LG PM-225 Review
Laptop Magazine takes a quick look at the LG PM-225, a flip phone without an antenna and they give it a 3.5 out of 5 on their review scale.
Like the Samsung t309, the LG PM-225 skips the antenna to achieve a sleek design, but in this case you can take your pick of a red or silver front.
Unfortunately, the narrow body of this 3.4-ounce clamshell creates a cramped dialpad. Images captured by the VGA camera looked decent for a budget phone, especially in well-lit environments.
Once you’ve saved that snapshot, sending it off to another phone or e-mail address with Sprint’s Picture Mail service is a snap.
Motorola RAZR V3i Review
Pocket-Lint reviews the RAZR V3i from Motorola, and while they like the phone, they were a little limited in their test as they were not able to use the iTunes abilities due to living in the UK, and probably if they had all the features enabled they would have rated it a little better than the six out of ten that they gave the phone.
Enter the RAZR V3i, for all intents and purposes the same ubiquitous bling handset that lets hoodies up and down the country text their mates, but with the inclusion of a megapixel camera over the original’s VGA snapper. We applaud this, and also the addition of a video capture option – the original just offered playback. However, apart from that, there’s not much to add… at least not if you live in the UK.
You see, over in the good ol’ US of A the V3i is doing exactly what everyone said the V3 should have been doing: flying the Motorola/Apple flag as an iTunes phone instead of the much maligned and distinctly brick-like ROKR. However, we are set to miss out on that thrill, for reasons that to be honest aren’t exactly clear to us, or maybe even Motorola.
Motorola’s RAZR V3x Wins Best 3GSM Handset 2006 Award
Some people out there don’t like the RAZR, and I am not one of them, so I was not surprised to read that it had won a pretty prestigious award in the form of “Best 3GSM Handset 2006″.
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — 3GSM World Congress 2006 — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT), a global leader in wireless communications, is proud to announce that its RAZR V3x handset has been recognized by the GSM Association as the “Best 3GSM Handset - 2006″. The stunning Motorola RAZR V3x was the talk of town when it secured the most prestigious award at the Association’s annual awards ceremony at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona tonight.
With its ultra-slim clamshell form and clever integration of the design features that made the RAZR the company’s most globally acclaimed product, the Motorola RAZR V3x is the ultimate in mobile entertainment devices. Delivering an impressive range of multimedia tools, including a 2-megapixel camera, real- time two-way video calling, still and moving image capture, progressive downloading and 3D graphics this UMTS/3G handset has it all.
“Motorola is proud and excited that the RAZR V3x has been named Best 3GSM Handset of 2006 by the GSM Association. A first for the company, I am thrilled to accept this esteemed award on behalf of everyone involved in the design and development of this great handset,” said Ron Garriques, President, Motorola Mobile Devices. “The RAZR V3x epitomizes everything we hope for … wickedly compelling design and a wickedly compelling consumer experience, it truly is a great day for the brand.”
Motorola is showcasing its products and innovations at Booth A07, Hall 8, at the 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona.
For more Motorola information at 3GSM visit: http://www.motorola.com/3gsm .
Motorola PEBL Review
I have been looking at buying a cell phone, but I personally don’t need a camera built in, or any other crazy feature, and it looks like Trusted Reviews have found the phone perfect for me, the Motorola PEBL.
Do you remember the days when phones were used to make phone calls? The days before we became obsessed with megapixel cameras, multimedia messaging, music playback and video calling seem to have been lost in the mists of time. It seems that unless a mobile phone can be used to do everything bar service our car, we’re not even going to consider it as our next upgrade, despite the fact that a great many consumers never use even a fraction of the features on offer. However, it seems that this situation is not completely lost on mobile phone manufacturers and one or two of them have realised that some people still want a phone just to make phone calls.
So, before I get started I’ll point out that the Motorola PEBL is very lacking when it comes to advanced features. You’re not going to find a high resolution camera, or masses of internal memory, or even a memory card slot. What Motorola has created with the PEBL is a small, light and beautifully designed phone for people who just want a phone.
In the end Trusted Reviews gives the phone at seven out of ten on their rating scale.
Motorola’s W220: A RAZR For Tight Budgets
Here is an interesting idea, create an affordable yet nice looking phone. Amazing, isn’t it? Well that looks to be exactly what Motorola has done with their W220.
Motorola announced the name of the FM radio equipped entry-level handset that they eluded to at their press event on Monday. The new handset, called the W220, is meant to be a RAZR for the masses, bringing the RAZR form factor and good looks at a lower price point. Of course, the only way to do that was to drop features from the original design, which accounts for the lack of an external display and the use of a smaller 1.5″ 128×128 pixel CSTN display on the inside.
In lieu of the external display Motorola has chosen to place three light-up icons that give power, battery, and message information. Other features include a speakerphone function, a WAP 2.0 browser, MMS support, and the ability to download new wallpapers, ringtones, and games. The internal storage capacity of the device will allow for up to 600 contacts to be added to the W220’s phone book, while the large 880mAh battery should be good for around 8 hours of talk time, or up to 12 days of standby time.
Source: Mobile Burn
Motorola i930 Review
Laptop Magazine reviews the i930 from Motorola, and ends up giving it a four out of a possible five which I find odd, as they don’t really seem to like many of the quirks and features of the phone.
With its chunky, Darth Vader looks, the Motorola i930 doesn’t exactly have mass appeal written all over it.
That’s fine, because its mix of features is designed for a very unique customer: those looking for a smart phone that delivers rapid-fire push-to-talk (PTT) communications in the Western hemisphere and GSM connectivity when traveling abroad.
At a list price of $499, the i930 is expensive compared to other Nextel phones, and $100 more expensive than keyboard-equipped smart phones such as the Treo 650.
Nextel walkie-talkie service is still the best around in terms of connection speed and the number of users you can PTT with, so whether the i930 is a good choice comes down to whether PTT is something you use on a daily basis.
After that, it’s a matter of whether you need Windows Mobile and global roaming.
Samsung SGH-Z560 HSDPA Phone
Digital Tech News looks at the SGH-Z560 from Samsung. The phone is a HSDPA, or a High Speed Uplink Packet Access phone.
Samsung Electronics is on the scene with the launch of the new SGH-Z560 HSDPA phone for Europe. The launch of this handset will be combined with Europe’s first demonstration of HSDPA technology, reaching speeds up to 3.6 Mbps, at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.
The technologically advanced Z560 for Europe supports 1.8Mbps data rates and comes in an ultra slim design. With a depth of mere 16mm, the handset includes advanced features such as a 2 mega-pixel camera with auto focus, external touch music keys, 30 MB of internal memory and microSD external memory slot. The Z560 is slim yet has a wide display for the convenient use of multimedia functions at a very high speed data rate. It uses a 2.3” QVGA 262K LCD to ensure a clear, sharp screen image.
Those in Europe will be able to pick one up around the second quarter of 2006..
Orange SPV C600 Review
Pocket-Lint reviews the Orange SPV C600 which is considered a small smartphone. They compare it to what is considered a not so great phone, the SPV C550, which it seems many people had high hopes for but it just was not what they had hoped.
The headline grabbing news internally is that this handset sees Orange’s smallest smartphone make the leap from Windows for Mobile 2003 SE to the brand spanking new Windows Mobile 5.0.
The new OS performs well, and in conjunction with the 200MHz processor, motors things along at a fair rate of knots – something that couldn’t be said for the C550.
The most obvious change is in the menu system, but more subtle tunings make the whole device run more effectively – and this includes much, much better battery life and you can now pop off for the weekend without packing the charger.
In the end they give it an eight out of ten on their review scale as they think the screen is still too small for real Smartphone status.
Motorola M-Wallet
Coming to the USA, is a new form of paying for things, and that is using your cell phone. This is not a new thing for the world at large as Asian manufacturers and carries have done this for a while, but M-Wallet will be the first in the US as far as I know.
It will come in the form of a downloadable application, compatible not only with Motorola phones, but also other cell phones and even PDA’s. Initially, the M-Wallet system will only allow banking transactions such as online bill payments, funds transfers, and purchases through participating retailers such as airlines.
Motorola intends to expand the system to include contact-less payment when the technology is available in US handsets. This feature has a large fan base in Asia, where consumers can pay for things by merely moving their cell phone over a scanner.
In order for you to see it on your cell phone soon, Motorola needs to sign agreements with carriers to support M-Wallet and while they say they are getting close to signing a deal, it is competing against a service from Philips, which Cingular Wireless has been testing in the Atlanta Phillips Arena.
Nortel Works on HSUPA UMTS
A new technology that will allow for bi-directional high-speed connections between two mobiles devices has been created and tested by Nortel. HSUPA or High Speed Uplink Packet Access, will be the next update to the HSDPA networks that are currently being rolled out around the world.
What is so graet about HSUPA? Well it allows for high bandwidth uploading and downloading at the same time which will allow for better voice over IP, and video calling services which rely heavily on the ability to upload data, just as much as downloading data.
In Nortel’s test, they managed to reach upload speeds of 1.4Mbps which is around four times the current maximum speed using current UMTS and HSDPA connections.
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