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 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.

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.