Those days are gone when a mobile cell phone was meant just for talking. The younger generation, and some percentage of the older generation want more and more and more and some more from a cell phone – talking, sending SMS and MMS, watching videos, taking pictures, play music, and even access the internet. We want almost everything possible in a cell phone.

A multimedia cell phone is solution to this. So, what is a multimedia cell phone or how do we define a multimedia cell phone?

Well, a multimedia cell phone is a combination of a basic cell phone, digital camera, mp3 player, video player and a small palm top.

A multimedia cell phone eliminates the need to carry all kind of gadgets such as iPod or mp3 player, digital camera, laptop or palmtop to access internet. A good multimedia cell can offer al these features all engineered into a single small gadget that fits your pocket.

Below I discuss some of the basic features of most common multimedia cell phones.

Apart from basic common features such as talking, sms, mms, phone book, games etc, a multimedia cell phone has following additional features: Multimedia Features:

1. Audio / Music Player: All multimedia cell phones are capable to play music. Some of them are especially designed for music and are called “music cell phone”. Most of these music-enabled multimedia cell phones can play MP3 are other common audio file types. Some of them can even play streaming music.

2. Video: Multimedia cell phones are designed and engineered to play videos. Most common cell phone video type is 3GP. Some of them can play almost any type of video files. Quality of video depends of the engineering, technology an d cost of the multimedia cell phone. Some of the newer versions of multimedia cell phones can even catch TV signals and you can watch several TV Channels on your cell phone. Some of these multimedia cell phones can even play streaming videos.

3. Camera: Multimedia cell phones are equipped with a camera that can capture still and moving images / videos. Quality of these pictures depends on “megapixal” of the camera. The more the “megapixal”, the better will be the picture quality. Other features include zoom, pan, flash, sharing, printing, uploading etc.

4. Internet Access: Almost all multimedia cell phone is designed so that you can access the internet on the go either through WAP / GPRS or Wi-Fi. This allows you to browse the internet and access your email.

For Multimedia Cell Phone Buyers: If you are planning to buy a multimedia cell phone, make sure that it has a good and long lasting battery. Most multimedia cell phones consume a lot of battery and the battery doesn’t lasts longer. Additionally, look for plenty of memory so that you can store all your favourite music and videos. A good headphone or wireless Bluetooth headset is always good.