Nokia 6267 – Easy to access music, videos and photos

June 25, 2007 at 8:35 pm by Jay | In Mobile Phones, Coming Soon Handsets

Nokia 6267With dedicated media keys, the colourful Nokia 6267 keeps things simple, so that listening to music, watching videos and sorting through photos is as easy as can be.

The Nokia 6267 music player with dedicated keys makes listening to music straight forward and uncomplicated. Photo capture and playback of video clips and pictures is also easier and impressive with the new high speed video capability and two cameras, including a 2 megapixel camera with flash and 8X digital zoom.

The Nokia 6267 is 3G compatible for fast downloads, Internet browsing and video calls. The sleek and compact design also offers a large keypad and high resolution screen, and support for up to 4GB of expandable memory to store video, images and music.

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Airlines Get European Go Ahead For In-flight Mobile Calls

June 19, 2007 at 4:52 pm by Jay | In Mobile News

Mobile Phones can soon be used in-flightThe European Aviation Safety Authority has given clearance for the use of mobile phones in airplanes, meaning airline passengers in Europe will be able to use handsets during flights for the first time.

Air France will be the first airline to trial the technology. In the UK, BMI have said they will test on-board mobile phone and data usage, before deciding on whether it will roll the technology out across its fleet.

Ryanair is planning a full fleet deployment later this year and will install the OnAir technology on its Boeing 737 aircraft.

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Sony Ericsson W960i Walkman music phone

June 18, 2007 at 5:55 pm by Jay | In Mobile Phones, Coming Soon Handsets

Sony Ericsson W960iThe new Sony Ericsson touch’n'play Walkman phone, the W960i has an impressive 8GB of internal memory. The also has a 2.6” QVGA touch screen which supports 262,000 colours. Marked improvements from its predecessor, the W950i, include the addition of a 3.2 megapixel camera and a standard phone keypad.

As with the W950i the Sony Ericsson W960i runs on the Symbian UIQ platform. The user can operate the phone via the keypad, a scroll wheel situated on the side of the phone or using the handsets touch screen. There is an RSS reader, FM radio and built in email client. Being a Symbian phone it is possible to enhance the functionality of the handset by the addition of a range of third party software.

The walkman player on the W960i is the latest version 2.0 player with support for album art. With the new Media Manager replacing Disc2Go, transferring music to the handset is as easy as drag n drop. The W960i has the Sony Ericsson Track ID feature. This lets you record a snippet of unknown music to the phone and upload it to the Sony Ericsson website. The music will be ID tagged and sent back to your phone with title, artist and album information.

The W960i is a Tri band GSM and 3G handset. The web browser is the excellent Opera browser for phones.

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Sony Ericsson K850i announced

June 16, 2007 at 10:51 am by Jay | In Mobile Phones, Coming Soon Handsets

Sony Ericsson K850iThe new Cybershot K850i is a stunning 5.0 megapixel camera phone. The camera has an auto focus lens, a Xenon flash and there is a lens cover to keep out the dust when the camera isn’t being used. Like its predecessors the K800i and K810i the K850i has a range of top end quality picture options built in. A built in application called photo fix allows you to improve under exposed shots on the phone and best pic takes 9 shots in quick succession, allowing you to choose the best image to keep.

Aside from the Camera the Sony Ericsson K850i is packed with all the features you would expect from a high end phone. You can post your favourite pictures straight to your blog with the built in blogging application, there is an email client, support for Bluetooth 2.0, RSS feeds and a full web browser.

The K850i has 40MB of internal memory with support for the Sony Memory Stick Micro which currently supports extra capacity up to 2GB

The Sony Ericsson K850i supports 3G and HSDPA, offering 3G Broadband download speeds on your phone. There is also the standard features you’d expect from the latest Sony Ericsson mobile phones; quad band GSM, tri band 3G connectivity and support for EDGE.

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Sony Ericsson W910i

June 15, 2007 at 2:55 pm by Jay | In Mobile Phones, Coming Soon Handsets

The latest addition to the Sony Ericsson Walkman range the W910 is a well featured handset, delivered in a slim line slide style design.

Sony Ericsson W910i

The W910i is a portable sound machine, a powerful music device which will organise your favourite music via play lists and let you download and listen to audio books and podcasts. An innovative feature called Senseme allows you to skip to the next track with a flick of the wrist using shake control.

Another innovation for the Sony Ericsson W910 is the auto detect in video playback mode. Whilst playing a video, turn the phone horizontally and the video plays back in widescreen mode.

The screen of the handset is 240×320 QVGA TFT with support for up to 262,000 colours. The phone has 40MB of internal memory with support for the proprietary Sony Memory Stick Micro, which currently offers cards up to 2GB in capacity.

The handset itself weighs in at a very light 86g, and measures just 12.5mm thick. The W910i also features a 2.0 megapixel camera, a digital FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, Access Netfront web browser and a built in email client. There is support for RSS feeds and you can post pictures straight to your blog using the built in blog support feature.

The W910 Walkman is expected to be available in Q4 2007

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Mobiles.co.uk wins Online Retailer of the Year 2007

June 8, 2007 at 10:09 am by Chris | In Mobile News

At the prestigious Mobile Awards ceremony held last night at The Brewery, London, Mobiles.co.uk was awarded the ultimate accolade of Online Retailer of the Year 2007.

This is the second major award won by Mobiles.co.uk this year. Runners up were Carphone Warehouse and Mobileshop.

The judges were impressed with the thought put into the presentation of the Mobiles.co.uk site, commenting:

far cleaner and clearer than the rest

and the strategy of offering the networks’ additional products and services to offer a complete package to customers.

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Nokia 6500 - so good they named it twice

June 4, 2007 at 7:59 pm by Jay | In Mobile Phones, Coming Soon Handsets

Nokia have announced the launch of two new Nokia mobile phones, confusingly both named the 6500. We have the Nokia 6500 Classic and the Nokia 6500 Slide

Nokia 6500 ClassicNokia 6500 Classic
The Nokia 6500 classic is encased in an anodised aluminium shell, and is just 9.5mm thick. Each 6500 classic is individually polished, ensuring no two phones will be exactly alike.

The 6500 features dual band 3G technology for high speed downloads and web browsing, with quad band GSM for worldwide coverage. The 6500 has a full 1GB of internal memory, for storing pictures, songs, contacts, messages, etc.

The 6500 classic runs Nokia S40 operating system, which will be familiar to millions of Nokia users. The 6500 classic also includes a 2.0 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, and an integrated music player.

The Nokia 6500 Classic has a unified micro-USB connector, which allows for simplified charging, audio and data connectivity. By consolidating everything into one port, the 6500 classic can easily be used as a high capacity flash drive or charged directly from a PC – All with one cable.

The estimated release date of the Nokia 6500 Classic is Q3 2007

Nokia 6500 SlideNokia 6500 Slide
The Nokia 6500 Slide features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Lens, the first time a mid range Nokia has been equipped with such outstanding imaging capability. The 6500 Slide offers the easy ability to share pictures, videos and even video calls on a television! The Nokia 6500 Slide has a refined tactile experience with an elegant brushed steel finish and smooth slide mechanism

The 3.2 megapixel camera offers a dual LED flash, autofocus and 8x digital zoom, all optimised for creating high quality images. With 3G technology, these images and videos can be quickly shared with friends anywhere, anytime, whilst the TV Out Jack allows them to be viewed instantly on any television with standard RCA inputs. The TV out feature can also be used to allow an entire group of people share in the fun of video calling

The Nokia 6500 Slide is expected to be available in Q3 2007

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