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Nokia Comes With Music to launch on 16 October

Crave The service will initially launch with a Nokia 5310 XpressMusic handset, on pay as you go, for £130. Just over two million songs will be available for download at launch, all of which are downloaded using a PC, then side-loaded on to the handset.

Tags: nokia, handset, hands, person

2 October 2008, 16:00

Nokia Comes With Music: Truly unlimited downloads?

Crave The promise is that customers buying a compatible handset from Nokia get a year of unlimited downloads from a huge catalogue of tunes. Well, from the press release, this is what we're to assume about Comes With Music: Nokia will bundle a yearly...

Tags: nokia, universal, unlimited, downloading

4 December 2007, 11:09

BenQ C36: Make calls, play music... keep track of your period?

Crave Its new C36 handset looks almost identical to 3's Skype handset we looked at back in October (and still use). You'll also have video playback, a 1.3-megapixel camera that works as a webcam, a microSD slot and built-in stereo speakers, but only a...

Tags: benq, check, handset, body mass index

2 May 2008, 10:19

Photos: Hands on with the Porsche P'9521 phone

Crave Porsche Design has made a mobile phone and it's not just a piece of rubbish with a Porsche logo on it -- it is in fact a rather nifty clamshell handset. For the handset alone you'll have to fork out £800.

19 October 2007, 12:00

Asus AiGuru S1: Make free calls and listen to streaming music

Crave The latest to arrive is the Asus AiGuru S1, a wireless VoIP handset that doubles up as a streaming music device. The handset has Skype pre-installed, but unlike some of the other phones it can't connect to your existing 802.11b/g Wi-Fi infrastructure.

Tags: asus, wi fi, fi, handset

21 September 2006, 10:52

Alcatel OT-E801: Bargain music phone, great stocking filler

Crave The Alcatel OT-E801 is not only a very cute little music-playing handset, it's also pretty cheap at a mere £40. For that bargain price you get a dual-band handset with a colour screen. If you or a loved one craves a music phone this Christmas but...

Tags: alcatel, handset, microsd, microsd card

8 December 2006, 11:11

Photos: Sony Ericsson W595 Walkman hands-on

Crave On the other hand, stereo speakers are integrated onto the end of the handset. It's the new Sony Ericsson W595 -- another Walkman handset, only this time a slider, and a little less expensive (how cheap is still to be confirmed).

4 August 2008, 15:28

Apple can't activate UK iPhone 3G without Internet Explorer

Crave According to one disappointed customer, as he left the store without a handset, Apple staff couldn't access the O2 phone network's activation system. Customers shopping for the handset at one of O2's stores didn't seem to have had the same problem...

Tags: iphone, store, customer, handset

11 July 2008, 9:48

Photos: Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Windows Mobile phone

Crave The new X1 handset has a 76mm (3-inch) touch-sensitive screen, 3.2-megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, Windows Media Player, 3D game support, FM radio, Internet Explorer, RSS feed reader, Wi-Fi, GPS, HSDPA, a microSD slot and 400MB of internal...

11 February 2008, 8:28

MWg Zinc II and E-Ten Glofiish M810: Two peas in a pod

Crave Only yesterday we plunged into the depths of sweaty London to see MWg's latest handset, the MWg Zinc II. The Zinc II is a compact handset that runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional -- it's quite a looker.

9 May 2008, 12:03

Motorola W161 and W181: New flavours of boring

Crave It's a budget handset admittedly, but it's hard to get even remotely excited. The second ultra-boring handset is essentially identical to the above, but it has a 65K colour screen, three games, a whole 70KB of internal memory, seven African...

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11 February 2008, 10:57

HTC Touch 3G and Touch Viva unveiled

Crave The quad-band Touch 3G is another touch-screen handset geared up more for Internet access than multimedia, with 7.2Mbps HSDPA data connectivity but a 71mm (2.8-inch), 320x240-pixel display, unlike its 3.8-inch, 480x800-pixel screen-loving older...

Tags: htc, hd, bluetooth, fi

15 September 2008, 16:43

Samsung E590: Dinky dialler

Crave At first we weren't sure if this was a new handset or not, as no one seemed that interested in it. We really like this handset and while it's not as exciting as the F700, we think it has a simplistic charm and is a great addition to Samsung's...

Tags: samsung, handset, candybar, listen

20 February 2007, 11:01

Netgear's Skype WiFi Phone: Make free calls without a PC

Crave The Skype client software comes pre-installed on the handset, and you can flick through your contacts (up to 200) on the colour display. With the Netgear Skype WiFi Phone SPH101 you just have to press a couple of buttons on the handset and Robert's...

Tags: netgear, fi, wi fi, handset

13 September 2006, 10:01

Nokia 8600 Luna: Hands-on with the sexy snapper

Crave This isn't just a phone -- it's a statement that you've got so much money you can drop £600 on a handset. It's a fairly hefty handset that weighs a substantial 142g, so it's not the most pocket-friendly device out there.

Tags: nokia, money, handset, glass

7 June 2007, 10:56