Mobile phones that survive drops and can stand water and dust have been around for a while, but for a price. For instance, the Land Rover S1, Samsung B2700 or the Sonim XP3 are operational even after pretty bad beating, but not everyone who has needed one, has been to able afford the premium price for a rugged phone. Nokia, who already has a large selection of feature-rich, low-cost phones, has now added a rugged outdoors model to its lineup.
The Nokia 3720 Classic mobile phone has been exclusively designed for rough outdoors and indoors conditions. The product does not shine with plenty of hardware or software features, but it has a number of basic things that makes it usable, like 2 megapixel ...

One of the most exciting things about the new Google Android smartphone operating system, as employed by phones such as the HTC Magic (available with a contract from Vodafone UK) is the sheer number of games that are available for the platform. Although the majority of these are of the puzzle game variety, there are a number of cool arcade-style games available too. Here are just a few of the better recent examples ...

Netbook PCs are compact and light devices that are easy to take along almost anywhere. Often, however, the restrictive factor is lack of Internet connection. Not every park, mall, or railway station provides wireless Wi-Fi access for accidental web surfers. A number of new netbooks come with 3G connectivity that allows Internet access via mobile network. 3G network is practically the only solution for those netbook users who are on the move. So, the optimal solution would be a netbook with 3G connectivity, but without the premium mobile networks tend to charge for high-speed data plans.
The Datawind Ubisurfer is a compact netbook aimed at web surfing or anything you can access with a browser application. The device has 7-inch screen in ...

Up until recently, most of the games available for mobile phones were fairly basic two dimensional affairs, due to the limited processing power of the devices. However, recent advances in cell phone technology have opened up a whole world of 3D gaming to the avid mobile gamer. In particular, the new range of Google Android smartphones, such as the HTC Hero, available from Vodafone UK (check their online store for mobile phone deals), has already managed to amass a number of exciting 3D games which show off the immense graphics processing power of these units. Here are a few ...

It looks like GPS receivers are becoming part of our lives inside more than one product. Many people have a GPS navigator in the car for finding street addresses, others have outdoors or marine satellite navigators for staying on the right track, and majority of new smartphone models come with GPS feature. Still, a tiny GPS receiver that can be attached to a keyring can have its place in our heart.
The Ecco Personal Pocket GPS Locator is a single-purpose device for finding your way back to the location where you started. For instance, if you park your car in a large outdoors carpark and return when it is already dark, how are you supposed to remember exactly where you left the wheels? The Ecco GPS receiver can be ...

Smartphones designed for messaging that also have qwerty keypads have been costly products until now. Often, they have been built with business users in mind. Especially, Blackberry devices, many Windows Mobile smartphones from HTC, and Nokia E-series products have been popular among professionals. There are plenty of young people and other individuals who would like to have a smart device for email, instant messaging, Facebook, or Twitter as well. Now, Nokia has introduced an affordable smartphone with qwerty keyboard.
The Nokia 6760 Slide is built on Symbian OS and S60 software. When the smartphone is held sideways, a qwerty keypad can be pulled out below the screen. The 2.4-inch display, in 240 x 320 pixels resolution, can automatically ...

While a large part of the world is raving about touch screen phones that tend to be sizeable because of the large screen required for finger input, even larger part of the world just wants to find a small, no-frills phone for personal communication. Even better if the no-frills phone can be purchased for less than half the price of a smartphone. Sony Ericsson has designed a credit card size mobile phone for these people.
The Sony Ericsson T715 is a tiny mobile phone with a slide-out keypad for ultra compactness. The slide-out structure makes the unit somewhat thick, but not too much (it is ...

Right now, as we are writing this, there are more than 14 million people logged onto Skype, talking, chatting, or simply waiting for someone to call. The vast majority of these people are signed in to the new telephone system on their PCs, but we are not the only ones who are also using smartphones to make free international phone calls via the Internet. Skype has been available as a free download for Windows Mobile smartphones for a couple of years already. Of course, there are other choices that you can find here. A popular free VoIP application, for instance, for Symbian smartphones is Fring which is compatible with Skype.
Skype application for Windows Mobile smartphones has reached its third major release. With every release, the software has inherited features from the PC application. Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile lets you transfer files from your phone to the other end (PC or phone) during a live phone call. Also, if you purchase Skype credit, you can send low-cost text messages to mobile phones around the world.

First, digital cameras were built into mobile phones, then, MP3 players and next, camcorders are going to do the same. Increasingly, high-end phones are being designed as multimedia devices that can handle many media types. Walkman mobile phone range covers both simple, low-cost music phones and advanced multimedia products. The Sony Ericsson W995 is a high-end Walkman phone.
The Sony Ericsson W995 is a compact media phone with slide-out keypad. In fact, for a device designed for videos and music, ...

Thanks to new affordable touch screen technologies, also outdoors GPS receivers are being built with touch-sensitive displays. Outdoors conditions, however, can be anything from sunshine to pouring rain or snow, making it challenging to find the right technology for all situations. For instance, in freezing temperatures it would be nice to be able to tap the screen when wearing gloves. Garmin has introduced Dakota product line that is targeted at tough outdoors use, but the products can be used on the road as well.
The Garmin Dakota 10 is a compact outdoors GPS receiver with color maps. Its 2.6-inch touch screen ...