Motorola KRZR Fire
The Motorola KRZR Fire seems to only available in Korea but maybe we’ll see this in Ireland, we reviewed the KRZR a while back.
* GSM 850/900/1800/1900 plus EDGE
* 2 megapixel camera
* 176 × 220 260k TFT
* Stereo Bluetooth
* MicroSD card slot
* Enhanced phonbook, support for more info (IM/address/birthday/etc)
* Screen 3
* Midi, MP3, AAC, AAC+ enhanced music player
* Size: 42 × 103 × 16 mm
Nokia 8800 Sirocco Diamond Edition
If you have some spare cash before Christmas why not consider the limited Nokia 8800 Sirocco Diamond Edition. Design and made by Sayn Design in Germany, only 1000 unites of the limited edition will be produced.
The phone is crafted in 24 Karat hard gold plating, 999er Feingold and high gloss finish. The company has even provide a unique backgrounds and phone themes with the phone.
All for a nice cheap price of $3450 and available on Ebay
Samsung SCH-B550
Not sure if this is a phone or a games consol, Samsung has launched a new phone in Korea which looks more of a gaming console than a mobile phone. The SCH-B550 looks really attractive with sliding screen and joypad making it a complete entertainment device. It has 3D gaming support, DMB, Bluetooth, 2 megapixel camera and a music player.
I dont think we’ll ever see this in Ireland but worth a look at 
O2 launches Napster Mobile on i-mode
O2 Ireland have become the first network to launch Napster Mobile, O2 Ireland customers with non i-mode handsets will also be able to avail of the Napster service by March 2007 on O2 Active.
Napster Mobile is a hosted service from Ericsson and Ericsson will host and manage the operation of the service for O2 Ireland under a managed services agreement.
Napster Mobile will allow O2 Ireland customers to search, browse, preview and purchase content from Napster’s music catalogue of over two million songs.
Samsung E900 Review
Available from Vodafone and the Carphone Warehouse comes the Samsung E900. This is a stylish camera phone with attractive touch sensitive keys externally which light up when in use, the smooth slide opening mechanism is a nice added feature.
It has a large 262k colour display, a screen resolution of 240 x 320 pixel and comes in a choice of colour which are black, silver & gold & only weighs 93 grams. But I’m not sure at the moment if all these colours are available in Ireland.
The Phone comes in at €299 and an extra €80 - €120 credit depending if it’s new or an upgrade
* Dimensions : 93 x 45 x 16.5 mm
* Weight : 93 g
* Talk time: up to 3 hours 30 mins
* Standby time: up to 220 hours
* Display type: TFT, 256K colors at 240 x 320 pixels
* Camera: 2.0 Megapixel Digital Camera
* Document viewer (Picsel Browser)
* Mobile printing (BPP/PictBridge)
* Email (POP3 / SMTP / IMAP4)
* USB and RCA TV output
* Bluetooth
* MP3/AAC/ACC+/WMA player
* Memory: 80 MB internal memory, expandable via TransFlash memory cards
* Tri band: GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Nokia 6300 announced
Nokia have been talking about releasing tinner phones and have now decided to release the Nokia 6300, At just 13.1mm thick, the 6300 is considerably thinner than typical handsets from the leading manufacturer. I guess this is the start for them to try get some of the thin phone market from stylish handsets like the Motorola RAZR.
Dont expect to see this in Iteland until the first quarter of 2007 for around €250
* QVGA (240×320) display
* 2-megapixel camera
* 135MB memory built-in, microSD card slot
* Speakerphone
* Compact size, just 13.1mm thick
* MP3 player, FM radio
LG KG800 Pink Chocolate
We reviewed the LG KG800 before but LG have released this in pink.
The phone comes with a high resolution TFT LCD screen which provides a 256k colour display. You can slide open the handset or press a button to activate the screen & see the outstanding quality display.
The phone comes with a user 1.3 megapixel digital camera feature and you can use the LCD screen as a viewfinder. The camera comes with a built in flash & 4 x digital zoom. You can easily activate the camera feature by using the easily accessible camera button.
The camera also comes with a photo album for storing all your snaps & with a multi shot mode which will take nine consecutive shots with one press of the camera button. The multi shot mode allows you nine chances of capturing the perfect shot.
LG KG800 specs
* Size : 95 x 48 x 150 mm
* Weight : 85 g
* Standby Time : 300 hours
* Talktime : 300 minutes
* Bluetooth Enabled
* Built in USB Port
* 1.3 Megapixel Digital Camera
* Video Recording & Playback
* Vibration Alert
* Integrated MP3 Player
* 128Mb Internal Memory
* 5mm Headphone Jack
The Nokia 6290 clamshell
You may have noticed that Nokia dont make a lot of flip phones and have just announced the Nokia 6290, its latest 3G cell phone based on the S60 3rd Edition (Symbian) platform.
Features of the Nokia 6290 include:
* S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1
* 2.2″ QVGA display with 16m colors (external screen is 128×160)
* 2-megapixel camera
* MP3 player with stereo speakers
* Quad-band GSM + EDGE + UMTS 2100
* MicroSD card slot
* Bluetooth
* talktime of 3.5 hours and standby of 10 days
Nokia will start shipping in Q1 2007 for an estimated price of €325 and will be available in multiple color configurations.
