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In late September, LG had announced the release of its latest phone in the Chocolate series. The stunning BL 20 Chocolate is available in the UK on O2, where it will be available for a price of €269. With the increasing interest of consumers in LG BL 20, O2 can potentially enjoy some healthy sales after it lost the exclusive rights to sell the iPhone.

LG BL 20 Chocolate is a pretty impressive design, which is somewhat similar to the earlier Chocolate series release, the BL 40. The BL 20 is a really slim design despite being a slider phone, and is only 12.3 mm thick. However, the screen of BL 20 is much smaller than that of LG BL 40. The LG BL 20 features a 2.4 inch TFT screen and a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The phone has a slider keypad in red, which is in combination with the dark appearance of the phone. The slider keypad of the phone is impressive as compared to other phones as sliding open the phone reveals hidden navigation keys, which is an attractive design feature. The phone also features touch sensitive side keys, which offer great convenience in controlling functions like volume and zoom.

LG BL 20 features a 5.0 mega pixel camera with auto focus and flash. Another very unique and impressive feature of the phone is clear memo capture with text scan, which enables you to scan documents and texts with stunning detail. The interface of LG BL 20 Chocolate features Widget Hotkeys, which help you to instantly access your favorite web services and other information such as news and weather updates. The supported network modes include 3G, EDGE and GPRS with WAP 2.0, HTML and X-HTML browsing. Other features include Bluetooth, USB support, FM Radio, MP3, speakerphone and voice recording. Coming to the O2 network there is sure to be lots of great LG BL20 Chocolate contracts on offer.

There are a few features due to which potential users will find Genio Pro a superior phone of the two newly announced phones by Samsung, such as the screen size, display resolution and Wi-Fi support, but there are lot of other reasons why you should consider a Samsung Genio TXT. Despite the fact that Genio TXT features a smaller and basic screen with a low resolution of 176 x 220 pixels and the absence of Wi-Fi network connectivity support, the Genio TXT can still prove to be quite a convenient set for the users who are not really bothered by these factors.

But while you consider Genio TXT, you need to ask yourself what kind of needs you have as a mobile phone user. Samsung, while announcing both the Genio phones, maintained that Genio TXT is designed to cater to the needs of the users who rely heavily on text and instant messaging for their networking, This is the reason why Genio TXT features a QWERTY keypad on the front, rather than appearing within the touch screen interface or in the slider form as is the case with Genio Pro and a number of other smartphones from other manufacturers. Everybody likes to have good social networking features in their phone these days, and about that you can count on Genio TXT. Furthermore, Genio TXT has remarkable dimensions for a phone with a keypad on the front. It is ultra light with a weight of just 94 grams, and is only 9 mm thick, which is equivalent to just 0.35 inches, though it is marginally longer than Genio Pro, which is considerably heavier and thicker than Genio TXT due to the slider keypad.

If you are a user who loves text messaging and slim and light phones, then Genio TXT can be just right for you, the design of which is as attractive as the rest of the two phones of the Genio series. And speaking of attractive designs, don’t forget the swappable fashion jackets that are featured in the Genio TXT as well. So if you are considering the Samsung Genio TXT let Mobile Deals Compared help you keep up to date with what deals are on offer.

The M1 is going to be the second Vodafone 360 phones that will follow the release of the H1, and will be featuring a very easy to use 3D user interface that will offer the “Vodafone 360” experience, the latest attraction offered by the UK based telecommunication company. Surely, the mobile phone users in the UK will be watching the M1 closely.

The Vodafone 360 M1 device is provided by Samsung, and is run by the LiMo operating system, which is engineered for the phone to bring the user the Vodafone 360 experience, which is expected to add considerable value to how the phone’s users get to engage in various online activities. The Vodafone 360 M1 offers a 3.2” TFT touch screen, which is an integral part of the remarkable 3D interface, and has a vibrant display of 800 x 480 pixels resolution. The set also features a 3.2 mega pixels camera with 8x zoom and is no less than 23 grams lighter than the H1 handset.

The most amazing aspect of the interface will be the ease of connectivity and networking. The interface will allow you to bring together your contacts on different address books in to your phone contact list, so you can always access the contact you want with a simple touch of your finger instead of the irritation of accessing your accounts on different websites separately.

Vodafone 360 M1 provides you an easy access of a number of applications, which will keep you updated with news, weather, the status of your contacts on social networking sites and to allow you to share multimedia data with your friends. The interface is meant to make life easier for the modern mobile phone users, and since our activities on the internet have become an important part of our lives, they should also be an essential part of our phones.

If you want the Vodafone 360 M1 to make your life easier then be sure to stay on top of all the deals available so that you can pick the best one and not miss out.

HTC HD2 is one of the most anticipated mobile phones that are due to be released in October. HTC HD2 is surely the hottest touch screen handset that HD2 has announced to date. The phone is outstanding not only in its design, but its performance and user experience. The set has an extraordinary design, which offers you a considerably large screen display, which is pivotal to the user interface of the handset, and ensures the dimensions of 4.74” x 2.64” x 0.43” at the same time. The handset is slim and light, and weighs only 157 grams. The TFT touch screen of HTC HD2 is simply amazing as it makes up the 4.3 inches out of the 4.74 inch length of the handset, with a dazzling WGA display resolution of 480 x 800 pixels.

HTC HD2 is considered as the most advanced phone to be featuring Windows Mobile 6.5 operating software, since the kind of interface features it offers is not found in any other set. In fact, those features are not characteristic of the Windows Mobile OS anyway. The multi-touch sensitive capacitive touch screen of HTC HD2 is actually supported by an ingenious interface platform developed for the latest HTC phones called HTC Sense, which is merged with the Windows OS to make up the user interface of the handset. This ensures a highly customizable and intuitive user interface experience.

And that is not all. HTC HD2 offers a number of other reasons why this set is expected to deliver a very high value for its price. HTC HD2 hardly misses out on compatibility with any wireless network connectivity mode, and you should find yourself connected to the internet without any problems. The remarkable multi-touch capacitive screen is fuelled by the1 GHz Snapdragon processor and
448 MB RAM. HTC HD2 HCT HD2 features a 5.0 mega pixel camera with dual LED flash and is also equipped with built-in GPS.

Keep an eye out for HTC HD2 on contract or alternatively on PAYG.

A few months back, Palm Pre was released by Palm with a brand new operating system in a bid to help Palm ameliorate its losses. Although the sales of Palm Pre have been healthy, but certainly they need to take much more steps to reach substantial results. As a lighter and cheaper version of Palm Pre, Palm Pixi is set to be launched on October 20. Palm Pixi is targeted for a broader range of users, primarily attracting young users and female users due to the lighter and slimmer dimensions of Palm Pixi. The new smartphone series by Palm is also much more attractive in design than the earlier models, which could also play a role in attracting smartphone users, which are more likely to get attracted to the BlackBerry Storm 2, expected to be released around the same time in October.

The expected lower price can really play a pivotal role in the success of Palm Pixi against all odds. Palm is emphasizing on the web based functions of the phone while marketing it, realizing that social networking and the entertainment and informative activities related to it are really popular among all kinds of mobile phone and smartphone users, particularly the youth, which is why Palm Pixi is hoping to attract young people particularly. The Palm Synergy feature is one of the most convenient features of the operating system, which can bring together different online email, social networking and instant messaging accounts on a single platform in the phone.

With its slim dimensions, attractive design, light weight, attractive Palm webOS features and hopefully a low price, Palm Pixi can prove to be a very strong option for users looking for a quality smartphone. However, many users will not find the absence of the Wi-Fi connectivity in the smartphone comfortable, and may end up looking for other phones, but if that does not top your priority list, maybe you could end up considering Palm Pixi seriously yourself.

Although expected to be released in October 2009, it seems that the people who are looking to purchase a quality smartphone with Android on a budget, and have been waiting for the release of Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite for a while, would have to wait a little longer. Samsung has decided to delay the release of Samsung Galaxy i5700, and it is not expected to appear in the markets before 2010. Apparently this decision seems to be taken in order to ensure that the sales of Samsung Galaxy i7500, the debut Android smartphone release for Samsung is not affected by the release of its much anticipated sister.

Samsung Galaxy i7500 is a much superior smartphone in quality and features to the Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite, but at the same time, it will bear a much higher price tag. A number of mobile phone manufacturers are releasing Android phones this October and the stakes for all of them are high as far as their products with the Android platform are concerned. The Android fever is equally gripping the consumers, which is obviously why manufacturers are concentrating all their attention to how well their Android phones perform in the markets. As Samsung Galaxy i7500 is released in the UK on O2, its performance will heavily determine how Samsung will be able to make its mark in the Android phones market. But nevertheless, Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite will offer a good addition and variation in the inventory of Samsung Android phones. Both the phones will feature Android 1.5 version.

The official picture releases of Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite reveal their availability in white-lime green and black-red color schemes. Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite will be featuring a 3.2 mega pixel camera instead of a 5.0 mega pixel camera offered by the Samsung Galaxy i7500, the first Android release by Samsung. Wait to hear about the Samsung i5700 Galaxy Lite on contract.

The Nokia N900 is undoubtedly a state-of-the-art handset, and is probably the market leader among all the telecommunication devices, but its innovation is not only confined to the fact that it is as powerful as a computer, and features powerful levels of memory, but also because Nokia N900 can satisfy your aesthetic sense unlike any other portable device ever before. To put it in words, the Nokia N900 offers you the ultimate multimedia experience.

The Nokia N900 features a remarkable screen, which comprises of almost the entire surface of the set, an extension to which is provided by a slider keyboard. The touch-screen 3.5” WVGA display, with a 800 x 400 resolution, is well supported by the Maemo 5 operating software, which in itself enhances the multimedia experience of the user. The phone is equipped with enough memory to support all the multimedia activity that a regular computer can support.

Nokia N900 features a 5.0 mega pixel auto focus camera with dual LED flash and the Carl Zeiss optical lens, which adds to its variety of function. Imagine a high quality camera attached to your pocket computer, which is capable of recording images with remarkable detail and clarity. Your work from the camera, which also allows you to record WVGA quality videos at the rate of 25 fps, can be edited and tuned in a built-in photo editor.

In fact, it is the powerful processing power and the sufficient application memory of Nokia N900 which enables its users to enjoy an extraordinary multimedia experience. It is a treat for music lovers as well, as you don’t really need an iPod if you are using Nokia N900. The Maemo media player offers high quality audio and video playback in widely accepted file formats. Not only that, but with a
mind-blowing internal storage capacity of 32 GB, which can be increased to up to 48 GB, data storage will never be a problem either for music files, movies or other personal data. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the Nokia N900 when it becomes available because this is going to be the hottest phone of the year.

As if the phones released in the XPERIA line weren’t expensive and up market enough, SE have decided to release a truly upmarket phone with the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness, which is a very quirky phone meant for those who like extraordinary design rather than extraordinary features.

All the other XPERIA phones seem to have an edge in the technological aspect of the phone, but this phone is, admittedly, pure! The phone is a fashion phone, in and out, and the specs sheet is so un-smartphonelike that the main claim to fame for this phone is the fact that the display is transparent. Yep, you read that right, the display is transparent!

The trend for see – through mobile phones had been started earlier this year at the Mobile World congress held in Barcelona earlier this year when LG released a phone with a see – through keypad in the form of the LG GD900 Crystal. However, SE decided to go one step ahead and release a phone with a see – through screen, rather!

This is what truly gives this phone the ‘wow’ factor. The phone has a very sleek look and the fact that you can view the screen from both sides of the phone is, well, quirky, to say the least! This feature isn’t exactly useful as the screen isn’t a mirror image, but, to heck with all that, when you have a phone which is meant just for aesthetic pleasure, why harp on the unnecessary factors!

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness Reviews have harped on the fact that the phone has a monochrome display but, frankly, when you have such a strange 2 – way display, then why bother with the fact that it isn’t colour. As SE themselves succinctly said, the phone is meant mainly for aesthetics and sets aside technological pleasure, which is clearly visible in the fact that the only notable features of the phone are the music player, FM radio and Bluetooth.

The phone will be released in November for 640 pounds although no news on the price of the Xperia Pureness on contract.

So will the Samsung Blue Earth bring in a new age where mobile phones are expected to be more environmental friendly? Well, phones which are fully powered by solar energy are quit e some years away but solar panels and solar chips are becoming more and more better as the days go by. The plastic utilized in the phone is of the highest quality and a lot of people would be happy to realize that the phone is made from recycled plastic bottles.

Even the box of the phone is made from recycled materials and is reusable, which should delight environment conversationalists no end. The phone has a solar panel at the back of the phone, which is quite unique, but this doesn’t mean that the phone lacks any feature. In fact, the phone is good enough to rival most of the touchscreen phones in the market today in terms of features.

If you’re looking for a good touchscreen phone which doesn’t harm the environment, look no further than the Samsung Blue Earth. The phone packs in a variety of features such as the 3.15 megapixel camera, touchscreen, HSDPA connectivity and stereo Bluetooth.

Alternative touchscreen phones include the Nokia 5530, which is fairly affordable and has nearly all the features of the Blue Earth, bar the GPS receiver and the lack of 3G functionality. Add to that the less – environmental friendly features of the phone and you clearly get a better bargain.

When you look at other eco – friendly alternatives you may consider the Samsung E1107, which also has a solar panel, but doesn’t really have anything else. The Motorola W233, on the other hand, is made from environmentally friendly products but, again, it is a very basic phone and won’t be enough for most of us.

Samsung Blue Earth Reviews have been positive, so make sure you snap it up when it is released in the 4th quarter of this year, either on Pay As You Go or Samsung Blue Earth on contract.

There were a large number of phones which were officially unveiled during the Nokia World 2009 held in Stuttgart, including the Nokia N97 Mini, and one of them was the Nokia X3, which is part of a the new X-series of mobile phones by Nokia. Another member of the series which was unveiled during the event was the Nokia X6. The Nokia X3 Reviews have been quite good, so let’s see whether the hype is actually guaranteed.

The phone has a very sleek look and the slider form factor really combines to give it a very disarming look. The phone is a music phone and packs in a lot of features in a top – class design. The phone makes use of a 2.2 inch display which has a resolution of 240×320 pixels and is capable of displaying upto 256k colours. The phone also has music keys beside the screen which is capable of controlling the music player. The phone’s dimensions are quite good, weighing in at a fairly light 103 grams and is only 14 mm slim.

The phone’s music player supports most of the popular music formats. The internal memory of 70 MB can be expanded to 16 GB with a microSD card. A 3.5 mm headset jack enables you to use your favourite headsets with the phone. Stereo Bluetooth enables you to use your wireless stereo Bluetooth headset.

The X3 is the first S40 phone to come integrated with direct access to Nokia’s online store, the OVI store. It has a variety of games, apps, songs and videos to enhance your phone. The camera in the phone is a 3.2 megapixel one which has an LED flash and fixed focus.

The phone is set to be released in the 4th quarter of this year for about 105 pounds or on some great Nokia X3 contracts so keep your eyes open.