The popular Nokia 6303 which was a replacement for one of the best selling Nokia phones ever; the Nokia 6300 has now been upgraded by the manufacturer and launched as the Nokia 6303i Classic.
This new phone further improves in a few areas on the older model most noticeably when it comes to battery life, mostly promoted as a business phone and issued to many company representatives, salesmen and drivers the new extended battery life of up to 21 days in standby mode will make a huge difference.
There has also been added support included for social networking and the Nokia 6303i Classic has also been given an exterior makeover and been made available in a range of new colour schemes.
The main features include 3.2 mega pixel camera with dual LED flash and autofocus, an expandable memory with a pre-packed 2GB in the box, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, an FM radio, multimedia player and 3.5mm audio jack catering for standard headphone sets.
The Nokia 6303i Classic also offers another major benefit over the previous Nokia 6303 model, that is that it is actually cheaper to buy!
A benefit probably only recognised by employers is the fact that the Nokia 6303i is not a 3G device, this means that they can issue these handsets to their workforce safe in the knowledge that the employee will not be running up a huge bill using data on top of work related calls.
Nokia have been busy lately releasing lots of new models into the marketplace, some of these include the higher specification Nokia N97 mini, X6 and X6 16GB and N900 plus a range of budget models such as the Nokia 2220 Slide, 3720 Classic and 7230.
In terms of competition from rival manufacturers, none really target the exact same market segment as Nokia do with this phone, the closest competition comes from the likes of the recently released Sony Ericsson Elm which is an eco-friendly handset that also offers a front facing keypad, something which to be fast vanishing from a mobile phones market obsessed with touch screen technology.
The new Nokia 6303i Classic has been released in its silver colour scheme on O2 pay monthly contract deals, there are further network launches expected from Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone over the coming days from third party retailers.
This latest Classic range handset is also due to launch in further colour schemes, these include matt black, chestnut, pink, white silver and karki gold although there are currently no firm release dates for these models they are expected to launch around Q2 2010.

The Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro includes the Timescape application which allows the user to keep up with Facebook, Twitter, text messages and calls all in one place. While the home screen offers the ability to drag and drop icons of favourite applications into the corners of the TFT touchscreen to allow fast and easy access to them.
The handset has the Facebook application also, and offers a range of messaging capabilities including text-message like conversations, instant messaging, as well as normal text and picture messaging. It also includes Exchange ActiveSync which updates from a Microsoft Exchange email box.
The phone comes with a 5 megapixel camera with a light photo flash, which can help to take a good picture in poor light conditions, along with autofocus and geo-tagging. Video recording with a video light are also featured. Pictures can be shared and a favourite can be picked as the wallpaper when the phone is in standby mode.
For entertainment, this handset offers YouTube, video streaming and 3D games visually. Audibly, it offers the Sony Ericsson music player and TrackID which recognises a few recorded seconds of a song and downloads what track it is, its album and all the information, to the phone. Bluetooth stereo A2DP is also featured.
The GPS offered by this handset is enhanced by Wisepilot navigation which takes the user  turn-by-turn where they are going, to easily reach that important meeting destination. Google Maps is also on standby to help, along with Google search and or more detailed information, the X10 mini pro offers a full HTML web browser, all through its WiFi high-speed internet connection.
The phone has a QWERTY keyboard for easy text input, and whatever is on screen, can be auto rotated between portrait and landscape. Navigation is made easy through an intuitive touchscreen, while other organising tools such as a calculator and calendar are also included. The phone memory is 128 megabytes, but the micrSD slot supports up to 16 GB of removable storage to add.
The Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro is an impressive handset which offers both touchscreen easy navigation, while a full keyboard is present for easy input. Life is made easier thanks to features such as Timescape which tells the user what’s happening through one button, and Wisepilot which will help the user to find their way. Meanwhile, standard features such as good messaging, video and music have not been left out, and its easy to take good photos and share them with friends with great ease.

A new pink and white edition of the latest LG Cookie Fresh has now been launched, joining the recently released silver and orange colour variants this new LG GS290 model offers the same features, technology and design but packs them into a new white and pink coloured casing.
The large 3 inch touch screen is complimented with the recognisable but updated user interface of the original LG Cookie KP500 which gives a fun cartoon feel to the user experience. There is also a 2.0 mega pixel camera on the reverse of the phone for capturing video clips and pictures.
Social networking features heavily in this new LG phone with support for most of the top websites including Facebook and Twitter, you can instantly upload photos, update you profile status, Tweet from phone and keep up to date with all of your online friends activities.
The main home screen is easily customisable with a wealth of widgets and shortcuts to your favourite applications and features whilst there is also a multimedia player and FM radio with a 3.5mm jack for plugging in your favourite set of standard headphones.
The new LG Cookie Fresh takes much of the original design of the first Cookie phone and will also be available in a range of colour schemes, joining the new silver, pink and orange colour variants will also be a blue, lime green, purple and black edition.
There are a number of new releases offering a similar sized touch screen experience including the Nokia X6, Sony Ericsson Vivaz, LG Pop and HTC Legend. The LG GS290 is a far cheaper phone which it manages by negating features like WiFi and 3G as well as GPS leaving an affordable but practical and fun handset.
Judging from the success of the first LG KP500 and KP501 models the new Cookie Fresh looks set to increase sales volumes for the manufacturer, the main competition comes from the popular Samsung Genio Touch but this new LG handset trumps the model on price and in our opinion looks as well.
The pink LG Cookie Fresh has now been made available on Pay As You Go deals with further network launches expected very soon n contract deals as well as a SIM Free and unlocked mobile phone. The original silver edition is now available on Pay As You Go as well as SIM Free whilst the white and orange version is also a SIM free handset for the time being.