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Accessorise Your Mobile Phone

The mobile phone is the fashion accessory of the 21st century, so it stands to reason the accessory will have accessories. There are almost as many phone accessories as there are phones to use them with, and this quick guide will cover just a few.

The add-on feature started off, some say, with the Sony Ericsson T68i and the camera you could buy separately and plug into a port on the phone. Even though the integrated camera later became a standard feature, the T68i still brings back fond memories for some people as their first full-colour camera phone.

Another popular add-on is the hands-free kit. For those of you who don’t mind looking like you’ve just been let out for the day, walking around appearing to talk to yourself is part of the appeal of mobile phones. A Bluetooth headset is even better, as you don’t have cables getting in the way.

Nowadays, phones also double up as radios. An FM transmitter is a must-have for the music freak as it enables you to transmit your tunes to any FM radio so all your friends can listen to your latest annoying ringtone. Or, if there are no radios in the vicinity, you can pull out a pair of micro speakers and turn your phone into a mini jukebox. And if you don’t feel like sharing, or if there’s nobody to share with, you can use your phone as a walkman and attach a pair of earphones instead.

Some of the more expensive mobile phones allow video recording and MP3 playlists, and for this you need a lot of storage space. The Nokia 5610 is an Mp3 phone, but as it only comes with 20MB internal memory, and the average Mp3 is 3.9MB, additional storage is recommended. MicroSD memory cards are available in 1GB, 2GB or 4GB sizes for use on phones like this, at a very reasonable cost.

Of course, not all accessories perform a specific function. If you have one of the cheap mobile phones without posh features and you just want to make it look a little more stylish or different, you can buy novelty straps, charms, covers and stick-on ‘bling’ to jazz up your handset instead.

Whichever mobile phone you have there’s an accessory somewhere to go with it. Some are specific to a particular make or model, others can be used with most handsets. Before deciding which phone to opt for, do a little shopping around to find out what accessories are available.

By: Jay Tillotson

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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 Buy Cell Phones No Comments

Buy the Samsung I8910 HD Or Wait For the Sony Ericsson Idou?

The Sony Idou is a 12 Mp camera phone while the Samsung i8910 is a cool all rounder handset.

Design

The Sony Ericssson Idou and the Samsung i8910 HD are both available in sleek black shades. The touch screen of the Samsung phone which measures 3.7 inches is more prodigious when compared to the touch screen of the Idou that is 3.5 inches wide.

Software and Communication

The Sony handset uses the Symbian operating system whereas the Samsung HD phone uses the Symbian S60 operating system

The Sony Idou and the Samsung i8910 HD both have phone book feature that can store unlimited entries and fields. Both phones have a photo call feature. In addition the Samsung HD phone has a photo contact feature to make calling contacts easier. While the i8910 HD has call records that can store unlimited records of dialed, received and missed calls, the Idou’s call records feature can store maximum 30 missed, received and dialed calls.

The Sony Ericsson Idou can support SMS, MMS, E-mail and Instant Messaging. The Samsung HD handset can support only SMS, MMS and Email. Both phones support voice dial for quick calling. The HD compatible Samsung also possesses the Document viewer feature that lets you view documents in popular formats like MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint and PDF.

Connectivity

Both phones have USB ports for connectivity with other devices. Blue Tooth connectivity is also present in both the Idou and the Omnia HD for enabling wireless listening.

The GPRS facility of the Sony Idou is integrated with Google maps for navigation whereas the GPRS facility of the i8910 HD is integrated with the Samsung Navigator. The Samsung HD model also has a digital compass to aid navigation.

Audio Entertainment

The music player of the Samsung i8910 has Digital Natural Sound engine for enhanced audio quality. The Sony Idou also has a music player. Both phones have FM radio with RDS. In addition the Samsung phone has an FM transmitter. The Sony Ericsson Idou supports download of polyphonic, MP3 and AAC ring tones. The i8910 allows download of polyphonic, MP3 and WAV ring tones. The 3.5mm audio jack is present in the Samsung whereas it is absent in the Idou.

Visual Entertainment

The Sony Ericsson model is an advanced camera phone and has a 12 Mega pixel camera with auto focus, xenon and LED flash, geo tagging attribute and face and smile detection for taking marvelous photographs.

The Samsung i8910 HD has an 8 Mega pixel camera embellished with facets like geo tagging, auto focus, LED flash, smile and blink detection to enhance the image quality.

Both phones possess video footage recording abilities and both of them support video calling with a second camera for this purpose.

Both phones support Java and downloadable games.

Both phones have EDGE, HSDPA and Wi Fi technologies for fast internet connectivity.

The Sony Ericsson Idou is a photography fanatic’s paradise. The Samsung i8910 Omnia HD is a advanced entertainment phone.

By: Susan Hargreaves

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Friday, October 2nd, 2009 Buy Cell Phones No Comments