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Specifications

Weight: 1g
Standby battery time: 1 hour

3G or UMTS

Works in UMTS frequency channels 800/850/1900/2100 or 850/1700/1900/2100 MHz

Android OS

The Android OS provides familiar software from Google and access to the Android Marketplace where videos, music, games and new applications can be downloaded, with many titles being completely free.

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Bluetooth

Bluetooth allows users to pair with other Bluetooth devices. This allows a wireless connection to a Bluetooth headset or carkit so that you can carry out a conversation without the need to hold your handset. Particularly useful for conversing whilst driving.

Camera

Almost all mobile phones now come with a built in camera and their quality is increasing to rival many stand alone point and shoot cameras. For example, the HTC Desire HD has an 8 megapixel camera, which enables you to take great photos, on the go.

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8 megapixel cameras
5 megapixel cameras
Image stabilizer 
Flash

Document viewer

Allows you to view Documents

Email

This phone is capable of sending and receiving email

Game

This phone has games

GPRS

Stands for General Packet Radio System. This basically allows you to browse internet websites using your phone. GPRS is mainly used for text based information - getting football results, checking train timetables, reading the news etc. GPRS is not bad at downloading pictures, however it is slower than 3G.  You can use GPRS to received and send Multimedia messages such as a text with a picture.

It is advisable to choose a 3G handset for decent download speeds of videos and pictures rather than GPRS, however GPRS is pretty good for text based information and pictures with lower definition.

Instant messaging

Instant messaging (often abbreviated simply to IM) offers real-time communication. 

Memory expandable via MicroSD card

This allows you to expand the phone's memory using MicroSD cards. MicroSD cards are available in various sizes, the most popular being 1GB or 2GB which can hold thousands of songs and hundreds of pictures.

MP3 Player

The phone includes an MP3 player which allows you to play and store music. Works in a similar fashion to normal MP3 players in that you can upload Music onto the phone's memory or onto an external memory stick (size of memory slot dependent on phone). Once the music is loaded you can listen to it either on the phone's speakers or using a pair of headphones that is compatible with the handset.

MP4

MPEG4 is most commonly used to store digital and digital video streams, including those defined by MPEG. It can also be used to store other data such as still images. MPEG-4 Part 14 allows streaming over the Internet and carries an officiall filename extension of .mp4, thus the container format is often referred to simply as MP4.

Multimedia Service MMS

Allows you to send and receive picture messages

Quadband

• 850 MHz (U.S./Canada/Latin America/Brazil (Only the carrier Vivo)
• 900 MHz (Europe/Brazil/Asia (ex Japan and S. Korea))
• 1800 MHz (Europe/Brazil)
• 1900 MHz (U.S./Canada/Latin America)

SMS - text messages

Short message service - allows you to send and receive texts

Social Network Integration

With the take-off of Social Network sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, this feature will bring you a variety of services that may include live updates and multiple accounts being merged into one page for ease of use. For exact details of what services are provided check the description for the phone you are considering.

Solid Bar

This is a solid bar design phone

Touch sensitive

This phone has touch sensitive keys

Video player

Plays videos

WAP 2.0

Wireless Application Protocol, allows you to browse text based Internet sites

Wi-Fi

Allows you to connect to wireless internet connections that are available in some public places such as airports and cafes