Samsung beat 450

Samsung beat 450, samsung mp3 phone - SGH i450

Sporting a rare dual-slide design, the samsung 450 is one of the most interesting cool smartphone offerings recently announced !

Samsung beat 450 Key features

• Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
• Dual slide design with unique Touch wheel key
• 2.4″ 256K color TFT LCD display with QVGA resolution
• 3G with HSDPA
• 3.5mm standard stereo audio jack
• microSD memory card slot for high-capacity cards
• FM radio with RDS
• Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP

Samsung beat 450 Main Disadvantages

• No WLAN
• Average display quality
• Mediocre camera
• No camera lens cover
• 3.5mm jack cannot be used to plugin a hands-free set

A music-oriented smartphone with great speakers is not the most frequent sight around, so it’s no wonder the few of those get quite a lot of attention. As we see it, with Samsung i450 it is quite COOL.

Thinking about its rivals, the first name that comes to mind is Nokia N81. Boasting nice sound quality, similar design and dimensions plus the same OS, the N-series phone will surely put up a fight with this samsung mp3 phone.

The samsung beat 450 pulls off a neat visual trick, and packs a surprising punch for music fans.
The Samsung SGH-i450 is of a rare breed called dual sliders, meaning it opens in more than one direction. In fact, the i450 slides up to reveal a 12-key number pad, and slides down to reveal a, um, what the heck is that? It looks like a wheel, but it doesn’t spin. In fact, Samsung has used touch sensors to make a pad that acts like half a wheel (maybe a bit less than half). To complete the visual metaphor, the user interface uses a circle for feedback that seems to complete the wheel onto the screen of the phone. So, you slide your finger clockwise to increase the volume, and the circle on the screen grows in the same direction. It’s a neat visual trick, and makes the phone cool to use, at first.

Besides the scroll half-wheel, the phone also hides a speaker behind the slide. With audio from Bang & Olufsen’s ICE power technology, the speaker provides surprising clarity to the music.
The phone has a few other impressive features, as well. First of all, it runs Symbian S60, which means that plenty of 3rd party apps will be available. Second, it has a 2-megapixel around back, and a VGA camera up front for video conferencing, which should be no sweat, considering the phone also uses high-speed, 3.6Mbps HSDPA for network access. You can also listen to an FM radio with your own headphones, since the i450 uses a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Internal memory tops out at 35MB, which isn’t much, but the phone will accept microSDHC cards in capacities up to 4GB. The phone connects to headphones and PCs using Bluetooth and USB of the 2.0 variety, including A2DP for stereo Bluetooth headsets.

Symbian may be a pretty OS, but it isn’t very fast, especially when the phone lacks a heaping stack of RAM. Fast connectivity means that essential functions, like Web browsing and sideloading, should work smoothly, but when apps pile up, there could be some lag.
Samsung beat 450 is the best phone with a speaker that is also affordable (priced at around rs.12000+). And, the user interface is great.

If you want an all-around multimedia slider, the Samsung beat 450 is the way to go

Features:

1. Sliders:

Sliding the front reveals a navy blue keypad with evenly spaced and responsive keys. The keys are placed on a flat surface with arty ridges dividing them. Nice! The speakers are visible when you slide the phone down. A cool touch-sensitive navigation pad amidst the speakers means you can use it while surfing your music folder. It works fine, even if responsiveness is low

2.touch control:

The touch control feature in Samsung Beat 450 makes it stand out from others.The touch control for the music player is unlike anything we've seen on a cell phone before. When you slide the front face down, you'll see a blue arc that's just short of 180 degrees. By swiping your finger up and down the arc you can scroll through the music player menu options, which are arranged along another arc that appears on the display. It's an appealing design as the two arcs together form a full circle. The display isn't a touch screen, so you can't swipe your finger as you would on a scroll wheel, but you can move quickly though the various menu options and a long list of songs. Also, I like that you can press and hold at each end of the arc to keep moving through your song list without lifting your finger.

The phone runs on a symbian 60 series version 3.1.The UI is non-complex, and the fact that the phone is fast helps considerably.The i450 is a quad-band phone that supports 3G . I would have liked to see Wi-Fi, but had to settle for GPRS and EDGE. The inbuilt browser is cool, but no multiple pages. The phone supports many third party applications, courtesy S60.The i450 comes loaded with Realplayer for videos and also a Flash player, but what I like is that Samsung has also bundled support for Word, Excel and Powerpoint. The SGH-i450 also has support for Assisted GPS, which is a technology that pinpoints your location by connecting to nearby cellular towers or other cell phones. It's sort of an enhancer to standard GPS that is particularly useful when a connection to a GPS satellite isn't available

MUSIC:

The external speakers provided with the Samsung Beat 450 certify that it's a music phone.Music performance was quite good, again thanks to the phone's speakers. They provided decent output with loud volume, and the audio quality was more than serviceable. As usual, a headset will provide the best experience so I recommend using one.

Camera:

Unfortunately, the SGH-i450's photo quality is disappointing. Images were much too dim and rather blurry, particularly when we were focusing on smaller objects. Also, colors were distorted with reds being way too red. It's just not what we expected from a 2-megapixel camera. Video quality was a tad better, but it was far from satisfying. If you still want to print your photos, you can connect directly to a PC or printer via a cable or Bluetooth.

Battery life:

The Samsung Beat 450 has a rated battery life of 5.4 hours talk time and 21.5 days of standby time. It has a decent talk time of 6 hours and 42 minutes. You'll get a bit less battery life when using 3G service

Price of Samsung Beat 450:

in US -: starts from $259

in India:- Rs 13,250.

Samsung SCH-B600

Today Samsung is set to ship the SCH-B600, the world’s first 10MP camera phone.
The camera includes 3x optical zoom and 5x digital zoom. It also has an auto focus and a flash unit that is optimal for 10MP photos. The LED autofocus feature is the first to be found on a camera phone.

The B600 has a lot to offer besides top notch picture taking quality. For instance, it also features mobile TV capability, an “Anycall Band” feature that allows users to play a “specific melody of instruments” that can be arranged to produce a song for downloading, Bluetooth, MP3 player, MMCmicro support, business card reader, and 128 polyphonic sounds.

If you’re hoping that the SCH-B600 will be released in the states, remember that like all really cool gadgets, this phone is only currently available in the East (Korea). Hopefully that will change in the near future.

Like some of the company's previous phones, the SCH-B600 is styled to look like a conventional digital still camera from one side and a bar-type cell phone from the other side, says Martyn Williams, our colleague with the IDG News Service. The high-end camera phone made its debut at the Cebit exhibition in Germany in March.Its other features include a tuner for South Korea's TU Media satellite multimedia service, Bluetooth, MP3 player, business card reader, and TV-output--for a price tag of about $950.The phone is the latest in a line of high megapixel camera phones from Samsung. The company launched a 5-megapixel camera phone in October 2004, a 7-megapixel phone in July 2005 and an 8-megapixel model in November last year.

When people take photos with their cameraphones it is always pretty obvious. The low-quality and often useless photos that result from a cameraphone will hopefully become a thing of the past and maybe even sooner than expected. Samsung’s SCH-B600 is simply amazing because it integrates a 10MP camera right into the phone. No, this isn’t just the cheesy camera that most cellphones have either. It features a 3x optical zoom that is also complimented with a 5x digital zoom. Surprisingly, it “also has auto focus and a flash unit that performs optimally for 10 megapixel photographs.“

The announcement of this camera came several months ago but this is still astonishing. It won’t make its way over to the United States but I think it is important simply for the proof-of-concept. What’s one big problem that manufacturer’s are probably trying to tackle with these high-resolution cameraphones? I’m sure there is a huge battery life issue. I never use the cheap camera that is on my cellphone because after a few snapshots my battery is nearly drained. Heck, that’s with a camera that doesn’t have optical zoom so the battery life on this Samsung must last for only a few pictures. I wonder how long it will be until a battery will emerge that is truly “long life?”

Samsung SCH B600 specification

• Standard: CDMA 2000 1X EVDO ( 800 MHz)
• Camera: 10 Megapixel
• Display: 2.2 inch 240x320 262K Color TFT
• Video Recording & Messaging (MPEG4 / H.264)
• MP3/ AAC / AAC+
• Dual speaker
• Bluetooth / PictBridge / Voice recognition
• Document Viewer / TV-output / BT Printing
• Memory: MMCmicro external memory

Sony Ericsson C905

The Sony Ericsson C905 is (as far as we know) the first 8.1 megapixel phone to hit Europe and the general world market, and it promises to bring a new round of the megapixel wars as other manufacturers try to catch up.

The camera is clearly the main selling point with the C905, but Sony Ericsson haven't skimped on other features. The C905 has GPS, WiFi, HSDPA high-speed data, stereo Bluetooth and an FM radio.

The display is a 2.4" 240 x 320 pixel panel, and tucked behind it is a slide-out numeric keypad. There's also a version of the Access Netfront web browser, push email support, instant messaging and of course a multimedia player.

Because it bears the Cyber-shot name, the Sony Ericsson C905 is obviously going to be very capable when it comes to digital imaging. Yes, the 8.1 megapixel sensor is the best in its class, but the C905 also has a bright Xenon flash, autofocus, face detection, red-eye reduction and an image stabilizer. The C905 also features Sony Ericsson multishot "BestPic" functionality and supports photo blogging.

The camera integrates with the inbuilt GPS to allow geotagging of photos. For video capture, the C905 again has an image stabilizer plus a video light, and an optional TV out cable (ITC-60) allows video clips to be played back on a standard television. There's no mention of the C905's video capture resolution and frame rate though. On top of that, there's a secondary video calling camera too. There's also a tripod kit (IPK-100) which is something we think may come in very useful.

The C905's GPS can be used with Google Maps or Wayfinder, but it's not clear what sort of satellite navigation options might be available as standard. As the C905 isn't a smartphone, then the GPS functionality might be a little limited.

Internal memory is 160MB, and the C905 comes with a 2GB Memory Stick Micro M2 card in the standard sales package. Talktime on 3G is up to 4 hours, with a maximum of 9 hours on GSM. Standby time is a maximum of 15 days, and the C905 also has a flight mode so that you can turn the cellular radio off completely.

It's certainly a nice phone, but there are a couple of drawbacks. The biggest one is the screen size - at just 2.4" the C905 doesn't compete well with the rival Nokia N95 8GB or upcoming N96. It would be nice to see a touchscreen, particularly when you consider the built-in GPS. The other issue we have is with the camera.. yes, 8.1 megapixels and all of those other clever features are very nice to have, but we would have hoped to see a decent optical zoom - after all, Sharp were offering optical zoom on the Sharp 902 back in 2004.

Coming in at 136 grams, the Sony Ericsson C905 is hardly lightweight and is actually heavier than the Nokia N95 8GB and N96 despite having a much smaller screen. On the other hand, the C905 does have a pretty good battery life, so perhaps that accounts for some of the increase in mass.
Despite some quibbles, the C905 looks to be a very good camera phone. Sony Ericsson say that the C905 will be out sometime during the early fourth quarter of this year in Night Black, Ice Silver and Copper Gold colour schemes.

The c905 wants to be a digital camera than a phone. At 8.1 megapixels, this camera phone has a Xenon flash, face detection and image stabilization.

So far this is the only camera with the highest MP in tow (only one beyond the 5MP range). It’s got more camera photo and video features than phone features.

With all that MP we’re talking about, the C905 Cyber-shot comes in with a 2GB Memory Stick Micro (M2). The screen is 2.4” scratch-resistant mineral glass display. You can send your photos wirelessly from your phone to the TV via Wi-Fi (using DLNA), or connect with wires using the TV-Out Cable ITC-60.

Key Features

• Weight : 136g
• Talktime : Up to 9 h
• Standby : Up to 380 h
• Colour Display : TFT, 256K colors
• Ringtones : Polyphonic, MP3
• Camera : 8 MP
• MP3 : Yes
• Bluetooth : Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
• Infrared : No
• GPRS : Yes
• Video Recording : Yes
• 3G : HSDPA

Nokia 6600 Fold

Nokia 6600 Fold is one phone which does not allow the users to keep a low profile. It has advanced mobile features and is capable of delivering seamless solutions, right from the time this phone is switched on. With technologies as stylish and user-friendly as GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE, Bluetooth and 3G, the phone is a must-have for every modern day mobile user. The standard Li-Ion 860 mAh (BL-4CT) battery of this phone offers an exceptional standby and talktime of 300 and 4 hours(approx.), respectively, so that the users need not to engage themselves in frequent mobile battery recharges. It is available in Mysterious black and Sophisticated purple colours and delight the music lovers with an MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player and FM radio. This GSM-enabled mobile phone from Nokia surely knows how to make its users happy and special. With one touch of a button, the elegant Nokia 6600 fold smoothly opens to reveal a stunningly bright 2.13’’ OLED screen displaying up to 16 million colors. With its seamless design, the signature “smooth back” of the Nokia 6600 fold creates a comfortable contour when open, and remains subtle and compact when closed. The high-gloss surface of the Nokia 6600 fold comes to life when tapped twice to “wake up” the hidden outer display that reveals time, incoming messages, missed calls and more. A double tap on the Nokia 6600 fold also snoozes alerts and silences or rejects incoming phone calls. With a set of contemporary mobile features that belie its compact size, the Nokia 6600 fold is proof positive that beauty can be far more than skin deep. 3G technology allows for fast and easy sharing of pictures and videos snapped with the integrated 2 megapixel camera with double LED flash or swift access to Internet services such as Yahoo! Go or Flickr. The Nokia 6600 fold easily fits into a pocket or a handbag and has an estimated retail price of 275 EUR excluding taxes and subsidies.

Nokia’s new bijou and stylish 6600 duo will have no probs nestling snugly in your tight jean pocket or clutch bag. But while the Slide model packs the megapixel power, the Fold is still a little cutie.

This clamshell undoubtedly got the looks in the 6600 family, sporting a minimalist chic mirrored graduating paint finish that’s only disrupted by a subtle LED front display for call and clock info.

The Fold also likes to make life easy for you with a one-handed side activation button to open up the phone. The electromagnetic mechanism is swift but oh so smooth and once the phone has unfolded, its sleek design brilliantly hides the hinges for a seamless ‘smooth back’. Well, it’s got to look good up against your lughole.

Once you’ve stop playing with the auto flip action and stroking it polished shell, the 6600 Fold does jimmy some neat features into its ultra compact figure. It packs a fast 3G download punch but while it doesn’t match the 3.2-megapixel snapper of its slider sibling, its twoer is backed up by a blinding dual LED flash that’s nifty at illuminating low-lit areas. Throw in VGA-quality video capture at 15fps, a microSD card slot, built in music player and FM radio and Nokia’s famed user-friendliness and the 6600 amounts to sweet pint-sized package.

Nokia 6600 fold:

• Clamshell design
• 2.13 inch OLED screen supporting up to 16 million colors
• High gloss surface with hidden outer display that comes to life when you tap twice
• Double tap on the 6600 fold also snoozes alerts and silences/rejects incoming phone calls
• 3G support
• 2 megapixel camera with double LED flash
• Internet access
• Estimated price of 275 EUR

Samsung F210

The Samsung F210 is powered with an amazing music software that makes it an astounding device. This user-friendly phone is equipped with a 2 megapixel camera, 1.4 inch TFT screen, 1 GB internal memory along with microSD memory card and excellent multimedia capabilities. This music centric phone has a rotational design and a comfortable keypad. All these superior features offer a brilliant mobile phone experience to the users. One can browse the internet with the built in WAP and XHTML browsers. The music player can store 250 songs and supports file formats like MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+. The USB connectivity feature lets the user transfer files easily to and from other devices. The other functional features of the Samsung F210 Pink include a clock, calendar and calculator. Pictures can be shared using the MMS or email options. The attractive design of the handset makes it noticeable in the crowd. The well placed keys make writing of text and easy task. The handset is equipped with a RDS (Radio Data System) that shows the station ID, song title, artist name, etc.
Music phone become popular nowadays, many phone manufactures continue adding its music phone series time after time. We know Sony Ericsson goes with its Walkman series and nowSamsung debut its F200 & F210 series during CommunicAsia 2007 in Singapore. The F200 run on Tri-band GSM as well as GPRS networks. It equipped with rotating slider, 1.46-inch TFT display (with 262 color at 128×220 pixel resolution), and 5MB built-in memory which expandable through microSD memory card slot. For local connectivity the F200 utilizes USB cable or Bluetooth and finally as Music phone, it does have MP3 player as well as FM tuner.

Samsung's latest music edition phone the F210 looks more like an MP3 player at first sight as you can’t seem to find any keypad. The trick is to slide out the keypad from underneath. This tri-band GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz handset is also quite slim in form making the illusion more convincing with dimensions of just 88 x 31 x 20mm. It has a 1.46-inch display with 128 x 220 pixels.

It supports formats like MP3, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA formats plus various types of DRM. Unfortunately it doesn't have a radio but it does come equipped with a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 and USB 2.0 for connectivity. It’s not equipped with EDGE but it does have GPRS with a WAP browser. Another attractive feature is that it has an inbuilt memory of 1 GB and an expansion slot for external memory (microSD) up to 2GB. Prices and availability haven’t yet been disclosed yet.

The Samsung SGH-F210 features:-

• Network: GPRS Class 10, Tri-Band (900/1800/1900)
• Camera: 2 Megapixel / MPEG4/H.263
• LCD: 1.46″ 262K Color TFT Display (128 x 220)
• MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA
• Music Library 3D Sound Effect, Background Music Play, WMDRM / MTP, Music Recognition

Nokia N800

Remember the Nokia 770 Tablet ? Well, if not heres the successor for it. The Nokia N800 is latest addition from Nokia in the Internet Tablet market. The N800 comes with a VGA camera which can mainly be used as a Webcam. It has a 4.13 inch screen with stereo speakers.
The Nokia N800 comes with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth as well. You can't say that the N800 is too much better than the 770 in looks, infact the N800 is much wider than the N770. One thing that the N800 has which the N770 does not is the extra SD card slot. The N770 had a RS-MMC card slot so this is just a minor update.

We still don't know the difference in the processor and RAM specs but if there isn't too much difference in that I don't know why did they bother to bring in the update at all. The downside to both these internet tablets is the lack of GSM/CDMA compatibility. Why can't they just add the mobile feature after doing so much hard work!

Internet at Your Finger Tips, Nokia N800 NSeries Internet Tablet. The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet exemplifies the epitome of technology, style and portability. The N800 easily connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi or compatible cellular phone. Enjoy the Internet on a portable size tablet with a high-resolution widescreen display in the palm of your hand. Effortlessly make Internet Phone calls, check & send e-mail, instant message and so much more with the Nokia N800. You can also access Internet media at home or on-the-go with the Nokia N800s high quality stereo audio.

Features

Experience true internet browsing with an impressive high-resolution widescreen display

Conduct video conferences on-the-go using internet calling and the integrated webcam

Stay connected with instant messaging, email and more.

Entertainment is always at hand thanks to the integrated media player, high quality stereo speakers, UPnP audio and expandable mass memory.

The ultra-slim design makes web browsing more portable and convenient than ever.

Sony Ericsson S500i

Get in tune!Now here's a mobile that harmonizes the world around you. The new entrant Sony Ericsson S500i offers colour accents and changing desktop themes, to ensure complete tuning with your environment. Simply set in-phone themes and external light effects, and watch how the device changes its persona - as day shifts into night, as season changes, or as weekend begins. More, the hidden illumination of the keypad adds more excitement. More than aesthetics, the handset offers picture & video fun, along with the advantage of direct blogging. While the media player sets your adrenalin high, the Disc2Phone music management software helps synchronize. Sony Ericsson S500i also offer Bluetooth, EDGE, GPRS, and GSM network.
Sony Ericsson recently launched the mind soothing Sony Ericsson S500i, I have to admit it is very sexy cell phone and must have for the teenagers who are running behind fashion. I received a green colored model for a sweet review. At the first sight it stole my heart (don’t tell my girlfriend, else she’ll leave me).

So getting back to the review, the phone is very light to hold merely 100 grams, 94 grams to be precise, it has a slide open function, one of my favorites as it needs less space and buttons are safe from being pressed accidentally and size is reduced compared to candy bar phones, which can be as long as your grandma’s T.V. remote. The tiny baby holds a 256k color screen, though good I will say the age of color phones has phased long ago, Sony could have upgraded to 16 million color screen. The screen is 240 x 320 pixels and measures 2 inches. Good enough as Sony follows the same size almost in every phone they produce.

S500i boasts a Quad band connection, so you are free to rome across the globe, the cell phone has 12mb of internal memory, expandable through memory stick micro (M2), sorry to say this stick costs a lot, at least in my place, so music lovers with a small budget may have to wait for the M2 prices to drop, we have a decent 2 mega pixel camera in the phone with a mere 4x digital zoom, well this could have been improved to 8x, 4x days are history (well, at least for me), and I think Sony forgot the 3G technology has arrived, seems it has because I did not see this phone equipped with 3G capabilities.

Music ways Sony is rock solid, Sony’s earphone quality cannot be compared to anyone else’s, especially Nokia’s. In this case Sony is in the present and we have A2DP technology allowing users to listen music through Bluetooth headphones, (I really was messed up in the wires all these years, but no more)

The phone has inbuilt Netfront browser, even capable with RSS feeds, well I am not much into RSS, but users who are will love this upgrade too, since we have EDGE technology speeds were great, those who don’t know about EDGE, it boosts your internet speed, giving you an excellent browsing experience.

The phone also has Bluetooth, which is a common feature these days, talk time is decent 9 hours and standby is 370 hours, as the company claims. The Conclusion – Its clear the phone is a fashion statement, targeted among the youngsters the looks are sure to attract the crowd, this model will surely create some waves till Nokia launches something to beat it. For people who follow fashion, the phone is a must have, for others you can pass this one and wait for Sony to come with a phone with better camera and 3G capabilities.

Sony Ericsson T303

Sony Ericsson T303 is a great mobile phone that lures the customers. It is a flip handset that looks very attractive. The dimensions of this device are 83 x 47 x 14.7 mm and the weight is just 93 grams. Its 1.8 inch TFT screen can show 65K colours and one can view the pictures of 128 x 160 pixels on it. This multimedia phone has a 1.3 mega pixel camera. Its camera is based on the advanced technologies and has support for auto focus, zoom and optical lens facilities. The music quality of Sony Ericsson T303 is appreciable. Its music player supports all kinds of files formats and hence gives a great experience to the users. A FM radio with RDS and TrackID music recognition facilities have also been given in this device. Up to 9 hours of talking time and up to 400 hours of standby time are provided by this gadget. It has got 8 MB of internal memory in which wallpapers, pictures and other information can be saved.

Sony Ericsson have announced a new model in their T-Series of cell phones in the form of the compact T303 slider which, in sporting a highly polished, mirrored screen, metal housing and chrome finish has, according to Sony Ericsson, been designed from the outset with the acutely style conscious squarely in mind.

Billed as being a pocket sized phone (as opposed to an ‘completely un-pocketable’ sized phone, we suppose), the new Sony Ericsson T-Series T303 slider cell phone hardly swaps style for substance but certainly fits neatly into this category more than most and, in our opinion at least, this is of some concern as we actually don’t find the T303 especially attractive (but perhaps that’s us just).

Built around a rather diminutive 65K colour 128 x 160 resolution TFT screen, the T303 measures in at a mere and very ‘pocketable’ 83.0 x 47.0 x 15.0 mm, and comes with integrated FM radio tuner and MP3/AAC audio player functionality, WAP, a 1.3 x4 digital zoom megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity and a purported battery life of up to nine hours of talktime and 400 hours standby based on a full charge and, with the odd (hum-drum) exception, that’s about your lot - apart from the fact that the handset can also be used as a USB mass storage device.

Agreed, if you like the looks of the T303 and you are not known as being particularly demanding of your cell phones (i.e., you’re one of the few who actually use their cell phone predominantly as a phone) Sony Ericsson’s T303 may suit but, for those who ask a little more of their handsets and who look for style fused with function, we suspect you’ll be looking elsewhere (we’re not in the best of moods today, are we?).

Also available in a black finish, at the time of writing no pricing details have been released, though we can advise that Sony Ericsson’s T303 will reportedly become available to ‘selected markets’ some time in the middle of ’08.

Specifications

• Size: 83 x 47 x 14.7 mm
• Weight: 93 grams
• Colours: Shimmering Silver/Shadow Black
• Screen: 65,536 colour TFT, 128 x 160 pixels, 1.8 inches
• Phone memory: Up to 8 MB
• Talk time GSM: Up to 9 hrs
• Standby time GSM: Up to 400 hrs
• Networks: T303/T303c – GSM/GPRS
• 900/1800/1900, T303a – GSM/GPRS 850/1800/1900
• 1.3 megapixel camera, 4x digital zoom
  TrackID™
• FM Radio
• Media player
• Music tones (MP3)
• Java

Sony Ericson W910i

The Sony Ericsson W910i White has elegant and classy looks. The mobile handset is a 3G UMTS device with HSDPA(3.5G) support. The handset comes with a 2 mega pixels camera and offers a resolution of 320x240 pixels. The special attraction of the Sony Ericsson W910i White is its motion sensitive control “shake” to change the tracks and to play games. The Sony Ericsson W910i has common features like FM Radio, music player and offers expendable memory. The phone supports a feature called “ Sense-Me” that plays the songs according to one's mood. The dimensions of W910i are 100 x 50 x 13 mm. The phones weighs only 86 grams, making the W910i one of the lightest 3G phones available in the market today. In a nutshell, the Sony Ericsson W910i is a desirable phone for all.

The Sony Ericsson W910i is a slim, lightweight (just 86 g) Walkman slider with a good number of features. The W910i comes in 3 tasty colours - Hearty Red, Havana Bronze and Noble Black.

Design
A pretty mobile phone with some unique design elements. The 2.4-inch 240 x 320 (QVGA) resolution screen covers most of the front. Sony Ericsson have made some unique design choices for the W910i. The Walkman button has been placed on the top of the phone. The connector is on the W910i's left side.

The battery cover is locked - slide the piece of plastic beneath the battery cover to unlock. The battery cover is easy enough to remove. Build quality is good.

Keypad: The flat keys are OK. Press to click them down. They are a decent enough size, but could do with having a little vertical spacing between them. The keys have white backlighting.

Memory card slot: Remove the battery cover, slide in the memory card - a 1 GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory card. The W910i supports up to 4 GB. At 3 MB per song, you could fit 333 songs on the 1 GB memory card.

Features
2 MP camera
The camera is pretty average. Press and hold the camera button from the standby screen to activate the camera. Photos are taken in landscape orientation.
The W910i no flash, no auto-focus and no mirror on the back of the phone. 2.5x digital zoom (who cares about digital zoom?) and a set of options including: shoot mode, image size, shutter sounds, video size, self-timer, white balance, save options, macro mode, night mode and effects.
There's no camera lens cover - the lens is exposed to dirt, smudges and more. Screen material the lens is made of - plastic, glass, plastic layer over glass? Probably plastic - cheaper to manufacturer.

The camera can capture QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) video at 15 fps. Videos are saved in 3gp format. You can make 3G video calls with the front-facing camera 176 x 144 (QCIF) or 128 x 96 (SQCIF).

Music Player: The Sony Ericsson W910i features the Walkman 3.0 player. View songs by artist, albums, tracks, audio books, podcasts, playlists, SensMe, genre, year and video. There's also TrackID (music recognition service) and PlayNow (download music and ringtones).
SensMe: When you import music into the Media Manager, it will analyse the mood of the the track - fast, slow, sad, happy. Tracks are plotted on an x/y axis - select an area to play those tracks.
Fast Internet Downloads
Download from the Internet with fast 3G and HSDPA connection speeds. The NetFront Web browser is OK (we prefer Opera Mini and Safari mobile browsers) and the screen is a reasonable size - 2.4-inch.

Other Features

Media menu: Sony PSP style - organise photos, music, video and TV files.
Accelerometer: Auto rotate the screen when in 'Media' applications. Turn the phone sideways (to the left) and the screen orientation changes to landscape view. The auto-rotate features works, but there is a small delay.
The accelerometer (motion sensor) is also used for 'Shake Control'. When in music player mode, hold down the Walkman button (top of the phone on the right) and tilt the phone left/right to move go back/forward a track. Give the phone a shake and the music player will shuffle the tracks. Fun for about 60 seconds. It's easier to just press the navigation key.
FM radio with RDS: Attach the stereo earphones (the earphones sound fine).
Battery Life: Sony Ericsson claim 9 hours 2G network talk-time. 3.5 hours for 3G network talk-time. Turn off 3G and Bluetooth to get better battery life.
Text input: T9 predictive text. Not as fast as a good QWERTY keyboard.
Call quality: Fine. Could do with being a litter louder.
Games: Tennis Multiplay, Marble Madness 3D.
Speaker quality: The speaker is on the rear of the phone. It's OK. Could do with being a little louder. Better to use the supplied earphones or plug your own earphones/speakers into the W910i.
You'll need a 3.5 audio jack adapter. These cost just a few pounds. Google: Sony Ericsson 3.5 mm adapter.
Media Manager: Organise music, photos, video clips and podcasts on your PC, then transfer them to your phone. An improvement over Disc2phone software. If you lose your CD, download Media Manager from the Sony Ericsson Web site.
USB, USB mass storage: Like many other mobiles, the Sony Ericsson W910i acts as a mass storage device.

W910i vs W960i vs iPhone

W910i is excellent as a music player. The camera isn't great, but the W910i is lightweight and thin. There's 4 GB memory card support. Uses the new Walkman 3.0 software.
The W960i has the Walkman 3.0 interface and also has: 8 GB built-in memory, an Opera Web browser, 3.2 MP camera, and Wi-Fi (WLAN) support, a 2.6-inch touchscreen and Symbian OS. The W960i is also 3G. No HSDPA - how bizarre. The W960i is larger than the W910i - 1 cm taller, 5 mm wider and 3.5 mm thicker.
The Apple iPhone - big touchscreen screen, excellent music player, download music from iTunes, Cover Flow (flick through album covers), 8 GB of flash memory, simple and effective user interface.
The W910i is the cheapest mobile phone of the three. If you're not bothered about the camera or Wi-Fi and you want a slim lightweight device, the Sony Ericsson W910i is a very good choice.

Summary

Stylish, lightweight and good for music. Look at the CyberShot range of phones such as theK850i if you want a better camera phone. You can buy the W910i for free on contract (plus free gifts such as a Nintendo Wii or 16 GB iPod Touch), or for about £320 SIM-free.

Sony Ericson W980i

The Sony Ericsson W980i comes with the advanced features and intricate components. The handset is stunning in looks and design. It has an awesome clamshell design and compact body that measures 92 x 46 x 17 mm and weighs only 101 grams. The handset features incredible 3.2 mega pixel camera which is supported with advanced functions like auto focus, digital zoom, slide show creation of images etc. The phone features the Photofix application for image editing and other facilities like picture blogging and video calling. It gives you facility to send emails, multimedia messages and text messages etc. The incredible music player in this phone gives you wonderful experience. It has awesome features like TrackID which helps you identify the album and artiste names etc. The handset is equipped with advanced features like GPRS and EDGE that facilitate fast speed internet connectivity on it. It comes with innovative shake control with which the users can change tracks by just shaking the phone.Sony Ericsson's Walkman mobile range gets a new 8GB model - the W980i - a 3G HSDPA phone with an FM transmitter inside for sending tunes to radios Sony Ericsson has pumped up its music mobile lineup with the release of the W980i Walkman music mobile, a smart clamshell device with 8GB of internal storage, and an FM radio transmitter built in. The W980i Walkman is also the first of the music-centric range to use Walkman on Top external music player controls on the front of the phone's flip.

Sony Ericsson promises an enhanced clear audio performance from its new W980i Walkman, and room for up to 8,000 tracks inside. The W980i doesn't offer Memory Stick Micro (M2) card expansion, however, just the onboard 8GB of storage.

The 3G HSDPA, quad-band GSM/GPRS phone supports downloading of tracks over the air, with links to Sony Ericsson's PlayNow service embedded in the phone. It includes the Shake control and SensMe functions included on recent Walkman mobiles, but introduces an FM transmitter for the first time - enabling W980i users to transmit their tunes to other nearby FM radio devices, including hi-fis and car stereos.

It comes equipped with Sony Ericsson's usual array of Walkman phone standard gadgetry, including TrackID, stereo Bluetooth and an FM radio with RDS. A 3.2-megapixel camera is in the spec too, with picture and video blogging options for captured images. Video calling, downloading and streaming are all part of the feature rundown too, and a full web browser is onboard, with RSS feed support.

The W980i has a 2.2-inch, 262,144-colour QVGA (240x320 pixels) internal display and a smaller 176x176 pixels 262,144-colour external screen, and music player battery life of up to 16 hours.

Available in Piano Black, the Sony Ericsson W980i is due to hit the shelves in the third quarter of 2008.

Features of the Sony Ericsson W980i include:

• 3G
• Camera: 3.2 megapixels, 3.2x digital zoom
• Video Camera: Video record, Video streaming,Video Call
• Display: 262,144-colour TFT, 240 x 320 pixels
• Music Player: Walkman player (MP3, AAC formats), SensMe, Shake Control, Play Now, TrackID, Radio
• Java Games: 3D
• Ringtones: Polyphonic, MP3 / AAC ringtones
• Connectivity: Bluetooth, USB, Modem
• Memory: 8 GB
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
• Internet: GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, Access NetFront Web Browser, Web feeds
• Operating Frequency: GSM quadband, UMTS 2100
• Size: 92 x 46 x 17 mm
• Weight: 100g
• Colours: Piano Black

T Mobile MDA Compact III

In business...for business


With a gleaming compact design and cutting-edge features, T-Mobile MDA Compact III makes for your perfect business-aide. Get the competitive edge with Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, MS-Office, Web'n'walk and PDF viewer. Groovy music and quality imaging capabilities to wash away the stress. Latest in connectivity, advanced messaging facilities and satellite navigation capability simply keeps you connected with the world.


The soon-to-be-available HTC Artemis will reach T-Mobile as MDA Compact III, it was displayed in Internationale Funkausstellung/IFA (the international consumer electronics fair) in Berlin.

The HTC Artemis is a quadband smartphone running Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition. It is the first HTC devices with GPS built in. Although we have see built-in WiFi report previously, the MDA Compact III didn't mention anything on the WiFi module.

The Compact III isn't your average Pocket PC phone. If you buy one people may still "think" it's a normal PDA but wait - it's far more than that. First up there's the control mechanism. When I first heard that it came with a trackball I thought back to an old arcade game in the local pub - it was called the "Crystal Maze" and involved a huge amount of trackball spinning. It would be fair to say that I didn't like the idea of a trackball much. Secondly was the scroll-wheel that surrounds the trackball. Surely that wouldn't work ? Would it?
There's something else the MDA Compact III has - GPS. It's built in. No seperate box, no extra bluetooth thingy to charge up - it's inside. Think about it. In space there's millions of pounds worth of satellites floating around, beaming location information right back down to this tiny box of tricks.What else do we have ? Well, we'll get to that in a minute. Let's look at something it doesn't have - most noteably there's no 3G and no WiFi. Bummer, perhaps I'm asking too much ? Is it just me that wants a device with GPS, WiFi, 3G, a QWERTY keyboard, hi-res camera and a numeric keyboard? Perhaps.

As a quick comparison I put the MDA Compact III next to an Orange SPV M3100 / T-Mobile MDA Vario II. As you can see it's a lot slimmer and more lightweight.

For the review we were loaned the MDA Compact III and CoPilot Live. Inside the CoPilot box is a very decent windscreen holder for your MDA Compact III and a car charger.. plus the data card too. It's just a matter of putting the data card into the MDA Compact III and you're done. CoPilot installs and you're ready to go. As a package it's an excellent deal.

Some specifications:

• 2.8 inch QVGA TFT LCD, touch screen
• 128MB ROM / 64 MB RAM
• TI OMAP 850, 200 MHz
• EDGE / GSM Quad-band 850 / 900 / 1800 /1900 MHz
• GPRS
• Bluetooth
• Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g ?
• 2 megapixel camera
• FM Radio
• GPS
• 1250 mAh battery
• miniUSB
• microSD card slot

T Mobile MDA Vario II

The stylish and powerful performer

Experience a rich blend of power and style with MDA compact vario II. Windows Mobile 5.0, Office programs, Microsoft Direct Push-its packed with smart business applications. Enjoy super-fast browsing with 'web n walk'. Shoot picturesquely, call your friends and see how they are doing on a colourful, vibrant screen. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for unlimited sharing and wire-free connectivity; QWERTY keypad for speedy typing; and scroll wheel for swift navigation. The gizmo means business.

The time has come - also for T-Mobile Germany (after O2 Germany and Vodafone Germany which introduced the HTC Hermes already): T-Mobile is launching MDA Vario II which will support, right from the start HSDPA. T-Mobile Germany's HSDPA networks offers at the moment bandwidths of up to 1.8 megabits/second and that's across the whole T-Mobile UMTS network! Users of this Windows Mobile 5.0 features Pocket PC Phone Edition can surf the Internet via web'n'walk at an ultrafast speed and access the information and entertainment services they need from anywhere. Those using the device for business will appreciate the high speed when downloading E-Mails with large attachments or researching online for example. Besides HSDPA, the integrated EDGE and W-LAN technologies in MDA Vario II also enable high-speed experience whilst on the move.

Innovative technology, sophisticated ease of use, high quality manufacturing and the smart range of colors on offer - anthracite, Bordeaux and black - are the cornerstones of the unique make-up of MDA Vario II. As a real all-rounder, the phone also offers numerous Office Mobile applications such as Word Mobile and PowerPoint Mobile based on the operating system Windows Mobile 5.0 for use on the move. Users can completely synchronize their Outlook with contact details, calendar entries, messages and so on with their device. MDA Vario II supports current E-Mail standards as well as the Microsoft E-Mail push service which T-Mobile provides as part of its MDA messaging solution. The BlackBerry Push Service can be easily installed on the device and software is supplied. For high resolution photographs and video recordings a 2 megapixel camera with close-up/macro mode and flash is built-in. A second camera on the front enables the owner to be shown during video telephony via UMTS. The side track wheel, the slide out QWERTZ keyboard, a button to hide/close completed programs and soft keys which can be allocated on the large touch screen color display mean all functions can be used quickly and easily. The large internal memory can be further extended by a plug-in micro SD card.

The MDA Vario II will be available from August 14, 2006 at a price of 699,95 Euro without a contract. Subsidized it will retail for 359.59 Euro on the Relax 100 tariff - a 24-month postpay contract.

Samsung Omnia

Samsung has delivered yet another gem, this time with the name of Samsung Omnia. The gorgeous widget provides a wide array of world class features that make it a stunning piece of technology all together. Ultra-elegant looks and futuristic design is what separates it from other existing mobile phones in the market. The large TFT touchscreen display screen with the high-end features like Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Handwriting recognition helps the users to get a different experience all together. There is also 5.0 mega pixels camera, that has the impressive ability to click the most remarkable images in no time. Samsung Omnia is blessed with abundant memory, this widget allows the users to store large data in any form. The long standby time of the battery (approximately 500 hours) also makes sure that the users need not to recharge the battery again and again, in middle of a smooth session.

The Samsung OMNIA is powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and comes packed with MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word). Even though the OMNIA is 100% touch screen, Samsung included an optical mouse for ease of navigation - the optical mouse is similar to what you’d find on laptops. Samsung OMNIA is possibly the best ever smartphone that Samsung has ever built.

The OMNIA also has a 5-megapixel CMOS camera with auto-focus (AF), face and smile detection and auto-panorama shot. OMNIA comes in 8 or 16GB memory configuration and additional storage can be added via extendable slot. Of course, a smart phone called OMNIA can’t go without having a GPS, including navigation and geo-tagging capabilities, so you’d never get lost wherever you are.
According to CNET Asia, “an orientation sensor is built into the OMNIA i900. When rotated, it does this fancy transition whereby the display shrinks and expands back to fill the screen in a different orientation. The 240 x 400 display does seem a little weird, but is not unheard of–we’ve seen it in the ASUS M930’s internal display. It makes sense, too, if you are to use it as a media player because the aspect ratio is much closer to the 16:9 aspect ratio commonly seen in movie files. To that end, the i900 also comes with a media application that supports DivX and Xvid out of the box.”

As I mentioned earlier, the OMNIA is primarily touch-based so it makes perfect sense for Samsung to include its patented TouchWiz user interface. The OMNIA is Samsung’s first ever Windows Mobile smart phone to feature TouchWiz. TouchWiz lets you personalize the home window with unique widgets. The high-resolution touch-sensitive screen uses intuitive tap, sweep, drag and drop operations as well as an on-screen QWERTY keyboard. It also facilitates easy and convenient calling and texting with a dedicated dome key for controlling communications.

The Samsung OMNIA is ultra-slim measuring 12.5mm and has a platinum look finish. Samsung added details such as elegant hairline patterns on the back of the phone to bring the “perfection in style.”

Geesung Choi, President of Samsung Telecommunication Business, said: “I am very excited to introduce Samsung , a mobile device that truly delivers the best possible features for today’s busy, connected consumer. Samsung demonstrates our vision for the Samsung mobile business, which is to provide premium phones for users who desire functionality, style, usability and entertainment in one innovative device. The mobile range will help users to be at the forefront of work and play and at the same time, to stay connected anytime, anywhere.”
The Samsung OMNIA will be unveiled at CommunicAsia, Singapore from June 17 to 20 and commercially launched in the Southeast Asian market starting from the same week. The phone will be available in the European market from July.