Multimedia Phone Reviews

Riyad Emeran writng over at Trusted Reviews has reviewed the Orange SPV M3100 - 3G Smartphone. 'There is a plethora of buttons all over the M3100, but still it manages not to look cluttered. Below the 240 x 320 screen you’ll find a four way navigation pad with a button at the centre. The navigation pad is flanked on both sides with buttons – you get two soft buttons, Call and End buttons, an OK button and a Windows button. An interesting addition is a dedicated video call button, for easy differentiation from voice calls. Above the screen you’ll find a couple more buttons – one launches your email client, while the other launches your web browser. Finally, in the top right of the front fascia is a small camera for video calling.'

Trusted Reviews have published a review of the Orange SPV M700 pocket PC. 'This is Quad-band handset with 3G and it can handle HSDPA to 1.8Mbps. Don’t get too excited about this at the moment though. Orange has launched its HSDPA, which it calls 3G+, but only presently in London. However, the company does plan to roll it out on a broader scale. Even if 3G+ is not in your area now you can make two way video calls via standard 3G; the lens is at the top right of the screen. There are plenty of side buttons. On the right edge is the main power switch, one which on a long press lets you make a voice recording and on a short press launches the built in voice speed dial software. There is also a button for using the built in camera.'