Motorola E398 on sale now

Motorola's E398 music phone is available now for 199.99 on T-Mobile pay as you go. The mobile's major selling point is its built-in MP3 and MPEG4 player and the stereo speakers that's supposed to endow the handset with superior music playback.

The Motrola E398 has become one of the key handsets in T-Mobile's music download service (more about that here) which allows users to download a few tracks to their mobile handset. The E398 also includes a stereo headset so you don't have to advertise your Britney obsession to the world.

The E398 has 5MB of internal memory and uses the new smaller-than-SD TransFlash removable storage card, available in up 128MB capacity. This will store around 34 MP3 tracks. It's also got Bluetooth and a camera with flash.

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Nokia New Phone Mirrors Students Needs

Nokia has announced the 2610, a pay-as-you-go mobile phone that it says is ideal for student, featuring various communication features, and a mirror-like display when idle.

Outfitted in sleek black with fluidly designed lines, the 2610 incorporates a soft touch finish that helps to combats dust and improve grip. The phone boasts a voice recorder with integrated handsfree speaker; and Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging, which allows for recording an audio message, then sending it to several friends at the same time. It also has e-mail support, and a WAP browser.

An organizer feature provides an optional weekly or monthly calendar, and an application to manage basic finances. It can also support additional memory to accommodate up to 300 more phonebook entries. Nokias 2601 weighs just 91 grams, and offers up to three hours of talk time, and 12 days of standby.

Panasonic X500

Just got time to tell you about Panasonic's latest handset. The Panasonic X500 uses that tried and tested sliding design favoured by all fashion handset manufacturers (it's the sincerest form of flattery, Siemens, honest). Panasonic does a good line in tiny handsets, and the X500 is no different, with credit card-like dimensions. Its major selling point seems to be the VGA camera and flash light for night time shooting. The handset's been designed to be turned sideways and held like a camera when taking pics (imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Sony Ericsson, honest).

Inevitably, the red one's not available in the UK, but you can get the silver handset for free on contract from Phones4U.

Keep reading for a full list of specs.

Panasonic

65,536 colour TFT displayBuilt-in VGA digital camera with photo lightMultimedia messagingJava MIDP 2.010sec motion jpeg40-Polyphonic ring tonesSliding DesignWAP 2.0 browserDual-band Product specifications:System - GSM/GPRS Class8Frequency Range - 900/1800Dimensions (hxwxd) - 85x47x22.5mmVolume - 79ccWeight - 96gTalk Time* - Up to 7 hoursStandby time - Up to 200 hoursBattery time - 730mAh Li-ionFeatures: 65,536-colour TFT LCD screen, VGA camera with photo light, video capability (up to 10 seconds), 2 types of menu screen - scroll launcher or 9 launcher, MMS, SMS, Short video clips, Java MIDP2.0, Infrared, phonebook - 300 +SIM, Downloadable content, Quiet mode, WAP 2.0, calculator and currency converter, clock, alarm, vibration alert, scheduler + to do list, 10 pre-installed polyphonic ring tones, 2 pre-installed games

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