RATING: 4.5/5 – The Samsung W880 is the perfect gadget for any technical buff. Equipped with a 12-megapixel optical-zoom camera, the phone is sure to be a hit amongst consumers. The easy to navigate touch-screen interface delivers a fantastic user experience, whilst the camera permits stunning videos and pictures to be taken with a simple point-and-click feature. …continue reading →

A look at one of the most desired operating systems around for some, the iPhone

Have you ever wondered what controls your mobile phone? How does such a compact handset manage to deliver so many applications and options? Basically, this all comes down to the operating system, or an OS for short. An operating system is almost like the ‘brain’ of the phone, and plays the part of providing a software platform for other applications to run off. …continue reading →

Sometimes accidents happen. Whether you’ve accidentally spilled soda on your phone or you’ve dropped it in the toilet, nothing compares to the horror of watching the event occur in slow motion and realizing you may have ruined a very expensive phone. However, if you act quickly, you may be able to save your phone with minimal damage. Here are a few suggestions. …continue reading →

In today’s mobile phone market, manufacturers often attempt to lull consumers in to a false sense of security, selling handsets that boast excellent features and come complete with innovative gadgets, when really the basic necessities have been excluded from the overall package. …continue reading →

RATING: 4/5 – For a phone so feature-rich, it certainly is light and has evident visual appeal. The on-screen keyboard let it down quite a bit – but if you are looking for a phone that can extend beyond its duties and serve you for other media purposes, this could be a good buy.

With dozens of touch-screen phones being released by mobile phone manufacturers by the quarter, the consumer is being dazzled by more and more extravagant features that would have been unthinkable in a phone just three years.

 
Things are presented to you very graphically

One of the defining things that make this phone stand out from the others is the 3D user interface. The phone’s graphic uses a cube to allow you to flick between your multimedia, contacts, widgets and shortcuts – everything that matters to you.

The phone takes accessing your files and information a lot more interactive. A great example of this is the contacts list – when slipping in your SIM card, you find your contacts presented to you on a film reel of sorts (very similar to the Cover Flow seen on iTunes). …continue reading →