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| The Asus M930 is one chunky smartphone, but there is a good reason for its size and weight. From first glance, it looks like an old-fashioned mobile phone. It is large in the pocket and the hand, and the front fascia has a screen and number pad, just like other bar phones. However, turn it sideways and lift a hinge, and it opens up clamshell style to reveal a second inner screen and a full keyboard − think of Nokia’s very popular E90 and you’ll get the idea. |
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| You used to be able to tell the difference between an entry-level handset and a higher specced gizmo without a second glance. Nowadays it’s not so easy and the Samsung J700 is the latest handset to confuse The Price is Right fans. As a sleek slider, the J700 bares a close resemblance to the award-winning and ever-popular Samsung G600. Granted, the five-megapixel camera might be absent, but the Samsung J700 certainly looks like a cracking device, but what’s behind the smart exterior? |
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| Alternatively, you can opt for utilising the tiny touchpad. Normally with a Windows Mobile device we would expect to see a navigation D-pad or a mini joystick sitting beneath the screen. However, the tiny touchpad controls the on-screen position of a miniature cursor. Get the cursor in position and press the touchpad to select |
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| This distinguishes it from earlier ‘active’ devices like the Nokia 5500 and 5140, which loosely made a play for the extreme sports crowd simply because they were robust enough to withstand being dropped in a cave or rock pool. |
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| The Vodafone-exclusive Samsung i640V may not be the best-looking Windows Mobile smartphone we’ve ever seen. Its silver, grey and black colour scheme and flat front fascia is attractive, but the bulk of the device is hard to ignore. |
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| There’s no escaping that we live in a fashion-conscious world. Be it the cut of your jeans, your hairstyle or even your postcode – our fashion credentials are scrutinised daily. With the mobile phone industry desperate to stay on trend, we’re seeing an influx of new designer mobile phones. After the Levi’s phone, the LG KE850 Prada phone and the Mandarina Duck phone, Giorgio Armani is the latest fashion label to cross over into mobile with its Samsung collaboration, the Samsung Armani. |
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| Just like buses, you wait ages for a burly, robust handset and then two come along at once. The Samsung M110, better known as the Samsung Solid, was originally billed as the ‘World's Toughest Phone.' We think someone might have forgotten to tell Samsung about Sonim's JCB Toughphone, a phone we were openly encouraged to try our best to destroy. Samsung, it seems, was no longer quite as confident, asking if we could refrain from driving over it, throwing it out of a window or drowning it in water. Bah humbug! In Samsung's defence, it has since changed their stance arguing that the Solid is built to withstand the odd bump and fall, rather than be indestructible a la the JCB Toughphone. |
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| So, when we first saw the U9, we blithely assumed that Motorola had simply dusted off the old Motorola PEBL phone, given it a glossy new finish and some bold colour options, removed the stroke-to-open mechanism and re-packaged it as a music player. However, there’s something far more clever than a stroke-to-open mechanism going on under the Motorola U9’s bonnet. Beneath the curvy fascia, Motorola has ingeniously fitted an OLED (organic light emitting diode) external display. |
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| Motorola hit pay-dirt with the RAZR phone. It re-invented the mobile in ways that are still reverberating through the industry. The RAZR has already taken its place in the annals of iconic design and its enduring appeal is exemplified by the fact it's still going strong and selling well two years after its launch. |
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| This Symbian smartphone was one of the hot tickets at this year's 3GSM show in Barcelona, wowing crowds with its unique curved slider action and supreme video playback. It certainly grabbed our attention, but can the RIZR Z8 rekindle Motorola's fortunes in the UK? |
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