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The death of the Palm has been much talked about for the past few years. When Windows Mobile stepped up the game with version 6.1, the Palm OS just couldn’t keep up. They tried a few tricks, such as refurbished interface for the Centro, but to no avail.By the time the Apple iPhone came on the scene with its incredible computing experience, Palm was beaten. The company that started the trend of personal digital assistants (PDA) suddenly seemed as if it was at the wrong end of the shotgun, waiting with a blindfold and its last cigarette.

But there were rumblings within Apple about a mutiny. Apparently there was a rift within the development team for the iPhone. News started trickling through the grapevine about a lot of Apple developers being poached by palm. What was palm thinking?

The answer came at this year’s Consumers Electronic Show, as the company unveiled a new touchscreen device – the Palm Pre – and a new Operating System to go with it, the WebOS. If you were enamoured when you saw the iPhone OS, wait till you get a load of Palm’s offering. The WebOS, for me, was love at first sight.

In a demonstration video, the WebOS was faster, slicker, better looking and seemed more user-friendly than any operating system I have seen. One of the most talked-about features is it’s ability to multi-task, running several applications at the same time without slowing down the device. The iPhone, as you may know, does not support multi-tasking apart from a few select tasks.

Just a few years ago we were carrying around those big, heavy lumps of plastic. If you walked down any sidewalk in any city, all you would see was the antennae sticking up as people valiantly tried to talk as they walked. Thankfully, it wasn`t long before cell phones became smaller, neater and with a much improved signal. Then came sms messaging, picture messaging, then video calling and now we have a range of cell phones that act as a mobile office, these are smartphones.

These are exactly what their name suggests; they are very smart. You still have all your normal cell phone functions, but you also have full internet access, email, a QWERTY keypad, fax facility and the Microsoft office suite. These new generation phones are an essential item for today`s businessmen, but are becoming more and more popular with techno geeks who want to get their hands on the latest bit of kit.

The first ever smartphone was unveiled by IBM in 1992, and shown as a concept product at COMDEX, a trade how in Nevada. It was called `Simon` and released to the general public a year later by BellSouth. Its main features were a world clock, a calendar, an address book and notepad, email and the ability to send and received fax. It was also the first phone with a touch screen. Compared to today`s phones, Simon was a fairly low end product, but at the time its technology was outstanding.

The other manufacturers were keen to get in on the act, and it wasn`t long before they started to produce their own smartphones. The Nokia 900 range brought out the Nokia communicator in 1996. This was marketed as a ‘computer in the palm of your hand`. The Nokia 9210 was the first true smartphone, with a full color screen and independent operating system, although Nokia continued to call it a communicator, which made it sound like it had less capabilities than it actually did. The 9500 then came out, with an integrated camera and Wi-Fi facility.

In this day and age of technology, mobile phones have become expensive. The mobile phone market is largely dominated by foreign players and thus price increase can’t be controlled. But why turn to outsiders when Indian companies like The Mobile Store are importing exclusive state of the art cell phones for us?

The new Ray T65 mobile is sold exclusively by The Mobile Store in India. This new phone is packed with features like a QVGA 2.8 inch touchscreen display, expandable memory, a 3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and much more at very competitive prices. With a unique cool candy bar design, this latest mobile measures 110mm x 58mm x 12.2mm for a good grip and weighs just 113 gms.

The display quality of the TFT LCD touchscreen is commendable with crisp, vibrant colors, even under direct sunlight. There is also a high level of sensitivity for the display and just a feather touch is enough for the phone to register, making the user interface fast and simple to use. The soft key functions are visible below at all times.

When you operate the Ray T65 mobile, you’ll be surprised at how swiftly it performs. This is because the hardware and processor used for this model is of the finest quality. The built-in Java application is also prompt to respond and opening large, high-resolution images too seems like cakewalk for this latest mobile phone. Operating on the Dual Band GSM 900/1800 Mhz processor, it ensures fast connectivity and data transfer. What’s more, the new Ray mobile also supports GPRS and EDGE platforms, along with USB 1.1 and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity.