Zen Style M300

zen style m300

Setting the standards in micro media players, M300 plays all your favorite tunes without leaving your pocket. It can connect and be controlled via Bluetooth with compatible devices such as Creative WP-series headphones.

Samsung Galaxy S1

 In our opinion, the Galaxy S is the best Android phone to date. The HTC Desire and Motorola XT720 come close, but the Galaxy S rules. The Samsung smart-phone's 4-inch AM0LED display is bright and ideal for multimedia use. Though the phone appears to be awkwardly huge at first glance, it is really very sleek and easily slides into the pocket. Topped with Augmented Reality browser, A-GPS, Android Marketplace and Samsung App World, the Galaxy S gets its power from a 1 GHz processor. Samsung has given the phone a customised homescreen.

SPECS TECH: 4-inch display; 5 MP camera; 16 GB internal memory, expandable up to 32 GB; GPRS, 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi; 118 gms; 1500 mAh Li-ion battery

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BLACKBERRY BOLD2

This BlackBerry has a sleek design. And it has a track­pad (or smooth navigation. The device has a 2.44-inch display and a QWERTY keypad (or text input. It can support up to 10 email accounts and attachments can be viewed in Data Viz Documents To Go Standard edition. Also on board isa 3.5 mm jack for enjoying music. GPS along with BlackBerry Maps for naviga­tion and 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity options for web browsing gives colour to the serious machine.

SPECS TECH: 2.44-inch display; 3.2MP camera; 256MB flash, expandable memory; GPRS,3G, Wi-Fi, A-GPS

BLACKBERRY 8520

With the launch of the 8520, the image of o BlackBerry being a phone for the top dosses changed to one meant for the masses. It wasn't dumbed down, however, and packed in everything—from secure emails to messenger to connectivity options like Wi-Fi. Along with utility features, it had music controls on the top panel that made it an ideal choice for the young generation.

SPECS TECH: 2.46 inch display; 2 MP camera; 256 MB internal storage, expandable up to 32 GB; GPRS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi; 106 gms; 1150 mAh Li-ion battery

BLACKBERRY TORCH

After producing two touch devices, the company has now introduced a phone with a touch display and slide-out QWERTY keypad. Operating on BlackBerry 6 OS, many new features have been added to it. For instance, it has a universal search that also browses the web; all social and RSS feeds are upgraded at a single place; the multimedia experience has been boosted and it now has a more intuitive interface.

SPECS TECH: 3.2-inch touch display; 5 MP camera; 512MB RAM, expandable up to 32GB; GPRS, 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi; 161.1 gms; 1300 mAh Li-ion battery

Motorola Backflip Android

All Android phones available in the market look the same. Most of them are touch-driven devices with a few also sporting a slide-out keypad. But here comes an innovative and interesting phone from Motorola's stable— the BackFlip .

Living up to its name, the Backflip has the touch display on the top and the QWERTY keypad at the bottom. This is what differentiates it from the regular flips in which the main display and key­board are hidden inside. Right opposite the display is the 'Backtrack'. Replicating the work of a trackpad or a joystick, it is designed to be used with the index finger that is rendered use­less when one is using the QWERTY keypad. Using the 'Backtrack', one can navigate up, down, left and right. Interestingly, it can even be used for opening an application with a double tap. However, we found that accessing the 'Backtrack' along with the physical keypad wasn't as easy as we imagined.The 'search' key that is usually found below the display has been moved to the left corner of the QWERTY keypad that can be accessed only when the flip lid is open. When held like a bar, the keypad automatically gets locked, making it easy to use.

The innovation in design helped this flip device score full marks in the looks as well as innovation and utility depart­ments. It was the ancient version of the Android operating system (v1.5) that disappointed. Still, it managed to handle emails, updates on so­cial networking sites, web search and downloading third party application with ease.