A 4SquareMedia Website
SmartHouse | SmartOffice | DigitalHome     
 
 
     THE LIFESTYLE TECHNOLOGY GUIDE    
 
sections
Product Reviews
Services
Subscribe
Top 10 Articles
1. Review: A Portable Boombox That Will Knock Your Socks Off
2. Philips Unveils Huge iPhone Accessories Range
3. Optima Frozen On ASX Trading
4. Bose Upgrade Overpriced Under Specked Home Theatre Systems
5. 5 Into 2 Home Theatre With Kef
6. USB Drive Worth Weight In Gold
7. Canon Using Kiwi Prisoners To Fix Printers
8. Government To Share Broadband Infomation
9. USB Flash Drive Meets Security Standards
10. Remote Content Projection With NEC
 
 
REVIEWS / PHONES

Motorola Delivers With Ferrari Phone
From the LG Prada to the Sagem Porsche, mobile phone companies seem to tie-up with other well-known brands to create a mobile phone for users who want to flaunt it. The new Motorola unit is no exception – it has ‘merged’ the elegance of Ferrari with its existing V9 model, creating a new flip phone for Ferrari fanatics. But how does this prancing horse stack up?


Trouble-free i-Mate Smartphone
Smartphones come in various shapes, sizes, and specifications in order to address the different needs of a user. Despite being an entry-level, Windows Mobile 6 smartphone, the new Jama 101 comes with proprietary programs that allow users to customise and protect their unit effortlessly.


Reviewed: Affordable Prepaid Palm Smartphone
If you are looking for a smartphone that is not bulky and has excellent features, then the Palm Centro may just be the phone for you. It is available for Telstra prepaid customers for an attractive price of $299, which makes it a very affordable smartphone.


Zoom In With Samsung 5-Megapixel Phone
The slider phones from Samsung easily fit in one’s pocket as it sports a thin profile despite being packed with features. This is not the case however, for its new cameraphone: the G800. While this 3G handset comes with a 5-megapixel sensor with 3x optical zoom, Xenon flash, FM radio and music player function, Bluetooth connectivity, and fast browsing speeds, it is thick and can be mistaken for a point-and-shoot camera.


Pricey Nokia Phone For Flaunting
Mobile phone companies have launched elegant and sophisticated-looking phones in an attempt to woo users to show off their mobile devices instead of placing it inside their pockets. The 8800 Sapphire Arte phone from Nokia certainly looks the part, but is it just another flash in the pan?


Get Lost With HTC GPS Phone
Various companies have followed the footsteps of Apple by launching touch phones that have minimal keys. The Touch Cruise is HTC’s new touch phone that not only runs on Windows Mobile 6, but also comes with a built-in GPS receiver that can take you anywhere, so feel free to get yourself lost.


First Review: Fast 3.5G I-mate Ultimate Smartphone
The new Ultimate 8502 from i-mate takes the stress out of mobile computing by providing users with a smartphone that can possibly do it all. This phone promises blistering upload and download speeds and provides clever features not found in any other smartphone.


Telstra Walkie Talkie Phone Does Wonders
Telstra aims to get push-to-talk technology that needed push with the launch of the TalkNow ZTE 159 phone; a 3G tough phone built for the outdoors that comes with an assisted GPS feature and a new Talk Now function that instantly turns the phone into a walkie talkie.


New Palm Treo Smartphone Nothing Special
The Palm Treo 500 has a form factor and operating system similar to other smartphones we have reviewed over the past few months, so what’s so special about it?


Wireless Skype Without The Fuss
While VoIP is widely being used for free (or affordable) calls to anyone in the world, users usually have to be sitting in front of their computer to have direct access to this service. Linksys aims to remove the ‘computer’ in the VoIP equation by introducing the CIT400, a dual mode portable telephony kit that comes built-in with the Skype program.


Motorola Rokr Phone Bundle Disappoints
Listening to music stored on your mobile phone wirelessly via a set of Bluetooth headphones sounds like a good idea, so why aren't we blown away by Motorola's new Z6 mobile phone and S9 stereo Bluetooth headphone bundle?


LG Phone Shinier The Second Time Around
LG has given its Shine mobile phone a Titanium facelift. The new Titanium Shine looks similar to its predecessor, but does it address the shortcomings of the first model? We take a closer look.


Asus Puts The Smart In Smartphone
Businessmen who are constantly out of the office will need a smartphone that can retrieve e-mail in an instant, is easy to use, and has a lot of office applications. The new Asus M530w seems to put all that’s needed in the palm of your hands.


Easy To Use Telstra Next G Phone
If you want to have a Next G mobile phone without all the bells and whistles, the new EasyTouch might be just the thing. We take a look at this new phone created by ZTE for Telstra and see whether it is as easy to use as it claims to be.


New Nokia Phone Impresses
Nokia has once again created a phone that gives users exactly what they need. The Nokia E51 is a candy-bar handset designed for businessmen and women who want a phone packed with features but without the unnecessary bells and whistles.


Reviewed: Sony Ericsson's Best Camera Phone
Camera phones have gone a long way. They can now take a good picture under almost any lighting conditions, stored photos can now be sent to others with a touch of a button, and photos can even be printed out to preserve that precious moment. Sony Ericsson’s K850i has a high pixel count in the digicam stakes, but is it worth buying as a phone?


First Review: Telstra's Rural Mobile Phone
Telstra takes Next G to the great outdoors with its new 165 ‘Country Phone’. This handset promises greater reception in rural areas, incorporates a tough design, and will definitely fit the lifestyle of the outdoor tradesman.


First Review: Samsung Widescreen Phone
The Samsung Widescreen promises a better mobile TV experience with its 2.3-inch widescreen and lightning fast download speeds when connected to Telstra's Next G network. We take a look at this dual flip phone to find out whether it will change the way people watch shows on their mobile.


First Review: The World's Fastest Mobile Phone
The latest Samsung slider phone which was unveiled just yesterday at a Telstra Investor briefing promises lightning fast download speeds on Telstra's lightning fast Next G network. We take a look to see how it really stacks up.


LG Mobile Phone Shines
The latest addition to the LG Black Label series of mobile phones, the Shine, is certainly a very stylish number that will appeal to the ladies, but is its beauty only skin deep?


New Nokia Navigator Phone Set To Find Its Way In Oz
An angel has been born in the form of a brand new Nokia 6110 phone that has a built in navigation system that is ideal for road warriors, mums and those people who always ask “Where do we have to go?”


First Review: New Moto Q9 With Windows Mobile 6
This is a phone that Motorola had to get right up alongside some tough competition like Blackberry, Samsung and Nokia with their N95. The design is sleek but more important is the fact that Motorola has built in functionality that is easy to access and works. A classic example is the curved keyboard and easy access function buttons on the bottom of the keypad.


Samsung BlackJack Is a Very Cool SmartPhone
Occasionally in this business one comes across a product that is a real stand out and what I am going to expose you to is in my opinion the best smart phone in the world today.


Looking For A Smart Phone Try the M600i
REVIEW: One of the things that I love doing with consumer electronic products is to test them in a real live environment. So as I trotted off to the CES Show in Las Vegas I took along the new Sony Ericsson M600i mobile phone that is also an organizer MP3 player and all round handy device.


Neat New Palm Treo Smart Phone
Palm has scored a massive goal with their new Treo 750 being chosen as one of the new 3G smart phones to be offered on Telstra's Next G network.


The iMate PC Phone From Hell
The iMate JasJam is an enterprise pocket PC phone and organiser that runs on the Microsoft Mobile phone operating system. And at $1,200 one would expect it to be one piece of slick all singing all dancing communication devices.


User Friendly Mobile Phone
Sagem’s latest clamshell mobile phone my501C is a user-friendly phone with enough features to keep most people happy.


Nokia E60: Business Made Simple
The Nokia E60 is a traditional looking rectangle-block styled business smartphone that is a bit clunky but gets the job done with minimum fuss.


Samsung D600 Given Makeover
UPDATED: Samsung has given their D600 a new paint job by chrome-ing its curves. But it wont fix the problems on the inside.


Sagem Is French For Phone
The French have created a typically chic and classy product in their latest MP3 mobile – and it puts some of the bigger names in the market to shame. Voilà...


O2 Combines Business and Pleasure
O2 unveilsv the XPHONE 11m incorporating business tools and multimedia entertainment features.


The new Windows for Pocket PC phone.
The new Windows for Pocket PC Phone: i-MATE JAM.


The i-Mate PDA2
So the traditional PDA market is not great, but we predict traditional PDA makers won’t stay out of the smartphone category for long.


AOL Suffers More Ignominy
AOL, once, then AOL|7 now Primus-AOL, the ISP industry’s whipping boy has again found itself subsumed by another corporate owner.



 



LATEST REVIEWS
DVD Review: 3:10 To Yuma
A remake of a 1957 B-grade western, this movie promised a lot but, in the...
Review: A Portable Boombox That Will Knock Your Socks Off
How can something so small be so powerful? This was the question we asked ourselves...
REVIEW: World First Blu-ray Player Recorder An Expensive Beast
Following the victory by Blu-ray in the high definition content war we have seen a...

SMARTHOUSE NEWSLETTER

Get the latest news
Subscribe today for your daily news of consumer electronic news...




ADVERTISE

SmartHouse
reaches over 2 million consumers a year. Contact us today about special deals..

For more information...


LATEST ISSUE

Eagerly awaited  
Trio Awards make their annual splash, giving consumers the inside goss on the latest hi-tech consumables for your home and car. Also, reviewed and rated, plus smart stuff and whole lot more…

3 Mobile Broadband

 
SMARTHOUSE 2008 | Legal | Disclaimer | Terms & Conditions

Copyright 2006 Smarthouse Magazine Online