Mobile Phones Reviews and Tips

Not a long time ago, Qiao Xing Mobile announced the release of the great luxury device, VEVA S60; a phone that actually had a great success.

The device was released in May 2008 and during the second quarter of the year, the company has sold almost 100,000 handsets. But they are planning to sell about 300,000 in the third quarter of the year. And they probably will succeed because VEVA S60 was created in cooperation with Swarovski, as each device is decorated with 129 Swarovski crystal mosaic and 18K gold. And such a ‘piece of jewelry’ costs about $290. The main features of VEVA S60 are: crystal; couple choice; ultra long standby; 9.4 mm thin; Bluetooth connectivity; and handwriting.

And this is not all; they are also offering one-stop solution and VIP services for the VEVA customers. I think VEVA S60 is an interesting device, even if it doesn’t come equipped with a lot of features. So, if you are a fan of luxury and Swarovski crystals, this phone might be ideal for you.

A new “top ten” for mobile phones was made for the UK market, and this list puts five Samsung devices in the top.

The top of the list is represented by the Samsung F480 Tocco, a phone that was released just a few months ago. Samsung F480 Tocco is a great touchscreen device, equipped with a 5 megapixel camera, with auto-focus, flash and face detection, HSPDA and a haptic user interface. All these features make out of the Tocco a well-equipped device.

Another phone in the list is Nokia N95, which is number 2 and number 8. The N95 has always been considered a high-end mobile phone, and its features set the benchmark for other high end mobile phones.

But as you can see in the list below, there are no Motorola phones. This reflects a decline. But it is quite surprising that there are no LG phones in this top, taking into consideration the fact that LG had great success with Chocolate and Shine.

Here is the list of the top ten mobile phones of this week:

1. Samsung F480 Tocco
2. Nokia N95 8GB
3. Sony Ericsson C902 Black
4. Samsung J700 Black
5. Nokia 6300
6. Samsung U900 Soul
7. Sony Ericsson S500i
8. Nokia N95 Red Sport
9. Samsung F400
10. Samsung G600

For those of you who love sports, and now, especially the Olympic Games, we have a good news. NBC is bringing the coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games to your phones. The network’s mobile site, mobile.olympics.com, will offer you live results, news, photos, video highlights and even the athletes’ profiles.

The American mobile service and software provider, Starcut USA, has been tapped by NBC to build this site. This company is known for having done the same thing for companies like The New York Times, NBC, and Viacom. Starcut COO Lotta Lautsuo said that many people are not aware whether their phones are able for mobile video or not. But with the publicity around, they are discovering that their phones can do this, so a good video traffic is expected.

The company will produce 3,600 hours of coverage spread across seven networks and Web sites. Even more, the International Olympic Committee also launched a YouTube channel for Olympic clips. So, if you have a compatible phone, you will surely enjoy all those nice images and live moments of the 2008 Olympics.

Yesterday, Verizon Wireless launched the G’zOne Boulder, a rough and tough push-to-talk phone. It was built to resist at withstand shock, water, dust, immersion, vibration, salt fog, humidity, solar radiation, altitude, and low and high temperature storage. The phone comes with a clamshell form.

The phone is equipped with a built-in flashlight, electronic compass, and push-to-talk service, and it has audible maps, turn-by-turn directions and location information. It also comes with VCAST Music with Rhapsody, which allows music download from a library of over 5 million songs. Music can be stored on an extra microSD cards up to 8GB in size.

The most important features and specifications of G’zOne Boulder phone are: CDMA 800 / 1900 network; dimensions of 100 x 51 x 23 mm and a weight of 110 g; a memory of 128.0 MB and microSD / TransFlash expandable memory; a main screen of 2 colors (STN) and 96 x 96 pixels and an external screen of 65000 colors (TFT) and 240 x 320 pixels. It is also equipped with a 1.3 megapixel camera, with Flash, 3X Zoom, and Video Recorder; MP3 player; speakerphone, Push-to-talk; wallpapers, screensavers; games;themes; ring tones; SMS, MMs, EMS, Chat, E-Mail and Predictive text messaging; WAP; Voice commands; Bluetooth connectivity; High-speed data; GPS and PC Sync.

G’zOne Boulder will be available in Black and Silver or Orange, and it is already available online for $129.99 The phone will be available in stores starting with mid-August.