Overview: Sony Ericsson W902

Sony Ericsson, a leading mobile phone manufacturer, recently announced its latest device called the Sony Ericsson W902. The Sony Ericsson W902 is a very stylish device that incorporates the features of a mobile phone, camera, and a walkman, all in one package.

Even if you are away from your home entertainment, you can bring along the Sony Ericsson W902 with you so that you can still be surrounded with a panorama of sound wherever you go. You will have an audio experience that no other mobile phone could give by listening to the W902’s premium HPM-77 headset that gives out a clear bass and a clear stereo sound. Because of the phone memory that can still be expanded to 8GB, users can store as much as 8,000 songs on the Sony Ericsson W902. This is the perfect mobile phone if you can’t live without music. With a simple push of a button, you can navigate your music by pressing pause, play, skip backward, or forward. Aside from your own music, you can also listen to your favorite FM Radio stations since the Sony Ericsson W902 has a built-in FM tuner.

But unlike walkman mobile phones, the Sony Ericsson W902 does not compromise the quality of the device’s video and imaging. Forget about bringing a separate camera for your vacation or night-out. The Sony Ericsson W902 already has an integrated 5-megapixel camera that would allow you to take photos and even videos. After recording, your videos can be watched at the mobile phone’s 2.2” scratch-resistant QVGA screen.

The Sony Ericsson W902 comes with the Access Netfront Web Browser. It also works perfectly in networks such as EDGE or HSDPA. Other features of the W902 includes the flight mode wherein you can disable the phone’s radio transmitter so that you can use other functions while on board.

The Sony Ericsson W902 is available in three different colors that would perfectly fit the stylish you. Choose among Earth Green, Volcanic Black, or Wine Red. Fourth Quarter of 2008 is the expected availability of the Sony Ericsson W902.

X-Files Ringtones and mobile content

So what better way to get in the mood for an upcoming movie but to download some ringtones of the movie theme? The X-Files movie has already opened in selected countries and I'm sure, mobile phone carriers are already putting up movie themed downloads such as X-Files ringtones, wallpapers, video downloads, etc. So, is there an X-Files mobile phone like what Nokia did with The Dark Knight Mobile Phone? Hmm, probably not since the former is not much of a blockbuster hit such as The Dark Knight. The X-Files: I Want to Believe movie will be shown in UK theaters on July 30th.

For those who can't afford a legitimate wallpaper downloads, you're probably just going to grab some wallpapers and screenshots from the Internet and adjust it according to the screen size of your phone. Well, whatever makes you happy. A wallpaper is not the same as a mobile phone theme so those Nokia users who wants X-Files themes for their mobile can find one here, while pocket PC users can find X-Files Pocket PC themes at pocketpcfreeware.mobi.

Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight Edition

Nope the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight Edition isn't the actual mobile phone used by Morgan Freeman in the Dark Knight movie though I'd love to see what kind of phone was that but Nokia has jumped on The Dark Knight movie merchandising wagon and came up with their Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight Edition. The Nokia 6205 doesn't offer any high tech features. It won't magically turn off the lights of an entire building but the design itself might be worthy of a collector's attention.

The Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight Edition mobile phone is a flip phone and is coming exclusively to Verizon Wireless. There's a batman logo at the back of the phone plus the Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight Edition features a full movie trailer, wallpapers, Batman's voice ringtone, and animated screen savers from the film. Aside from the phone being all decked up by the Batman movie, other features include a 2 inch 262K display, 1.3 megapixel camera with flash, 58MB internal memory expandable via microSD, Bluetooth, and a touch sensitive front screen. The Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight Edition is also preloaded with Verizon's V Cast services and the Get it Now service so users can download ringtones, wallpapers, and other mobile content.

Sadly, the Nokia 6205 seems to be only coming stateside through Verizon wireless for $69.99.

Rumors: Sony Ericsson W302

Some Mobile Blog, particularly the sony ericsson blog, are reporting that the Sony Ericsson S302 will be available in a Walkman version, the Sony Ericson W302. According to the SEMC blog, the Sony Ericsson W302 will still sport the same design as the S302, just different branding.

I don't know whether this is true or just a mistake since I can't access the W302's profile on the wap page linked on the site. Both mobile devices sports the same features so I don't know why there's a need to brand it differently or what would be the most distinguishing feature of one over the other. Since the S302 is a camera phone will it have clearer pictures over the W302 or will the latter have better MP3 Ringtones playback or audio playback since it's a Walkman phone? One can only wonder and we'll just have to wait until July 22 (supposed date that it will be announced) to see whether this pans out.

Overview: Nokia 7310 Supernova

And here we have yet another one of Nokia's Supernova phone line: the Nokia 7310 Supernova, a mid-range candy bar phone that is already available in US though we have yet to see it land in the UK.

Design

Similar to the other Supernova phone line, the Nokia 7310 features an interchangeable Xpress-On covers, both the front and back covers can be replaced. Colors to choose from includes steel blue, wasabi green, and candy pink. Additional 5 colors are set to be released by Nokia. The Nokia 7310 sports the no-nonsense candy bar look that Nokia has been famous for. Another thing that's different with the Nokia 7310 is that the Xpress-On covers are etched with 3D textured designs.

Features

Though only a mid-range phone, the Nokia 7310 has a TV out so you can share your pictures or play the pre-installed games right on your TV set. The 7310 also sports a 2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, FM RDS radio, and an MP3 music player. Phone memory of the Nokia 7310 is only limited to 32MB though it can be expanded with a microSD card up to 4GB. The Nokia 7310 runs on Nokia's Series 40 platform and is compatible with GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks.

The 7310 also has a built-in web browser and has microUSB and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity.

Outlook

Those looking for a simple but cute design, you can't get any simpler with the Nokia 7310 Supernova. The additonal bonus of a TV Out that would let you play games on your TV makes this a fun phone to have. It's like having your old family computer on your pocket.

Motorola i335 Review

The Motorola i335 is a business phone designed for those who never handles their mobile phones carefully. I don't know if local carriers have this on their line-up since it runs on IDEN 800/900 networks but if you can somehow manage to get this phone to work in the UK then you have a gem of a phone.

Design

The Motorola i335 is a slim candy-bar phone with a rugged design. It's not exactly the prettiest of phones but if you're constantly mishandling your phone and dropping it, you really don't need a pretty phone. The Motorola i335 is built to military specifications so it's dust proof and waterproof. In fact, i think one of the US blog reviewers was able to drop it off a building and it still managed to survive. Talk about tough.

Features

The Motorola i335 is not a smartphone, at least in my standards. It doesn't have the basic smartphone feature of email capability. However, it does have a nice set of features that might suit business needs of some companies. The Motorola i335 is one of few push to talk cell phones. The push to talk feature is like using your phone as a walkie-talkie. Of course, you need to be running the i335 on a compatible network for it to work. In the US, they offer unlimited push-to-talk with select business cell phone plans. If there's one thing I like about Motorola phones, it's the fact that even though they embellish their phones with other features, they still don't neglect the fact that it's a phone first and foremost so call quality is a must. Calls are clear on the Motorola i335 plus it also has Bluetooth and GPS capability. My only complaints is that features are very limited on the Motorola i335, I guess it's because it is designed mainly for business use.

Conclusion

If you're a very simple person who just wants a mobile phone that has great call quality with a few features thrown in such as GPS, then you might fall in love with the Motorola i335.

Mobile Friendly Website Templates

More and more mobile phones are being equipped with XHTML browsers and the ability to surf the web. Though surfing the web on your mobile phone isn’t the same as surfing the web on your desktop computer, since mobile web browsers are continually being smart, more people will have access to the Internet ANYTIME and ANYWHERE.

With that said, is your website mobile friendly? Some bigger websites, in order to cater to mobile phone surfers, are making a separate website for them. Sites such as YouTube already have a mobile friendly site and so does Google. Since some can’t afford to have separate content for mobile phone users, webmasters are just using simple HTML codes in order to make their websites more pleasing to look at when being rendered on a mobile phone browser.

A mobile phone browser views a website differently than standard desktop browsers. A site that shows three columns may only show one column on mobile phone browsers. Plus additional codes such as flash, java, CSS, etc, are harder to read and requires browser compatibility or additional plug-ins. However, since more java based web browsers such as Opera Mini and NetFront Browser are getting smarter, you only need to do a little work on your site. Opera Mini and NetFront Browser uses a server so that websites would load much faster and users can have a more pleasing desktop browsing experience.

I think the most basic thing you should do in order to make your website more mobile friendly is to start with your website templates. The more basic your site template is, the faster it will load on a mobile phone and the greater the chances are that users would extend their visit on your site.

Don’t use too much flash-based website templates since only few mobile browsers support flash. Even the most advanced of mobile browsers such as Opera Mobile and Safari Browser offers only a little flash support. By “little” I mean, they are not yet compatible with sites made with the latest version of Adobe Flash.

Free website templates are in abundance on the Internet. In fact, on dreamtemplate.com alone, they already have thousands of website templates on their database. The key is just finding the perfect template that matches the overall theme of your website and yet it is simple enough with less clutter and simple images so that both mobile browsers and desktop browsers would render it and load it fast enough so that the end users can quickly browse what you have to offer.