Nokia E65 vs Nokia N73: The sibling rivalry

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

What happens when two siblings stand against each others starving for the attention of big daddies out there who are going to take them home along themselves. The same scenario is finding its existence in the mobile arena where Nokia E65 Vs Nokia N73 match is successfully popping numerous eyes out.

Each of the hi-tech mobile phone is blaring out the advantages the user is going to have after owning any of them. Both the phones are equally loaded with features that may have been ever desired by anyone. The phones are generating good level of competition but are surely creating trouble for the customers who are supposed to choose one out of them.
Starting with the very basic attributes, both the phones are equally equipped with all the basic functions that a phone is expected to have. For instance, both the phones are extremely light weight and compact. Their sleek and bonnie body can attract any one promptly. The look of the phones are pleasing and the features that these phones offer are also very splendorous pieces. Nokia N73 also offers an excellent talktime as well as stand by period, thus relieving the user from the boring task of charging the phone which often becomes tiring.

The screen display quality of both the handsets is extremely wishy. The display of the nokia phones complements their looks really well. There is a wide range of colours of both the phones to choose from. The calling quality and clarity of Nokia N73 is commendable. The calling features include voice dialling, voice memo, speaker phone , vibration alert, video calling and photo caller ID. The Nokia E65 also offers the same features with same level of excellence. Further, the Nokia E65 has an in-built camera with a noticeable resolution of 1600 X 1200 pixels. It supports both EXIF and JPEG formats. The phone also has a 4 X zoom. The video recording of the phone is outstanding and the quality of the videos speaks for itself.

Besides, both the mobile phones flaunt fairly good expandable memories. The person can store vast amount of data in it. Whether music, wallpapers, themes etc, he is free to store anything he wants to without caring about the storage. Moreover, Nokia E65 has provisions for polyphonic as well as MP3 ringtones. It supports various formats like MP3, AAC, eAAC, +WMA and has awesome music provisions like playlists, equaliser etc. The exquisite camera quality of the phone can be seen in the high quality pictures thus produced. The camera features include auto-focus, digital zoom, Carl Zeiss lens, White-balance, Macro, additional VGA camera etc. Talking about the Nokia E65,the phone has numerous connectivity features like bluetooth, Irda, Wlan and Wi-fi, Pc Sync, SyncML and USB. The phone gives the user an ability to stay in touch with not just his near ones but with the whole world as well. The phone also has Internet options through WAP and browsing. The phone supports audio playback, audio formats like AAC, AAC+, MP3 and eAAC+.

Beside, the Nokia N73 includes certain features like JAVA MIDP, push to talk, video calling and downloads, T9 dictionary, stereo FM radio, voice command or dial, PIM including calender, to do list and printing. Also, the features like photo/video editor and integrated handsfree are present in very good form in this phone.

On the other hand, the Nokia E65 has certain features installed surprisingly in it like Symbian/S60 Symbian OS 9.1, JAVA, Flash Lite and various exciting games. These games ensures that you never fell into the trap of boredom. There are various exciting pre-loaded as well as downloadable games in the Nokia N76.

In short, these phones are equally equipped with fabulous features as well as the nicest of looks. Both the phones have commendable captivating powers which is attracting people from both the tech savvy as well as fashion conscious world. Though the competition is really tough, the final decision still rests in the hands of the customers only. The healthy fight between Nokia E65 Vs Nokia N73 is a real competition which has indeed brought the best in both of them.

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Nokia 6260: The Evergreen Smartphone

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Nokia is a world wide leading mobile phone brand and the maker of some of the most popular mobiles out today. Their latest edition to an already extensive lineup of smartphones is the Nokia 6260. It is one of the most high-end handsets to come from Nokia.

The Nokia 6260 offers some of the latest technical features available today, such as push-to-talk, email, a document and presentation viewer, and Bluetooth connectivity. There is even more in store with a VGA camera and an innovative fold design. Its design concept is based on the Series 60 Platform and Symbian OS. It gives an entrepreneur a distinct advantage due to its advanced features and high performance.

The device keeps you in touch with your family while on a business tour and is known as ‘efficiency-on-the-go’. It is an excellent professional aid and can establish a business network through its mobile VPN client. The smartphone retains many of the advanced features from previous Nokia smartphone models, including the successful Nokia 6220 Classic and the flagship Nokia N96. It is flexible in both function and design. Its push to talk feature enables a quick discussion at a touch of a single button. Email is at hand and the presentation and document viewer allows users to view compatible attachments directly on their phone. It provides access to mobile Internet pages, while enabling a quick access to the menu, applications and phone functions. It features swappable multimedia memory cards on which email attachment, images, video clips and texts can be saved. Open to talk fold it with the display facing out to browse the web or access applications, twist the display to activate the camera or close it flat to slip into your briefcase. Clearly we are witnessing another stellar smartphone from Nokia.

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Sony Ericsson in fresh profit warning on European sales

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Sony Ericsson warned yesterday that it would only break even in the second quarter because of disappointing European sales of its mid and high-end mobile phones.

The profit warning - its second this year - demonstrates the Japanese-Swedish joint venture’s continuing problems, but also indicates how mobile phone sales are suffering from the global economic downturn.

In the first quarter it reported a 47 per cent year-on-year fall in pre-tax profits to €193m ($304m) on sales down 8 per cent to €2.7bn.

The mobile phone maker indicated at the time that its second-quarter results would also suffer, but investors were still surprised by the warning.

Ericsson’s shares fell 11 per cent on the news, but recovered to close down 8 per cent at SKr60.80.

Sony Ericsson’s warning has dashed any remaining hopes that global handset sales might bounce back this year.

According to research firm Gartner, global sales fell 16.4 per cent in the first quarter year-on-year, the first recorded annual fall.

Sony Ericsson said it would ship about 24m handsets in the second quarter with an average selling price of €115. In the first quarter it shipped 22.3m handsets for €121 each.

The company blamed moderating demand for mid to high-end phones and shipment delays on new models.

It said these “continued market challenges” would impact sales and profit in the second quarter, with gross margin expected to decline - year-on-year and sequentially - while it would attain break-even at the pre-tax profit level.

Sony Ericsson slipped to fifth place this year behind LG of South Korea among the world’s largest handset markers as sales of its mid to high-end phones suffered more than the lower priced handsets of its competitors.

In the first quarter it had a market share of 8 per cent, down 1 percentage point.

Sony Ericsson has also been plagued by component shortages that have led to shipment delays of the new mid-priced phone models.

In Europe, the economic slowdown, together with longer mobile phone operator contracts, means consumers are replacing their handsets less frequently.

Sony Ericsson has been more affected than its rivals because the phones it produces are more expensive, leaving it exposed to a weak European market.

“It’s highly exposed to western Europe, which is the hardest hit region,” said Martin Nilsson, an analyst at Carnegie Investment Bank in Stockholm.

In emerging markets, where prices are falling, Sony Ericsson’s sales have also suffered.

Competitors such as Nokia, the market leader, have weathered the downturn better because sales of their low-end phones are still robust.

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Samsung Instinct hits record sales, says Sprint

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

According to an announcement made by Sprint today, the new Samsung Instinct has seen record sales since the its launch last Friday. This comes just two weeks before Apple’s second generation 3G iPhone release takes place.

Dubbed the “iPhone killer” when it was first announced at CTIA 2008 in April, the Samsung Instinct only received heavy media attention just days before launch, when Sprint decided to cut the Instinct’s price from $199 to $129, in an effort to compete with the iPhone and grab some sales.

Looks like it worked. No numbers were revealed as of yet, but Sprint is happy with the results, so it must mean they’re doing good.

Sprint’s Samsung Instinct comes packed with a 2.0 megapixel camera with video recording, POP3 email, Visual Voicemail, microSD card slot for up to 8GB of extra memory and a 2GB microSD card in the box, Bluetooth 2.0 and a full HTML browser. You can pick up the Instinct from Sprint fro $129 with a 2 year contract.

source : http://www.mobileguerilla.com/

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Sony Ericsson’s W580i gets a new color

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Sony Ericsson’s W580i gets a new color

Sony Ericsson has decided to come out with another color for their W580i. If you are unfamiliar with the Walkman, back in January they managed to get a pink style and in March a dark green.

Sony Ericsson W580i now comes in red as well, although I wish they’d gone with a bolder red as opposed to this more orange version of red. The phone unfortunately has EDGE speeds and is being sold for $99.

If you’ve been considering one of these phones, now you have another color option. Besides the three colors listed above there is silver, dark gray and black.

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