Samsung SCH-W510 Corn Phone

Samsung SCH-W510 Corn Phone

Samsung SCH-W510, the first mobile phone from the second largest handset manufacturer to be made out of bio-plastic materials, was recently presented in South Korea.

The plastic used in Samsung W510 is obtained from corn, literally. Moreover, the phone doesn't include hazardous metals like Lead, Cadmium or Mercury. These are the reasons why the Korea Eco-Products Institute has awarded the handset a "green label", making it the first Korean handset to get this award.

Eco-friendly products are generally deficient in terms of functionality, but that's not the case with Samsung W510. What we have here is a nice-looking slider that comes with the following features: a 3 Megapixel camera with flash and video recording, a QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) display, mobile TV capabilities, CDMA and HSDPA connectivity for data transfer speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps, secondary camera for video calls, Music and Video players and Bluetooth. The rest of the features (like internal memory or battery lifetime) are not known yet, but it's clear that the new Samsung is a mid-end one that can rival with any other non eco-friendly phone from this category.

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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