Posts filed under Music Phone

Motorola’s original ROKR was born in a blizzard of hype.

Dubbed the ‘iTunes phone’, it was the first phone to feature Apple’s iTunes service, and helped spawn the new blizzard of iPhone hype we’re currently being swamped with.

Unfortunately for Motorola, the ROKR soon died an ugly death of shame, embarrassment and chronic disillusionment, as it was hobbled by Apple, and could only store 100 tunes.

Motorola tried again with the stillborn ROKR E2 and the E3, but that was pants as well, despite ditching the iTunes service.

Now, Motorola are trying again, with the Motorola ROKR E6, a brand new update on a much ridiculed phone. So have they got it right this time?

Samsung have finally released their new Samsung SGH-X830 mobile music phone. The X830 clearly focuses on music, looking more like an MP3 player than a mobile phone. Taking its design cues from the iPod Nano, the only way you know it’s a mobile phone is when you swivel the phone open to reveal its numeric keypad.

More details and pictures of the Samsung SGH-X830 mobile music phone after the jump.

Samsung have released the Samsung A707 mobile music phone through Cingular in the States. For US readers fed up with seeing stunning Korean mobile phones staying in Korea, Samsung’s decision should bring to joy to the technologically frustrated!

OK, it’s not got a 10 megapixel camera or mobile TV with PVR features, but it does come with HSDPA for super-speedy downloads of tunes of your choice.

More details and pictures of the Samsung SGH-A707 mobile music phone after the jump.

Nokia have announced the new Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition. Well, not exactly new, more just a Nokia 5500 Sport with enhanced music features. This follows on from Nokia’s recent expanded push into the mobile music market, with its enhanced N91, N73 and N70 mobile phones that featured new music features and expanded storage, plus its new Nokia 5200, 5300 and 3250 mobile music phones. Nokia are clearly feeling the music at the moment!

So what have they added to the Nokia 5500? Well, a 512 MB microSD card (for storing 375 tunes), a fitness carrying strap, bicycle holder and sports headset packed in a “new energetic color.” Ah, not much then! It does look great, though, and if you were interested in the 5500 before, you’ll really love the new model.

More details of the sort of new Nokia 5500 Sport Music Edition after the jump.

Nokia have announced the new Nokia 5300, Nokia 5200 and Nokia 3250, three great looking mobile music phones.

Covering the full price range, from the low-end 5200 (EUR 200), through the slightly higher 5300 (EUR 250), to the more expensive 3250 (EUR 400), Nokia are pushing the music features of their new phones hard.

“With today’s launches we are reaching out to a broad range of consumers who want both the features of a modern mobile phone and a quality music player in a single, stylish device,” says Heikki Norta, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phones. ”

More details and pictures of the Nokia 5200, 5300 and 3250 after the jump.

Nokia have announced new upgraded editions of their Nokia N91, N73 and N70 mobile phones. The new version are music editions, and as well as new looks, they all sport enhanced storage (8GB, 2GB, and 1GB for the N91, N73 and N70 respectively) and music playing software.

More details of the new Nokia music phones after the jump.

Pantech have announced the new Pantech IM-U130, a mobile phone with 2 megapixel camera, MP3 player, Bluetooth and 512MB of internal memory. Aside from all that, though, is the looks of this Korean mobile phone.

Silver, slim, large screen, and really sleek and clean looks all round, the Pantech I-U130 looks great. Destined only for Korea at the moment, though, with no news on its availability in other markets.

More pictures of the Pantech IM-U130 mobile phone after the jump.

Samsung have announced the SCH-B570 mobile phone. Following in Samsung’s fine tradition of super hi-tech phones, the B570 sports an 8GB hard disk drive capable of storing 1,600 MP3 tunes (in true Samsung style, this is the “world’s largest storage capacity for a handset”). As if that wasn’t enough, it also offers 5.1 channel virtual stereo and echo effect, to apparently bring you the same quality of sound you’d expect from a 5.1 channel home theater system.

And did I mention the satellite mobile TV, Picture in Picture feature, GPS, 2 megapixel camera, and motion sensor? No? Then read on!

More details of the Samsung SCH-B570 mobile phone after then jump.

LG have announced the new LG-KV2400 mobile phone. It’s a slider, it has few features (well, MP3 player and 1.3 megapixel camera), but blimey it looks good! Being pitched as a music phone, the KV2400 has dedicated music buttons on its front – just like every other music phone – but at least LG have actually bothered with design. The KV2400 actually looks good!

More pictures of the new LG KV2400 after the jump.

InfoSyncWorld have a review of the Sony Ericsson W800i Walkman phone, which they like…a lot! Despite their reservations over the camera (great camera for a phone…but still a phone camera, and no replacement for a camera camera!), it scored well in most other areas, receiving 93%. They conclude that:

“Despite an advanced feature set which includes a high quality camera and similarly high-performance audio player, the Sony Ericsson W800i manages to maintain strong battery life. Its lack of EDGE for high-speed data aside, the handset also delivers an excellent overall experience in the communications and messaging departments. The Walkman branded Sony Ericsson W800i comes highly recommended not only for youth, but for everyone in need of a brilliant combination of mobile phone, digital camera and portable music player.”

Can’t say fairer than that!

You can buy it now at The MobileOutlet, or else read more about the Sony Ericsson W800i

And if you’re still not convinced, read our Sony Ericsson W800i Review.

[Source: InfoSyncWorld]