14 DAY TRIAL // Motorola has recently unveiled, in Singapore, a brand new phone that is targeted for those who need to access the Web while on the go. The handset in question is VE538 and it was announced together with other four devices that will soon hit the Singaporean market: Motorola ZN5, Motorola A1600 Ming, Motorola EM330 and Motorola W388.
Of course, these four Moto phones are not actually new, since they have all been presented before, so the single novelty is the VE538.
Although it's said to be a "Web phone," Motorola VE538 doesn't actually look like one. What we have here is a simple candybar with a 2 inch TFT display that supports a 240 x 320 pixel resolution. The handset brings the following: tri-band GSM connectivity (900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz), 3G connectivity, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, easy access to websites like ShoZu, MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Google, MSN or Yahoo, a 2 Megapixel camera with video recording, secondary camera (placed in the front) for video calls, speakerphone, Electronic Arts' Sudoku game pre-installed and a battery said to provide up to 160 hours of stand-by time (not too great).
The dimensions of VE538 are not known, but the phone doesn't seem too slim (though not too bulky either). The internal memory of the new phone is of only 10MB, but fortunately Motorola has also included a microSD card slot in the handset, allowing users to expand its storage space up to several GBs.
All in all, Moto VE538 looks like it might be a good choice for users who don't want a smartphone but still want to enjoy some smartphone-like features.
The price of VE538 is not known yet, and neither are the prices of the other four Motorola phones unveiled for Singapore. Moreover, the American company did not mention when the VE538 would be released in other countries.
