The Sleek, Gorgeous and Vibrant Nokia 7210 Supernova

In brief, the new Nokia 7210 Supernova lets you personalize your style with a simple and chic mobile handset which will give a fresh, funky look that will make a few heads turn while you use it. The 7210 comes in fresh colors, chic design, glossy finish and essential features. The Nokia 7210 boasts of accompanying Xpress-On covers to match up users moods and possibly attire. The Nokia 7210 boasts of major features such as a music player and FM stereo radio. You can store music tracks on its expandable external memory that supports microSD memory cards of up to 2GB capacity. It lets you capture high-quality images with a 2 megapixel camera which in the standard of camera phones in its class is pretty high enough. Plus, it has direct link to Flickr to let you easily upload your pictures. The Nokia 7210 maybe a pretty simple and basic mobile phone but it works on GSM/EGSM 900/1800/1900 networks. Other features of the Nokia 7210 Supernova includes; a 2-inch QVGA display with 240×320 pixel resolution, series 40 users interface, 30MB internal memory, SMS/MMS/AMS messaging, EDGE, Bluetooth, USB 2.0 and Nokia PC Suite support, WAP 2.0 XHTML, video recording and streaming features, mono handsfree speaker, MP3 and true tones support, JAVA and other mobile web applications and games support, including Flickr, MyNokia, Macromedia Flash Lite, Mobile Search, Widsets and many more. The Nokia 7210 gives out up to 2 hours of talk time and up to 250 hours of standby time. It also comes with the usual Personal Information Management features such as calculator, contacts, alarm and size converter.

The Sony Ericsson C905 Whallops an 8.1 MP Camera

You read it right folks, that’s the new Sony Ericsson camera phone whalloping a whooping 8.1 megapixel camera. It’s not a Sony Cyber-shot digital camera but a Cyber-shot camera phone. Being the first Cyber-shot slider phone, the C905 offers the most advanced camera phone yet. Like the Sony Ericsson S302, the C905 was created to make all mobile users better photographers. The C905’s camera features include; true digital camera with Xenon flash with face detection auto-focus, smart contrast and image stabilizer. It also provides an easy and quick way of transferring photos from the camera to the PC with a USB adaptor. Here’s a rundown of the C905 features and specifications. For its other camera function the C905 features; auto focus, 16x digital zoom, photofix, picture blogging, red-eye reduction, video light, video recording and video stabilizer. For its connectivity, the C905 features aGPS, Bluetooth, modem, synchronization, USB mass storage and support. Other features of the Sony Ericsson C905 include; a 2.4-inches 262, 144 color TFT display (240×320 pixels), 160MB phone memory, GSM/GPRS talk time of 9 hours, GSM/GPRS standby time of 380 hours, UMTS talk time of 4 hours and UMTS standby time of 360 hours. The C905 supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA 2100,  GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100; GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900.The C905 Cyber-shot will be available in three colours (Night Black, Ice Silver and Copper Gold) in selected markets from Q4 2008.

The E-mail Optimized Nokia E66

One of the leaked mobile phones that we featured a couple of days ago have come out earlier than we expected. Nokia has announced its latest offering in the business-oriented E-Series mobile handsets - the E66. The Nokia E66 is a slide-to-open mobile handset which promises a full suite of mobile e-mail functionality that would answer both personal and professional messaging needs that even include Microsoft Exchange - the world’s widely used corporate email solution. Slated for a July release in Europe with an SRP of 350 Euro, the E66 is geared for business people with a fast phase mobile lifestyle who needs quick and easy access to their personal and work email as well their calendar and contacts. This functionality is combined with the E66’s beautifully crafted industrial design. The E66’s body is made of stainless steel for strength and touch of class. The Nokia E66is fully equipped with an easy-to-install and easy-to-use professional and personal email application which allows users to download Word, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF applications in their mobile phones. In addition, the Nokia E66 also gives access to major web-based email applications such as Google, Yahoo and Microsof Web mail tools. Other features of the Nokia E66 include, a 2.4-inch QVGA screen, a 3.2 megapixel camera, music player, media player, WIFI, GPS, FS-USB, irDA, Bluetooth, 2.5mm AV connector, S60 platform and HSDPA 3G connectivity. Incidentally, the E66 is the official successor to the previously released Nokia E65, so E65 users would have an idea how this mobile phone performs.

Sony Ericsson Touts an 8.1 Megapixel Camera Phone - C90 Shiho

You just got to love the resourcefulness of some mobile phone afficionados on the web when it comes to obtaining leak photos and specs of upcoming mobile phones from major brands. The past couple of weeks we’ve seen unofficial announcements about new phones here and there. It’s not that we’re complaining, in fact we actually like it as those leakages give us a headstart on what’s going to be hot and what’s going to be not hot. In the case of the new Sony Ericsson C905 Shiho phone, we couldn’t help but be excited about it. Who would not be excited with a mobile phone that promises an 8.1 megapixel camera anyway? This might be what Sony Ericsson to catch up with the camera phone market which has been captured by rival Nokia. Anyway, the Sony Ericsson C905’s camera  boasts of the  8.1 megapixel camera with auto-focus, face recognition, smart contrast, image stabilization, red-eye reduction and xenon flash. It’s other features include; GPS with support for A-GPS, 2.4-inch QVGA scratch-resistant mineral glass TFT display, WI-FI, Bluetooth, HSDPA, TV-Out, and Memory Stick slot of course. The C905 will be available in Copper Gold, Ice Silver and Night Black. As this is an unofficial announcements yet, we’re pretty sure there will be more features in the C905 mobile phone. And that’s something that we will watch out for.

LG Announces the KC550

LG is coming out with a new mid-level phone which is being targeted for the European market - the KC550. This new mobile slider packs a whooping 5-megapixel camera at such an affordable price. It features a Scheneider-Kreuznach autofocus lens which is protected by a sliding cover including the flash. The LG KC550 also boasts of a fast processor which is a useful feature when viewing large photos and also for watching DVD videos with high resolution. The KC550 is capable of viewing 720×480 videos at 30fps. Unfortunately, its video camera does not support DivX format yet. The KC550 is also packed with an integrated sensor that makes it possible to take advantage of the six preloaded “motion sensitive” games. This feature is similar to the recently released LG Secret mobile phone. The KC550 also features a microSD slot, stereo Bluetooth and QVGA display. For those looking for a slim mobile phone, the KC550 measures only 14.3mm in thickness. Other features and specifications of the LG KC550 include; 2.4-inch TFT LCD, video player, FM radio, and a built-in 25mb memory. As the LG KC550 has just been announced, no word on pricing and release date is available yet. But like we said, since it doesn’t have a 3G capability, chances are it will be released only in the European mobile market, or perhaps even in some Asian countries where 3G is not yet that established. But still, the LG KC550 is still a great phone especially with its 5mp camera which high enough in mobile phone camera standards.

Symbian Powered Samsung L870 Gets Official with Safari Browser

Samsung has just officially announced its latest mobile phone offering, the L870 slider which is not only sleek looking with its stainless steel body and brushed patter but most importantly it supports the Safari browser which we normally see in Apple’s web-capable devices such as the iPhone or iPod Touch. The announcement pretty much confirmed what we already know about from information and photo leaks as well as rumors that have circulate on the web. The Samsung L870 is an S60 smarthphone which runs on Symbian 9.3 and 3rd Ed. S60 interface. Samsung is also said to be planning on loading the new phone with nifty applications straight out the box, meaning the applications will be preloaded on the L870 units. The Samsung SGH-L870 will also come with a 13.5mm thick slider, 3.0 megapixel camera, a 2.4-inch QVGA display, 100MB memory plus microSD slot, FM radio, Bluetooth, triband GSM support, single band UMTS/HSDPA at 3.6mbps support, Quick Office document viewer, push email, advance PIM applications, music player, video player. The Samsung L870 will be available in Europe sometime in August. No pricing details are available yet.

Gresso Diamond-Laced Luxury Mobile Phones

Got more room for another one of ‘em ultra expensive luxury phones? Here’s another two of them courtesy of Russian company Gresso who is not really new into the luxury phone market. Gresso has already introduced several luxury phones including the Gresso Luna and Sol and the Black Diamond collections and the Luna and Sol Stee. For its latest offering, Gresso is unveiling its Avant Garde White Diamond Collection mobile phone. And under this new White Diamond collections are two mobile phones - the Gresso White Diamond and the Gresso Royal White Diamonds. Don’t even bother thinking whether these two handsets are different when it comes to price, for certainly both of them would definitely come with an ultra hefty price. If you’re still interested, the White Diamonds Collection boasts of the same avant garde design as the other Gresso luxury phones. The Gresso White Diamond mobile phone is made from a 200-year old African blackwood, its keyboards made of base plate titanium metal. Even its battery cover is made of some precious stainless steel material. In addition the battery cover is covered with leather and gold decoration. Not enough to wow you? Well, you ought to know that the displays of these two new phones are made of 18K gold! While all the numbers in the keypad are laser-cut in Roman style. The Royal White Diamond mobile phone being the more expensive of the two will be priced at around 33000 euro while the Gresso White Diamond mobile phone would retail for 9000 euro. Now for their phone features, both mobile handsets would have tri-band GSM support, 65K color TFT display with QVGA resolution, a microSD memory card slot, 2 megapixel camera, Windows Mobile 6. The White Diamond collection luxury phones will be presented from May 30 to June 3 during the JCK Las Vegas.

Introducing the dirt cheap Philips 198 and 199

Philips is set to release two new affordable phones for the Asian and European mobile phone market. Both handsets looks the same in design, dimension and features except that the 199 is equipped with FM radio and headsets. These two candy bar mobile phone pretty much carry the same features as their predecessor, the Philips 192 which was released not too long ago. And these features include; the simple black/white design, 65g weight and the 99 X 42 X 13.5 mm dimension. In addition to this similarities with the Philips 192, both Philips 198 and 199 boast of 1.5-inch CSTN color display with support for 62k colors and 128×128 pixel resolution, simple to use keypad, 4-way navigation key, polyphonic ringtones, 3 embedded games, miniUSB, SMS and MMS capabilities, T9 predictive text input and 800 mAh battery which can give out 5 hours of talk-time and 20 days stand-by time. Connectivity wise, the Philips 198 and 199 remind me of the old Nokia days, where dual-band GSM connectivity was a great feature. Yes, both these mobile phones has GPRS too. And guess how much the Philips 198 and 199 will retail in Asia and Europe? $68 and $70 respectively. Didn’t we say dirt cheap?

 

Christian Dior Phone is the Mother of All Luxury phones

Will you actually buy a phone worth $3500-$5000? If you answer yes, then the upcoming Christian Dior luxury phone might just be the phone for you. If you answer no, you might find this new mobile beauty a bit interesting too. Although the Christian Dior luxury phone has started to circulate in the rumorland, it took the Wall Street Journal to finally convince us all mobile phone afficionados to believe that there is actually a Christian Dior phone. And judging by the released publicity photo, this phone definitely the mother of all luxury phones. Is it all beauty and grandeur? Certainly not. The Christian Dior phone is to work worldwide, except Japan and Korea. And it will have features such as a touchscreen display, camera, specialist ringtone, custom graphics to go along with the external design, wallpapers, and who knows what more. It even comes with a remote or a mini phone or perhaps a Bluetooth accessory. We are not sure, since we are relying only on the published spy shot. What else do we know about this new luxury phone. WSJ also reported that the Christian Dior phone would have a “My Dior” that will clip to outside of bags for easy access. And of course we already know that the Christian Dior phone is geared for the noveau rich mobile phone users., specifically from Russia and China. Christian Dior is aiming to market around 10,000 of these expensive phones in one year. As to when it will be available, we don’t know yet. But do we really care? Unless you are one of those Noveau Riches, then you will certainly anticipate this new luxury phone.

Mobiado CAMO Professional Luxury Phone

If you are looking for another professionally looking luxury phone, Mobiado’s CAMO mobile phone might just be the one you need. But of course, since this is a luxury phone model, be prepared to shell out some handsome amount to snag one of this mobile beauty. The Professional CAMO mobile phone is Mobiado’s second luxury phone in its Extreme Mobility series. This mobile phone has all the characteristics of a well designed luxury phone and yet built strong and solid enough to sustain wear and tear due to everyday use. The CAMO’s body was made from aircraft aluminum for a strong and yet light body. The chassis is brushed polished and then anodized to produce a ceramic finish. In addition the CAMO’s buttons were made from stainless steel, while its front cover is coated with Diamond Shield. For an added artistic look, the CAMO was handpainted with camouflage colors, and as such every individual CAMO mobile unit is unique in itself. Ok, unless we forget that the CAMO is actually a mobile phone and not just some piece of art, it’s time to know the skinny on its mobile phone features. The CAMO Professional mobile phone boasts great mobile features including; Tri-band operation (EGSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900 network compatible in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, North America, and South America. What’s more it automatically switch from one network band to another. Other features of the CAMO Professional include; bright active TFT display that supports up to 65,536 colors in 208×208 pixels, animated 3D menu graphics, list and grid menu, 1.3 megapixel camera with 2.3mm white LED flashlights, video capture, Bluetooth, video player supports 3GPP/H.263 video/MPEG-4/AMR, music player that supports AAC/MP3/MP4, FM stereo radio and more. Mobiado says that there will only be 200 units of the CAMO Professional, so the pricing must be too expensive, that Mobiado’s site did not specify it. You may contact Mobiado’s accredited distributors in your area to find out how much this baby cost.

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