Has Motorola ever disappointed us with their offerings? The latest one which is about to hit the shelves in October is the Motorola DEXT, which is based on the Android OS, which is one great reason to purchase the phone. Another reason why the phone is a real treat is the MOTOBLUR UI, which combines really well with the Android OS. The MOTOBLUR UI provides you with integrated and quick access to your messages, feeds, email and photos as well as one – touch access to social networks like Facebook and MySpace. Moreover, there is a facility in the Motorola DEXT whereby you can set the phone to receive all the messages from your social network accounts directly to your phone in a single inbox, thereby saving a lot of hassle.

The phone makes use of a 3.1 inch touchscreen which has a very crisp resolution of 320×480 pixels. The 5 megapixel camera which comes with the phone has auto – focus to ensure clear images as well as geo – tagging. The camera isn’t much to talk about, but does its job well.

As far as the looks of the DEXT is concerned, it looks quite stylish and is fairly slim at 15.6 mm, which isn’t so bad considering the fact that it is a slider. However, it is quite heavy at 163 grams and can feel quite uncomfortable in your pocket if you are wearing tight jeans.

The phone has a good music player which supports a variety of formats. The phone has a 3.5 mm headset jack which can be used to plug in your favourite headset. You don’t have to be restricted to the proprietary headset which comes with the phone. The phone comes in 3 colour schemes, namely titanium, black and white.

Motorola DEXT Reviews have been quite positive. The phone will be available on Orange UK on some great Motorola DEXT contracts.

LG never loses its knack for producing really good – looking touchscreen phones, the latest one being the LG GM730, which was released last August and is available for purchase in all mobile phone stores. The main highlights of the phone are the Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional OS (the first phone from LG to come pre – installed with the OS) and the S-Class Touch UI, which makes using the phone a real delight. LG GM730 Reviews have been nothing but positive, so let’s look behind the hype to see whether the LG GM730 is the real deal.

The phone comes packed with a 5 megapixel snapper which is capable of capturing really sharp pictures with the Schneider Kreuznach optics lens, which is the same lens as the one used in the likes of the LG Renoir. The S-Class touch UI has a very intuitive design, making it extremely easy to use the phone. There are a variety of home screen themes that are present. You also have the option of customizing the home screen to fit your needs and purposes. The widgets on the homescreen are like 3D cubes, meaning that you can move them as you like by just flicking them to wherever you want them to be.

The phone has a 3 inch touchscreen which can accommodate a number of widgets. Internet Explorer 6.0 comes pre-installed with the phone. E-mail can be setup on the phone in an instant with just a few ‘clicks’.

The Chat on Map is a very handy app present on the phone which enables you to communicate with your friends while, at the same time, identify the location where they currently are in! As mentioned earlier, the phone has already been released in the UK, so don’t wait, go and get this really classy, tech – savvy phone now! You can get an online comparison to help you to find the very best LG GM730 deals on offer.

Phew, we were starting to get exhausted with all those leaks and rumours that have been doing the rounds with regard to the HTC Click but HTC have finally put them all to rest with an official announcement that the HTC Click will be released under the name of HTC Tattoo. The name gives us a clear idea into the market HTC is trying to target with its affordable Android OS phone. The phone may also appeal to the mass market as well.

The perfectly designed HTC Tattoo is unique in a certain aspect. It will be the first Android phone to make use of a QVGA resistive touchscreen, which is a step away from the norm (high – resolution HVGA capacitive screen). HTC have given an explanation for this, saying that the resistive technology works well with 2.8 inches screens like that of the HTC Tattoo. A 528 MHz Qualcomm CPU will be what the HTC Tattoo will run on, along with 256 MB of RAM. These amazing specs mean that you don’t have to worry about the speed of the Tattoo.

The main features of the phone include the microSD memory card slot (capable of holding a 32 GB microSD card as well), accelerometer sensor, FM radio, 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, miniUSB sport, 3.5 mm headset jack (enabling you to use your favourite headset to listen to songs), GPS and Wi-Fi. The HTC Tattoo will make use of HTC’s Sense UI.

In their report, HTC also mentioned that the Tattoo will be released in UK and the rest of Europe during the start of October and will then be released around the world in the coming months. Though they didn’t mention the pricing, other HTC Tattoo Reviews have been saying that the phone will be released for around 200 Euros (which translates to about 180 Pounds). Be sure also to check out the HTC Tattoo contracts on offer.

Good old Blighty… what is it good for? Well, very little, if we’re honest. But one thing we can at least be proud of one our shores is our advertising, because without doubt we make the least terrible, the least vomit-inducing ads in the whole wide world.

Take the example below (sick bags at the ready) for the Samsung Genio Touch. What an absolute beauty. We can imagine the creative pitch to the client now: So, right, yeah, like, totally imagine, like, the phone – the phone is like the star here, so there’s hundreds of them right – and then like, imagine one of those twisty tube things, you know, like, from when you were a kid, with the glitter and the spinning, you know – a kaleidoscope! Yeah! That’s what they’re called – and like, that’s how the add works. Yeah? Like spinning and mirrors and stuff. Yeah.

Thanks for that, Creative Mind of the Year 2009. And look, look what else we have, some young people jumping around in water and so on. Gosh, this phone really is vibrant and playful, and I think it will fit into my active yet budget conscious lifestyle. I will appreciate the range of social media applications, engaging with them in order to facilitate an ‘always on’ sense of entertainment…

Who’d have thought it, the ad actually works. Or it would do if we’d been lobotomised at the age of twelve and then fed nothing but Big Macs and Coke (the fizzy brown stuff, not the good stuff).

All of which is a shame because the Samsung Genio Touch is – as budget phones go – pretty darn decent. Or favourite TouchWiz interface is onboard, as is some nice haptic feedback from the touchscreen and it’s all wrapped up in a dinky, nifty design. What more can we say… apart from go have a gander at this Samsung Genio Touch review, or at the official press release.

Actors should never, ever try and start a singing career.

Singers should never, ever try and start an acting career.

IT workers should never attempt to become escorts.

Footballers should never do… well, anything at all in public ever.

The list of inadvisable career changes out there is endless. So when we heard that a mobile phone manufacturer was going to be releasing a laptop, we scoffed heartily.

However, once we’d wiped the mushed up cereal and milk goo from our screens (warning: never scoff too hard when eating breakfast) we read further and found that the manufacturer in question was Nokia and that their choice of thing-to-make was a netbook. Hmmm, we then said, once we’d swallowed. Hmmm indeed.

And ever since that day we’ve been shifting nervously in our dried cereal covered seats waiting for the day when more details about this fabled netbook arrived, and hark, that day is here, because now the Nokia Booklet 3G is all, like, official and spec’ed up. Have a look at the official page, or at this Nokia Booklet 3G review, if you don’t believe us.

So what of these details, what can we read into the specs? Well, lots. Mostly good, once not so good. All the good bits you’ll find in the reviewy type links above, but these all become exceptionally impressive when you add them to just how darn good this thing looks. It looks like a high class laptop, while most netbooks look like cheap platicky things at best, poor kid’s toys at worst. Then there’s the Nokia 3G Booklet’s battery. Or it’s BATTERY, we should say. 12 hours of use from a single charge? Yes please, sailor, yes please indeed.

As always in this life of ours, there is one gripe: that of price. There’s nothing official out there just as yet, but our keen blogging ears are picking up something along the lines of £500. Which, when you can pick up the likes of the NC10 for half that, might be a sticking point. Speaking of sticking points… we fancy some cereal. So, off to the video below for you lot.

A computer in your pocket… A PC in the palm of your hand… A desktop on the go…

You’ve heard them all in relation to mobile phones before and you’ve become weary. So weary you can barely even get up these days, in fact. So tired with the lies and the self-aggrandising and posturing of all these mobile phone manufacturers, in fact, that you’re not even sure how you can carry on any more.

Well, our despondent friend, the answer is: you should carry merrily on along life’s highway with one of these in your pocket, because the N900 is just what all these other chumps have been promising and failing to deliver all along. Okay, so it’s not actually a PC, not really as powerful as a desktop, not in essence a computer. But, in terms of mobile phone computing, there is simply nothing that even comes close. Linux-powered, 1GB of processing RAM, a hefty graphics card, high speed internet access, up to 48GB storage… we’ve four laptops sat around here from only a couple of years ago that are cowering behind filing cabinets in fear of this thing.

But the best thing about all of the above is that you can happily ignore it. Because another thing manufacturers will do is stick lots of impressive stats in your face, shout and scream about this and that, but when it comes down to it, the thing doesn’t actually work very well. Worried about that with the Nokia N900? Then just have a look at the video below.

Nuff said, right?

Well, after this Nokia N900 review, and then after this official stats page. Then that is mos’ def’ nuff said. A’ight?

Cheap, trashy, easy to strip and responsive to touch is just how we like our… wait for it… wait some more… phones! Boom! Had you there! You thought we were going to say hookers. But we didn’t. We could of, but we didn’t. Cos we are proper class here, innit.

Anyway, moving swiftly away from that legally dubious territory, the Nokia 5230 is actually all of those things, but we don’t mean any of it in a bad way. It really is a cracker of a touchscreen, with tactile feedback and so on. It comes in a selection of base colours and you can also replace the battery covers for even more choice / gaudiness. And, best of all, it’s at the low-end of the touchscreen price range.

Why’s it able to be there? Well, this Nokia 5230 review will explain it better than we can be bothered to (as too does the official page, in fact), but basically this phone is the 5800 minus a bunch of stuff. Just as the 5530 was the 5800 minus some stuff. So, the Nokia 5230 is the 5800 and the 5530 kind of trashy little sister. Which is fine by us. If you see what we mean…

Great music playing (with up to 33 hours playback – a bonus of the stripped down features not being big power drainers), decent internet accessibility, cool Ovi Mapping with the on-board GPS… there’s not much, in fact, that’s missing from this thing that you’re really going to be all that concerned about.

If you’re a flashy type you might want the very latest, the all-singing/-dancing phone, but if you’re happy with not-quite-the-best-but-still-good, then the 5230 might be right up your street.

The Sony Ericsson Aino is one of the new media user centered phones to hit the market this year. Featuring in the mid range of the price spectrum, its striking appearance and top class features are bound to create an impression. It is likely to hit the market sometime later in the fourth quarter of this year.

Featuring a full touch screen, the Sony Ericsson Aino is easy to navigate through. The 15.5 mm thickness is one of its biggest disadvantages, as this makes the phone quite bulky for a phone of its class. This along with the fact that it weighs in at 134 g, makes it difficult to stash the Sony Ericsson Aino away in your pocket or in a small bag. Even if you manage to stash it away, it is guaranteed to weigh you down! The TFT touch screen however is relay good as it allows up to 16 million colors to be displayed. This screen measures 3 inches diagonally. Viewing media on the display is a treat for the eyes, and you can even rotate the screen to view the same media in landscape view if you want to.

As this phone feature a slider form factor, you have to slide out the keypad from below the screen. This keypad is quite easy to use as the keys and nice and large, well apart from each other. The onboard memory of 55MB is quite useful as you can run graphic applications without having too much of a problem. To store an extensive music library, you have to make use of the microSD memory card slot as you can use this to expand the memory up to 16 GB. The range of connectivity options complete the utility of this phone as you can access GPRS, HSCSD and Wi-Fi networks. The Sony Ericsson Aino has an 8MP camera too!

If you’re thinking of getting the Sony Ericsson Aino then check out some of the great deals online. With so much to choose from it can get confusing which is why websites like Best Mobile Contracts are so helpful as they compare all the deals for you.

The Samsung Omnia Lite B7300 is one of the new media phones to hit the mid range of the price spectrum this year. It has both an excellent appearance as well as an good set of features to match it.

The Samsung Omnia Lite B7300 looks really good as it measures only 12.9 mm thick. This makes it one of the thinner models to hit the market, especially when you compare it to phones launched by other companies having the same features. This along with the fact that it weighs in at only 103 g, makes the phone very pocket friendly. You should have no problem slipping the phone into your pocket. The edges of the phone are also quite rounded which means that it can slide into the smallest space with ease.

The screen of the phone is a touch screen which allows up to 65000 colors to be displayed at a 240 x 400 pixels resolution. This screen measures 3 inches diagonally which is quite a good size, as the icons on it are well spaced. This means that you should have no problem typing out your emails. The screen is also easy to read as you can adjust the size of the text. The touch screen is powered by TouchWhiz software which is finger friendly and efficient.

The internal memory of 250 MB can store as many contacts as you want to store along with a few media clips as well. However, if you want to have an extensive media library onboard, make use of the microSD memory card slot to expand your memory up to 32 GB. The connectivity options of the Samsung Omnia Lite B7300 are really good as you have class 10 GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA and Wi-Fi. Short range connectivity options include the inbuilt Bluetooth chip which allows small files to be transferred within seconds!

Best Mobile Contracts is a good place to look when searching for Samsung Omnia Lite deals. They are a phone comparison website that let you compare deals for free which really takes the hassle out of looking for a good deal.

Ah, self-made promotional videos, is there a branch of film that deserves to die a more horrific, painful death? Short answer: no. Short reasoning behind proposed violence: the video below for the Sony Ericsson Jalou.

Look at it… just look. Does the world get any more patronising? Are metaphors ever so brutally disgusting. Is the complete absence of anything, absolutely anything at all redeeming really possible.

There is, in fact, so little subtlety, so little depth to this thing, that there can actually only be one intended outcome, one hoped for response from the viewers of said video. The conversation would have gone something like this, in fact:

Slimy Sony Ericsson Suit: So, what we want, what we need the consumer out-take here to be, is, you know, success, fashion, style, you know, high fashion. We want our demographic to walk away from this thinking, ‘that’s it, I want to be that stylish, that’s how I envisage myself in a perfect world: as a successful model, with successful model friends (although they’re not quite as successful as me), living on a rollercoaster of beaches and bars.’ And we want them to realise that they can have this life, they can tap into is by purchasing the Sony Ericsson Jalou

Director: I like, make pictures. Picture films with the ladies with the nice parts. Pretty ladies with no clothes.

Suit: Quite, yes, well, we know your reputation. However for this film the ladies must be clothed. Not that much, mind, but with their, well, you know, parts – as it were – at least mostly – covered.

Director: Okay, yes please. I sign now where? And you tell judge I good man in next week trial?

Etc and so on and so forth. See? Do you see now?

Hopefully that cleared it all up. If you actually want to know anything about the phone (idiot!) then have a little gander at this Sony Ericsson Jalou review. It’s not as bad, to be fair, as the video suggests. But then, unless the phone actually commits hate crimes and massacres after you purchase it, it couldn’t really be quite as bad as the video suggests.