Mobiles for Everyone | Feature

Nokia 5230 may not be game changing as the godly device from the coveted fruit but it is every bit as functional. Running on a Symbian OS, this touchscreen smartphone from Nokia is pure class. The headliner feature, the 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inch touchscreen is responsive and gorgeous to look at. Usual suspect like GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack and a two megapixel camera are thrown in. The only gripe is the absence of WiFi. Anyway, don't get too touchy-feely with it; don't tell us that we didn't warn you.

User says
Umesh Thapa, 22
Student/ Part-time shop keeper
Nokia 5230 is the best phone I've used so far. The touchscreen is its catch and the music functions it provides are simply unmatchable.

Dealer says
Why Nokia? "Nokia phones last the longest. They are best in low signal areas and have the most intuitive interfaces."

Motorola Motocubo A45 Eco is a slider cell phone with QWERTY keypad designed to keep young users connected with their relationship networks. The 'Eco' label comes from the fact that the phone is made from recycled and corn-based materials, so if you're in the market for a text-centric backup phone, this might just be an interesting option that won't keep you up at night thinking about the environmental destruction you've caused. This Motorola cell phone enables easy access to sites such as Orkut and Facebook from any location. Motorola A45 works only on GSM and EDGE network, has a 2MP camera, FM radio with RDS, music player, bluetooth, microSD expansion and more.

User says
Ramesh Raj Shrestha, 27
Banker
Motorola A45 has a great set of PIM functions and its fun to use too. I am very dependent on it.

Dealer says
Why Motorola? "Motorolas are robust. Take it from the inventors of cell phones."

Spice D-6666 allows the users to go dual mode, either GSM/CDMA or GSM/GSM. This stylish phone comes with a 2MP camera with flash light and can double up as a webcam. It also has MP3 Player and FM record. And its Stereo Bluetooth feature eliminates the clutter of wires so one can enjoy superior audio quality on the phone itself. It has a 4 GB expandable memory card allowing one to carry music, pictures and other cool stuff everywhere. Another special feature is its big screen to give the users a one of its kind visual delight.

User says
Bibek Poudel, 25
Shopkeeper

I like the convenience of having two SIM cards in one device. I use the CDMA Sky phone and also NTC's prepaid card. I'm happy with my Spice D-6666.

Dealer says
Why Spice? " Spice mobile is the only legitimate manufacturer of dual GSM/CDMA phones in Nepal."
Spice D-6666

What is a smartphone?
A smartphone is a cell phone running on an operating system. Nokia uses the Symbian OS, Apple's iPhone uses a mobile version of OSX, Windows smartphones use Windows Mobile OS and Blackerry phones use their proprietary Blackberry OS. Take the OS out of a smartphone and it becomes a normal phone.

Do I need one?
Do you need your emails to be pushed directly to your phone? Do you need to run several applications at a time? Do you need a wide range of applications for your phone? If yes, then you need a smartphone. A basic phone should suffice for calling and texting though.

How do I make the most of it?
To make use of all the features, the mobile networks (in our case Nepal Telecom and Mero Mobile) should support those features. Both the service providers provide basic GPRS connectivity for internet surfing, emailing and IMing through the phone.

Hot, young and social, describes the Samsung Corby. Samsung's low-budget-meets-high-end phone is perky, bright and young. With brightly coloured interchanageable backplates and an aptly smooth touchscreen, Samsung Corby is currently the talk of the town. The Corby is simple, easy-to-use, slim and lets its colourful backplates do most of the talking.

Samsung Corby is fun. You have to see it in person to see how good it looks. And I love the touchscreen!

Dealer says
Why Samsung? " We have a wide range of phones and our touch screen phones are reasonably priced."

Bleu is an aspiring Indian brand, recently introduced in Nepal and is best for users that look for something simple and functional. Bleu 575z has all the essentials: an MP3 player, an expandable memory up to 4GB, FM, Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera, video recording, GPRS, and more.

I don't know why I settled for the Bleu 575z as it is a relatively unknown brand but I don't regret it. Competitively priced with a great set of features, I'd recommend it to anyone, any day.

Alcatel One Touch Tribe OT 800 is a chic QWERTY keyboard phone. It delivers a fantastic social networking experience through its single-click access to mailboxes, social networks and instant messaging so that the users can always stay connected. Also, it comes with a 2MP camera and you can store music, audio and video files in the mobile phone's on-board memory of 20MB, expandable up to 4GB. It provides you with a music play back time of up to 35 hours straight on a single charge. Otherwise, its 850mAh battery offers you a talk time of 9 hours and a stand by time of 450 hours too on a single charge. On top of all these features, the phone is surprisingly light – 102 grams.

I use the Alcatel One Touch Tribe OT 800 and love the QWERTY keypad. Catching up with social networking sites is a breeze with this phone.

Dealer says
Why Alcatel? "Alcatel phones are technologically advanced yet competitively priced."

GPRS/EDGE: Standard for internet connectivity on a mobile phone. Both the service providers have this feature.

GSM/CDMA: Standards for mobile communication. Nepal Telecom and Mero Mobile is a GSM network, UTL and Sky phone is a CDMA network. A CDMA phone does not work on a GSM network and vice versa.

3G: Another standard for mobile internet, 3G is for faster internet speed, needed for video calling and streaming. Nepal Telecom has a limited 3G coverage within Kathmandu.

Push email: A service that is used to 'push' or send your email directly to your phone without the need to re-check new mails every once in a while. This service is network-dependent.

1. prakash moktan, kakarvitta 10 jhapa nepa;
the first time i saw the nokia 5300music exp. the first word from my mouth was wow but when i used it the word came is chaya.

Posted on: 09 FEB 2010 | 6:21 AM NST | Report Abuse