It has been like ages waiting for 5800 Xpress Music phone from Nokia and I’m very happy that it is finally here. Surprisingly, it’s not as expensive as I thought it would be.

At only 18,000 Pesos, it is hard to imagine that a new phone from Nokia containing cool music features would cost only this much. As what I have seen in the past from Nokia, I expected it to be more or less 30,000 Pesos. Anyway some of 5800’s nice features are:

3G with HSPDA
Touchscreen
Accelerometer sensor for screen auto-rotation
Up to 16 GB Memory Card (original package has 8GB Memory Card and 81MB internal memory)
Wi-Fi and bluetooth
3.15 Megapixel Camera with Carl Zeiss lens and auto-focus. Has a secondary camera for video call
GPS receiver
Plays MP3, WMA, WAV, EAAC, MP4, WMV, 3GP

While the features are really nice, the only thing that makes me wonder is why the internal memory is only 81MB? I think they should have added more since this is a music phone. But no need to worry since it has a memory card slot of up to 16 GB anyway.

And for some reason, I don’t understand why all music phones that come out are being compared to the iPhone? I don’t know but I think it’s weird. It just makes the iPhone more overrated. Just take a look at a spoof ad I found below from BlueTrigger.

Between this and the iPhone, which one would you choose?

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Image credit: Sony Ericsson

I bet that a lot of guys out there never switch their home or car’s radio to the AM frequency band. Don’t worry, I’m one of them. Let’s face it. It’s boring. I’d rather listen to music than listen to radio news. But don’t get me wrong, I get news info from other sources – TV, newspapers and even the Internet. But just not on my music player or even my cellphone. It’s just not my thing.

However, Sony Ericsson seems to have revolutionized radio for our mobile phones especially for those who love news on the go.

So let’s meet the SE R300 – a cellphone unlike the ordinary. It has both AM/FM radio frequency band. So whether you’re a music lover or a news town crier, you’d surely love having both frequencies! If I’m not mistaken, it’s even the first mobile phone to have a built-in AM Radio and it’s very suitable for a lot of students who are always wishing for class suspensions during the rainy days.

Here is a list of other features of the R300. It’s really a minimalist yet unique phone!

-2G Network
-Polyphonic Tones
-1000 contacts
-8 MB internal memory – no memory card
-Bluetooth
-VGA Camera
-Music player
-FM/AM radio recorder

There’s also the SE R306, also a mobile phone with AM/FM radio but the only significant improvement to this is that it has a clearer, 1.3 Megapixel camera instead of a VGA one.

Question is, do you really need an AM radio in your phone?

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It appears to me that this is now the successor of the P-Series from Sony Ericsson. And guess what? This is the first-ever mobile phone from the company that uses Windows Mobile instead of Symbian Operating System. So what do we expect from SE’s new phone?

• Windows Mobile 6.1 – new OS means better features? Well we have yet to see because as far as I know, Symbian is the most dominant OS in the mobile phone world so it has more support and more applications. The drawback with Symbian is that it’s a little bit slow. Perhaps Windows Mobile can change this?
• Touchscreen – nothing really new about it since the P-Series used to have one. Remember the P900 phones? Nevertheless, touchscreens have become a standard these days.
• QWERTY Horizontal keypad – this one’s unique and it made the overall look of the phone an eyecandy. Take a look at the photos below
• 3.2 Megapixel Camera – I am surprised that Sony Ericsson included only 3.2 Megapixels for this phone when their competitors already have 5 megapixels. Think about N95 and Samsung’s Omnia.
• Expandable Memory
• Bluetooth
• GPS
• USB 2.0 – allows your phone to be a mass-storage device
• WiFi – for mobile Internet in the city’s hotspots
• Music Player and FM Radio – for audiophiles!

While there’s no doubt that this phone is beautiful, the features are comparable to common phones today. I think Sony Ericsson is still trying to get used to the new Windows OS. According to SE, this will be released end of September 2008.

How about you guys? What do you think about this new phone?

Image credit to GSMArena

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Luckily for those who are itching to buy a new touchscreen gadget, we have here a new one known as the Samsung i900 Omnia. It’s a touchscreen phone powered by Windows Mobile Operating System and promises to be a strong competitor to the 3G iPhone.

Samsung Armani as shown in Dustbowl

This is really surprising for me because Armani is more of a men’s fashion brand. And having a Samsung phone backed by Armani is something new. Guys who are fans of the brand will now have the option to match their suit with a phone.

What has this phone got? Well it’s a credit card-sized touchscreen phone with no keypads. It has a 3.15 Megapixel Camera and has the ability to play MP3’s. I don’t really expect it to be packed with features because stylish phones are usually simpler to use than high-end phones like the Nokia NSeries which are especially made for tech geeks.

Now my question: Since it appears to be a man’s fashion phone, would you opt to buy one?

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For us guys, its another high-end tech toy that we drool over. Meet the Nokia N96 – the rumored successor of the all-in-one device we used to know as Nokia N95

Just less than a year after they released the N95 worldwide, they have already come up with a successor. Compared to the older model, the N96 has a 16GB built-in memory plus an additional slot for a memory card (something the N95 8GB edition lacks). It now has support for mobile TV as well as various video formats including MP4, Windows Media Video, and Flash Video. It also has two LEDs along with its camera for better pictures.

However, I think there is not much difference compared to the N95. So if you already own an N95 I don’t think it’s worth to upgrade to N96.

What do you think?

The Nokia 3500 Classic is a very beautiful phone. The silver lining on its edge, blue backlight on its keypads and black color gives it a very elegant and stylish look. My brother actually bought one for himself and is very satisfied with it.

The music player is very good. The phone also comes with a 256 MB memory card (which is contained in an expandable slot). This is awesome don’t you think? Where else can you find a 6,500 Peso phone with several features as these?

*First image source: Brison-sa

As most of you guys know, there is actually a MyPhone invasion happening here in the Philippines. With lots of people having dual or even more sim-cards, there is an ever increasing need for a single device having the capability to use two-sims, a feature which MyPhone offers at a very low price.

Has anyone ever used it here? I’d like to hear your feedback. Anyway here is the price list for you coming from Greenhills and SM Cyberzone.

Nokia
Nokia N95 8GB – 29,900 Pesos
Nokia N95 – 23,590 Pesos
Nokia N81 2GB – 19,990 Pesos
Nokia N81 8GB – 24,590 Pesos
Nokia N77 – 15,790 Pesos
Nokia N73 Regular – 13,990 Pesos
Nokia N73 Music – 14,990 Pesos
Nokia N76 – 15,790 Pesos
Nokia N70 Regular – 9,790 Pesos
Nokia N70 Music – 10,850 Pesos
Nokia E90 – 43,990 Pesos
Nokia E61i – 19,290 Pesos
Nokia E65 – 14,590 Pesos
Nokia 6233 – 8,390 Pesos
Nokia 6120 – 10,890 Pesos
Nokia 6110 Navigator – 19,590 Pesos
Nokia 6267 – 12,290 Pesos
Nokia 6300 – 8,990 Pesos
Nokia 6020 – 4,190 Pesos
Nokia 6070 – 4,390 Pesos
Nokia 6500 Classic – 16,190 Pesos
Nokia 6500 Slide – 19,590 pesos
Nokia 5310 – 11,590 Pesos
Nokia 5200 – 6,390 Pesos
Nokia 3110 – 6,290 Pesos
Nokia 2630 – 4,990 Pesos
Nokia 2760 – 5,990 Pesos
Nokia 2626 – 3,350 Pesos
Nokia 1208 – 2,590 Pesos

Motorola
Motorola L6 – 4,290 Pesos
Motorola K1 – 9,990 Pesos
Motorola W218 – 3,990 Pesos

Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson P1i – 18,990 Pesos
Sony Ericsson J120 – 2,790 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K200i – 3,990 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K550i – 7,290 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K320i – 4,390 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K610i – 8,390 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K800i – 11,490 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K810i – 13,290 Pesos
Sony Ericsson W580i – 13,290 Pesos
Sony Ericsson W850i – 14,390 Pesos
Sony Ericsson W880i – 13,590 Pesos
Sony Ericsson Z610i – 10,290 Pesos
Sony Ericsson S500i – 11,990 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K750i – 7,890 Pesos

Alcatel
Alcatel C825 – 7,590 Pesos
Alcatel C701 – 5,790 Pesos
Alcatel C750/C650/E801 – 2,990 Pesos

Samsung
Samsung E250 – 6,590 Pesos

MyPhone
MyPhone S22 DUO – 7,990 Pesos
MyPhone T22 DUO – 9,590 Pesos

*Image source: MyPhone

Hello dudes, I’ve not been able to post the latest cellphone prices for quite some time due to the hectic schedule I’ve had for these past few weeks. But finally, I tried my best to allot some of my time to canvass once again Greenhills cellphone stores as well as those in SM Cyberzone to get the latest price list for you.

Noticeably, Nokia prices have been fluctuating due to the upcoming Christmas season while other cellphone brands like Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Alcatel and Samsung have had their prices quite steady for the past one and a half months.

Surprisingly we have a lot of new phone models included in this price list. These include the N95 8GB memory edition, plus the N81. For this, I’d like to give a brief introduction to the N81.

The N81 is a beautiful black and shiny phone. Remember the gaming phone called Nokia N-GAGE? Well, this is perhaps the successor of N-GAGE and it now belongs together with the Nokia NSeries family. Features of this 3G slide phone include a 2 Megapixel camera, a music player with FM Radio, WiFi and Bluetooth which is also good for multiplayer gaming. It comes with an 8GB edition for more fun and games.

Now, going back to the latest pricelist, well here they are below:

Nokia
Nokia N95 8GB – 30,500 Pesos
Nokia N95 – 23,990 Pesos
Nokia N81 2GB – 21,590 Pesos
Nokia N81 8GB – 24,590 Pesos
Nokia N77 – 16,990 Pesos
Nokia N73 Regular – 14,990 Pesos
Nokia N73 Music – 15,590 Pesos
Nokia N76 – 16,590 Pesos
Nokia N70 Regular – 10,990 Pesos
Nokia N70 Music – 11,390 Pesos
Nokia E90 – 44,590 Pesos
Nokia E61i – 19,290 Pesos
Nokia E65 – 14,890 Pesos
Nokia 6120 – 11,590 Pesos
Nokia 6110 Navigator – 19,590 Pesos
Nokia 6267 – 11,990 Pesos
Nokia 6300 – 9,590 Pesos
Nokia 6020 – 4,090 Pesos
Nokia 6070 – 4,590 Pesos
Nokia 6500 Slide – 19,590 pesos
Nokia 5310 – 12,890 Pesos
Nokia 5200 – 6,390 Pesos
Nokia 2630 – 5,490 Pesos
Nokia 2760 – 5,990 Pesos
Nokia 2626 – 3,490 Pesos
Nokia 1208 – 2,590 Pesos
Nokia 1110i – 1,990 Pesos
Nokia 1112 – 2,150 Pesos
Nokia 1200 – 1,990 Pesos
Nokia 1600 – 2,550 Pesos
Nokia 2310 – 3,090 Pesos
Nokia 2626 – 3,490 Pesos
Nokia 3110 – 6,590 Pesos
Nokia 5300 – 8,990 Pesos
Nokia 6030 – 3,490 Pesos
Nokia 6080 – 4,990 Pesos
Nokia 6085 – 6,290 Pesos
Nokia 6288 – 11,990 Pesos

Motorola
Motorola W375 – 4,690 Pesos
Motorola V8 – 17,990 Pesos
Motorola K1 – 9,990 Pesos
Motorola W218 – 3,990 Pesos

Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson P1i – 23,390 Pesos
Sony Ericsson J120 – 2,990 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K200i – 3,990 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K550i – 8,990 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K320i – 4,590 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K310i – 4,290 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K610i – 8,790 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K800i – 12,690 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K810i – 15,290 Pesos
Sony Ericsson W580i – 13,290 Pesos
Sony Ericsson W850i – 13,690 Pesos
Sony Ericsson W880i – 15,490 Pesos
Sony Ericsson Z610i – 10,290 Pesos
Sony Ericsson S500i – 11,990 Pesos
Sony Ericsson K750i – 7,890 Pesos

Alcatel
Alcatel C825 – 7,590 Pesos
Alcatel C701 – 5,790 Pesos
Alcatel C750/C650/E801 – 2,990 Pesos

Samsung
Samsung E250 – 6,590 Pesos

*Image source: iTechNews