the middle class consumers.

Sagem/Porsche P9522

Remember Fly Hummer GT?? It seems like more and more car manufacturers are launching their own mobile devices. The newest device in this trend is the Sagem/Porsche P9522 candybar phone, and, as its name says it, it is made by Sagem in collaboration with Porsche. Surely this is going to be a stunning return to the mobile arena by Sagem.

The Sagem P9522 is of a candy-bar design constructed in an aluminium chassis, and sports a 5 megapixel camera, 2.8 inch display, WiFi, fingerprint reader, GPS and a microSD expansion slot. The Sagem 9522 is a touchscreen device with a reinforced mineral glass. The fingerprint reader can be termed one of the unique features that very few phones in the current market hold.

Though Sagem has failed to add 3G features to this masterpiece and lacks latest technology, this phone can be termed as a stylishly designed cool device people will love to own.

Nokia 8800 - carbon Arte

Complete Stainless Steel body with an OLED screen which stands this phone out of the normal crowd. Carrying a huge price tag, this phone is surely a piece of art.

The latest edition of the Nokia 8800 series, the carbon Arte as the name suggests looks a total carbon beauty. The latest addition to this masterpiecs is an upgraded memory with 4GB internal and even the body is made of carbon fibre (Remember F1 Cars??) and titanium which makes it lighter as compared to the earlier version.

This 3G phone from Nokia comes with a 3 MegaPixel camera (with autofocus) and 2" 16M color OLED display with QVGA resolution. If you are thinking that the big money that you are going to spend is only on this beauty then hold on, this is not all: The sales package includes a matching Bluetooth headset and desk stand plus a "story booklet" to tell you about the Carbon Arte's design story. Unlike some other "premium" phones, the Carbon Arte is actually quite useful as a communication device. Custom ringtones and themes that change throughout the day complement the design of the 8800 Carbon Arte to make the whole experience very impressive. One nice touch is that the Carbon Arte comes with a special coating to help reduce fingerprints and smudges.

The biggest flaw in this beauty is its awful price tag of 1600USD which is twice as much of other much advanced phones in the current market. Well, if you admire beauty and want to stand out of the crowd even by shelling out some extra dollars then this is the phone for you!!

LG KS500

The all new LG KS500 is one of those handsets from LG that may not impress you with its first looks but certainly has a bundle of features that will surely gonna be attractive to an end user. This cool looking slider comes with a 3 MegaPixel camera, a QVGA display, GPS reciever, multimedia player and certainly an attractive price tag.

It's a bit of an oddity in our opinion, as the KS500 is very similar in specification to the existing KT520 slider, which also has HSDPA and a slighly better camera. This new device from LG is NOT a smartphone. The LG KS500 is the first handset by the South Korean company to feature an optical touchpad. It helps navigation through the menus or the web browser.
The LG KS500 is a tri-band GSM phone which offers dual-band UMTS/HSDPA support. Measuring 102.8 x 49.2 x 14.9 mm doesn't really make it the most compact chap on the block, but still it's nothing too big.

We are not sure about the exact price tag yet, but this one is definately gonna be a low cost competitor in the market.

BlackBerry Storm 9500

Welcome to the new kind of BlackBerry - The first touchscreen device from RIM is this Storm 9500 which has most of the features of the earlier variants of BlackBerrys along with a brand new display.

The touch sensitive display is the most arguable feature of this beast and certainly RIM has done an excellent job by coming up with such a wonderful touch screen. The operating mechanism on the touch screen is of two folds. First, select the option you want to execute by selecting it on the touch screen. This highlights the feature. Then you have to "click" on it to execute. This makes the BlackBerry Storm 9500's touchscreen very user friendly as compared to a traditional touch screens. The 3.25-inch screen itself is bright, colorful and high-resolution (480 x 360). Video playback is sharp and smooth, and the extra pixels on the large screen means eye fatigue won't be much of an issue. The lack of a QWERTY keyboard should not be an issue as the touchscreen hosts a keyboard while typing in a landscape mode. The Storm automatically switches between modes when rotated, so if you suddenly find that you need to do some more intensive typing than the SureType arrangement allows then it's a hassle-free transition.

Although the Storm is similar to the user interface of the earlier version of BlackBerry -"Bold", it supports features of touchscreen similar to iPhone like taps, slides and multi-touch which makes it more usable. The Storm 9500 also has a built-in GPS receiver and a navigation function. It comes with a 3.2 MegaPixel camera having autofocus and flash for high resolution pictures.

The Storm 9500 supports both business usage and normal consumer usage as it contains push email, document editors, and also media player for music which makes it a complete smartphone. The sad part is that this 3G device DOES NOT support WiFi.

It's quite a hefty device at 155 grams and 113 x 62 x 14mm in size. The large 1400 mAh battery can give up to 5.5 hours talktime and 15 day standby time on 3G, which is impressive. The overall design is smart but unexciting, with just four physical keys on the front underneath the large screen. Internal Memory is 1GB, expandable by up to 16GB using microSD cards.

On a whole, this phone has lot of cool features but on the other hand lacks WiFi which is a big blow. Again, this phone could be very useful for a corporate user as the keyboard and the screen are flawless also adding up a cool camera and good music player.

LG Prada II

The first LG Prada or the LG KE850 which was just considered as a fashion phone itself sold over a million units. Imagine what this phone could have done if it was rich in features. That is all about the all new LG PRADA II or the LG KF 900. Although the LG Prada II which looks similar to the original LG Prada, its much more sophisticated with rich enhanced features.

The bissgest difference that this successor of the LG PRADA has is its side slide QWERTY keyboard which is gonna be quite useful as compared to the older version and its definately going to compete against the smartphone giants such as HTC and blackberry.

The LG KF900 also adds a 5 megapixel camera with a Schneider-Kreuznach lens. Other features include 3G compatibility with video calling, 7.2Mbps HSDPA, full HTML browser and WiFi.

The display is still a 240 x 400 pixel touch-sensitive panel, and the LG KF900 can play back a variety of media types including MP3, WMA, AAC, MPEG4, H.263 and H.264 files. Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900). WCDMA 900/2100, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA connectivity
When we look at the features overall, here is what it looks like:

3″ WQVGA 400×240 px TFT touchscreen
5 megapixel camera
front camera for video calls
Wi-Fi b/g connectivity
USB 2.0, Bluetooth
Full HTML browsing
FM-Radio
TV-out
microSDHC memory card slot (up to 8GB)
slide-out QWERTY keyboard

With competition more intense than ever in the smartphone market, LG PRADA is going to be one of the tough competitors. But can this phone get the edge over others? Well, for that we have to just wait and see....

BlackBerry Curve 8900

BlackBerry Curve 8900 is the latest addition to the BlackBerry family which is expected to release in a month or so. Its definately a refined version of the earlier BlackBerry curve which surely is gonna create a good impression on the user.

Its compact as compared to the earlier versions but not so much as its has to accomodate the keyboard. The keys are definately refined as compared to the BlackBerry 9000 bold whihc had some issues.

The display is one of the arguable features which is very well refined to give sharper and crispier images with no doubt whatsoever. The Curve 8900 has both WiFi and GPS, comes with a 480 x 360 pixel display (a higher pixel count than the 9000), Bluetooth and a digital camera. The curve looks better in terms of the edges with a cool chrome coating.

On a whole the curve 8900 looks better than its predecessors but has to wait and see the performance once it comes to the market.

HTC Touch HD

Arguably ne of the best smartphones in the market today, the HTC Touch HD comes with an impressive 480x800 pixel screen, a 5 MegaPixel camera, HSDPA and WiFi support, inbuilt GPS and most importantly its a windows mobile.

As the name itself suggests, the best part about the HTC Touch HD as you might think is its display. An impressive and a state of art 3.8 inch WVGA touchscreen which is certainly the best in the smartphone business today. Undoubtedly it can be picked on top of any smart phone's display, even the iPhone 3G is not a match.

The Touch HD features GPS support, so it can be used with Google Maps or another application. This is a quad-band GSM handset with EDGE and GPRS data, plus support for UMTS 900 / 2100 and HSDPA, giving a maximum download speed of up to 7.2 Mbps. The Touch HD can also support HSUPA giving a maximum upload speed of 2 Mbps. It also has 802.11b and g WiFi connectivity.

The standard Windows Mobile 6.1 interface has been enhanced with HTC's excellent TouchFLO 3D add-on. Perhaps this isn't as impressive as the iPhone, but it certainly makes the Windows Mobile experience much more enjoyable.
The standard multimedia support is enhanced by an FM radio and standard 3.5mm audio socket. The HTC Touch HD can play back various AAC, AMR, MP3 and Windows Media formats, plus widescreen video.

The HTC Touch HD has a processor which is a fairly standard Qualcomm MSM7201a running at 528 MHz, but there's a useful 288MB of RAM too which should help with applications. There's also 512MB of Flash memory which can be expanded using microSD or SDHC cards. The large 1350 mAh battery can power the Touch HD for up to 6.5 hours on 3G with a maximum of 18 days standby time, oddly enough the battery life on GSM is just 5 hours talktime and 16 days standby. The whole package measures 115 x 63 x 12mm and weighs 146 grams.

There's no doubt that the HTC Touch HD is a hugely impressive device but lacks a QWERTY keyboard which would have made a difference. For windows mobile users who love multimedia, the HTC Touch HD is the perfect thing to go for.

Samsung GT-i7110

The Samsung GT-i7110 is the latest entry into the Samsung aromory of smartphones which is expected to be released very soon into the market.
The not so impressive looks of the phone doesn't really give a glimpse of how powerful and technically impressive this phone is. The phone carries a 5 MegaPixel camera with auto focus and LED flash in the back. The display of this phone is an advanced 2.6 inch Active Matrix Organic LED which is bound to give a bright and sharp images. Again this phone is a dual band UMTS 900/2100 device with quadband GSM. Also contains HSDPA data support and WiFi. Loaded with in-built radio, this phone supports bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 as well. This phone also contains a GPS reciever.

The Samsung GT-i7110 as any Samsung mobile carries a good camera which will generate quality pictures and also can capture some cool videos. The Camera has autofocus and also face detection features which makes it a tough competition for any camera phone.

The bad part is that this cool smartphone runs on the Symbian OS which most of the Nokia phones run on. The navigation pad can be used as a mouse, and the i7110 has an accelerometer which should mean that it changes screen orientations automatically.

The GPS functionality of this Samsung phone comes with a driving map and a pedestrian map of major European cities. Another clever feature is that the satellite navigation function also uses the FM transmitter, so you can listed to spoken directions on your car's loudspeakers.

Samsung GT-i7110 comes with a large 1200 mAh cell that can power this phone for up to 6 hours talktime on 3G and 11 hours on GSM, with a standby time of around 17 or 18 days.

Undoubtedly this new baby from Samsung is a bundle of features but not sure if it can sustain the growing competition and technology.

Motorola AURA

Expeted very soon, the Motorola AURA is surely carrying a "WOW" factor with it. It certainly is a very exciting and innovative non-3G phone. The Motorola AURA is a quadband GSM phone with a 2megapixel camera and a 2GB internal memory. Its like the next and very advanced version of the Motorola V70 which is also a rotator phone. It certainly is very advanced in terms of the technology that has gone through the rotator. The coolest thing (may not be practical) about this phone is its circular display of 1.55inch diameter and 16 million color display. Also the screen is protected by an anti-scratch sapphire crystal lens.

The other thing that is cool about this phone is its steel body.The phone looks real cool with all aluminium keys and nickel-chrome polished screws. Motorola has done a fabulous job in terms of its design which is a tidious process as they say it is. The body of the Motorola AURA is highly enduring even in case of the rotator as its been built on the swiss technology.

The Motorola AURA comes with a media player supporting MP3, AAC and Windows Media formats. There's a web browser and email client.
The AURA feature's Motorola's useful CrystalTalk technology for improved call clarity. The AURA also has stereo Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0.

The new AURA is a heavy but small device that is the coolest phone is the current market. But as always, this phone has also some negatives associated:
1. It is over priced (Approximately 2000 USD).
2. Does not have 3G or WIFI.
3. Its a bit heavy about 141gms.
4. Not sure about the circular display's capability to view images.

On a whole, if you can shell a bit of extra money for a beauty, this phone is for you.

Samsung GT - C6620 Preview

Samsung is entering the smartphone market on a vert aggressive note and this phone is an example for that. The all new Samsung GT-C6620 is a Windows 6.1 enabled smartphone which has the HSDPA support for accessing/transferring data at hgh speeds. The normal features like bluetooth, MP3 player, micro SD card exits in this phone along with a QWERTY keyboard. The camera that this phone carries is a 2.0 MP camera with not so good resolutions. ALso the display is not really cool as it is a standard QVGA display.

The Samsung GT-C6620 is styled like a typical BlackBerry but weighs only 109 grams and measures 113 x 63 x 12mm. The expected maximum talktime is 7 hours and up to 12 days standby time for GSM usage.

This phone is not a high end one. If you are a blackberry fan, you are gonna like it as it comes in cool colors and also much cheper than the similar Blackberrys.

The Samsung GT-C6620 is expected to hit the European markets soon.