Cell Phone - Theory
Well, I wrote about cell phones, about models. From now on, I entertain you a new category of posts - “Theory”. Here you can read something about equipment, about unlocked cellular phones, and much more. Here in comments you can ask any questions from theme of post, and I’ll try to answer as fast as I can. You know, I’m working in a company selling cell phones, so I know about these not so little :). Ok, ok, I won’t busiyng you anymore - just read :).
Nokia E51
Nokia is good company making cell phones, especially smartphones. E51 is a new model which gathers every good thing from all other phones and smartphones. It have all functions you’ve ever hear. Bluetooth, camera, Wi-Fi, FM-stereo-radio with RDS support, all Internet functionality - RSS, browser, E-Mail - this is just a small couple of things this phone can. Also it have a pretty good slim design, metal sceleton (and back cover), soft-touch cover on a back (which means non-slideng phone even in wet hands) and rubber buttons (which a very strong for damage).
All I can say about this cell phone - lots of functions is lying in your hand. With Nokia E51 you can stay on-line wherever you will be situated. Various colors in design means various people - men, women, even children can use this phone! Built-in 2-Mpx camera helps you shot every moment of your rich, colorful life. Big, many-colors display make you can to see the photos and videos… Oh, even films. Productivity of Nokia E51 is enough to E-Mail, looking video and using Bluetooth at same time - and this is not at all! Well, there is some of features of this beautiful phone:
Display - 2″, 16 millions of colors, 240×320 resolution
Camera - 2 Mpx, 15 fps for video, in 320×240; 4x digital zoom
Memory card - microSD slot (with support flash-cards upto 8Gb)
Additional: FM (stereo, RDS), BT (2.0, A2DP), WiFi (802.11b/g), MiniUSB (2.0 support), VoIP, IrDA, GPRS, HSDPA, miniJack (2.5 mm), Flash lite 2.0, and more…
Of course, Nokia E51 will become a very popular model for people who want every function for every dollar :). This model designed to those who work in office, who work with Internet, who work everywhere and need to stay on-line.
Samsung SGH-F480
Samsung SGH-F480 cell phone is sequel to SGH-P520 Armani. It have very similarly design and also same OS (Croix OS). It have sensor touch display with only three functional buttons under display (call, deny and center button - which is usually OK). The interesting thing about this phone is feedback - every press on the touch-screen make the cell phone vibrate, this is very good and useful - everytime you know, did you press or not. Also this model is a third-generation cell phone, which means very very fast Internet, good connection everywhere and video-call. In this phone we can see a 5-Mpx camera with a built-in LED flash, and also FM-radio with RDS support.
On a back panel of this cell phone we can see camera with flash and leather back cover, which are very useful - the phone is pretty good lying in a hand and have a good-touchable surface. Interesting fact: the Samsung SGH-F480 have 240 Mb built-in memory (of course, with a microSD slot available). It’s a sensation in the world of mobile phones, because it’s a first model with such a lot of memory available and a flash-card slot. I think now it’s time to show you all the functions of this phone. Here they are:
Display - 2.8″, sensor, 240×320 pixels resolution, 262k colors
Camera - 5 Mpx, auto-focus, built-in LED flash
Memory card - microSD slot (with 240 Mb of memory built-in)
Additional: SMS, MMS, FM-radio (stereo, with RDS), Bluetooth (2.0 with A2DP), GPRS, EDGE (class 12), HSDPA 7.2 Mb/s, Java, RSS.
Yes, the Samsung SGH-F480 is absolutely are the best choice of people who love combine design and functionality, usability with usefullness. It price will be about 500-600 dollars for a first time.
Sony Ericsson W810
This cell phone designed in Walkman style. It have classic form and good design. Also it have 2 Mpx camera with auto-focus and built-in flash (which may be used as flashlight). Buttons made separated, which made them easy to find and press. Central button made as player manager, it have play button (central), forward and rewind buttons (right and left), and up & down buttons are used to choose song from playlist. Also this mobile phone have two functional buttons - “Walkman” button, fast access to player, and “Fast links” (”Activity menu”) button, which used to show user-defined menu.
At the sides of model we can see “Play/pause” button, button controlling the volume and two-positioning camera button (when you press it for a middle - works autofocus, and pressing it all means capture the image). In the box with this phone you can also find HPM-70 hands-free earphones, cable USB and Memory Stick Pro Duo 512 Mb. So, this phone are made for young men and ladies who loves listening music and functionality. Well, this is finctions of this great phone:
Display - TFT, 65k colors, 220×176 pixels resolution.
Camera - 2 Mpx, with autofocus and built-in flash.
Memory card - MS Pro Duo (upto 2 Gb)
Additional: SMS, MMS, Bluetooth (version 2.0), FM (with RDS support), MP3-player, GPRS, EDGE (class 10).
Yes, Sony Ericsson really knows how make us “Wow”. This Sony Ericsson W810 will be very long in shops and our hearts ![]()
Samsung SGH-E210
New cell phone Samsung SGH-E210 is very stylish model with lots of functions with very democratic price. This model is a clamshell mobile phone. It have a camera (on a front panel) and very bright outside display, made with OLED technology - which means that you can see what displays in it even under very shining sun.![]()
Inside we can see keyboard (pseudo-sensor), and good TFT display with 65k colors. This cell phone easily lies in a hand… and easy to speak with it in a hand. Front panel covered with a lacquer, and back panel is covered with “softtouch” material, which make the phone non-sliding in even wet hands. Inside keys is very big, that’s why I can press in with my eyes closed so easily. On a left and right sides of phone we can see two buttons - volume up&down and, of course, two slots - for memory card and for charger.
This is functions of this great mobile phone:
Display - outside OLED b&w, inside TFT 65k colors, 128×160 resolution.
Camera - 1.3 Mpx (1280 x 1024)
Memory card - microSD slot (upto 2 Gb)
Additional features: WAP, MMS, Java support, EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0, 40-tones polyphony, MP3 and WMA support.
Well, as we can see, the Samsung SGH-E210 is very interesting model for all humans :).
Sony Ericsson W380a(i)
Well, Sony Ericsson with the Walkman series will never die. In this serie Sony Ericsson have cheap, middle-class and expensive models. W3xx is a clamshell cell phones. Usually, it’s Z-serie mobile phone, but with Walkman (which means long-time battery, good earphones and big memory card). This new Sony Ericsson W380a(W380i in Europe and South America) have pretty design. Let’s look at exclusive features. First at all, in front panel you can see a sensor buttons (next/forward, back/rewind, play/pause). Second, very interesting feature, you can make the cell phone silent (when you have incoming call) just moving your arm over clear camera. Here’s functions of this phone:
Display - TFT, 176×220 resolution, upto 262k colors.
Camera - 1.3 Mpx, 4x digtal zoom
Memory card - Micro Memory Stick (M2) slot (upto 4 Gb)
Additional functionality: MMS, GPRS, Bluetooth 2.0, FM-radio (with RDS), TrackID (ability to know what music is playing on your FM-radio), Flash (support of Flash files), and support of HUGE couple of media-formats.
Price of this mobile phone is very friendly - it’s about $200-$250, making this Walkman with this couple of features very very popular. The Sony Ericsson W380a(i) is your choice if you want many functions, long battery time and TrackID.
Samsung SGH-E250 & SGH-E251
The Samsung SGH-E250 is very popular model, because of it’s design, like of Samsung SGH-D900 and Samsung SGH-D900i. It’s slider, pretty simple lies in a hand and all buttons placed very handful. This cell phone have a pretty good functionality for it’s price (about $200-$250) - very good TFT display (128×160 resolution, with 65k colors), VGA camera, microSD memory card slot, MP3-player and support of MP3 ringtones, FM-radio. But this mobile phone made in 2006, and needs to be renewed. The Samsung closely thought about it and… Welcome, a new cell phone!
The Samsung added 1 to number of model and released new Samsung SGH-E251. A little changes in design, front pannel buttons is the same, but function buttons now a little lower. Also, Samsung added “extra button” - in Samsung SGH-E250 pressing navigation key DOWN in stand-by mode means turn on the camera. Here, in the mobile phone Samsung SGH-E251 also navigation button UP have it’s own function - it turns on the musical player. Well, that’s all difference between this two cell phones. Now here’s all the functions of both of them:
Display - TFT, 128×160 resolution, upto 65k colors.
Camera - VGA (0.3 Mpx)
Memory card - microSD slot (upto 1Gb in SGH-E250 and upto 2Gb in SGH-E251)
Additional - MMS, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0 (SGH-E251 supports A2DP - stereo BT headset), FM (SGH-E251 supports RDS), Java, MP3-support (such as player as ringtone).
LG KU990 Viewty
This new LG KU990 Viewty is next cell phone after LG KE850 Prada, with new lens and camera and all good things from Prada. It also have sensor screen, but the canera now is 5 Mpx. And, also, Viewty have a frontal VGA-camera for videocalls (yes, this cell phone supports UMTS - 3rd-gen GSM). This mobile phone is easily lies in hand, it very handful, and thick. I can name one and only competitor for the Viewty - it’s Samsung SGH-P520 Armani.
This two models can be a competitors even though Samsung SGH-P520 Armani is smaller. Here is features of this great mobile phone:
Display - TFT, 3”, 240×320 resolution, upto 262k colors.
Camera - 5 Mpx, with Schneider/Kreuznach lens and built-in flash.
Memory card - microSD (upto 2Gb)
Additional: MMS, Video MMS, FM, GPRS, EDGE (class 12), Bluetooth wigh A2DP (supports stereo BT earphones), MP3-player.
Yes, LG KU990 Viewty unambiguously will find it’s owner and will do this very fast. Mobile phone with so big sensor display and 5 Mpx camera with fine lens will be very popular.
LG KS20
This mobile phone (LG KS20) reminds LG KE850 Prada for design; but no, this is not just cell phone, this is pocket PC + smartphone, communicator. It have a big sensor display and 3 buttons: Yes, No, and a joystick, which have 5 positions. Tne operating system on this mobile phone is Windows Mobile 6. It supports HSDPA standart - 3rd generation of GSM connection. Also, as a good new communicator, this device have many many features:
Display - TFT, sensor, 2.6”, 240*320 resolution, upto 262k colors (65k because of OS)
Camera - 2 Mpx, with built-in flash.
Memory card - microSD slot
Additional - HSDPA (upto 3.6 Mb/s), GPRS, EDGE (class 12), Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, MMS, Bluetooth 2.0, MP3-player.
Saying about this cell phone, I must say that this model will be good choice for all who wants good communicator with good features and pretty good design. The LG KS20 will be excelent competitor to all existing communicators.
Samsung SGH-L310
The next cell phone is also in Samsung LaFleur serie - Samsung SGH-L310. It’s black-gold colors is very harmonious. This mobile phone easy lying in hand and easily opens. Inside them we can see internal screen and keyboard. This cell phone, as inside as outside looks rich. With a rich design, it have also good functionality. All funcions you want from modern modile phone - it have. Camera, which is very organic looks, bluetooth with stereo-mode (A2DP), mobile Intenet with faster EDGE… Oh, what am I talking about, this is them:
Internal display - TFT, 65k colors, 176×220 resolution.
Camera - 2 Mpx
Memory card - microSD slot upto 2 Gb.
Additional features: MMS, GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth with A2DP, 3.5mm-jack audio outlet, MP3-player, Java support.
The Samsung SGH-L310 will be good choice to ladies who want from mobile phone rich design and good functionality.