Latest Phones

Nokia 6230

• Key Features
• Video recorder and player
• Digital VGA camera
• Active TFT color display
• Bluetooth wireless technology
• Streaming video and audio
• Music player for MP3 and AAC files
• Stereo FM radio
• EDGE and GPRS
• MultiMediaCard (MMC)

Data Transfer

• EDGE: Mobile broadband access with upload up to 118.4 kbps and download up to 236.8 kbps
• GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)* Class 10 (4+1, 3+2)
• HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data)*
• Data transfer up to 43.2 Kbit/s in HSCSD networks
• Multitasking*
• TCP/IP*

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Nokia 6230

BenQ-Siemens EL71

This is an ultra-slim slider phone that's just 16.5mm thick; the slider mechanism is semi-automatic, needing only a slight push to separate the top and the underside.

The screen is a 2in. QVGA (240 by 320 pixel) TFT with 18-bit colour depth (262,144 colours), making for excellent visibility both indoors and out. Also on-board is a 1.3 megapixel digital camera, an MP3/AAC+ music player that you can connect to a hi-fi using an optional cable, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, and a microSD card slot to complement the on-board 16MB of RAM.

The EL71 will be available in April 2006, initially with a 'Quartz-Anthracite' finish, and later in 'Opal Black' too.

Pricing is not yet available for the UK

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BenQ-Siemens EL71

BenQ-Siemens P51

A quad-band GSM/GPRS Windows Mobile 5 smartphone with built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and GPS.

For business users, the Windows Mobile 5-based P51 smartphone looks the most interesting of the new lineup.

Not only does the P51 deliver all of the standard business features built into Windows Mobile 5, but it also includes Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and a GPS receiver. The latter features allow the P51 to be used for free Voice over IP (VoIP) calls via Skype when at a Wi-Fi hotspot, and for navigation (when coupled with optional route-finding software) respectively.

A large 2.83in. QVGA TFT touchscreen with 16-bit colour depth (65,536 colours) helps to make the most of this functionality, and there's a full QWERTY keypad below the screen for longer data entry tasks.

The BenQ-Siemens P51 is a quad-band GSM 'world' phone with GPRS, and includes Bluetooth and USB for local connectivity; it comes with 128MB of SDRAM and 128MB of flash memory, and has an SDIO-compliant SD card slot for further expansion; there's also an integrated 1.3 megapixel camera with an LED flashlight.

The P51 weighs 170g and BenQ Mobile claims up to 4 hours' talk time and 150 hours on standby.

The silver-liveried P51 will be available in July, at a price yet to be announced.

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BenQ-Siemens P51