For sure, the phone is definitely stylish. Its slim and has curved edges. Ofcourse its full touchscreen. It means you cannot find any keys on this. Did I wrote it runs on Android based operating system.

Lets look at the screenshot of the Nexus One:

Technical specifications of Nexus One:

Display: 3.7 inch

Resolution: 800 x 480 pixels

Contrast ratio: 100,000:1

Camera: 5 Megapixel (With LED flash)

Zoom: 2 x Digital Zoom

GSM/EDGE Frequency (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Battery: 1400 mAH

Talk time: 10 hours on 2G

7 hours on 3G

Standby time: Upto 290 hours (for 2G) and upto 250 hours(for 3G)

Audio playback: Upto 20 hours

Video playback: Upto 7 hours

Processor: Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

Operating system: Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1

RAM: 512 MB

Expandable upto 32 GB

So finally you can see a Android based phone in the market. Nexus One is also called as “Google phone”. Only time will tell about the success of Google in the phone market.

Check out the official Google Nexus One page at google.com/phone

SATIO

Some of its features are:

• Running on Symbian operating system
• 3.5 inch TFT Touchscreen (360 x 640 pixels, 16 million colors), 16:9 widescreen format
• FM radio
• Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0
• 3G (HSDPA), GPRS/EDGE
• 12.1 megapixel camera and Xenon flash, LED for Video, geo-tagging, Face and Smile Detection
• GPS with A-GPS support (Google Maps)
• MicroSD card support

“Bringing together rich content, unique applications and best in class entertainment experiences, our Communication Entertainment proposition is the next step in our evolution”, the President of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications India said. He added “Everything that we have done to date has brought us to this point and we are now ready to unveil the next chapter in the evolution of the company – Communication Entertainment – providing consumers unlimited opportunities to share their entertainment experiences”

YARI

Some of Yari’s features are:

• 2.4-inch limited touchscreen (240 x 320 pixels, 256K colors)
• 3G (HSDPA), GPRS/EDGE
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0
• 5 megapixel AF camera with LED flash, geo-tagging, Face Detection
• GPS with A-GPS support (Wayfinder)
• MicroSD card support
• FM radio

AINO

Some of Aino’s features are:

• 3 inch limited touchscreen (240 x 430 pixels, 16 million colors)
• 3G (HSDPA), GPRS/EDGE
• GPS with A-GPS support (Wayfinder, Google Maps)
• Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0
• 8 megapixel AF camera with LED flash, geo-tagging, Face Detection
• MicroSD card support
• FM radio
• Remote Play for PS3

Indian prices are:

Satio: Rs. 35,950

Aino: Rs. 28,950

Yari: 16,950

Some more features are:

• Music player
• FM radio
• 1.3 MP Camera
• Bluetooth
• Memory card slot (Expandable upto 8 GB)
• Flashlight (Very useful in places where there are frequent power cuts)

Below is the screenshot of this awesome phone.

Well, now we all know what’s so special in it.

I must say, I am impressed by this phone’s features and functionalities. This phone is very strong, enough to handle throwing from your hand to floor. This phone can survive upto 1 meter of water for 30 minutes. Ok, I agree its not much, but then you aren’t really going to throw this under deep water, right ? LOL. Imagine if your phone is in your pant’s pocket and you throw it in to a washing machine, or when its raining, this phone can survive these conditions.

This handset is a GSM Quad-band handset supporting 850/900/1800/1900 bands. It also has GPRS and Edge Class 10. This phone has a music player supporting AAC, MP3, eAAC, eAAC+, WAV and WMA formats.The player has additional functionalities like it can be categorized into artist, album, etc. It also has a equalizer.

Overall, this phone is targeted to a very niche audience. Now coming towards cost. This one will cost you 7050 INR. If you are a person who keeps the phone drowning in water, then this phone is for you. There are not many phone’s in market which are waterproof. I think Samsung is now listening to Indian consumers and making good phones which are suitable for Indian conditions.  If you want to try yourself a good rugged phone, then I say try this, you won’t regret.

Nokia’s latest addition to their N series is the shiny new N97. Its running on S60 UI operating system. It has a slide out QWERTY design. It has good features for a social networker. Its equipped with a GPS also.

Some of its features are:

• Bluetooh with A2DP and USB 2.0
• GPS with A-GPS support, a Digital Compass and geotagging
• 3.5-inch TFT touchscreen, with 16M colors and a 360 x 640 pixel resolution
• 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
• Pocket office preloaded
• 32GB of internal storage and support for microSD cards
• Stereo FM radio and FM transmitter.
• 3.5mm earphone socket

Nokia has for the first time introduced an EMI payment option, and partnered with HDFC and Citibank to provide a 3 month EMI option at 0% interest rate. Plus, consumers buying N97 will receive an exclusive free data plan for three months for browsing the internet services 24X7. Vodafone also has some new cool offers for people buying N97. Nokia N97 is priced for 36,119 INR.

I will recommend a mobile according to a price group.

So here I start:

Under 5000 INR (100 $) – The best bet for this budget is Nokia 3110 Classic. Its some features are Bluetooth, Infrared, expandable memory by microSD card upto 2 GB, 1.3 MP, radio, etc. Check out its features from here.

Under 7000 INR (140 $) – Under this budget you should go for Nokia 6233. This is somewhat old model but I highly recommend you this model. It has very good sound quality. Some features are 2 MP Camera, expandable memory upto 2 GB, bluetooth, radio, 3GPP/MPEG4 video player, etc. But if you want a Symbian phone then Nokia N72 is for you.

Under 10,000 INR (200 $) – In this budget I would recommend you Nokia Xpress Music 5220. Features include expandable memory upto 8 GB, 2 MP Camera, MP3/MPEG4 player, Java, upto 24 hr music time and many others.

Under 13,000 INR (260 $) – You can go for Nokia N73 ME in this range. Feature set includes 3.15 MP Autofocus Camera, expandable memory, symbian, MPEG4 player, Document viewer, printing, etc.

That’s it, happy shopping.