Nokia E50.

Nokia has unveiled a new small mobile phone, the latest in its Nokia E series business range, the Nokia E50, targeted at a mass market of business users in what is seen as its attempt o grab a bigger share of that lucrative segment of the industry.

The new Nokia E50 mobile phone is aimed at both business and leisure use and it comes with pre-installed business applications, an MP3 player, and an optional 1.3 mega pixel camera. It supports corporate mobile e-mail solutions and GSM networks.

The E50, Nokia’s 18th new phone model this year, is expected to begin hitting the stores before the end of June, with volume sales starting in the third quarter, Nokia said.

Not only the new Nokia E50 sports classic Nokia design, the small, sleek, and stylish outlook, it also is also designed for people who want a single phone for both business and leisure use.

For example, the device comes equipped with pre-installed business applications, exceptional voice and calling functionality, and the ability to have two phone numbers in one phone, while lifestyle features include an MP3 player and optionally a 1.3 mega pixel camera all packaged in a discreet glossy metallic case with a touch of color.

“The people who make purchasing decisions often do not care that much about cameras,” Nokia’s Chief Executive Jorma Ollila told a news conference, when showing the phone to Finnish media.

Antti Vasara, senior vice president, Mobile Devices, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia. said “Nokia is committed to helping companies realize the full potential of mobility for a variety of employee needs and by designing our enterprise offering of robust and easy-to-use devices, solutions and services to address the entire spectrum of mobility requirements, we are helping businesses to mobilize and manage the entire employee base.”

Nokia also unveiled its new remote mobile device management software product, for which it won an order from Finnish telecoms operator Elisa earlier this week.
Exceptional voice functions include quadband GSM for calling capability across different regions, high-quality speakerphone, and enhanced voice commands.

Nokia N82

For those who don’t have the money to buy the N95 8GB, or want something more compact the N82 will appeal. For one it’s solidly built, although the keypad is very cramped and will take some getting used to, even if you happen to have long nails. Features wise it’s identical to its costlier sibling, but loses out on the slick double slider and adds a much needed powerful Xenon flash. Although the screen isn’t as good as the N95, what is appreciated is the compactness of this device, and the fact that Nokia managed to fit everything into a shell that is 25 percent smaller in volume.
Although the N82 may have the same hardware but it looks and feels different enough to have unique personality. For one, its music quality isn’t as good as the N95 -which it will be inevitable be compared to. Secondly, and more importantly, signal and voice quality isn’t as good as its costlier siblings. It’s a very good feature-rich, and hot looking phone-but it’s not as usable as the Nokia N95 8GB

Samsung U900.

Samsung makes excellent sliders, Definitely true, if the U900 is any indication. Besides being very well built , slim and featuring a brushed metal body, the U900 has a lovely screen. It’s compact too, and very much for the college goer looking for something powerful and chic. The call accept/reject button are large, you could find them with your eyes closed. The keypad seems reminiscent of Motorola phones, some sort of a membrane based keypad that nonetheless works fine. The most innovative feature is incorporated into the menu button- there is none.Samsung 5 megapixel camera is easy to use with good menus and option, although its camera isn’t as good as N95 or the N82. The only trick which Samsung missed is the presence of GPS and WLAN. The U900 is a good phone for something cute, hardly, yet functional. It hasn’t got the powerful convergence of features like N95 and N82, but it looks radically different and is flashy too, like the Viewty. Choose it over two Nokia’s above only if you don’t need the extra features they have

Sony Ericsson K850i

The K850i targets users desiring a good camera phone-exactly what their K850i achieved some three years back. This is a device that will strike you with its sheer build quality-its like a little rock, and feels exceptionally solid in hand. The color scheme is cool-shiny black with dark green stripes down the sides and on the joy-pad-and is an attention grabber.The other things that will attract you immediately is the compact dimension of this phone. The only minus a result of this is the very small number keys on the phone, thanks to which the edges of your fingers will get sore after a lot of SMS typing-a saving grace is that the keypads well spaced out, else this device would be a spectacular failure.Sony Ericsson provides good PMP capabilities, a good music and video player menu system, and good stereo sound. The camera that the “K”series are famous for is the pinnacle of SE’s cameras-5 mega pixel coupled with a Xenon flash. Although its not as feature-rich as the N95, it’s a very different device. focused more on the user who wants something compact, and more handy to pull off a couple of quick shots.

HTC P3470

HTCs P3470 is a PDA phone based around a Windows Mobile (WM) 6.0 Pro OS. It’s rather plain to look at and will garner no beauty accolades. Although built quality is good, nothing is inspiring. The lack of a QWERTY and any form of number pad will ensure that serious PDA users will look elsewhere. Due to this glaring omission the P3470 has ergonomic issues. Its camera and multimedia properties aren’t too fancy either, although the features are available. More importantly the phone lags slightly-this indicates a slower processor. Call clarity is about par with what is acceptable, nothing more.

HTC Touch

The first to utilize the touch Flo concept that Apple used for the iPhone and the iPod Touch and quite frankly it wasn’t as well implemented as we’d liked. Imitation is the best form of flattery, but only if it’s well executed. Needless to say without any sort of keypad, and Touch Flo not working the same magic as it did for Apple, the HTC Touch is a flawed business device. It’s well built however, and attractive as the silver menu button is the only relief from the matte black finish across the body.
Based around WM 6.0 Pro the device is also slow, which doesn’t help. Although voice clarity in-call isn’t bad,

Sony Ericsson W890i

The Sony Ericsson W890i has finally toppled by…..its younger brother, the W890i. It’s every bit as slim line as its predecessor but opts for a far usable keypad than the minute Lozenge buttons of the W890i. There’s HSDPA for snappy downloading and a 3.2 MP camera.