Mobile Phones

The Samsung G600 is a very impressive and appealing phone with slide opening casing. The phone is a fashionable camera phone which can be admired for its look and capability. The Samsung G600 phone comes with a slide opening mechanism and very smooth finish and easy to access feature. The phone is fitted with easy to access external keys for accessing the main feature of the phone. The phone weighs only 105 g and has the dimensions of 102 x 47.8 x 14.9 mm. The phone is an imaging focused handset, which is giving a tough competition to other popular camera phones.

The screen of the Samsung G600 is a 2.2 inch TFT screen with 16 Million colours and a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. The phone comes with a 55 MB built in memory and the memory capacity can be increased by using a MicroSD memory card. The phone has a talk time of 3.5 hours and a standby talk time of 300 hours respectively. This Samsung G600 is a beautifully stylish camera phone with powerful technology and some unique feature.

Faster connectivity and amazing network:

The Samsung G600 support NetFront HTML Web browser internet technology with a WAP 2.0 xHTML browser for accessing fast and efficient internet service. The user can connect to any Bluetooth device for fast downloads and high speed internet connection. The Bluetooth wireless technology or a USB cabled connection help the user to transfer files or data including music files, photos and videos. The high speed transfers can be enjoyed by the built in Edge technology of the phone. The user can enjoy wireless connection between any Bluetooth compatible devices include personal computer, laptop, mobile phone, PDA, printer or headset. The phone supports the Quad Band (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900) network for enjoying worldwide network coverage.

Camera for capturing beautiful moments:

The Samsung G600 phone has an amazing 5 megapixel camera feature for high quality imaging and photo features. The 5 megapixel camera is fitted with camera features and image settings. The user can capture and store all their photos, videos and other exciting and fun things with this 5 megapixel camera. The camera can record and play video footage in all popular video formats.

Samsung G600

Music and Ringtones:

The quality of the music is very clear and soothing with the integrated music player. The music player provides the user with wholesome music entertainment. It supports all the popular music and video formats. The user can can listen and download all their favourite music onto their Samsung G600 and can store on the phones memory. The phone has polyphonic and MP3 ringtones to choose from and enjoy. The phone also has a built in FM radio station for listening to all kind of music and radio talk shows as well as to news station.

Messaging features:

The users can use SMS (Text Messaging) and can send emails and view attachments, the phone allows the user to send and receive multimedia messages (MMS), like photos, images and video clips with sound and text. The phone comes with a phone book feature for a photo caller identification and a call management features, which allow the user to access recent call lists.

Talking about the looks of Sony Ericsson Mobile phones is just like taking about the light of the sun. Appearance is the most prominent quality of this brand as it makes sure the major role of charming the spectators is done by the look itself. The Sony Ericsson C902 is no exception. It has inherited the breathtaking appearance from its family of stunning handsets. The case flaunts a unique mix of colours. The dimensions of 108 x 49 x 10.5 mm lend a perfect figure to the handset. The TFT is comparable to those of the prominent names in the camera phone market. Its TFT is 2.0 inches broad and supports 256K colours with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels that show the images and the user interface in utmost vibrancy.

The memory space:

The Sony Ericsson C902 is quite capacious with 160 MB internal memory. It also comes with a Memory Stick Micro (M2) card slot to facilitate memory expansion. The phone has enough space to accommodate 1000 x 20 fields in the phone book.

Sony Ericsson c902
The world at your finger tips:

This Sony Ericsson big shot comes with way out features that enable Internet access and Emailing. It has Class 10 GPRS with an unbeatable speed of 32 to 48 kbps. The Class 10 EDGE allows files to be sent and received at 236.8 kbps. This is definitely an answer to users’ complains regarding the delays and restrictions while Internet browsing. The Sony Ericsson C902 is a third generation mobile phone with HSDPA data transfer speed of 3.6 Mbps. The mobile Internet is now no less than broadband. The RSS reader brings to you the latest news from the websites of your choice. That makes the phone more prompt than a blink! Now checking your mails doesn’t need turning on your PC. The built in Email client makes sure you have an access to your mail box wherever you go.

Cables and wires are passé these days. Wireless is the ongoing rage. Let your phone talk to the other devices via the very advanced Bluetooth. Share, synchronise and exchange your favourite tracks and pictures and let your group enjoy what you like. This phone comes with a rare software called Story teller that allows you create slide shows of the pictures you click. You can also add graphics like thought bubbles to make them even more impressive. The X-Pict Story induces sound effects and slide transitions in your slide shows. The accelerometer with auto-rotate is in the phone to let you switch between portrait and landscape modes of your pictures. Other innovations in the camera include BestPic for clicking 9 pictures in a row.

Add more to your conversation than just plain talking with the secondary video call camera. The 5 Mega pixels camera fetches admirers for this phone. The pictures appear as if oozing life with great colours and precision in minute details of the images. Freeze life’s best moments as they don’t come very often. Being a camera centric phone, it flaunts a number of unique features that make it stand tall and proud before a high-tech digital photography camera. The face detection software automatically focuses on the face towards which you direct it. Irrespective of the availability of light, your shot remains flawless and bright with the inbuilt flash.

The Sony Ericsson C902 makes the simple moments of your life an event worth celebrating.

Touchscreen phones are really hot right now, but their presence is still significantly weaker in the budget end of the market. That’s why Samsung has decided to fill the gap with its upcoming budget touch phones, the S5600, which we have already informed you of, and the S5230.

The S5600 is designed to suit the needs of the users who seek not only high functionality but also more stylish appearance. It sports 2.8-inch touch-sensitive display with QVGA resolution and the TouchWiz interface with widgets, allowing for fast one-click access to your favorite apps. A key feature of the device would be Gesture Lock . It lets the user to unlock and execute a certain menu by drawing a letter on the screen. In addition, it is up to the users to decide which submenu to correspond to a certain letter (from A to Z). Promoted as a multimedia phone, the S5600 offers also a 3-megapixel camera with up-to-date features like Smile Shot. Video recording will be available with up to QVGA resolution at 15 frames per second. The Samsung S5600 is a quad-band GSM and a dual-band 3G device that should hit the European stores in May, but still not a word on pricing or U.S. availability.
The second addition to the mid-end touch screen line is the S5230. It is a slim and compact device incorporating a large 3.0-inch WQVGA screen, again running the TouchWiz UI plus Mobile Widgets and Photo Contacts, allowing you to call a certain contact only by touching an image. The Gesture Lock feature will be also present here, along with an on-screen QWERTY keyboard for faster messaging. S5230’s camera will not offer something different – 3-megapixels with video recording in QVGA resolution at 15 fps. This quad-band GSM will be available across French and other European markets, starting April with no official price confirmed yet.

The manufacturer has officially announced the newest additions to its multimedia series: the 5730 XpressMusic, the 5330 XpressMusic and the 5030.

First of all, the new S60 multimedia powerhouse, the 5730 XpressMusic, seems to have leaned to the social networking trend that’s been hot for a long while now. It comes with a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard (similarly to the E75) in order to deliver fast and handy non-voice communication experience. Speaking of social networking, the new phone will come preloaded with Facebook, Ovi Contacts, Ovi Photos, Ovi Maps and messaging applications. In contrast to what you may have thought, the 5730 XpressMusic will not be just about socializing, it is also promoted as a gaming device, for it is fully N-Gage enabled and features gaming-dedicated keys. The handset is equipped with a 2.4-inch screen running in QVGA resolution and a 3.5mm jack. Addition extras also include a 3.2-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera and A-GPS. Its music features include a direct access to Nokia Music Store, “Say and Play” music control and music-dedicated keys.

The 5730 XpressMusic is a quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G device, scheduled for the third quarter of the year at a price of about $354 (280 Euro), but there’s still no information about a North American release.

Next on, we have the 5330 XpressMusic. The mid-level slider sports fancy touch-sensitive music-dedicated leys, along with light effects, which can be easily personalized. It will also deliver social-centric features, such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Ovi Contacts, Nokia Messaging etc… Again, users will have the opportunity to look at a 2.4-inch QVGA display and use the Series 40 interface in order to manage their device, which will also feature Nokia Maps with A-GPS and a 3.2-megapixel camera.

Being a quad-band GSM and a tri-band 3G, the 5330 XpressMusic will be available in two versions: one for Europe (interestingly, this one features also the 1700MHz band, but it is currently unknown if it would be capable of using T-Mobile USA’s 3G network), and another for North America. Expect it to hit stores in Q3 2009 for about $202 (160 Euro)

Finally, Nokia has prepared the 5030. This is the first Nokia phone to include a built-in radio antenna, which will allow consumers to listen to their favorite radio stations without having the need to plug in headphones. The main feature of this device has even expired Nokia to start a brand new line of phones – XpressRadio, the first of which will be the 5030. The manufacturer has also informed of its plans to later add more devices to the series. But let’s stick to the 5030. The handset will offer features, typical for a low-end device, like a 1.8-inch display with a resolution of 128×160 pixels, Series 40 interface and a flashlight. What’s interesting about it however, is its powerful speaker, which is said to deliver up to 24 hours of FM radio playback time.

The Nokia 5030 is a quad-band GSM, which will be on sale for about $50 (40 Euro) without taxes and subsidies. Sadly, Nokia is not planning to release it in the U.S. for now.

Good news for those Apple iPhones’ enthusiasts that are located in Malaysia! Now you no longer need to find way to unlock those Apple 3G iPhone units bought back from overseas as it will be officially landed in this country brought to you by Maxis Communications Berhad, one of the largest network service providers in Malaysia.

Similar to service providers in other countries, they are few new subscription plans being introduced as an effort to make the units more affordable to public (after being subsidized by telcos). Basically there are three plans – the new iValue Plans with 12-month or 24-month contract, or the existing Value Plus Plans. Obviously, the iValue 24-month contract Plan (or known as iValue 4) with commitment of RM375 ($100) per month will get the most subsidy with the subscribers paying nothing for the 8GB model or RM260 ($70) only for the 16GB models. On the other hand, consumers can choose the Value Plus 250 Plan (monthly commitment of RM250, or $68) with merely 6 –month contract but they will end up paying an full amount of RM2540 ($690) and RM2960 ($800) for both 8GB and 16GB model respectively. Consumers can visit here to to choose the right plan that suits their needs most.

Currently Maxis is already gauging response by accepting pre-orders from those that are interested. If you are located in Malaysia and interested to become one of the early birds, just go here to register one. The official launching will be held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on March 20 where those pre-booked users will be invited to collect the new sets during the event. For further inquiry, consumers can call 1800 821 123 or refer to Maxis to understand more.

Motorola India Pvt Ltd has joined hands with Pressmart Media Ltd in order to launch the live ‘news-on-the-mobile’ service on cellular phones.

The newly announced service will be available on three Motorola handsets including Moto VE66, Motosurf A3000 and MotoROKR EM35.

Through this new service (news-on-the-mobile), users can have access to branded news content, which is powered by Pressmart.

In an announcement, Pressmart said that the users just have to select the WAP link ‘Daily News’ on their Motorola handsets to get free news content.

Moreover, the users can also have direct access to their favorite newspapers including the Asian Age, the Financial Express and Deccan Chronicle while on the move.

Mr. Faisal Siddiqui, head of India Operations, Motorola Mobile Devices, clarified, “We are delighted to bring the unique news-on-the-mobile service to the information-seeking Indian for whom news is an integral part of everyday life.”

“New applications on Motorola mobile phones are driven out of our desire to anticipate and fulfill Indian consumers’ needs and aspirations,” Mr. Siddiqui added.

The ‘news-on-the-mobile’ service is particularly designed for the mobile screen for best viewing experience. A GPRS connection is mandatory to access the free news content.

The live-news-on-the-mobile service is available for free.

In the backdrop of slump in sales in physical format music in India, Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia will roll out virtual music store, specific to India by May. People would be able to access and download music on their mobile phones and PCs. The mobile handset major plans to start this venture on a revenue-sharing basis with music content providers.

A FICCI-KPMG study on the media and entertainment sector stated that the size of the Indian music industry has shrunk from Rs 830 crore in 2005 to about Rs 730 crore in 2008 due to ‘erosion of sales of physical formats, a trend which is expected to continue well into the future.’ The report further stated the industry will have to bank on revenues from digital distribution, broadcast, and public performance licensing to compensate for declining physical sales but also drive growth going forward.

The study states that Indian digital music market which was an estimated Rs 180 crore market in 2008 is expected to grow faster with the roll out of high speed 3G data services. “We are in talks with major music title holders in India. We also have plans to provide other content including video that can be downloaded from the site,” said Vineet Taneja, head of marketing for Nokia India Pvt Ltd., a Nokia subsidiary in India. Neither could Taneja immediately share names of specific music label firms he is in discussion with nor did he provide the revenue sharing details. The company is also talking to other content providers for movies like US-based Fox Entertainment and some sports content providers as well.

It is learnt that Nokia will launch the service in India, initially with a free one-year subscription on purchase of select Nokia handsets. In September, Nokia launched a similar service in UK for the first time on its 5310XpressMusic device. The service allows users to download and store unlimited songs and even after the subscription expires.

Nokia’s competitor Motorola already has a similar service for India, Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asian region through its acquisition of Singapore based online music distributor Soundbuzz in January 2008.
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I have been almost exclusively using the Nokia E71 since October and I probably said it a hundred times already and bored you, but I love it, love it, love it. Just now I feel the need to format it, after 4 months of incredibly heavy usage and extremely heavy installation of any alpha or beta or finished application that I stumble upon. Normally, any other device in my hands doesn’t last more than a month without starting to go crazy and needing to be formatter. But there is ONE feature that matters in my opinion and that would have made the E71 the perfect mobile companion:

An Accelerometer

There is no need to rotate the E71’s screen, but accelerometers aren’t just about that. There are other applications and games that I really miss on the E71:

* I’ve been a big ShakeSMS addict on my N82, and it became part of my subconscious to shake my phone whenever a new SMS arrives. It wasn’t easy to go back to the ordinary Unlock/Open SMS/Lock method on the E71.
* Step Counter is another application that I thoroughly enjoy using whenever I exercise. It helps me keep track of my improvements, gives me a real pedometer alternative and a reason to encourage myself to perform better each time. It doesn’t work on the E71.
* FlipSilent is one more proof of how my whole alarm-silencing/morning-waking was dependent on my mobile. The E71 doesn’t allow me to silence an alarm by flipping it, so I have to look for the small key that does it when I have my eyelids still glued together each morning.
* Then there’s of course the awesome accelerometer-based games like Marble Maze and Resco Bubbles that are a no-go on the E71. I thoroughly enjoy them on the N82, but can’t unfortunately play them on the E71.

Of course, I wish the E71 had N-Gage support and I wish it had a more decent imaging experience, maybe I also wish it was an FP2 device, but these issues *could* eventually be fixed with a firmware update, whereas the lack of an accelerometer is a hardware problem that no firmware would be able to solve.

We somehow missed letting you know about the launch of Nokia’s Ideas Project website, in January, but it’s better late than never, right? Nokia’s Ideas Project website wants to hear your ideas – regardless of what they may be, if you have an idea, they want it. Once you’ve submitted it, Nokia has pooled together some big names to act as Experts. These names include Loic Le Mur, Chris Anderson, Ari Jaaski, and more. These Experts will chime in on your idea with thoughts and answers, if possible, to your ideas. It’s really quite a neat idea, and you can check out the list of already-submitted ideas here.

To help encourage more ideas, the Ideas Project is giving away a Nokia N95 (no word on which of the 4 variants it is) each week to the ‘Editors Choice’ idea. There’s no limit on how many times you can enter, so if your head is just about to explode with great ideas, now’s the time to cash in on your headache. You can submit your idea to the site here.

Following up on the news from earlier today that Nokia and Skype will be integrating the Skype service into Nokia’s Nseries smartphones, I have a picture that I found on the Skype blog, courtesy of TechCraver.com. While the Nokia press release made it sound like the S60 contacts app was going to get a web-enabled overhaul, to integrate Skype, it seems that’s not entirely accurateYou can see in the screenshot that the Skype integration will merely be implemented in the form of yet another tab in the contacts application, similar to how Contacts on Ovi, Nokia Conversations, and Gizmo Project currently do. It’s possible that this setup will, indeed, allow me to click on a contact and be shown their presence on Skype, but more than likely, it will simply be another pane, with a separate buddy list.

What’s bothersome about this, to me, is that the press release makes it clear that the Skype integration will only be available via firmware update. As owners of the N95-3 and N95 8GB NAM are fully aware, that leaves them entirely up to Nokia as to which phones will be able to experience this connected goodness, and which ones will not. I’m curious, if Nokia is able to distribute common .sis files for these other contacts tab plugins, why is Skype any different?