Brown Samsung Tocco now available

The newest member of the Samsung Tocco family has now launched sporting a stylish new rich Brown look. Though from the front the Brown Tocco appears almost identical to the original, round the back is where the action really is. Rather than lazily just colouring the back of the phone brown, Samsung have opted for a quality leather finish giving a real sense of style and texture to this top notch mobile phone and that’s not to say that the original Tocco wasn’t a handsome customer to begin with.

In terms of the feature list, no change to the Tocco from its first incarnation means we get an excellent 5.0 Megapixel camera with video, autofocus, face detection, flash and arguably the best camera interface of all the touchscreen mobile phones to date. 3G HSDPA mobile broadband connectivity means using the phones excellent web browser is lightning fast. Then onto the obvious stuff, we find Bluetooth v2.0, MP3/AAC/AAC+ player and a memory card slot supporting microSD cards up to 8Gb. (See our mobile phone definitions page if some of these terms seem to be in a foreign language to you!)

Samsung, clearly a firm believer in the saying variety is the spice of life, have been incredibly quick to pounce on consumers demand for assortment of options when choosing a mobile phone. Recent releases saw the Samsung Soul launching in Graphite and Silver, followed shortly by the new Pink Soul and soon to be joined in the range by the latest Midnight edition. Looking further back, the hugely popular U600 had a number of colour variations with some still coming (Black and Gold U600 anyone?).

No other colours have been confirmed for the Tocco (it has only been out for a month) but it would be foolish to bet against a Pink Tocco in the pipeline. What is clear is that Samsung, more than any other major manufacturer, have capitalised on the demand for diversity!

Source: http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/

Chinese company announces new mobile phone watches

Beam me up Scotty! In an announcement expected to go hand in hand with hover cars and robot servants, Chinese electronics company C-Sky Industrial limited has announced that it will be producing a range of mobile phone wrist watches.

Though not a new idea (see the Samsung GPRS watch phone), these new models (from the pictures at least) stand out from previous failed attempts at converging a watch and a mobile phone due to the sleek design and excellent spec list. Apparently, if these products do ever see the light of day, we can expect Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera and mp3 playback.
As with many Chinese companies, innovation is the name of the game and what once would have seemed laughable, today seems entirely feasible.

Though many of you will be looking at the watch phone with a large degree of scepticism, what this undoubtedly does go to prove is how far mobile phone technology has come in the pursuit of integrating multiple devices.

Past products which spring to mind in this vein include the Sony Ericsson MBW-100 Bluetooth watch, an incredibly attractive watch which provided owners with excellent features such as caller id and text message alerts on the watch face itself as well as the ability to pair it with an accompanying Bluetooth headset and answer and end calls directly on the watch.

Bluetooth has always been an area of innovation with hundreds of unique applications, from the useful to the downright daft. Now an increase in the amount of fashion orientated products, including Bluetooth wristbands and even a Bluetooth headset styled as dog tags are becoming ever more popular.

Where past ventures have seen mobile phones partnered with fashion houses such as the giants of Prada and Armani, perhaps the manufacturers are now directing the fashion themselves with the products likening themselves more to jewellery. Should we expect a phone co-launched with a major watch brand?

Whether mobile phone earrings, necklaces or bracelets will materialize in the future remains to be seen, but the future design of mobile phones can be viewed with excitement (and a large pinch of salt!). While for the time being watch phones are still niche and viewed with a hint of negativity it is wise to remember how we all scoffed at camera phones!

So hang on to your jewellery and your fashion phones for the meantime, just don’t be surprised if your next handset ends up replacing that Rolex!

Source: http://blog.mobiles.co.uk/

LG KP100 / KP105

Simple, cheap phones can often be pretty appealing, and the LG KP100 seems to fall into this category. The recommended SIM-free retail price is €59 (around £48) although we have seen it advertised for less than €30. Given the low cost, the KP100 appears to deliver on all the basics you would need from a mobile phone.

Some low-cost LG handsets in the past have been really ugly, but the KP100 manages a simple but stylish arrangement which does at least mean that you won't need to put a paper bag over the phone while you are using it.

LG seem a little confused over the KP100's battery life - we have seen figures ranging from 4.5 to 10.5 hours talktime and between 18 to 26 days standby time. The relatively large capacity 900 mAh battery should give the KP100 a decent amount of charge though, so we suspect that the talktime and standby time will be pretty good.

The screen is a pretty simple 1.5" 128 x 128 pixel CSTN panel in 65,000 colours, the LG KP100 has a vibrate function and appears to have a speakerphone. There is also some basic PIM functionality and a game, plus T9 predictive text and that really is about it. The LG LP100 is available in a white/red colour combination, and also in black in some markets and should be available very soon.

The LG KP105 handset (pictured left) is almost identical to the KP100 except that it comes with a FM radio. Adding an FM radio to a cheap phone is a good way of making the handset more fun while keeping the cost down. We have seen the KP105 priced at around €40 which makes it a little more expensive than the KP100.

The KP105 is aimed mostly at "emerging markets" and is already available from certain retailers. The simpler KP100 is due for a more general release throughout Europe and the rest of the world from July onwards.

Although these two phones may not be very exciting when it comes to technological wizardry, they are good value for money and pleasing to look at. For most people, these simple features are all they will ever need.

Source: http://www.mobilegazette.com

Samsung Armani : Be Different And Make An Impact

Given the plethora of mobile phone handsets flooding today’s market, many a time people like me get confused about the purchase of a mobile phone. Some where I too got lost in the maze of the current crop of latest mobile phones. The simple task of selecting a mobile phone to me seemed a daunting preposition. It was then that my friend, George, recommended that I should go for the latest mobile phone, the Samsung Armani from the house of Samsung Electronics. George strongly endorsed its smart user-friendly features and world class performance. Impressed by George’s praising remarks about this “technological marvel” as he rightly put it, I bought myself a Samsung Armani handset.

I was then working as a sales man with a textile designing and manufacturing company. My job required me to travel extensively to distant and remote corners of the country. It was during those trips that I realised the true value of the features that come packaged with this mobile phone.To begin with, the Samsung Armani, as my friend aptly described- “a mobile phone with a difference”- is truly power -packed with a wide spectrum of amazing features. For instance, this GSM-enabled mobile phone offers its users an ultimate high experience of the digital world.The meticulous designing and sophisticated features are geared to deliver world-class performance. The phone’s compact designing with dimensions of 87.5 x 54.5 x 10.5 mm and a feather weight of 85 grams, makes it convenient for me to carry it on my business trips.

Its 2.6 inches TFT touchscreen display with 256K colours and a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels presents crystal clear and sharp images. The advanced connectivity features such as Class 10 GPRS and EDGE, WAP 2.0/xHTML,v2.0 Bluetooth with A2DP and v2.0 miniUSB helped me to communicate effectively with other entrepreneurs. Further, services like the SMS, MMS and Email helped me to “stay connected with family, friends and colleagues”. The phone’s built-in 3.15 mega pixel camera that offers an outstanding resolution of 2048×1536 pixels helped me to capture some amazing print and design patterns from the artisans. Its 60 MB embedded memory can be expanded by using a microSD (TransFlash) card also helped me store a number of textile images. Lastly, this phone’s long-lasting Li-Ion 880 mAh battery supports a Stand by time up to 220 hours helped me a great deal as it took many days to turned to the low battery status.I feel the proud owner of this mobile phone. Its incredible features have really helped me go a long way in life. Today, I have been promoted to the position of a Manager in the textile company. I believe I owe my success to the well timed suggestion of my Friend and last but not the least to Samsung Armani.

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Nokia 7610 Supernova

The flagship handset in Nokia's Supernova Range, the Nokia 7610 Supernova sports a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and dual LED flash, capable of capturing VGA resolution video clips at up to 15 frames per second. As well as having an FM radio and multimedia player, the 7610 comes with a 2.5mm AV connector and TV output capability, so it is quite a capable media phone.

Despite the strong multimedia capabilities, the 7610 Supernova is primarily a fashion phone. A combination of mirrored surfaces and interchangeable covers mean that you can keep the 7610 looking fresh, and you can also customise the handset's key illumination and wallpaper to match.

In the past, we've tended to see these features with 3G phones, but the Nokia 7610 is not a 3G device, although it does support EDGE data which is OK as long as your mobile network actually uses it.

The display is a 2" 240 x 320 pixel panel in 16 million colours, which is perhaps a little smaller than we would like to see. Talktime is pretty decent at up to 5.4 hours with a maximum of 12 days standby time. Overall, the 7610 Supernova measures 98 x 48 x 15mm and weighs 99 grams which is pretty typical for this type of device.8

It's not a cheap phone, costing €225 (around £180 / $360) before tax and subsidy. That puts it roughly in the same price range as the Nokia N81 and Nokia N77 which are both 3G devices but don't have the same quality of camera as the 7610.

The standard sales package includes a 512MB microSD card (2GB for the US version), an AC-3 charger, video out cable, two Xpress-on covers and a stereo wired headset. The 7610 Supernova should be available during Q3 2008.

One last thing - this isn't the first time that Nokia have used this model name, the original Nokia 7610 from 2004 is one of Nokia's more off-the-wall handset designs. In fact, despite our misgivings, there are plenty of original 7610s around so make sure that you are ordering the 7610 Supernova rather than a bargain-basement phone from four years ago.

Source: http://www.mobilegazette.com

Motorola ZINE ZN5 (MOTOZINE)

The Motorola ZINE ZN5 (also called the MOTOZINE) is an advanced camera phone featuring some very clever Kodak technology, combining very clear high-resolution images with some intelligent integration with web applications.

The 5 megapixel camera has autofocus and a Xenon flash, plus low-light capabilities, panoramic stitching, multi-shot picture taking and a number of other proprietary Kodak imaging enhancements to ensure that the ZN5 delivers high quality results when it comes to stills photos. The results are impressive (as you can see from the Kodak gallery), and one clever thing is that the Motorola ZINE ZN5 can upload pictures directly to the Kodak gallery through the handset's data connection. The ZN5 also supports Bluetooth printing to compatible devices.

The biggest problem of all is that this is not a 3G phone, and is stuck with GPRS and EDGE data transfer while on a cellular network. That's just stupidly slow for a multimedia phone, although it does have WiFi. In a market segment where 3.5G is almost standard on new releases, the limited speed of the MOTOZINE ZN5 is likely to be a real turn-off. OK, so the ZN5 will initially be launched in China which doesn't have much in the way of UMTS coverage, but even so it is no excuse for a phone that will eventually be sold worldwide.

There are some nice features though - the MOTOZINE ZN5 has a similar ModeShift keypad to the ROKR E8, comes with a TV-out port, FM radio, stereo Bluetooth and has 350MB of internal memory and a microSD slot. The interface appears to be broadly similar to most new top-end Motorola phones, in other words it is much, much better than handsets of old. It's also a pretty good looking device, and the long battery life will be useful for many. But if you ignore the camera, the technical features of the Motorola ZN5 are hardly impressive.

What we appear to have then is an excellent digital camera welded to a mediocre mobile phone, a combination that we don't think serves anybody very well.

If you really care about photographs, then you can buy a Kodak C613 camera for just £60 / $120 / €70 which is much better than the ZN5 when it comes to being a camera. Although the ZN5's camera is very good, the overall ZN5 package seems to be quite poor.

We would dearly have liked to have told you that the Motorola ZINE ZN5 was the device that had once again made Motorola a class leader, but we can't. If Motorola could put this quality of camera in something like the MOTOMING platform and then breathe some of the magic they had when the original RAZR came out, then Motorola would have a winner, as it is.. we think that the Motorola ZN5 won't be the success that Motorola really need.

Motorola say that the MOTOZINE ZN5 will be available in China from July, with the rest of the world following before the end of the year.

source: http://www.mobilegazette.com

Samsung J700 - Seamless Connectivity With Magic Features

The Samsung J700 is a marvelous mobile that meets most of the expectations of the people. The mobile can bring entertainment and can seamless connect with people all around the globe.The Samsung J700 looks elegant with its slide open design, an embedded keypad, a large screen and some control buttons. This mobile has dimensions 99.5 x 48 x 14.8 mm and weighs only 92 gms. The display screen is a marvelous means to watch pictures and videos at the highest resolution possible. The resolution of the screen is slated at 128 x 160 pixels. The handset comes with preloaded ringtones that are of polyphonic and MP3 in nature.


This Samsung Mobile Phone is fitted with 1.3 MP camera that can capture pictures at resolution of 1280 x 960 pixels. So, pictures and videos recorded with this camera are crystal clear. The images are sharp and they can be transferred to other devices making use of technologies such as Bluetooth. The user can also make use of cable cords to transfer files from the phone to other secondary devices such as computers and digital cameras. Thus the Samsung J700 can connect seamlessly to other devices and transfer files very easily.

The J700 also brings entertainment in various forms. This phone is fitted with a music player that can play on formats such as MP3, AAC, AAC+ and MIDI. The video player of the handset can play files on formats such as MPEG4 and 3GP. The user can also play games on this amazing gadget. High definition games can be played and user can download them easily from the internet.

On browsing the internet with the aid of its WAP browser, one can visit various entertainment sites. The users can download ringtones, games, music and videos from these sites. This gadget works on 2 G network and thus it is possible for people to access all facilities that 2 G network can offer. The memory of the mobile can be extended to 2 GB. This memory space can be utilised to store large files without facing any hassles. Samsung J700 can be used for a long time as the gadget’s battery provides standby time of 250 hr and talk-time of 3 hr.

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