| Mobile phones are no loner just for making call and | | | | mixes, which can then be recorded on to the phone. |
| sending text messages to your friends and family. | | | | The 2.8 inch touch screen display uses Samsung’s |
| They are now seen as all in one entertainment | | | | Touch WIZ user interface. You can drag and drop |
| devices which have to offer more to the customer. | | | | widgets from the side bar on to the home screen. |
| One feature that is now becoming more and more | | | | There’s also a 3.2 megapixel camera with |
| important is the phones ability to play and store music. | | | | autofocus, face and smile recognition, plus an LED |
| Mobile phone manufacturers are looking to replace | | | | flash. The Samsung BeatDJ M7600 also has 3G with |
| then need to carry an additional MP3 player by building | | | | HSDPA, GPS and a microSD card slot to add up to |
| in quality music player into there phones. Here we look | | | | 16GB of memory. If you’re looking for a |
| at 3 of the best music mobile phone, the Nokia 5800 | | | | music-centric phone that has good features all-round, |
| Xpress Music, the Samsung M7600 Beat DJ and the | | | | or if you have any interest in making music as well as |
| Motorola ROKR E8. | | | | listening to it, then the M7600 Beat DJ is for you. |
| The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has been specially | | | | Finally we see what Motorola has to offer the music |
| designed for it music playing ability. It has a 3.2 inch | | | | phone market with there ROKR E8 mobile phone. The |
| touch screen and the latest S60 interface, especially | | | | Motorola ROKR E8 is a dedicated music phone with |
| adapted for touch screen control of the phone. As the | | | | cutting-edge, easy-to-use controls that allow a smooth |
| XpressMusic name suggests, this is a fantastic music | | | | transition from phone to MP3 player to imaging device. |
| phone and was made for music lovers. Supporting | | | | Motorola's breakthrough ModeShift technology |
| microSD cards up to 16GB there’s plenty of | | | | presents you with the controls you need, at the time |
| storage for music and video files. There’s an | | | | you need them, instantly transforming from music |
| accelerometer, a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, FM | | | | player to phone to imaging device with the touch of a |
| radio and a TV out port for viewing videos or playing | | | | button. Simply move your thumb across the FastScroll |
| the built-in games on your big screen. The camera on | | | | navigation wheel to search for music (music mode), |
| the Nokia 5800 has 3.2 megapixels and a dual LED | | | | contacts (phone mode), calendar (phone mode) and |
| flash. This might not sound too great but it has a high | | | | multimedia (imaging mode). |
| quality Carl Zeiss and that makes all the difference. | | | | The face of the ROKR E8 is a sleek, seamless panel |
| Photographs are noticeably better compared to those | | | | that features the first haptic touch pad from Motorola, |
| taken with an iPhone or with an older generation | | | | which provides vibrating, tactile feedback when you |
| camera phone. The built-in web browser is excellent. | | | | touch the virtual buttons on the display screen. It's a |
| The screen renders quickly and web pages can be | | | | very light mobile too; just 100g and 10.6mm thin. |
| dragged with a finger swipe or zoomed with a double | | | | Primarily a music phone, the device lets you load songs |
| tap on the screen. | | | | from multiple sources and is compatible with standard |
| The Nokia 5800 has 3G, HSDPA and Wi-Fi. | | | | connectors, software and accessories. This mobile |
| There’s also a built-in GPS receiver and a special | | | | phone is compatible with Windows Media Player, |
| touch screen version of Nokia Maps is pre-installed. | | | | simply drag-and-drop songs, artists, albums and |
| Don’t forget it’s also a phone! The on-screen | | | | playlists. There's 2GB of memory, which can be |
| numeric keypad makes dialling easy and there’s a | | | | expanded to 4GB using a microSD card. The ROKR |
| choice of on-screen QWERTY keyboards or | | | | E8 also has a built-in FM radio, a standard 3.5mm |
| handwriting recognition for text input. Next we look at | | | | headphone jack, a 2 megapixel camera and a full |
| the latest music phone by Samsung. | | | | HTML web browser. |
| The Samsung M7600 Beat DJ takes music phones to | | | | These 3 mobile phones we have looked at are just a |
| another level. Curved ends of the phone conceal | | | | selection of the best the market has to offer at this |
| miniature Bang & Olufsen stereo speakers. | | | | present moment. No doubt in time mobile phone will |
| Beneath the 2.8 inch touch screen there is a circular | | | | advance even further in there music playing ability and |
| music dial, which overlaps on to the actual handset | | | | what they will be able to offer. Nokia have recently |
| case. During normal music playback this is used for | | | | announced that they will be launching an online store |
| fast forward or rewind music, or to skip to the next | | | | where you will be able to download music and videos |
| track. Switch on the Beat DJ feature and this control | | | | are your phone. This is very similar to what Apple |
| then lets you scratch, add filters and effects plus | | | | currently offers with there iTunes store. |
| make fine adjustments. You can create your own | | | | |