Mobile users who prefer the flip phone design will be glad to note that Cellular South has announced the availability of the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone from RIM. This new sleek designed phone comes in a chrome-finished frame and packed with a lot of great features.

It features two high-resolution light-sensing color displays, the external LCD makes it easy to preview incoming emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the handset. The large, 240 x 320 pixel internal LCD displays messages, videos and web pages with impressive detail and contrast.

Features:

• Support for BlackBerry App World, which provides quick access to applications developed for the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 in categories that include entertainment, games, social networking and sharing, music and video, productivity and utilities and travel.
• A large SureType QWERTY keyboard
• Support for Cellular South’s super fast high-speed wireless broadband data network
• Intuitive user interface with trackball navigation
• Built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps preloaded plus support for location based applications and services
• A 2 megapixel camera with flash, zoom and video recording*
• Full HTML web browser
• An advanced media player for pictures, videos and music and support for BlackBerry Media Sync, which makes it easy to sync iTunes or Windows Media Player digital music collections with the smartphone
• An expandable microSD/SDHC memory card slot that supports cards up to 16 GB in size
• Stereo Bluetooth support (A2DP/AVRCP) and 3.5mm stereo headset jack

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230 smartphone is available today for $99.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year customer agreement and two-year data contract.

(Source) Press

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The HP iPAQ has been completely redesigned to produce a stylish mobile phone that is bound to get a lot of attention. The HP iPAQ Voice Messenger certainly looks the part.

It looks similar in stature to the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120 smart phone. Build quality feels solid, though the rear casing does squeak slightly when pressed and the glossy chrome finish on the rear is a fingerprint magnet.

The iPAQ Voice Messenger smartphone includes all the programs and features of Windows Mobile 6.1, including Excel, PowerPoint and Word Mobile applications, Windows Media Player, Google Maps and a range of PIM functions. It’s easy to configure for use with Microsoft Exchange, and you can also use standard POP3 and IMAP e-mail accounts, including Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. A suite of Windows Live applications includes Windows Live Messenger and Hotmail.

HP’s iPAQ Voice Messenger smartphone wins points for its looks, but not all of the design changes are welcomed. The optical controller is mediocre and the keypad is flat, making an otherwise competent handset frustrating to use.

(Source) PC World

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Just in case you missed it at the Mobile World Congress, one phone that is packed with features and reasonable pricing is the HTC P3400i.

The HTC phone is a pad form phone with Bluetooth, GPRS/GSM connectivity and Windows 5.0 operating system. The phone has a RAM of 64 MB and an average battery life of 5 hours. A 2.8 MP camera can be your ideal companion while clicking some good pictures.

The P34001 is a touch screen mobile phone by HTC with a sleek and chic design. It is powered by the awesome Windows Mobile 5.0 and gives you a 2.8inch QVGA touch screen. The key applications provided in the phone that will impress you are Direct Push Mail, Office Mobile, Internet Explorer Mobile, Windows Media Player Mobile and Pocket MSN.

Features

Bluetooth connectivity

2 Meg pixel CMOS camera

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64 MB SDRAM that can be upgraded with either MMC or SD memory cards

A built in voice commander is another thing that will draw your attention. Through this feature, you can not only search or dial a contact more easily, but you can also send SMS and control your music easily only through the command of your voice.

(Source) Best Syndication

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