Phones, Phones, Phones!

The Wave was unwrapped by Samsung during the recent Mobile World Congress. It is the first smartphone by Samsung to run on their Bada Mobile OS. This phone is more for the international market where the provider does not subsidized the units making it a bit at the pricey end.

Design

It will not be the best touch screen phone in the market but it does the job especially for those looking for something compact. The phone comes in at 4.6 inches x 2.2 x 0.4. The Wave is very easy with your fingers and palm except that the virtual keyboard is a bit cramped.

The design lines are pretty sleek and in perfect combo with the aluminum case of the Samsung Wave.

The AMOLED display of the phone does the job with very vibrant graphics, excellent responsiveness, and better angles for viewing. You need to see this phone to really know what we mean by crisp display.

Performance

The Bada which literally means ocean in Korean represents the possibilities of the platform—unlimited. The OS is not really meeting head on with the Androids or the iPhones. It can be considered as a middleware, an evolution of the Samsung brand which aims to bring the smartphone experience to a wider segment of the market.

The ToughWiz 3.0 also provides a better interface for the user. This comes with a ton of useful widgets but we hope Samsung can come up with shortcuts for different applications.

Talk time is excellent at 15 hours while standby time can last 23 days.

If you have been watching TV for any reason at all, you are probably seeing all of the commercials for the Motorola Backflip.  This is a phone that not only have I been wanting, but one that I think is pretty cool as well.  Now though – it is actually going to be hitting Germany, which is fantastic!

The Motorola Backflip is actually an Android-powered phone that is actually available via Amazon.com, which is something that you do not see every single day.  The Motorola Backflip features A-GPS, 3G, 5mpx camera, Bluetooth, 3.1-inch touch screen and a microSD expansion slot.

This phone is definitely a fantastic alternative to the iPhone and I have to say – it’s awesome looking too!

LG is definitely one of those companies that are making waves all over the place and to be honest, I think that they are coming out with some awesome phones.  Take the brand new LG GX500 which is actually a dual SIM phone that is a candy bar.  The technology that is packed into this phone though is impeccable!

The LG GX500 has a 40MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, a media player, an FM radio, a microUSB port, Bluetooth, a 1500mAh battery and supports GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) connectivity.  All of which is incredible for a phone of this size!

No work on pricing or availability right now, however as soon as it becomes available, I will keep you guys updated!

Finally, we know that the Sony Ericsson Vivaz is going to be produced – it is finally official and I can tell you for sure that this high-end smartphone is going to be released in the next couple months.  Sony is known for all of their electronics and I can tell you for sure that their cell phones are just as awesome and work perfectly.

If you have been waiting for the latest and greatest from Sony, you might have to wait a few more months because the Sony Ericsson Vivaz is still in production right now.  To refresh your memory on this phone – it features a 3.5-inch full touchscreen display, an 8.1MP autofocus camera, GPS, WiFi, HSDPA, HD video recording (720p), a 3.5mm headset jack and runs on the Symbian S60 operating system.

All of that and the Sony name right – it is definitely one package that you should be looking for!

Vodafone is a company that I would never really expect to release something as awesome – as cool and as packed with technology as the beautiful iPhone but they are.  For one, I did not know that the iPhone was not available in the UK, but it was not until next year – January 14th to be exact because that is when Vodafone is releasing the iPhone to the UK!

The iPhone has been all of the rave this year and last year and I can tell you that as soon as Vodafone releases the iPhone into the world of the UK, it is going to be absolutely incredible.

So if you live in the UK and you are looking for an iPhone, January 14th is the date that you can get it!

There has been a lot of talk about the brand new LG BL20 Chocolate – however there hasn’t been a lot of talk about when it will be available or when it is going to come out.  Well, the question has finally been answered because the LG BL20 Chocolate will be available very, very soon and it is going to cost just under $400.00 – which is okay right?

The specs on the LG BL20 Chocolate are incredible!  The LG BL20 Chocolate features a 2.4-inch QVGA TFT display with 262k colors (240 × 320 resolution), a 5MP shooter with Autofocus and LED flash, a built-in FM radio, and a media player that supports WMA, AMR, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, MP3, 3GP. MP3s file formats.

All of that in a phone?  That is crazy!  I’ll keep you posted as to the availability on this particular phone!

Smartphones are something that everyone seems to be carrying these days – even Czech-based companies like Mivvy.  Mivvy is a company that is actually pretty cool in the scheme of things and they have come up with the Mivvy One smartphone which is supposed to be pretty damn cool.  Below, we are going to explore some specs, but you should know that this particular phone is a touchscreen and it looks so cool!

The Mivvy One Smartphone runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and offers a 3.2-inch TFT touchscreen display, a 624MHz Marvell PXA300 processor, a 3MP camera, a 128MB RAM, a 256MB ROM, an FM radio, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and supports quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz).

All of this for about $380.00 – which is pretty damn sweet and a fantastic friggin’ deal!

So let’s talk about LG – I know that we just did a blog about some phones that this particular company was doing, but they are one hot company right now.  Currently, they are coming out with a couple new phones that are geared toward Japan, however they could sneak over to the states if you really wanted one.  The LG L-06A and L-04A phones are two phones that I think everyone will really like – they are touchscreen after all!

These phones feature: swiveling touch panel, a 5.1MP camera, a MicroSD external memory, and HSUPA(High Speed Uplink Packet Access) service. The “G” button on the keypad provides users a one-touch connection to Google’s business directory. 

Another cool thing about the LG L-06A and L-04A is the colors!  Red, pink, white, black – every color you can think about pretty much!   Very cool!

We all know that Philips is known for their phones – specifically they are known for their phones because of the fact that their phones last forever.  The Xenium series is the one with the battery life and I am pleased to report that they have a brand new phone to add to the family … the Philips X650.  This particular phone is actually a slider and it is so cool looking that you might think you are in the future.

The Philips X650 features a 2.4-inch TFT LCD display with 240 x 320 resolution and 262K colors, a 3.2MP autofocus camera, an FM radio, a 30MB internal memory, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth, a USB port and comes with an remarkable battery lifetime that lasts up to 8 hours in talk-time, or up to one month in stand-by mode.

Although the pricing and availability is still a mystery, it has to be said that the Philips X650 is a phone that people are going to want … me included!