The T-Mobile Shadow – copper

The phone has a sliding surface and a sleek design. The editor of the cell review site has rated it very good by marking it 7.0 on 10. The phone comes in two uncommon colors, sage and copper, which adds to its attraction. The phone has an interesting navigation wheel in its key pad. The wheel can be turned clockwise and anticlockwise to surf through the menu. The key pad has a total of 20 buttons. The set has a 2 mega pixel camera, which allows a number of shooting modes and pictures can be shot in five resolutions. There are many options of adjusting the picture. Video can also be recorded with the camera. The picture quality is not that good but is acceptable. The colors of the pictures are not very bright. The phone supports the windows media player and hence good music with the help of music files can be enjoyed. Files like MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WMV, and AAC are supported. Any television shows recorded in a PC can be transferred to the set and enjoyed. The phone offers a speakerphone and world roaming facilities. Text and multimedia messaging is available along with voice activated dialing. The phone book is limited to the memory available with the phone set. Multiple numbers can be stored against each entry, including home and work and email addresses and other such important information. The set is equipped with 32 polyphonic ring tones. Caller groups can be formed and ring tones can be assigned with a photo against each group. Photo can be assigned to any number for caller ID purpose. The phone has options for availing MS Office and an integrated WI-FI to access internet easily.

The Bluetooth and WI-Fi and the attractive price range are its positive points. The display is too attractive and the availability of Windows Mobile.

Few applications are slow and the navigation wheel a bit slippery. The speakerphone quality lacks clarity.

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.