It is at 4 ounces and comes in metallic casing. Yes, there are rivets so that would evoke memories of your pair of Levi’s denim jeans. The 1.76 inch screen has a resolution of 220 x 176 pixels. It comes with a 2 megapixel camera and a resolution of 1600 x 1200 megapixels. There is a media player that supports MID, IMY, WAV, AMR, AAC, and MP3 files. It is also equipped with WAP 2.0 or GPRS class 8 for Internet buffs as well.

It also has Bluetooth 1.2 A2DP interface. That being said, it is only available to Russian consumers. So, that is a bit fo a problem for a lot of people.

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The Sony Ericsson W980i is not called a Walkman phone for nothing. After all, it is combining two features in order to achieve the desired results of many consumers. Clear Stereo and Clear Bass would make sure that not only does the music feel like it is inside teh studio as it was being made, it also provides sound without the unnecessary hassles like distortions.

Other features include TrackID (identifies any track), PlayNow web download service, Walkman On Top and Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-77. The Sony Ericsson W980i looks to be a worthy addition to the highly successful phone line after all.

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Among the many features of the Samsung U550 are Bluetooth, camcorder, 1.3 megapixel camera with Night Shot and a lot more. See, this is one clamshell phone that has a lot of capabilities to choose from. What’s more, it is quite affordable, given the set of features.

Notable also from this clamshell phone are instant messaging features, Hearing Aid compatibility, VZ navigator and a whole lot more. So, who said that similarly designed phones are passe?

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The Samsung M520 is a another that boasts of multitasking capabilities that most phones are now incorporating lately. See, customers can now play music in background mode for example while also using the phone for a variety of reasons such as text messaging, playing games or even when surfing the world wide web.

Other features of the Samsung M520 include stereo Bluetooth with audio caller ID and a microSD slot. Truly, Samsung is raising the ante with this slider phone. The competiton is definitely getting fiercer.

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Players will now be able to implement their own games using content from a variety of mini games. Basically, users can now use design tools to create their own mini games such as picture puzzles and quizzes using text, pictures, sound clips and movies from their the mobile device. Others could also use their personal computers as well.

Those who want to take full advantage have a variety of options as well. They can get those features from the N-Gage Arena, Yamake community online as well as MMS. Gaming could very well evolve with this latest development.

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This new multimedia phone promises to be quite intriguing. After all, it is the first phone with a three input method. What is that exactly? Well, it is simply having a 3 inch touch screen, Shortcut Dial and as well as alpha-numeric keypad. Functionality may not be such an issue with this phone after all.

The KF700 also features Bluetooth, MP3 player, 3G support, web browser, 3.0 megapixel camera and HSDPA support. The iPhone has a new competitor and it looks formidable as well.

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The LG KF600 is a slide phone that does away with those navigation keys. Instead, it would rely on virtual keys with its offer of InteractPad. This is basically making navigation a whole lot easier as it shows exact keys to the user, instead of figuring out for himself endlessly his tasks at hand. This would also come in handy for all those multimedia features.

Moreover, the aptly-named InteractPad also boasts of multi-sensorial feedback that provides users with audio, visual and tactile cues. Other features of the LG KF600 include Bluetooth, 3.0-megapixel camera, and MP3 player.

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The W350a is a Walkman flip phone that comes in a range of different snazzy colors and would be available sometime this second quarter of 2008. Quite sleek looking too, as you could see. Its Walkman player can easily be accessed and operated even without opening its flip cover. With Walkman on Top, the key MP3 functions are outside the phone’s flip cover so one can use it just like standalone MP3 player.

There is also a TrackID users can record a few seconds of the song into the phone’s microphone and identify it. The phone shows the name of the song, the artist, and the album so that users can download it .

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Great news for Sony Ericsson as well as other cell phone afficionados. Tennis superstar Maria Sharapova has signed on to become an ambassador of the company. Yes, the statuesque beauty and sick forehand returns is now the company’s global brand ambassador, a first for Sony Ericsson. Just turning 21 later this year, Sharapova would be big boost definitely.

Imagine the endless possibilities. Maria Sharapova content on your phone? I am all for it! Designs by the stunner? Consider it sold! Ah yes, we all cannot wait until it arrives in stores!

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A tiny village in the country called Jucu is said to be hosting a new factory for Nokia mobile phones. This spells quite some doom for German workers. Cheap labor is music to many businesses’ ears and Nokia heard that music as well. Therefore, German workers are probably up in arms right about now with Nokia’s plans.

The $88 million investment in Romania could prove to be a boost for the country as well as teh company. As for Germany, their loss is clearly Romania’s gain. After all, Nokia is a big company that would very well leave a lot of Germans jobless once they move to someplace else.

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