Philippine Cell Phones

Straight off the mobile phone blocks, the LG KM900 Arena flatters most sincerely. Going by the design elements, LG Arena is modest enough to follow the current industry standard — full-frontal touch screen - that seems to be everywhere throughout the phone fascia, no visible keypads teamed up with the 3D user interface. Sharing its looks more or less with the iPhones, complete touch screen with minimal buttons — no more surprises out there — the only difference is the phone size. Arena is only a little smaller than its already marketed iPhones counterparts. Arena phone specs read well — 5 mega pixel auto focus camera, 3G ready, 3.2-inch frontal touch screen, 3.5mm jack, GPS, Wi-Fi, and 8GB built-in memory and an SDHC-compatible micro SD card slot, all draped in a slick yet brawny and premium-looking brushed metal case. With Arena in your hands, you can pledge of never being away from the ever expanding family of the World Wide Web. The phone supports several browsing technologies inclusive ofHTML, XHTML and WAP. Files and data can be swapped across in high speeds and all our thanks to KM900’s wide range of technologies - Wi Fi, EDGE, GPRS, Bluetooth and 3G HSDPA.

The known  LG Arena KM900 specs include:

* Tri-band GSM/UMTS/HSDPA 7.2 Mbps connectivity
* 3″ 800 x 480 WVGA 262K color touchscreen display
* 5 megapixel camera with DVD quality video recording
* FM Radio
* Mobile TV
* A-GPS support
* 1000 mAh battery with 300 hrs stand-by and 230 min talk time
* Wi-Fi
* “S-Class” 3D interface

105.9mm tall, 55.3mm wide and 11.95mm thick, the 105g weighing phone feels amazingly light in hand, sans any negotiation being entered into in terms of the phone’s manufacturing quality. But quite unfortunately, this doesn’t really do the “Arena” any kind of favors, and out of the odds, the lightness makes the phone feel a tad like an economical model than it really is. Roll your fingers along the side isles of Arena; side-mounted buttons are almost non-existent except the camera keys and the volume rocker buttons on the right side, along with the weenie top-mounted on/off switch. The phone’s main power connector is being safely protected by a sliding cover, which as per my opinion is certainly a good concept as it guards the power connector well, and keeps dust and grime at bay, when the phone is not put to charging. Even better is the 3.5mm headset connector socket on the top edge. The mercury-grey titanium back cover and side plates are certainly attention grabbing teamed up with the silver outer frame and black inner frame adorning the facade. The well-toned and intensified glass covering over the screen definitely tags on to the phone’s resilience but, the minus point being, the screen very easily grabs greasy finger marks.

Sony just announced their new cellphone Sony Ericsson T707a, which is a very eyeball-drawing cellphone in 2009, now more and more people begin to talk about it. So here we are going to discuss Sony Ericsson T707a, and see how wonderful it is.

The most cool thing about Sony Ericsson T707a is it has a stylish clamshell with light effects that glow when calls are received and gesture control to end calls and snooze the alarm. This is the most important reason people love it like crazy.

Sony Ericsson T707 will offer three color variants (Mystic Black, Spring Pink, Bright Blue). It also has a 2.2-inch main TFT display with QVGA resolution and a monochrome OLED additional one. The device also has a 3.2MP camera (capable of photo and video blogging), along with an FM radio with RDS. This is very good for those who are interested in multimedia.

What’s better, photos taken with its 3.2-megapixel camera can be uploaded to social networking sites using the HTML web browser. So you can upload your cool photos to your web blog any time you want.

Sony Ericsson T707a has these cool features:

* Give best friends their own, unique pulsating light effects and when a call from one of them comes in, users will know who it is in a flash
* Gesture Control lets users mute an incoming call or snooze the alarm by simply sweeping a hand over the phone
* Capture life as it happens with the 3.2-megapixel camera
* Share photos with friends or post pictures on a blog with just a few clicks
* The Day and Night theme makes the desktop and menus in the phone change as day turns to night

We have to wait some time, because The Sony Ericsson T707a will be available in the second quarter. Since there are so many people crazy about it, I think they should allow pre-order, but I haven’t known that. Hope they will do that.

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Specifications:

Screen

* Main screen: TFT, 256,000 colors
* 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
* External screen: Monochromatic OLED
* 128 x 36 pixels, 1.1 inches
* Gesture control
* Navigation keys

Weight & Dimension

* 95 g, 3.4 oz. (including battery)
* (93.0 x 50.0 x 14.1) mm
* (3.7 x 2.0 x 0.6) inc.

Memory

* 2000 entries: with multiple contacts storage
* 30 (received, dialed & missed calls)
* Internal memory: 100 MB
* Expansion Slot: microSD
* Memory Stick Micro (M2), up to 16 GB

Camera

* 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels
* LED flash, Digital zoom
* Video recording
* Geo-tagging
* Photo fix

Battery

* Standard battery
* Stand-by time up to: 400 h (GSM), 400 h (HSDPA)
* Talk time up to: 10 h (GSM), 4 h (HSDPA)
* Video call time up to: 2 h

Others

* SMS, MMS, EMail, Push Email
* WAP 2.0, HTML (NetFront)
* Hands free
* Youtube
* Speaker phone
* Scratch resistant
* FM-Radio with RDS
* Music player: MP3, eAAC+, WMA, WMApro

A new, budget addition to the Nokia Classic range of mobile phones has now had a confirmed release date announced for its SIM Free and unlocked launch, the new 2330 Nokia phone offers all of the essential features expected from todays mobile phones but without the hefty price tag of some of the higher specced models.

he Nokia 2330 Classic SIM Free phone will be available from July 20th 2009, we appreciate that this is still a way off but if your contract is due for renewal around this time then this could be a possibility for your new phone.

The Nokia 2330 Classic helps keep you connected, informed and entertained throughout the day.

This new Nokia handset joins a growing range of Classic phones which now includes the Nokia 1680, 2600, 3110, 3120, 6124, 6220, and Nokia 6500 Classic models with more to be announced for release very soon!

Nokia 2330 Classic Review:

Celebrate life’s precious moments
A sophisticated, yet easy-to-use Nokia mobile phone with a full range of practical features to help you enjoy and share the treasured moments of your life.

Slender, yet feature-rich
Travel light with this slender phone. The slim, ergonomic design encases a full range of features for you to share and connect with your loved ones.

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Nokia has introduced another mobile phone option in the market with the official launch of the Nokia 7205 Intrigue. The sophisticated Nokia 7205 Intrigue will turn heads with its black exterior, hidden-until-lit external display, internal color keypad and support for exciting multimedia and music features.

The Nokia 7205 Intrigue’s unique external display blends into its smooth black exterior; then when an incoming call or text is received, the display instantly illuminates. Customers can view incoming text messages, play their favorite songs from V CAST Music with Rhapsody(R), or turn off the alarm clock to snooze a little longer — all from the external display. The Nokia 7205 Intrigue opens to reveal a gradient color keypad, available in silver-fade or pink-fade finishes with a different directional key for each finish.

Additional features of the Nokia 7205 Intrigue include:
# One-touch dedicated camera/video button and a 2.0 megapixel camera with flash
# Ability to upload photos to customers’ favorite social networking sites
# Bluetooth(R) profiles supported: headset — Headset, HFP, DUN, Stereo, PBAP, BPP, OPP (vCard & vCal), FTP, BIP

The Nokia Intrigue 7205 is toted as a most affordable mobile phone and will come in two colors. One model dons a black finish with a standard navigation pad. The other model will offer a pink keypad with a flower-themed navigation pad. The Nokia Intrigue, hence, offers style with decent specs as well – 2MP camera, QVGA display, Bluetooth, Mobile web, microSD slot and VCast video as well.

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul is a gorgeous slider phone with 5 mega pixel camera and some unique features. The Samsung SGH-U900 is a mobile phone that can be used in GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz. Its supported data transfer is via 3G, EDGE and GPRS.

Samsung SGH-U900 Soul Multimedia Specifications

Display size: 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
- Navigation panel
Screen type: TFT, 16M colors
Camera: 5 MP, 2560?1920 pixels, autofocus, image stabilizer, video (QVGA), flash
Card slot: microSD (TransFlash)
- 128 MB shared memory
EDGE: Class 10, 236.8 kbps
HSCSD: No
USB: Yes, v2.0
3G: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN: No
Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port: No
Ring tones: Polyphonic (72 channels), MP3 + downloadable
Vibration: Yes
Games: Yes + downloadable
Phone book: 1000 entries, Photo call
Call records: 30 dialed, 30 received, 30 missed calls

Java MIDP 2.0
MP3/AAC/eACC+/WMA player
FM radio with RDS
Picture editing
Organizer
Built-in hands free
Standard battery, Li-Ion 880 mAh
Phone dimension: 105 x 49.5 x 12.9 mm
Phone weight: 112 g
Phone color: Silver and Pink
Battery: Standby Up to 407 h
Talk time: Up to 6 h 25 min
Samsung SGH-U900 Soul Network and Technology
2G network: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G network: HSDPA 2100
Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS and Email

Samsung SGH-U900 key specifications include Tri-band GSM phone for 900/1800/1900 MHz frequency bands, HSDPA technology for high-speed mobile Internet access (where available). The theoretical download speed is 7.2 Mbps. GPRS and EDGE mobile data network connectivity as well, 2.2-inch display in 320×240 resolutions. The device can display 16 million colors, there is a Touch-sensitive navigation keys below the screen, 5 megapixel camera. LED flash and auto-focus, Video recorder can encode movies in MPEG4 and 3GPP formats, Music player can play songs saved in MP3, AAC,AAC+,e-AAC+, MIDI, WMA, XMF, SMAF format, FM radio, Bluetooth wireless connectivity, USB 2.0 interface for hooking up the phone to a PC via cable, 100MB of internal memory on the phone and MicroSD memory slot for removable storage space.

Samsung SGH-U900 can provide you the best battery time of 407 hours on standby and 6 h 25 min of talk time.This is cost around Php 12,000.00 maybe cheaper or higher depending on the packages.

The Sony Ericsson J110i is a slim mobile phone which comes with easy to use features. The phone comes with larger text & larger icons on the coloured display which provides the user with easy to view & read information. The screen provides the user with up to 65,000 colours on a STN type screen & comes with a single icon menu system which is highly useable. The handset comes with no opening mechanisms & is a bar type designed handset which is slim & compact. The handset measures 99mm x 44mm x 17mm & weighs only 75 grams which is extremely light for the user to carry.

The phone comes with a SMS text messaging feature which allows the user to create, send & receive text messages on their mobile phone. The service is easy to use & allows the user to store sent & received messages in their messaging inbox & outbox. The user can create a message with text input only which can be as long as the user desired, as one page of text is just not enough when the user is telling friend & family all about the fun things that happened in their day. The Sony Ericsson J110i comes with a predictive text input method which will assist the user when creating a text, as the users words will be anticipated & finished by the service which allows the user to create a message with less input clicks of the keypad.

Sony Ericsson J110i Features :

* Display: STN screen
* Screen resolution: 96 x 64 pixels
* Displaying colour: 65K colours
* Vibration alert
* Down loadable themes: Wallpapers
* Weight: light weight of 79 grams
* Dimensions: 99 x 44 x 17 mm
* Ringtones: 16 channels polyphonic
* Messaging options: SMS and EMS
* colour: Smooth Grey, Precious Purple and Soft Cream
* Built-in handsfree
* Calculator and Reminder
* Games: Down lodable
* Battery:Standard battery of Li-Ion
* stand by: Up to 400 hours
* Talk time: Up to 9 hours
* 2G Network GSM phone

The user can store all their friends & families details in the phone book which allows the user to store names & numbers easily. The user can update their phone book by adding, deleting & editing their friends & families details. The phone book hold up to two hundred names & numbers so the user will have plenty of space for family, friends & work colleagues details. The handset comes with everyday feature which will be of use to the user which include a built in alarm clock facility, timer & calculator. The user can set the vibration alert feature when in a meeting or quieter environment which allows the user to not be disturbed by a ringing handset, but a discrete vibration will let user know if a message arrives on their handset or a incoming call is being made. The phone comes with a speaker phone facility which allows the user to take a call over the phones loud speakers which will leave the user hands free.

The Sony Ericsson J110i works over a dual band network which covers GSM 900 & 1800. The phone has a fast port connectivity which allows the user to connect their handset to the charger & other compatible accessories. The user can enjoy up to nine hours of talk time from a fully charged battery & up to four hundred hours of standby time which means the user will not need to recharge their battery all the time. The phone supports polyphonic ringtones which the user can change to suit their ringtone needs. The phone comes with a selection of preinstalled polyphonic ringtones for the user to choose from. The J110i comes with embedded games which allows the user to enjoy a relaxing moments with their fun filled mobile phone complete with preloaded games.

The Sony Ericsson W960i offers its user the perfect music companion which comes with easy to use features. The phone comes with a built in Walkman® music player which comes with music playlists & supports album art which can be displayed on the phones large touch screen. The user can enjoy a truly portable & fun music experience on the W960i. The built in FM radio supports RDS which allows the user to enjoy listening to their favourite radio station whilst viewing information which is sent from the radio station & displayed on the large screen. The user can listen to their radio whilst reading information sent from the radio station. The music phone comes with some useful music features which include a music recognition feature known as TrackID™ which is powered by Gracenote mobile music.

The phone supports MP3, polyphonic & AAC ringtones which provides the user with a wide choice of sound on their handset. The user can enjoy a wireless music experience by using the Bluetooth® stereo A2DP connectivity which is available on this stylish music phone. The user can use the Mega Bass™ feature allows the user to enjoy high quality bass frequencies through the phones speakers or when using the headphones. The Sony Ericsson W960i comes complete with Disc2Phone software which allows the user to enjoy a drag & drop music transfer from their CD’s to their handset.

Specifications & Features

Screen 2.6 Inch 262k Touch Screen (240 x 320 Pixels)
Imaging 3.2 Megapixel Camera, 3 x Digital Zoom, Camera Settings, Video Player, Video Record, Video Clip
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Sound Recorder
Sound Walkman Music Player, Album Art, FM Radio RDS, MP3 & AAC Tones, Mega Bass, Bluetooth Stereo
Entertainment Java™ Games, 3D Games, Embedded Games
Organiser Phone Book, Alarm Clock, Flight Mode, Speakerphone, Handwriting Recognition
Connectivity 3G, Bluetooth, USB,WLAN
Network Tri Band Technology (GSM 900/1800/1900) UMTS 2100
Memory & Talk Time 8 Gbytes Memory, 9 Hours Talk Time 370 Hours Standby
Weight & Size 119 g, 109 x 55 x 16 mm

This is great, but what’s not so great is that some applications are slow to start up the first time, and the phone itself takes an age to switch on. If you are the kind of person who likes to turn their mobile off overnight to save battery power, the long morning startup could irritate.

Now, what about the camera? You can get more detail by checking out our separate W960i camera review for the full gen, but suffice it to say here that the camera is adequate, if not hugely capable. The 3.2-megapixel lens is a fair way behind the top end these days, but there is autofocus and a macro mode, while a reasonably good double-strength photo light helps things along.

The ZN5 is on the High-End segment of Motorola’s portfolio, the device offers a 5 Megapixel Camera with Kodak Technology, Auto-Focus and Xenon Flash. The device itself is advertised as a Kodak Camera combined with a High-Quality phone. With the Kodak branding all over the ZN5, it is obvious that Motorola wants to advertise its phone as ”A Kodak Camera”, in my opinion this strategy gives positive results.  To prove it, I took a N95 8GB and the ZN5 and showed it to 15 people, I did not give information about the phones, just handed them so they explore them and play for a while.  The results were as expected, the well-known Kodak branding stole the attention from the N95 8GB.

FEATURES
CAMERA

Display: 2.4” 240×320 262k TFT
Memory: 350MB available memory4, optional removable 4GB memory card
Imaging:

* KODAK 5-megapixel Camera, auto-focus, low light optimized with Xenon flash
* Multi-shot mode
* Capture and edit modes: panorama, grayscale, sepia, negative, reddish, greenish, blueish
* Focal length: 5.86mm. Aperture: 2.8/5.6.
* Digital viewfinder

PHONE

Dimensions: 50.5mm (W) x 118mm (L) x 12mm (T) (16mm at bump)
Talk Time: up to 349 to 574 minutes5
Standby Time: up to 310 to 579 hours5
Weight: 114g
Battery: 950 mAh
Bands/Modes: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12
Phone Features:

* Sliding the lens cover open transforms the device from phone to camera using
ModeShift technology
* CrystalTalkTM technology for clear-sounding calls
* SMS, MMS, IM, personal e-mail1
* Full HTML open source browser
* 3.5mm A/V jack, FM radio6,7, music player
* Wi-Fi1 enabled/ WLAN: 802.11 b/g/i
* Optional external memory supports up to 4GB capacity
* Microsoft® Windows Media® Player 11 support
* Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology (A2DP)2
* Video –C/P 15fps, MPEG4, H263
* TV out3

ZN5 puts image capture first, with a high-resolution landscape screen and one of the fastest click-to-click times available. To launch the camera, simply slide open the Kodak lens cover to transform the phone into an ultra-fast 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, a Xenon flash, 4GB of optional external memory3 and optimized settings for low-light environments.

The MotoZN5 is a light phone, it is also very slim but with a thicker upper part where the 5 Megapixel camera is located. It uses a Violet color scheme mixed with Violet-Metal-dark colors which in my opinion make the phone look actual and modern. The device is a blend of rubber parts with metal parts.

The keypad of the ZN5 is very special, it is all covered by a flexible piece of plastic. The keypad has multiple functions, right after taking a picture all the numbers disappear and a trash icon, a ‘’share” icon and a gallery icon appear.  The ergonomics of the device are standard, keys are comfortable enough and give a good feedback.

The C905 is the latest camera offering from Sony Ericsson featuring a fully spec’d 8.1 mega pixel camera with auto focus, face recognition, a new feature called Smart Contrast, image stabilization, BestPic, red-eye reduction, xenon flash as well as photoflash for both photos and videos. It’s got a video stabilizer feature as well. You can geo-tag your photos with the built-in GPS with further support for A-GPS, and the large camera resolution makes it possible to do prints in up to A3 sizes! Your photos will automatically flip to landscape mode, when you tilt your phone, as it’s got a built-in accelerometer. You’ll be able to watch your photos on a beautiful 2.4 inch QVGA-resolution scratch-resistant mineral glass TFT display. Feel like sharing your photos on a TV-set? That’s possible as well with the TV-Out Cable ITC-60, also to be announced on the 17th.

Key features:

* 8.1 MP autofocus camera with Xenon flash and active lens cover
* Dedicated camera mode switch, two camera/gaming keys over the display
* Face and Smile detection, smart contrast, image stabilizer, geotagging, red-eye reduction
* Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and HSDPA (3.6 Mb) / tri-band HSDPA for US version
* Scratch resistant mineral glass 2.4″ TFT 256K-color display
* Built-in GPS with A-GPS function, Wayfinder Navigator software
* Wi-Fi b/g with DLNA and SIP VoIP support, Bluetooth (with A2DP), USB v2.0
* Enhanced user interface with basic multi-tasking
* Media Center, Smart search, Manage Messages, extended TrackID
* FM radio with RDS and TrackID
* 160 MB built-in memory, M2 card support, 2GB included

That’s not all, though… C905 will be the first feature phone by Sony Ericsson to sport built-in WiFi with DLNA-support, so all media in your home can be shared. It’s also got the latest in Bluetooth connections, supports USB 2.0 data transfers, and can be synchronized with Exchange ActiveSync.

The Sony Ericsson C905 measures 104 x 49 x 18 (19.5) millimetres, and weighs a massive 136 grams. It’ll be available in Copper Gold, Ice Silver & Night Black in early Q4, with a bundled 2 GB Memory Stick Micro M2. It comes in three variants, two with full support for UMTS and HSDPA in the certain regions (even America). The battery is good for 380 hours of standby or 9 hours of talk on GSM networks, or 360 hours of standby or 4 hours of talk on 3G networks. This unit is at Php 28,000 maybe more or less with add-ons and package that comes with it.

Palm Treo 750 is an amalgam of power and performance. Contacts can be looked up or dialed up instantaneously from the ‘Today screen” by entering the first few letters of the name or the phone number and pressing enter. You take advantage of the speed-dialing feature by tapping the photo or assigning a number to your contact to dial. You also have the facility to assign specific ring tones to contacts so that you always know who is calling you by just listening to the ring tone! You can download ringtones or record your voice to use as a ringtone.

It is possible to simultaneously send a message or email by putting the active call on hold. If another call is coming in, the first call can be placed on hold and muted, while the second call is attended to or the calls can be converted to a conference call. You can maintain contact and speak to your friends while driving or traveling with the hands free facility that allows you use the Voice command to dial and the stereo headset and speakerphone to hear and converse. You could add the wireless headset as an accessory to enhance your hands free experience.

Hardware Overview
Processor:     300 MHz Samsung processor
Operating System:     Windows Mobile 5.1 Pocket PC Phone Edition
Display:     240 by 240 pixel LCD
Memory:     128 MB flash memory (60 MB available)
Size and Weight:     4.5 inches long x 2.3 inches wide x 0.8 inches thick; 5.4 ounces
Expansion     Single miniSD slot
Docking:     Palm Multiconnector
Communication     Quad-band GSM/EDGE; tri-band UMTS; Bluetooth 1.2
Audio:     2.5mm stereo headset; speakerphone; speaker & mouthpiece for phone
Battery:     1,200 milliamp Lithium Ion rechargable/replacable battery
Input:     QWERTY keyboard; 5-way directional pad
Other:     1.3 MP camera

That is not to take away from Palm though. The Treo 750 is a remarkable device and finally brings to U.S. GSM customers the Palm and Windows Mobile experience that Verizon and Sprint users have had for the past year. The slimmer profile and Exchange integration can make this easily a replacement for many BlackBerry outfits, and it is still stylish enough to not be a complete party pooper if you pull it out with your friends to shoot off a text message. It’s a business device that can play after hours.This is about Php 34,900, more or less with add-ons and other gadgets that comes withthe package of this mobile.