Category: Mobile phones
LG's 2004 phone blitz
LG is hoping to repeat fellow Koreans Samsung's success in the UK mobile phone market by launching a huge range of new handsets next year. It will include a 3G handset the U8100 (click here for more) a version…
Nokia 3G phone on sale in UK – sort of
Quite possibly Nokia's oddest handset so far, and believe me it has some serious competition, has finally arrived in the UK. The 7600, the company's entertainment packed style phone that was announced during October, has gone on sale in…
The new text messaging?
The Guardian is wondering what is likely to be the biggest thing in mobile phones next year? 3G? Camera phones? It concludes it could well be a technology imported from the US called Push To Talk (PTT) which enables…
Year's best mobile phones
Now it is December expect the newspapers to be swamped with best of the year retrospective features detailing everything from 2003's best movie to its top new garden centre. The Guardian has got in there early this week by…
Motorola ups the camera phone ante
Motorola's big launch for this week is the V525 a new camera phone available exclusively via Vodafone Live! The handset is almost identical to the forthcoming V500, the key difference being a Vodafone Live! button to take users directly through…
South Korea 1-0 Europe
The Guardian has the lowdown on a Tech Digest staffer's recent trip to South Korea, where, in between helpings of spicy pickled cabbage, he wept with envy while viewing the fantastic selection of gadgets LG makes for its local…
Orange SPV E-200 review
The third incarnation of Orange's SPV Windows-powered smartphone, the E-200, has just landed on the test bench at The Guardian. Apparently the inclusion of Bluetooth and an intergrated camera along with more memory has significantly improved both its performance…
Blackberry's Tri-band smartphone
Research in Motion (RIM) has added a new Blackberry to its line-up. Aimed at corporate customers, the 7730 triple-band 'smart phone' incorporates a large colour screen and a whole host of business-oriented features. As well as being a phone,…
O2's Pop Idol reviewed
Yet more information on the 02 Digital Music Player, or DMP, can be found The Guardian's website. But if you can't be bothered to read it there, here's a quick summary, Tech Digest style. O2 has seen all of…
Hands-free kit: The Perfect Christmas gift?
With it set to become a criminal offence to use a handset mobile behind the wheel from December 1st, and with Christmas fast appoaching, there's never been a better time buy a hands-free kit. One of the latest available…