New cell phones offer variety of features
Iliana Deanda
In the past year alone, more than 250 million Americans owned a cell phone, which is more than 82 percent of the U.S. population, according to switched.com. Worldwide, 2,168,433,600 people also owned a cell phone. Each year, most cell phone companies come out with new and exciting technology, whether it’s a new look overall on a phone, or a completely new operating system.
For those who love technology, there are always new products to look forward to.
The HTC Touch Diamond offered by Sprint is a 2.8 inch touch screen phone with a vibrant touch response user interface and ultra fast internet connection.
The phone has a solid metal frame with a sleek matte finish.
The phone isn’t called the HTC Touch Diamond for no reason, the back face of the phone is actually cut like a diamond is and resembles it in a few ways.
The HTC Touch Diamond allows you to interact with Google, YouTube, and Wikipedia as freely as you would with any broadband connection.
The diamond version also comes with a 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera compared to a 2.0 megapixel camera with the HTC Touch and holds a massive 4GB internally compared to the diamond version that only held 128MB internally.
The Touch Diamond also has an integrated GPS with better map software as well as a turn by turn satellite navigation experience.
Not only is this phone available in black but in white as well. For a new customer signing a two-year contract the phone is priced at $249.99.
The G1 Android phone also has a huge buzz surrounding it and its having many features that separate it from the rest.
It will be easy to use mobile web devices spanning two continents and internationally, according to T-Mobile.
The G1 will have a high quality screen that slides open to a full QWERTY keyboard, making it easier to communicate with friends as well as a 3 megapixel camera.
Along with this keypad is the phone’s own e-mail and instant messaging systems.
A full HTML browser will allow users to surf the web, so they can easily zoom in to expand any section of the Web page by tapping on the screen.
According to T-Mobile, with the built-in support for T-Mobile’s 3G and EDGE network, and Wi-Fi, the T-Mobile G1 can connect to the best available high-speed data connection for surfing the Web and downloading information quickly and effortlessly.
This phone is currently available through T-Mobile for $179.99 with a two-year contract as well as adding on a data package.
For more information on this phone, visit tmobile.com
BlackBerry is putting a new phone out that’s far different in appearance from the BlackBerry Curves and Pearls.
It’s called the BlackBerry Flip 8220, which some in the cell phone industry are calling a “clam shell phone.”
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 will be a quad-band GSM Smartphone with the same QWERTY key pad as other BlackBerrys.
However, it has a sleek chrome finish frame that features two high resolution LCD screens.
The Flip 8220 will also be operating on the newest BlackBerry OS.
One advantage in having both screens is that it will allow users to view incoming emails and texts without opening the phone.
Instead of a phone pad, the Flip 8220 will have a SureType keypad, according to phonescoop.com.
Some other features of the phone are the 2 megapixel camera with video capture, Wi-Fi, stereo Bluetooth, a memory card slot, and push email.
The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 has not been announced for any specific carriers at this time.
