AT & T and Samsung have just announced the availability of the ultrathin sliding phone, SGH-A737 to the American mobile market. The ultraslim Samsung phone will retail for $49.99 with two-year contract activation with AT&T. The SGH-A737 looks sleek and classic but before you decide to subscribe to the AT & T service to get a hold of the Samsung SGH-A737, you might want to know about some key features of this new Samsung mobile handset.

Despite the 1.3 megapixel camera with 2.6 x zoom, the Samsung SGH-A737 is packed with the best AT&T features and services. Highlighting these features is the Video Share which lets you share one-way live video while engaged in a voice call. Another feature of the SGH-A737 is the AT&T Mobile Music which lets you use Napster and over-the-air music downloads through eMusic Mobile.

You can also send messages to friends and families any way you choose with text messaging, mobile email, AOL, Yahoo and Windows Live Instant Messaging.

The SGH-A737’s is also 3G capable which will give you access to AT&T’s Broadband Connect network available in more than 170 major metropolitan areas across the U.S. If 3G network is not available, you can also access the internet via AT&T’s nationwide EDGE network.

The Samsung SGH-A737 also boost of other basic mobile phone features, such as an integrated MP3 music player, wireless internet and mobile email, backlit keypad and LCD screen, personal organizer and alarm, conference calling, speakerphone and games.

The Samsung SGH-A737 may not be big in the imaging department, but it is certainly heavy on useful mobile features that are worth the price that you will have to pay for an AT&T subscription plan for the mobile handset.

Skype enters into the mobile market arena with the launch of its 3 Skypephone, a mobile phone which lets you make free Skype to Skype mobile calls and Instant Messaging with a touch of a button on the 3 Skypephone.

The Skype to mobile to PC call works the same way as making Skype calls on a PC, which is what Skype originally does. 3 Skypephone users must have an existing Skype account to make a mobile to PC calls or send instant messaging via the internet. If you don’t have an existing Skype account yet, you can create a new account directly from your mobile phone.

What use to be an internet telephony service being offered by Skype is being made available on mobile handsets via the 3 Skypephone. This mobile handset was developed by Skype in partnership with 3 Mobile Operator and Qualcomm. 3 Skypephone has the core handset features of mobile phones such as address book, messaging, 3G, 2 megapixel camera, mp3 player, mobile TV and internet. The mobile handset comes in black or white with blue or pink trim.

The 3 Skypephone allows Skype users to make free calls over the internet from a mobile phone. Michael van Swaaij, acting CEO at Skype said that the release of 3 Skypephone paved the way for Skype being a truly mobile service. “This new handset is incredibly easy to use and lets you make free mobile Skype calls when you are on the move to other Skype users all over the world no matter where they are,” says van Swaaij.

The 3 Skypephone is to be release in UK, Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Macau and Sweden this year. While it will be available in the UK market from November 2.

T-Mobile has announced what it has been touting as a people-centric built phone that would bridge the gap between being useful and getting connected easily, the Shadow for release on October 31.

Teaming up with HTC to manufacture the phone, T-Mobile’s Shadow promises uses a straight forward mobile phone unit that takes away the complexity of the current high-end multifunction phones in the market today, and brings back the mobile phone into what it should really be. A simple device for doing the basic mobile functions of call, text and staying connected all the time.

Before you head out to T-Mobile outlets to get hold of the Shadow, you might want to read on the following key features of the Shadow.

• Easy myFaves interface with unlimited nationwide calling – access the Shadow’s call, email, text or instant messaging feature with a push of a button right from the myFaves screen.

• One-click calendaring and alerts to stay closer to family and friends – with these nifty features of Shadow, you won’t have to miss a friends or family member’s birthday or even your own anniversary.

• Enhanced user-interface that is integrated with Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Platform.

• Sleek, slider design and a spin navigation wheel that allows easy scrolling and accessing the core phone features of the Shadow which includes the myFaves icons.

• 2.0-megapixel digital camera with video capture – record and share special moments as captured by the Shadows 2.0 megapixel digital camera, or stolen moments as capture by the Shadow’s video recorder, enjoy watching it with the Shadow’s radiant

• Wi-Fi and EDGE enabled – for high-speed Internet access that makes your social networking experience a pleasant and productive one.

• T-Mobile Address Book – lets you import contact information from web mail such as Yahoo!, Gmail, and Microsoft Outlook among other web mail services. The Shadow also automatically backs up the phone’s address book while online.

To be released in copper and sage color, T-Mobile’s Shadows doesn’t seem to be a simple phone after all. With all those nifty features, it can give other high-end phones a good competition once it is released on Oct. 31, 2007.

The CDM8630 mobile phone from UTStarcom is one gadget that you would want to give your parents or grandparent without the fear that they might end up not using it. This mobile phone is packed with easy to use features and functionalities such as large font setting, easy to use menu interface, large keypad, voice activated dialing and text messaging.

UTStarcom must have been annoyed by the slew of high end mobile phones that have been proliferating the market that they decided to come up with a mobile phone that has all the opposites of the most advance mobile phones today. The CDM8630 has all the standard features of the most basic mobile phones such as calculator, alarm, speakerphone, T9 predictive text, vibrating alert among other features.

The CDM8630 has 2.0″ 262K Color TFT (176 x 220) main display. That could pretty much accommodate large font settings that would not put a strain to your eyesight. Dimmed LCD display is the common complaint of mature mobile users when it comes to the current crop of mobile phones in the market.

Now, to give the reason why this device was specifically made for the mature users, well, aside from the large font settings, the CDM8630 also has ten one-touch speed dialing entries and a special “in case of emergency” directory of emergency contacts. A one-touch 911 button is also included in the phone’s interface. So, that pretty much lessens the hassles of navigating through complex menus and searching for important phone numbers buried deep within the phone’s phone number database. That would give mature users an easy time using the CDM8630.

The CDM8630 is currently available through Verizon Wireless and Alltell mobile carriers.

There are two major reasons why you would want to own the BlackBerry Curve 8310 which is being released under AT&T mobile carrier. One, its built-in GPS Telenav Navigator and two, its cool and sleek lively color, red and titanium.

The BlackBerry curve was first introduced in the U.S. mobile market minus the GPS navigation system. With the success of the original BlackBerry Curve, it is but natural that a new Curve model was developed this time loaded with a very useful the tool which clearly makes the BlackBerry Curve a must have device for smart phone aficionados.

BlackBerry Curve 8310’s GPS navigation system allows AT&T customers to take advantage of location-based applications and services more particularly TeleNav GPS Navigator. The TeleNav GPS Navigator is a very useful turn-by-turn voice and on-screen directions navigation tool with 3-D moving maps and real-time traffic alerts with rerouting advices.

AT&T’s release of the BlackBerry 8310 added up to a series of BlackBerry services which the company has introduced starting with the BlackBerry 8800 and 8820 with built-in GPS and Wi-Fi respectively.

Aside from the GPS navigation system and the two new lively colors, the BlackBerry Curve 8310 also boosts of powerful mobile phone features such as a Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE technology which gives high speed access across U.S. and global roaming capability, web-based application specifically email push which has been BlackBerry’s signature service, a media player and a 2.0 effective megapixel camera. It would have been better though if the camera has a higher megapixel. But as I always say, why would you use your mobile phone as a camera anyway?

The BlackBerry Curve 8310 is now available for $199.99 and comes with a two-year AT&T contract.

America’s largest network, Alltell Wireless announced the release of the Motorokr Z6M at all Alltel retail outlets. The MotorokrZ6M is music with an exclusive XM radio mobile cell.

If you are a music lover, you would want to own this new mobile phone not only because of its XM radio but also because of its 2GB optional removal memory. This can store up 1,000 mp3s of you favorite tracks. Aside from supporting various audio formats such as MP3, AAC, AAC+ and even WMA, the Motorokr Z6M also has an integrated MP3 player of its own.

Transferring audio tracks that you bought online is not a problem with the Motorokr Z6M since it support USB 2.0 high speed connectivity. It also has Bluetooth functionality. So you and your friends can exchange mp3 tracks from each other mobile phones.

What makes this deal interesting is the fact that the Motorokr Z6M will most benefit with Alltell celltop technology that allows users easier access to files and manage and organize wide range of available information on your cellphone.

Brian Ullem, director of device strategy for Alltelll Wireless said that their company is excited with the release of Motorokr Z6M under their carrier. “

“With a stylish form factor and impressive list of features, the MOTOROKR Z6m delivers the ultimate experience in mobile music,” says Ullem.

Aside from these features, the Motorokr Z6M is still your average mobile unit with all the nifty features of a good mobile phone. These are Bluetooth connectivity, TeleNAV GPS Navigator, Axcess search, Stereo Bluetooth support, 2 megapixel camera and a 3.5 mm headset jack which allows customers to use their own music headphone.

The Motorokr Z6M has an SRP of $129.99 at Alltel Wireless retail stores.

If you are an AT&T mobile subscriber, you’ll be glad to know about the launch of My Media Net, a PC-based browser that allows AT&T clients to create and update their mobile web interface in the comforts of their PCs.

My Media Net will make designing your wireless home page such a breeze since you will be working in an environment which is so familiar to you, your PC’s screen. What’s more, AT&T will not charge you for accessing My Media Net. Now that’s what I call value added service.

From the words of Mark Collins, vice president, consumer data for AT&T’ s wireless unit, “With the new Web-based tool, customers can now customize directly on their handsets through AT&T’s Media Net portal or through a PC.”

My Media Net allows you to add web content into your mobile web’s portal. Be it scores of your favorite team, breaking news, stock quotes or weather updates, you can freely choose which one to include and which to drop from your mobile web portal.

Now, here’s the best part. My Media Net is synchronized with what is displayed in your mobile web portal. So, you can immediately how a customization would actually display on your mobile phone. You’ll even receive a confirmation message in your mobile phone to verify whether you want to continue with the update or you want to cancel.

Since, the customization happens on a PC browser, modifying your mobile web portal is as easy as dragging and dropping widgets. If you are familiar with web start page services such as iGoogle, Pageflakes and others, you would definitely have no hard time using My Media Net.

My Media Net is a fun and nifty tool that you can try out in your AT&T subscribed mobile phones. It’s a free service so you’ll not have to worry about ballooning mobile charges later on.

i-Mate which has been specializing in Windows Mobile hardware and software solutions and services has quietly announced two new QWERTY mobile phones in its arsenal, the JAMA 201 and the JAMA 101. The JAMA 101 is a dual band phone loaded with Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC that would run fast enough on a 128 MB ROM and 64 mb RAM. It is a multi-function mobile phone that can be a digital camera for quick point and shoot opportunity with its 2.0 megapixel-effect digital cameras that can shot both still and video and even has a 6X optical zoom capability.

In terms of size and portability, the JAMA 101 is small enough to fit in your back pocket at the size of 106mm x 52.5mm x 15.6mm. Weight is also not a problem since it only weighs a mere 100g including the battery pack. The JAMA 101 has a very smooth menu interface that responds smoothly with the 4-way navigation pad and action button. The QWERTY keyboard is strategically located at the back and can be easily slided when needed.

Those mentioned features are pretty standard fare of Smart mobile phones today. So, it would be best to highlight one feature of the JAMA 101 which shows the unit’s modern appeal. The JAMA 101 has 2.4” 65k color 240X320 Transflective touch screen LCD with backlight. It may not be as fluid as the touch screen technology of the iPhone, the JAMA 101’s reflective touch screen LCD is the technology commonly used by video media players. So, you’ll get high quality phone display with the functionality of a touch screen menu control.

i-Mate’s Jama 101 may not be as celebrated as the hype generated by the iPhone’s release, but then its features, functionalities and overall design could very match up with the high and mighty iPhone. The Jama 101 is worth giving a try for Smartphone users.

Finally, international travelers’ most sought after mobile feature has been answered by TechFaith with its Twins dual sim mobile phone. Twins is touted as the world’s first dual mode phone, where you can load WCDMA and GSM SIM cards.

If you are an international business traveler who frequently go from one country to another, the Twins mobile phone is the perfect gadget for you. With the Twins mobile phone, you don’t have to worry of having it set for international roaming with your mobile carrier. All you have to do is buy both WCDMA and GSM SIM cards and loaded them up into your Twins mobile phone dual SIM card holder.

WCDMA or Wide Band Code Division Multiple Access is a third-generation high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that use the TDMA or GSM technology worldwide. This is the data service used by United States carriers AT&T and T-Mobile. On the other GSM offers slower speeds than WCDMA. This is the data service commonly used in Asian countries and other parts of the world.

Aside from its dual SIM capacity, Twins is also your usual mobile phone with features such as a 2.0 megapixel camera which is decent enough for taking snap shots of interesting place you’ve been to, an mp3 and mpeg4 player to entertain you during flights and waiting time at the airports, a WCDMA modem for internet connectivity, video calling and Bluetooth capability for fast file transfer and wireless connectivity.

Other than these features, what is left to be said about the Twins is that being a dual SIM mobile phone is enough reason to own it. Twins will be available sometime in November for the European and Asian mobile market. While for the United States it will be available only for mobile carriers that use CDMA technology such as Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and other carriers.

Nokia has always been associated with precision, technical excellence and a goal of uniting people through top of the line mobile phone products such as the E90 Communicator. There’s no other way to describe this mobile masterpiece but to call it a “pocket laptop”. The E90 Communicator is probably the best in the E Series of Nokia mobile phones. Meant to be fully utilized in the business industry, the Nokia E90 imbibes excellence for its useful features and beauty for its physical look.

Enumerating all the nifty features of the Nokia E90 Communicator would take up a lot of whitespace on a blog post. It is best to highlight just the key features of the phone that makes the E90 stand out among many business phones available in the market. These categories are:

• Connectivity - high speed 3G broadband connectivity, integrated WLAN, Mini USB and USB 2.0 support, Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0, Nokia audio connector via ECI and the traditional infrared
• Business Features - access to mobile mail features lets you connect to office emails anytime, anywhere, use of multi office functions while on the go, seamless communication with colleagues and superiors
• Leisure - standard mobile phone features such as sms/mms, continuous mobile web browsing, 3.2 megapixel camera, video download, mobile personal assistant

So if you are always on the go, either on a business or leisure trip, it would be handy to have the E90 Communicator. Its external beauty combined with its many built-in features and capabilities. The E90 is a worthy successor to the widely used 9300.You can stay connected all the time, watch video, browse the web or reply to an important business email.