HTC Touch Cruise Review
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The HTC Touch Cruise was released late last year. It became one of the most popular handsets in the market. So now, I think it’s time for us to take a look at what this device has to offer. The Cruise belonged to the same family as the HTC Touch and HTC Touch Dual, therefore, [...]
Motorola Z6c Review
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Earlier this year, RIM released its Blackberry 8830 into the market. It has most of the functions a traveling executive needs. Samsung has the same type of phone with their Motorola Z6c. It offers most of the functions expected from a business handset.
The Z6c has the same slider design as most Motorola Rizr phones. In [...]
Samsung Katalyst Review
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Despite its unique name, the Samsung Katalyst is not that different from other Samsung slider phones out on the market. It measures around 2 inches tall by 4 inches wide by 0.7 inch thick, it has an understated gray-and-chrome design, with slightly blocky corners and a soft curve along its sides. But it’s not the [...]
LG Chocolate 3 Review
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The LG Chocolate is probably one of the best phones ever produced by LG. It became very popular specially with its slender, candy bar design and its unique touch-sensitive music player controls. It focused mainly on users multimedia experience. Given its popularity, LG managed to make it even better with the release of the new [...]
August launch for Meizu iPhone clone?
Permalink: August launch for Meizu iPhone clone? by Jan Harris
Rumours about the Meizu M8 have been around for a while, but it seems that the phone is now set to launch in August, according to a post on the Chinese company’s website.
The phone, an iPhone clone, is expected to feature 128MB RAM, with a 256MB RAM version expected to follow in October.
The [...]
LG Dare Touch-Screen Phone
Permalink: LG Dare Touch-Screen Phone by Franz Bicar
The LG Dare is probably one of the more popular iPhone “alternative” out in the market today. It sports features that many people clamoring to be included on the popular phone from Apple. It has features like mobile TV and 3G connectivity, which the 3G iPhone has now (only 3G), but still a lot of [...]
Apple iPhone 3G Review
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The much anticipated iPhone 3G has finally been launched over the weekend. This long-awaited, next-generation phone is pretty much similar to its predecessor and the key differences are not really that life-changing. However, the minor tweaks and changes are maybe enough to boost the 3G iPhone to newer heights and would probably allow Apple to [...]
£14.99 camera phone from Alcatel
Permalink: £14.99 camera phone from Alcatel by Jan Harris
Alcatel has introduced a budget price camera phone for anyone who just wants an uncomplicated phone to stay in touch with family and friends.
Priced at just £14.99, the OT-S520 is a candybar phone offering a VGA camera that can be used as a webcam, and a 1.8-inch colour screen.
It measures just 11mm thick [...]
LG Decoy
Permalink: LG Decoy by Franz Bicar
Cellphone manufacturers are constantly thinking of new ways of keeping their product ahead of the competition. Innovations and new ideas are popping out here and there. Touch screens to powerful cameras and even down to peculiar designs, manufacturers are doing their best to give consumers something fresh and new.LG might have done something that consumers [...]
Motorola ZN5 Camera Phone
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Motorola fans can finally relax. Motorola has finally made a very decent handset again - and as an added bonus, it does not resemble the Razr in any way. Motorola is launching a new camera phone in partnership with Kodak, named as the ZN5. The Motorola ZN5 feels and looks very cool. It has a [...]
LG 8 megapixel camera phone rumours
Permalink: LG 8 megapixel camera phone rumours by Jan Harris
Rumours are circulating that LG Electronics is planning to release an 8 megapixel phone - the KC910.
According to rumours, it will feature a WVGA touch-screen, a slim aluminium casing with a hardened glass display, and a brand new user interface.
Alongside the camera, the phone is expected to feature a Xenon flash, image stabilisation [...]
Motorola W755 Phone
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There hasn’t been a lot of activity from Motorola this year. In fact, there hasn’t been a single device from Motorola that made waves since their Motorola Razr phones. Well, that might change with the Motorola W755 released by Verizon Wireless. Actually, the W755 doesn’t have anything new up its sleeve. It just earn points [...]
LG KC550 5-Megapixel Camera Phone
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Admit it, not all of us can afford those overly huge and expensive camera phones in the market. No matter how hard we fantasize of someday getting one of those Nokia N82’s, SE K850i’s or those Samsung G800’s, our finances would always pull us back to reality. But who can blame those manufacturers? Given all [...]
Samsung Soul SGH-U900
Permalink: Samsung Soul SGH-U900 by Franz Bicar
The new Samsung Soul has been released with much hype by its manufacturer Samsung. They even called it their flagship product for 2008. I guess that means that the company thought this phone has a lot of promise and a lot of potential. So let’s take a closer look at the Samsung Soul SGH-U900 and [...]
Sony Ericsson 8MP Cybershot
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Sony Ericsson’s promised 8MP Cybershot promises to take camera phones to a new level.
The slider phone’s 8.1 megapixel sensor will make it possible to print A3 sizes. It features a Xenon flash for photos and a LED one for video.
Other features are expected to include built-in Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.1, a bundled [...]
Sony Ericsson S500i
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Sony Ericsson has made a mark in the mobile market. Its beautiful, sleek and elegant phones has made an impact to the consumer market. The S500i is no exception. Its a sleek and sexy slider phone that conforms to the design principles guys from Sony Ericsson has been successfully doing for quite a while now.
The [...]
Samsung Sync SGH-A707
Permalink: Samsung Sync SGH-A707 by Franz Bicar
I really love music. So whenever a phone comes in that boasts multimedia capabilities, specially in music, I get really excited. Most cellular carriers these days also offer music services and phones that work with it. Manufacturers are also releasing phones that caters to music-lovers everywhere. But still, however good these phones may be, they’re [...]
Sony Ericsson W950i Walkman Phone
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The Sony Ericsson W950i has been mentioned at the beginning of the year and SE fans have been patiently waiting for it and for the things - though some are definitely not new - that it can do. Well, the phone has finally been released and now is the time to look and see if [...]
HTC Shadow
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You might wonder what kind of phone the Shadow is. It doesn’t look like a Windows Mobile smart phone to begin with. In fact, it looks like a Research-In-Motion type of phone with a 20-key keypad hidden beneath the slide-up screen. But once you take this handset through its paces, then you’ll appreciate its features [...]
Nokia E62 PDA
Permalink: Nokia E62 PDA by Franz Bicar
The Nokia E63 has bee around for quite a while now. It it similar to the Nokia E61 sold in Europe, but comes in with a few modifications. One of this is that that E61 supports 3G networks in Europe while the E62 supports none. The E61 has Wi-Fi, while the E62 doesn’t.
First let’s go [...]