Motorola V8 RAZR2

The newest member of the Motorola RAZR family promises to be just as popular as the original, with a shiny new design and even more features. The RAZR2 V8 sports a lightweight, super thin design and a stainless steel and chrome casing that gives the phone an eye-catching, glossy look. The front of the V8 features an oversized, external touch screen, measuring 2 inches, that can be used to view text messages or control the music player without opening the phone. The touch screen is easy to use and provides a small vibration open touching so you know that a key has been pressed.

Flip open the compact, clamshell RAZR2 V8 and you will find an even larger full colour display screen, measuring 2.2 inches and offering high quality resolution. The keypad is very user friendly and features the stylish, flat design common to this line of Motorola mobiles. The V8’s keypad is actually easier to use than its slide phone predecessor because the bottom row of buttons are more accessible.

The Motorola RAZR2 V8 feels quite comfortable during phone calls, but the plastic-like material used in this version’s design makes the V8 feel somewhat less sturdy than similar mobiles. For some, the shimmering new look of the RAZR may not be worth the apparent decrease in durability, but for many the V8 is too great looking to pass up.

The user interface of the RAZR2 V8 is an improvement over Motorola phones of the past. The unique and convenient touch screen offers well-designed icons that are perfectly spaced for simple use, providing one touch control for the phone’s varied media features. The 2 megapixel camera is limited on setting options, but takes acceptable quality pictures and video for messaging or viewing through the terrific and easy to use media player.

All of the V8’s music player features can be controlled directly from the external touch screen without opening the handset. The RAZR2 V8 lacks 3G technology, but it is still simple and quick to download and manage your favourite songs, ringtones, and other applications with the integrated EDGE connection. The internal speaker provides exceptional quality playback or users can listen to the music player via the optional Bluetooth stereo headphones.

The Motorola RAZR2 V8 doesn’t have an optional memory card slot, but the internal memory included provides plenty of storage space for pictures, music files, and more. Users can choose between 512 MB or an ample 2G of memory space, depending on their needs. The V8 includes most other common mobile features, including personal organization functions and all types of messaging support.

Overall, the RAZR2 V8 is a great looking, easy to use, and highly functional phone. There are a few minor drawbacks; the V8 can not be set to ring and vibrate simultaneously, for instance, and the camera could be better, but this Motorola mobile has plenty of features and a trendy, stylish design that is sure to be adored by many. If you’re looking for a simple phone with basic features and great music playback, the Motorola RAZR2 V8 is a great looking handset for the value. Martin Stellis

Nokia N 95

You couldn't have imagined a device better than Nokia N95. That is why, it has made a lot of viewers go gaga over it and left the users moonstruck about it. Nokia N95 is the best equipped mobile phone that is available in the market today. And no wonder, it has recently been conferred with the prestigious TIPA(Technical Image Press association) award for the best mobile imaging device in Europe for 2007.
It wouldn't be fair to call Nokia N95 as simply a mobile phone, it is actually so many things in one phone. Let us try to unfurl this device to know it better. For many of you, it may be a revision of these features, all over again, but for a device like Nokia N95, it is always a pleasure to review it again and again. This is a unique two way slider device that looks very impressive prima facia. The Nokia N95 is a great device that reflects a panorama of 16 million colours through its TFT screen. To speak technically, Nokia N95 is a HSDPA capable device that allows you to take it all around the world, thanks to its features as Quad-Band GSM network along with a brilliant connectivity enabled by features as GPRS, EDGE and Bluetooth.
Owing to its inbuilt Wi-Fi and HSDPA connectivity, Nokia N95 enables the user to browse the World Wide Web, 10 times faster than any 3G capable device. So, you could easily keep yourself linked with the world, with the help of this device. Then, this handset is equipped with ultra high resolution 5 Mega Pixels camera that is complemented by Carl Zeiss optic lens to get an absolutely ultimate picture quality. Further, there is a secondary VGA video calling camera which is meant for the purpose of video calling.
Nokia N95 has other superlatives in the form of GPS navigation system that is able to locate places for you at a distant land. This device has an installed map application that covers around 100 countries. The MP3 music player of this handset can play music in MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA file formats. With its FM radio, a user can update himself with the events around the world. This phone could also be your perfect business companion as it is able to open MS office documents through it. You can as well view all of your camera pictures into your TV screen via the TV output feature.
Memory? Don't worry on that front, as Nokia N95 can expand its memory up to 2 GB with the help of an external card slot and add on to its inbuilt 160 MB memory. And yes, this phone also talks with a great talk time that could go up to 6 hours and 30 minutes along with a good standby time of up to 220 hours.
Thus Nokia N95 is an impressive gadget which is surely inspiring the mobile phone manufacturers to craft a device as powerful as this one! (By Henry Kruz)

LG Shine or LG KE800 Chocolate

South Korean consumer electronics giant LG is a rather late entrant into the world of mobile phones. But surely it has generated quite a storm of late by introducing pieces of supreme technological innovations in the form of mobile phones. They come to the terms again and dishes out two separate entities of style by the name of LG Shine and LG KE 800 Chocolate.

Smooth sliding LG Shine shines bright by virtue of its elegant outfit. The glossy mirror-finish exterior gives way to ergonomically designed laser etched keypad embedded within the second layer. The front fascia comprises a 256K colours supporting, 2.2 inch sized TFT screen that supports images of resolution 240 x 320 pixels. There is a powerful 2.0 megpixel powerful camera lurking from the back side. The camera comes with autofocus, flash and abilities to capture video in QCIF format. Now click away with the powerful camera and never worry to store as there is a microSD memory expansion slot readily available with inbuilt 50 MB of memory availability. LG Shine come with EDGE, GPRS, Bluetooth and USB; and takes care all the data transfer and internet connectivity needs.

Come to LG KE 800 Chocolate, its a better and upgraded version of its older self. Hence expectedly customised to perform. And with a 2.0 megapixel camera that comes loaded with autofocus, 256MB of memory (instead of 128 MB in the original version), LG KE800 Chocolate certainly seems seriously upgraded to meet the demands. The phone features tri-band GSM/GPRS support, stereo Bluetooth support, FM radio and a microSD card slot. A tad larger than the predecessor, LG KE 800 comes with a TFT display producing QVGA resolution of 240x320 pixels, as well as a boosted battery life of up to 270 hours stand-by time.

Now once through with making selection of the best amongst these LG Shine or LG Chocolate, which could be either way in a given situation, the proud owner would inevitably like to go for partying hard. Because thats where he or she would get the maximum chance to flash her possession most .. and make a bunch go green with envy at a time. (by Day Kevi)