Consumers wanting a feature packed mobile only have to look as far as the new Nokia 6730 classic, which begins shipping in June and will be available exclusively across Vodafone’s global footprint.

Mobile internet, Vodafone Music Client and personal and business email access along with mobile navigation capabilities are all included in the Nokia 6730 classic. The device utilises S60 software which means customers can easily download their choice of additional applications from the web.

Peter Becker-Pennrich, Director of Terminals Marketing at Vodafone says “The Nokia 6730 is a great all-round handset – just as perfect for mobile internet users as for music fans who want to take their tracks with them. This product follows a successful line-up of Vodafone exclusive devices from Nokia and is another great example of our collaboration. ”

With the Nokia 6730 classic, getting lost and being out of touch with your friends could be a thing of the past thanks to the mobile navigation capabilities on the handset. The services offer accurate turn by turn instructions helping both drivers and pedestrians to find their way. It also provides access to comprehensive point of interest databases and both white and yellow pages information making it easy for the user to find their destination, whether that is an address, a company or even a person.

“‘Feature packed’ describes Nokia 6730 classic really well. With its iconic design – available in sleek black or white – the device is a perfect upgrade for Nokia 6500c or 6300 users or anyone seeking an elegant device, optimized for mobile internet and navigation. What’s more, this mobile comes with industry-leading power-saving features and accessories” says Gustavo Eichelmann, Head of Vodafone Global Account Team, Nokia.

The highly anticipated Nokia N97, Nokia’s flagship mobile computer, will begin selling in June in more than 75 countries. Along with a tilting 3.5″ touch display, QWERTY keyboard and a fully customizable home screen, the Nokia N97 will offer instant access to the full range of Ovi services.

“The Nokia N97 is an important step towards our vision of delivering a highly personalized Internet experience,” said Jonas Geust, Vice President and head of Nokia Nseries. “Fuelled by a multitude of music, maps, games, media and applications via Ovi, the Nokia N97 transforms the Internet into an experience that’s completely tailored to the tastes and interests of its owner.”

The Nokia N97 is Nokia’s first device to feature a personalizable home screen, which can be customized with a range of widgets which bring live information directly to the device. These widgets include key social networking destinations like Facebook and Hi5, news services like the Associated Press, Bloomberg and Reuters, as well as shopping and weather information. The Nokia N97 is the first device to ship with the Ovi Store, which offers easy access to applications, games, videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web and location-based services, and much more. Ovi Store has paid and free content from a range of global and local content providers and developers, including Paramount Pictures, Facebook and Qik, as well as a selection of Twitter applications.

Enjoy your upgrades
The beauty of this Nokia device is that taking it out of the box is just the beginning. As with any computer, people can constantly improve and refresh their Nokia N97 with new features, functions and fixes so they can do even more with the device. An exciting roadmap of new features and functions is planned to roll out in the second half of 2009.

Entertainment ensured
The Nokia N97 also has direct access to the huge catalogue of music in the Nokia Music Store. With multiple high-speed connectivity options and 32GB of storage (up to 48GB using a microSD card) it is possible to directly download and store tens of thousands of songs on the handset. And you can listen to your favourite music on the Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905, which Nokia also launched today. This headset brings crystal clear sound, eliminates background noise, and is the ideal accessory for listening to music and making calls on the Nokia N97, as well as being compatible with a diverse range of other mobile and music devices.

High-quality images and video clips at 30 frames per second (fps) can be captured using the 5 megapixel camera with integrated Carl Zeiss optics. Images can also be geo-tagged to specific locations and shared instantly with friends or uploaded online via Ovi Share, Twitter or Flickr.

The “Motorola Clutch” meets military-specs for extreme conditions including shock, vibration, dust, and solar radiation, which means this latest phone is designed to withstand most of what you can.

The TFT display on the Clutch is portrait which is 1.79” 64k 128×160 and it has a QWERTY keyboard with push-to-talk technology designed for easy texting. This mobile phone also has speakerphone, VGA camera, MMS support, email client (POP3), Bluetooth, 20Mbyte of user memory and message threading.

Some of the mobile phone’s features will be dependent on the capabilities and settings of your service provider’s network and it is possible that certain features will not be activated in the first place or their network settings may limit the feature’s functionality. The Motorola i465 iDEN Clutch is expected to be released at some time in the second quarter of 2009.

The Nokia N97 is viewed as a flagship phone and Nokia calls it the “world’s most advanced mobile computer“.

The Nokia N97 has a 3.5-inch, 640 x 360 pixel resistive touch screen display with a 16:9 aspect ratio. The QWERTY keyboard slides into the phone with a window that is “always open” to your favourite internet or social networking sites.

The N97 has onboard memory of 32GByte which can be expanded up to 48MByte with the microSD expansion slot. This mobile computer has built in WiFi, Bluetooth, HSDPA, A-GPS and a 3.5mm headjack.

The battery life on this gadget is capable of up to 1.5 days of continuous audio playback or 4.5-hours video.

Added to the above the Nokia N97 also has a 5 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens together with DVD quality video capture.

The display is a touch-sensitive screen and is large measuring 3.0″ and displaying 800 x 480 pixels. It also comes complete with an impressive 8.0 mega pixel camera with Schneider-Kreuznach optics and an LED flash. The camera also has face detection, multi-shot capabilities and panoramic stitching – all this is a light weight case weighing in at just 102 grams.

The updated LG mobile phone is WiFi complete and supports 3.5G with integrated GPS so is a great mobile phone to have in your pocket., the Viewty Smart is an impressive device.

This mobile is very similar to the new LG Arena except that the Arena has just a 5 mega pixel camera, as the new Viewty also features LG’s new S-Class user interface and has a strong video recording and playback functionality supporting a wide variety of media types including MP3, MPEG4, AAC and Windows Media formats.

On top of all that this phone is a quad-band GSM phone – so well done to LG for producing a great phone.

The B5702 DUOS is a slide type mobile phone and looks very much like the D800. The phone has a 2.4″ 240 x 320 pixel display and a low resolution camera at just a 3 megapixels

This mobile comes with the standard Bluetooth and a multimedia player with microSD expandable memory of up to 8 GB and of course twin sim slots which support quad-band GSM, so that you can phone using two different mobile providers.

This mobile does not support 3G though, so if this is important to you then you will need to choose a different dual-sim phone.

The Duos has two LED’s positioned at the top of the phone above the screen which indicate which SIM card is currently in use.

The new mobile phone handset will automatically latch onto the best tariff available from either Vodafone or O2 for each phone call you make. They claim that the savings will be around 30 per cent on local and international calls by using these joint tariffs.

This new handset has been named the ‘VO2 Twin Phone’ and will come complete with a dual keypad and a split-screen. The dual components will allow each network to embed their own firmware and unique features.

Vodafone and O2 will issue single dual SIMs for the handset. Customers that use this mobile phone will get an aggregated bill andit will only be sold by Vodafone and O2 stores so dealers will not be permitted to the sell this device.

The Tocco Ultra Edition has a 2.8″ fully touch screen which is a bright amoled display and comes complete with a 8 mega pixel camera. The boy of this classic mobile phone is just 12.7mm thick and has an anti-scratch metal frame together with a scratch resistant screen.

The music player on this phone is a MP3 and also plays AAC, AAC+ and WMA. The phone has an FM radio with RDS.

The phone has a maximum talk time of up to 4 Hours and a maximum standby time of up to 350 Hours. The memory is MicroSDHC memory card slot with a maximum of 16GB and 75MB internal memory. This mobile phone also has Bluetooth.

With its 2.8″ Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) full touch screen the Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition is perfect for watching Samsung Movies on the move. The screen offers astonishingly bright, clear and brilliant colours and the Tocco Ultra Edition gives 4 hours and 20 minutes of continuous movie viewing on a full charge, meaning you can watch two full movies back to back.

You can download your favourite songs and then enjoy crisp Dolby sounds on the MP3 player with a standard 8GB memory to store all your tunes, which is expandable up to 32GB. There is also an FM radio so that you can tune in to your preferred radio stations.

With the LG Arena you are able to surf the internet at super-fast speeds and the phone comes complete with a high quality 5 megapixel camera so you will be able to take great quality photos. The camera has a zoom lense and comes with a flash so that you will be able to take pictures in bad light.

This is a Quad-band phone and is 106mm x 55mm x 12mm with a talk time of up to 4 hours 50 minutes and a standby time of up to 320 hours and comes with Bluetooth.

Certainly during the present credit crunch cost savings are always welcome and whilst there will always be the Apple iPhone advocates the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a good alternative. The Nokia alternative has better resolution with 640×360 pixels versus the iPhone’s 480×320 pixels.

The Nokia 5800 has its own music store which looks like being free for the first year – another great saving during the credit crunch. On top of which the Nokia 5800 is capable of video recording and offering MMS, both of which are things that the iPhone do not have yet.

The camera on the Nokia 5800 has 3.2 Mega pixels and has superior Carl Zeiss Optics together with dual flash. The iPhone has just a 2 Mega pixels camera and has no flash at all, let alone a dual one.