Let’s take a look at 2 new offerings from the biggest names in the business: the Nokia N82 and Sony Ericsson W960i.

The Nokia N81 is said to be a candy bar device which would be attractive to look at. The manufacturers are hoping to make it a successor of Nokia N73. It is a Quad-Band GSM enabled device which is powered with the mighty HSDPA technology that allows to work around the globe with an excellent connectivity. Experience the perfect web browsing experience through this device, made possible with its Wi-Fi connectivity. The camera in this device would be a 5 Mega Pixels with a secondary VGA resolution camera which enables video calling in device. Plus, features as GPS, TV out, 3G, and a host of other high end technologies add on to the brilliance of Nokia N82.

But it doesn’t have it ALL its own way, because hot on its heels is another media marvel, the Sony Ericsson W960i.

To add to the already inflating population of music-centric phones, there is yet another mobile phone on offer from Sony Ericsson that seems to be nicely designed to match style concious music aficionados. However, against the run of play, the point to which all other music phones and their promises seizes to perform, the phone, with a name of Sony Ericsson W960i starts to deliver. It is newer, more powerful and encompasses many a functionalities within its slim and light weight entity.

Sony Ericsson W960i comes to you with advanced walkman player interface, multiple file format support, megabass, Bluetooth with A2DP, music tones in MP3 and AAC, PlayNow and TrackID features. Then there is a whopping 8 GB memory support to help you load thousands of choicest soundtracks. Now, for the ones already tired with seeing the long list of music specific features, this GSM/UMTS phone comes with another bulge of functionalities making it a camera specialist too. And with a 3.2 megapixel camera that comes with autofocus, photo light and 3X digital zoom, one can readily agree to vouch on the imaging prowess of Sony Ericsson W960i.

Let’s check out 2 of Nokia’s sumptuous slidephones: the 5610 Xpress and 6500 Slide.

First up, the features of the slider designed Nokia 5610 Xpress Music. The Nokia 5610 Xpress Music measures 98.5 x 48.5 x 17 mm and has got a weight of 111 grams. Display is big and clear – it’s a 2.2 inch 16 million colour TFT screen with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The music player is smart enough to support formats like MP3/MP4/AAC/eAAc/WMA. Among other noticeable features mention may especially be made of 3.15 megapixel camera, secondary QVGA videocall camera, Bluetooth with A2DP, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera mini), stereo FM radio with RDS, built-in handsfree, 20MB internal memory, microSD (TransFlash), memory card support etc.

Nokia 6500 Slide comes with advanced multimedia features. The handset comes with an integrated media player that can be used to run quite a number of different multimedia applications. The incorporation of a graphic equalizer ensures that the sound output is good; and combined with headphones; the sound emanating from the Nokia 6500 Classic would satisfy many a people with a passion for good music.

The handset comes with an in-built 3.2mega-pixel digital camera that is empowered with Carl Zeiss optics. The imaging options can be used for capturing images, and video clips. One can also use the Nokia 6500 Classic for video playback and video streaming. With good call quality, a decent battery life, and 6 hours talk time, Nokia 6500 Slide is an interesting mobile phone that offers users the full value for their money.

All the major manufacturers now make 5 megapixel cameraphones. here we look at two, the Samsung G800 and LG Viewty.

Samsung is a South Korean mobile phone maker which holds the credit of manufacturing the largest numbers of sliders in the mobile market. The coming-soon Samsung G800 is an impressive 3G slider phone featuring an integrated 5 megapixel autofocus camera with flash. Music feature of the phone is brilliantly satiated with a built-in music player as well as a stereo FM radio. This is a Tri Band phone and supports web access thorugh WAP 2.0 XHTML and HTML. While memory part is managed with 160 MB internal memory plus MicroSD memory card, connectivity is fulfilled with Bluetooth A2DP, GPRS, EDGE and USB. The Samsung G600 also carries features like TV output, handsfree speakerphone, email support, gaming options etc.

LG Viewty mobile phone handset is a good example for a handset, which comes with dazzling look and amazing features. Its 3 inch large TFT screen gives a perfect display of the contents to the users. You can see the date, time and caller’s identification in 256K colors. You need not to wrestle with its keypad to access the menu. The users can operate this handset by touching the icons displayed on its screen.

The built in 5 megapixel camera is the star of the show here, packed to the gills with top-end features, and super-powered to take good pictures by digital zoom and flash. Its music player is capable to support latest formats such as MP3 and AAC. You can also tune into a radio station with its FM radio feature. The touchscreen (TFT, 262,000 colours, 240 x 400 pixels, 3 inches) in the LG Viewty is super cool and very effective. It is accompanied by a stylus and the users are expected to use their fingers instead. The only disadvantage is that you might find it a little hard to accustom yourself to its working but once that happens, it becomes a pleasure to use this touchscreen.