Christmas And Social Networking Mobile Phones

Christmas is a time to rejoice; to wish people far and near and let them know that you care. Tell your friends what you've planned for this Christmas and also find out from them about their plans. Discuss about the special offers and discounts that you've stumbled upon, while also getting to know more from others. The best way to do this is a social network-pro mobile phone. With Social Networking becoming an essential part of life, many consumers now prefer buying mobile handsets that come integrated with these features. Mobile Phones with easy to access social media widgets seem to have become a trend in the mobile phone industry these days. Mobile handset makers are also coming out with phones that are more social network-centric. Here are a few mobile phones that have interesting features for keeping in touch.

Nokia N97 Mobile Phone

Nokia N97 Mobile Phone was truly a trend-setter, for its looks and functionality. It was perhaps the first phones to introduce the concept of easy social networking and customising the home screen. The 'So-Lo' or Social Location feature which integrates the GPS functionality, lets you know your geographic location. This real time information can be shared with your social groups. You can as well view the social location details of friends and share videos, photographs & more. This Nokia mobile handset lets you access the Ovi Store for accessing and downloading a variety of information, like games, apps and more.

The Nokia N97 has a slide and tilt form factor. It sports a 3.5" 360 x 640 pixels touchscreen. You can as well use the QWERTY keyboard for texting. The operating system employed is Symbian v9.4. Another noteworthy aspect of this gadget is its 32GB internal memory, apart from the 16GB microSD card support. Other features of this handheld include an ARM 434MHz processor, WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth, microUSB, GPS, hand writing recognition, 5MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics, a secondary video call camera, multimedia player, FM radio, 3.5mm headphone port, a TV output and about 6 hours of talktime.

The Nokia N97 Smartphone is available on the Vodafone network, for a contract period of 2 years, with varying monthly rentals for varying offers.

HTC Tattoo Mobile Phone

The HTC Tattoo mobile phone is an Android smartphone. It features the HTC Sense service, which is a close integration of Android and HTC capabilities. This service makes searching for information, organising your applications and staying in touch with people, very easy. When you look up a contact in your phone, you get not just details like name and phone number, but also, the various interactions you've had with the person. Be it SMS, emails, Facebook updations, Flickr uploads, you will be able to see all these on a single view. So you don't have to jump between various sites and applications to get updates from your friends. You also get access to the Android Marketplace and other Google services.

Other features of this mobile handset are a 2.8" 240 x 320 pixels touchscreen, a Qualcomm 528 MHz processor, 3G, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, media player, FM radio, 3.5mm headphone jack, 3.2MP camera, microSD memory expansion and about 5 hours of talktime.

The HTC Tattoo Android smartphone is speculated to be priced at £320. It will be available from early October on the Vodafone network.

Motorola Dext Mobile Phone

Motorola Dext Mobile Phone is also an Android based smartphone. So, traits like access to the Android Marketplace and Google Services come naturally to it. Just like the HTC Sense, Motorola have come out with their own service called MOTOBLUR. This service integrates networks like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. You can update all these networks simultaneously without having to separately sign into them. You can also view SMS, emails, status updates, photographs and more from each friend, together, without jumping networks or applications. Just like the HTC Tattoo, you can customise your home screen to include widgets of your desired applications.

An advantage that Motorola Dext has over the HTC Tattoo, is apart from the 3.1" 320 x 480 pixels touchscreen, there is also a QWERTY keyboard. 3G, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, micro USB, VOIP, a 5MP camera, multimedia player, 3.5mm headphone socket, microSD card memory expansion and 6 hours of talktime.

The Motorola Dext Android Mobile Handset will also be available in early October, on the Orange network. There is a 2-year contract with a £34.26 monthly rental.

Nokia X6 Smartphone

The Nokia X6, offers quick access to services like Facebook, Ovi, Windows Live!, Yahoo IM, YouTube, MySpace and more. Apart from enjoying all these facilities, you can as well listen to music, either using Bluetooth headsets or using wired headphones. A 5MP camera is integrated into this smartphone too. WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0, 3G are all supported by this handheld. There is an in-house memory of 32GB as well. This all-touchscreen mobile handset is part of the 'Comes With Music' series of Nokia mobile phones, which allows free downloading of music files for a certain period of time.

The Nokia X6 Mobile Phone will mostly hit markets this Christmas.