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The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is another interesting smartphone made by the BlackBerry manufacturer, a handset which attracts many customers with its “candy-stick” design. As we know, this BlackBerry Pearl smartphone, like all other BlackBerry models, is designated for those business people who want to have in their pocket a practical mobile phone with a lot of features capable to manage several tasks at the same time.



In terms of design, the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 looks great. There is no doubt that this BlackBerry Pearl smartphone is one of the smallest units made by BlackBerry. With only 107 x 50 x 14.5 mm in dimensions and 89.5 grams in weight, the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 feels very comfortable. The front side is occupied by a 2.2 inches TFT display and a SureType keyboard. Under the display you will find the classic Call and End keys, a Back button and a menu key. An attractive feature of this BlackBerry Pearl Smartphone is that it comes with a TrackBall instead of a D-Pad. This TrackBall is very easy to use and you will be able to navigate in the menu quickly. On the sides you will find some “Convenience Keys” which include a voice dialing key and a camera shutter. Anyway, you can change the functions of these keys as you wish.  On the sides you will also find two volume keys, a headphone socket and a miniUSB port.

Even if this BlackBerry smartphone doesn’t have a QWERTY keyboard, it comes equipped with a SureType keyboard, very responsive and with a nice aspect. The keys have good sizes and offer a great positive feedback when they are pressed so you can easily write on them. Because it has small dimensions, some keys have double or even triple duties. As we said, above the keyboard, the BlackBerry Pearl comes with a 2.2 inches TFT display. It has a native resolution of 240 x 260 pixels and supports 65K colors. For a smartphone like this one, such a display is excellent. The images are clear, even if the colors are not some of the best. For taking photos, this BlackBerry Pearl smartphone comes with an integrated 1.3 Megapixels camera which is capable of taking pictures at a maximum resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels. Armed with a LED flash, autofocus and many other custom settings, this camera will offer you good quality pictures, enough for you to immortalize special moments. A negative aspect which makes this camera a bit mediocre for a smartphone is that it lacks video-recording.



If you are worried about connectivity, we can say that the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 comes only with the most popular connectivity features. Even if it lacks Wi-Fi, 3G and GPS, it has enough resources to keep you in touch with your friends every time. Being a Tri-Band device, it supports GSM, GPRS and EDGE networks. For other connectivity options, it comes with Bluetooth, miniUSB and a microSD card slot. In the standard package, this mobile phone comes with a Li-Ion 900 mAh battery, capable of keeping the device on for almost 4 hours of conversation and up to 360 hours in standby mode.

In conclusion, we can only say that the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 is another great smartphone made by BlackBerry manufacturer, a handset which, even if doesn’t have a lot of high-end features, is capable to satisfy your basic needs. For only $179, this mobile phone seems to be very popular.

The Nokia N82 is another member of the Nokia N Series, a series with the most powerful mobile phones ever made. It is the first Nokia model which comes with a Xenon Flash instead of a LED Flash. Like all N models, it runs a Symbian operating system and has a S60 platform base. In the standard package  you will get the mobile phone, a BP-6MT (1050 mAh) battery, a  charger, a headset, a microUSB cable, a  microSD card with 2 GB of free space and a Video-connecting cable.



Being a predecessor of Nokia N73, this Nokia smartphone has a “Candy-Bar” design with a nice finish. The case is made of resistant plastic having 112 x 50 x 17.3 mm in dimensions and 114 grams in weight. Even if the design is not one of the best made by Nokia, this mobile phone looks nice. Being available in only one color (Silver Titan), it looks very solid. Anyway, with small dimensions, you will never complain about it being too heavy or uncomfortable. On the top side you will find the Power On/off button and a 3.5 mm jack. On the sides you will find a Gallery button, a camera shutter and a volume rocker plus a microUSB port and a charger port. The front side is occupied by a 2.4 inch TFT display and a full numerical pad.

The numerical pad can be a bit uncomfortable for you because the keys have small sizes, but after several days of practice, you will get used to them. Even if this numerical pad is not very recommended for intense writing, the keys offer a positive feedback and are very well illuminated, so they are visible even if you are in a dark room. As we said, this Nokia smartphone comes equipped with a 2.4 inch TFT display. It has a native resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and supports 16 million colors. You will be able to see clear images with great colors every time.



A strong point for the Nokia N82 is certainly the camera. This Nokia smartphone comes with an integrated 5 Megapixels camera capable of taking photos at a maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels and recording VGA clips at a speed of 30 fps. Even if this is not the first model which has such a big sensor, the thing that makes it special is the Xenon Flash. Being more powerful than a LED Flash, it helps you take photos with an increased clarity and great quality. For connectivity, like all N models, the Nokia N82 has everything you want. It comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB, GPS with A-GPS support and TV-out.  Also, it is a Quad-Band device and supporting GSM, EDGE, GPRS and 3G, you will never complain about network coverage. To be capable to manage all these features, the Nokia N82 is powered by an AMR11 332 MHz processor and 128 MB of RAM.  The internal memory is a bit low, only 100 MB, but thanks to the microSD card slot, you will never run out of free space.



An important aspect for a great smartphone is the battery life. The standard Li-Pol 1050 mAh battery is capable of keeping it on for 5 hours of conversations and up to 225 hours in standby mode. Even if these values are a bit low, for a price of $269, we can only say that this Nokia smartphone is amazing.

The BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone is finally available thanks to the Verzion Wireless, U.S. As we expected, this is another business mobile phone from BlackBerry Company, but for the first time, it comes equipped with a full touch screen. The BlackBerry Storm impresses by giving a lot of features into a sturdy and sleek form-factor.



As we said, this is another business smartphone made by BlackBerry. Even if at first look it seems to be a massive handset, it has only 112.5 x 62.2 x 14 mm in dimensions and 155 grams in weight. It’s true that these values are not very small but considering the dimensions of other older models, the BlackBerry Storm is a slim and light unit.

In design terms, we can say that the BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone comes with a case made of resistant plastic with a nice glossy aspect. With a case with rounded edges and the dimensions related above, this smartphone looks very nice and seems to be very comfortable in your hands. The front side is occupied by a 3.25 inches touch screen and only four simple buttons: Talk, BlackBerry Menu, Return and On/off. Unlike those keys used on Bold, these buttons are more proportional with the phone’s sizes so it looks more attractive. On the sides of the smartphone you will find a convenience key, two volume buttons and a mute key.



The most important feature of this BlackBerry smartphone, the touch screen, is excellent. With a dimension of 3.25 inches, this display has a native resolution of 360 x 480 pixels. Even if it supports only 65K colors, the images are clear and have great quality of colors. Anyway, with a great sensibility and being very responsive, this touch screen seems to be a good improvement for BlackBerry manufacturer. For taking photos, the BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone is equipped with a 3.15 Megapixel camera which can take photos at a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 pixels. With features like auto-focus, LED flash, image stabilization and geo-tagging, the pictures have a great quality with a nice combination between contrast and brightness. In video-shooting terms, this camera does a nice job. It is capable of recording clips at a speed of 30 fps with a QVGA resolution; this camera makes a good impression.



When it comes to connectivity, the BlackBerry Storm 9530 comes with the most common high-end technology features. Being a Quad-Band device and supporting GSM, EDGE, 3G and GPRS networks it will never stay without network. Other connectivity features present here are Bluetooth, microUSB and GPS with A-GPS support. The standard Li-Ion 1400 mAh battery is powerful. It is capable of keeping this smartphone on for up to 5 hours and 30 minutes of conversations and up to 360 hours in standby mode.  These values are good for a smartphone powered by a Qualcomm MSM7600 528 MHz processor and having a lot of features like the BlackBerry Storm 9530.



In conclusion, the BlackBerry Storm 9530 smartphone leaves a nice impression. Being the first BlackBerry smartphone equipped with a full touch screen and having a price of $219, there is no doubt that his model is truly loved by customers. With such a small price, the lack of Wi-Fi and keyboard is not very important.

The Nokia E75 is one of the latest devices launched by Nokia in terms of smartphones. What makes this phone come out from among devices manufactured by the Nokia Company is that it comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, which leads us to think of text messages and e-mails.



The first thing which you will notice about this QWERTY smartphone is that it has huge dimensions for a high-end technology mobile phone. With 111.8 x 50 x 14.4 mm in dimensions and 139 grams in weight, it certainly is not a light and slim smartphone, but in my opinion, these reflect the construction quality.

The QWERTY keyboard, the most attractive feature of this phone, offers generous keys, very comfortable even for those people that have thick fingers. With large and flat keys, very well bounded, you will be able to write long messages or emails without any discomfort. In design terms, we can say that this QWERTY smartphone comes with a front side occupied by a 2.4 inch TFT display and a standard numerical keypad which includes two soft keys, four multimedia buttons (Home, Erase, Messages and Applications) and the classic Call and End buttons. On the sides it has a miniUSB port, a microSD card slot, a camera shutter, two volume keys and a special customizable key.



The Nokia E75 comes equipped with a 2.4 inch TFT display with a native resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. Supporting 16 Million colors this display is capable of offering great quality images regardless of the light conditions. Those people who are interested in the shooting capacities of this smartphone will be disappointed. Although it comes with a 3.2 MP camera with autofocus, image quality is very poor. The sensor can’t capture enough details, and precisely for this reason, the picture’s results suffer. Even if the technical specifications of the latest Nokia phones are not spectacular, they do their job very well, and in past times, we had only phones that responded well to commands. The Nokia E75 is not an exception. We must mention that the Nokia E75 is the first mobile phone of the E Series which supports N-Gage platform. Powered by an ARM 11 369 MHz processor it runs Symbian OS, S60 rel. 3.2 interface with great results. There is no lag or other malfunctions even when you change between landscape and portrait modes.  The internal memory is a bit too low for a smartphone, only 85 MB, but thanks to the microSD card slot you can extend it up to 16 GB.



For connectivity, this QWERTY smartphone comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB and GPS. It also is a Quad-Band device and supports GPRS, GSM, EDGE and 3G networks. Even if these connectivity features are used on all latest smartphones, the Nokia E75 will offer you a great experience during chatting or surfing the internet. The standard Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery is capable of keeping up this smartphone for 5 hours and 20 minutes of conversations and up to 280 hours in standby mode. The Nokia E75 is a new addition to the successful E Series from Nokia, one of the most successful series of mobile devices. With a price of $300, this handset surely leaves us with a nice impression.



The first GSM phone with an 8 megapixel camera was finally launched: C905 Sony Ericsson. C905 undoubtedly tries to give you all that you want. Despite the phone’s large design, it is very attractive.



As expected from a new and improved model, the Sony Ericsson C905 looks good. This mobile phone comes in three colors: black, silver and gold. Having a slider case made of combination between resistant plastic and metal, it measures 104 x 49 x 18 mm in dimensions and 136 grams in weight. As we said, even if this cell phone looks big, after several days of usage you will get used with it.

On the front side, the C905 Sony Ericsson has a 2.4 inch TFT display with a native resolution of 240 x 320 pixels which supports 256K colors. The good news is that direct light does not affect it as strongly as in does the case of older models. The display is made of heat-treated glass and being very durable it can resists against scratches. The display, even if it’s used on some older models, it produces high-quality pictures with a great balance between contrast and brightness.

Below the display a D-pad is placed composed by 8 buttons. The first two are for Media menu and Contacts, below them, the Calling keys (Call and End), a shortcut button, a Clear key and a 4-way navigation button. Above the display you will find two shortcut keys for Photo’s menu or useful to change the shooting modes when you are in camera mode, a speaker and a secondary camera for video-calls. On the sides this phone has a universal slot for attaching headphones, connecting to a PC or charging the phone, a double volume button and some camera dedicated keys. When you slide up the mobile phone you will discover a standard numerical pad. This numerical pad has large and flat keys, very responsive when they are pressed.

On the back side the most attractive feature of this mobile phone is placed: the 8 Megapixel Camera. It can take photos at a maximum resolution of 3264 x 2448 pixels and record clips at a speed of 30 fps. With a lot of features like Xenon flash, autofocus, self-portrait mirror, face and smile detection, smart contrast, image stabilization and geo-tagging you will be able to take photos with a quality that you have only dreamt about. This powerful camera is covered by a slider cover so you don’t need to be worried about scratching it.



For connectivity, we can say that the C905 Sony Ericsson is a Quad-Band GSM phone with GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA support. For other connectivity options it has Bluetooth, USB, Wi-Fi, TV-out, GPS and an integrated Memory Stick Micro (M2) card slot. This card slot will help you to extend the internal memory, which has only 160 MB, up to 16 GB.  The external speaker is another great aspect. With a loud volume, it produces clear sounds so you will be amazed by its musical function. The standard Li-Po 930 mAh battery is capable of keeping this mobile up for 9 hours of conversations and up to 380 hours in standby mode. Anyway, even if this cell phone is not the first handset which comes with such a lot of high-end features, it is very popular because it is the first device that comes with an 8 Megapixel camera. With a price of $309, is clear why it is so loved by people.