About:The 8800 features a stainless-steel housing with a scratch-resistant screen and has a weight of 134 grams. According to Nokia, the 8800’s “sophisticated slide mechanism uses premium ball bearings crafted by the makers of bearings used in high performance cars”
WOW Factor: The first Nokia phone with the new extended guitar-based version of the Nokia Tune
Evaluation in my collection:Great – 9.5/10
Life timer:130h |Boxed:NO
Release Year:2008|Release Price:~350 EUR
About:The Nokia N78 is a 3G smartphone made by Nokia. It was first introduced at the Mobile World Congress on 11 February 2008, and was launched on 26 May 2008 for ?350 before taxes and subsidies. It runs on Symbian 9.3 (S60 3rd Edition, FP2) and was marketed as a more cheaper Nseries device inside a compact, light body. The phone is compatible with the N-Gage 2.0 mobile gaming service.
It is the successor of the N73 and its design shares similarities with the N81, N82 and N96. Despite its relatively low price, the Nokia N78 does still pack numerous standard Nseries features such as A-GPS, HSDPA and Wi-Fi. It has a touch-sensitive Navi wheel like on the N81, and was the first Nokia (and among the first overall, along with Sony Ericsson W980) to feature an FM transmitter. Its keypad is hidden in idle mode and lights up when a key is pressed. It did not however become popular like the N73 was. Later in 2008 the Nokia N79 was introduced.
The Nokia N78 was also the first Nokia phone with the new extended guitar-based version of the Nokia Tune.
WOW Factor: The first Nokia with a rotated Nokia logo
Evaluation in my collection: Brand New Swap – 10/10
Life timer:0m |Boxed:NO
Release Year:2008|Release Price:~350 EUR
About:The N79 has a somewhat more vibrant style compared to usual Nseries devices, with a rotated NOKIA logo(this would later appear on the Nokia N97). Nokia advertised the N79’s bold-coloured Xpress-on covers which change the software’s colour theme to the cover’s. It was also slim by Nseries standards and considered to be attractive.Other features include a 2.4-inch display, 369 MHz ARM11 processor, physical keylock switch, FM transmitter and the Navi wheel.
About:Pioneer has introduced the PCC D500, the company’s latest mobile phone, which can operate for 11 hours in stand-by mode and one hour in speech mode. The new phone features a 100 number memory, calling-line identification capability and can be used with a PCMCIA card to carry out data communications. The new product weighs 215 g with a NiCd battery, or 160 g with a lithium battery. Cost: FFr4k.
About:The Siemens C10 is a mobile phone made by Siemens in December 1997. The phone was available in four colours: Blue, yellow, red and grey. The C10 had a green backlit display capable of showing three lines. It weighed 165 g with battery and 117 g without.
WOW Factor: The world first phone with a colour screen
Evaluation in my collection:Great – 9.5/10
Life timer:N/A |Boxed:NO
Release Year:1997|Release Price:N/A
About:The Siemens S10 was the world’s first phone with a colour screen. It was a high end business phone with a number of a advanced features. However, the phone was not up to rival products from Nokia and Ericsson and the colour screen did not make it any more usable.
About:The?Siemens SL10?is a sliding?mobile phone?with a four-color?screen?(red, green, blue, and white). It was the second mobile phone with a multicolor screen after the Siemens S10 and the first sliding?mobile phone
About:The Siemens SX1 is a GSM mobile phone running version 1.2 of the Series 60 platform for the Symbian OS. It is the first such smartphone from the German phone manufacturer Siemens AG following their licensing agreement with Nokia for the use and development of Series 60. Though unveiled in February 2003 it launched only in December of that year. The phone has a very high feature list for its time of release. It had three built in games and support for more by downloads. The three games which were bundled with the phone were Mozzies, which was awarded the title of best mobile game in 2003, Typegun, which was a game made for acquainting users to the keypad layout, and Sitris, a Tetris version with multiplayer support (via Bluetooth). In Mozzies, the Camera is used to detect the motion. So you have to position the gun on the flying mosquitoes which are superimposed on the video feed from the camera. The objective is to shoot down the mosquitoes by moving the phone around and clicking when you are aiming correctly.
The phone also has a good number of connectivity options from Bluetooth to IrDA. It can also be used as a Fax Machine by connecting it to an appropriate device like a computer through the software provided. The File Manager allows sending and receiving of various files over either infrared or bluetooth. The phone has two shortcut keys on its side. One is used to start the camera and click pictures, while the other can be used to make a voice command driven call or start the voice memo. There is a built in picture editor which allows modification of images taken by the camera or any other type of image present on the phone. The phone has a few organizer capabilities. There are applications to take down short notes, a To-Do List, a scheduler application with reminders and a converter to convert currency and different measuring units. The mobile has been popular because of a Linux port to this mobile called “Linux on SX1”.
