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March of this year, I got myself a Samsung X200 mobile phone. I liked the phone for its simplicity and design aesthetics. However, there are 2 shortcomings that I observed.

Firstly, this nifty little mobile does not word wrap when composing or receiving SMS. That makes reading SMS difficult and troublesome. It is really a hassle to read SMSe if you are behind the wheel.

The second shortcoming is that of their preloaded ringtones. There are only limited selections of polyphonic tones available and mostly suited for the much younger generation’s taste. I hear that T-mobile ringtones which is available in the United States are awesome and there is a large collection of tones for download. I’ve not checked it out but I sure will immediately after this post. For me personally, I prefer those monotones that goes ring-ring…. ring-ring; a simple tone to tell me that there is an incoming call.

If you own the same mobile as mine, do yourself a favour and download free ringtones for your own mobile.

[tags]Samsung, X200, ringtones, shortcomings[/tags]

Recently, my hand started to itch, looking for a new mobile toy to play with. My current Nokia is still serving me well but like all geeks and techies, we long for new toys . The cheapskate side of me started hunting for new mobile phones and the Samsung SGH-X150 caught my eyes.

I have always been a fan of clamshell phones. My very first clamshell was the Motorola Startec and that phone will always be my favourite. Back to the Samsung, I asked the golden-haired promoter the price and he answered “399 ringgit”. Wow! Such a chun phone for only RM400?

I decided to check it out and was told that this is a very basic phone will very little feature. Just enough to make/receive calls and SMS. Just nice for me (not very techie, right?). I wanted to hunt for another phone before buying and so I dropped by another mobile shop. Being a typical cheapskate, I asked the price of the same Samsung. The guy said “499 ringgit”!!! My jaw and my pants dropped when I heard that.

“Wah! How come so expensive one? That shop only sell 399, you sell 499?”, I exclaimed.
“This one is SGH-X200 model-lah…”, the sales guy explained.

With that new information, I decided to study the difference of the models before I make my decision to purchase. The differences and similarities are as below:

Oh! Did I mention that the design for both models are the same? You can’t tell the difference between the two from the outside. The only difference you can see is that there is a light indicator in the front of the X200. It will blink steadly (blue in colour) during standby and if there’s a call/message, it’ll blink frantically. How do I know that? I bought myself the X200

Darn! A day after I wrote about the cool Nokia N92, I heard about Motorola unveiling their latest RAZR Model Z mobile phone. Look at the inset photo; isn’t the RAZR slider a sexy gadget. This is by far the most mouth-watering and sexiest mobile phone I’ve seen so far.

Now, I’m torn between RAZR slider and the Nokia N92. Here’s some quick rundown of the specifications:

• Thickness: 14.8mm
• Screen: 2.2 inches
• Camera: 1 mega pixel
• MP3 player: Yes

This latest phone is estimated to be priced around RM1,900 (US$510) to RM2,300 (US$620).

p.s.
Aren’t those models as cute as the phone?