Spring 2007 Cell Phone Trends

Cell Phones of the Hip and Trendy: What Does Your Cell Phone Say About You?

When everyone has a cell phone, simply carrying one is no longer enough to distinguish you from Joe Average. To show that you're ahead of the curve you need to be on top of the cell phone trends of Spring '07. So do you have the latest cell phone?

After consulting our in-house fashionistas, we have identified two trends right at the forefront of Spring '07 cell phone vogue: more colorful QWERTY cell phones and hipper slider phones are becoming the choice of the wireless in-crowd. So follow us to the High Street of 2007 cell phone fashion.

Color QWERTY Smartphones Snazzing Up Chat, Messaging

The image of the QWERTY smartphone being just for business high-fliers is so... yesterday. Now that these do-it-all cell phones are gaining a wider and more diverse audience, it wasn't long until fashion broke into their former businesslike appearance and added a vibrant splash of color. In particular, models like the BlackBerry Pearl and the Palm Treo 680 are especially "in" this Spring.

Available for Cingular Wireless and T-Mobile, the BlackBerry Pearl is no longer a black-only proposition. This smartphone can also be purchased in white as well as a super-vibrant and eye-catching red, proving that hi-tech performance doesn't necessarily have to be drab and colorless. Besides its new colors, the BlackBerry Pearl comes with features that have made it a bestseller within the BlackBerry line, such as 0.6"-thin sculpted body, a SureType keyboard which make it pocket-friendly without sacrificing in its messaging capabilities, plus a 1.3 Megapixel camera and a fun MP3 player. And as a BlackBerry, the Pearl is built to be a powerful all-in-one email tool, with the possibility to synch up several personal and corporate accounts.

Another colorful smartphone promising to be hot for Spring is the Palm Treo 680, which comes in a number of colors in addition to a more traditional graphite gray. Like the BlackBerry Pearl, the Treo 680 is slimmer and lighter than most of its predecessors, and its contoured body makes it both more elegant and easier to carry in a pocket or purse. Besides business-friendly features such as advanced email capabilities with attachment viewing and editing, Bluetooth wireless technology and PC synchronization via Bluetooth, the Palm Treo 680 offers fun applications like VGA digital camera, camcorder and a versatile MP3 player with PocketTunes software. The Palm Treo 680 smartphone is available for Cingular Wireless.

Slider Cell Phones Becoming Hipper and More Popular

Today's slider phones, with their unique form factor, point towards the mega-hip. Besides not following the pack in their shape and the way they open, slider cell phones have the natural benefit of being able to cram lots of features in a thin body, and some models are taking full advantage of this.

The LG Chocolate slider cell phone is one of the most popular music phones out today. It is available for Verizon Wireless in a variety of colors, including cherry red, black, mint green and white. When the phone is closed, it has the look and feel of a slim and swanky dedicated music player, with its external graphic equalizer and intuitive iPod-like controls. Only after the sliding cover is opened does the LG Chocolate reveal itself as a cell phone by showing off its soft-touch number keypad.

The LG Chocolate also offers the ability to transfer music files directly from a PC, as well as to stream tunes wirelessly to a stereo Bluetooth headset. Other standout features of this slider cell phone include a 1.3 Megapixel camera with video capability, advanced voice dialing and expandable memory to store more cool stuff.

Another full-featured slider cell phone perched on the cusp of today's available technology is the Samsung T809, which is offered for T-Mobile. At 0.6" thin and weighing only a touch over 3 ounces, it is designed to be easily carried even in the tiny pockets of today's low-rise jeans. Inside its small body, the T809 offers MP3 player with stereo speakers, making listening to music easy and convenient even without any additional accessories. It also features digital camera with video capability, Bluetooth wireless technology, plus several messaging options including AOL, Yahoo! and ICQ instant messaging.

Thin Motorola Cell Phones Still The Thing

Besides these hot newer trends, the thin-is-best cell phone phenomenon is still going strong. Spearheaded of course by the ever-popular Motorola RAZR, the vogue of thin and chic cell phones has spawned a whole family of Motorola cell phones, including the super-trim Motorola KRZR and SLVR. And speaking of the RAZR, this bestselling Motorola cell phone is now offered for all major US wireless carriers, and is available in a vast array of vibrant colors as well as updated versions featuring MP3 player, improved camera and more.

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