An eco-friendly phone? Now, isn’t that a bit too much? No, according to Samsung who say they have made the phone out of recycled materials, especially plastic water bottles (and hence the name Blue Earth) The first thing to write about this phone would be the solar panels. The solar panels charge the phone constantly. Apart from the sun, the phone can also charge it self under a strong source of light like a desk lamp. However, you cannot rely completely on the solar charging because if the phone battery is finished then you’ll be unable to charge the phone by solar energy. The phone comes bundled with a standard charger. Talking of being eco-friendly, Samsung claims that the phone is also free from harmful materials that damage the mother earth. But Samsung’s obsession of being eco-friendly doesn’t end here. The cardboard box of the Samsung is made from recycled card board. The  [...]

The PhoneEasy 345 is a simple looking phone, with the most basic features and no frills. Doro has designed this phone with large buttons, a simple menu and uncluttered display to make life a little easier for the old folks. Even though this is a phone for a specific group of society, you can also purchase this phone if you want a cheap back up phone. The Jitterbug has a good hold on the market for senior citizen specific cellular services, but now Doro has stepped in with two cell phones that are as basic and user friendly. The Consumer Cellular rates also seem to be cheaper than the Jitterbug services. Design-wise, the Doro is not going to turn heads, even on the senior citizen’s bridge table. The phone as smooth curved edges and is covered in soft plastic that feels good in your grip. The display is quite bright and you can adjust the backlight  [...]

The phonebook of the of the 5130 is dependent on its shared memory which is 30MB. Each contact can hold upto 6 phone numbers, email addresses, birthdays, notes, a formal name and a nick name. The basic features that this one has to offer are calculator, currency converter, alarm clock, wordlock, stopwatch and a notepad. It also supports a lot of advanced features like stereo Bluetooth, a voice recorder,, instant messaging, USB transfer and mass storage, voice commands, PC syncing and Web-based e-mail. Though it as an internal memory of 30MB it can be extended upto 2GB using a microSD slot. Being one from the Express music range this one offers the standard Express Music player. The player is user friendly with simple controls. As usual Nokia likes it simple and so do we. The player does support a variety of  file types and the tracks can easily be used as ringtones. Transferring music  [...]

For all the kids who have been waiting for a cell phone which they could connect with, Samsung launches the Corby. The colourful phone has been created keeping in mind the kids and is aimed towards them. It comes along with a price tag of $130. It’s aimed at the young people who want to stay connected without having to meet people over some coffee or pastries and then immediately rushing to meet someone else. It comes loaded with a lot of social networking applications like facebook, twitter, and Myspace so just make sure before you buy the phone that you have an unlimited data package enrolled for to avoid the humungous phone bills at the end of the month. Apart from the networking applications, it has basic features like 2 megapixel camera so that  [...]