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Nokia N96 review

Dennis Hissink
Photokina report
Wednesday 12th, November 2008
Posted by: Dennis Hissink

The Nokia N96 comes in a sleek package. A picture of the phone is displayed on the top side, and the internal memory of 16GB is mentioned. Upon opening the box, you will find the N96 placed in a picture. When opening the picture, you will find a surprisingly large amount of standard included accessories. The box contains a battery charger, car charger, battery, headset, USB cable, manuals, software and a cable to connect the N96 to a television set. This means you don't have to purchase any other accessory except for maybe a pouch. The cell phone itself looks neat too, although somewhat on the large side. The Nokia N96 is able to slide two ways. If you slide open to the top, the standard buttons will appear, if you slide open to the bottom, the monitor will rotate automatically and short-cuts for multimedia applications will appear.

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Sony-Ericsson Xperia review

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Tuesday 23rd, December 2008

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 mobile phone is quite long and narrow, although also somewhat thick, mainly caused by the sideways sliding QWERTY keyboard. The touchscreen is of reasonable size, however, somewhat on the narrow side, and below the screen some additional buttons are found to answer or end a call, as well as the panel button, arrow buttons and a confirmation button. The front of the Sony Ericsson X1 cell phone is made of metal, just like the back cover, which gives the cell phone a solid appearance. Standard included with the Sony Ericsson Experia are a battery charger, a data cable, a headset, two stylus pens, several manuals per functionality and a software CD.

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Nokia N97

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Tuesday 2nd, December 2008

Nokia introduced the Nokia N97 handset, the world's most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 mobile phone combines a large 3.5" touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an 'always open' window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia's flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their 'social location.'

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Samsung Pixon

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Tuesday 30th, September 2008

Samsung introduced the Samsung Pixon 8 megapixel camera phone. The Samsung Pixon cell phone will available in October to consumers who want to easily capture and share life’s unexpected moments anytime, anywhere they desire. Ever seen something and thought, “if only I had my camera with me”? Many people experience those perfect moments that cry out to be captured - a beautiful, indescribable or unexpected moment that should be kept and be shared with friends and loved ones. Capturing those moments has never been easy simply because people don’t walk around with their cameras on all the time. Missing those perfect moments will become a thing of the past thanks to the new Samsung Pixon.

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T-Mobile G1

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Wednesday 24th, September 2008

T-Mobile announced the international launch of the world’s first Android powered mobile phone in partnership with Google. Available soon only for T-Mobile customers spanning two continents, the T-Mobile G1 cell phone combines full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard with a mobile Web experience that includes the popular Google products that millions have enjoyed on the desktop, including Google Maps Street View, Gmail, YouTube and others. The T-Mobile G1 is the first phone to offer access to Android Market, which hosts unique applications and mash ups of existing and new services from developers around the world.

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LG KC910

Posted by: Dennis Hissink Tuesday 16th, September 2008

LG Electronics , a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, announced that it would launch the LG KC910, the only 8 megapixel multimedia phone with a full touchscreen interface. The LG KC910 mobile phone boasts top-of-the-range camera capabilities and the latest multimedia features, all combined with a 3.0 inch full touchscreen. The LG KC910 is the perfect successor to the multi-million selling camera phone, LG Viewty. Like its predecessor, which debuted as the slimmest 5 megapixel phone, the LG-KC910 will be the slimmest 8 megapixel handset on the market at just 13.95 mm when released.

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Mobile imaging is hot, but the way the imaging industry looks at mobile imaging products has changed. Whereas some once thought that we needed digital cameras with phones built-in, or imagined doom scenarios where compact cameras disappeared entirely and mobile camera phones take over, the same people have now come to the conclusion that mobile imaging has increased the imaging market and is for most users just another way of taking a snapshot. Today's mobile camera phone has increased in resolution and offers features that were at earlier times only found in digital cameras. We may even see the first 12 Megapixel camera phones at the end of this year, or the beginning of 2009. One thing is for sure, the strength of a multimedia phone is an ultra compact and light weight design so that you can carry it with you, always, whilst also offering a perfect integration of a lot of multimedia features like a digital camera, video capture, GPS, Internet, etc.

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