Motorola Delivers With Ferrari Phone From the LG Prada to the Sagem Porsche, mobile phone companies seem to tie-up with other well-known brands to create a mobile phone for users who want to flaunt it. The new Motorola unit is no exception – it has ‘merged’ the elegance of Ferrari with its existing V9 model, creating a new flip phone for Ferrari fanatics. But how does this prancing horse stack up?
Tune In With Jabra Bluetooth Speakerphone The Jabra SP700 is a Bluetooth speakerphone that easily fits on to a car’s sun visor for wireless communication. What’s good about this product is that it is able to transmit calls or music from your mobile phone to your car’s FM radio, allowing users to hear calls over the car’s audio system.
Trouble-free i-Mate Smartphone Smartphones come in various shapes, sizes, and specifications in order to address the different needs of a user. Despite being an entry-level, Windows Mobile 6 smartphone, the new Jama 101 comes with proprietary programs that allow users to customise and protect their unit effortlessly.
Reviewed: Affordable Prepaid Palm Smartphone If you are looking for a smartphone that is not bulky and has excellent features, then the Palm Centro may just be the phone for you. It is available for Telstra prepaid customers for an attractive price of $299, which makes it a very affordable smartphone.
Zoom In With Samsung 5-Megapixel Phone The slider phones from Samsung easily fit in one’s pocket as it sports a thin profile despite being packed with features. This is not the case however, for its new cameraphone: the G800. While this 3G handset comes with a 5-megapixel sensor with 3x optical zoom, Xenon flash, FM radio and music player function, Bluetooth connectivity, and fast browsing speeds, it is thick and can be mistaken for a point-and-shoot camera.
New Porsche Phone: Lacks Comms Technology And Is Overpriced French Company Sagem, who has a reputation for poor quality phones and very little market penetration, is now trying to change their image with the roll out of a Porsche branded phone in Australia which, to say the least, yesterday's technology. It has no Wi-Fi, is not even a 3G handset, and like everything with a Porsche labe, is seriously overpriced.
Get Lost With HTC GPS Phone Various companies have followed the footsteps of Apple by launching touch phones that have minimal keys. The Touch Cruise is HTC’s new touch phone that not only runs on Windows Mobile 6, but also comes with a built-in GPS receiver that can take you anywhere, so feel free to get yourself lost.
First Review: Fast 3.5G I-mate Ultimate Smartphone The new Ultimate 8502 from i-mate takes the stress out of mobile computing by providing users with a smartphone that can possibly do it all. This phone promises blistering upload and download speeds and provides clever features not found in any other smartphone.
Inexpensive Telephony Box For Small Businesses The Talkswitch system give users total control over their internal, external, and IP calls. It includes a lot of features and functions designed for small businesses and pays for itself in the long run. We take a look at the whole system (box and IP phone) and see how it stacks up.
Telstra Walkie Talkie Phone Does Wonders Telstra aims to get push-to-talk technology that needed push with the launch of the TalkNow ZTE 159 phone; a 3G tough phone built for the outdoors that comes with an assisted GPS feature and a new Talk Now function that instantly turns the phone into a walkie talkie.
New Palm Treo Smartphone Nothing Special The Palm Treo 500 has a form factor and operating system similar to other smartphones we have reviewed over the past few months, so what’s so special about it?
Wireless Skype Without The Fuss While VoIP is widely being used for free (or affordable) calls to anyone in the world, users usually have to be sitting in front of their computer to have direct access to this service. Linksys aims to remove the ‘computer’ in the VoIP equation by introducing the CIT400, a dual mode portable telephony kit that comes built-in with the Skype program.
Motorola Rokr Phone Bundle Disappoints Listening to music stored on your mobile phone wirelessly via a set of Bluetooth headphones sounds like a good idea, so why aren't we blown away by Motorola's new Z6 mobile phone and S9 stereo Bluetooth headphone bundle?
LG Phone Shinier The Second Time Around LG has given its Shine mobile phone a Titanium facelift. The new Titanium Shine looks similar to its predecessor, but does it address the shortcomings of the first model? We take a closer look.
Asus Puts The Smart In Smartphone Businessmen who are constantly out of the office will need a smartphone that can retrieve e-mail in an instant, is easy to use, and has a lot of office applications. The new Asus M530w seems to put all that’s needed in the palm of your hands.
Easy To Use Telstra Next G Phone If you want to have a Next G mobile phone without all the bells and whistles, the new EasyTouch might be just the thing. We take a look at this new phone created by ZTE for Telstra and see whether it is as easy to use as it claims to be.
New Nokia Phone Impresses Nokia has once again created a phone that gives users exactly what they need. The Nokia E51 is a candy-bar handset designed for businessmen and women who want a phone packed with features but without the unnecessary bells and whistles.
USB Phone Is A Fresh New Look At VoIP If you want to call anyone in the world at an affordable rate, then Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) may just be the answer. Freshtel’s 4030 Stickphone may provide users with a built-in Firefly software and Internet calling capabilities, but does it bring anything fresh to the table?
First Review: Telstra's Rural Mobile Phone Telstra takes Next G to the great outdoors with its new 165 ‘Country Phone’. This handset promises greater reception in rural areas, incorporates a tough design, and will definitely fit the lifestyle of the outdoor tradesman.
First Review: Samsung Widescreen Phone The Samsung Widescreen promises a better mobile TV experience with its 2.3-inch widescreen and lightning fast download speeds when connected to Telstra's Next G network. We take a look at this dual flip phone to find out whether it will change the way people watch shows on their mobile.
First Review: The World's Fastest Mobile Phone The latest Samsung slider phone which was unveiled just yesterday at a Telstra Investor briefing promises lightning fast download speeds on Telstra's lightning fast Next G network. We take a look to see how it really stacks up.
First Review: World's Fastest Wireless Card For Notebooks I am always sceptical when vendors claim that their product is the best in the world. So when Telstra rolled out an expanded Next G wireless Network today that they claimed would deliver upload speeds of 7.2 Mbps my first reaction was that I have to see it. We also wanted to take a look at the cards that deliver the network.
New Nokia Navigator Phone Set To Find Its Way In Oz An angel has been born in the form of a brand new Nokia 6110 phone that has a built in navigation system that is ideal for road warriors, mums and those people who always ask “Where do we have to go?”
First Review: New Moto Q9 With Windows Mobile 6 This is a phone that Motorola had to get right up alongside some tough competition like Blackberry, Samsung and Nokia with their N95. The design is sleek but more important is the fact that Motorola has built in functionality that is easy to access and works. A classic example is the curved keyboard and easy access function buttons on the bottom of the keypad.
Looking For A Smart Phone Try the M600i REVIEW: One of the things that I love doing with consumer electronic products is to test them in a real live environment. So as I trotted off to the CES Show in Las Vegas I took along the new Sony Ericsson M600i mobile phone that is also an organizer MP3 player and all round handy device.