Sony Ericsson W660i is a Walkman phone from this company and this handset focuses more on design as compared to other Walkman phones. This handset is available in two color options – Rose Red and Record Black. One thing worth noting here is that the actual color of the former is 2 shades lighter than what the pictures in the advertisements say. Manufacturers are increasingly trying to put all possible features in every corner of the phone but Sony Ericsson stays aloof from this trend. You won’t find any groovy sliders or swiveling tricks here and this is the reason why I really liked the phone. Sony Ericsson W660i numeric keypad is quite similar to Cyber-shot K800i and there are more grooves which make it easy to type on. The main controls on this phone are  [...]

Nokia 6500 Classic Black is not to be confused with Nokia 6500 Slide, both might sound same but are very different from each other. Classis is a slim handset with a very good construction and gives a very smooth user experience. I was surprised to see a slim phone from Nokia since this company seldom makes slim design phones. Motorola and Samsung are two brands that are more known for such slim design handsets. But I guess such handsets are so famous that everyone is trying to jump on the bandwagon. The most striking feature of the Nokia 6500 Classic Black is that it is really simple. There aren’t a lot of buttons besides the keypad and there is just one port – microUSB socket which lurks on the top of the device. It has a sedative look without any flashy exterior. Some might think  [...]

Sanyo Zio M6000 is a pretty basic phone from Cricket Wireless based on Android interface. One disappointing thing here is the phone has a dated 1.5 version of Android OS. There will be an update provided soon but I thought it was a bit lame to give such an old version in the first place. For entertainment purposes, you get a Donut music player which supports AAC, MP3, eAAC+, and AAC+ file formats. Features here include shuffle mode, playlists, album art and repeat modes but apart from that, there is nothing else worth mentioning here. The design too is pretty basic. I haven’t been a great fan of Android music player in the past and the dated OS here makes matter worse. On the bright side, it is really easy to transfer music. You have two options – memory card and USB cable. The Sanyo Zio M6000 has a 3.2 megapixel camera giving you four options for resolution, the maximum being 2,048x1,536  pixels.  [...]

Samsung U300 is a very attractive looking slim phone. It is 100mm by 51mm by 9.6mm and the thin profile will surely make you drool. On the outside, the phone has simple OLED blue strip. Flipping it open will reveal a 2.2 inch QVGA TFT screen which is located above the keypad. It looks like its touch sensitive but it is not. Also, there is no travel for the stylus and the screen is quite flat. On the left side, the Samsung U300 has slim volume control button along with a proprietary port for USB and headphones. Samsung U300 is a tri band GSM device having EDGE capabilities. There is no HSDPA, 3G or Web browsing. It does have the capability but why would you crawl in the Web at slow GSM speeds? On the back, there is a 3.2 megapixel camera and the phone also has Bluetooth support. For media, the device is equipped with low power Bang & Olufsen speakers which sound impressive considering the thin profile of the phone. But you don’t have much space to load  [...]

LG KF390 looks like it is holding itself with a pride. The black glossy finish and the absence of any physical keys on the surface gives it a kinda cool look. This phone has a display of two inches with a resolution of 220x176 pixels. The resolution is lower than what I would have expected from such phone. You get less real estate to work around because of this. Also, I wasn’t too pleased with the viewing angle. Turning thing phone on the sides for viewing video in the landscape model gives a negative image and it is very hard to see the things. The LG KF390 is quite light on the feature side especially considering the price that it is offered for.There is a two megapixels camera which can take photos and videos and you can also do Web browsing at 7.2 MBPS maximum speed but remember that this is not a smartpohne and if you are looking for a smartphone, I would recommend you the Nokia E66. There is a front facing camera close to the  [...]

The name UltraTouch might sound like a beauty product to you but it is really all muscles. My Samsung S8300 Ultra Touch had a metal chassis with metallic rose, chocolate grey trimming. There is sharp rounding for the corners and the physical buttons are angular. All this makes the phone look really good. In fact, it is one of the prettiest handsets in the market right now. The best feature about the Samsung S8300 Ultra Touch is the AMOLED screen. This technology is better than traditional LCD screens and you get better quality pictures. The blacks are bold and deep and the white colors look rich. A big advantage of AMOLED screen is that you can view it from any angle and hence you don’t need to keep the phone in front of the face for reading it clearly. Samsung S8300 Ultra Touch is just a few millimeters thicker as compared to the slimmest touch screen phones in the market. The phone has a slider design and there is a numeric  [...]

At first, the Samsung SGH i550 gives you the impression that it has got everything that you’d need in a cell phone. It has a metal keypad and the candy bar smartphone is running on the latest S60 OS 3rd edition Feature Pack 1. There is GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.5G, three megapixels camera, microSD expansion card slot, 3.5 mm headphones jack, lots of RAM, USB charging and 2.6 inches screen. It is just 13mm thick and is all black. The layout of the Samsung SGH i550 could have been better, it looks like kitchen sink design. The design is pretty solid with plastic molded chassis and the metal keypad plate adds a classy touch to the phone but overall speaking, the phone is not really as pretty as it should have been. Apart from the usual smartphone/S60 buttons, there are shortcut buttons for navigation, Web, and the media. You cannot change these assignments for your own choice of applications and this is really  [...]

NokiaN73 is a smartphone with Symbian S60 3rd Edition. The handset is very well built too but if you can afford to spend a bit more, I would recommend you to go for Nokia N80 which is much cooler. Nokia N73 is more of a classic phone; it has dimensions of 110mm by 49mm by 19mm and it weighs 116 grams. NokiaN73 is the successor to the Nokia N70 which has been in the market for a long time. At first sight, you might think that this phone has a standard square design but look from the sides and you will realize that it has a trapezoid shape. I liked the color variants and the body design. The front side is quite thin and the lateral sides along with rear cover have a different color. My review model had a silver plate on the front and on the sides and back, it was violent brown. This phone is offered in combination of red and white too which emanates sport and young spirit. For me, the NokiaN73 is  [...]