Nokia N97 is the latest and has taken us not slightly ahead but much Ahead of the last one coming out of its factory. The Landscape oriented handset comes with some good features.
The phone with a 5mp Carl Zeiss camera lense has a DVD quality video feature, has a QWERTY keypad, includes HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth, and comes with an always open connection to the bookmarked sites on the internet including Facebook. Aptly called as the mobile computer the handset features the virtual touch input and has a 16:9 widescreen display which can be fully personalized with frequent updates of favorite web services and social networking sites.
Nokia 97 has a capacity to hold breath for a long long time. The battery is capable of 1.5 days of continuous playback. The 32GB on board memory can be extended to 48GB via MicroSD cards. Nokia Music Store with the full support of Nokia N97 does some wonders for us. With the battery capable of 1.5 days of continous playback all the musical ear customers are sure going to make a beeline for it. Support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN is available from the N97 camp.
The ’social location’ concept of N97 with integrated A-GPS sensors, an electronic compass, intuitively understands where it is. The Nokia N97 is expected to make it by early 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550(excluding tax and subsidies).
Motorola’s new handset is official and has a vibrant look to it. I wonder if the thought was to build a wallet size look alike. Giving the thougts some rest, Motorola seems to be setting a new trend here with QA30. Of late we have been seeing the QWERTY phones with horizontal sliders and Motorola QA30 might be the first to have a vertical sliding QWERTY keypad.
The set which comes in a shiny black color with a hint of red to it as seen here has a 2.5inch TFT LCD ( 240X320 ) screen, supports a 8GB MicroSD, stereo Bluetooth 2.0 plus integrated 3.5mm headphone jack and a sliding QWERTY keyboard. The QA30 will lend CDMA support, thread messaging support, have a 2 mp camera, HTML browser, Email, USB 2.0 and it is rumoured that it’s microSD/microSDHC card will support up to 32GB. The truth will be known only when the official specs are revealed to us.
The phone is being released in US alone. Reports state that the new ‘Q’ series device will be out in the US with Alltel as the operator. The dates and the pricing has not yet been revealed.
Samsung C6620 has been launched in Italy and seems to be exclusively for TIM. This is a BlackJack resemblance and is currently available in Italy via TIM and its MVNO, MTV mobile. The rest of the countries will hopefully see it soon.
The smartphone is Windows Mobile 6.1 powered and is a lower midrange phone. It doesn’t have the GPS or Wi-Fi connectivity which is a disappointing factor.
Samsung C6620 is a very slim (11.9mm thick)handset, coming with a full QWERTY keyboard. It has tri-band GSM support and packs UMTS/HSDPA into it. It has a 2mp camera with video recording and a music player. The screen has a landscape QVGA display.
It has a Li-Ion battery which weighs 108g gives a talktime of 420 mins and standby time up to 300h. TIM sells the C6620 for €199, in three color versions: Wine Red, Apple Green and Navy Blue.
Prada comes in all its originality once again, as Prada II, with an added feature of a QWERTY silver keyboard. LG has partnered with Prada to launch this new version.
The detailed specification still lies wrapped but the highlights are out. 5MP camera with Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens, 3G compatibility with video calling, Wi-Fi and HSDPA are some of the highlights to start with. To add to this the silver keyboard comes with additional on-screen call and hang-up buttons.
LG KF900 is available through major mobile dealerships in Italy, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Netherlands. Q4 of 2008 will see it tagged at 600 Euros.
