November 2008
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If there is one thing Nokia has gotten right with the Nokia N85, it would be the look and feel of this Nseries mobile phone. As you’d expect, N85 is the latest in the Nseries, and it is a high-end multimedia-rich phone. In many ways it’s similar to the N95, last year’s hit phone which set the benchmark for features. The N85 comes with many of the same features as the N95 but in a much thinner form factor. Yes, we simply love the slimmer design! Those of you who prefer your phones thin and feature-rich will agree with us!
Design wise, the curved edges of N85 help to accentuate the impression of the phone’s smaller footprint in the hand. There’s a 2.6-inch QVGA screen, with the key difference being an OLED panel. OLED displays, which have better screen legibility while consuming less power, have been used before on Nokia’s S40 models. So it’s good that Nokia is now implementing this in the higher-end Nseries too!
Like every other phones available today, N85 offers an MP3 player and a video player. However, what’s different is it also offers access to Nokia’s own Music Store, with direct access to the store’s features provided by its dedicated media buttons. The music store enables you to download music over the air, meaning you can download your music wherever and whenever you want! So convenient I can die! 
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Written by martin on November 30th, 2008 with no comments.
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HTC launched three new phones recently – HTC Touch HD, Touch 3G and Touch Viva. The priciest of the three, and probably one of the priciest of all available phones, is the HTC Touch HD.
The HTC Touch HD has a 3.8-inch, 480×800 screen, plus other fancy specs such as a 5-megapixel camera, 288MB RAM and a Quallcomm MSM7201a 528MHz processor. All these hardware comes together to bring a nice and smooth feel to TouchFLO that’s faster than the Touch Diamond, Touch Pro and even the Touch 3G. No glitches or hiccups when scrolling horizontally through the menus.
Anyway, inputting text with the onscreen keyboard wasn’t as good as the iPhone’s, but was still OK simply because of the huge screen.
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Written by martin on November 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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Believe it or not, martial arts legend Bruce Lee still influences our world greatly despite dying in his prime long time ago. Nokia pays homage to this great man by releasing a special edition of its N96, known as the N96 Bruce Lee Edition. Perhaps, this is one of the thing tougher than Chuck Norris!
The phone’s release in Hong Kong is complete with Bruce Lee’s image on the phone itself and other swag in the box. While the specifications of the Nokia N96 remain the same, the bundle includes several stylish accessories as a Bruce Lee doll, a wrist strap engraved with his name and a key holder that takes the shape of nunjaku.
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Written by martin on November 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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The Samsung Tobi is also known as the Samsung GT S3030. This phone is due to be launched in the UK and Italy at the end of November and is aimed at the younger audience according to Samsung. This will be a fun and easy to use phone that will enable parents and children to keep in constant contact.
The phone is actually quite basic but nonetheless it’s an attractive mobile device that weighs only 85 grams. To make it more appealing, it comes in a variety of different colors, and each phone has three different themes and a customizable back cover.
Samsung is marketing the Tobi (Samsung GT-S3030) as a safety aid, perhaps first of its kind for a mobile phone. The Tobi has a “SOS call” and “SOS message” function plus a “Fake Call” trick that Samsung hasn’t fully explained. Samsung has also made some effort in the materials used for the phone using more eco-friendly materials.
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Written by martin on November 15th, 2008 with 1 comment.
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Nokia has brought out a trio of ultra-affordable candybar cell phones, the 2320 Classic, 2323 Classic, and 2330 Classic.
These few new handsets are aimed primarily at developing markets, with a number of features under the hood that you might not expect.
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Written by martin on November 5th, 2008 with no comments.
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