Archive for the ‘Phones’ Category

3G iPhone Announced

Monday, June 9th, 2008

We all knew it was coming but now the 3G iPhone is official and here are a few of the new features:

  • It’s black with metal buttons, looks very similar to the fake shots that were floating around a  while ago
  • 3G (of course) will give faster data speeds than the current EDGE connections. Even faster than 3G on normal phones
  • Better battery life, 7 hours of video, 24 hours of audio and 5 hours 3G talk time.
  • A-GPS for location based computing as well as navigation
  • Enterprise support for Microsoft Exchange, Cisco VPN and MobileMe for the rest of us - Apple’s replacement for .mac
  • iPhone will be available in 70 Countries in the next few months. Rollout starts July 11th
  • MUCH cheaper, $199 for the 8GB version, that’s around £100 if it’s converted directly
  • 16 GB model will be $299 (around £150) and will have a white version

Have a look at Engadget’s live WWDC Coverage for more details
or of course The Apple Store lists it all too

Cheers,
Mitchel

First Impressions - Nokia 7500 Prism

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

Nokia 7500 PrismWoo, my first review here. So my shop has just started to get the Nokia 7500 Prism in stock. We were supposed to be getting them in way back in September and I’ve been looking forward to them for just as long. Anyway for reasons I don’t know, we have only started getting them now, and I’m slightly disappointed.
The funky look is what this phone is about and I have to admit it stands out, but it reminds me too much of an 80’s quilt cover to really impress me. I still like it though, it’s funkiness really draws me in and I just want to play with it more. I did however find the nipple (joystick, whatever you want to call it) a little bit annoying. It’s not quite as big as the ones I’m used to from Sony Ericsson phones, because of this, it’s a little fiddly to use, as are most of the buttons. It’s also a bit stiff. One annoyance which I could learn to easily live with is the placement of the menu keys. They are right to the edge of the handset and not directly under the menu text as they usually are.
As always, the software in the phone is familiar and easy to use. It’s similar to that of the 6300 or 6500 while still being slightly different, closer to the XpressMusic range perhaps.

All in all, a nice phone with easy to use software but not so easy to use buttons. Great if you want your phone to stand out, not so great if you want something you can instantly adapt to