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Instead of the highly anticipated iPhone-a-like that we truly believed Nokia would unleash at the Mobile World Congress, the Finnish giant unveiled the N96 and N78. But all is not lost, because these handsets are much more than mere upgrades.

Nokia N96 is a step up from the Nokia N95 8GB and offers some truly mouth-watering features. There’s 16GB of on-board memory and the option to expand via a microSDHC slot, which puts the new iPhone to shame

Picking it up we immediately took to the large colour screen, which pushes all of your digital content right in your face and almost takes up the entire front of the N96. Everything feels well laid out and its keys are relatively easy to press.

Unlike the N95, there’s a 3.5mm jack on the top of the phone instead of the side, which is much more practical and means it’s less likely to get in the way when you put it in your pocket.

All the connectivity options that you got on the Nokia N95 are also available on the N96, including GPS, HSDPA (3.5G) and Wi-Fi.

One of our favourite features, and probably the N96’s most modest one, is the kick stand on the back of the handset that allows you to rest your phone upright on a table — useful if you’re trying to watch a full-length film and don’t fancy holding it for an hour.

We’re huge fans of the N95 8GB, and this is definitely a cool bit of kit — but we can’t help feeling a little underwhelmed that there isn’t more on offer. Call us greedy but we expected something a touch more exciting from the Finns.

Source : http://crave.cnet.co.uk

Samsung SGH-i600, the EMEA/APAC version of Samsung’s BlackJack which was launched late last year. While the i600 was announced earlier, the U.S. got it released faster but since last month, the i600 is also available across Europe. Generally speaking, the i600 is the follower of Samsung’s earlier introduced SGH-i320 and like the i320, the i600 is sporting a QWERTY keyboard for easy typing. This makes the device definitely another BlackBerry competitor. The i600 is part of Samsung’s Ultra series and this one is also called “Ultra Messaging”. Only 11.8 mm thin, the i600 fits perfectly into Samsung’s Ultra series but UMTS and HSDPA makes it quite unique today. Not too many keyboard enabled smartphones features triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850 MHz aren’t supported), singleband UMTS/HSDPA (up to 1.8 Kbps) as well as WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR yet.

Sporting Windows Mobile 5.0 with the latest 3.4 AKU, the Samsung SGH-i600 is powered by a TI OMAP 1710 CPU at 220 MHz and features 128 MB ROM and 64 MB RAM which can be extended with microSD flash memory cards.
The 2.3″ (non-touch) screen supports a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels at 65k colors. On the back, the i600 includes a 1.3 megapixel camera for photos up to 1280 x 1024 pixels or videos up to 320 x 240 pixels. On the front, the device has a VGA camera for UMTS and HSDPA-based video telephony (if supported by the operator).

The sales pack includes the device, two standard batteries, a battery holder which also acts as a charger for the second battery, the AC 110 - 220 V charger, a USB sync cable, a stereo headset with microphone, CD-ROMs which contains Microsoft ActiveSync, add-on software, the User’s Guide in PDF format and a printed Quick Reference Guide.

Resource : http://www.theunwired.ne

Mobile phones are remarkable aren’t they? You can listen to music, watch videos, search the Web and even record dramatic events as they happen.

And occasionally you just might want to use it to send a text or make a call.If you are one of those people, you should know confusion about phone traffic could mean you are paying up to £130 extra in charges every year!

Moneysupermarket says that you might not know how many minutes or texts are included in your monthly package, or how many you actually use. This leaves you open to incurring extra charges, which can add up to £130 in a typical year.Put it this way; it means that all of us who use mobiles are wasting nearly £8 billion a year because we don’t know the terms of our deals.According to the information, the typical mobile phone package gives us 166 voice minutes and 133 text messages per month.

However, Moneysupermarket found that on average, we each use an extra 23 minutes and sends 23 texts over and above our monthly allowance.Mobile phone industry stats suggest there are more than 65 million active mobiles in the UK, so collectively these extra charges are costing us billions.

The biggest problem appears to be a lack of awareness of contract details, and about how we use our phones in practice:

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• 1 in 7 of us do not seem to know many free minutes we have
• 1 in 6 of us were unsure how many texts are included in our deal
• 1 in 6 of us can’t say what we pay for our monthly line rental
• 20% of us admit to getting bills for more than we expect

Rob Barnes at Moneysupermarket’s urged consumers to read through their phone contract and make sure they understand the cost of any extra calls or text messages:

“The reason mobile phone operators can offer such good contract deals is by charging customers for additional services,” he said

“If they’re using up all their allowance it’s worth considering a move to a different tariff with more inclusive minutes and texts - it could save a lot of money in the long run,” he added.

So, if you feel you are wasting up to £130 on your mobile then you should pay and go…somewhere else!

Source : http://www.moneyhospital.co.uk