The Motorola Backflip was in introduced in February as the first Google android device to be carried by AT&T.  It actually has a full QWERTY keyboard as well as a trackpad, which is located behind the display.  AT&T began making it available to their customers on March 7, 2010.  The candy bar style phone is rectangular in shape and has the rounded edges.  Instead of being a slider phone is actually a flip phone.  When the mobile devices close the keyboard is on the back of the phone.  When you open it, the keyboard swings right underneath the display.  The keyboard is sturdy enough to handle the continual exposure.  However, you may want to purchase some kind of screen protector to prevent scratches and damages, especially if you keep it in your pocket.

The keyboard itself has square buttons and they are easy to use.  There is a bright light so that you will be able to see in rooms that are not well lit.  It has a 3.1 HVGA capacitive touchscreen with 320×480 resolution.  You are also able to use the phone in the landscape mode for a variety of applications.  The phone also utilizes Motoblur that allows all of your social networking, e-mails, pictures, contacts and messages to be sent directly back to your phone.  It also has the backtrack navigation that allows you to easily navigate between different screens.

The Motorola Backflip unlocked will give you up to six hours and talk time with another 315 hours of standby time.  It comes with a five megapixel camera and supports Bluetooth v2.1.  It uses Wi-Fi and edge and the 3G phone will be able to work with most carriers.  Does have a memory card slot, and ample internal memory.  It also has certain shortcut keys are located at the bottom of the screen that will help to make using the phone easier.  The phone even allows you to use it as a digital photo frame when you open it to its 90° angle.  Or you can always set it up as a desktop clock without having to worry about a docking station.

Recently in the news there has been a lot of attention in the news regarding cell phones and crimes.  This not only entails criminal offenses but also persons with cell phones, whose data has been compromised.  Because smart phones have become such a large part of our lives we need to make sure that we have all the necessary security measures to afford us the protection that we need.

A woman supposedly stabbed her ex-husband because of what she saw on his cell phone call history.  Even though the news did not say, I would suspect that it had to do with perhaps other women that her ex was in contact with. Thankfully the wounds were not serious, however, he was treated and released at a local hospital.  I guess the victim did not hear about TigerText, the new application for the iPhone unlocked.  No it is not named after Tiger Woods, however, the timing of the release is certainly interesting.  The company says it is not named after the professional golfer, but it is named after a tiger that is very difficult to catch.  The application allows you to be able to delete text messages that are stored on your cell phone.  If Tiger or the victim of the stabbing had used in applications such as this, perhaps they would not be in the mess that they are currently in.

I guess it comes back to the old adage, if you do not want anyone to see it, make sure it is not available.  If Tiger had just thought for a moment that perhaps his wife would see or hear some of the messages stored on his phone he may not have gotten caught quite yet.  How many times have you heard about the wife checking the call logs to see what their husbands were actually up to?  It is a sad state of affairs that we stoop to such levels since many people are not able to have honest relationships.  I guess if you are involved in anything that you don’t want other people to know about, you should use a program like TigerText for your iPhone 3GS or some of the other programs out there in order to keep your call history and text messages away from curious eyes.

Will there be a Sony cell phone based on the playstation?  Well, it looks like there may be one in production.  It was only a matter of time before Sony decided that they were going to develop a smart phone that would allow you to download and play Sony PlayStation games.  This information is based on a report from the Wall Street Journal that was published on Thursday, March 4.  This is in response to Apple corporations growing market share in the mobile gaming sector.  It is anticipated that the new smart phone will give Apple some competition with its upcoming release of the iPad, as well as the numerous gaming options available for the iPhone through the app store as well as the upcoming release of the iControlPad made specifically for the iPhone.

The smart phone that Sony is developing will also be able to be utilized with their online gaming platform that will be released later this month in the United States.  This service will have many of the same things that Apple is currently offering through its iTunes and mobile application store.  Sony is hoping to be able to offer services not only for mobile phones, but allow people to access many of its games through its online platform.

Right now there are no other details as far as when this new smart phone will be released or any of the designs are features are unknown.  What is known is that Sony will probably continue to develop additional smart phones by working closely with Sony Ericsson cell phones.  Through this partnership it is assumed that Sony is looking to gain its market share in the mobile device market that enables users to play some of their favorite PlayStation games.  We may actually see this new mobile device from Sony by the end of this year.

All of the focus lately has been on the applications available for download from Google and Apple, but did you realize that Nokia is also experiencing great success through their applications store.  Nokia has just released some very interesting information regarding Ovi, the application store.  Ovi was started nine months ago in May 2009.  Since that time, they are able to function on many different mobile devices.  Of the 100 handheld sets that can be used, 60 or more use Symbian.  The most common touchscreen phones to utilize the application store are the Nokia N97, 5800 ExpressMusic and the 5530 XpressMusic mobile phones.

By the end of February 2010, the average person, who has registered, has downloaded 12 applications per day.  In addition to this, the Ovi store has more than doubled new users in February this year as opposed to January.  In comparison with the Apple store downloads for the iPhone, it may seem that the Ovi store is extremely far behind.  The iPhone app store has about 30 million downloads a day and that is the equivalent of 350 downloads per second.  The Ovi store is averaging just over 1.5 million downloads or 22 per second.  It must be remembered, however, that the Apple store started in July of 2008 and Nokia does have some catching up to do.

The countries that have downloaded the most include France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Indonesia, Russia, as well as Saudi Arabia and Turkey.  Since it does not have a huge presence in the United States as of yet, the European market and Asian markets has generated much of the success for the Ovi application store.  It will be interesting to see if Nokia begins to enter the North American market with a bigger presence in what that will do for their applications store.  For all of those North American mobile phone users, you can always purchase a Nokia unlocked cell phone in order to take advantage of the many applications in the Ovi store.

The new application for Blackberry mobile phones, known as Zoompass will allow Canadian users its first payment service to be used on their cellular phones.  This is also a project that Rogers, Bell and Telus have jointly entered into.  This payment application will also let users be able to send receive and ask for money.  You will also be a will to take a look at any of your transactions all through utilizing your Blackberry device.

It does not cost anything to download.  However, there will be some charges that you will have to take into consideration when you use the program.  There will be a $.50 charge in order to be able to send or withdraw money into a checking or savings account.  You will also be charged $10 for any overdrafts that occur.

For those Telus customers you will see the new Zoompass icon on your touchscreen.  If you do not see today, you will notice it within the next couple of days.  This will also include some of the other carriers such as Bell Mobility, Fido, PC Mobile, Solo Mobile and Virgin Mobile.  You will be able to add money to your Zoompass account quickly and easily the matter where you are and what the many security features you will not have to worry about security issues.

With the announcement that users will be able to start downloading the application, this starts a major portion for mobile banking, and we should be able to see many more uses in the near future.  The application will use real time and with the ability to quickly transfer funds as well as having access to your money will make this mobile feature extremely user-friendly.  So check out your Blackberry unlocked phone and keep an eye out for that new Zoompass icon and begin your free registration.

PayPal is planning on opening in applications for later this year.  This will give a place for developers that can sell some of their latest applications for cell phone users.  PayPal does not want to get into the developing business, but they want to provide a platform that developers can present some of their applications to users as well as merchants.  This is something similar to what eBay did last year when they offered a variety of merchant tools in its selling manager suite and opening up to external developers and their applications.  This could be great news for Nexus One unlocked mobile phone users.

PayPal launched its payments platform last year, which enabled developers to use their variety of payment tools.  PayPal seem to be satisfied with how they were able to have developer’s link into their payment processes through external sites that are now looking to include those on their internal sites.  This all came out during a recent developers conference in Florida.  During the presentation PayPal officials showed how by simply using a button purchases could be made, quite simply.

By allowing the developers to include the PayPal payment process inside the application will streamline the process as opposed to now when you have to exit a particular application and then enter the PayPal site to complete your transaction.  There seems be a huge rush from many other folks such as Google and Amazon.com to be able to offer some of the similar online applications for payments.  They will be doing some testing of this through their mobile payments library, which will enable developers to use the PayPal application integrated into their software.  This will initially be for iPhone apps, but they are hoping to quickly expand to other smart phones.

The LG mini will be one of the smallest and most compact cell phones to come out on the market.  This slim touchscreen smart phone will have all of the great features that its larger cousins have.  The LG Mobile GD880 may be small in size, but it will be big in the features that it will deliver.

LG has manufactured this new micro mobile phone in a response to the many comments that they have received from users.  Many people have been asking for a slim compact phone that would be easier for them to carry.  They have also asked that this type of smaller phone be a little bit more reasonably priced and affordable.  LG has answered these comments by providing the new LG mini with its thin and elegant styling.

The LG mini sports a 3.2 inch screen, which covers just about the entire firm phone.  For an extra design flare, they have included some metal trim around the edges.  The LG mini has a five megapixel camera, which I am not sure how they actually fit into such small phone.  It allows you to experience the fast Web surfing and you will most certainly be able to keep in contact with all of your friends through Facebook, Twitter and any of the other social networks.

It comes with all the great audio features such as an MP3 player and FM radio.  You also be able to experience video playback and voice record.  The LG mini has the micro USB port and utilizes stereo Bluetooth 2.1.  As far as user applications are concerned, it has all of the useful tools such as your calendar, alarm clock, lists, notepad and has a speaker phone.  It does have the micro ST slot and has 100mb memory.

For those looking for a small compact phone, the LG mini should be able to deliver the functionality and styling that you may need.  This phone should be available to retailers and users by the end of March 2010.  LG has stated that this phone is in response to the numerous comments and that they would sure that it is priced so that many people will be able to afford it.  We may only see it in the European market.  However, you can always purchase this LG unlocked phone as soon as it arrives here at Pure Mobile.

The E747 Silver Unlocked is coming to Pure Mobile.  First of all, who would not buy a phone with a cute little dog on the front of the box?  When you open the recycled box, the contents reveal a nice silver slider phone.  It uses the spin dial in order to move around the screen.

It uses GPRS and Edge but is not 3G capable.  It is a great phone for those looking for a simple and functional phone.  It does have 38 MB of internal flash memory.  It is hearing aid compatible, and can be a great phone for the elderly as the keypad has larger buttons.  The screen is large and it has 176×220 pixels and 262k.  It uses the Li-Ion battery and will give you 180 minutes of talk time and 192 hours of standby time.  You can send and receive text messages and email using POP3 protocols.  You can even experience some web browsing with the WAP 2.0.

You can store up to 1000 entries in the address book and it has auto answer and caller ID.  It has a built in 2 megapixel camera with 6 times digital zoom.  You can even use the multi shot function.  It uses the MP3 audio format with playback.  It does have some pre-loaded ring tones and you can download additional one.  It does come with a few loaded games like Wheel of Fortune, Texas Hold Em and Midnight Pool.  Some of the applications include the calendar, calculator, notepad and voice memo.

This is a great phone for the first time user or for those that need a basic phone.  You may even want to consider the E747 Silver Fido for when you travel outside of the country.  You will be able to switch the Sim card for a local Sim card, which can save you tons of money.

It is hard to believe some of the things that our cell phones can actually do.  We have come from a time when cell phones were so big and clunky as well as so expensive that nobody could really afford them.  Now our cell phones are mobile offices, as well as a way to connect to the Internet.  Many of the functions of a laptop and our digital cameras can now be done with a touch of the finger by our cell phones.  Just take a look at some of the wonderful things that our new touchscreen smart phones can do.

Now the Motorola Droid unlocked cell phone or HTC Imagio can download an application that will enable it to function as a remote control for a TV.  We have had this concept for a while, but the folks at Verizon have just made it that much easier.  This new application will allow you to control your television through the FiOS box utilizing your Wi-Fi connection.  You will need to download the proper widget so you can set everything up.  It will even allow you to send your photos directly to your TV.

Right now it is only available on the Droid and the Imagio, but we should see it available for the Droid Eris, as well as other phones in the coming future.  When you download this app you even have graphics that resemble the remote control buttons just like the real thing.

A similar application is also available for your unlocked iPhone through utilizing the RedEye application.  Just like other similar applications, the new FiOS allows you to set up the recording of your favorite programs.   Now you will never have to worry about missing your favorite shows.  For those of us that often lose our remote control somewhere in that couch, at least we can now use our cell phones be able to control our TV.

Is it a watch or is it a cell phone?  Guess what, it is both!  Why would anyone want a cell phone watch?  Well, I can think of many reasons.  Matter of fact, I am sure I will be adding the LG Mobile GD910 as an extra unlocked cell phone to my wish list.

Let’s talk about why you need one.  This is a fantastic way of not having to carry a phone in your pocket while you are on your morning run.  I would personally use it the next time I go hiking.  I would not have to worry about where to keep my everyday mobile phone and I can have quick access without having to fumble around in my backpack.  If I really told the truth, I think it is just down right cool, and I could be just like James Bond!

Okay, now that I have convinced myself to get one, I need to make sure it is functional.  This LG GD910 unlocked cell phone has everything included to make it the perfect watch phone.  It is made from tempered glass, so it is great for outdoor use.  It has a stylish silver metal casing and is very thin.  It is a touch watch phone that has 7.2 Mbps 3G HSDPA compatibility.  You will be able to send and receive with this high speed data rate.  It has a built in camera and can perform video calls.  The screen is small, as it should be since it is also a fully functional watch.  It is more than able to send and receive text messages and phone calls are just as simple.

This phone has the large address book and other organizing features.  It has voice recognition and can be used with Bluetooth.  It also has the text to speech for your messages.  It includes a built in speaker for music and has stereo Bluetooth.  Now that I know it has everything I am looking for in a phone, I need to sit back and wait until it arrives here at Pure Mobile.