CDMA and GSM

For some reason, the W63CA cellphone hit the FCC over on this side of the Pacific in August, but now it’s officially hit the stores in Japan. It’s got a couple of claimed world’s firsts, apparently: the world’s first 8.1 megapixel cameraphone, and the first with a 3.1-inch 480 × 800 pixels organic EL display. And it’s really trying hard to earn the cameraphone name, since it’s got a new Exilim image engine, 6-axis vibration compensation, a 28mm-equivalent lens and face recognition, and can also shoot 30fps VGA video. There’s Bluetooth, microSD memory, and a Japanese-English translator in the phone part. But unless Casio chooses to replace the CDMA guts of this machine with a more US-friendly version, it’s likely to remain in Japan.

If you’re a US mobile user who just happen to like simple flip phones, Cricket has just launched something for you: Nokia 1606, an entry-level clamshell that works on the said carrier’s AWS network.

Of course, Cricket only offers its mobile services in limited areas of the US, but it still has ~3.3 mil customers who need phones too, right?

So, after the more evolved Samsung JetSet, Leap Wireless’ subsidiary has now come up with the Nokia 1606. The new phone is not one to be excited about, but it might prove to be a good choice if you don’t need too many features. No memory expansion slot, no camera, no MP3 player. But hey, some of us might not need those.

Nokia 1606 can be found in all of Cricket’s stores, retailing at 129.99. If bought online, from Cricket’s website, the flip phone will cost you only $109.99.
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Offering Sprint’s new One Click user interface, users can access text messaging, web access, email, Sprint Navigation, Sprint TV and Sprint Music Store by personalizing the home screen by selecting commonly used features. Additional features include a built-in 2.0-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, expandable memory up to 16GB, and speaker-independent voice recognition. # Built-in 2.0-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and video camcorder with night shot
# Sprint TV with live and on-demand programming including Sprint Exclusive Entertainment (SEE), a made-for-mobile sports and entertainment video programming network
# Sprint Music Store lets consumers wirelessly download full-length songs to their phone for 99 cents each
# Background music mode lets users play music while text messaging, playing games or surfing the Internet
# Advanced Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology with audio caller ID
# Sprint Navigation with GPS-enabled audio and visual turn-by-turn driving directions, one-click traffic rerouting and more than 10 million local listings
# Live Search for Sprint, powered by Microsoft, provides access to directory information, integrated GPS-enabled directions, interactive maps and one-touch click to call access
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The Knack comes with dedicated keys for Emergency 911 (E911), speakerphone, voice mail, voice commands and In Case of Emergency (ICE). Users can program the ICE button with three contacts that first responders can find in the event of an emergency.

• Unique hybrid keypad with distinctive tactile contrast for greater ease in dialing and texting
• Dedicated Hot Keys provide one-touch access to E911, ICE contacts, speakerphone, voicemail and voice commands
• The large 2.2-inch QCIF home screen, coupled with larger text font, make viewing and using the phone that much easier
• Send text messages with graphics, sound and quick phrase features to the mobile phones or email addresses of family and friends

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Samsung has been battling Motorola over the years for the number 2 spot on mobile phones sales and 2007 will be known as the year of victory for the Asian company. While the first place in handsets sales has been for long entitled to Nokia with no chance of being replaced, there has always been a fight for the second place. Samsung’s invasion of low-cost and moderately priced mobiles decisively overtook Motorola’s sales, thus making it the number 2 mobile manufacturer in the world. Even in North America - where Motorola still has the upper hand - Samsung started to compete with it by offering a whole range of CDMA handsets, exactly the field where Motorola almost doesn’t exist. Samsung SGH-E200 is a moderately-priced handset that surely contributed to the above achievement. Read the rest of this entry »

The Motorola FONE F3 (also known as the MOTOFONE) is a very slim bar format phone that’s due to hit the market by the end of the year. There are two versions - the FONE F3 is a GSM handset, the F3c is a CDMA version for North America and other CDMA markets.We understand that the FONE is 9mm thick which makes it one of the slimmest handsets on the market, but the main point of interest with the MOTOFONE is the display.

Motorola say that the so-called “ClearVision” panel uses electrophoretic display (EPD) technology, which in effect is a type of digital ink. An EPD display consists of a number of particles (typically suspended in some sort of fluid) which have a light side and a dark size. An electric charge “flips” the particle over. It’s rather like a microscopic reversi board, with dark and light sides to each particle. Read the rest of this entry »

LG designed the VX3450 with a 32 chords ringtones engine, ready for you to add all the ringtones you wish. If you want a customizable phone you will appreciate to know that the VX3450 supports custom themes. The gaming engine LG VX3450 runs on AMPS 800 / CDMA 800 / 1900, providing cool little games! Not surprisingly, being standard in all cell phone, the VX3450 offers both services EMS and SMS messaging. The phone includes a calendar which is very intuitive and LG included a phone book having a contact list capacity of 300. An outstanding phone we had the chance to review is the LG VX3450, a phone that was designed to rival the mobile phone market. Unveiled around 01/7/2006 the VX3450 is supporting the networks AMPS 800 / CDMA 800 / 1900. Being of size 86 x 48 x 25 px and having a weight of only 94 g, this phone has a perfect design. It comes with a 1100 mAh Li-Ion battery, enough to talk for about 2.50 hours and provides in standby mode 165 hours. A cool thing of the LG VX3450 is the speaker phone, which is always useful in loud places! The nice screen of this cell phone lets installation of wallpapers of 128 x 128 px. The text prediction system exploits the T9 technology, which is renowned as a good tool. The High speed data transfer is using the cdma2000 1xRTT technology. We believe the LG VX3450 to be a very interesting cell phone and we happily suggest it to you! Read the rest of this entry »

Kyocera has equipped its KX440 (KX444) with a 16 chords ringtone player, making a great phone for you to add all the ringtones you wish. The gaming engine Kyocera KX440 (KX444) is running on BREW, providing cool games to play with! Unsurprisingly, since it is now standard in all phones, the KX440 (KX444) offers both services EMS and SMS messaging. The prediction text tool is using the eZiText technology, being very easy to use. The data transfer is using the cdma2000 1xRTT technology.

An extraordinary mobile phone we had a look at is the Kyocera KX440 (KX444), a phone that was conceived to revolutionize a very competitive market. Launched around 01/7/2004 the KX440 (KX444) works under the networks AMPS 800 / CDMA 800 / 1900. Measuring only 114 x 49 x 28 mm and having a weight of only 122 g, this phone is just the perfect size. Read the rest of this entry »

A special phone we have evaluated is the Kyocera Koi (KX2), a cell phone that has been created to revolutionize this year’s market. Released around 01/10/2004 the Koi (KX2) is supporting the networks AMPS 800 / CDMA 800 / 1900. Measuring only 100 x 50 x 25 mm and having a weight of only 114 g, this phone has a perfect design. The Kyocera Koi (KX2) also includes a beautiful camera of 1.2 MP / 1280 x 960 px / 5X Zoom / Flash / Video Recorder. It comes with a 900 mAh Li-Ion battery, letting a talk time of 3.50 hours and lasts in standby around 100 hours. Its engineers included a 16 MB memory, enough a normal use! A cool thing of the Kyocera Koi (KX2) is the speaker phone, which is useful in the car for example! The nice screen of this cell phone is capable of setting wallpapers of 132 x 176 px. Read the rest of this entry »

The Kyocera K323 is small and pocketable, with an external text caller ID and photo caller ID on the vivid internal color display. Dedicated one-touch buttons access a loud and clear speakerphone as well as volume controls, and the phone’s full-featured camera has an integrated flash and digital zoom. Along with the wireless hands-free capabilities afforded by Bluetooth, the K323 also includes all the features voice purists need, including real-music ringtones and voice-activated dialing.

This latest Verizon Wireless handset by Kyocera comes Get It Now ready, so users can download a variety of ringtones, games, wallpapers and screensavers in addition to those already on the phone, allowing further customization of the handset. K323 also comes with a variety of helpful tools, including a photo phone book that holds up to 500 entries, alarm clock, tip calculator and voice memos to help keep the user on track throughout the day. Read the rest of this entry »