Introducing the new Mobile Phones channel

Damian Koh | Jun 02, 2009

First things first. We've heard your feedback and been hard at work for months to align ourselves with what's current in the market by merging the Handhelds and Mobile Phones channels. Most of the work is on the backend, so you won't see drastic modifications to the site. The primary aim is to help you navigate the mobile devices pages more efficiently when you are looking for phone reviews and help stories. Check out the new Mobile Phones page here.

Here's what you can expect.

Why are we doing this?
In the past, we used the term "handhelds" interchangeably with "smartphones". That got quite confusing not just for us, but for our readers who varied in their interpretation of handhelds and smartphones. Moving forward, smartphones will refer to handsets that run an operating system, for example Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile, while handhelds will be your non-cellular devices. You can identify the latter with a "PDA" gif beside the product name.

What's different?
The most obvious change is that we have dropped the Handhelds channel on our site. But don't worry, the content is not lost. These will now sit in the Mobile Phones channel. Your current bookmarks will still work as we will auto-redirect the links, but we do recommend that you update your bookmarks.

How to find the products?
We've also refined the drop-down search filters on the Mobile Phones channel. In addition to the current Brand, Price, Phone type, Connectivity and Camera options, you can now specify the operating system of the device and whether it comes with a touchscreen.

For example, if you are searching for an HTC Windows Mobile touchscreen smartphone, simply pick the Brand, Operating system and Touchscreen options. Alternatively, you can use the generic search bar that sits at the top of the page if you happen to know the device name.

If there's anything you'd like to see added, just shout it out in the comments below and we'll see how we can incorporate them in our next revamp. And if you see any bugs, go ahead and alert us. We'll fix them as soon as we can.

Filed under: Handhelds, Mobile Phones
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aweysham

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aweysham says...
Sounds great. I"ve always been confused as to where was the dividing line between phones and handhelds but does not many PDAs have cellular properties. From day one I thought all PDA had provision for sim cards. I"ll wait and see how the various handhelds and PDAs are sorted out. Thanks

Jun 03, 2009 08:40

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gsr5867

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gsr5867 says...
Its about time. Very Good!

Jun 05, 2009 00:39

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prxraw

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prxraw says...
good to see that finally handhelds and mobile phones will be under one channel.

first tings about improving site........
Please Please speed up your site, on 512kbps or above dsl it loads fine but below that it crawls.

secondly stop auto refresh of pages, for eg if I am reading an article and if the page auto refreshes then i have ti scroll back to where I was, its simply frustrating.

third please visit gsmarena Phone Finder Link www.gsmarena.com.... this is how the options are for finding a phone/handheld.

last
there should be option to compare 2-5 phones/handhelds in one shot.

Jun 08, 2009 18:38

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damiankoh

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damiankoh says...
Hi prxraw, thank you for your feedback.

Regarding your last point, there is in fact a checkbox in the product listing which you can use to select and compare products. There is also a Compare tab in the product overview page. From there, you can see how the select model compares with the most popular and top rated devices.

Jun 08, 2009 21:35

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prxraw

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prxraw says...
hi damiankoh

i have visited the product comparison page and it works fine.

Please work on the other three points mentioned by me.

Regards

Jun 11, 2009 22:38

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