Overview of Cellular Products
Makers Guide picks


Web sites of the major cellular and PCS products
manufacturers

Acer
Computer maker Acer now has a line of... 2 cell
phones.

Alcatel
French phone maker. Home of the »One touch«
phone (it uses a small joystick).

Audiovox Corporation
Audiovox cell phones are sold mainly in the Americas. Some include a
melody / ringtones composer, as well as game and even a biorythm
program!

Benefon
Finish GSM phone maker that specializes in multifunction phones that it
rather calls »Communication Instruments«.

Denso International
Manufactures some phones available only from Sprint PCS.

Ericsson Mobile Phones
Maker of tens of phones. Offers documentation, advice and even a utility
that lets you change the tunes played by your phone.

Glenayre
Claims to manufacture the smallest two-way paging device.

Kyocera (formerly Qualcomm's consumer phones division)
Home of the pdQ plam computer and phone combination.

LG TeleCom
Well-known Korean Manufacturer of cellular products.

MagCom
That norvegian company founded in 1999 just introduced the MagCom
phone, which combines wireless e-mail with Internet access. Plus this
phone has one of the lowest SAR (radiation) rating: 0.043 (see
Health&Safety for more on SAR)


Mitsubishi Wireless
Maker of AT&T branded phones.

Motorola
Maker of cellular products, satellite phones and
multi-communications devices (combining pager,
phone and other devices).

NECwireless.com
Nec also manufactures a line of cellular products.

NeoPoint
Specializes in internet-enabled and multi-function large screen phones.

Nextel
Provides phones and service.

Nokia
The world's largest cellular products manufacturer. Also has one of the
largest selection.

Panasonic (UK)
Panasonic phones have audio ringers, speakerphones and multiple color
LCD backlight.

Philips
Has 4 lines of phones, most of which are voice-operated.

Sagem
French maker of GSM, WAP and GPRS phones for the GSM 900 and 1800
market. Most Sagem phones feature a speaker-phone and programmable
ringtones.

Samsung
Some of their phones incorporate the »Flip up« design, that allows you to
use some buttons even when the cover is closed.

SANYO
Sanyo USA's PCS and cellular products, and Accessories.

Sendo
A UK-based small cell phone manufacturing company with phones
concentrating on funny features like games and cartoons. Some phones
have a ringtone composer that is compatible with Nokia ringtones.

Siemens
They are betting strongly on color display and WAP-enabled phones.

Sony Wireless
Claims to manufacture the world's smallest phones.

Trium
Trium is Mitsubishi's European brand name. Maker of one of the Mondo PDA
phone.

Uniden
Offers two models of phones.