Telstra's unveils six Next G mobile phones

Coinciding with Telstra's launch of Next G, an HSPDA-enabled 3G network in Australia that operates in the 850MHz space, is the release of the i-mate JASJAM, Motorola RAZR MAXX V6, Samsung A701, Samsung A501, LG TU500 and the self-branded Telstra F850.

At the top of the line is the i-mate JASJAM, a Windows Mobile PDA-phone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard, jogdial, 2-megapixel camera, 802.11g Wi-Fi and a 7cm (2.8-inch) screen with 64K colours. It is HSDPA-enabled, supports quadband connectivity, Bluetooth and has infrared. A range of Microsoft mobile applications are pre-installed (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Windows Media Player, Internet Explorer, etc) run by a 400MHz Samsung CPU, 128MB of RAM, 64MB of ROM and a microSD card slot for further expansion.

LG's TU500 sports a 1.3 megapixel swivel camera that you can also use for videos, an MP3 player, a 262K colour display and Bluetooth.

Samsung's A501 is quite similar, with a 1.3-megapixel camera that doubles as a low-res camcorder, MP3 player and Bluetooth connectivity, but unlike the LG it comes in pink or blue models, both with silver accents.

From what we've seen, the Samsung A701 flip phone looks like a souped up Z510. It has a slim 17.3mm profile, supports stereo Bluetooth, has a 2-megapixel camera, MP3 player and 24MB of internal memory.

At this stage we're unsure of who is manufacturing the Telstra F850, but it seems to be a basic flip phone with 1.3-megapixel camera and MP3 player with 64MB of internal memory.

The snazziest of the bunch would have to be the 2-megapixel Motorola RAZR MAXX V6, which we first heard about a couple of months ago. It has the Bluetooth A2DP profile onboard so you can stream music wirelessly to stereo headphones or speakers.

We're expecting the review handsets to start arriving at ZDNet Australia sister site CNET.com.au next week so stay tuned for loads of HSPDA-fuelled reviews.

Telstra's Next G Web site has more information on recommended handsets for different types of users in the meantime.

i-mate JASJAM

LG TU500

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Maxon developing further productsAnonymous -- 16/10/06

Maxon Australia (manufacturer of the previous Bigpond Wireless Broadand modems) is also developing HSDPA modems for NextG.

Check out their development blog at http://www.maxoncdma.com.au/3gblog/

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LG TU500errin -- 04/05/07

not a very good phone, doesn't even have the feature to have a banner across main screen.

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What!Anonymous -- 25/05/07 (in reply to #320078869)

RE : not a very good phone, doesn't even have the feature to have a banner across main screen.

Do you mean wallpaper ???

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LG TU500Adah Jean Dunn -- 05/05/08 (in reply to #320078869)

hi i think the Lg phone are better

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LG TU500Anonymous -- 30/06/07

I'm happy with my phone, but can't get my Blue Ant Bluetooth thingie to work!! Has anyone any suggestions?

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blueant3john -- 01/12/08 (in reply to #320081936)

cannot get it to work with the blackberry bold

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Next G CoverageAnonymous -- 22/07/07

I bought my phone because I do alot of travelling in Central Queensland and Next G was supposed to provide the coverage in this area. I would have been better off keeping my CDMA phone, has anyone else had the same problem?

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next g coveragexphone x pertx -- 22/08/07 (in reply to #320083214)

the cdma phones have started being phased out of the whole system. pretty soon we will all have no choice but to buy one of these next g phones.

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next g aint all its meant to be!!Anonymous -- 06/09/07 (in reply to #320083214)

im a truck driver doing melbourne-perth, and i experiance the same problem the old cdma were alot better and i found the even older analogue phone better still, all technology does is provide less options and poorer service.

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next g coverageAnonymous -- 16/10/07 (in reply to #320083214)

i wish i had stayed with cdma as well. this service is crap

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next GMRS Josephine beller -- 02/01/08 (in reply to #320083214)

I'm not happy at all with my next G Ican only use it around town . we only got d mobile phone for travelling .so I't's not good 4 us . CDMA we could use it every where.we do a lot of camping so we need something that works.

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next Gdesprate housewife -- 04/01/08 (in reply to #320083214)

I bought next g LGTU500 from a telstra shop ,I was told that i'll get good coverge ;well I only had coverage in town took it back ,they said i;ts afault in the phone itself got another phone the same as before no problems with this one they said .i'm a112 km from home all d way and not a bar on it.so i'm still without a working phone HELP

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rubbishPatti Laker -- 21/11/07

well i'm sorry to say Next G is crap doesn't give the coverage it says and when it does doesn't always work properly give us back CDMA

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