Mobile phone manufactures seem to develop special affinity with music lovers and so LG also takes the leap to capture the music phone lovers market by launching Alltel's LG Rhythm. Alltel has publicized its new materialization of music phone ‘the LG Rhythm’.

The slider format music-oriented mobile phone is destined to appease the music lovers. The phone available in two colours the powerful black and immaculate white. It sports features like built-in FM transmitter, a graphic equalizer which is tuned by Mark Levinson, and a 3.5mm audio port switching between receiving calls and listening to favourite numbers. A microSD slot and an expandable memory upto 16GB is definitely a good deal for users to make gigantic music library. The extraordinary circular touch sensitive key measuring 1-inch is one of its hot features giving sensuous look to the set.

Technical specifications

• 1.3 megapixel camera
• Bluetooth
• inch circular touchscreen control panel
• MicroSD slot and expandable memory upto 16 GB
• Built-in FM transmitter
• A graphic equalizer
• A 3.5mm audio port

Price and availability - The LG Rhythm is out at $120 after $50 mail-in-rebate with a two-year service agreement.

Motorola rolled out its brain child Motorola Krave ZN4 that simply typifies its excellence of call quality. The Touchscreen phone is targeted at Touchscreen lovers. It’s completely groundbreaking from the RAZR and PEBL known for Sleekness and sex appealing cellphones, and it doesn’t resembles a slipping glossy bar of soap, as you can see above.

Motorola and Verizon Wireless have got into tie up for selling it on CDMA network in USA and also “first interactive clear flip, full-touch phone”, that’s how they are promoting and advertising it. Krave ZN4 being the very first touchscreen cellphone from the stable of Motorola will begin from States. And yes, it’s may also be called as the revised version of formerly known Motorola Blaze.

Now let see what this dark-titanium gray flip phone has got to present to the U.S. customers? The Krave is packed with advanced and very much craved features like Mobile TV, V Cast Video, V Cast Music with Rhapsody support, and VZ Navigator. The sound quality has been claimed fine for the music lovers. But, the QWERTY keyboard is something that might bring crease on your head since you are bound to type with the top cover open and sideways. Although the guys have been found impressed by the glass screen that reminds you of the Apple iPhone 3G, the solid feel and a loud ear speaker. One important aspect is that the text can be read even when the lid is closed.

Technical Specifications

Screen - 2.8 inch TFT touchscreen, secondary touchscreen is 240 x 320 pixels, 65k colours.

Camera - 2 megapixels.

Size - Medium PDA-style device measuring 105 x 51 x 19mm / 130 grams.

Memory card – microSD.

Battery life - 4 hours talk / 20 days standby.

Price and Availability - Motorola Krave ZN4 is being sold for $149.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement exclusively through Verizon.

There was an announcement by LG for some where in July for LG RENOIR (KC910). The phone which is assumed as a potential challenger for Sony is underway officially to live up to the expectations of its users with prime focus on camera functionalities. LG Renoir has 8-megapixel camera sporting out crisp and clear pics.

As craziness for camera phones among people is progressing day by day, so they don’t mind spending few more bucks for getting an integrated mobile phone with picture quality equivalent to digital camera. 8-megapixel seems to allure many customers in this segment. Phone also has geo-tagging option which ensures you to memorize exactly the location of each shot.

Technical Specs

Camera – a whopping 8-megapixel with Xenon flash, Schneider-Kreuznach certified optics and auto focus.

Connectivity - 3G supports with HSDPA, WiFi, A-GPS, and geo-tagging ability.

GSM - Quad-Band GSM.

Screen - 3-inch touchscreen.

Bluetooth - 2.0.

The cameraphone is likely to hit markets in October and as for now no comments available on pricing issues.

If you are in a quest to possess a touchscreen smartphone and that too at a highly affordable price, then LG’s new KP500 might just be meant for you. It comes equipped with all the modern day features too besides an excellent touchscreen.

Particularly the advanced User Interface makes LG KP500 easy to use all the functions with an added facility of speed dial technology that allows its users to dial a friend’s number simply by touching the friend’s photo attached to the phone book. Here is some of the other impressive set of features. Take a look.

• Motion sensor technology for all the game lovers.

• High quality 3-inch touchscreen display along with a virtual QWERTY keyboard that appears on the display.

• Advanced handwriting recognition capability.

• 3 mega pixel camera, microSD memory card slot, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio and accelerometer with support of 39 languages.

The smartphone is available in four colors namely black, vandyke brown, anodized silver and elegant gold colors. LG KP500 is expected to be available in Europe by the end of this month.

Motorola Extreme VA76r might prove to be your best mobile pal if you are longing for a rugged handset to sustain extremities. The handset is targeted to the Consumers working in extreme conditions for example construction sites.

And here is the answer to why it has been claimed to work in extremities. Motorola Extreme VA76r specially designed for the countries known for sub-zero climatic conditions. Being certified to military standard 810F, Extreme VA76r can withstand temperatures between -10-degrees Celsius and +55-degrees Celsius. It is also shock and vibration resistant, and can bear the shock of a 4-feet fall. Neither Heavy rainfall nor wind blowing at a pace of 9 m/s will hinder the signals reaching the handset and originating from the device. Not even dusty terrains will deter the flawless working of the Motorola Extreme VA76r.

Features and Specifications

1.      3G high-speed connectivity

2.      Downloading via the Internet browser.

3.      Clamshell design protruding an external antenna.

4.      2.2-inch TFT display,

5.      2-megapixel camera with 8 x zoom

6.      4GB expandable memory storage space

7.      Stereo Bluetooth 2.0.

 Motorola Extreme is already available at Rogers for Canadians at $199.99 on a three-year contract. No updations so far for UK. After all Motorola phones are know for their style.

Your dream of carrying an android – driven mobile phone may just come true pretty soon with HTC Dream indeed! Yes a slew of impressive pictures have been come into the picture showing off a very real T-Mobile-branded Dream in all its Android-running glory.

What’s more you surely can expect the phone to have an exceptional list of features and specs and feel the power of Android; Google’s new open source mobile operating system. It has a full QWERTY keypad and the touchscreen is based on haptic technology. The keypad is swivel-based as you can make out from the photos. The sources jus give a hint that it may very well come up with T-Mobile and it won’t keep us fiddling our fingers for long from here.

Nokia has gone ahead and unveiled it’s Nseries multimedia smartphone viz Nokia N96 in India striving to prove the axiom “It's all about first movers advantage” as true. N96 is a perfect blend of style and cutting edge technology with excellent access to web and entertainment applications. The smartphone makes way in India before the much hyped apple iphone 3g in India.

What’s more Nokia N96 is the first ever mobile device to offer a memory size of 16GB expandable to 24 GB through an external micro SD card, allowing consumers to store up to 18000 songs, up to 20000 images at 5 megapixel, up to 60 hours of video or 20 full length movies. And like every other nseries phone viewing experience becomes amazing indeed!

It is also the first ever mobile device to come preloaded with Wave Secure, a S60 unique security application that allows consumers not just to track their handset in the event it is lost or stolen, but also create a backup for the phone data via the Internet. This is an application being offered exclusively to consumers in India.

Words from the Management

“Nokia's range of multi-function, converged devices clearly demonstrates that convergence is no longer an industry buzzword - it is a reality for consumers and business users today. In 2007, the Nokia N95 became an icon for convergence of Internet and mobility. With over 10 million units sold to date, the N95 has changed the way people use their mobile device,” says Devinder Kishore, Director-Marketing, Nokia India, “Today, in the Web 2.0 Era, the new Nokia N96 places the power to shape the Internet in your hands, in addition to being to the ultimate entertainment gadget”.

Nokia N96 ensures the best possible photo and video quality with an integrated 5 megapixel camera including auto focus, auto-exposure, settings for scene, Dual-LED camera flash, video light, recording indicator, sequence, self-timer, colour, white balance, contrast, exposure compensation, guides allowing you to capture excellent memorable pictures of your life!  The dual-slider mechanism is really commendable.

 It will be available across the country starting September 2008. Nokia also announced a pre-booking scheme, offering consumers the opportunity to secure the N96 in advance. The offer will be valid through 2000 Nokia outlets across the country starting August 20, 2008.

Get ready to be thrilled by the exceptional performances of Michael Phelps and your favourites at the summer Beijing Olympics. Just a few months back there was a rumour that the China-based Lenevo will be released at the summer Olympics. 

Well some rumours do turn into reality like this one as the new Lenevo Ideapad U8 has made its official debut in China. This device has been authorized by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee and will come with the following appealing set of specifications for your sheer pleasure:

• 10.6 ounces
• Intel 800MHz Atom Z500 processor
• 1GB RAM (max. of 2GB)
• 6GB SSD
• Dual cameras
• 5-hour battery life

First shown at CES 2008, the U8 is also connected to the hilt, with 802.11b/g wi-fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and EDGE connectivity, not to mention "3G network support and WiMAX Internet access". The best part is that the device works in tandem with the CMMB (China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting) USB bluetooth dongle, offering free, live coverage of the Olympic games in addition to other broadcast signals. No hint yet on the pricing side though it is expected to be somewhere near around the other high-end smartphones.

Samsung, the Korean consumer electronics behemoth unveiled the eco-friendly addition to its bioplastic range of phones yesterday in Beijing as reported by the New York Times. Samsung E200 Eco is made from a corn-based bioplastic with Samsung claiming that this bio-friendly plastic is not only easier to dispose off, but also consumes less oil, produces less carbon than its oil-based counterparts.

With Samsung Mobile phones expectations do shoot up indeed! This new E200 Eco cellphone may not stand out very much based on its specs, which include a 1.3 megapixel camera and MP3 player functionality, but the company is hoping that folks will take notice of it for its casing made of corn indeed! According to the sources it will be available in Europe sometime next month.

BlackBerry Javelin specs have been finally come to light in a detailed form and the exact set of impressive features are mentiones below as follows:

• 512 MHz processor
• 256MB flash memory
• USB connectivity
• Hot-swappable microSD memory card slot
• 460 x 360 HVGA+ display
• Wi-Fi b/g support
• Integrated GPS navigation
• 3.2 megapixel camera

Also known by the model number 8900, the Javelin will probably arrive sometime next year.  Let's wait till then.