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Wellness phone and mobile TV: Crazy Japanese inventions

Crave What we really like about Japanese handset culture is its absolute openness when it comes to trying out new ideas. Enter NTT DoCoMo's stand at the Mobile World Congress and the Wellness handset (pictured), a phone designed to keep you fit and...

18 February 2008, 10:43

Sony Ericsson W660: Slim 3G Walkman phone

Crave Last month Sony Ericsson announced an impressive nine new handsets and yet one month later it still has another handset to add to the list, the W660. Measuring a slim 14.5mm thick, this glossy, music-playing handset features 3G connectivity, video...

Tags: sony ericsson, handset, walkman, memory stick micro

15 March 2007, 11:40

HTC Touch HD: An iPhone for the rest of us

Crave HTC has just announced the launch of HTC Touch HD -- a 5-megapixel quad-band multimedia handset, aimed at both consumers and business users.It's got a 3.8-inch touch-sensitive 480x800-pixel (not exactly HD) display, 512MB of internal memory, Wi-Fi...

Tags: htc, hd, sony ericsson, opera mini

15 September 2008, 17:15

O2 Xda Argon: Behold the Xda IIi's heir

Crave Yesterday O2, the network that loves bubbles, announced it was adding a new handset to its business phone portfolio called the Xda Argon. At the time of its launch back in 2005, the Xda IIi was a feature-packed, cutting-edge handset that appealed...

Tags: o2, iii, handset, xda

3 May 2007, 11:58

Ears-on with the Motorola Rokr E8 music phone

Crave Since its unveiling at the start of the year, we've had tidbits about Motorola's Rokr E8 handset, but not until now have we had our very own to play with. First and foremost this is a music handset, and as such it doesn't support 3G, Wi-Fi, HSDPA...

Tags: motorola, megapixel, handset, keypad

19 June 2008, 11:45

Samsung Innov8 i8510: 8-megapixel camera phone

Crave With a 10-megapixel mobile phone in its handset lineup, Samsung is no stranger to high-end camera phones. But yesterday, in an effort to prove that it really means business, the company announced a new 8-megapixel shooter handset.

Tags: samsung, megapixel, motorola, handset

25 July 2008, 11:30

Photos: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (aka Tube)

Crave Nokia has finally officially unveiled its 'Tube' handset -- the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. As if we didn't know already, it's a fully touch-controlled handset with an 81mm (3.2-inch) screen, and an emphasis on replacing your iPod as a portable music...

3 October 2008, 9:46

T-Mobile's MDA Compact II tickles us pink

Crave Barely a day goes by without T-Mobile releasing a new handset. The handset lacks Wi-Fi and 3G support, but we think we'll forgive it since it's available in pink. The latest to cross our tech-encrusted desk is the MDA Compact II.

Tags: t-mobile, windows mobile, compact, butterflies

6 December 2005, 10:50

Google Android: Hands-on with the Google mobile goodness

Crave Today we managed to spend some quality time with a prototype handset running Google's highly anticipated mobile operating system, Google Android. Texas Instruments was showing it off at its stand to promote the prototype handset's processor, the...

12 February 2008, 15:12

Nokia 6111: Too small to go on the big rides

Crave When Samsung won the GSM Association's award for best mobile handset with its SGH-D500 last year, it sent the stern Finns at Nokia green with envy. Then, in a moment of genius, Nokia's handset designers decided to break away from the classic...

Tags: nokia, bluetooth, samsung, handset

15 February 2006, 9:59

Nokia expected to launch Comes With Music today

Crave Crave is expecting Nokia to unveil its Comes With Music service to the world later today, launching on a Nokia 5310 XpressMusic handset, and possibly on the N95 8GB, too. Over two million songs will be available for the snagging, and the songs...

Tags: nokia, handset, oxford english dictionary, music service

2 October 2008, 11:49

Photos: Doro's simple, easy-to-use mobile phones

Crave Aimed at technophobes and the short-sighted, this handset is ideal for anyone fed up with over-featured mobile phones that deliver too many bells and whistles but fail to deliver in the calling department.

22 November 2007, 9:00

Motorola V3im: iTunes on Razr hits the UK

Crave We yearned for an iTunes-compatible mobile phone -- but instead we got a mediocre MP3 player and a chunky handset. Perhaps that's why there hasn't been much hoopla over the launch of this handset in the UK.

Tags: motorola, crave, itunes, handset

2 May 2006, 12:44

Nokia 3110 Evolve: Nokia gets recycling

Crave SmartPlanet: Nokia is the latest in a long line of companies to 'commit' to going green, but the mobile phone giant has backed up its pledge with a new handset -- the 3110 Evolve -- that has casing composed of 50 per cent recycled material and...

Tags: nokia, material, cent, handset

6 December 2007, 9:00

Nokia Comes With Music to launch on 17 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, 17:00