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Silly question yeah?

Well, the base of operation within a mobile phone is simply for the functionality of sending and recieving phone calls, but of course, this is not how our choice of mobile brand and model is influenced nowadays. I myself have a Nokia 3120 on Pay as you go. It does the basic things that I need it for, which are: recieving/emergency calls (not a heavy chatter), the occasioanl text message and finally, MP3 player to and from work. My very first phone was a 3210 which in terms of what I used it for, didn’t have a music player.

I am looking to invest on a new phone as many of you are, but what do we base our choice on? Seeing as I’m in a mobile phone enviroment here in Telecom 3, features are coarsing through my brain. Apart from the many inclusive minutes/texts, basic camera, text messaging capabilities, here’s what I’ve come up with.

Entertainment: As a secondary function similar to the Nintendo DS/MP3 player and a portable DVD player rolled into one, a multimedia portable machine…everything that you could ever want to keep you entertained. Specifications to consider; what formats your videos/music will play (MP3 music, DivX/MPEG-4/WMV video bwing the most common), sound features (MegaBass, TrackID Recognition), games (downloadable), screen size, resolution of the screen, size memory (is it expandable?) and connectivity which is important for your data transfer.

Camera: Nothing is better than capturing the moment on camera. Although camera functionality is inherited in all mobile phones today, some are specialised in this aspect. The number of megapixels is only one characteristic relating to the quality of a camera, or the actual quality of a photo it is capable of producing and the resolution it will be captured at. The next part would be the quality of lens, focus functionality, type of flash and camera modes. Other things to be aware of is the memory (expandable?) and connectivity which will be methods on data transferring and possibly 3G coverage for internet access to the social networks for direct image transfer to your blog.

Business: Your goal here is to be reachable wherever and whenever. Being able to have access to information  with connectivity via 3G for internet access to your e-mail and be able to read documents and spreadsheets thanks to the in-built office applications available to your mobile phone. Need a GPS device? Why not have one included in your phone.

As simplistic a person I am, my choice when I eventually get round to it will be mainly for camera functionality to capture things that I find facinating, nights out and holidays. What do you want the most our of your mobile?

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Camera phone lovers, brace yourself! The Sony Ericsson C902 is here to stay at Telecom 3. The ‘C’ is the newer range of the Cyber-Shot series which replaced the ‘K’ series. As everyone knows, the Cyber-Shot range of phones have been very successful and this phone lives up to our expectations. The phone comes to us in candy bar form, at a very slim 10.5mm, keypad and navigation buttons have gone back to classic design of being blocky keys which make them easy to pressand the model comes in black or red metallic finish. The side of the screen contains buttons to activate between still and video, enable autofocus, flash and other camera settings. The screen however, due to all these included shortcuts, is 2 inches but still has the same resolution as most other mobiles (240×320 with 256k colours) with a bright and sharp display and the device weighs in at 107grams.

The main feature is of course, the camera. It is concealed beneath a mini sliding cover. When you slide the cover open, the phone enables camera mode. The camera is, as stated earlier with the side buttons has autofocus and flash. The autofocus function has face-detection software which automatically focuses on the face of a picture. Image stabaliser software to minimise blur in low lighting areas, BestPic feature which can automatically take 9 pictures in a second to allow the user to choose the best picture out of the 9, Accelerometer senses which way up the photo is being held and will automatically rotate your pictures into portrait or landscape mode.

3G connection enabled (HSDPA) network enabled for the phone to make video calls. A new ‘Storyteller’ application lets you create presentation from the pictures and dynamically upload them onto social networks such as Bebo/Facebook. The media player is fully featured, includes Sony’s MegaBass for spetacular sound quality, PlayNow feature lets you personalise your phone by downloading a MP3 ringtone and/or use MP3/AC ringtones you transfer onto your phone. TrackID recognition to identify a song by holding your phone near the source, FM radio, can use your own stereo headset or use an optional Bluetooth stereo headset, large 160mb of internal memory which can expand up to 4gb via Memory Stick Micro to store up to 1,000 music tracks, USB and Bluetooth connectivity to transfer music, images between phone and PC via the simplicity of Drag and Drop.

This phone as fantastic as camera phones go, for more information, contact our Telecom 3 sales team.

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The latest model of the Sony Ericsson Cyber Shot camera phone range at Telecom 3 is the K850i. Following its success of its previous models, the K850i comes to you in candy bar form, slightly slimmer compared to its predecessor, the K800i.

Labelled as the ‘True Photographers phone’, Cyber shot range is packed with a 5 megapixel camera, together with an automatic lens cover, digital zoom (x15), auto focus (to keep your image nice and sharp) and Xenon flash (superior to the LED flashes on other phones) which is all the fine ingredients you will need to take the perfect picture whenever, wherever. Also features ‘BestPic’ which can take 9 pictures in a second so that the user can choose which picture they would like to keep, a picture stabiliser which assists in reducing camera shake and finally, a switch that’s positioned on the side of the phone allowing you to switch between camera modes, similar to a digital camera.

Other features that come with the Sony Ericsson K850i are 3G high speed connection (HSDPA) to easily share your quality taken pictures, video calling, mp3 music player, TrackID music recognition to allow your phone to detect what artist and song when holding your phone up to the music source, FM radio, Bluetooth and USB connectivity making it easy to transfer files between PC and phone, organiser and expandable memory to 4gb so that you could store more media files.

Full of features and is an excellent phone that comes free with many price plans. For more information, contact our Telecom 3 sales team.

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I must admit, this is probably the sexiest candy bar designed mobile phone I’ve seen! The Nokia 6500 Classic is a very slim candy bar phone at a light weight of 94grams, sleek aluminium casing and is available for free with a majority of contracts from our Telecom 3 sales.

Supplied with a huge 1gb of internel memory, the Nokia 6500 Classic, with it’s lovely looks, comes with 3G support, a standard 2 megapixel camera, competent music player, a video camera and good connectivity via Bluetooth and miniUSB to easily transfer your music from PC to phone or alternatively, due to it’s 3G connection, is able to share it’s media easily. As you could probably tell, this phone doesn’t really have any outstanding features available to it compared to the phones available nowadays, however, it does everything you would expect from a standard mobile phone very well and with a very delightful appearance.

Our Telecom 3 sales team can assist you with any enquiries you may have about this product.

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The Nokia 6500 is a 3G slider phone which comes in either a black and silver combination or silver stainless steel case which is a very nice looking phone at the mid-range product level. It has a TFT display of 2.2 inches and 240×320 resolution.

The phone comes equipped with a reasonable 3.2 megapixel camera that has autofocus and a Carl Zeiss lens which in return, gives good enough quality pictures that you could print. There is a TV-output socket on the phone which you can use the supplied AV lead to attach it to the TV and from your phone which subsequently, can be used to view photos, videos and listen to your music or radio that is currently on your phone.

The other features available on this, 3G connection, you use its WAP 2.0 capabilities to surf the web and send e-mails. Video camera, 3G video calls, a music player capable of playing MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA formats, FM radio (with Visual Radio to see what’s being played), sound recording, 20mb of internal memory which is expandable to 4gb, built-in hands free capabilities, voice memo functions to record your thoughts, and has connectivity via Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 and a 2.5mm headset socket for your alternative headphones if the ones supplied don’t do it for you.

Although this phone hasn’t got any substantial features, it’s still a very well rounded phone that will function well. For more information on this handset, query our Telecom 3 sales team.

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The Sony Ericsson W910i is part of the Walkman music player 3.0 series which we sell at Telecom 3. The phone is a super slim slide phone equipped with a reasonably large screen (2.4 inches) with a silver disc navigation control. Feature’s the ‘Shake Control’ for when you fancy a quick change in music, physically shaking your mobile phone will pick at random a different song that’s on your mobile. The sound quality on this device and features Sony Ericssons MegaBass feature to enhance bass frequency, can even plug in your own conventional stereo headset or use a Bluetooth stereo headset if that’s your preference. The walkman music player 3.0 is very easy to use, and the software that is supplied with the phone gives you the capability of transferring music from your PC to phone and rip music from CD’s. Internal storage however is only 35mb but it can be expanded easily with a memory card since the phone supports up to 4gb, which you can also fill the storage by using it’s 3G (HSDPA) connection to download music…perfect for those tunes you hear and want to download right away, and if you don’t know what the tune is, you can make use of the TrackID recognition function by holding your phone near a music source and it’ll identify the artist – song for you.

Apart from its superior audio function and normal phone functions, it also has a 2 megapixel standard camera, FM Radio, able to make video calls with its 3G (HSDPA) connection.

For more information on this product, contact our Telecom 3 sales team.

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Sony Ericsson K770i Cyber-shot capabilities snaps itself a promising sales position in Telecom 3’s ranks. The K770i Sony Ericsson is style shaped with smooth edges and curves, candy bar design phone and is part of the Cyber-shot phone product line which is known for their high quality pictures due to Carl Zeiss lenses and overall design, 3.2 megapixels at a resolution of 2048×1536 with an LED flash, a 3.2x digital zoom and BestPic technology to take 9 pictures in a second so that the user can pick which one they prefer. Some of the other features that go hand in hand with the picture taking is the picture editor to modify your pictures slightly or the picture blogging to dynamically upload the pictures from your phone to your blog site.

Along with its camera features, it also contains picture editing, comes with 16mb internal memory and included in the package, you’ll receive a 256mb memory stick but can be upgraded with memory sticks of up to 2gb to store many photos or if you wish, store your music on. With TrackID Recognition, it allows your mobile phone to listen to a source of music and identify the artist and song. K770i also offers video calling, music player (MP3), FM radio, organiser, sound recording, internet access via the 3G connection capabilities with USB and Bluetooth connectivity from PC to phone to allow you to transfer or share your music.

As you can tell, this is a very multimedia orientated mobile phone, our Telecom 3 sales team can answer any other enquiries you may have.

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One of the most advanced Nokia N-Series products that have been available here at Telecom 3, is the Nokia N95. The N95 released back in 2007 March has been a very popular product that has caused a lot of hype among the majority due to it’s impressive multimedia features.

The N95 is a 3G smartphone in a slide form factor which goes in two directions (one for your video/music controls and the other for your keypad) that is no taller than your typical candy bar phone, however, is slightly more chunky in size. The screen is 2.6 inches which is pretty big in mobile phone terms, 16 million colours, ambient light detector to adjust the screens brightness for whatever your surrounding conditions are, you’ll see what’s happening on your screen.

The camera on the phone is one of the most impressive feats. It’s the first phone to hit the 5 megapixel mark which is identical to many digital cameras that come with Carl-Zeiss optics and Tessar lenses to create sharper images with auto-focus, flash and lens capabilities. It can also record 30 frame rates of video at VGA resolution of 640×480 with stereo audio. There’s a second camera located at the front which is used for making video calls.

Another one of the N95’s amazing features is the GPS (Global Positioning System). No need for the standalone device anymore, communicating with satalites to pin-point your position on the map, whether you’re travelling on foot or in car, never get lost again.

For your multimedia uses, the N95 plays a majority of the common music and video formats, includes a stereo FM radio, integrated handsfree speaker, speaker independent voice dialling, fast G3 data transfer for internet/e-mail access. In terms of connectivity, the versitility is tremendous, supporting USB 2.0, Infrared, Bluetooth, WiFi, TV-Out and Mic-Out. The firmware that comes with the N95 a very robust so it’s a very reliable phone alltogether and will appeal to anyone and can even be addictive to use due to it’s massive amount of capabilities which can be further expanded due to internet connection for updated software/games and memory can be upgraded to fill your phone with even more media.

For more enquiries, our Telecom 3 sales team can assist you with whatever aid you need.

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The usual journey to work on the bus. As I take my seat, there’s occasionally a Metro lying about on the baggage compartment or on a random passenger seat. Passing the time, skimming through the paper, I notice an intreguing full page ad to recycle your mobile phone for cash. Now apparently this kind of service has been around for quite some time, however, for those (and myself) whom have never heard of it, I’ll try and enlighten you.
MetroRecycles powered by Envirofone are helping the environment by taking in your unused mobile phone (be it working or not) and exchanging it for cash which is good considering how many phones one can go through in a lifetime.

This process occurs by going onto the website and clicking on the ‘Get Cash’ button. We head off by choosing our make and model of phone which we’re given the phones value and an option of trading it in for a ‘Cash Value Cheque’ or ‘Argos Credit’ (more value), enter your details in and confirm. Throughout the order process, you can track via the website on the status of your phone is whether it has been received, undergone testing, product grade rating, payment has been dispatched etc. Through the testing phase however, if they deem it damaged when the user states it’s in full working order, they will reduce the amount of cash you will receive. Once this order has been organised, MetroRecycle will send a trading pack where you will place your mobile phone inside and you can send it back to its freepost address.

From what I’ve understood, payment can be anywhere between 7-20 days but seeing as though the phone you have tucked away in a drawer somewhere not being used, it’s quite a nice transaction as some of the Telecom 3 staff believe.

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One of our fewer Motorola products here at Telecom 3, which is coming to you in Flip/Clamshell form, made with premium materials in it’s construction to give the product a sleek & stylish look with a lovely metallic colour finish, the ever so popular V9 is a heavily equipped multimedia based mobile phone utilising the 3G wireless standard in a sturdy case. With dual colour screens on both the interior and exterior areas of the phone, the external (2 Inches) screen provides the user with touch sensitive music keys, whereas the internal screen is slightly large (2.2 Inches) where wallpapers, screensavers, videos and photos (both screens) are displayed. Both screens are very rich in colours.

Such features that come with this phone are 3G broadband for voice and data communication such as internet and e-mail access, 45mb of memory which can be upgraded to 2gb, can connect the mobile phone to a PC, printer, laptop via miniUSB cable or Bluetooth wireless for wire-free data transfers and downloads, 2 megapixel camera with 8xdigital zoom for still photos (captured at 1600×1200 resolution) and video capture (video calling included), music player for your MP3’s is fantastic which you can interact with via the touch screen controls, voice recorder, full support for wireless Bluetooth headsets and much more.

An extra nice addition that was featured in the previous model (RAZR2 V8) is CrystalTalk, which is a technique used to improve call quality by automatically adjusting the audio to take into account of background noise.

Our Telecom 3 team can supply this handset and assist you with any other queries you may have.

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