HTC Star Trek Review
Who would name their mobile phone the “Star Trek”? Well the Qtek 8500, aka the HTC Star Trek is an interesting little clamshell. The Unwired has the review on the new phone.
Lightweight and ultra slim, the recently announced Qtek 8500 (aka HTC Star Trek or as it is called now “STRTrk”) offers a comprehensive range of entertainment and office functions and incorporates a high quality camera that allow you to take full advantage of any free time. This stylish, but hard working mobile places you firmly in control with high speed Internet surfing and data downloads linked through the latest connectivity technologies like quad-band GSM, EDGE and Bluetooth.
The Qtek 8500 is a typical clamshell phone but HTC’s first clamshell Windows Mobile Smartphone. It’s using Microsoft’s latest Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone operating system and measures 98.5mm x 51,4mm x 15,8mm and weights 99g including battery. It’s sporting a TI OMAP 850 CPU, running at 200MHz and has 64 MB of ROM and 64 MB of RAM.
In the end they say it is a solid phone, but as this is the first part of two parts for the review, they do not give a full conclusion on the phone as of yet.
Nokia 7360 Review
Slashphone reviews the Nokia 7360, and being a designer phone, it is interesting to say the least.
7360 is not the best phone around, but many fashionistas would still rush out to buy it anyway. After all, whatever the phone lacks is well compensated for by its Chinese embroidery strap, its perfectly tailored to match leather-and-velvet pouch, its overall charming specialness that makes us tingle each time we pick the phone up.
So it is very stylish, but not all that great…Sounds like it will be perfect for the type of women that love things that are blue or pink…now if only Nokia had made it in blue or pink.
Sony Ericsson W810i Review
PC Magazine recent reviewed the increasingly popular Sony Ericssono W810i.
The best phone of 2005 still shines in 2006. The Sony Ericsson W810i Walkman phone is a minor update to the all-around excellent W800i Walkman, and unlike its predecessor, it will be offered directly by a U.S. carrier. The W810i does everything very well, if not perfectly: calling, gaming, photos, and music. But without an easy connection to PC music jukeboxes, it’s still not quite a “Walkman.”
In the end they give it a four out of five as this handset continues to get positive nods from everyone reviewing it.
Nokia N80 3G Phone Review
3G.co.uk have reviewed the Nokia N80, a 3G slider phone.
But things don’t start well for the N80 – the slider action is far from impressive. After the 6280’s fluid action, which rivalled Samsung’s best, the N80 feels too stiff and sticky, as if running on rusty rails. You will need to give it a fair nudge but it’s worth noting that our review sample was a prototype so any indiscretions might be temporary. Let’s hope the slider mechanism improves.
The N80 runs off Symbian Series 60 (S60) third edition OS, which proved incredibly temperamental, with slow transition between commands and pages. It’s best to test the N80 yourself, though, as in our experience, the S60 OS has never been this erratic and inconsistent, and the fact that our trial copy was a vanilla sample might explain its dodgy performance.
The N80 managed to get a rating of 90% at the end of the article thanks to its feature set, though they were not very impressed with the sliding of the phone.
Sony Ericsson W810i Review
Mobile Burn reviews the Sony Ericsson W810i, and in the title of the review they call it the “Fabulous W810i”, so I don’t doubt that they are going to say they like it.
Physically, the W810 is about the same size and shape as the W800 before it. It weighs 98.8g (3.5oz) with SIM and memory card and measures 100mm x 46mm x 19mm (3.9″ x 1.8″ x .75″) in size. The new keypad design is not all that different from that found in the W800, except that there is now space between each column of keys as well as each row. This makes the new keys a bit smaller, but realistically has no impact at all on usability. The new control cluster underneath the display has changed quite a bit, though. The joystick has been replaced with a reasonable d-pad that has been marked for music control.
At the end of the review they give it a highly recommeded rating thanks to the great multimedia functions, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, and quad-band GSM/EDGE abilities. The downsides of the W810i were its weak speakerphone and lack of Bluetooth stereo support.
Samsung SGH-Z320i 3G i-mode Review
Pocket-lint reviews the Samsung SGH-Z320i, a 3G slider design cell phone.
But that’s partly the point of the Z320i, because considering all the connection options this handset has to offer - to which you can add Quad band functionality and Bluetooth - it’s small and very neatly put together. It may not be as slim as the LG U880 or RAZR V3x, but with its neat sliding mechanism and short stature it’s more pocketable than most 3G handsets.
It also manages to squeeze in a 1.3 megapixel camera for snapping your mates and there’s the option of video calling too - there’s two cameras on board, an option I prefer to the single swivelling lens.
In the end they give it an eight out of ten, while so far readers have given it a nine point two out of ten. Pocket-lint justifies their review due to the lack of expandable memory and the small screen that the Samsung SGH-Z320i comes with.
HP hw6915 Review
Pocket-lint recently did a review of the hw6915 from HP, a smartphone that will give RIM a run for its money.
It’s when you look under then shell that you start to realise that the palm-sized device offers not more, but so much more than anything else out there.
For starters there is the external memory slot and 1.3 megapixel digital camera that RIM have missed out of its latest model the 8700.
Then there is the inclusion of a GPS receiver with access to TomTom maps.
In the end it gets a nine out of ten from the reviewer as well as a hot product sticker, but even more interesting is the almost equally high rating from the public with a seven out of ten.
Samsung’s SGH-P300 Review
Mobile Burn has a review of the SGH-P300 from Samsung, a credit card sized cell phone, that is almost too small.
The biggest draw of the SGH-P300 certainly has to be its physical being. It measures only 88mm x 54mm x 9mm (3.5″ x 2.1″ x .35″) in size, and weighs in at 83g (2.9oz). That is a small, compact mobile phone. If you are willing to deal with increased size and weight, Samsung ships the P300 with a very slick leather case that includes its own battery, which boosts the phone’s battery life by about 50% - and looks good while doing so. The case is good for every day use, and can be quickly unclipped to give you the smaller package for that night out on the town. A very nice design.
The phone gets a recommended rating, thanks to the compact size, the great UI, and is fully featured despite its size. Some of the negatives of the phone is that it has poor audio quality, and no memory card slot.
Nokia 6103 Review
Pocket-lint reviews the Nokia 6103, a clamshell phone that is simple and inexpensive.
It’s a classic clamshell device, and is an obvious update of previous entry-level Nokia the 6101 – the clue is in the name. This includes the rather unsightly protruding antennae, although the 6103 is compact enough so that this isn’t much of a problem. The matt black finish on the outside is pretty attractive, although open it up and you still get the impression that Nokia isn’t at home with phones that flip. The screen is a basic 128 x 160 pixel number with up to 65k colours, but seeing as the camera is only VGA and you’re not going to be downloading videos then this is certainly adequate.
From Pocket-lint it gets a 7 out of 10, while readers give it a 3.5 out of 10.
LG U880 Review
Pocket-lint has a review of the LG U880, a clamshell phone with some nice features.
Its latest handset, the U880 breaks away from this mould and ops for a super thin, super long clamshell design that will suit both men and women alike.
That thin claim is well justified. It might not be as thin as the GSM version of the Motorola Razr, but it’s almost a millimetre and a half thinner than the company’s 3G version the V3x. The 1.4mm doesn’t sound like much and it reality it isn’t, still it allows LG to crown the phone with the moniker “the world’s slimmest 3G phone”.
In the end they give it a seven out of ten. They liked the screen but did not like the fact that there was only one camera, and no flash. Getting a little picky are we? It still seems like an interesting, and small phone to try out, though at seven out of ten, you know there are others that probably will top it in features, and maybe even price.
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