LG CU500 3G Phone

The LG CU500 is an HSDPA phone that’s exclusive available on the Cingular network in the United States. Not sure if they are going to have it in other countries soon… Running on the back of the Cingular’s UMTS network, the LG CU500 is one of only a handful of HSDPA high-speed 3.5G phones on the market anywhere in the world.

The first thing to note is that UMTS in the US is not the same as UMTS everywhere else in the world - it’s an 850/1900 MHz UMTS device rather than the UMTS 2100 MHz standard that pretty much everyone else uses. It does have quad-band GSM and EDGE support though, so you can still continue to use the LG CU500 more-or-less anywhere in the world.

The CU500 touts an internal 65K color TFT with resolutions of 176 x 220 pixels and external 65K color TFT with resolutions of 96 x 96 pixels.

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Written by martin on August 28th, 2006 with no comments.
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Motorola KRZR K1

Motorola has had just as much success with its RAZR line as Apple did with its iPod, Motorola is determined to take the product line one step further with a slew of new crazily named cell phones. These new models include two versions of KRZR, RAZR, and one model of RIZR. The KRZR is a thinner, possibly slimmer version of the RAZR measuring and weighing at 42×103x17mm and 103g, respectively.

Called variously the Motorola K1, Motorola KRZR, Motorola MOTOKRZR or pretty much any combination of those words, this handset is aimed at the midrange market and is pretty much a straight upgrade to the V3i in specification terms.

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Written by martin on August 28th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Sony Ericsson K800i Camera Phone

Cyber-shot™ digital still camera and mobile phone - all in one.

The efforts of phone manufacturers to cram more and more megapixels into the lenses of the built-in cameras is nothing short of relentless. Samsung has hit 10-megapixels with its SCH-B600 phone, but that is of course no more than a technology statement and is only available in Korea.

The Sony Ericsson K800i brings the Cyber-shot branding that Sony uses in its digital cameras to a handset, throws in 3G video calling and data access, and bumps things up with Sony Ericsson’s well known capabilities in the music-playing area.

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Written by martin on August 26th, 2006 with no comments.
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Samsung SPH-A640

Samsung and Sprint are fast friends, with the Korean electronics giant being a longtime cell phone supplier to the carrier. So it’s no surprise that late June, Samsung introduced both the SPH-A640 and the SPH-A420. The Samsung SPH-A640 is the more advanced of the two, offering a midrange set of features that includes Bluetooth, a VGA camera, a speakerphone, and support for Sprint’s Ready Link push-to-talk (PTT) service. The design is relatively simple, but if you’re looking for a functional phones that makes calls, the SPH-A640 is a good choice.

The Samsung SPH-A640 caters to functional consumers. Including many now-standard features, the A640 features a good built-in camera, text messaging, and Bluetooth support.

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Written by martin on August 24th, 2006 with no comments.
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LG KG920 5 Megapixel Phone

If you are from Korea, 5 megapixels on a camera phone is about as exciting as a VGA camera phone is at other parts of the world. With 8-megapixel (Samsung SPH-V8200) and 10-megapixel (Samsung SCH-B600) mobile phones leading the charge, we can understand why they think VGA camera phone is a joke

Finally, Europe is going to be treated to the LG KG920, a GSM handset that comes with a swivelling 5-megapixel camera complete with auto focus and flash.

It even comes with a lens cover. In effect, you no longer need to carry around a camera AND a cell phone, because this thing will do both and actually give you some excellent resolution.

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Written by martin on August 23rd, 2006 with no comments.
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