Sony Ericsson P1: New Surprises

Sony Ericsson have lived up to their reputation of bringing forth some of the coolest new subtitles under their PDA series. This time its the P1. They conveniently describe it as the new generation P-series smart phone. with stunning features like a Dual functioning QWERTY keyboard (with one hand operability) and an inbuilt business card scanner, the P1 seems to be a landmark in the lifecycle of PDAs. To add to this, it also provides with a customary camera with an impressive 3.2 megapixel lens and a 2.6 touchscreen display. The folks at SE have taken extra pains on the display this time so that it is easier to view in bright daylight by incorporating Transflective Display technology. The Sony Ericsson P1 also comes with an internal memory of 160 MB, thats enough for space seekers I guess. Other features include VoIP, WLAN (Wi-Fi 802.11b), UMTS, 512 MB Memory Stick Micro (expandable), FM radio RDS, H.264 playback and Video Calling.

The Motorola Z8 (Media Monster)

Motorola has finally announced the successor to the RAZR the phone which did to Motorola what the iPod did to Apple. The RAZR 2 will be available in three varaints 3.6Mbps HSDPA, EV-DO, and GSM / EDGE as the V9, V9m, and V8 respectively. The phone will be running on Linux and will be 2 millimeters thinner than its predecessor. It has one of the largest external screens at 2.0 inches and a 2.2 inch QVGA internal screen (almost double the resolution of RAZR). An interesting feature is "Crystal Talk" technology which automatically adjust volume and tone based on ambient noise. The external display incorporates Motorola's breakthrough "haptics" technology, which provides users with vibrating feedback in response to their finger taps. This, combined with the virtual music keys, allows the user to effortlessly control their music.

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The Motorola Z8 (Media Monster) looks ravishing and the specs are neat enough to capture your attention. It proclaims to be the world's first Kick-Slider Phone with "Pre-loaded Hollywood Blockbuster, Downloadable BSkyB Content, Podcasts and Games." With multimedia capabilities (it even has mobile TV) the phone has quite a lot of space to hold your pics and videos. Dubbed as the "Media Monstor", it features video capture and playback at 30fps plus 80MB of internal memory as well as 32GB via the microSDHC card. It also integrates HSDPA and Bluetooth 2.0, QVGA 16 million color TFT screen, 8x zoom camera and lumi LED light but the icing is the pre-loaded copy of "The Bourne Identity" movie with each purchase.
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"Shady O'Grady's Rising Star" Review

You start out as an 18 year old wannabe rock star looking for a band and a few bucks to get a music career started. It's a tough world out there, and "Rising Star" shows you just that.

Musical careers don't occur over night in "Rising Star." It takes a lot of practice, songs, low paying gigs, and odd jobs to get anywhere. But first, you have to create a character. Customize the name, instrument, skills, style of music, and clothing. Once that's complete, it's off to picking out a band name and finding band members. New band members can be found and hired at the music store. Carefully look over their skills and how they will interact with the rest of the band before asking them to join.