Nokia N8 Review

If you were just to compare specifications, the Nokia N8 is a mobile phone that should propel the N Series from Nokia to the top of the camera phone charts. Lets review those features and take a look at what the Nokia N8 has in store.

With a 12 megapixel camera and optics from Carl Zeiss, including a wide-angle lens and the ability to shoot in high-definition video (720p resolution) and connect via HDMI to your home theatre system with Dolby Digital Plus sound, the Nokia N8 looks to take multimedia phones to a new level.

If social networking is your thing, the Nokia N8 brings all of your favourite networking sites together, including Facebook and Twitter, straight to your home screen. Upload your photos and videos to Facebook as soon as you capture them on the phone, and keep in touch with your friends direct from your mobile.

Building on the succesful Widgets which made their debut in the N97 you can personalise your N8 to your hearts content. There are three individual home screens so your phone can look different when used at work, at home and one spare.

With the growth of the OVI resource portal, there are a large number of different applications that you can get to upgrade and improve your Nokia phone and although not at the level that iPhone users can expect this resource is becoming a valuable addition for Nokia owners.

In addition to the high-quality camera and video expect to find 16 GB of internal memmory which can be expanded through micro-SD memory cards (up to a total of 32 GB) making a total possible memory of 48 GB. Llike television on your mobile? The Nokia N8 also includes on demand WebTV including channels from CNN and National Geographic, although not live TV, a feature hastily dropped by Nokia after the N96 because of the lack of support around the world. This adds an additional distraction from those long commutes as does the full featured music player including album art, playlists and the boast from Nokia that the N8 will store enough songs that you could listen to over two days worth of music without hearing the same song twice.

Connectivity includes Bluetooth, HDMI, a micro-USB connector, 3.5 mm AV connector for your headphones, FM radio and an FM transmitter. E-mail messaging is supported as you would expect as is browsing and internet capabilities which include Flash video support.

The user interface relies on a 3.5 inch high resolution screen with 16.7 million colours and 640 x 360 pixels OLED capacitive touch screen. Differing from the N97, the touch screen is capacitive rather than resistive which means it should be easier to operate with just a finger thater than a stylus. There is an accelerometer (orientation sensor), compass and an ambient light sensor, all the things you’d expect from a high range N Series mobile phone.

GPS is included with integrated GPS and A-GPS receiver and OVI Maps with free car and pedestrian navigation will be included.

The Nokia N8 is also expected to ship with the new Symbian ^3 operating system which is still yet to be fully released by Nokia. Given the number of partners involved in the Symbian development system we would hope that this new release brings a lot of new features and stability to this rather old OS.

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Samsung Galaxy S Review

The Samsung Galaxy S is meant to be the Korean firm's big assault on the smartphone market - packing oodles of top end technology into a handset it thinks can take on the iPhone 4. There's more than just top end technology in here to beat the iPhone – the chassis looks decidedly similar too, despite the much larger screen, which comes in at a whopping four inches.

The feel of the frame is also odd, but in a good way. It's nearly a millimetre thicker than the iPhone 4 (we know, shocking) but it doesn't feel it, thanks to the curved back. The downside of this construction is that it feels a little plasticky, which isn't the impression you're going for in a premium smartphone – but it is very light at only 118g. The chrome bezel looks nice too, but it's the screen that it frames that really makes the Samsung Galaxy S.

While Google is intent on losing the custom overlays on modern Android smartphones, Samsung has finally decided to offer up its own skin for the search engine's mobile OS. Known as TouchWiz 3.0, this skin is the evolution of efforts from a number of Samsung handsets – sadly most of which were pretty dire to use, with a range of widgets that underperformed compared to the competitors'.

This overlay was first used on the Samsung Wave, where new widgets were the order of the day – while these worked well, and 10 home screens was a bonus, on the Galaxy S you get seven displays to work with, and both widgets and icons alike. The latter is great, as it means you can mess around with placement of your favourite applications. However, widgets are less of an attraction, with very few on offer from both Samsung and the default Android offering – certainly you get a lot more from the likes of the HTC Desire.

Things like Daily Briefing are very exact in what they offer – we would have preferred more customisation than simple weather and news updates, although RSS feeds are always handy, provided you have the nous to set them up. But the interface on the Samsung Galaxy S is more than this; the large, capacitive touchscreen is just tops. We're not saying it's better than the iPhone 4, but for someone who's never picked up a touchscreen phone in their life, this cannot be beaten.

The lightest touch will produce an instant reaction, and coupled with the 1GHz processor from Samsung, the Galaxy S will rarely slow down from your input. While we would have liked to see more from the menu system (we love swiping up from the bottom of the screen to activate the icon list), you have to hit the 'Applications' icon on the Home screen to do more. Another feature we loved about the Samsung Wave was the intuitive menu system, where the most-used applications gradually moved to the top of the pile; sadly missing on the Galaxy S. But the simple icons and pages way of navigating your applications makes sense, seeing as the iPhone 4 has had such runaway success with such a system.

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Latest Nokia E Series Phone on Nokia's Online Shop

The Nokia E5 launches in the UK today on the Nokia online shop. The E5 handset is Nokia’s latest addition to the E Series and poses another challenge to RIM’s Blackberry in the enterprise space.

The phone comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and a 2.4-inch screen. Aimed at the business user, work and personal email accounts can be accessed from the handset via a rapid and intuitive set up. The Nokia E5 also comes with business-grade security and device management functions such as remote locking with SMS and device and memory card encryption.

The device also includes free Ovi Maps - a Sat Nav and pedestrian turn by turn navigator with TimeOut, Expedia, Michelin, Lonely Planet, Qype and Trip Advisor applications for most countries. The phone also allows rapid internet access (HSDPA/HSUPA and WLAN) and features a five-megapixel camera.

Available in carbon black or chalk white, the Nokia E5 is priced at £259 Sim-free and is available now from www.shop.nokia.co.uk. The Nokia E5 will also be available at Orange. The network has the phone featured on a new page on its official store which states it is ‘coming soon’.

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HTC Desire Review

HTC Desire is a top-end smartphone that is quite impressive in terms of performance. The phone runs Android 2.1 and a key feature of the HTC Desire is its large screen. At 3.7-inches across diagonal corners it isn't the biggest screen on a Smartphone but it is plenty big enough for media rich activities like Web browsing, watching streamed or locally stored video and looking at photos.

The relatively large screen of the device makes its QWERTY keyboard easier to use at a fair old speed, both in tall and wide formats. The 480 x 800 pixel resolution is top-notch and the AMOLED technology used in the display makes it sharp and bright.

The HTC Desire is one of the smartest phones you would have ever come across! With its slender size and immense brain power, it immediately attracts one’s attention. Be it its mobility, customization, optimization or multi-tasking facilities, HTC Desire is a perfect blend of the most interactive qualities you ever desired to be inculcated in a phone.

The technical specifications include HSDPA with 7.2Mbps download and 2Mbps upload, Wi-Fi, GPS, a motion sensor, 5-megapixel camera, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Support for Microsoft Exchange is built in, and the handset can handle remote data wipe and password protection which should help endear it to corporate users.

The Desire phone has a wide range of applications pre-installed including viewers for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF documents, an FM radio, an app called FriendStream which brings together Facebook and Flickr updates, YouTube, Google Maps and an RSS reader. Flash support is here and among the thousands of apps you can download from the Android market is a free BBC iPlayer.

HTC Desire phones provide the finest browsing experience and the heaviest of pages can load in a matter of seconds. The phone employs a 1GHz Snapdragon Processor which helps it perform multiple functions at the same time.

One of the most unique features of the Desire is its customized widgets which bring you the latest news ranging from local weather to your friend’s updates in a very innovative & interesting manner.

This amazing phone is now available on various pay monthly contract offers and pay as you go deals at online mobile phone shop. If you do not want to go for pay monthly and pay as you go mobile offers, You can also opt for the Desire as a sim free handset to experience its wonders.

In a nutshell this latest HTC phone simply leaves nothing to be 'Desired'!

HTC Smartphones

Smart phones are very popular because of the features offered by them They are called as smart phones because they have got every thing in themselves and operate almost like a mini computer. All the mobile manufacturers are trying to capture this segment and are launching latest smartphones with high end features. HTC corporation is one such company which is a very reputed name and one of the leading smartphone manufacturers. The USP of HTC smartphones is their large touch screen and unique interface. The company stands among the first one's to manufacture operating system based mobile phones. HTC mobile phone have always rocked the stores and with every single new release the company is climbing the stairs of success to becoming the top most company in the smart phone segment.

After producing the very successful models, Desire, Legend and Wildfire, HTC has come up with yet another collection of new smartphones. The range of these new handsets include the HTC Gold and Ace phones. These devices are expected to be released in the second half of the year 2010.

HTC has always taken the industry by storm with its Touch screen smartphones and these new releasese are also expected to have outstanding features and amazing functionalities. These high end HTC phones are available on great pay monthly and pay as you go deals on all major UK networks. You can also get these phones as sim free handsets if you do not want to buy a contract or pay as you go deal.

Amazing Tocco Lite from Samsung

Known for producing the most stylish and sophisticated mobile phones, Samsung has produced yet another handset called the Tocco Lite. The Samsung Tocco Lite is a simple handset with cool features and amazing looks. As the name suggets it is a light weight phone compared to other smartphones. It weighs only 93.5 grams.

Other smartphones may weigh something more than a 100 grams. Being light in weight this handset can easily be carried in a pocket or in a hand bag.

This phone has a simple yet elegant looks. It is a slider bar phone that provides you the maximum amount with smooth rounded edges. The body measures 104 x 53 x 11.9 mm. With a high resolution of 240 x 400 pixels, it has a large 3 inch display or the touch screen. The 3.15 mega pixel camera also provides class photographs with every single click. The video recording is also a high class one. Although this Samsung Phone has has a low phone memory of 50 MB yet the phone has a good amount of data storage capacity which could be enhanced using a micro SD memory card. The memory of this handset can go up to 16 GB.

Mobiles in a variety of attractive colours are common nowadays and pink is one such colour which is very popular among mobile users. Looking at the popularity of pink phones, the Tocco Lite is also available in pink. Pink Samsung tocco lite is the most popular in its collection. In fact, female customers like it more because its bright pink colour attracts them very much. Moreover, it is a capable handset that is loaded with latest multimedia features.

Nokia C3 for the Starters

The new Nokia C3 is a phone specially designed for those who lack techno-whiz capability. It not only connects users to the world in new ways, but is sleek, stylish, cute, and affordable as well. Containing a multitude of features and user friendly functions, C3 is specifically designed for those who are new to this field and would like to try to join the techno-generation, but have many fears. It is actually part of the S40 series that has Wi-Fi capabilities, but has included a few other cool features as well. This is an entry level mobile phone with the mobile operating system of the Nokia S40 model.

The handset comes with the option of utilising either ring or vibration alerts as well as the option of utilising existing or downloaded MP3 files as supplementary ringtones to the existing options. The handset provides effective hands free communication through its integrated speakerphone whilst the handsets phone book is able to retain an almost unlimited number of contacts in addition to offering photo call functionality. The handset also provides an effective call records feature which provides a wide range of information about calls that have been made within the last 30 days.

The C3 is a member of the c series of Nokia phones which includes other handsets also like the C5 and C6 phones. The Nokia C5 is a functional and impressively stylish smart phone that utilises the ARM 11 600 MHz processor in addition to the Symbian operating system, to provide a handset that is both reliable and effective in equal measure. The handsets a compact and lightweight unit which is 112 mm x 46 mm wide whilst being 12 mm thick and weighing only 89 g.

The Stunning Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Phones

Amongst the latest Smartphones released by Sony Ericsson is the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini. As the name suggests, this is a compact handset yet boasts an impressive array of features and utilises the renowned Android operating system.

X10 Mini is a compact handset measuring just 83x 50x 16 mm and weighs in at just 88 g making it a pocket friendly handset which is ideally proportioned for comfort of use on the move.

In order to stay connected to both cellular networks and the Internet, a number of different connectivity methods are utilised. Cellular networks are connected to thanks to class 10 versions of both GPRS & EDGE. Connection to the Internet is via both 3G coverage and Wi-Fi. In areas covered by 3G, access to the Internet is provided courtesy of both HSDPA and HSUPA. Wi-Fi connectivity provides a faster Internet connection whenever a signal is detected from a wireless Internet router.

Similar to the Mini, Sony X10 Mini Pro is also a compact handset. Both of the handsets belong to the very popular Xperia X10 range launched by the Sony Ericsson. This version features the inclusion of a slide out QWERTY keyboard. Amongst its other features of a five mega pixel digital camera, Wi-Fi Internet connection and the renowned Android operating system.

Available in a range of attractive colours combined with exciting list of specifications, the Sony Ericsson X10 range of phones tick all the boxes in terms of Smartphone functionality and are sure to appeal to all manner of users.

The Newset Sony Walkman Phones

After launching a series of Smartphones - The Sony Ericsson Vivaz, Xperia X10 and the Satio, Sony Erisson is coming up with its latest range of phones under the Walkman series with the newest models Sony Ericson Zylo and Spiro. Earlier to these new additions, the company had produced the very popular music phone The W995. Both of them offer strong music and communication features. The Zylo offers more than music capabilities and you can talk and listen to music at the same time; capture amazing images and pictures with its 3.2-megapixel camera or shoot video footage on the video option. All these can be done while interacting online on social networking sites with your friends via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube that are pre-installed on the phone.

Talking about the music features, you can manage and control what you listen to with the Zylo phone without needing to navigate to the Walkman 4.0 player. Not only this, Zylo is the first Sony Ericsson phone that features the FLAC format.

The Spiro is no less and not only would it suit your audio requirements but it would also provide a rich and smooth usage experience. Essentially designed as a compact slider, the phone weighs a mere ninety grams. Nevertheless, this tiny frame encompasses within itself a huge number of appealing features which majorly include a 2 megapixel camera, a 2.2 inch QVGA screen and supports both GPRS and GSM to give you the best Internet connectivity and display.

Nokia 6700 with Free Phone Deals

The Nokia 6700 Classic phones have smart look and come in quality metal finish packaging. The specifications of the phone are great and the 6700 has been one of the top selling handsets of the Year 2009. The main highlights of the phone are a-GPS system, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, an audio playeran FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth, HSPA and a memory card. The handset fits in the hand very nicely with its slim build still wide enough body to give access to all the flush keys when you need to. The phone is still in great demand and is available on various lucrative phone offers on all major network services in UK. You can also buy the handset from an online mobile phone shop where you can compare all the best deals with price comparision.