CDMA Motorola W362 for INDIA

CDMA Motorola W362 for INDIA

Motorola has recently unveiled a new CDMA entry-level handset, the Motorola W362, which will soon be released in India, via Reliance Communications. Apparently, the new W362 is 100% made in Motorola's new Indian factory from Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, inaugurated only two months ago. This is probably one of the reasons why the handset has an affordable price: 4,199 INR, the equivalent of $98 or 62 Euros. The rest of the reasons are, of course, represented by the limited capabilities of the phone.

The Motorola W362 features a 1000-entry phone book, expandable memory, voice recorder, VGA camera, MP3 player, FM radio, speakers and USB connectivity.

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LG KC550 with 5 Megapixel Camera

LG KC550, the latest 5 Megapixel handset unveiled by the South Korean manufacturer, was released today in Romania. The new KC550 is a slider that targets users in need of a mobile phone that can also act as a professional photo camera. Of course, the handset won't actually allow you to take photos at a quality that can beat the one real cameras can offer, but it's still a good "photo tool".

However obviously this isn’t always the case and this goes for this superb example, the LG KC550 mobile phone which was approved by the FCC last month. The LG KC550 is a pretty cool 14.3mm thick slider design handset, which LG calls it’s cheapest 5 megapixel camera mobile handset to date.

It features a display of 240×320 pixel, Bluetooth and USB connectivity to share photos with friends and family, 25 MB onboard storage space with microSD card slot, GSM: 900/1800/1900 (Tri-band), EDGE web browser, FM radio and an MP3 player.

Furthermore, the camera handset also comes with 6 built-in motion sensitive games, enabling consumers to throw a dart, hook a fish, or navigate a maze. It also includes the built-in accelerometer sensor to offer a gyroscope-like motion - tilting and rotating the handset while playing the games.

Nokia 6220 Classic released in India

Nokia 6220 Classic released in India

Nokia has chosen India as one of the first markets to get its 6220 Classic candybar released, a nicely-featured device announced by the Finnish company back in February, during MWC 2008. We don't know if this has anything to do with the fact that Nokia has been recently recognized as India's most trusted brand, but what's clear is that the 6220 Classic will be available for Indian mobile users starting the next few days, in two color versions: black and purple.

The new Nokia will have a retail price of 19,959 INR – about $465 or 295 Euros. This is justified by the fact that the handset has lots of features that kind of make it similar to an Nseries smartphone. First of all, the 6220 Classic comes with a 5 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, auto focus, Xenon flash and video recording (up to 480 x 640 pixels at 30fps). Moreover, thanks to the built-in GPS of the phone, the camera also offers geotagging.

Other features packed by Nokia in the new handset include: Wi-Fi, Symbian S60 3rd Edition OS, Nokia Maps 2.0, a 2.2 inch TFT display with 16 million colors and 240 x 320 pixels, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Music and Video players, TV out, email, HTML browser, Instant Messaging, 120MB of internal memory and microSD card support for up to 8GB.

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Samsung Sprint Instinct touchscreen phone

Samsung Sprint Instinct touchscreen phone

As repeatedly announced starting April, Sprint has released today, June 20, its Samsung Instinct touchscreen handset, presented from the beginning not only as an iPhone competitor but also as a device that can easily outperform Apple's handset. Well, the Instinct is now available for purchase, priced at $129.99, so that everyone can try its capabilities. Of course, not "everyone" in the full meaning of the word, but only those who don't mind getting an unlimited data plan (at $69.99 per month) after signing a contract agreement for two years.

Sprint wants to be a generous carrier and, in the initial $129 price for Samsung Instinct, it also offers a 2GB memory card, a set of 3.5mm headphones (with microphone), a carrying case and a stylus. The Instinct can be bought online, from Sprint's official website, or in all of the carrier's US stores.

Due to business decisions Apple and the US carriers have made, most Americans are still not faced with the choice to buy an iPhone or not. They have to pick the best "feature phone" that their carrier has to offer. That is, a phone that costs somewhere between $50 and $250, built first and foremost to make voice calls, then serve additional social purposes—messaging, photos, etc.—and, finally, offer data connectivity to the web but more importantly to e-mail.

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