Sagem 346i

Posted on August 31, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

For about €70 you can get your hands on a Sagem 346i from O2, the SG346i includes Bluetooth connectivity, a VGA camera and excellent handsfree functionality, i-mode for Internet access so you can sell it on e-bay when you realize how bad it is. This is basically a MY400x with I-mode
* Voice recorder
* Video player/ encoder
* Integrated handsfree mode
* T9 (Predictive Text)
* Vibrate Alert
* Calculator
* Bluetooth
* Up To 320 minutes Battery Talktime
* Up To 300 hours Battery Standby Time

Sagem My401X

Posted on August 30, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

This phone has been around a few months at this stage but if your thinking of buying one from Meteor you should be able to pick one up for under €90 with some call credit. If you want a mobile phone to make calls, send messages and use a Bluetooth headset with, then the my401x could be just perfect. Things to watch out for are the diminutive internal memory, 0.3-megapixel camera and poor-quality screen, which will frustrate you. If you’re looking for an MP3 player or digital camera this may not be the phone for you.

* Slim & lightweight design
* Built-in digital camera
* Video player
* Polyphonic & Hi-Fi ringtones
* Tri-band
* Java games
* Bluetooth connectivity
* Bluetooth headset included
* Up To 320 minutes Battery Talktime
* Up To 300 hours Battery Standby Time

Sony Ericsson W300i from Meteor

Posted on August 29, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

Meteor has announced the release of the Sony Ericsson W300i clamshell style Walkman phone, which comes loaded with Christina Aguilera wallpaper, themes, video and full track downloads of the singer’s latest single. In fact, the deal follows closely in the footsteps of 3 in the UK, which reached a similar deal with Madonna.

Like other Walkman phones, the W300i sports a music player, stereo headphones and desktop music transfer software.

Features of the W300i include:

* GSM 850/900/1800/1900 plus EDGE
* 20MB internal memory plus Memory Stick Micro slot (256MB card included)
* 128×160 pixels TFT main display with 262k colours
* VGA camera
* Bluetooth

Nokia 8800 Sirocco announced

Posted on August 29, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

Nokia has finally announced the 8800 slider handset called the Sirocco, which sports an improved 2MP camera. So what’s the difference between this and the older model, well first it has a big indent on the front…big difference this will make!! but they have improved the camera which was a woefully inadequate VGA affair on the first model and now upped to a 2MP.

All the other features seem to be the same, with Bluetooth, MP3 ringtones and the rather lovely 262k-colour screen. As for price…I’ve no idea yet…. as for availability in Ireland…not sure yet…was this a useful review…. probably not!!

Motorola L2

Posted on August 27, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

The Motorola L2 design is based on the SLVR L7 slim phone, the L2 has a different keypad from Motorola’s L6 – instead of it having the flat keypad used in the RAZR, L6 and SLVR, the L2 has a much easier-to-use keypad with contoured buttons. More aimed at business users as it lacks (camera and music player) but contains Bluetooth functionality as one of its key features.

Features that the L2 keeps include:

* Bluetooth
* Quad-band radio
* Speakerphone
* 128 × 160, 65K Color CSTN display

Available from Vodafone and I guess all Vodafone stockiest like the Carphone Warehouse.

Sony Ericsson Z610 announced

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Colm5 Comments

Sony Ericsson announced the Z610 today, this is a stylish clamshell phone with 3G. It’s comes with what SE are calling hidden ‘magic mirror’ display which can only be seen when in use. Alailable in a choice of three eye-catching colours – Luster Black, Rose Pink & Airy Blue the Z610 still manages to pack in quite a few features.

* 2″ 220×176 screen with 262k colors; outer display is 128×36 OLED
* Bluetooth with A2DP stereo support
* GSM 900/1800/1900 + UMTS 2100
* Picture Blog
* Video telephony
* 2-megapixel camera
* Memory Stick Micro (M2) slot, 64MB card in box

I like the idea of the picture blog you just snap a picture and upload it on the go to your own personal blog page. Picture blogging provides an excellent way to share your experiences with family, friends and colleagues.

So far Sony Ericsson plan to ship this in Q3 of this year

More Pictures of the Sony Ericsson Z610 

Ryder Cup Ban Mobile Phones

Posted on August 21, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

Organisers of next months Ryder Cup have decided to ban mobile phones for the six days a spokesman confirmed today, they basically want all matches to be played without the risk of disturbance.

So they reckon about 40,000 people will attend each day, I would personally love to see how they do this..are they going to strip search everybody? Will they have the phone police checking? What happens if you bring your phone do they not let you in? Or take your phone away….as you can guess not much phone new today

Motorola RAZR with tattoos

Posted on August 21, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

Motorola will soon start shipping the RAZR handset with a tattoo (AKA laser-etched), Motorola executives said the tattoo idea came out of brainstorming sessions on how Motorola could extend the success of the ultra-slim RAZR.

As the pink RAZR has outsold all expectations this seems to be the next step in designer phones, Motorola had been using machines to etch people’s names or catchphrases onto the battery doors on the RAZRs at trade shows for the past year. You’ll start to see the tattooed RAZRs next month but will they get the market share they had last Christmas with the pink RAZR.

Nokia 1600 Review

Posted on August 20, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

As I seem to be seeing this phone everywhere I decided to have a quick look at the entry-level phone, currently available from both Meteor and Vodafone at €49. This a good first phone, or if you’re just looking for some basics.
The Nokia 1600 keypad is reasonably easy to use, even thought the numbers being split into two sections.
There’s a nice 4-way scroll key and the interface is graphical, easy to use, and makes very good use of the quite small colour display.
The phone has MP3 ringtones 20 in total, but don’t expect too much from these. This phone is great basic phone, has excellent battery life, great price too. As somebody suggested to me this is not for posers but if you want a good reliable phone this could be the one.

Nokia 1600 Spec

* Simplified menu and navigation
* Integrated handsfree speaker
* Speaking alarm/clock
* Memory: up to 60 text messages
* Dual band
* Size: 104 x 45 x 17 mm
* Weight: 80g
* Talktime: 4 – 5 hours
* Battery standby: 285 – 450 hours

Nokia N93 Sim Free

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Colm2 Comments

I’ve come across a number of Irish sites selling the N93 sim Free, the problem is you need about €750. So far I’ve no information if this will be available from any of the Networks a quick visit to Nokia’s website found that they added some spec’s and information on the N93 a few days ago, so I think this might happen soon.

Today Nokia announced the N93 has been awarded the European Media Phone of the Year 2006-2007 by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), Europe’s largest multimedia press organization. So with this type of award it’s seem’s they will introduce it across Europe…only time will tell

Samsung S400i

Posted on August 15, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

The Samsung S400i is only available from O2 and is enabled for i-mode, i-mode makes it easy to access the web and use e-mail. At present O2 have a number of website such as ebay, sports, news and games websites. If you’re on the move you can also access email but you must use the i-mode email system “i-mail”.

The Phone itself looks similar to the Samsung D500 but it’s lighter and a bit smaller, there’s no MP3 player, no expandable memory, and the camera is just VGA resolution. The slide up feature is really nice there is only 13MB memory with no option for expansion, which might be an issue for some people.

*  VGA camera (640 x 480 pixels) with flash
* Video camera
* Display: 262,000 colours
* Connectivity: Bluetooth
* Memory: 13 Mbytes
* Vibration alert
* Triband
* Size: 91 x 45 x 21 mm
* Weight: 88g
* Talktime: 3 hours
* Battery standby: 150 hours

Overall it’s a super little entry-level phone, nice design, excellent screen, easy to navigate around and the i-mode works well the web browser is fast.

Nokia 6101

Posted on August 15, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

As Meteor and O2 are offering the 6101 as a Pay As You Go and Speakeasy phone I decided to take a quick look at what’s on offer. The Nokia 6101 is a small sophisticated flip phone and I think Nokia are definitely making progress in the overall design of their clamshell phones.

The camera is a standard VGA, which has the ability to take self-portraits when using the external display as a viewfinder. It’s not the best feature as the display is very small, the camera does however have night mode but alas no flash. The video quality is really quit poor and basic and also, it doesn’t have a zoom.

Lack of Bluetooth maybe an issue for some people, as with all Nokia phones the user interface is easy to navigate.

Nokia 6101 Specs

* Voice recorder
* FM stereo radio with headset
* Voice Features: voice dialing, voice commands
* Integrated handsfree speaker
* MP3 ringtones / polyphonic ringtones
* Java™ games
* Caller ID with image
* Memory: 4.4 Mbytes
* Connectivity: USB, infra-red
* Triband
* Vibration alert
* Size: 85 x 45 x 24 mm
* Weight: 97g
* Talk time: 2 – 4 hours
* Battery standby: 150 – 350 hours

Overall the 6101 is a reasonable mid-range camera phone. But, if your thinking of buying have a look at the clamshell phones from Motorola or Samsung first.

Sony Ericsson K790i/K800i Number 1

Posted on August 13, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

The swedish company Krusell who make mobile phone cases have published it’s monthly rating for July. These statistics are based on the orders for carrying cases made during the month and therefor reflect the real demand for mobile devises in over 50 countries.

As you can see the Sony Ericsson K790i/K800i is leading the way

Top 10 of mobile phones in July:

* 1. Sony Ericsson K790i/K800i
* 2. (1) Sony Ericsson W810i
* 3. (3) Sony Ericsson K750i/D750i/W800i
* 4. (7) Palm Treo 600/650/700
* 5. (5) Nokia N70
* 6. (2) Motorola RAZR V3/ V3i /V3c
* 7. (-) Nokia 5140/5140i
* 8. (6) Nokia 6280/6282
* 9. (10) Qtek S200/I-mate Jamin
* 10. (4) Nokia 6230/6230
(the previous rank is shown in brackets)

LG-KV2400 Slider Phone

Posted on August 13, 2006 by ColmNo Comments

LG have just unveiled a nice new slider phone the LG KV2400. On the outside it looks sleek. But, don’t expect any earth shattering features because there doesn’t appear to be much else going for it. The usual MP3 Player, 1.3 MP camera, and video recording but no GPS, no DMB. This may not even make it out of Korea…but who knows.

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Sony Ericsson Z300i

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Colm1 Comment

Available from O2 in Ireland comes the Sony Ericsson Z300i this is a clamshell mainly targeted at women than men I guess. This model started shipping in February but my guess is Sony Ericsson are keeping this model going for a while maybe until the end of 2006. The first impression it makes is the plastic is rather good, solid and qualitative, the polyphony sound is a bit weak for today and mp3 melodies are not supported. But, not everybody wants mp3 melodies I guess. However is has a bright 65,536-colour screen lets you enjoy colourful messaging with text and sound.

You can easily reach your phone book and messaging with one press of a button and you can change the front and back covers anytime.

Specifications:

* Picture viewer
* 650 KB shared memory
* Talk time – 5 hours 30 min
* Standby time – 250 hours

Overall Small and neat clamshell design, the high-resolution graphical display is easy to read and is also ideal for SMS text messaging, especially with its T9 predictive text input. Available O2 stores, Carphone Warehouse and other O2 agents across the country.