We Review Phones

Christmas will be here before you know it, and a lot of people are already turning their attention to finding the perfect gift for their loved ones.

Over the years, cell phones, smart phones, and other mobile devices have become popular gift choices, and with good reason. They do make great gifts, if you are willing to do some research and put a lot of time and effort into learning about the recipient.

You need to know what the person who will be getting the gift likes, wants, and needs. Getting a high tech cell phone for someone who only wants to make and receive calls isn’t a great idea. Getting a standard cell phone for someone who likes to take pictures and send text messages is likewise a bad idea.

Know who you’re buying for, and you can make the recipient very happy.

Say what you will about Verizon, but they do like to keep it fresh — like with their new … fish finding phone. Uh huh, yep, you read that right.

Just today, the carrier company unveiled their Casio G’zOne Rock, a clam shell handset with six different operating modes — one of which details sea levels as well as tides, so users can simply look to their phones to see if the fish are likely to be biting.

The Rock, as the phone is charmingly known, was made for those users who lead very active lives. Other modes of operation are tailored to climbing and hiking. There is an Earth Compass Mode which uses GPS to locate the distance for forty places around the world. You can count your steps, find the temperature, even calculate how many days there are until the moon is next full or new.

What is the company that you think about when you think cell phones?  For me – it is all about Samsung; however a newer company named Casio seems to be taking the show with the brand new Casio IT-800 RGC-35 Rugged PDA.  This is a PDA cell phone that is actually pretty neat looking and has a 3.7-inch VGA display along with a low-reflection touch panel screen, which is pretty awesome.

Some other specs on this particular phone include the high speed 3G wireless WAN (HSDPA) capability as standard feature. What makes the Casio IT-800 RGC-35 more interesting is that it supports IP54-rated dust/splash proof and can withstand being dropped on concrete from a height of 1.5 meters.

This phone also is packed with tons of other features, but you are going to have to look them up!

Now that we have talked a lot about the US phones, let’s touch base on one brand that is already global and they are upping the ante this time – Samsung people!  That is who I am referring too and they have just released the Samsung i329 Windows Mobile Smartphone in China and to be honest, I think that is the smartest move that they have made!

The Samsung i329 Windows Mobile Smartphone is by far the trendiest and coolest looking phone in the world – I mean, take a look at the specs!  The CDMA phone features a 3-inch touchscreen display with 240 x 400 pixels, TouchWiz UI, a 512MB of internal memory, a Qualcomm QSC6975 chipset, and a MicroSDHC card support (up to 32GB).

So if you live in China – this is definitely the phone that you should be looking at getting!

You are probably wondering exactly what a solar hybrid phone is right?  Well, the company is DoCoMo and the cell phones are DoCoMo SH-08A phones.  These beautiful phones (to me they look freakin’ cool!) are actually phones that are generated by solar energy!  To me … that is pretty cool!  They are waterproof as well and they actually recharge their battery the longer that they are out in the sun.  Ten minutes of charging time outside will give you about one minute of talk time.

While I know that, that sounds like a lot … if you are looking for a way that you can help the environment, this is just one small way.  The DoCoMo SH-08A are phones that also take fantastic pictures as they have an 8-megapixel CCD camera, which is friggin’ incredible!

So if you are looking for a cell phone that is different … completely different, the DoCoMo SH-08A cell phones are by far the best for you!

One phone that seems to be extremely up and coming lately is the LG GW300 messaging phone.  This is actually one of the coolest phones that I have seen lately.  Everything from the color of the phone itself all the way down to the buttons seem to really be something that I would love … love to own.  There are also a ton of different specs for this phone, for example, the phone itself being extremely lightweight?  That to me is very, very important as many phones nowadays are extremely heavy.

Some more features include:  integrated Facebook client with a full QWERTY keypad. This low-end phone also has a 2.4-inch (240 x 320) QVGA display, stereo Bluetooth, a USB 2.0 port, and supports only on 2.5G GSM (GPRS/EDGE) networks.  Which is basically just the tip of the iceberg there, so you really need to make sure that you do a bit more research on this phone!

While there is absolutely no words on pricing or a release date – you should keep your eyes peeled for this one!

In this day and age, cell phones are something that everyone in the world needs and everyone in the world has – this is one of the main reasons why companies like GeeksPhones was created.  This company is hot – not in the US though, but they are pretty damn hot in Spain, as that is where they are based out of.  They have, since they started this company been trying to come up with a Smartphone and finally, the Android is their very first Smartphone! 

This new Smartphone is incredible, it runs on Android 1.5 Cupcake and features a 625MHz PXA310 processor, a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, a 3.2 megapixel camera and a front-facing camera, a microSD card slot, AGPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and supports quad-band EDGE/HSDPA connectivity.  All of this is packed into just one phone!

This phone will be released in Spain this summer and it will be sold unlocked for around $422.00, which isn’t bad!

If there is one thing that I have noticed about cell phones it has got to be that they are every changing and ever evolving.  Take the Sony Ericsson cell phone.  This incredible phone has not only been around for quite a while but it is ever changing and ever evolving and I think that, that is something that is fantastic! The technology that goes into cell phones in this day and age is absolutely incredible and to be honest, the newest phone from Sony, the Sony Ericsson W995a Phone is absolutely amazing!

The Sony Ericsson W995a Phone is by far one of the best phones on the market, it features quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity, tri-band UMTS/HSPA connectivity, a 2.6-inch QVGA scratch-resistant display, a 8.1MP shooter with autofocus, LED flash, and smile shutter, A-GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and those are just a few of the features!

This handset is going to run you about $600.00, but it is definitely worth it in the long run, for all of the specs speak for themselves!

Let’s talk about Acer.  Personally, I am not a huge fan of this brand and while that is just me … I just have a thing about their laptops and their overall look but what I can tell you is that they came out with the newest phone on the market today, the Acer M900 and while I do not specifically agree with Acer coming out with a Smartphone, I think that for those of you that do like the Acer brand, you should absolutely take a look at this phone.

This phone is pretty cool and it actually features finger recognition, which is pretty freakin’ cool.  The entire 3.8 inch screen is a touchscreen and it has a QWERTY keyboard and to be completely honest, it really is not a bad phone – it’s just not I phone that I would pick out.

So if you like the Acer brand, you should pick yourself up or at least check this phone out!

If you are the type of person that wants a lot of different features to be available on your phone yet you do not want to take the dive and get yourself an iPhone, you should check out the two latest and greatest phones from LG!  The LG GW520 and the LG GT505 cell phones are absolutely incredible and I have to say that – for the social networker, you will definitely like these two.

The technology that is packed into phones nowadays is absolutely incredible and these two phones are no exception.  Actually, they each have either a 3MP or a 5MP camera, all sorts of Wi-Fi connectivity and all sorts of other technology that you should research a bit.

Cell phones nowadays are stylish as heck too and these phones are definitely not the exception on that either.  They both look great, feel great and are set to be released later this year!