CELL PHONE REVIEWS

In this video, some of the useful functions of LG’s new Optimus One smartphone are shown off. In the words of Dr. Skott Ahn, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company:  ”The LG Optimus Series is aimed at challenging the notion that one device can meet the needs of many,”

“At LG, we believe in providing people with many different choices because our customers are not all alike. We want to provide devices that suit all needs and simplify people’s lives” said Ahn.

In this treasure hunting video, we can see the Optimus One’s camera, image search, navigation and  augmented reality applications. Judging by the One’s specifications and looks, it seems LG are certainly trying to make this a smartphone for both the technology and style-conscious.
The handset carries a 600MHz chip, 3.2-inch 320 x 480 LCD capacitive touchscreen, and the usual wireless package (802.11b/g WiFi, A-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and FM radio). Although perhaps not as cutting-edge as some of the high-end smartphones, it’s clear LG have focused on usability and fitting the right technology, for the right price. With the Optimus One, it’s fair to say LG are definitely at the Smartphone party – but can they challenge the likes of Apple, HTC, Nokia and Samsung?

In this latest video from Nokia, you can see how people are really getting creative with the N8 handset. From hamster-powered phone chargers to a device that actually scores your real-life skateboard tricks as you pull them off, there really are some great ideas!

One feature of the N8 that allows a multitude of applications has to be the high definition camera. With a large 12 MP sensor and Carl Zeiss optics you can capture great images. The Xenon flash allows you to take good pictures in low-light conditions as well. Also there’s plenty of room to store pictures and video with reams of internal storage and a high end media player.

The N8 is the first Nokia handset to use Symbian^3 – the latest version of the open source OS. Symbian^3 has been created with touch screens in mind and supports gestures such as multi touch, flick scrolling and pinch-zoom. Symbian^3 also promises better memory management for faster multi-tasking, which is great news for another reason: the general day to day UI should be a much more pleasant experience to use, which has been something of a criticism labelled at the high end phones like the N97 and N97 mini.

Find out more about the projects and the brilliant people behind the innovative uses for the N8 at nokia.com/nseries or pre order yours at www.nokia.com/n8

We all want to save money wherever we can and saving on our mobile phone bill is just one of many areas.  Many people will now go online to find a deal instead of driving to the nearest service provider to see what they offer.  Online you can look at many different contracts and deals and find discounts and specials that are only offered online.

Saving on the contract is one thing and saving on the phone is another.  There are many phones offered today.  Some are very basic and others have all kinds of options and services that can be fun and entertaining.  Finding cheap mobile phones from Phones4u is possible with an online search.  This is just one of many sites that give you specials and sales that you and anyone else can take advantage of.  

Spend some time looking at many sites and compare what you find to make that choice that fits you needs.  We all use our phones in different ways and finding that phone that is right for use will be the perfect phone.  Shop around and then decide which phone will work for you.  There are many models and styles to choose from and picking the right one is not always easy. 

When it comes to cheap phones, there’s one that’s unbeatable. For only $10 you can get Hop-On’s Hop1800, the phone known as the Anti-iPhone. And it’s now been released worldwide, to, we guess, spread chaos among phone companies.
There is nothing fancy about this phone. You usually hear that when talking about one of the low-line Sony Ericsson or Nokia phones, and it’s usually just a statement indicating that it doesn’t have a camera or Wi-Fi or something fancy like that. But in this case, it’s all true: there is nothing fancy about this particular phone: no camera, no video or audio playback, no sound recorder, no internet connection or even cute ringtones. It doesn’t even have a screen, so you can’t text from it. It’s a phone that takes the term “mobile telephone” and makes it mean no more than what it means: a mobile device that allows to talk to someone that’s somewhere else.
Hop-On has no illusions that the phone will ever be popular or cool, they’re just providing a product that’s marketable as a backup phone for people who often lose their phones, to have it stored somewhere handy in case your battery runs out and you need to make that important call, or some other scenario – maybe a cheap birthday gift?
And for those of you thinking this phone’s a joke, here’s the punchline: if $10 isn’t cheap enough for you, you can return it to the company for recycling purposes, and get 5$ back.