Top 10 phones at CTIA - Indiatimes Infotech

Top 10 phones at CTIA - Indiatimes Infotech:


"The three days of Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) Wireless 2007 have so far seen a number of attention-grabbing announcements. World's all top cell phone companies have joined one of the biggest mobile phone gatherings in the world with their new devices, including a dual-sided music phone from Samsung, new phones that will operate in the new 1.7GHz and 2.1GHz cellular bands, and more 3G WCDMA phones incorporating high-speed High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) cellular data technology.

The new handsets also include Helio’s Ocean, dubbed as the first dual slider with two separate keypads. Here's a peep into the Top 10 phones at the show."

Nokia E90 - Indiatimes Infotech

Nokia E90 - Indiatimes Infotech


The world's largest mobile-phone maker launched the second generation of its successful E-series business phones at the 3GSM trade show in Barcelona. Leading the trio is the E90 Communicator, a mini computer with support for Wi-Fi and HSDPA-enhanced 3G with integrated GPS and route mapping.

A worthy successor to the previous Communicator 9500 which was launched over two years ago, E90 Communicator comes with a 4-inch wide screen that allows full-width Web browsing for the first time. It also features integrated GPS to allow turn-by-turn navigation.

The phone that could work as a phone, entertainment device and videoconferencing tool, will also offer an FM radio, a music player, a video player and two cameras -- a 3.2 megapixel one with flash and a second camera for video conferencing.

First deliveries of phone are expected during the second quarter of 2007, with global availability during the third quarter of this year.

Apple iPhone - Indiatimes Infotech

Apple iPhone - Indiatimes Infotech


The iPhone, which has no conventional buttons, instead uses a large touch-screen. The firm has patented keyboard technology on the 11.6 mm thick phone calling it "multi-touch". The 3.5 inch touch-screen-controlled device plays music, surfs the Internet and delivers voice mail and email differently.

The iPhone comes with a built-in, 2 MP digital camera as well as a slot for headphones and a SIM card. It runs Apple's OS X operating system, and has the Safari browser for Web access. The handset dispenses with buttons altogether, in favour of a powerful screen that responds to touch. It has a proximity sensor that automatically deactivates the screen and turns off the touch sensor when the device is raised to a user's face.

Music is automatically muted when a phone call comes in. The phone will play videos in widescreen format and automatically senses whether the screen is being held vertically or horizontally.

Has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and includes free BlackBerry-style 'push' email service from Yahoo. Apple is partnering with Yahoo Inc. on Web-based email and Google Inc on maps. To make a call, users can tap out the number on an on-screen keypad or scroll through their contacts and dial with a single touch. To zoom in on a photo or Web site, tap twice. To zoom out, tap once with two fingers.

HP iPAQ 500 - Indiatimes Infotech

HP iPAQ 500
HP iPAQ 500


A big launch at 3GSM World Congree 2007 was the Hewlett-Packard iPaq 500 smartphone. Hewlett Packard unveiled its first smart phone, a slimmed-down iPaq that will be among the first Windows Mobile 6 handsets when it launches by second quarter this year.

The 500 series will be the first iPaqs that look like cellphones, with phone keypads instead of QWERTY keyboards or touch screens and styli. iPaq 500 comes with VOIP compatibility, push e-mail, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Outlook Mobile. The phone features 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 64MB of memory and 128MB of storage with a micro SD card slot to expand memory.

The iPaq 500 connects to the Internet via GSM/GPRS/Edge networks, as well as via Wi-Fi. The handset also allows users to play music and videos, store photos and play games on the device.