RIM BlackBerry 8820 (AT&T)

This is another phone of the editor’s choice. This set has achieved an excellent rating from the editors of the cell review site getting 8.0 on 10, while from the users it has been capable of getting very good rating. The phone is quite slim but is too wide which sometimes poses a problem in holding it to the ears. The screen of the phone is 2.5 inches wide. The navigation keys are well designed and functions can be easily understood. The phone has good memory which allows it to store each entry with 8 phone numbers, email addresses, work and home address, job title and much more. The SIM allows the storage of 250 more contacts. Groups can be formed in contact and each group can be supported with a photo. The BlackBerry has a good music player.

It has a media player which can play different files like MP3, AAC, MIDI, WMA, AMR-NB, and few such other files. It can also support video files like MPEG4, WMV and H.263. The music player is very easy to operate; it also supports to create a play list. The set has a flash memory included within it. This phone does not have a camera. But photos can be obtained with the help of multimedia messaging. This phone is just like a mini computer. Emails can be received and sent. Work on Microsoft Word, Corel Word Perfect, Excel and PowerPoint can be carried out. File formats like JPEGs, PDF, and GIF can also be opened. The other features of the phone include a speakerphone, conference calling, voice activated dialing and so on. It has consists of memo pad, alarm clock, calendar, calculator, task list.

The best thing about the phone is that it has an integrated WI-Fi. The battery has a long talk time life. It has a Bluetooth, push email a GPS facility.

The phone lacks 3 G support and the keypad is bit slippery.

The Apple iPhone - 8GB (AT&T)

This is the phone liked by everyone, be it the editors of cell review site or the users. The editors have rated it as an excellent phone and the users have rated it as a very good phone. It is a pretty phone with and easy to use and overall it has the touch screen facility. The display is 3.5 inches, quite matching with the size of the set. The phone is attractive. The phone does not have a keyboard as it is touch screen, the keyboard is virtually present in the screen itself, and this makes typing easier and quicker and also minimizes error.

The phone comes with a 2-mega-pixel camera with no editing options in the camera which is quite surprising. There is no flash and self portrait mirror either. But still the photo quality is excellent and the colors are very bright and rich. Personal videos cannot be taken but music videos or other such videos can be stored. The contact book of the phone is limited to its memory. Each entry can support up to eight phone numbers, email, web and street addresses, notes, birthdays, job title and so on. There are total 25 polyphonic ring tones. Groups cannot be formed but individuals can be assigned with photo for caller ID purpose. Basic features like alarm clock, timer, world clock, calculator, notepad, calendar and a stopwatch is also present. Both messages and email can be received and sent through the phone. The music player of the set has an amazing quality and it has an integrated speaker and also comes with a video player. The phone supports both Bluetooth and WI-FI connectivity. Word and Excel documents can be read but not edited in this phone.

It is great as an iPod, has a sleek design and the multi touch user interface is quite innovative.

The call quality varies from good to bad, lacks stereo Bluetooth, 3G compatibility and few basic features.

The LG Rumor – white (Sprint)

The LG Rumor has been rated as very good by the editor of cell review site. It has got a 7.3 on 10. The phone is very attractive. It is sliding and when one opens it one finds the keyboard hidden below the number pad. The key board resembles that of a computer. The phone has a 2 inch diagonal display. The backlight and the font size of the display can be adjusted but nor the brightness neither the contrast can be adjusted. The phone comes equipped with a 1.3 mega pixel camera; it takes pictures in three resolutions. There are other options of adjusting the brightness and also has a self timer. The camera has four shutter tones and a silent option. There is a camcorder. But the pictures taken were not good. The colors faded and the picture quality seemed poor according to a 1.3 mega pixel camera. The video recording too is not up to the mark. The other features of the set are an alarm clock, a vibrator, calculator, converter, notepad, voice recorder, stopwatch, and most importantly text and multimedia messaging facilities. It also provides a stereo Bluetooth, email and web browser facilities. The phone book of the set has space for about 500 contacts and 5 numbers can be stored against each entry along with email, web, home addresses and a memo. There are total 35 polyphonic ring tones. Groups formed can be assigned one of the ring tones and a photo can either be assigned to group or a single person for caller ID purpose. The phone comes with games like World Series of Poker, Ms. Pac-Man, Midnight Pool, Tetris and Tornado Mania. The phone also has a standard music player. It also provides GPS navigation.

It provides an easy access to Facebook and supports Sprint Navigation. The design draws attention.

Net surfing can be a bit slow due to lack of EV-DO. The screen is not very clear.

This is like children stuff but since 99 % of my Christmas cards and well wishes for the New Year come this way I though I tell you once more how to now send a email.

You do not want to add all the emails in your Yahoo, Hotmail or another email client in the “CC”.
If you do it will show all your emails to the rest of the people you sending to. If you are sending emails to the wrong person they can use for spam or something worse. I always get a bit miff when I see my email with 1000 of other

So when sending “mass email” send BCC and the other receiver can not see the rest of the emails.

Now with all the spam and other things in email try to avoid using links and stuff because not many people want to click on links in a email anymore even if its says Merry Christmas.

If you want to be sure that you make some money from the people looking at the Christmas card then upload it to Shareapic and then send your friends the code. Everyone that is looking makes you money.