Today was indeed a busy affair. Nurul and me went on down to Suntec for the IT show to catch hold of the latest gadgets on offer. AS always, the CROWD WAS HUGE! People were back to back, cramming through small alleys and escalators to enter the heavenly exhibition halls selling the latest gizmos from digital cameras to computers, laptops, accessories, ipods and of course PSP! The Starhub booths and Sony booths were a nice respite from the packed halls. And its always fun to ogle at a Sony Bravia HDTV. Haiz…..
OH well. Back to the matter at hand. Indeed, the offers never fail to disappoint as prices were slashed and many free goodies were thrown into the package. Indeed, our shopping list this time concerned mainly on phones for Nurul and our glittering prize; a Sony PSP! HAha.
Well after settling down with a Motorola V3 phone for the past 2 years, its about time we set our sights on another brand with another style. We have in our minds a touch screen phone with a stylus and yet a trendy stylish look.
The choices came down to 4.
1) LG KU990 VIEWTY
Specifications:
- 3G Network
- 112 grams
- 103.5 x 54.4 x 14.8 mm
- 100m shared memory, Micro SD
- 5 megapixel Camera
- MP3/MPEG4/WMV/AAC/DivX player
- FM radio with RDS
- Organiser
- Document viewer (DOC, XLS, PDF)
- Built-in handsfree
- Battery: Standby 430hr, Talktime 4hr
Cons : No stylus!
Going at $188 with 2 year plan under Powervalue 300 with StarHub. $288 with other plans.
2) HTC TOUCH
Specifications
- 2.3 in x 0.5 in x 3.9 in
- 1 GB microSD memory card
- Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0
- Battery 5hr talk time
- flexible touch screen with stylus
Its going for $98 for Starhub Powervalue 300. $198 for others.
3) Sony Ericsson P1i
Specifications
- 3G, Bluetooth, A2DP, Infrared, USB, WLAN
- 124 g
- Touch screen, QWERTY
Its going for $288 for Starhub Powervalue 300. $ 388 for other contracts.
4) Sony Ericsson G700 (To be launched in June)
Specifications
106 x 49 x 13 mm
99 g
TFT touchscreen, 256K colors 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches
160 MB internal memory
Symbian OS, UIQ
3.15 MP secondary videocall cameraJava MIDP 2.0
- FM radio with RDS
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- Handwriting recognition
- StickyNotes
- TrackID music recognition
- Picture editor/blogging
- Document reader/editor
- Organiser
- Stopwatch
- Built-in handsfree
- Voice memo/dial
Battery: Standby 330hrs, Talktime 12hrs
SONY PSP LIGHT
Well, its going around $340 with 2 games. I am still pondering of getting it. HEHE!
If anyone’s interested in either getting the Sony Ericsson P1i or Sony PSP Slim, please contact me at ilovelookinggood@gmail.com
I can get the Sony Ericsson P1i at $650 without contract. Also Sony PSP Slim at $310.
Fai @ ilovelookinggood
i would go for HTC. they are renoun for their PDA functions n services. well, that is what i think anyway.
but that also depends on what u want to use e phone for also……….
Yes, the IT show is super packed.. I was at Suntec for a shoot on Saturday and there was a PACK of people jaywalking and I joined them, stopping traffic.
thats what i call a show stopper hahaha.
Anw, im so clueless abt phones so its good u have this entry. I like Viewty.
I want a new phone heh.
I like the Viewty too but den I want phones with stylus pen. Haha. The Viewty’s stylus dangles like thoz thingys u hang as straps. Tat was a turnoff for me. But otherwise, it is a good ‘ladies’ phone. Sleek n stylish.
Im waiting for e SE G700 to come out. The HTC isnt tat bad either. Its a slider n my dad has e phone. Tho im not big on Windows phone.
~ Nur ~
I nearly died at the IT fair… At least Didi managed to get her camera, so it wasn’t a wasted trip.
We were grabbing onto each other’s arms the whole time for fear that we would get seperated, LOL.
I wanted to stop by the Sony booth on the 3rd or 2nd floor to see if they have any PSP-related stuff like accessories, since I have a PSP myself. Mine’s the thick one, though. I’m too cheap to buy the slim, haha.
I’m eyeing the MOTO Z8, I think I’ll get in a month or so when the price is lower…and when I actually have $$$.
I get u babes. My sis managed to get her lappie on the last day n we reached at there at ard 8.30pm n it was still packed.
And if u ever thot of changing ur PSP to the slim one. Do let me know ya. Hehee..
~ Nur ~