Philips 968

Philips's 968 has a standard design for this class handsets, measuring 48 x 95 x 25 mm and a heavy 128 grams. Despite the weight it has a good feel in the hand, and the good shaped plastic body and styled highlights give it an attractive and nice look.The black and white display is ideal for text, messages and simple pictures like logos and picture massages.The display resolution 240 x 320 pixel ideal for small and smart phone.

The left side of the unit holds a spacious volume rocker, while on the other side we find a dedicated camera button.There is nice LEDs which notify users of new messages, active network and missed calls. This is not common for all Philips handsets and is not necessary to pick up and activate the device to see whether any alerts are waiting.

The 968 is not comfortable for hold in ones hand because it is too wide.Sporting a simple and user friendly menu in style with other recent Philips handsets.The plastic keypad has good placed keys, giving it a cheap feel while oddly designed buttons, with the comfortable center keys, make the phone easer to dial.The most notable trait of the 968 is of course the way in which it expands from an ordinary mobile phone with a numeric keypad to a fully fledged messaging device with a QWERTY keyboard.

n the WAN department, the 968 boasts healthy support for Tri-band 900/1800/1900 MHz, as well as GPRS, SMS, and a range of applications such as Java MIDP 2.0, 64-channels polyphony, a voice recorder, all of which laptop and handheld users will be pleased to learn is a breeze to utilize either by means of GPRS support is the fastest way to download files with your mobile, and spacious phone book.

As previously mentioned, the 968 is also equipped with a 1.3 megapixel camera support for picture-taking and audio/video recording, as well as an integrated MP3 player.The latter of which is also the reason for why the 0 MB of internal memory, which initially appears spacious, is quickly stretched to its limits. MP3 and MPEG4 are both formats which can be stored for playback on the Philips 968.

Audio quality on the 968 was crystal clear, and signal quality was good. The removable 1450 mAh Li-ion battery is rated for 4 hours talk time or 240 hours standby, which is quite low given the battery's theoretical capacity. Charge time is about 217 minutes.

MPEG4 video recording
1.3 megapixel camera for clear, sharp picture quality
TV Link to view a/v and slide shows
SD card expansion slot
On-screen handwriting recognition
Tag-It for fun and easy messaging
Touch screen
Large 262K color TFT display for vivid, colorful graphics
MP3 playback and ringtones for a superior audio experience

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