Do you want to have a phone that is capable of playing high quality music? You may want to have a Samsung GT-M7600 or more popularly called Samsung BEATDJ. Apart from its attractive looks, the Samsung BEATDJ is the only mobile phone with music playback software. You can remix your favorite tracks by incorporating other effects or by performing scratch-noises through its specially designed music playback interface- the DISC UI.
The BEATDJ has a 3.5 mm audio socket and a number of enhancements. The GT-M7600 also offers a large 2.8” or roughly 240 x 400 pixel display, 3MP camera, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, video player, and a expandable microSD slot.
The JAMA 101 is a fusion of Airtel’s EDGE wireless network and i-mate’s unique combination of style and powerful functionalities. JAMA is designed for those mobile users wanting an affordable and powerful smart phone for email, web browsing multimedia as well as business needs. The mobile cuddles up to today’s man who prefers powerful yet stylish phone to stay in touch at times of work or leisure.
The mobile supports Tri-band GSM/GPRS at 900/1800/1900MHz as well as Blue tooth. JAMA 101 is powered by a Samsung CPU at 300MHz with 128MB of ROM and 64MB RAM, which can be extended by micro SD expansion cards. The phone has a 2.0-mega pixel camera for company.
The JAMA 101 costs Rs. 12,900. Users will also get additional benefits for data download of 50 MB/Month of GPRS at Rs. 99. It will be widely available across India through i-mate’s sales channels.
Samsung has launched Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900) in the Indian market.
For those who have not heard of it yet, the phone has a high resolution, is touch-sensitive, has a 3.2-inch WQVGA LCD screen that uses intuitive tap, sweep, drag and drop operations and also has an on-screen QWERTY keyboard.
It has Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system that enables users to download additional programs as they would on their PC and customize it for their individual needs. It has an optical mouse which might just seem too familiar to the laptop users.
This 12.5-mm slim phone sports a platinum-look finish and hairline patterns on the back and is available with 32 GB Memory (16 GB Internal Memory + 16 GB MicroSD card from Sandisk) and 24 GB Memory (8 GB Internal Memory + 16 GB MicroSD Card) and is priced at Rs. 39,999 (32 GB Memory) and Rs. 37,999 (24 GB Memory).
The S3600 is Samsung’s new clamshell model. It doesn’t have an external display, like most of the similarly designed phones, but sports an impressive 2.2 inches of internal display having 176 x 220 pixel resolution. The metallic body sports an impressive look and keypad is ergonomic.
Other features of the phone include a media player and an integrated FM radio player, which supports RDS as well. For external memory, there is the microSD, which seems to have become the new norm for mobile storage.
Connectivity wise, it has Bluetooth, GPRS and EDGE support. It comes equipped with an 1.3MP camera which also allows video recording. Samsung has added ‘Mobile Tracker’ feature to this handset, using which you can save the confidential data in case there is a loss of theft of mobile unit. Up to 2GB of memory can be extended. Time synchronization feature is also incorporated.
Pricing is just adequate considering the provided features, and this phone is targeted at the budget segment. Its attractive design and numerous features only enhance the overall appeal. The lack of external display can be of some concern for some of the users, as most of the clamshell models do have one. Presently, there is no official announcement on the release date.
This phone, on first glace, makes a good impression. With its slim form factor and 3.2inch display, one is ensured of effortless usability. The only thing which goes against it is the overly thick stylus which looks more like an eye-liner! A separate sensor for optical mouse is provided though. The phone doesn’t have a swap slot for microSD but the provision of 8GB (or 16GB) tries to compensate for it.
Powered by Windows Mobile OS v6.1, this handset is quite powerful. The screen is not comfortably readable in direct sunlight though. The accelerometer performs smoothly and its sensitivity can be controlled. You can navigate the menus with either finger touch, or optical mouse of stylus. Finger-touch is the preferred way to go as the large screen makes operating the menus quite an experience. The menus are totally customizable as well. A secondary media player called ‘Touch Player’ is also incorporated besides the standard Windows Media Player, as well as there is an alternative image viewer program. The onscreen touch-keypad seems to occupy too much space though. The video performance is smooth and the phone supports DivX and XviD formats.
Connectivity wise, it has support for 3G, EDGE and GPRS. Since it is a business phone, features like MSOffice file support, pdf and rss reader functionalities are very well supported. The 5MP camera provides good image quality. The battery life could be used for improvement though.
SAMSUNG M8800
These days the 5 mega pixel camera phones have become old fashioned, the latest in thing are the 8 mega pixel camera. All the major brands have come up with their eight mega pixel camera, be it LG, SONY or Samsung. Talking about Samsung, it had launched the i8510 INNOV8 slider phone in this segment, but now it has come up with a new phone. This one is known as the Bresson or Pixon M8800.
The Bresson or Pixon M8800 has a 3.2-inch touch screen display with a fantastic resolution of 240 x 400 pixels. The phone has fantastic features like, 3G along with HSDPA, Bluetooth with A2DP profile, EDGE as well as USB connectivity.
The phone also has an easy to use built-in GPS functionality. It also features an automatic screen rotation facility with a microSD card support meant for external memory. The phone has a proficient media player which plays DivX video. It also has an FM radio.
Talking about the 8 mega pixel camera, it has full auto-focus with settings like, face recognition complete with smile and blink detection.
The phone is poised to be in the luxury range with its price being estimated at around $800.
