The Nokia 6500 Classic continues to have traditional candy bar design and features mid-range feature set and simple interface. However, this cell phone is not supported by any U.S. carrier so you can buy its unlocked version for $279 from online retailers. The 6500 Classic is completely centered towards basic communication. It offers large display, but cramped alphanumeric keypad. There is also no dedicated volume rocker. If you need a basic unlocked phone in affordable price range, then go for – Nokia 6500 Classic. 2 inches display of Nokia 6500 Classic has 320×240 pixels resolution that supports 16.7 million colors. You can customize the font size and colors, but cannot change the backlight time and brightness. The 6500 Classic has Series 40 5th edition menu interface, which is easy to use and intuitive. The navigation array sits beneath the display and consists of two soft keys, round toggle with middle OK button, Talk key, and Power/End button. The Nokia 6500 Classic does not  [...]

The Nokia 3711 continues to have the Nokia’s signature design that begins with the Nokia 2605, 7205 and 2705.  It costs $69 with Even More service contract from T-Mobile and its unlocked version has a price tag of $159. It is an entry level clamshell 3G handset that offers GPS navigation, Bluetooth, large display, FM Radio, 2.5mm headset jack, and 2-megapixel camera. The overall call quality is good and the captured pictures looks nice. However, its external display does not give much benefit. While opening, the 3711 handset seems appealing due to its smooth curves. As per Nokia, it is made up of 8% recycled material. The 3711 handset is sturdier than both Nokia 2705 and the 2605. The external display is tiny and hidden when backlight is off. It shows time in large blocks and exhibits the numeric caller ID. However, we will prefer to see date, signal strength, and battery life on the external display. You will find the 2.55mm headset jack and  [...]

The Flight SGH-A797 is a unique cell phone by the Samsung. It has full QWERTY keyboard and touch-screen even it is not a smartphone. It features 3G support, GPS, 2-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth. Samsung Flight SGH-A797 costs $99 with two-year AT&T contract after a mail-in-rebate of $50. The A797 may not attract the professional smartphone users; still casual users will like its unique sturdy design and functional feature set. However, the call quality and performance of the Flight SGH-A797 is average. Moreover, its minor display size does not give much benefit of the touch capability. What’s more – the SGH-A797 lacks Samsung TouchWiz interface and onscreen virtual QWERTY keyboard. It has Opera Mini browser instead of full HTML based one. 2.8 inches touch-screen has 320×240 pixels resolution that supports 262000 colors. However, the display of Samsung Flight SGH-A797 shows sharp graphics and bright colors. You can customize the font type,  [...]

HTC Hero is one of the famous smartphone in the United States and Europe. It was released in July 2009 with 528MHz Qualcomm processor, 288MB RAM, Google Android OS and Sense UI. It could not win the market due to its drawbacks such as sluggish performance, lacks support for Web browser and absence of media sync software. Now, the company has launched the success of Hero – HTC Legend. It features 600MHz processor, 384MB RAM, 5-megapixel camera, AMOLED display, Web browser with Flash support, and especially Google Android 2.1. The price and carrier details are not available till the time writing review. HTC Legend has aluminum uniform body like a high-end gaming laptop. We hope that HTC Legend will fix all of the previous issues with its upcoming release in the United States. HTC Legend has 3.2 inches capacitive touch-screen AMOLED display of HVGA (320×480 pixels) resolution that supports 16-million colors. It is better than 64K colors TFT  [...]

Nokia 6350 looks similar like its predecessor Nokia Mural, but has much sleeker design. It is a basic handset that has features centric towards simple communication. The 6350 cell phone has attractive flip design and feels quite solid while taking in hand. It offers decent call quality. As per Nokia, the 6530 is made up of harm-free materials and its 80 percent part can be recycled. If you need a basic cell phone, especially of Nokia with AT&T, go for – Nokia 6350. 1.36 inches external display is on the front lid. It has 160×128 pixels resolution that supports 262,244 colors. The external display shows photo caller ID, signal strength, battery life, and date/time. It also works as camera viewfinder. You will find camera lens above the display and music control buttons including rewind, play/pause and forward buttons beneath it. Push-to-talk button, volume rocker and 2.5mm headset jack are located on the left spine. Combined micro-USB port for  [...]

RIM BlackBerry Bold remains one of the top 10 cellular phone with its new version. Now, RIM has released new product – RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700. It costs $99.99 with two year AT&T contract after mail-in-rebate of $100. It offers sleeker design, excellent messaging features, large display, robust tools, and perfect multimedia performance. Like previous BlackBerry versions, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 will be the first choice for professionals and young users due to its attractive design and great feature set. The Bold 9700 is available in two versions – one for AT&T and other for T-Mobile. 2.44 inches LCD display of RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 has 480×360 pixels resolution. The display shows crispy images and text with better vibrant colors. The Bold 9700 runs on BlackBerry OS 5.0 that provides better user interface. It has same main menu and home screen like previous BlackBerry versions. You can personalize home screen with wallpapers  [...]

You may have notice the AT&T advertisements for the latest – LG Expo and heard about its projector accessory. Now, LG Expo is available for $199.99 with two-year AT&T contract after mail-in-rebate of $100. It features 1GHz Snapdragon processor for great performance. The Expo is one of the best Windows Mobile smartphones available in the market. Noteworthy that projector accessory has to be purchased additionally for $179. It has more features in sleeker body than that of HTC Tilt2. The smartphone does not have 3.5mm jack, but AT&T supplies adapter for the same. The Expo also has a biometric security- fingerprint sensor that will unlock the phone only after detecting your fingerprints. If you need some kind of biometric security to keep private your data and phone, then we will recommend selecting new – LG Expo. 3.2 inches touch screen display of LG Expo has 800×480 pixels WVGA resolution that supports 16-million colors. The touch  [...]

Nokia 5230 Nuron with T-Mobile will become a great deal when it is available for $69.99 with two-year service agreement from March 24. The Nuron smartphone has a full touch-screen display on its front face and features 3G support, Ovi Store, free maps as well as free voice guided turn-by-turn directions. What’s more – you will also get the premium content like Lonely Planet Guides and weather forecasts plus maps for Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. without any monthly subscription. It has similar design like that of Nokia’s Navigation Edition and Nokia 5800 Xpress Music. However, you will miss some great smartphone features like high-end camera, excellent performance and Wi-Fi on this low price tag. If you have a limited budget to buy a smartphone, then we will recommend you to go for – Nokia 5230 Nuron. You will find power button, power connector, 3.5mm headphone jack, micro-USB port are on the top of Nokia 5230 Nuron. Both micro-SD and  [...]

Sony Ericsson always remains a highlight when it releases any new member of XPERIA series smartphones. Now, here is another luxury smartphone for you – Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness. It features transparent greyscale display with scratch resistant surface, quad-band GSM support, perfect audio quality, smart dialing and 3G support with HSUPA as well as HSDPA. Its display does not give some unique feature with its low-resolution, but limits other highlights of the XPERIA Pureness. It not only limits the available physical space inside the cell phone, but makes Web browsing a bit useless. It is important to mention here that the XPERIA Pureness runs with the pureness concept and leaves all the distracting features behind. The perfect metaphor for the Pureness is its transparent screen. We want to appreciate the Swedish-Japanese company for such a great engineering in the Pureness. 1.8 inches greyscale (monochrome) transparent display of Sony  [...]

Motorola Backflip comes with a 3.1 inch HVGA display and gives a resolution of 320x480 pixels. The display isn’t sharp or vibrant as compared to other phones like Nexus One or Motorola Droid. The screen is also a bit small which makes a difficult to view Web pages and e-mails. You cannot ‘pinch’ the screen to zoom in and out of photos but you can double tap to zoom in at a point. The built in accelerometer doesn’t work in all applications but its there when you need it for apps like maps and browser. You get a better picture in the landscape mode. It is good to have an accelerometer but the lag is frustrating. Behind the display, you get a Backtrack navigation pad which is used to scroll through your photos, home screens and applications. All you need to do is scroll your finger through the pad. Motorola said that this hardware is put there in order to give you an unobstructed view of the screen. We can’t say swiping finger on the screen  [...]