For mobile phone addicts, Solid Group’s (Sony Philippines) MyPhone mobiles have become the latest buzz as everybody starts talking about its dual active sim capability. A mobile phone with this capability will definitely be a source of curiousity with several Filipinos here in Manila actually carrying around 2 separate mobile phones from 2 different carriers. Although there had been several attempts to customize popular brands with a dual sim attachment, it proved unsuccessful since the phone still did not allow both sim cards to be active at the same time. Either a switch had to be triggered or the phone had to be turned off and on again to make the alternate line active. Either way, it defeats the purpose since a user manually checks whether a message has been sent to the alternate line and the inactive line is still unavailable anyway. Now, with the T22, both lines get prompted for text messages at the same time and either line is open for calls as long as the phone is not busy. However, if the secondary line is currently in use, the primary line activates its call waiting feature (if this is available with the network).

Over and above the T22’s dual sim capability, it also has the same features that the renowned brands possess. It has a bluetooth technology, a 2 megapixel camera, video and audio recording, caller groups, user profiles, calendar, etc. It also has USB interface for data transfer with a PC and a USB charger ( charging can be done through the PC or through a direct electric plug). The T22 can also serve as a flash drive/removable disk as it has a microSD/T-Flash memory card slot (maximum of 2GB capability). Other hip features include the following — an mp3 player, mp3 ringtones, picture and tone ids for contacts, a flight mode, and a touch screen. For a mere PhP9,999 , the box includes an extra stylus, an extra battery (total of 2 batteries), a handsfree headset, a usb cable (for charging and pc connection), and a separate desktop charger.

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