Take a look at Samsung SGH-U900 aka Soul

Who would refuse an armored soul? This one made by Samsung has been protected just partially with only the front panel and the battery lid made out of metal. The rest of the elements are made of black plastic, which prevents the phone from easily sliding out of your hands. All that is combined with a handy size (4.2 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches (106 x 49.5 x 12.9 mm)) and a well balanced body weighing 4.0 oz (112 g).

The display takes up 2/3 of the upper part of the phone. It supports a resolution up to 240x320 and up to 16 million colors, qualities that ensure fully saturated details and images. Unfortunately, it suffers from the typical for most fashion devices, mirror-like effect, which although giving the phone an additional shine effect, makes it hard to use.

Over it, is located the video calling camera and below, are the large and easy to press soft buttons and the widely advertised „MagicalTouch” pad.

That is a touch sensitive display, which replaces the D-pad, by changing the icons indexing the functions according to the corresponding menu. It has a very good sensibility (which can be adjusted depending on your needs), it can vibrate when touched, and the color of the icons and the effects, which are a part of it, are subjects to customizations (however, according to the manufacturer, red and orange are the same color and are visualized in the same way). Even though at first sight it looks like LG KF600’s InteractPad, its purpose is totally different and there are a few substantial drawbacks:

* First, the buttons in it (the arrow for example) are small and not convenient for use by people with big fingers.
* In contrast to KF600’s InteractPad, which can show less, but bigger and different buttons, the icons on it will always visualize in one of the four directions or the center.
* It only reacts to the touch of skin so you cannot even use it with thin glovers.
* The worst is that the rest of the buttons (the soft ones and the two receivers) are not touch sensitive and you’ll often wish they were, since you’ll get used to touching and not pressing (because of the “MagicalTouch”). Nevertheless, you’ll still have to press them, which will make you feel confused; once pressing, once touching. We expected to quickly get used to the system, but alas it didn’t happen even after a few days.
* The last thing that was annoying is the frequent accidental pressing of icons when opening and closing.


The keyboard is revealed in the bottom part. The rows are divided by protruding elements, and the buttons have a fine relief (on the digits), which couldn’t possibly help you find them by touch only (unless of course you have very sensitive fingers). The top row contents a video calling shortcut (left), the clear button and one for the switch menu (right).

On the right hand side, we have the camera key, which almost can’t be felt when pressed and the microSD slot. The opposite side houses the charger/data cable/handsfree connector and the volume rocker, which should have been positioned higher in order to make it more convenient to use.

On the back of the phone, we find the 5-megapixel camera, equipped with a tiny mirror and an LED flash. To get to the SIM card slot, you need to remove the back lid and the 880 mAh battery.

Overall, Samsung Soul is a very stylish device, and the combination of metal elements with a large mirror-like display would attract anybody’s attention.

Nokia 7500 Prism

With its cutting edge design and bold geometric pattern, Nokia 7500 Prism is the one to own in case you want some phone with a unique design.

Capture photos with its 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom.

Different picture mode is what make this cellphone a rare. With different photo mode like black and white,
sepia and solarize color modes.

Enjoy your favorite tracks on the music player that allows you to change the skin to match your mood.

It has an expandable memory of up to 2 GB, so you can sore your favorite music,photos and videos.

Maximize your internet browsing with Widsets and Yahoo! Go.

Your friends will envy if you got one.

The New Nokia N82

The Nokia N82 is the latest high-end imaging-focused device from the Finnish manufacturer. With a Xenon flash, a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, and video capture at 30 frames per second, the Nokia N82 is set to replace the venerable N73 in the Nseries imaging lineup. Going back to the candy bar form factor that Nokia is known for, does the Nokia N82 set the benchmark high for other multimedia handsets?

The N82 is one of the first Nseries candy bar phones since the Nokia N73. It feels solid in the hand, and the sides are slanted slightly to offer better grip. There are no creaks when handling the N82, even though the body's cover is made from plastic. The only noise that I can coax out of this phone comes from pressing down on the d-pad. When I first received the device, there was a clicking sound, as if the membrane inside was sticking to the physical button. However, as expected, after some use the sound has disappeared. The back of the device sports a geometrical striped design with a smooth surface that, unfortunately, attracts fingerprints easily. The Nokia N82 is currently only available in a white and silver color scheme, though more colors have been promised for the first quarter of 2008, but we are already in March and no new colors yet.

The buttons on the Nokia N82 are different from what I've seen on an S60 device before. However, after some use, I grew to really enjoy using them. The end and send keys are large, and positioned at the left and right edges of the phone, as with the Nokia N81 8GB. Between them lie the softkeys and S60 keys, with the d-pad and its center select button located in the middle. The softkeys and s60 keys are really just 2 rocker-style buttons. Pressing on the top half of the key gets the appropriate softkey function, while pressing on the lower half will trigger the S60 or "c" button. The reduced sized multimedia key is on the right, next to the "end" key and activates the new S60 multimedia menu, made up of panels with nice transition animations to facilitate a smooth look. The numeric keypad is quite different, with very small buttons that are each about the size of a grain of rice, with key labels printed directly above each button. These keys were slightly difficult to get used to, but after some time I have found that they make fast SMS composition much easier, eliminating the problem of accidentally pressing surrounding buttons.

The microSD card slot on the Nokia N82 is covered by a plastic tab that is easily opened and keeps dust and other foreign particles from getting inside. The 5 megapixel camera is located on the back of the N82, with a Xenon flash above the lens, and a lens-cover switch located to the right of the lens. The dual stereo speakers are both located on the right side of the handset, one at the top and the other at the bottom.

SO if you are tech crazy, grab one now.

NOKIA N77

Of all the new cellphones out in the market today, this cellphone from Nokia has caught my attention.
The new Nokia N77 is the second DVB-H based mobile TV from Nokia after N92. Watch your favorite TV shows on the go. It’s also a great multimedia tool, It has built in stereo speakers, FM Radio, Digital Music Player and Real One player. A 2 mega pixel camera with flash, up to 18x Digital Zoom. That’s not all it’s Video Camcorder has 8x Digital Zoom.
You can surf the Internet with its powerful Web Browser. Connectivity is not a problem, with its Bluetooth 1.2, USB 2.0, EDGE and 3G capability.
It has a 20MB memory with expansion slot up to 2 GB, so you can store more photos, videos and music.
With it’s mobile TV features, FM Radio, Digital Music Player, Games, this is a powerful entertainment gadget. Although it’s camera is only 2 mega pixel, you can still take clear pictures and videos. This is entertainment on the go.

One bad thing though is you still have to shell out extra money to use its mobile TV capability as in the case of Smart in the Philippines.