If the Pearl is the sleek sports car of BlackBerrys, then the new 8800 from Cingular ($299 with two-year contract) is the Escalade in the line, a beefier model complete with a full-sized keyboard and bigger display. RIM has even decked out this device with a GPS system, enabling the 8800 to double as a navigator using the included TeleNav software (if you pay an extra $9.99 per month). Add it all up and you have a full-sized, fully-loaded smart phone with just a few minor flaws.
It may sport the same silky-smooth trackball for navigation and chrome accents on the sides, but there’s no mistaking the 8800 for its smaller brother. This dark metallic blue device weighs 1.5 ounces heavier than the Pearl (4.7 versus 3.2) and is noticeably wider (2.6 inches versus 2 inches). At the same time, the 8800 is a tiny bit thinner than the Pearl (0.55 versus 0.57 inches). The bottom line is that you’ll notice when the 8800 is in your pocket, but it’s certainly less bulky than the Treo 750.
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Verizon will change the rules for their trial period beginning Monday, March 26. The company will offer new subscribers a 30 day period to try Verizon phones and service, and will refund not only equipment costs, but all calling costs and fees to people who choose not to keep the service. Although most carriers offer 30 days trials and will refund phone and signup fees, they typically will refund only the unused portion of the calling plan. Verizon will still charge people who took the test drive for data costs, downloads, and other VCAST services used during the trial period.
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Finland’s Nokia has begun shipping its top-flight N95 Internet- and multimedia-savvy smartphone, marking the company’s latest attempt to integrate mobile phone functionality with a media player, video camera, high-resolution still photography, mapping and location services, and mobile Internet capability. And if that sounds interesting, you’d better live in Europe, Asia, or the Middle East, because there’s no word on when—if ever—the N95 will make it to the North American market.The N95 features a two-way slider design, sporting a 2.6-inch 320 by 240 pixel LCD display, and an integrated video-capable 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics.
The N95 is designed to offer high speed connectivity, handling HSDPA with support for WLAN, EDGE, and WCDMA networks.
The N95 also sports an integrated GPS receiver (including support for Nokia Maps, so users can find their way around in more than 150 countries and choose among over 15 million points of interest), and includes and integrated email client, Web browser, and PIM applications.
If you can’t get to the Internet via high-speed mobile networks, there’s always the N95’s integrated 802.11b/g Wi-Fi. And if you don’t like cables for syncing or hands-free talking, there’s Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. The N95 sports USB 2.0 connectivity and stores media and documents to microSD cards.
Samsung has roped in Beyonce to promote the SGH-F300 Ultra Music phone. The advertising campaign featuring the super star kicks off in April starting from Europe and CIS and expanding to other countries where Samsung Ultra Music phones are available. In addition, Ultra Music mobile users will have exclusive access to Beyoncé’s latest hit “Irreplaceable,” which comes embedded in their mobile phones. The Samsung Ultra Music F300 has a novel dual-face handset design and is armed with a 2 Megapixel camera, Micro SD card slot, FM radio, 100 MB internal memory, Bluetooth and a crisp color display. The triband GSM phone is just 9.4 mm thick.
Geesung Choi, President of Samsung Electronics’ Telecommunication Business, explained: “The Ultra Music is the perfect solution for all music lovers on the move. The combination of superior sound quality, dedicated user-friendly music controls, and mobile phone features will drive today’s music phone segment.”
