The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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On the surface the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is another Android 1.6 handset with a large screen and yet another user interface or User Experience (UX) as Sony Ericsson calls it, promising to improve the usability stakes over everything else.

The hardware sees you get a 4-inch touchscreen display that dominates proceedings. Beneath this there are three additional buttons that allow you to access menus, the home screen, and skip back a step, and in between this there is even two white tiny LEDs that give you notifications as to what is going on although you will no doubt loose track over time. A dedicated camera button and volume controls pepper the side.

For the Droid or G1 fans out there, there is no slide-out keyboard. Get over it.

Around the back you’ll get an 8.1-megapixel digital camera top centre and beneath that a flash – something not present on the HTC Hero or Apple iPhone.

Although impressive, specs are nothing out of the ordinary, certainly not for your top-of-the-range model and that means you get virtually every tech acronym you can think of including HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, DLNA, A-GPS, 3.5mm jack and Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor. Storage is provided by an 8GB microSD card in the box and connects to your computer/charger via Micro-USB on the top. Unfortunately we weren’t able to confirm what the storage allocation for applications is, but let’s hope it is more than 256MB as with the Motorola Droid.

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The Acer Liquid

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The Acer Liquid brings with it some impressive hardware specs as well as the Android operating system, freeing you from Windows Mobile, which Acer has been pushing thus far, in their quest for smartphone glory. Our hands-on with the Liquid certainly went down well when it was announced in October and we’ve been putting the phone through its paces once again and we’re impressed by what is on offer here.

The handset has a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display, with an impressive 800 x 480 resolution. We can see why it is called the liquid as when the screen is turned off, it’s like peering into an inky pool. Power it up and the display really impresses: it is sharp, bright and the seamless finish across the front of the device is one we like.

Below the screen are the customary four controls you expect with Android – home, search, back and menu – and here they are presented as backlit touch controls, part of the display. If you like to get funky with your phone in the dark, it takes some stabbing around before you find the right key, as they are only illuminated when you touch them.

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The Sony Ericsson Vivaz mobile phone

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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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Stock Expected week commencing 1st March 2010 

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The Sony Ericsson Vivaz mobile phone is here to deliver high performance, responsive touch control, multimedia, entertainment and connectivity just how you want it.

Nokia X3 mobile phone

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The Nokia X3 mobile phone is ready for music and media – in style. Get straight to your tracks with dedicated music and volume keys to control your sound. No need to add to the expense with new headphones, use your favourite pair with the 3.5mm audio jack.

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As well as providing a great music experience, the Nokia X3 contains a whole host of features such as a 3.2-megapixel camera with video record, Nokia Maps, Email and instant messenger support and web browsing. Customise your Nokia X3 with access to the amazing Nokia Ovi application store, who said great phones couldn’t be affordable?

Nokia X6 mobile phone

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(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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Summary: Nokia’s first Xseries phone is an upmarket touchscreen smartphone with a compact design. Its star features include a superbly responsive capacitative touchscreen, 32GB of memory, an impressive 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, video calling, A-GPS, HSDPA, WiFi, a 3.5mm audio jack and outstanding battery performance. It’s not cheap, but quality never is! Available in Black/Red and White/Blue.

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The Nokia X6-00 is the first Xseries phone from Nokia. It’s a touchscreen smartphone running the Symbian operating system, but it’s not based on the Nseries phones. Instead, the X series is an evolution of Nokia’s XpressMusic range, and this a welcome relief, as the XpressMusic phones seem to have been much more robust than the bug-ridden Nseries.

Motorola Milestone mobile phone

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Motorola have unveiled their new secret weapon – the Motorola Milestone mobile phone!  This premium smartphone is ready to take on all of it’s competition head on and has the features and hardware to prove it.  The name of the phone itself ‘Milestone’ suggests that Motorola have set out to make new ground and push the boundaries with their latest release.

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Samsung Omnia 2 mobile phone

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Summary: The Samsung Omnia 2 is one of the greatest mobile devices ever! Running Windows Mobile, this is really a mobile office with full email and MS Office functionality, as well as a superb web browser, 5 megapixel camera, DVD-like video recording, video calling, GPS and motion games. It’s got a huge 3.7 inch display with the highest screen resolution currently available, and it can connect to just about anything via WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, 3.5mm audio jack and DLNA. It may be big and it may be expensive, but this is perhaps the most powerful smartphone so far released.

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Let’s declare some bias at the start of this review. At Mobile Phones UK, we’re fans of the Windows Mobile operating system, and we generally like the current generation of Samsung touchscreen phones. That doesn’t mean that they’re beyond criticism, but we tend to like them. Funnily enough, our users do too, which is why our user reviews consistently rate them at 4 or 5 stars on average. We loved the first Omnia, and so we’re really excited to be reviewing the new Omnia 2.

Palm Pre mobile phone

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In a nutshell: Palm’s first phone to run the webOS operating system is a funky touchscreen multi-tasking gizmo designed for the facebook generation. With a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 8GB of memory, built-in GPS and a great web browser, the Pre has many attractive features. But we feel that it’s too early for mainstream users to rush out and embrace the webOS platform.

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The Palm Pre is a newcomer to the world of mobile phones. The Pre is the first smartphone to run the Palm webOS operating system. The first of anything often turns out to be lacking in a few ways (remember the first iPhone, the first Android phone, etc.) So we’ll be sniffing around to see if there are any “beta-testing areas” of the Pre.

Nokia N97 Mini mobile phone

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Summary: The N97 Mini is a “lite” version of the N97 smartphone. The phone is very easy to use, with the twin benefits of a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a large ultra-hi-res touchscreen. The use of the word “Mini” is relative, as the N97 is still an extremely powerful multimedia device, with a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, music, video, email, facebook and other apps, and GPS. Connectivity includes WiFi, HSDPA, Bluetooth & USB, plus the bonus of a 3.5mm audio jack. Slimmer and lighter than its big brother, the N97 Mini also seems to have more stable firmware, and feels like a more polished product.

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The N97 does what it says on the tin. It’s a slimmed-down version of the Nokia N97. The N97 is Nokia’s flagship phone, so it can afford to have a few features shaved off in order to cut down on the size and the cost. There is no such thing as the perfect phone, but the N97 Mini acknowledges the compromises that have been made in cutting it down to a more manageable size, and the design is intelligent and very usable.

Sony Ericsson Satio mobile phone

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(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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Summary: The Sony Ericsson Satio is probably the best camera phone released, with its 12 megapixel camera and xenon flash. It’s a touchscreen Symbian smartphone, with a great music player, aGPS with Google Maps, HSDPA, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. But poor battery life, the lack of a 3.5mm audio jack, a sluggish response from the user interface and a dodgy initial batch mean that it loses one star.

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The Sony Ericsson Satio has enjoyed something of a rollercoaster ride. Released just in time for Christmas 2009, the initial batch was so appallingly bad that it was withdrawn from sale by all of the main UK retailers. Sony Ericsson worked hard to fix the bugs, and it seems that the latest version does what it says on the tin. We’ve modified our review to reflect the ups and downs of the Satio, but we’re now confident that the phone works.