Of the phone released today, the W302 is bottom of the range, a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset that comes with a 2-megapixel camera, 3D games, FM radio and Bluetooth stereo A2DP with just a 512MB Memory Stick Micro card lobbed in the pack.
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Things that aren’t static
W595 Sony Ericsson Walkman Launched
Sporting a similar feature set as the W902 (albeit with a lower camera megapixel count of 3.2MP), the W595 comes with shake control, SensMe, 3D games, FM radio, auto screen rotation, Bluetooth stereo A2DP and a smaller 2GB Memory Stick Micro card bundled.
W902 Sony Ericsson Walkman Launched
The quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE; UMTS/HSDPA 2100 W902 Walkman is the most feature-packed of the three released (Sony Ericsson Announces W302, W595 and W902 Walkman Handsets
As the Walkman phone brand hits it third birthday, Sony Ericsson W902 have rolled out another three new handsets to add to the 77 million Walkman phones sold to date.
The Walkman phone range came blinking into the day with the W800 that we got our hand on back in April 2005 and Sony are hoping that the new W302, W595 and W902 models will keep the punters shuffling back for more.
We’ve split the three phones out to separate posts …
W902 Sony Ericsson Walkman
W595 Sony Ericsson Walkman
W302 Sony Ericsson Walkman
Samsung i8510 Slider packs 8MP Camera
Currently taking the cameras from the much lauded iPhone, the eagerly anticipated Blackberry Bold and a slew of other mobilecam wannabes around the back of the bike sheds for a good thrashing is the 8MP monster snapper fitted to the new Samsung i8510 smartphone.
BIC Phone Launches In France: €49, Mobile & Ready To Go
BIC, famous for disposable pens and lighters, is launching the BIC Phone in France today.
As with their other products, the BIC Phone focuses on core functions – making and receiving phone calls & texts.
Available in two playful colours, citrus orange and lime green, the USP of the BIC mobile phone is that it’s ready to go when you buy it.
None of this normal fiddling around with wrestling the battery out of the packaging, finding the charger and leaving it for X hours to get it ready to use – the BIC Phone is charged a ready to go.
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Just 3% Of User Recycle Mobile Phones
Despite our endless enthusiasm for shiny new mobiles, just 3% of people bother to recycle their discarded mobile phones.
A new global consumer survey released by Nokia asked 6,500 people in 13 countries about what happened to their old handsets with the results making for depressing reading: the notion of recycling didn’t even cross the minds of three out of four people asked, while nearly half didn’t even think it was possible to do so.
Euro Tech News: Steve Kennedy Deserves Your Vote!
We’re really pleased to see that Steve Kennedey’s, Euro Tech News blog has been short-listed for the ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 08, which have recently been announced.
Computer Weekly describe the selected sites as “this year’s must-read blogs for IT professionals in the UK,” which is a great accolade for Steve – quite rightly too.
Steve Kennedy really knows his onions — why else would we ask him to write for Digital-Lifestyles? — and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the comms and tech world.
His experience is extensive and oh so very deep. As the old phrase goes, he’s forgotten more about comms than most people will ever know.
Massive knowledge aside and on the personal side, he’s also a really nice bloke.
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Steve’s Euro Tech News is listed in the Wireless and mobile blogs section and deserves your vote, he really does.
Vodafone Customer Slapped Down With £31,000 Data Roaming Charge
A Manchester- based IT consultant returned from a holiday in Portugal to find something worse than the dull northern weather to greet him in the shape of a hefty £31,500 telephone bill.
Finding himself dissatisfied with the entertainment on offer in Portugal, Iayn Dobsyn had elected to download an episode of Prison Break and a load of MP3s by using his mobile phone as a modem.
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Motorola S9 Review: Stereo Bluetooth Headset pt 2 (Score 72%)
This is the second part of the review. Yesterday we introduced the Motorola S9 review of the wireless headphones and covered the remote media controls.
Use as a phone headset
Pressing the call button when you’re listening to music automatically pauses the track and any voice-dialling commands that you utter are passed over to the handset, dialling the number, if configured.
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