BUYERS’

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MOBILE PHONES
You Would Love to Have!
Want a mobile phone that makes you stand out in a crowd? Here we’ve put
together some top models in fashion phones, music phones, smartphones and
luxury phones. Check them out and take your pick!

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M
ake and receive calls
is what all the mo-
bile phones do. But we
all have different
tastes, different priori-
ties and different requirements, and
hence the different models that we
yearn for. For instance, while music
aficionados amongst us will be bowled

over by a phone that plays their MP3

favourites, those with deep pockets
will aspire for a phone that signals
their high status.
A wide array of phones is avail-
able in the market to serve our require-
ments. Broadly speaking, these phones
can be categorised into fashion phones,
music phones, smartphones and
luxury phones. Here is what means
what, and what best is available in
each. So get started to pick you dream
phone.

Fashion phones
Echo your style!
Nokia 5610 XpressMusic phone Mobile phones today are fashion
accessories too. After all, you carry

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Some Popular Fashion Phones
Parameters LG Motorola Nokia Samsung Sony Ericsson
Models Titanium Shine Viewty (KU990) RAZR² V8 7900 Prism 7500 Prism SGH D900i SGH E840 Metal 5 (G600) T650i
Slider/Bar

Dimensions 99.8×50.6×13.7 mm/ — 103×53×11.9 mm 112×45×11 mm 109×43.9×14.4 12.9mm thick 10.6mm thick 102×47.8×14.9 mm 104×46×12.5 mm
105×46×9.9 mm mm

Weight 119 gm/79 gm — 117 gm 101 gm 85 gm — — 105 gm 95 gm

Style/ Cool slider/barphone, World’s first LCD With precision Sleek liquorice- Diamond-cut Slim slider phone Claimed to be Metallic finish Inspired by the
cool factor sporting a titanium- full touch-screen craftsmanship, black face with a design. Slick with artistically world’s slider phone that nature, T650i
finish metal body with phone with a stainless steel cool anodised black exterior designed metal slimmest combines design, features custom
2-megapixel auto- 5-megapixel frame and large aluminium spliced with lining body slide-up photography effects that come
focus camera camera external display, reverse-side, a playful offering loads metallic phone and multimedia alive with technology
certified by RAZR2 V8 is which is intricately burst of bright of high-end desktop animations
Schneider Kreuznach strong and sleek coin-stamped and accentcolour multimedia linked to light effects
laser-etched in features on the keypad
Nokia Prism’s
signature
diamond-cut
design

Camera 2-megapixel 5-megapixel 2-megapixel 2-megapixel 2-megapixel 3-megapixel 2-megapixel 5-megapixel 3.2-megapixel
auto-focus camera camera with camera, multishot camera with flash camera with camera with camera camera with camera with 3x
certified by manual focus capabilities and and 8x digital high-quality dynamic user auto focus digital zoom and
Schneider Kreuznach and 120fps approximately zoom movies interfaces auto focus, video
video recording 120 minutes of recording recording
function video capability

Music — — Windows Stereo music FM stereo radio FM radio FM radio and MP3/AAC/AAC+/ MP3/AAC media
capabilities Media Player 11 player for MP3, and can play MP3 player e-AAC+/WMA player
AAC, eAAC+ music for 8.5 player, stereo
and WMA hours and hold FM radio,
up to 1500 songs music library
on an optional
2GB microSD card

Memory Expandable up to — Available in 1GB internal 30MB internal — 70MB internal 55MB internal —
1 GB (Micro SD card) internal memory memory user memory memory with memory/
of 512 MB or and supports expandable expandable
2 GB up to 2GB microSD T flash memory: micro SD
microSD external memory Flash (512 MB)
memory card (up to 2 GB)

Screen/ 5.6cm (2.2-inch) 7.6cm (3-inch) 5.6cm 320x240 Organic LED 16.7 million true Vivid 262k Full mirror 16-million colour 262,144-colour TFT,
display wide mirror LCD full LCD 262k colours, light display that colours, colour screen LCD/5.6cm QVGA TFT LCD 240×320-pixel,
touch screen 5cm 320×240 supports up to 240×320-pixel wide TFT LCD (2560×1920 4.8cm (1.9-inch),
with 262k colours 16 million colours display screen pixels), scratch-proof
handwriting and displays light- 5.6 cm screen
editing function focused
screensaver
graphics. Living
wallpaper that
subtly alters
throughout the day
according to time
as well as battery
and signal strength,
so that each
display is unique

System GPRS and EDGE HSDPA 3.6 high- GSM Quad, Dual-band 3G and Tri-band — — Quad-band (850/ Bluetooth and
and network compatibility, speed Internet EDGE Class 12, quad-band GSM EGSM 900, 900/1800/1900 triband technology
connectivity Bluetooth (with A2DP) capability to GPRS Class 12, system, GPRS GSM 1800/1900, MHz)/EDGE, with UMTS 2100,
and USB connectivity YouTube MicroUSB 2.0 multislot class GPRS multislot bluetooth USB support
high speed for 32 and EGPRS class 10 and
fast data transfer multislot class 32, EGPRS multislot
and class 2, and Bluetooth, class 10,
version 2.0 MicroUSB OTG Bluetooth,
Bluetooth and uPnP USB, uPnP
wireless connectivity
technology

Others Unique applications A jog wheel Over-the-air Push e-mail with Push email, Bluetooth stereo Mobile printing, Mobile tracker, E-mail, MMS,
like Yogasanas for placed on the synchronisation attachments, MMS, voice headset, document Emergency SMS 3D games,
health-conscious back of the of e-mail, personalisation of messages, etc enhanced viewer, mobile Alert, Privacy lock illumination
people, E2E dictionary, handset allows phonebook and light effects with battery life and tracker, privacy TV-output/Offline effects
E-mail and Document for quick scrolling calendar, Linux 49 colours to speedy shutter, lock Mode

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Some Popular Fashion Phones

Parameters LG Motorola Nokia Samsung Sony Ericsson
Models Titanium Shine Viewty (KU990) RAZR² V8 7900 Prism 7500 Prism SGH D900i SGH E840 Metal 5 (G600) T650i
Slider/Bar

Viewer andsearching; OS support, choose from mobile tracker,

and when playing Independent privacy lock
music or videos it speech
can turn the recognition,
volume upand touch music keys
down, fast- on front flip, full
forward or rewind HTML Opera
and zoom in and browser
out. Users can
easilyselect the
modes like
‘Camera,’ ‘Video’
and ‘Album’ with
the 3-step
module key

Price Rs 12,490 for slider/ Rs 22,000 Rs 16,239 for Rs 20,000 Rs 11,389 Rs 14,899 Rs 11,499 Rs 18,999 Rs 19,365
Rs 8290 for bar 2GB model, and approx.
Rs 14,559 for
512MB model

Note: While every precaution has been taken to ensure accuracy and adequate information in this table, EFY assumes no responsibility and disclaims all liability for damages resulting from use of this information or for
any errors or omissions. Also, prices may vary from dealer to dealer and change with time.

your phone around everywhere, mak- number of ‘world first features.’ With mest slider phone with high-end mul-
ing it your style statement. More and a manual option, the camera focus can timedia features. For a sophisticated
more handset manufacturers are be set on any point at your conve- look, the SGH E840 uses premium ma-
partnering with designers to gain the nience giving a perfect picture every terials like tempered glass and metal.
fashion edge. time. When taking photos in poor light Check out the table for phones that
The Nokia Prism collection is a case or shaking moment, you can also ben- make unique style statements.
in point. These sophisticated phones efit from ISO800, SmartLight and one-
with unconventional designs are de- touch image stabiliser for bright and Music phones
signed to appeal to the independent clear pictures. Rock your world!
woman. Sharp-angled lines, geometric Once a picture has been taken, you Having a music player in your mo-
pattern and graphic light-refracting can instantly view and edit the image bile phone is really comfortable. With
colours make these handsets stand out. on the 7.6cm (3-inch) full LCD touch just one device you can make calls,
And just because you are getting screen with its handwriting editing send messages and most importantly
more fashion for your money doesn’t function before it’s sent to the others listen to your music.
mean you are sacrificing performance. to share that special moment. The full Mobile phone makers are going
Combining sensational style with high screen of Viewty will enable you to that extra mile to make music on the
functionality, LG’s Viewty with 5- enjoy high-quality DivX video files in go a lot more exciting. For instance,
megapixel camera claims to boast a wide-screen format. Sony Ericsson has come up with W580i
Samsung is in no way be- Walkman phone with shake control.
hind. It claims to have That means you can change the song
launched the world’s slim- by just shaking the phone.
The Nokia 5610 XpressMusic uses
an iconic slider key to make music easy
to access with a flick of the thumb.
What’s more, it can play music for up
to 22 hours and store up to 3000 songs
on an optional 4GB microSD card.
The checklist for a perfect MP3
phone is:
1. Memory cards extension slot,
type, maximum capacity
2. Synchronisation with PC, music
upload, additional software. Files can
be transferred from the PC to the
LG 5-megapixel Viewty fashion phone
phone either through USB port or in-

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Some Popular Music Phones
Parameters Motorola Nokia Samsung Sony Ericsson
Models MOTOROKR E6 ROKR Z6 MOTOSLVR L9 5610 5310 F300 E740 W580i Walkman
phone with shake
control

Dimensions (mm) 111×51.5×14.5 mm — 113.5×49×11.5 mm 98.5×48.5×17 mm 103.8×44.7×9.9 mm 103.5×44×9.4mm 97×46×16.8 mm 99×47×14 mm

Weight (gm) 121 gm — 96 gm 111 gm 70.2 gm 78 gm 92.5 gm 94 gm

Music player Integrated MP3 Windows Integrated music Music playback Music playback MP3 player and FM radio with Music playback up to
and FM radio player with up to Media Player 10 player and FM radio up to 22 hours and up to 18 hours and auto-tune auto tuning and 20 hours. By shaking
14 hours of play FM radio FM radio FM radio music wheel key the phone, you
time and built-in change the song.
FM radio receiver FM radio

Memory Removable memory 64 MB of on-board 20MB on-board user Capacity for Capacity for 128MB flash — Store up to
card slot for up to user memory and memory, plus external 3000 songs on an up to 3000 songs on memory and 900 songs with
2GB; dynamic user a removable microSD memory card optional 4GB an optional 4GB 1GB MicroSD 1GB memory card
memory of 8 MB MicroSD memory slot for up to 2 GB of microSD card microSD card external in eAAC+ format,
card slot for up to music, pictures and memory and 12MB user free
2 GB of music, other media (memory memory
pictures and card optional in
other media some markets)

Screen/display 6cm (2.4-inch) 320×240 176×220 5.6cm (2.2-inch), 5cm (2-inch) QVGA Internal 3.5cm, 262,144-colour 5cm (2.0-inch)
240×320 262k-colour resolution 262k 5cm (2-inch) 16 million colour screen with up to 176×65 resolution, TFT main screen QVGA 262K
TFT with touch colour TFT 262k-colour TFT display 16 million colours 65,536-colour TFT (176×220 pixels) TFT screen
window display LCD and external
5.6cm, 176×220-
resolution, 262,
144-colour TFT LCD

System, GSM triband and High Speed Quad-band (GSM/ Quadband GSM and Tri-band EGSM, PC Studio 3.0 to Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0, Java
connectivity GPRS Class 10 band, USB 2.0 and GPRS Class dualband WCDMA, Bluetooth 2.0 and sync with your technologyand MIDP 2.0, Full HTML
HTML browser, stereo Bluetooth 10/EDGE Class 10), and Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 computer, USB 2.0 GPRS Class 10 Browser with RSS,
Bluetooth wireless Mini-USB, A2DP local/remote over- for high-speed data (4+1/3+2 slots) Instant messaging,
technology, hi-speed Stereo Class 2 the-air (OTA) transmission, USB mass storage,
USB 2.0 EMU, 3.5mm Bluetooth wireless synchronisation with Bluetooth for POP3/IMAP4 e-mail,
stereo jack technology, USB 1.1, SyncML, local effortless and quick enabled for Java
PC sync, Motosynch, synchronisation with connections to push mail
mobile phone tools, PC using Nokia PC networks and useful
PTT/PTV Suite, Micro USB peripheral devices
connector with USB including A2DP/
2.0 Full Speed, and AVRCP headsets
2.5mm AV connector

Camera 2-megapixel CMOS 2-megapixel 2.0-megapixel fixed- 3.2-megapixel 2-megapixel 2MP built-in 2-megapixel 2-megapixel camera
camera with macro camera focus camera with camera with camera with camera with camera with high-speed
mode, 8x digital 8x digital zoom, autofocus, dual LED 4x digital zoom 4x digital zoom (5x digital zoom) UMTS support for
zoom and PC landscape and flash and up to picture blogging
webcam portrait viewfinder 8x digital zoom
modes

Price Rs 12,319 Rs 11,199 Rs 8399 Rs 15,429 Rs 12,549 Rs 17,069 Rs 10,899 Rs 13,386

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any errors or omissions. Also, prices may vary from dealer to dealer and change with time.

frared/Bluetooth. The latter takes 5. Supported music file formats. away with the wires altogether.
much longer than using a cable. Most phones can read MP3, AAC and 9. FM-radio and its quality
3. Media player features. The me- WAV files. Other formats could in- 10. Handset’s life time with net-
dia players support creation of clude OGG and MP4 (usually a little work part turned off under conditions
playlists and display of tracks’ info, on the expensive side). of constant music playback
taken from file tags. While working in 6. Comfortable earphones and
background mode, they may show in- 3.5mm jack for them. The 3.5mm Luxury phones
formation on the current playing song socket is universal to most media play- Exude elegance!
and its position in playlist. Also, on ers. So in case you have a problem with Complete with precious stones and
incoming call, playback is paused and the earphone pair bundled with the titanium and liquid metal components,
continued from the moment it was phone, you can use your own. luxury phones are a status symbol and
paused at when conversation is over. 7. External control keys and remote part of fashion accessories for the rich.
4. Additional media player fea- control The USP of these handsets are:
tures—expansion of stereo-base, 8. Support for Bluetooth v2.0 with 1. Craftsmanship
equalisers, original technologies for A2DP compatibility, so you can use a 2. Casing constructed of finest ma-
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metallic finish. Titanium, a non-corro-
sive metal with the highest strength-
to-weight ratio, can withstand extreme
temperatures.
3. Jewelled bearings
4. Extra-ordinary user experience
such as the advanced touch interface,
ring tones, preloaded content, mobile
phone accessories and the exclusive
leather case
Mobile phone manufacturers are
partnering with luxury brands to pro-
duce a range of premium mobile
phones, such as LG and Prada, Dolce
& Gabbana (D&G) and Motorola, and
Tag Heuer and Modelabs.
However, phones that emphasise
exclusively on finish fall short of im-
pressing the tech savvy among the su-
per rich. So phone makers are smartly
converging luxury and technology. The
Nokia 8800 Sirocco Gold makes a bold
style statement in that direction. En-
cased in 18-carat gold, it’s a stunning
achievement of craftsmanship featur-
ing a 2-megapixel camera and a wide
array of messaging functionalities.
With lavish 18k gold-plated accents,
engraved details and a black snakeskin
Samsung i620 Smartphone pattern, Motorola’s RAZR V2 Luxury

New Luxury Phones

MOTORAZR 2
1. Features at least 18k gold plating on medallions, navigation key and hinge
2. Loaded with a stainless-steel internal frame, seamless casing and chemically hardened
glass, giving durability and style
3. Music player includes optional stereo micro-USB headset and a compatible optional
Bluetooth-enabled headset
4. 2 GB of on-board memory with a storage capacity of approximately 1000 songs
5. Opera Mobile Browser 8.5 provides a full HTML browsing experience
6. High-speed USB 2.0 gives you fast data transfers
7. 5.6cm (2.2-inch) internal screen, providing twice the resolution of the original RAZR.
8. MotoSync technology makes it easy to organise your corporate phonebook, calendar
and emails
9. Integrated Bluetooth wireless technology facilitates imaging, printing and peer-to-peer
gaming with compatible devices
10. CrystalTalk technology helps deliver clear voice quality in noisy environments
Nokia 8800 Sirocco Gold
1. Encased in luxurious 18-carat gold plating and precisely crafted. Fine white gold
accents enhance the 18-carat gold plating
2. Sapphire-coated, scratch-resistant glass display
3. Stunning colour screen (up to 262,000 colours)
4. 2-megapixel camera
5. Exclusive ringtones by Brian Eno
6. Wide array of messaging functionalities
7. Matching gold coloured desk stand
8. Bluetooth headset
9. Priced at Rs 58,129

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Some Popular Smartphones/PDA Phones
Parameters HTC Motorola Nokia O2 Samsung Sony Ericsson
Model S710 P3300 TouchDual Moto Q Moto Q8 GSM Moto Q9 GSM E90 Xda AtomLife Xda Flame i620 P1i
Communicator

Dimensions 101.5×50×18.6 108×58×16.8 107×55×15.8 117×64×11.5 117×64×11.5 — 132×57×20 106×58×18 — 114×58×13 —

(mm) mm mm mm mm mm mm mm mm

Weight 140 gm with 128 gm with 120 gm with 115 gm 115 gm 134 gm 210 gm 145 gm — 96 gm 124 gm
battery battery battery

Battery Rechargeable 1200 mAh 1120 mAh 1130 mAh 1170 mAh 1100 mAh BP-4L — — Li-ion 1120 mAh
Li-ion polymer
battery, capacity
1050 mAh

Talktime/ Up to 7 hours/ 5 hours/ GSM: 5 hours/ 4 hours/ 5 hours/8 days — 5 hours/14 days — — 5 hours/ —
standby 175 hours 200 hours 180 hours; 200 hours 200 hours
UMTS: 3 hours/
250 hours

Processor/ TI’s OMAP 850, TI OMAP 850 Qualcomm — — — — 624MHz Intel NVIDIA — —
CPU 201MHz MSM 7200, Xscale GoForce
400 MHz PXA 270 5500
processor graphics
processing
unit (GPU)
and Intel
CPU

Platform/OS Microsoft Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows Windows S60 platform 3.1 Microsoft — Windows Symbian
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile 6 Windows Mobile 6.0 Mobile 6 edition Symbian Windows Mobile 6 operating
6 Standard Mobile 6 Professional Mobile 5.0 Standard OS V9.2, Java Mobile 6 system V9.1
Edition MIDP 2.0

Memory ROM: 128MB ROM 128MB/ ROM 256MB/ Mini-SD 128MB Flash/ External 2GB 128MB free 1GB of onboard 2GB ROM 128MB 512 MB memory
RAM: 64 MB RAM 64MB RAM 128MB removable 64 MB RAM, MicroSD card memory for user Flash ROM and and 128MB internal stick Micro (M2)
SDRAM SDRAM memory card MiniSD data and 64MB RAM for RAM of memory, exapndable
slot applications enhanced onboard 2GB external memory and
expandable up to performance memory memory, 1 160MB user
2GB with micro memory slot, memory
SD memory card Micro SD (internal)
storage types

Screen/display 6cm (2.4-inch) 7cm (2.8-inch), 6.6cm 6cm 6cm (2.4-inch) 6cm (2.4-inch), Inner: Active 262k-colour 9cm 65,536- 6.6cm
transmissive LCD QVGA (2.6-inch), (2.4-inch), 240×320 TFT, 240×320 pixels, matrix colour 7cm (3.6-inch) colour, (2.6-inch) touch
with white LED resolution, TFT-LCD with 320×240 65k colours 65k TFT display (800×352 (2.7-inch) TFT TFT VGA 240×320- screen with a
back light 240×320 pixels, backlight LED, 65k TFT pixels), 16 million QVGA LCD LCD pixel TFT transflective
65K colours touch-sensitive true colours; screen, display
screen Outer: Active 262K
matrix colour colours
display (240×320 at 480×640
pixels), 16 million dots
true colours resolution

Network GSM/GPRS/ — Dual mode CDMA Quad-band GSM quad- GSM quad-band — — EDGE, —
EDGE Quad-band HSDPA/UMTS: network GSM/GPRS/ band, (850/900/1800/ GPRS,
module (850/900/ 2100MHz GSM/ EDGE UMTS 2100 1900) MHz GSM,
1800/1900MHz) GPRS/EDGE: (Europe), UMTS HSDPA (3G),
Tri-band 900, 850/1900 (NA), Service 900,
1800 and HSDPA, 3.6 1800, 1900
1900MHz Mbps, EDGE/
GPRS class

Connectivity Bluetooth 2.0, Bluetooth v2.0 Bluetooth V2.0, Bluetooth Bluetooth 1.2 MicroUSB 2.0 Integrated WLAN, HSDPA and 3G, wireless Bluetooth UMTS and
Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 w/A2DP and HTC ExtUSB wireless including A2DP, full speed, WLAN: 802.11b, 3.5G-enabled, LAN, V2.0 with wireless LAN
b/g, HTC ExtUSB AVRCP, USB, (11-pin mini- technology USB 1.1 full Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11g*, WLAN built-in Bluetooth A2DP, Wi-Fi (WiFi), Bluetooth
(11-pin mini-USB WiFi 802.11g USB and audio which takes speed Exchange security: WPA2- Bluetooth and V2.0, USB (WLAN) 2.0 infrared
and audio jack in jack in one) advantage of Server Active Enterprise, wireless LAN OTG USB 1.1 modem USB
one) Motorola’s Sync WPA2-Personal, (on-the-go) support
line of WPA-enterprise, technology
Bluetooth WPA-Personal;
accessories, WLAN quality of
USB and service: WMM, U-
IrDA APSD, Mini USB,
USB 2.0 full-
speed, Bluetooth
wireless
technology 2.0,
2.5mm Nokia A/V
connector with
ECI, Infrared
(up to 115 kbps)

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Some Popular Smartphones/PDA Phones

Parameters HTC Motorola Nokia O2 Samsung Sony Ericsson
Model S710 P3300 TouchDual Moto Q Moto Q8 GSM Moto Q9 GSM E90 Xda Atom Life Xda Flame i620 P1i
Communicator

Camera 2-megapixel — Primary: 2.0- 1.3-megapixel 1.3MP fixed Video and still 3.2-megapixel 2.0-megapixel 2.0- 2MP camera 3.2-megapixel
CMOS imaging megapixel camera with focus/flash image capture camera with flash camera with megapixel with 4x camera with
sensor CMOS colour photo lighting LED with 2.0 MP and autofocus macro flash for camera digital zoom auto focus,
camera; camera and QCIF camera for on-the-go photo and video 3x digital zoom
Secondary: LED flash video calling taking, a recording. and video
CIF CMOS secondary VGA Also second recording/
colour camera camera for camera streaming/
video calls viewing

Music Player/ Built-in — — Audio formats MP3, WMA, Windows FM radio, music FM radio tuner — FM radio, Bluetooth stereo
FM radio microphone and supported: AAC, WAV, Media Player player (MP3, with RDS Audio player (A2DP) media
3-in-1 speaker; iMelody, MIDI, Windows AAC), Realplayer function AAC, eAAC, player, FM radio
Headphone: MP3, AAC, media player (streaming audio, MP3 RDS
AMR/AAC/WAV/ WAV, WMA, video and MP4
WMA/MP3 codec WAX, QCELP video files)

Expansion MicroSD MicroSD MicroSD — — — — — MicroSD — —

memory card card slot

Control 5-way 8-way touch HTC TouchFlo, Full, 5-way nav, — — — — — —

navigation pointer and 5-way ergonomic qwerty, side
control 360° scroll navigation Qwerty scroll control
wheel button, slide keyboard,
out 12-key 5-way
keyboard navigation
button and
thumb wheel

GPS — SiRF III — — — — Integrated GPS — — — GPS support

chipset; with external
20 parallel GPS receiver
channel
receiver

Bundled — Outlook Mobile, Microsoft Office Optimised for Compatible Opera/IE QuickOffice tools More than 25 Microsoft Calculator, Business card
Applications Office Mobile Outlook Mobile, Microsoft with multiple mobile, with editors, software Office calendar, scanning, push
(Word, Excel, Microsoft Office Exchange corporate push SMS, MMS, maps application applications Programs for reminders, e-mail support,
Powerpoint), Mobile 2003 email e-mail options, Outlook, Good for location-based bundled, Windows currency VoIP support,
Adobe (Microsoft solutions that including Mobile services, Nokia including O2 Mobile, converter, POP3, IMAP4,
Reader (PDF), Office Excel enable a Windows Messaging, Office Tools 1.1 Connect, O2 Microsoft voice including IMAP
IE Mobile, Mobile, broad set of Mobile direct Qwerty keypad, (including Active SMS Plus and Office recording, IDLE Opera web
Windows PowerPoint corporate push preloaded notes), VoIP 2.1, O2 Phone Plus, Outlook document browser 8.0
Media Player Mobile, Word e-mail technology, applications to Download! Microsoft Office Mobile with viewer, VPN client from
10 Mobile, Mobile), capabilities Document protect your Application to Outlook Mobile, Direct Push uTrack, etc Certicom, Mobile
PocketMSN, Windows Media viewer/Editor, files get more ActiveSync, Technology, TV-H.264
Activesync, Player 10 SMS, MMS, applications, Direct Push Adobe playback
Comm Mobile, IM, Outlook Support for Nokia Technology for Reader and
Manager, Windows Intellisync Mobile e-mail popular
Internet Live, Adobe Suite, WorldMate, stalwart
Sharing, Reader LE, Wireless applications
Sprite Backup, SIM Manager, Presenter and like O2 SMS
Audio Comm Global Race Plus, O2
Manager, FM Manager, Audio Menu, O2
Radio, Manager, Audio MediaPlus,
CE-Star (via Booster, Worldmate
web Network and
download), Wizard, Codewallet
MapKing R12 Cyberon Voice Pro
application Commander,
software and TouchFlo,
maps, Camera Album,
network HTC Home,
wizard Large Start
Menu, Task
Manager, Zip,
Flash Lite
Player, RSS
Hub (CD),
Sprite Backup
(CD), GPRS
Monitor (CD)

Price (Rs) 14,900 23,000 29,900 19,999 17,359 20,720 40,499 34,990 39,990 — 23,395

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Edition too blends elegance with per-
formance. With 2 GB of memory, it
packs loads of music, pictures and video
inside an ultra-slim design.
The Vertu Ascent Ti emulates a
luxury sports car with its high-grade
materials, design detail, technical su-
periority and unsurpassed perfor-
mance. For lifestyle assistance, one
click of a button provides access to the
Vertu concierge service available 24
hours a day from virtually anywhere
in the world.
Smartphones/PDA phones
Deliver performance!
For business productivity or enter-
tainment on the go, smartphones serve
the purpose. Different types of
smartphones are designed for differ-
ent types of people. Some, like the
Palm Treo and Blackberry, keep you
connected to the office, while others,
like Apple’s iPhone, give you ultimate
multimedia mobility. Some combine
high-end multimedia and business
productivity both. O2’s Xda Flame is
an example to quote here.
The Xda Flame PDA phone har-
nesses the full multimedia capabilities
of a 3D graphics processor, while of-
fering Office tools for heavy business
usage. You get console-class 3D gam-
ing, DVD-quality video, sharp photo
playback, as well as the ability to dis-
play interactive 3D charts and dia-
grams during presentations.
The Palm Treo 750 combines a
HTC S710
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multifeatured mobile phone with e-
mail, messaging, Web browsing and
organisation software all in a new com-
pact design. It is capable of 3G for fast
data access. It also comes with a free
Palm wireless keyboard with Bluetooth
wireless technology, making it even
easier for road warriors who want a
faster way to compose longer messages,
reports and even spreadsheets.
The checklist for a smartphone fol-
lows:
1. Operating system. A smartphone
can run on Palm, Symbian, Microsoft
Windows Mobile Pocket PC or
Smartphone, or BlackBerry OS.
Palm OS. Popular in Palm
smartphones. Functionality includes
contacts, calendar, memo, calculator,
phone, SMS and MMS messaging, still
and video capture, world clock, Web
browser, e-mail and audio/video
player. O2 Xda Flame
Symbian. Popular in Siemens,
Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Motorola hanced multimedia capabilities.
phones. Symbian-powered 3. E-mail connectivity
smartphones tend to have a complete 4. PC synchronisation. Wireless
range of phone functions, including synchronisation options include infra-
SMS/MMS, voice recognition and red or Bluetooth, while a cable con-
caller display. PDA functions include nection may be via serial or USB ports.
office applications for viewing docu- Some smartphones also have their own
ments and spreadsheets, as well as cal- cradle for desktop synchronisation.
endar, Internet, e-mail and to-do lists. 5. Memory (both built-in capacity
Microsoft Windows Mobile Pocket PC and external expansion cards). Expan-
or Smartphone. Popular in O2 XDA and sion card formats include Memory
HP’s imate. Typically, it offers full Stick Pro Duo, MultiMedia Card, SD
phone and computing functionalities and mini SD, and TransFlash. The
without the need to convert documents most common format is the SD/MM
and are intended to sync to desktop slot, which accepts both SecureDigital
computers. Microsoft Media Player and MultiMedia Cards, providing
is the player of choice for audio and more options for storage.
video capture and playback, while 6. Display. Most smartphones have
for desktop synchronisation, 64k colour TFT screens. These are ac-
Microsoft ActiveSync is the default tive pixel screens, which are better
software. suited to handheld devices where the
BlackBerry. BlackBerry devices screens turns on and off quickly.
download e-mail from an e-mail Touchscreens use a stylus for navigat-
server, support up to ten e-mail ac- ing and data entry.
counts, and have a range of e-mail op- 7. Battery talk time and standby
tions such as e-mail download to a PC. time. How long the smartphone lasts
2. Network. GSM for voice com- between charges is affected by the type
munication and GPRS for data trans- of battery, operating system and how
mission. EDGE (enhanced data GSM many programs are used. Talk time
environment) connectivity provides for on an average is six hours. Standby
faster data transfer, particularly for time averages around 200 hours.

web and multimedia over the GSM
network. 3G smartphones offer en- The author is an assistant editor at EFY
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