The new BlackBerry Storm is the latest mobile phone from BlackBerry and the Storm is also BlackBerry's first touchscreen mobile phone. The Storm, with its slick candy bar style looks is also one of the best looking BlackBerry's and is most definitely not eye diarrhoea to look at.
The BlackBerry Storm features a fantastic high-resolution screen and an incredibly innovative multi-touch UI. The Storm's touchscreen features what BlackBerry call ClickThrough, whats this means is that you have to press down until you hear a click for it to work so in theory the BlackBerry Storm's screen is just one big button, cool!
Other features of the BlackBerry Storm include a built-in GPS system, media player, 3.2MP camera, BlackBerry maps, a 3.5mm audio jack and a memory capacity that can go up to 16GB. One thing that is for sure is that the BlackBerry Storm is a media and entertainment friendly mobile phone.
As for internet access the BlackBerry Storm has, EDGE, GPRS and HSDPA for super fast internet so you can get quick, no fuss access to site such as MySpace, Bebo and Facebook as well as all important fast Email access.
The term "iPhone Killer" gets thrown around rather hastily so we're not going to call it that but what we will say is that the BlackBerry Storm is unquestionably a high quality mobile phone and is great value for money.
The Nokia N96: The multimedia and entertainment mobile phone.
The Nokia N96 is the latest phone model from the N-Series by Nokia and it is the update to the very popular N95 phone.
The Nokia N96 has been specifically designed to amaze you with its entertainment features so if it is entertainment and media that you want from your mobile phone then this is definitely the phone for you.
With the N96' 2.8 inch screen you can watch plenty of high-quality videos and with a massive 16GB of internal flash memory you will have a lot choose from I'm sure. An SD card slot is also available if you feel the need to increase your memory capacity.
The N96 also features a Nokia Video Center where you can browse loads of videos from the internet to download and if you can't be kept busy with all of that then I'm sure the 5.0-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Optics will.
Also, if ever you should find yourself to be lost then have no fear my friends cause the N96 boasts an integrated A-GPS and rich maps facility so you can always find your way home!
They've certainly taken their time with their latest version of the gaming platform but Nokia are finally ready to unleash the new-G Nage upon the public.
The latest version of N-Gage was supposed to be ready to rock by the end of December last year but somewhow it has managed to take until February 08 to get it Live but who cares! it's here now! The N-Gage gaming platform will still only be available to users with a N81 handset so if you were like me and thinking the delay releasing N-Gage was down to prepping it for other Nokia handsets then welcome to the Deeply wrong and way off the mark gang.
N-Gage is available for download over at N-Gage First Access and there are currently three titles available to play, Space Impact: Kappa Base, System Rush: Evolution and Hooked On: Creatures of the deep. N81 users get over there now and get your N-Gage on!
The attitude towards the Apple iPhone here in the UK is kind of, "Well yeah, it's a cool phone and all, i get it, but how do i pay rent once I've bought one?" Well O2 have announced that from February 1st 2008 they are to offer improved tariff deals on the Apple iPhone, meaning that at long last the Apple iPhone might just be value for money.
The current iPhone Tariffs are at £35 a month, £45 a month and £55 a month. If you are on the £35 deal you will currently be getting 200 minutes and 200 texts. Now the minutes on the £35 a month deal have been tripled to 600 and the texts have been bolstered to 500. The £45 a month will now be the same as the current £55 a month deal giving you 1200 free minutes and 500 free texts while the £55 a month deal will be banished and be replaced with a £75 a month deal. All you guys out there on the £55 deal need not to worry though, you will not be forced into paying £75 a month, you will be put down to the £45 deal which will give you the same amount of minutes and texts that you were on already only you will be getting them for ten bucks less! The new £75 a month deal will give you a massive 3000 free minutes a month plus your 500 free texts of course.
The best part is that these new tariffs will apply to both new and existing customers. If it was O2's outrageous tariffs that were stopping you from investing in an iPhone before, you have no excuse now.
Samsung are leading the charge from mobile producers in the "War against iPhone" by launching a brand new touchscreen mobile phone named the F490.
The F490 has a 3.2 inch screen with haptic-touch feedback which should be more than satisfactory for even the most critical of mobile phone pundits, an 11.8 mm chassis which is only .2 of a mm thicker than that of an iPhone so it is definitely not overweight and for Web uses it has HSDPA where it definitely tops the iPhone's average EDGE. Memory is a bit of a let down with only 130MB internal memory so you'll be thanking your lucky stars for MicroSD. An SD card is a must have or you'll quickly be running out of media opportunities.
The Samsung F490 is to be launched in the UK first in February which will be a very rare event when launched indeed but a price has not yet been set, be sure to check back for more news soon.
Everyone wants the web sitting right in their pocket nowadays, whether its from mobile phone or a handheld computer, you just have to have it. Sony's new answer to real quality pocket surfing is their new handheld computer... Mylo COM-2.
Mylo 2 is an extremely classy and very sexy device which boasts a 3.5in touch-screen which flips up to reveal a QWERTY keyboard, wi-fi, a 1.3mp camera, Skype, a backlit keyboard, 1GB of storage, email and instant messaging. Now that is a real quality piece of tech and you'd be mad to disagree. It also supports iPhone-style widgets, such as a very sharp Facebook monitoring app. Of course, it'll play music and movies from memory cards and, in the US, it'll connect to Wayporthotspots for free. Sweet!
A UK release date and price is yet to be confirmed but it has been launched in the US for $300.
Nokia will be re-launching their gaming platform N-Gage this week much to the delight of the devoted Nokia N Series community… they have had to wait a while! But, it looks as though Nokia have kept their promise and it will be here before Christmas, even if they did leave it until the very last minute.
It’s not all grins and giggles though. Nokia N95 and Nokia N82 owners will have to turn those “beams of joy” upside down into “pouts of pain” because the only compatible phone until next year is the Nokia N81, so if you just can't wait and have to get a go of N-Gage now! i suggest you invest in a Nokia N81. Although you N81 owners are laughing your heads off right now, you may be brung down a peg or two by the fact that it will be a BETA service and only a few games will be available to start with. N95 and N82 owners may be able to seek a little solace in that.
Games available from release include The Sims 2 Pets, FIFA 08 and Brothers In Arms with highly anticipated detective game Dirk Spanner and the Fallen Idol set for 2008.
The race to win the iPhone contract in the UK is heating up big time! Vodafone have been the supposed front runners to win the iPhone contract pretty much since the JesusPhone was first announced but T-Mobile jamp into the race last week and now according to the BBC, O2 are going to come first in this iPhone marathon.
According to the BBC, O2 are set to sign an exclusive contract very soon, and that the iPhone will be available in the UK by Christmas, even though O2 owners Telefonica have said that no deal has been agreed!
I'm sure next week Virgin Mobile will be striking up a super deal with Apple then the day after that Orange will be providing us with more fabulous iPhone announcements. God knows who will be giving us this mobile monstrosity. My theory for now is that the UK iPhone is a myth, maybe we will never see it? But don't worry folks, more often than not, i am wrong.
Following LG's team up with Google not to long ago to bring us the LG KU-580 (or Google Phone if you will) LG are now going to give us the YouTube Phone.
It is an LG mobile that is specially optimised for YouTube. The new YouTube-enabled handsets will feature a brand new LG user interface for easily accessing and uploading video content. This means all you wannabe directors will be able to film, upload and view videos on YouTube using just your mobile phone, no need for a computer at all. So if you are a hardcore YouTube'er, you can throw that PC of yours out the window rock n roll style and get yourself one of these bad boys.
The phone is expected to be available in Europe some time in the second half of the year.
The gaming world has went Nintendo Wii crazy and anything Wii is a certainty to be hot. Japanese Mobile Games company Gesturetek Mobile are the world's first "Gesture Controlled Mobile Gaming Company" and they have brung Wii style games right onto your very own mobile phone!
Gesturetek's technology is called The EyeMobile Engine and it works by using your Mobile phones camera to sense motion. There more details on how it works here.
The technology isn't just for game though, it also works on maps and more, to help you discover your way around just like jumping into a Mary Poppins map. Pretty cool huh. Check out the video below.
If you are the kind whose mobile phone is their favourite fashion accessory and it just has to stand out from all the rest, then you can't get much more "outstanding" than the MOTO KRZR K1. Its reflective pink shiny face and its size zero frame make this one hell of a phone to look at! Unique in every way, the Motorola KRZR K1 is in a class of its own, the Heidi Klum of mobile phones if you will.
Nowadays though, a "Great Mobile" cannot be a "Great Mobile" based solely on its looks, no matter how luscious they are. Which is why the MOTO KRZR is packed with awesome features. It comes with 2 screens, one on the outside of the phone and of course your main screen. Even better though, its 2 mega pixel camera with 8X digital zoom will work on both screens! with photo AND video! It also comes with an MP3 Player, Quadband and all the rest of the must have mobile technology.
As the KRZR Pink is exclusive to the Carphone Warehouse, they give you a great deal as well. They are giving you the handset for FREE, discount on the whole 18 months of the contract plus they are giving you £15 cash when you order online.
Its the answer to the business man's prayers. With the man in the suit nowadays running multiple mobile contracts at once, this latest phone creation could just sort out a few of his problems. This year we have seen the start of the double sided mobile phone craze with creations such as Samsung's F300 mobile phone but this one from WND Telecom is a little bitty different. It's not a phone/music player or phone/Internet browser. It is a phone/err.... phone!
The Wind Duo 2000 from WND Telecom has 2 screens, 2 keypads and 2 Sim cards. Completely and utterly 2 phones in 1. This means swapping between phones for work and leisure time are a thing of the past. Just flip it over and Voila! different mobile!
When i first saw this i thought it was yet another Moto Creation but it ain't. It is very similar to the Motorola SLVR though as you can see for yourself. WND Telecom have announced that this is heading for the UK but the exact date is not yet set.
About a month ago i wrote a post on how Mobile TV was going to be the next big thing on mobile phones, with Italy, Japan and South Korea already in the Mobile TV game. Now Nokia have announced that their Nokia N77 Multimedia computer phone has been released in Finland and is also heading to Vietnam and India later on in the month. Now the guys in Finland can keep up to date on the latest news and see their favourite team in action while on the move. Damn them!
The Nokia N77's TV key gives users direst access to a whole world of TV programs. You can even set a program reminder just like on your Sky box at home! and a 7 day program guide! The N77 also comes with an MP3 player, 2 megapixel camera, web browsing, email access and a 2.4 inch flatscreen.
Samsung have teamed up with top designer Jasper Morrison to give us their new unique mobile phone, the Samsung SGH-E590. The E590 has a great blend of quality features and great design. The E590 boasts a 3.2 mega pixel camera with auto focus, half shutter and Panorama Shot which even out does certain digital camera's. The E590 is dual faced. One side has you keypad and your LCD screen (your phone basically) then the other side has all your digital camera functions, cool huh? It even has an extremely unique tripod! Samsung have called it the "Bean Bag" (very fitting). Other features include Bluetooth, Music Player and Voice streaming & Messaging.
The Samsung SGH-E590 will be available throughout Europe, China and South East Asia from this month, check back soon for more details.
Release details of the Apple iPhone have been unveiled. June 29th is the date set by American ads. The ads show off the iPhone's hottest features which make them real teases so watch at your own pearl. The ads show everything from answering phone calls and using the iPod to checking out your photos and browsing the web, you can check out the ads here.
The UK release is STILL not known but as soon as we have it will be up so check back for more information on the iPhone.
BBC News 24's technology show Click takes a look at new Motion Sensitive Laptop technology, plus, "Why magnetic PDA screens are no good", the new Samsung SGH-F300, double sided phone and music player and Samsung's new very unique carry case/battery charger. Check out the video below.
The new Nokia 8600 Luna mobile has landed and boy is it a beauty! With its stainless steel frame, sizzling slidey smokey glass cover and its smooth rounded off corners, there are not many mobiles out there that look better than this right now. If you are strictly fashion only, "no way am i having a guffer of a phone" and you have to have the best looking phone around then you can't turn a blind eye to this one. It is no wonder that Nokia have dubbed it "Black Beauty". To accompany its supermodel exterior, the 8600 Luna also packs some great features. Some of which include a 2 mega pixel camera, music player, FM Radio and Quad-band but there are many more.
The 8600 Luna is Nokia's new number 1 phone and it is exclusive to the Carphone Warehouse and they are offering it on a whole load of different tariffs to suit your needs. Check it out more here.
It seems the guys at the Carphone Warehouse love their customers so much and are so dedicated to providing the best deals around that they have decided to give away their batch of LG Prada phones for FREE. Instead of you paying the usual £175 plus your monthly contract fee, Carphone Warehouse are giving you the handset for FREE and they are throwing in 10 months half price line rental. So for £17 a month you are getting an LG Prada phone plus 600 free minutes and 500 free texts! (Whats going on?)Extras also include 512KB inclusive Internet browsing. What a bargain! Check it out here
I previously wrote a post on this British climber just before he was about to embark on his mobile mission. I can now inform you that Rod Baber has completed his hike of the huge mountain and successfully made two phone calls from Everest's "North Ridge".
After a month of preparation, Rod finally started the final ascent of the mountain on May 15th. Baber made the first call, describing the view from Everest's peak and he made the 2nd to his wife and kids. He has also claimed the record for the worlds highest text message, standing at 8,848 metres.
The follow up to the Motorola RAZR has been announced with the Motorola RAZR2 V8. As per usual it is the most anorexic phone around having been on another diet and now it comes with even more goodies. The most exciting one being the touch sensitive controls for music on the front of the phone and with its Media Player 11 background it will play music originated from any Windows-based store.
Other great features include:
Blogging
HTML Based E-Mail
512MB and 2GB Models
Video Streaming
Multi Image Capture
Bluetooth Class 2 V 2.0
2 Mega pixel Camera
These are just some, there are many more but i like these ones most.
BlackBerry Storm: Touchscreen Smartphone
