The Sony Ericsson T707 Elle also known simply as Elle is one of the handsets set to be released later this year. The phone is not part of the popular Walkman series but on first glance looks similar to one of the phones in the series.
The phone offers basic mobile phone features and is released to hopefully dominate in the mid range market. The Walkman version of the same device was launched earlier this year. The phone weighs only 98 g making it portable and pocket friendly. The Sony Ericsson T707 Ellehas a 2.2 inch QVGA display on the front with a smaller display on the outside. The phone is set to be released in 5 colors. They are green, orange, black, purple and blue.
Connectivity options include Quad band GSM connectivity. This makes roaming easier and more efficient. The phone also allows HSDPA 2100 connectivity which allows the user to connect to the internet. The phone also has an inbuilt Bluetooth chip with A2DP allowing quick and efficient data transfer.
Memory wise, the phone’s memory can be extended using the M2 memory card. The phone comes with a 1 GB card.
The T707 Elle has a 3.2 MP fixed focus camera. This can prove to be a disadvantage, as without autofocus clear shots can’t be taken even with 3.2 MP.
What’s most intriguing about the device is the strange round display situated at the front of the phone. It function is not fully known.
The disadvantage about the phone is that its main display can seem a bit cramped. The camera is not the best option without the autofocus feature. The features are pretty standard and don’t really stand out.
Overall the phone is a good affordable phone for anyone looking for a functional phone with decent features. For more information check out GSM Arena.
3.0″ touchscreen with 240 x 400 pixels, 65k colours
3 megapixel camera
TouchWiz 2.0
107 x 52 x 13mm
103 grams
Bluetooth 2.0
250MB of internal memory, expandable with MicroSD to 32GB
GPS
FM radio
OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Not much apart from the fact that this will be a pretty average smartphone. But then that’s Samsung’s goal with this, as far as we can tell. They’ve been busier than normal announcing phones left, right and centre recently, and this might be judged by some to be the least impressive, but we think it’s not all that bad. Basically a slimmed, trimmed and streamlined version of the high-performance but slightly clunky Omnia phones, the Samsung Omnia Lite B7300 will not only be performing all your day-to-day smartphone tasks with ease, but also adds a little extra. That extra comes in the form of the neat TouchWiz interface that’s now appearing as standard on Samsung touchscreens, and as it’s now up to version 2.0, you can be confident it’s pretty slick. Check out this Samsung Omnia Lite review for more details.
And keep your fingers crossed that release date gets pushed slightly earlier, because we think you’re going to enjoy the Samsung Omnia Lite B7300 hits the shelves.
The Samsung S5600 is one of the new phones scheduled by Samsung to be released some time later this year. This phone is set to hopefully dominate the midrange markets. The phone looks pretty plain in a block style form factor. The plastic seems to be of good quality and the phone seems pretty strong. The phone has a 2.8 inch TFT display with QVGA resolution.
The phone comes with 80MB onboard memory which can be extended up to 16 GB using the MicroSD memory card slot. The phone does not come with a keypad and is instead equipped with a touch screen allowing the user easy access to all the media applications.
The phone has good connectivity options including Class 12 GPRS, Class 12 EDGE and HSDPA. The phone also has a Bluetooth chip with Bluetooth 2.1 software allowing close range fast data transfer. The phone can be connected to the computer using a USB cable. The phone also supports Wi-Fi connectivity allowing the user to connect to the internet easily. This allows the user to read their email, browse through web pages etc.
The Samsung S5600 comes with a 3.15 MP built in camera with an LED flash. Videos can be recorded at 15 frames per second.
The phone’s media player can play a wide variety of media formats including MP3, WMA and AAC. The phone also supports the Shazam’s find music service allowing the user to find and download their favorite media easily.
The phone comes with an inbuilt GPS receiver giving the phone making it an invaluable tool for navigation.
Overall the Samsung S5600 is a good mid budget phone for anyone interested in the Touch Wiz User interface. It has above average features and is a good buy for anyone on a budget. Check out this Samsung S5600 review for more information.
The Nokia 5330 XpressMusicis one of the new series of phones launched this year. The phone looks like a rounded phone with the top of the phone sliced off! It is definitely striking and along with its illuminating effects demands attention. The model comes in two colors-red and black, and silver and blue. The phone has dedicated touch music keys allowing the user to play, pause, forward and rewind when they want to easily. The slide out keypad is a standard numeric one and can be operated with one hand. The Nokia 5330 XpressMusic has a 2.4 inch TFT display with up to 16 million colors. The screen has a 240 x 320 pixel QVGA resolution.
The 5330 XpressMusic has an onboard flash memory of 64 MB and RAM 32 MB.The battery allows a talk time up to 7 hours and standby time up to 389 hours. The maximum music playback time is about 26 hours.
The phone has good connectivity options with quad band GSM and WCDMA data download speeds up to 384 kbps. It also has GPRS and a Bluetooth chip which allows fast data transfer. The phone also has a micro USB port which allows the phone to be connected to the computer.
The best feature of the 5330 XpressMusicis its enhanced S40 Music Player. It supports a wide range of audio and video formats. The phone also provides the user easy access to FM radio. Even though the phone comes with a 2.5 mm port the phone includes a 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector allowing the user to use a variety of headphones.
The phone has a decent 3.2 MP camera with 4 x digital zoom and an LED flash. The phone also has a full screen viewfinder which makes the phone camera even more interesting. Videos can also be recorded.
Overall the phone is a good mid budget choice offering a good range of functions. Check out Nokia’s official page for full details on the 5330.
When it’s 31 degrees outside, or 88 degrees Fahrenheit for those either reading from the States, or who are over sixty (we think one of those two options might be more likely), it’s quite hard to imagine what the world is going to be like come October. The leaves will be falling from the trees, the clocks would have changed and, best of all, we won’t have pit stains down to our hips before it’s even mid-day, but apart from that, it’s hard to say what the world will be like. Except to say that some things will be very different. A week is a long time in politics, someone once said, and the same can be said of the technology world.
That’s why, when we look at the specs for the upcoming Samsung Omnia Pro – due for a launch sometime around October) – we worry slightly. It’s not that it’s not impressive, we’re just not sure how impressive it’s going to be. Have a little look to see what we mean:
Windows Mobile 6.1 (currently, although probably 6.5 by the time it comes out)
Dimensions: 113 x 58 x 16mm
3.5″ 480 x 800 pixel touchscreen display with 16m colours WVGA resolution
800 MHz processor
Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
5 megapixel camera
3.5G support
WiFi
GPS
Bluetooth
DLNA support
FM radio
microSDHC card slot (up to 32GB supported); 1GB of onboard storage.
1,500mAh battery pack
So the Samsung Omnia Pro B7610 is no slouch of a smartphone for sure. But we’re not quite willing to predict the future and say it won’t be a bit of a slouch if this phone really is not released until the autumn. Check out this fuller Samsung Omnia Pro review here, or have a look at the video below for a slightly dull preview of the phone in action (chances are this is just an Samsung Omnia Pro B7610 prototype though, so be aware things might change):
The Blackberry 9300 Gemini is the newest addition to the Blackberry family. This phone has a much circular keypad than its counterparts and initial Blackberry designs. The 9300 Gemini also has a wide array of features that is sure to impress the user. Some of the specifications are mentioned below:
- 3G connectivity
- High resolution display
- GPS system
- Quad band GPRS/GSM/EDGE
- Tri band HSDPA/UMTS
Apart from these features the 9300 Gemini also has a number of alternative features as well. The Blackberry Gemini has a 3.2 megapixel camera. With the use of this camera you will be able to capture those precious memories you spend with family and friends.
The 9300 Gemini is perfect for the business individual. The phone will not only add a certain amount of sophistication to your appearance, it will also help you succeed in your business ventures. The phone is ideal for this purpose because of its Wifi capabilities. You will now be able to access the web with ease and thereby send and receive e-mails from anywhere. Also note that this feature is subject to change depending on the phone usage and network.
Other features of the Blackberry Gemini are its basic features. These features are found in every phone and therefore it is no secret that these too are essential features of a phone. Some of the features consist of a calendar, calculator, TO-DO lost, notes and an alarm.
Check out the official Blackberry site for more information on the 9300’s release date. The Blackberry 9300 Gemini is a phone that is perfect for anyone and if you are a fan of high technology phones, this is the phone for you. Do not settle for any other phone, especially when you can get the best!
This is part of the mobile phone Snapshot series “Athena” which was introduced by Sony some time back, with the first successor being S302. Sony Ericsson S312 Snapshot is a simple and easy phone which comes with a 176 x 220 resolution display and a built-in camera without autofocus. The price of the phone is not yet communicated to the market.
The S312 Snapshot phone comes with a photo light which can be turned on to get a better picture in poor lighting conditions. Now you can capture the all actions with use of video clips. This helps to capture the unexpected great moments that take place when you’re out there just relaxing and enjoying life.
You can also take a picture of where you are exactly and record or write a greeting and send that to any person who has a MMS-capable phone or email address. Enjoy the time sending pictures, text, sounds and videos.
With the Music player you can enjoy your music and sounds using the integrated music player. This supports several file formats.
You don’t have to spend much time in editing and deleting text messages any more. This phone has predictive text function. This enables you to write text messages with fewer clicks. Your phone will anticipate the word you’re writing and it will finish it for you.
The Bluetooth wireless technology frees your hands and it lets your devices talk to each other without tangles or any interruptions with a range of up to 10 meters.
It has 300 hours of standby time and a battery life of 7 hours of talk time. Sony Ericsson S312 Snapshot > is a simple and an amazing deal which will give you everything you ever desired.
Check Sony Ericsson’s own site for updates on the S312. So don’t think twice take your own S312 and make your life much easier.
LG GC900 Viewty Smart one of those beautifully designed fones packed with the latest technology – the best combination for all phone lovers. The LG GC900 Viewty Smart consists of some funky features which makes it stand out! The exterior of this phone is one reason why everyone is attracted to it; the whopping 3 inch screen with WQVGA resolution. It doesn’t end there! On top of this, this fone also has a built-in accelerometer sensor along with a superb TFT resistive touchscreen.
The superb 8 mp auto focus camera in the LG GC900 Viewty Smart makes it possible for you to capture all those unforgettable moments with your loved one instantaneously and sharply. Further, this camera has plenty of enhanced technological features too such as a face detection, image stabilizer, blink and smile detection and even a built-in xenon flash which will help you get some super quality pictures! What more you can even enjoy videos and record too either in slow motion or at high speed!
With the LG GC900 Viewty Smart, you can always stay connected even when you are on the go. This super phone allows you to connect via HSDPA for High Speed Data connections and also possesses 3G connectivity and WiFi compatibility. You can easily connect with your business contacts, friends and families through emails, and IM via this cool phone. Some more hip features of the LG GC900 Viewty Smart includes the integrated GPS and of course the stereo Bluetooth.
Tune into some music with the GC 900 via the MP3 media player or get into your favorite radio station with FM radio. You can even make VGA video calls and watch some great movies too, thanks to the Xvid/ DivX video support. Expand your memory capacity with the microSD memory card expansion capacity of the phone which allows it to support up to 32GB for all your data memory needs.
The LG Viewty Smart is a long way off according to CNET.
The Samsung S5230 is a sleek and sophisticated phone that is perfect for anyone who is interested in advanced technological phones. The phone also has a number of features that are sure to impress you. Some of the features are mentioned below:
- 3 inch TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of 240 x 400 pixel
- 50MB internal memory
- Bluetooth connectivity
- 3G capabilities
- Stereo FM radio
- GPRS system
The S5230 phone can also be carried around easily since it is a light weight phone. You will not even notice that you are accompanied by it. The dimensions of the phone are 104mm x 53mm x 11.9mm while it weighs in at 93.5g.
The Samsung S5230 also has an amazing camera which is quite functional and has some additional features as well. The camera is a 3.15 megapixel camera which has alternative features such as smile detection and face detection. The phone also can capture videos and therefore you have the privilege of reliving your most precious memories.
The Samsung S5230 phone also has Wifi capabilities and therefore this phone can also be used by business individuals who are constantly on the go. With this capability the user can cruise the web for important information or even send and receive e-mails from anywhere in the world. It is possible that this phone will come free with some mobile broadband packages. It is also important to note that this feature is likely to change when considering the phone usage and network.
The Samsung S5230 phone is a stylish phone that will add some sophistication to your lifestyle. With this phone you are sure to succeed in anything that you do.
Like Rubik’s Cubes, space hoppers, 80’s music and (where we are at least) denim jackets, something else is about to make a comeback: tiny phones that don’t do much.
And we’re in full support. The Nokia 2720 Fold is a tiny clamshell phone with less impressive features than an old Skoda (something else that made a comeback, come to think of it). But what it lacks in megapixels, WiFi and GPS, the Nokia 2720 Fold more than makes up for in charm. Chances are the 1.3 megapixel camera’s going to take some pretty interesting low res shots, and we don’t doubt the range of ring tones will be delightfully retro. And it’s for these reasons and more we can see the fold being something of a surprise hit. Like the 2730 Classic blogged about below (but even more basic than that), Nokia might just find they’re getting more orders from the so-called developed world than they’re expecting for the Nokia 2720 Fold.
While not everyone might be ready and willing to ditch their iPhone in favour of one of these things, we think there could well be a swell of people ready to abandon disappointing mid-range phones to embrace a new simplicity. Read a more detailed Nokia 2720 fold review here, and chuckle away at this terrible video below. It seems Nokia spent as much on this as they hope you will on their phone. Very smart ploy of theirs we reckon…
The Sony Ericsson T707 Elle also known simply as Elle is one of the handsets set to be released later this year. The phone is not part of the popular Walkman series but on first glance looks similar to one of the phones in the series.
A brief glance at the specs of the upcoming (though possibly not until October) 
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When it’s 31 degrees outside, or 88 degrees Fahrenheit for those either reading from the States, or who are over sixty (we think one of those two options might be more likely), it’s quite hard to imagine what the world is going to be like come October. The leaves will be falling from the trees, the clocks would have changed and, best of all, we won’t have pit stains down to our hips before it’s even mid-day, but apart from that, it’s hard to say what the world will be like. Except to say that some things will be very different. A week is a long time in politics, someone once said, and the same can be said of the technology world.
The Blackberry 9300 Gemini is the newest addition to the Blackberry family. This phone has a much circular keypad than its counterparts and initial Blackberry designs. The 
This is part of the mobile phone Snapshot series “Athena” which was introduced by Sony some time back, with the first successor being S302. 
LG GC900 Viewty Smart one of those beautifully designed fones packed with the latest technology – the best combination for all phone lovers. The 
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Like Rubik’s Cubes, space hoppers, 80’s music and (where we are at least) denim jackets, something else is about to make a comeback: tiny phones that don’t do much.