LG KE850 PRADA

The LG Prada phone is pretty, stylish and unique. It’s lighter and smaller than the iPhone, and though its interface lacks some of the flourish and dazzle of Apple’s OS, LG manages to hold their own with stylish menus and slick, modern icons. It isn’t a perfect phone, and perhaps doesn’t attempt to be, as it lacks many advanced media playback features and an onscreen, QWERTY keyboard. This, plus a lack of good software, keeps the phone from being a better smartphone, media player or even laptop replacement. Still, it makes good calls, and for folks who don’t mind paying extra for a lot of style, and the Prada brand, that may be all that matters. Release: April 2007. Price: $600.

Pros: Sleek design. Cool menus and interface ooze style. Very good call quality, solid feature set. Autofocus camera takes nice, usable pictures.

Cons: Lacks 3G, GPS and other advanced phone features. Onscreen keypad is a good compromise, not a great solution. Poor sync options for calendar, contacts and media transfer.

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Fashion Nokia 9000 in 1996

There are several categories of mobile phones, from basic phones to feature phones such as musicphones and cameraphones, to smartphones. The first smartphone was the Nokia 9000 Communicator in 1996 which incorporated PDA functionality to the basic mobile phone at the time. As miniaturisation and increased processing power of microchips has enabled ever more features to be added to phones, the concept of the smartphone has evolved, and what was a high-end smartphone five years ago, is a standard phone today. Several phone series have been introduced to address a given market segment, such as the RIM BlackBerry focusing on enterprise/corporate customer email needs; the SonyEricsson Walkman series of musicphones and Cybershot series of cameraphones; the Nokia N-Series of multimedia phones; and the Apple iPhone which provides full-featured web access and multimedia capabilities.

The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the first in Nokia’s Communicator series, introduced in 1996. The phone was huge and heavy (397g) in comparison with its modern equivaent the Nokia E90. The Communicator part is driven by an Intel 24 MHz 386(Central pro2008). It has 8 MB of memory, which is divided between applications (4 MB), program memory (2MB) and user data (2MB). The operating system is GEOS 3.0. The Nokia 9000 Communication was used by Val Kilmer when he played Simon Templar in the 1997 remark of The Saint.

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Nokia E72

In 2001 the first commercial launch of 3G (Third Generation) was again in Japan by NTT DoCoMo on the WCDMA standard. Until the early 1990s, following introduction of the Motorola Micro TAC, most mobile phones were too large to be carried in a jacket pocket, so they were typically installed in vehicles as car phones. With the miniaturization of digital components and the development of more sophisticated batteries, mobile phones have become smaller and lighter.

The materials of the E72 are all top-notch. Everything about it feels solid. The back plate is made of metal and the the finish is a nice matte black. It is just a hair wider than the E71, and this lets Nokia give it a slightly bigger keyboard. The keyboard of the E71 was fantastic, and the E72’s is just as good. The keys have the same shape and feel, and because it is factionally wider, I found it a bit easier to type on. The camera module appears to bulge just a bit more than that of the E71, and we chalk this up to its spec jump from 3.2 megapixels to 5.0 megapixels. The navigation cluster has been changed up a bit. I can’t say it is better or worse than that of the E71, it’s just different. The most noticeable aspect is that the shortcut keys to email, calendar, contacts, etc., have been made slightly bigger. My favorite feature, of course, is the 3.5mm headset jack, which Nokia has wisely been putting on its E Series devices lately.
The one negative thing I’ll say about the E72 is the screen. It uses the same 240 x 320 screen of the E71. Compared to the high-resolution devices that are being kicked out by the competition lately, the E72’s screen looked downright dreary. Still, in total, the E72 is a great follow-up device to the E71.

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Motorola W233

The first “modern” network technology on digital 2G (second generation) cellular technology was launched by Radiolinja (now part of Elisa Group) in 1991 in Finland on the GSM standard which also marked the introduction of competition in mobile telecoms when Radiolinja challenged incumbent Telecom Finland (now part of TeliaSonera) who ran a 1G NMT network.

The first data services appeared on mobile phones starting with person-to-person SMS text messaging in Finland in 1993. First trial payments using a mobile phone to pay for a Coca Cola vending machine were set in Finland in 1998. The first commercial payments were mobile parking trialled in Sweden but first commercially launched in Norway in 1999. The first commercial payment system to mimic banks and credit cards was launched in the Philippines in 1999 simultaneously by mobile operators Globe and Smart. The first content sold to mobile phones was the ringing tone, first launched in 1998 in Finland. The first full internet service on mobile phones was i-Mode introduced by NTT DoCoMo in Japan in 1999.

Motorola W233 renew is the first certified carbonfree cell phone on the market. Through an alliance with Carbonfund.org, Motorola offsets the amount of energy required to manufacture, distribute and operate the phone.

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Motolora Krava ZN4

Cellular systems required several leaps of technology, including handover, which allowed a conversation to continue as a mobile phone traveled from cell to cell. This system included variable transmission power in both the base stations and the telephones (controlled by the base stations), which allowed range and cell size to vary. As the system expanded and neared capacity, the ability to reduce transmission power allowed new cells to be added, resulting in more, smaller cells and thus more capacity. The evidence of this growth can still be seen in the many older, tall cell site towers with no antennae on the upper parts of their towers. These sites originally created large cells, and so had their antennae mounted atop high towers; the towers were designed so that as the system expanded—and cell sizes shrank—the antennae could be lowered on their original masts to reduce range.

Tap into the media that moves you with Motorola Krave ZN4, the first touch phone to feature an interactive clear flip. This multimedia phone offers the latest entertainment and phone features to put you in touch with your own multi-dimensional world of music, videos, TV and more.The Motorola Krave ZN4 has an eye-catching and unique design with an innovative and responsive touch interface. It offers a bevy of high-end features and rates favorably in call, photo, and streaming video quality. But the Motorola Krave ZN4’s browser and QWERTY keyboard take acclimation, and camera editing features were few. The Krave lacks Wi-Fi, and full exchange support is not available at launch.

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Motorola Karma QA1

The first commercial citywide cellular network was launched in Japan by NTT in 1979. Fully automatic cellular networks were first introduced in the early to mid 1980s (the 1G generation). The Nordic Telephonee (NMT) system went online in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in 1981. Personal Handy-phone Syatem mobiles and modems used in Japan around 1997–2003. In 1983, Motorola Dyna Tac was the first approved mobile phone by FCC in the United States. In 1984, Bell Labs developed modern commercial cellular technology (based, to a large extent, on the Gladden, Parelman Patent), which employed multiple, centrally controlled base stations (cell sites), each providing service to a small area (a cell). The cell sites would be set up such that cells partially overlapped. In a cellular system, a signal between a base station (cell site) and a terminal (phone) only need be strong enough to reach between the two, so the same channel can be used simultaneously for separate conversations in different cells.

The Motorola Karma QA1 is an entry-level slider with full QWERTY keyboard and homescreen access to MySpace and Facebook. Targeted at teenagers and young adults, the Karma has a 2.5-inch 240 x 320 display, 3.6Mbps HSDPA, 2-megapixel camera with video recording functionality and a microSD card slot. The media player supports audio and video and has both a 3.5mm headphone jack and A2DP stereo Bluetooth 2.0 support. There’s even A-GPS and AT&T load their Navigator PND app onto the handset.

Some of Karmas other features include a full HTML browser, mobile email support including AOL, Yahoo!, and Windows Live Mail, and it can receive and send SMS and MMS messages.  There is also voice-memo recording, a speakerphone, and CrystalTalk active background noise filter. AT&T will be selling the Motorola Karma QA1 beginning June 28th and it will be priced at $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate. Also plan to budget for a minimum of a $39.99 voice plan and $20 data or messaging plan.

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Motorola Flash Phone

Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive is widely considered to be the inventor of the first practical mobile phone for hand-held use in a non-vehicle setting. Cooper is the first inventor named on “Radio telephone system” filed on October 17, 1973 with the US Patent Office and later issued as US Patent 3,906,166; other named contributors on the patent included Cooper’s boss, John F. Mitchell, Motorola’s chief of portable communication products, who successfully pushed Motorola to develop wireless communication products that would be small enough to use outside the home, office or automobile and participated in the design of the cellular phone. Using a modern, if somewhat heavy portable handset, Cooper made the first call on a hand-held mobile phone on April 3, 1973 to a rival, Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs.

Motorola’s FLASH is an upcoming touchscreen phone. Verizon will be carrying the handset, which includes a few flush-mounted buttons in addition to the main touchscreen display. The phone is scheduled for a 2009 release.

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BlackBerry 9000 Bold Phone

In 1945, the zero generation (0G) of mobile telephones was introduced. Like other technologies of the time, it involved a single, powerful base station covering a wide area, and each telephone would effectively monopolize a channel over that whole area while in use. The concepts of frequency reuse and handoff, as well as a number of other concepts that formed the basis of modern cell phone technology, were described in the 1970’s; see for example Fluhr and Nussbaum, Hachenburg et. Al., and U.S. Patent 4,152,647, issued May 1, 1979 to Charles A. Gladden and Martin H. Parelman, both of Las Vegas, Nevada and assigned by them to the United States Government.

Global Blackberry messaging smart phone with quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G connectivity as well as Wi-Fi networking. Compatible with AT&T Navigator GPS turn-by-turn directions, AT&T Mobile Music, and streaming video from Cellular Video service. 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth for hands free devices; MicroSD expansion (to 32 GB); newly designed QWERTY keyboard. Up to 4.5 hours of talk time, up to 324 hours (13.5 days) of standby time. What’s in the Box: handset, battery, charger, USB cable, 3.5mm stereo headset, holster, quick start guide and user manual, CD with Blackberry Desktop software Designed to give business professionals and power users unprecedented functionality and performance, the BlackBerry Bold is the fastest, most powerful Blackberry yet, with support for tri-band HSDPA high-speed networks around the world as well as integrated GPS and Wi-Fi networking (802.11a/b/g). It features a lustrous black exterior, satin chrome finished frame and stylish leather-like backplate, a sophisticated user interface, and a newly designed full-QWERTY keyboard.

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Ipond 3GS Fashion Cell Phone

In 1908, U.S. Patent 887, 357 for a wireless telephone was issued in to Nathan B. Stubblefield of Murray, Kentucky. He applied this patent to “cave radio” telephones and not directly to cellular telephony as the term is currently understood. Cells for mobile phone base stations were invented in 1947 by Bell Labs engineers at AT&T and further developed by Bell Labs during the 1960s. Radiophones have a long and varied history going back to Reginald Fessenden’s invention and shore-to-ship demonstration of radio telephony, through the Secnd World War with military use of radio telephony links and civil services in the 1950s, while hand-held cellular radio devices have been available since 1973. A patent for the first wireless phone as we know today was issued in US Patent Number 3,449,750 to George Sweigert of Euclid, Ohio on June 10, 1969.

The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3GS is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view email attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3GS is up to 2x faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G.

Now you can shoot video, edit it, and share it — all on your iPhone 3GS. Shoot high-quality VGA video in portrait or landscape. Trim your footage by adjusting start and end points. Then share your video in an email, post it to your MobileMe gallery, publish it on YouTube, or sync it back to your Mac or PC using iTunes.

The new 3-megapixel camera takes great still photos, too, thanks to built-in autofocus and a handy new feature that lets you tap the display to focus on anything (or anyone) you want.

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Nokia E71X

Enjoy the feel of a slim, sleek, ergonomic design. Communicate with style and ease on a full Querty keybord. Separate work and play with mobil web and email. You can access your business and personal emails on the go. Sync note, contacts and appointments in real time. Open and forward attachments including documents, spreadsheets and PDFfiles. Organize your inbox with simple sorting fuctions. Search your global company directly and address list from virtually anywhere in the word. Email on the go with Mail to Excharge. Send text and multimedia messages. Use speed dial and voice commands to make calls. View web pages, flash video and flash content just like you would on your computer.subscribe to RSS feeds from blogs and news services. Upload and share photos and vedios. Find your way using AT&T Navigator A-GPS. Explore new places with searchabe maps and step-by-step directors. Locate restaurants, Wi-Fi hotspots and more than 10 million business listings.

Saving time on your daily commute with real-time traffic monitoring and automatic rerouting. View files on the go with the PDF Reader. Stay organized with intergrated calendar, calculator and to-do lists. Capture important moments with the intergrated video camera. Share live or recorded video while talking with AT&T Video Share. Most of the hardware is same as the Nokia E71.

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