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Sony Ericsson W395
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Splashed with Walkman branding, the W395 is one of the budget wannabes in Sony Ericsson's music mobile line-up rather than one of its top-of-the-bill acts. Pitched at a wallet-soothing £70, it makes a play for the cash-conscious music phone buyer with a low-key features line-up fronted up by the tune-playing pull of that Walkman label. The Sony Ericsson W395 slips into the sort of cheap music mobile territory previously occupied by the likes of the W350i and W380i. Link: TechRadar
Review: HTC Tattoo
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HTC has embraced the Google Android OS with open arms over the past year, releasing a trio of devices – the G1, Hero and Magic – which show off just why Android has taken the mobile world by storm. While the Android interface brings a brilliant Google sheen to the mobile market-place, it has come at a price, with most of the handsets packing lengthy contracts or expensive one-off payments. Enter the HTC Tattoo. Alongside the T-Mobile Pulse, the Tattoo is all about catering for the more budget-conscious phone user who wants to utilise Android, but not pay over the odds for the privilege. We're not talking about masses of money saved ...
Review: T-Mobile MDA Compact V
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T-Mobile's MDA Compact V (free on contract) is a high-end smartphone, that crams in a high-resolution touchscreen display, a comprehensive set of features and the latest connectivity. Based on HTC's Touch Diamond2, it shares a great deal of its design with its sibling, but has a unique style and updated software. The 3.2-inch touchscreen is ideal when it comes to browsing the internet or watching movie clips, with a 480 x 800-pixel resolution producing pin-sharp image quality and vivid colours. It's easy to view, even in bright conditions, and is used for navigating the operating system and entering text. It's responsive, proving accurate when ...
Review: T-Mobile Pulse
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With the Android smartphone platform gaining momentum as the number of handsets available expands, T-Mobile has introduced its own-brand low-cost touchscreen alternative – the T-Mobile Pulse. The Pulse offers a pay-as-you-go route into the Google-powered smartphone world. Starting at £179.99 in pre-pay deals (and expected to be free with contracts), it's the most affordable Android-equipped smartphone so far. While HTC has made the early running as the main Android handset producer, manufacturers like Samsung and Motorola have recently joined the game with their own debut Android touchscreen phones, and a bunch of others, including LG, Sony Ericsson ...
Review: Samsung Genio Touch
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Pull the Samsung Genio touch out of its packaging and you could be forgiven for mistaking it, at first glance, for the Palm Pre. The gentle curves, the 2.8-inch touchscreen and the rounded button in the middle of the face are all heavily reminiscent of Palm's new baby. But where you'll pay around £600 over the lifetime of a new Pre, the Genio can be had for around £100 on a pay-as-you-go contract, and the specification sheet is still pretty compelling. Not only do you get the flavour du jour - the touchscreen - but also a 2MP camera, an FM radio and a full HTML web browser. For the fickle, it comes with three interchangeable backs. The ...
Review: BlackBerry Storm 2
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RIM has rebooted its touchscreen range with the Storm 2 9520, featuring re-tooled clickable touchscreen technology and new, intuitive text input options. It's still going to be seen as RIM's attempt to rival the likes of the iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre and HTC Hero, but are the updates on the Storm 2 enough to fix the issues that were so widely condemned on the original Storm? The Storm 2 is the same size as the original, but 5g heavier. We'd have imagined this would have given it a weightier and premium feel, but in practice this isn't the case with the phone feeling a little too heavy in the hand. However, it sits ...
