Nokia 6303 Classic now available to order!May 29, 2009 at 10:59 am by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones
The Nokia 6300 has big shoes to fill. People loved the no frills design, excellent build quality, bullet proof reliability and unspectacular yet well featured spec list. So how does the 6303 Classic maintain what made the original so special but bring it to 2009? The camera gets a boost from 2 to 3.2 Megapixels and complimented by autofocus and an LED flash whilst the dimensions remain largely unchanged (the 6303 is slightly wider and a few grammes heavier than its predecessor). Stylistically, the 6303 shares much in common with the 6300 with both taking a candybar form factor and comprised of a blend of high quality plastics and metals. The 6303 Classic is slightly more rounded and does benefit from a more user friendly keypad thanks to better spacing between the keys.
With stock expected on the 5th of June, the 6303 Classic is destined to win over a new generation of no frills mobile enthusiasts. Available to pre-order in both Silver and the exclusive Black variant, click here to check out the available offers. Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Nokia Ovi Store officially open for business!May 28, 2009 at 8:31 am by Dan | In Mobile Content/Services, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Applications, Mobile Phone Games
First impressions of the store are good. Setting up an account and logging in is relatively painless; choose your Nokia phone, enter in a few details such as creating a username and password and your account is instantly activated. Once logged in, the Ovi store will take you back to the homepage and show you a selection of recommended applications for your phone, both free and chargeable. From here you can then use the tabs at the top to sort by most recent and also by type (games/ applications/ wallpapers etc.). On each category there is also the option to filter between paid and free apps. The lay out of the Ovi Store is clear and straight forward and navigating is hassle free. Negotiating the different genre’s also makes it easy to filter so you can find what you’re looking for. One negative is the lack of free applications (in games there were only 5 compatible with my N82 and one of these was a demo) but considering the Ovi store is only a few days old, we’re willing to overlook this. So first impressions are positive for Nokia’s Ovi Store. It goes without saying that they have there work cut out for them following in the foot steps of the hugely succesful (not to mention all round brilliant) iPhone App store but the launch of the Ovi store in the run up to the launch of the N97 is just in the nick of time. Can Nokia build on the good start it has made? Only time will tell… Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Pink Samsung Tocco Lite in stock now!May 27, 2009 at 8:19 am by Dan | In Mobile News, Mobile Phones
The stand out feature of the Tocco Lite is the vivid 3 inch touchscreen display. Featuring the TouchWiz interface, the Tocco Lite serves up customisable widgets that can be dropped onto the home screen so you can keep tabs on things, handwriting recognition for texting and emails, an accelerometer which switches the orientation of the screen when the phone is held in landscape and a new addition called gesture lock which lets you lock and unlock the phone with a simple gesture on the touchs Not one to hide behind the touchscreen, the Pink Tocco Lite features a 3 Megapixel camera with smile detection and video capture, a built in MP3 music player, Bluetooth v2.0 allowing music to be streamed wirelessly, expandable memory supporting up 16GB to store all your music, videos and photos and an FM radio. Not a bad spec list. Oh and did we forget to mention, the Tocco Lite is a bit of a looker to boot. Classy metallic and plastic body, minuscule dimensions (just 11.9 mm thick!) and a mere 93.5 g; the Tocco Lite is certainly one to show off this summer. With stock now in and available on O2, Orange and T-Mobile, click here to check out all the latest deals with the fabulous Pink Tocco Lite and bag yourself the perfect summer accessory. Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Orange pump charger keeps you juiced this summer!May 26, 2009 at 8:54 am by Dan | In Just For Fun, Mobile Phones
Simply plug your gadget of choice into the Orange foot pump and get pumping. The foot pump powers a small turbine which in turn will power up your phone. According to Orange, a few minutes of pumping will give you 5 minutes of call time, not exactly enough for any deep and meaningful conversations but then again, you are at a music festival so phoning home will probably be the last thing on your mind! Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the Orange tent at this years Glastonbury. Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Nokia N97 Review: Part 3 - Final ThoughtsMay 22, 2009 at 11:14 am by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Reviews, Mobile Phones
The design of the N97 is spot on. By no means a small phone, the subtle design and classic colours (black and white) ensure the N97 never comes across as bulky. The build quality is excellent, with no creaks or give in the materials and a premium feel all round with nice touches such as the metallic rim. If you were given the N97 without knowing anything about it, you’d guess that it was the manufacturer’s flagship phone straight away. The slide mechanism is also reassuringly robust and opens up to reveal a well made and extremely user friendly QWERTY keyboard. From a design point of view, the N97 hits all the right notes.
In terms of features, web browsing on the N97 is a joy thanks to a brilliant web browser and support for websites that other top of the range phones just can’t offer. 32GB of internal memory should provide more than enough for most, though for those with a passion for music and movies, the addition of a memory card slot will be a welcome one. As for the camera, at first I was dubious of a 5.0 Megapixel camera considering that this was no more powerful than my 15 month old N82 and hardly cutting edge but the N97 still manages to produce some stunning photos. Perhaps it’s the fact that you’re looking at your photos on a brilliant 3.5 inch display but everything looks crystal clear and the ability to upload them to your Facebook with a few touches of the screen is a masterstroke. Obviously, as with any phone there are drawbacks and so it’s no surprise that the N97 does have a few minor niggles that we would have liked to see ironed out. Multi touch on the screen (as implemented so well on the iPhone) would have been a nice addition as at times it does get a bit fiddly zooming with the zoom bar when in the web browser. Video capture could also do with an overhaul, though this is the case with the whole Nseries range, not just the N97. Would have been good to see HD video capture, slow motion video capture or some other premium video recording features. Lastly, if we’re really being picky we could question why Nokia didn’t consider overhauling the camera and upgrading it to an 8.0 Megapixel sensor but this is really nit picking as the 5.0 Megapixel camera is more than sufficient and does produce some excellent photos.
With the Nokia N97 due to launch in late June, click here to register for updates and be the first to get your hands on the phone as soon as it’s available. Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Nokia N97 Review: Part 2 - Internet & MultimediaMay 21, 2009 at 1:43 pm by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Reviews, Mobile Phones
Ask any one involved in the development team what’s the first word that springs to mind with the Nokia N97 and the likely answer will be ‘Internet’. The N97 promises true mobile internet, not a watered down experience that you often come to find on mobile phones, but is this the case or just harmless marketing spin? The web brows While none of this might sound ground breaking, the ease with which it’s all handled is staggering. Web browsing on the N97 is effortless. What’s more, visit a site such as the popular video sharing YouTube and you’ll be impressed to find that the N97 fully supports it with videos played directly on the webpage itself or in full screen once opened in a separate window. BBC iPlayer is also a pre-installed application on the N97 and lets users watch the previous week’s instalments of all of the BBC’s most popular shows from Eastenders to Top Gear. Despite the obvious difference in size between the N97 and a PC or Laptop display, at no point do you feel you’re getting a condensed version. With the N97, mobile internet really is the full internet on the move. As a member of the Nseries family, the N97 is much more than just a one trick pony and this is definitely evident in the built in camera. The N97 features a 5.0 Megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, auto focus and an LED flash. Whilst 5.0 Megapixels is no longer as ground breaking as it was, the N97 still manages to impress. Perhaps it’s the excellent display that helps but as soon as you’ve taken a photo, you can instantly see how crisp and clear it is. Images are sharp and the more you zoom the more you understand that 5.0 Megapixels is still more than adequate in a camera phone. Uploading onto a PC is easy and demonstrates further the impressive results. The camera layout is fairly The N97 also handles video capture well, though it would have been nice to see some improvement over older Nseries devices, especially in the wake of the i8910 HD with its HD video recording. Still, the N97 records at 30 frames per second in QVGA resolution, In terms of music, the N97 once again excels. Music can be sorted by Artist, Album, Playlist, Genre and Composer and when you consid Tune in tomorrow for the final installment of our Nokia N97 review to see what we really thought of one of the most hyped phones in mobile history. Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb New iPhone rumours surface: OLED iPhone?May 21, 2009 at 10:00 am by Dan | In Mobile News, Mobile Phones
According to a ‘reliable source’ at Apple (we appreciate how tabloid newspaper-esque that sounds), Apple are still beavering away on the iPhone 3G’s successor and it could be here sooner than you think. While we’re not normally one to be taken in by this kind of internet fodder, the latest rumour caught our attention not only because the features sound great but also how feasible it all sounds! First things first, the new iPhone will apparently sport an OLED touchscreen display as opposed to the LCD found in the original. If this is true, the benefits will include a better battery life and an even slimmer iPhone as OLED screens don’t need a backlight to operate and so can be much thinner compared to LCD. Other upgrades include a boost for the camera from 2.0 to 3.2 Megapixels with autofocus, increased processing power and also increased memory to 16GB and 32GB variants which seems perfectly reasonable as the upgrade from 2G to 3G saw the memory capacities grow. Perhaps most far fetched of all are the rumours is that the new iPhone is to include an Apple logo on the reverse of the phone that actually glows! While this certainly sounds good (and i’m sure it would look pretty cool too), i’m not so sure Apple would improve the battery life only to think up new ways to drain it. Of course all of this is completely unconfirmed at the moment but it certainly sounds promising. The best part? Apparently the new iPhone is due to launch on the 17th of July. Now that i do find hard to believe! Still, if it does turn out to be true, that means that the official unveiling must be imminent. Keep your eyes on the Blog over the next couple of weeks for more info as we get it. Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Nokia N97 Review: Part 1 - Design & UsabilityMay 20, 2009 at 9:48 am by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phone Reviews, Mobile Phones
It is perhaps an understatement to say that people are eagerly anticipating the release of the Nokia N97. Since it was first announced in December of last year, not even Nokia themselves could have predicted how much interest it would attract. One of the main reasons the N97 has attracted such a huge following is that it is a touchscreen mobile phone. But not an internet tablet like Nokia used to be so fond of or even a member of the music centric XpressMusic range; this is an Nseries touchscreen (the first ever) and so carries a certain weight of expectation with it. The Nseries badge after all The touchscreen is surrounded by a classy silver metallic strip which hints at what lurks inside; the touchscreen slides up (Xperia X1 style) to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard. Sliding the screen up automatically switches the orientation of the screen to landscape and the keyboard itself is nicely spaced out with ample room for even the biggest fingers and for those feeling confident you can The N97 features a 3.5 inch touchscreen display, exactly the same length as that found on the iPhone 3G though slightly narr
Check back on the Blog tomorrow for the second installment of our Nokia N97 review as we check out what makes the N97 tick in our thorough review of the web and multimedia features. Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Samsung i8910 HD in stock now at Mobiles.co.uk!May 19, 2009 at 10:50 am by Dan | In Mobile News, Mobile Phones
Frequent readers of the Blog will no doubt have gathered that we’re pretty excited about this phone judging by the amount of coverage we’ve been giving the i8910 HD. And with a spec list that reads more like a wish list, it’s hardly surprising. The stand out feature is of course the HD video capture, recording at a remarkable 720p resolution. But that’s not all, the i8910 HD features a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen producing one Not to mention that the i8910 HD runs the new touchscreen version of the Symbian operating system, features HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity for high speed web access, built in GPS for navigation software and a multimedia player supporting DivX and Xvid video formats. The i8910 HD is easily a front runner for phone of the year but the best feature of all is that it’s now in stock at Mobiles.co.uk! Available on Orange with a range of fantastic offers, click here to check out the latest offers, order now and get your Samsung i8910 HD tomorrow! Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb Blackberry Storm 2 Spied!May 18, 2009 at 2:04 pm by Dan | In Coming Soon Handsets, Mobile News, Mobile Phones
But now, the Storm is back. Can the sequel match the popularity of its siblings and also take on a touchscreen market that is already full of world class phone’s? Or will it prove to be another storm in a tea cup (sorry)? From the leaked images, the Storm 2 looks almost identical to the original though it is reportedly considerably slimmer. Cosmetic changes aside, the specifications of the new Blackberry Storm are pure speculation at the moment. The rumoured inclusion of Wi-Fi (which was a conspicuous absentee from the original) should please those who were tempted by the original. As for the rest of the features, let’s hope they can improve on the lackluster camera and improve the internal memory. With no word on a release date and still no official announcement from Blackberry, we’ll have to wait and see what new information surfaces on the Storm 2 in the coming weeks. Keep your eyes on the Blog for further up[dates as and when we get them. Bookmark at:StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb |
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