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C6 is a mid-class all-in-one phone launched by Nokia, with an aim of “Bringing you even closer”. What it actually refers to is to bring you and your family and friends together by fast, easy access to emails, contacts, and social networks. Incorporated with a slider full QWERTY keyboard and a 5MP camera, C6 is really a good friend to keep in touch.

You will find a Nokia C6 phone, a battery, a charger, a data cable, a handsfree and a user's guide inside the box.

C6 has a 3.2-inch 16M-color 360 x 640 pixels TFT touch screen. You can personalize your homescreen by changing the background, themes and icons. Most importantly, under Symbian OS, S60 5.0 operating system you can control your emails, contacts and social networking widgets on the homepage. Communication means a lot easier from now on.

The rear design is pretty stream-lined with white and black colours to choose from.

The 5MP camera comes together with LED flash. You can shoot quality photos and videos easily even when it is dark.

At the top of the phone there lies the USB port and a 3.5mm audio jack.

With an emphasis on bringing people closer, a full QWERTY slider keyboard is found on C6. The slider is smooth and energetic.

You can quickly type a message with the full QWERTY keyboard and send it out through emails including Hotmail, Gmail™, Yahoo!® Mail, Windows Live™ and your free mail on Nokia – Ovi Mail.

Besides the enhanced texting function, you can also visit Ovi Store to choose from a wide range of great apps, games, wallpapers and themes; to enjoy the convenience of the detailed maps, GPS and fast internet. All these can be given by Nokia C6.

Here comes Nokia N8. You will be surprised after you know what are behind the colourful shell of it. Merging the boundary between mobile phone and camera, N8 presents a shocking 12MP camera and HD-quality video recording. Nevertheless, it is full of entertainments that draw a new definition of mobile phones.

There is a Nokia N8 phone, a battery, a charger, a handsfree, a USB cable, a CD-ROM and a user's guide inside the package box.

Nokia N8 features a 3.5-inch 16M-color HD (360 x 640 pixels) AMOLED capacitive touch screen. And under Symbian 3, it supports the latest Web TV program to let you enjoy your favourite shows and videos on channels like Nat Geo and CNN.

The rear of N8 is also stunning. It is of aluminium and there are changeable colourful shells to match your everyday mood.

The featured camera has an outstanding 12MP sensor with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash. Now high-definition great snapshots can be made even in low-light conditions with N8.

Nokia N8 also features an HDMI connection so you can easily show off your HD digital 720p images, videos and music on compatible televisions and projectors. And with the premium-quality Dolby Digital Plus technology, enjoying a movie is just as easy as a piece of cake.

The two card slots and the microUSB port are on the left side of the phone.

And the volume rocker, screen lock slider and camera key lie on the other side.

There is also a front camera with flash, further deepens N8’s position as a camerphone.

Other entertainments include integrated social networking such as facebook and twitter, you can upload and share photos and videos onto it once they are made; and thousands of funny and useful apps are available in the Ovi Store, you can make the best use of them and personalize your phone.

Now you can put a full HD in your pocket! Panasonic has launched the LUMIX-DMC FX 700 compact camera that features a F2.2 LEICA SUMMICRON 24mm super-wide lens, 14.1MP MOS sensor, and the newest Venus Engine FHD image processing that enables Full HD video capturing.

Inside the box you’ll find a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 Digital Camera, a battery pack, a battery charger, a data cable (USB), an AV cable, a hand strap, a CD-ROM, a user's guide and a stylus pen.

Not to mention its stylish black metallic design, the LUMIX FX700’s biggest feature that makes it stand out is the Venus Engine FHD, which supports 1920 x 1080 full HD video in AVCHD format. Besides, the ultra-fast speed of CMOS sensor makes it eligible to capture up to 10 fps in a go.

Another stunning feature of FX 700 is the LCD. It is a 3-inch 230k dot touchscreen. You may have already realized this when you notice the stylus pen in the unboxing content. With the touchscreen, you can just make a tip on it for focus when you take photos.

The rear button design is neat. There are only the Capture/Playback switch and two buttons for Mode and Menu.

As a compact cam that features HD video capturing, a Video button is of course a must. This can be found beside the shutter button on the top of the camera. You can now easily capture videos by only one click.

The top button arrangement is also neatly designed for easy and convenient use.

A powerful lens is also emerged in FX 700. The LEICA DC-VARIO SUMMICRON lens has a 5x optical zoom (24-120mm in 35mm equiv). No matter in whatever light conditions, FX 700 can give the best performance.

As HD video feature is becoming more and more important and desirable for photo enthusiasts, Panasonic LUMIX-DMC FX 700 is definitely a good choice in the market for its superb lens performance, convenient video shooting function and trendy touch LCD display.

Sony’s Alpha-series has been one of the leading roles in DSLR market. But this time, the company has rejected the traditional DSLR design and instead created a hybrid like a compact camera plus a DSLR. It can offer features such as phase-detection AF during movie recording and extremely fast continuous shooting that mark the technology milestone of DSLR cameras.

Inside the box, you will find a Sony A55 DSLR Camera, a Battery Pack, a Battery Charger, a Data Cable (USB), a Strap, a CD-ROM and a User's Guide.

Let’s go through some of the key features A55 has. It has got 16.2MP resolution, a Sony home-made Exmor HD CMOS which offers at most 25600 ISO. It also brings 1080i Full HD movie capturing in A55, making it the first of all in the Alpha-series to have such function. Sony also introduces the 3D Sweep Panorama function to A55 to incorporate the company’s latest promotion of the technology.

The mirror of A55 is the most significant that makes it a revolutionist of DSLR in the whole market. The mirror in the A55 is semi-transparent. According to Sony, it allows approximately 70% of the light that strikes it straight through to the imaging sensor. The remaining proportion is reflected upwards to a large 15-point phase detection AF array.

Another most obvious change is the high-resolution EVF (100%) in place of an optical finder; and a fully articulated 3-inch 912k dot TruBlack LCD at the back. Both upgrades claim the first for the Sony Alpha line.

Near the LCD on the rear are some control buttons including the Movie button, Fn button and a control ring etc.

At the top of A55, apart from the power and shutter button, it has the the ‘Finder/LCD’ button for you to choose from the two.

The control dial is placed near the menu button at the top right side.

The A55 has a built-in GPS receiver, which can automatically tag photographs with location data. This can be used with Google Maps which is pretty convenient to users when travelling overseas.

In general, the Sony A55 is a powerful, innovative and user-friendly DSLR camera. As a brand new state-of-the-art hi-tech device, it still hasn’t got any competitors at the same level.

Canon has recruited many die-heart fans for its G-series. And after rumoring for a period of time, Canon has finally announced the newest PowerShot G12. In fact, compared to it predecessor, G12 hasn’t got many big changes. Maybe good things don’t worth changing, right? 10MP and optical zoom of 5x are remained unchanged in G12, but the most significant improvement would be the addition of capturing HD movies.

Let’s come to the package box. You’ll find a Canon PowerShot G12 Digital Camera, a Battery Pack, a Battery Charger, a USB cable, an AV Cable, a CD-ROM and a User's Guide.

There is textured rubber on the body of G12 to prevent slipping. An AF-assist LED and optical viewfinder can also be found just above the lens. Right back to the main business, G12 is upgraded to record 720p HD videos under the QuickTime MPEG-4 AVC format. It is the first to own this appealing feature in the G-series. Other major additions include Canon's HS System and Hybrid IS.

G12 has a 2.8-inch PureColor II VA (TFT) 460k dots LCD. It can also be articulated for a wide angle for you to make more challenging pictures.

At the side of G12’s LCD there fills with control buttons. Most of them are self-explanatory by their labels.

On the top you will find three control dials for setting. Two of those are the Mode and ISO. And the ISO control dial is newly adjusted to further suit user’s need. A small LED light nearby will light up showing active settings when in use.

The last of three control dials is for exposure compensation which is placed on the left. The small LED light also comes with it.

The PowerShot G12 features a premium 28mm wide-angle 5x optical zoom lens, allowing users to capture sweeping landscapes and get closer to distant subjects during shooting.

Overall, G12’s upgrades fall to Canon's HS System, 720p HD movie recording and Hybrid IS. And a lot of stunning features are kept in it. However, when shooting HD movies, it can only record up to 29m59s and file size varies. For either G-series users who seek for an upgrade or potential G-series users, it leaves to you whether to pick G12 or not.