Samsung G800 is one of the rarest phone to offer a 5 megapixel resolution and ranking high on processing softwares, image processor, pixel quality, sensitivity range and noise, effective flash range and stabilization technology, Samsung G800 will surely hit it high when it comes to mobile photography. Samsung G800 is also mobile television compatible and supports HSDPA/GPRS/EDGE connectivty. The Samsung G800 is equipped with a ultra small card slot with microSD and microSDHC flash memory support; 4GB microSDHC will give you the ultimate storage solution. The cellphone is international roaming ready supported by cellphone carriers all over the world.
Features:
- 5 MP, 2560Ñ…1920 pixels, autofocus, video, xenon flash, 3x optical zoom
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/e-AAC+/WMA player
- Stereo FM radio
- Face Detection
- T9
- Bluetooth printing
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, Power Point, PDF)
- Built-in handsfree
- Voice memo
- TV out
International Roaming ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, Fido
Motorola W760r has been released lately to replace the W365. The W760r has some upgrades different from its predecessor by gaining WCDMA and HSDPA and a 2 mega pixel camera. This dual band clamshell camera phone is also equipped with bluetooth and a microSD memory card slot ($GB max).
Key Features:
Network Technology: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS 850/1900
Memory Expansion: microSD - up to 4 GB
Battery Type: Li - Ion 910 mAh
Video Record: Yes, video player
Video Format: Real Video, MPEG4, H.263 formats supported
Audio Support: MP3, AAC formats supported
Type: Clamshell
Soft Keys: 2
Other Keys: Volume Keys, Side select Key, camera key
Antenna: Fixed Internal
Video Format: Real Video, MPEG4, H.263 formats supported
International Roaming ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, Fido
Another state of the art radio phone, the Sony Ericsson Radio R300 is an elite radio phone built to deliver high performance radio listening experience. Designed to have a clear fresh look and feel, the R300 can sit on its side and shout out loud thanks to its dedicated loudspeaker. Preset buttons on the front of the Sony Ericsson R300 Radio lets you switch easily between your favourite stations. It takes just one click to boost the volume when you want to share music on the radio or the live action from the sports ground. The R300 has also a built in VGA camera, Switch on 3D sound enhancement or volume boost with the dedicated Audio Enhancer key on the phone and TrackID is now a familiar feature on many of Sony Ericsson’s high tier phones.
Technical Specifications:
2G Network: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - R300i, GSM 850 / 1800 / 1900 - R300a
Dimensions: 101 x 46 x 12 mm
Weight: 75 g
Display Type: TFT, 65K colors
Size: 128 x 160 pixels, 1.8 inches
Phonebook: 1000 contacts, Photo call
Card slot: No, - 8 MB shared memory
GPRS: Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Bluetooth: Yes
USB: Yes
Features Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email
Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML
Colors: Antique Copper, Steel Black
Camera: VGA, 640×480 pixels
Additional Features:
- TrackID
- MP3/AAC player
- Java MIDP 2.0
- T9
- FM/AM radio receiver/recorder with RDS
- Image viewer
- Picture editor
- Voice memo
- Built-in handsfree
- Alarm clock with radio
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Notes
- Stopwatch
- Tasks
- Timer
Standard battery: Li-Ion
Stand-by: Up to 400 h
Talk time: Up to 9 h
International Roaming ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, Fido
Equipped with various buttons and enhancements the Motorola MotoRIZR Z8 is designed to speed up navigation. The front of the handset carries a ‘home’ button that lets you go back to the home screen quickly and effortlessly from any point in the menu. On the left side the ‘up and down’ button is placed, that lets you scroll through the menu and through messages rapidly. Motorola MotoRIZR Z8 is the first reinvented slider phone, brings speed, multimedia, pleasure and mobile broadband to your finger tips. Providing an innovative and exciting mobile experience the MOTORIZR Z8 allows you to enjoy your multimedia content while on the go with crystal clear video and high fidelity sound.
Features:
* Motorola MOTORIZR Z8 Features
* Unique ergonomic slider design
* Up to approximately five hours 3G talk time, up to approximately 16 days standby time³
* 3.6Mbps HSDPA providing mobile broadband¹
* 2 megapixel camera with 8x zoom and lumi LED light, video record and playback capabilities
* Approximately 90 MB free internal user memory4, optional expandable to 4GB with microSD
* Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS 1.2¹
* Integrated media player
* Redesigned user interface with one-click access to phone functions
* A2DP AVRCP Bluetooth stereo profiles
International Roaming ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, Fido
LG has outdone it this time, introducing the LG KU990 / LG Viewty - a 5.1 megapixel camera phone Schneider Kreuznach lens and excellent imaging capabilities. Very classy large touchscreen, camera flash, image stabilization, photo editing and single-click video uploading. Not very sure about this phone’s video resolution but equipped with optical credetials from the people behind Kodak lenses, it sure makes alot of sense how this phone could capture moving images.
Mobile Gazette:
The “U” in KU990 should indicate that this is a 3G device, and you can reasonably expect to see a multimedia player, web browser, email client and all the usual features. You can safely assume that the KU990 / Viewty will be competing directly against the N95, where the LG has the advantage of a touchscreen but is unlikely to have GPS.
Technical Specifications
2G Network: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network: HSDPA 2100
Dimensions: 103.5 x 54.4 x 14.8 mm
Weight: 112 g
Display: Type TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
Size: 240 x 400 pixels, 3 inches, Flash UI
Card slot: microSD (TransFlash), 100 MB shared memory
Messaging: SMS, EMS, MMS, Email
Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Colors: Black, Dark Silver
Camera: 5 MP, 2592Ñ…1944 pixels, autofocus, video(VGA 30fps, QVGA up to 120fps), strobe flash; secondary VGA videocall camera
Other Features:
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/MPEG4/WMV/AAC/DivX player
- FM radio with RDS
- Organiser
- Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PDF)
- Voice memo
- Built-in handsfree
Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
Stand-by: Up to 430 h
Talk time: Up to 4 h
International Roaming ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, Fido
The first tough styled Samsung phone - Samsung M100 (Samsung Solid) has dust and water splash resistance way higher than any other phone and should withstand a 1 meter fall. Secured with rubber protection that potentially fastens the phone from shock. Its also smaller and lighter compared ot its rival the JCB TOUGHPHONE / Sonim XP1. Underneath, the Samsung M110 / Samsung Solid is a fairly basic but practical phone. The 1.5″ 128 x 128 pixel CSTN display is never going to win many fans, but does come with Bluetooth, FM radio, WAP 2.0 browse, a VGA resolution camera with flash and with large capacity battery that makes the M110 awake for 8 hours maximum talktime and with up to 16 days standby time.
Technical Specificatioons
2G Network: GSM 900 / 1800
Announced: 2008, January
Dimensions: 109 x 48 x 17.9 mm
Weight: 95 g
Display Type: CSTN, 65K colors
Size: 128 x 128 pixels, 1.52 inches
Colors: Olive Green, Black
Camera: VGA, 640×480 pixels, flash
Special Features:
- Push, spray water and dust resistance
- SOS messaging & Flash light
- Java MIDP 2.0
- T9
- Organizer
- Built-in handsfree
- Voice memo
- FM Radio
I’ve been searching for the top 10 most bought cellphones here in the Philippines and in US and I found out that most Filipinos enjoyed Nokia phones rather than any other phone brands for no particular reason or maybe because Nokia is the first to be introduced in the Philippines that’s why it ranked high on Filipino’s taste as well as in the local market. The list below are phones that are also sold in the US and these are multi-frequency phones which means that they can be used here in the Philippines, US and other countries.
Rank 1 - Nokia N95 8GB
The Nokia N81 8GB features up to eight gigabytes of built-in memory, used for a true mobile entertainment experience. Featuring dedicated music and gaming keys, 3.5 mm headphone connector and 3G and WLAN connectivity, the N81 8GB is configured to find, buy, manage and play music and games purchased from the Nokia Music Store and N-Gage games service. Designed with a sleek, polished exterior and buttons that illuminates when activated, the N81 8GB offers dedicated music or gaming keys, expanded memory, large screens and extended battery performance to provide quick and easy access to entertainment content.
The Nokia N81 8GB features up to eight gigabytes of built-in memory, used for a true mobile entertainment experience. Featuring dedicated music and gaming keys, 3.5 mm headphone connector and 3G and WLAN connectivity, the N81 8GB is configured to find, buy, manage and play music and games purchased from the Nokia Music Store and N-Gage games service. Designed with a sleek, polished exterior and buttons that illuminates when activated, the N81 8GB offers dedicated music or gaming keys, expanded memory, large screens and extended battery performance to provide quick and easy access to entertainment content.
International Roaming Ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, SunCom, T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular
Rank 3 - Sony Ericsson W890i
The Sony W890i is another wonderful multimedia media phone that is as thin as a CD case yet packed with Music Player (Walkman player) and a 3.2-megapixel digital camera with Auto-Focus feature. The W890i phone has SensMeâ„¢ technology that allows you to create playlists based on mood. You also can use to PlayNow technology that allow you to pre-listen to song tracks and buy song tracks that you love. Besides that, you also get FM radio with the metal finish W890i phone. The slim and elegant Sony W890i supports turbo fast 3G network and also regular GPRS and GSM networks (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz).
The most significant feature in the K660i is the inclusion of HSDPA high-speed data. This makes web browsing and multimedia downloads much quicker than standard 3G, and it also means that the K660i can be used as a broadband modem for a laptop. The other important feature is an improved web browser, designed to be much more like a PC browser, complete with a pointer and scroll bars, along with a screen that can be used for web browsing in either portrait (tall) or landscape (wide) modes.
The Sony Ericsson W380i is a unique sporty looking cell phone that features gesture control technology, allowing you to use your hands to control the phone. For example, you could move your hand above the W380i phone to mute an incoming call or put the alarm clock on snooze. Besides having cool gesture control technology, the W380i flip style phone is designed to live up to Sony’s walkman phone reputation as it comes equipped with Walkman Media player with dedicated music buttons on the outside of the 380i phone, let you play, pause and skip tracks. Besides that, you also can listen to radio with the Sony Ericsson W380i.
International Roaming Ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, Fido
Rank 6 - Sony Ericsson K630i
The phone features an in-built Media Browser, so there is just one location on the K630i’s menu to launch the music player, video player or photo gallery, and so access all the in-phone content. The K630i comes complete with new Media Manager software in-box to let users move their favourite music, photos, videos and more between a PC and a phone. Music tracks or video clips will be automatically converted into phone-friendly formats and creating playlists or adding album artwork to tracks is simple.
International Roaming Ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, Fido
Rank 7 - Samsung SGH - E950
Visually appealing, the Samsung E950 is a feature-rich handset that takes Samsung’s idea of touch sensitive interface one step further. Fitted into a compact slider body you get a 3 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, FM radio, stereo Bluetooth and a 2†TFT display with a QVGA resolution. The handset is equipped with a novel input solution – a dedicated touchscreen that serves as a navigation D-pad. That feature alone was enough to get us itching with impatience to lay our hands on one of those phones. Join us as we explore the Samsung E950 slider.
International Roaming Ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, Fido
Rank 8 - Samsung SGH - G600
Super slim 5 Megapixel camera slider design with advanced multimedia features, enhanced applications and imaging solutions so sharp yet simple - you can’t get more cutting edge than this. Revel in mobile imaging at its very best, making your handset even more indispensable. A camera and phone in one.
International Roaming Ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, SunCom, Cellular One, Rogers AT&T, Fido
Rank 9 - MOTORIZR
The MOTORIZR features a thin, narrow slider form factor with familiar finishes, rich housing materials and a multi-modal design for using the phone in both the open and closed positions. Appealing to the senses, this sleek new device boasts exceptional imaging, vivid color screen, enhanced music features and global connectivity. By offering the desired functionality in a familiar, easy to use design, the MOTORIZR is the companion for effortless style and entertainment on the go.
International Roaming Ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: AT&T, Cingular, Cellular One, Fido, Rogers AT&T, T-Mobile
Rank 10 - MOTO ROKR Z6
Featuring a slim slider design, the MOTOROKR Z6 exudes eye-catching sophistication. Beneath the surface the MOTOROKR Z6 is a music masterpiece, complete with high performance music experience and extraordinary picture and video capture capabilities.
International Roaming Ready: Yes
International Roaming Carriers: T-Mobile, AT&T, Cingular, Rogers AT&T, Fido
A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a mobile phone that communicates directly with orbiting communications satellites. Depending on the architecture of a particular system, coverage may include the entire Earth, or only specific regions.
The mobile equipment, also known as a terminal or earth station, varies widely. A satellite phone handset has a size and weight comparable to that of a late 1980s or early 1990s mobile phone, but usually with a large retractable antenna. These are popular on expeditions into remote areas where terrestrial cellular service is unavailable.
A fixed installation, such as used shipboard, may include large, rugged, rack-mounted electronics, and a steerable microwave antenna on the mast that automatically tracks the overhead satellites. Satellite phones have notoriously poor reception indoors, though it may be possible to get a consistent signal near a window or in the top floor of a building if the roof is sufficiently thin. The phones have connectors for external antennae that are often installed in vehicles and buildings.
Some satellite phones use satellites in geosynchronous orbit. These systems can maintain near-continuous global coverage with only three or four satellites, reducing the launch costs. However the satellites used for these systems are usually very heavy (approx. 5000kg) and therefore very expensive to build and launch. The major satellite systems in civilian use are Inmarsat and Thuraya. The satellites sit at an altitude of about 22,000 miles and therefore a noticeable delay is present while making a phone call or using data services.
The disadvantage of geostationary satellite systems is that many areas even where a large amount of open sky is present the line of sight between the phone and the satellite is broken by obstacles such as steep hills and forest and the user will need to find higher ground before being able to use the phone. This is not the case with Low Earth Orbit (LEO) services - even if the signal is blocked by an obstacle one can wait a few minutes until another satellite passes overhead.
Satellite Phone features include:
An international voice mailbox is standard with all rentals and available worldwide
Send text messages to other satellite phones (160 character limit applies)
Send e-mail to any e-mail address (160 character limit applies)
Free Text Messaging Service - Friends, family and colleagues can send a text message to your satellite phone at no cost to you or them. Use this link to send a message to a satellite phone
Traveling around the world while staying in touch with your family and business was made easier by Verizon Wireless international roaming phones which are recently called as Global Phones. With these international roaming phones you can use the same phone in the U.S. and while traveling abroad or people can contact you using the same Verizon Wireless mobile number. Make easy bill payments by tracking U.S. calls and international calls on one month bill and you can call Verizon Wireless at home or from anywhere in the world.
Simply purchase a Global Phone and a Verizon Wireless all digital calling plan. When using your phone in CDMA mode in the U.S. and within your calling plan’s home airtime rate and coverage area, your calls are applied towards your plan’s allowance minutes.
Verizon Wireless International Roaming Phones (Global Phones)
Global BlackBerry 8830
* First CDMA/GSM Global BlackBerry
* Bluetooth Capable
* Multimedia Player
* Trackball Navigation
* Thin Form Factor: 0.55″
* Extended Battery: Talk time up to 220
minutes or standby up to 216 hours
* Speakerphone
Motorola A840
* Voice-activated dialing
* 1.2 megapixel camera with flash
* Get sports, news & email with Mobile Web 2.0*
* Get It Now capable*
* Speakerphone, scheduler, contact directory
Samsung A795
* Voice-activated dialing
* Large 260K internal color display
* Web browser*
* Get It Now capable*
* Scheduler, calculator, alarm clock, contact directory
Samsung i830
* VZEmail with Wireless Sync
* Bluetooth® Capable
* Microsoft® Pocket PC 2003 Phone Edition, 2nd Edition
* Integrated QWERTY Keyboard
* 64MB RAM/128 MB Flash
* SD I/O Expansion Slot for additional memory and peripheral devices
* High resolution screen: 2.8″ 240*320, 65k TFT LCD
An international voice mailbox as standard and available worldwide
Calls to your Verizon Wireless U.S cell phone can be forwarded to your International phone. Learn More
Text messaging to and from GSM cell phones/BlackBerry (available in most countries)
1. BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES)
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server is designed for corporations with IT support. It links mobile professionals directly to the information they need, by providing secure and seamless access to internal networks. This ‘always on’ connection delivers a constant flow of wireless email, keeping mobile workers responsive, saving time and boosting productivity. In addition to sending and receiving email, you have all the standard BlackBerry features, including phone, text, browser and organizer.
Note: To receive corporate email, you must be an existing Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) customer.
2. BlackBerry Internet Solution (BES)
BlackBerry Internet Solution opens up the power of BlackBerry to all. An internet-based email interface, BlackBerry Internet Solution automatically ‘pushes’ emails from up to 10 supported accounts (including MSN®, Hotmail® and AOL®) straight to the international BlackBerry device. This provides a simple, cost-effective email solution for companies that cannot implement their own BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and is perfect for personal use.
Note: Requires subscription to compatible third-party email service.
