We've already showcased our choices of the year's best Business and Touchscreen handsets. In this final segment for mobiles we're showcasing our selections for the best multimedia handsets that are well equipped for those who love their music, videos and of course are avid shutterbugs as well.
Here's what we've picked for the Best multimedia mobile of 2008
Mutimedia Phone of the Year - Nokia N82
The N82 gets top billing simply because it’s one of the most fully functional devices in this range. With a 5 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens and Xenon flash, images look really good. It’s also equipped with a 2.4-inch display that sports a 240 x 320 pixel resolution with a built in accelerometer for auto-screen rotation. Other features include microSD card support, 3G (HSDPA), Stereo Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and internal GPS. It offers a 3.56mm standard earphones socket that doubles up as a TV Out slot as well. The Symbian OS with a Series 60 UI is smooth and ‘lag-free’ and all thanks to the 3D Dual ARM 11 332 MHz CPU and with the assistance of a 3D Graphics HW Accelerator, videos, games and the net experience also enhanced.
Runner up – Samsung INNOV8
Let’s leave the INNOV8’s outrageous pricing out of the picture and talk about just the handset and it’s features. Yes it does have a few bugs but it still fares quite well altogether. The handset may seem a bit bulky but is very well designed with a very responsive slide operation with a large 2.8 inch TFT LCD, an optical navigation pad and an accelerometer. It runs on a Symbian OS with an S60 UI on an ARM 11 330 MHz CPU so it’s provides quick and painless navigation and smooth functioning of applications. It’s loaded with connectivity options – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (A2DP), 3G, EDGE/GPRS, GPS and of course USB. The INNOV8 comes in 2 capacities 8/16GB and Samsung is providing a 16GB microSD card as part of the packaging. That’s a total of up to 32GB of storage. The 8 megapixel camera (LED flash) features Face and Smile detection technology as well as an image stabilizer. All of this is very enticing but one does need to consider the hefty price.
Best Value – Sony Ericsson F305
One of the better value mobiles we had the opportunity to test is Sony Ericsson’s F305 gaming mobile. It features ‘x’ and ‘o’ dedicated gaming keys and Sony has included quite a few games that have been specifically designed for this handset. It also incorporates a few motion sensor games like bowling and fishing that enable the handset to be used like a Nintendo Wii controller to simulate the actions for the games. Other than it’s gaming capabilities the F305 is smooth slider with a 2.0-inch display with a 176 x 220 pixel resolution. It supports external memory via M2 cards, Bluetooth with A2DP and GPRS. It also has media players for videos and music, an integrated FM radio and a 2 megapixel camera with image editing and uploading to blogs. It even manages a very decent battery life.
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