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March 2009 Roundup

31st March 2009

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March is usually a quiet month in the mobile phone world. Most manufacturers make their big announcements in February, but this year we have seen follow-up details emerging from Samsung plus a few other announcements across the board.

Nokia

The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a slight remix of the upcoming Nokia E75. It tries to put a decently sized keyboard into a standard format phone, and although it looks quite nice you will have to wait until Q3 to see one. Launched alongside the 5730 is the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic, it's a decently specified music phone.. but you might find it hard to get used to the way it looks. Right down at the bottom end of the music phone market is the Nokia 5030 XpressRadio. As the name suggests, there's no MP3 player here - but this extremely inexpensive handset packs a good quality radio and comes with excellent battery life.

 Nokia 5730 XpressMusic
Nokia 5730 XpressMusic

 Nokia 5330 XpressMusic
Nokia 5330 XpressMusic

 Nokia 5030 XpressRadio
Nokia 5030 XpressRadio

Samsung

The Samsung S5230 and S5600 raised the question: does the world need any more black slabby touchscreen phones? Samsung seem to think so. These two midrange touchscreens don't offer anything really exciting, so we assume that they are competing on price.

The steel-clad Samsung S3500 sells itself on safety features, and the dual-SIM Samsung C5212 DUOS is their cheapest dual-SIM device to date. Russia is one major target market for these two phones.

 Samsung S5230
Samsung S5230

 Samsung S5600
Samsung S5600
 

 Samsung S3500
Samsung S3500

 Samsung C5212
Samsung C5212

The Samsung S7220 Lucido or Ultra b is a subdued but quite capable handset. Why Samsung need several different names for the same product is a mystery. More bizarrely, the Samsung i7410 comes with a built in projector.. a clever idea, but is there really any point?

Then there's the ultra-tough Samsung B2100, which is a phone that is completely waterproof and joins a small number of very rugged handsets in the marketplace.

 Samsung S7220
Samsung S7220

 Samsung i7410
Samsung i7410

 Samsung B2100
Samsung B2100

Other manufacturers

The glossy Motorola ZN300 looked interesting from the outside, but lacklustre specifications mean that it has little lasting appeal. Then there's the Sony Ericsson T707, a very shiny and attractive phone that again relies more on good looks than technical features.

If you are looking for something a bit different, then the Hyundai Mobile MB-910 wristwatch phone will make you feel like James Bond for a couple of hundred Euro. But if you actually ARE James Bond, then perhaps the gorgeous but fabulously expensive TAG Heuer MERIDIIST might be more for you.

Finally, we looked at Astera 3D, a process for transforming real phones into 3D computer models that potential customers can actually play with on the web.

 Motorola ZN300
Motorola ZN300

 Sony Ericsson T707
Sony Ericsson T707

 Hyundai MB-910
Hyundai MB-910

 TAG Heuer MERIDIIST
TAG Heuer MERIDIIST

 Astera 3D
Astera 3D

 

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