A new theme that is available for most service providers involves the year’s current top grossing movie Toy Story 3. Get greeted by all of your favorite characters from the franchise simply by turning on your phone. Skins are available featuring Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of the gang for an affordable $5.99. This skin would be perfect for your child’s first cell phone as the franchise promotes friendship and loyalty above all. This skin is available for a limited time only, so be sure to check it out soon!

Another popular theme as of late has been personalized World Cup skins. People chose to support their favorite teams as the competition went on by personalizing their phones with flags and images of their favorite players. This is still applicable for any sports team so be sure to show your support by buying a theme for your favorite team. These usually go for around $4-5 and are perfect fits for any sports fan.

Go for something simpler like the Leather or Plasma themes that are available on most phones. These offer sleek and modern color schemes that are sure to make your background look trendy and hip. These are great fits for anyone who is just tired of the same boring old backgrounds and looking to change it up a bit. These vary in price depending on the choice you make and can go for between $3 to $7. As with all themes, additional download charges might apply.

Don’t get stuck with a basic background and add some flavor and color to your phone experience. These are just a few of the hundreds of themes available to you with a simple click of a button. Start browsing today and make your mobile phone the talk of the town within just a few days.

The phone is available in a smaller form and the synchronization of the phone can be done with Microsoft Outlook. The users of such smartphones can personalize the wallpapers, icons and even the menu of the phone. There is existence of a program called Sherpa in the phone which enables the user for determining the location of favorites and recommendations. Google can be accessed almost instantly from the My Touch 3G phone. T-Mobile My Touch 3G Android phones is bestowed with excellent features like a 3.2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth, HSDPA and memory cards ranging between 512 MB to 16 GB. The phone possesses a touch screen making it extremely user-friendly.

For music lovers, the My Touch 3G phones are the best recommendations. There exists a 3.5 mm headphone jack enabling charging of the phone and listening to music with extreme clarity both at the same time. There is newly invented software, called as the DoubleTwist™, which makes transferring of music tracks and videos and pictures between the personal computer / laptop and the My Touch 3G very easy. Swype is basically a touch screen technology enabling the typing speed to increase by leaps and bounds in the smartphones as about 30 words per minute can be typed. Generally the newly launched package of the T-Mobile My Touch 3G phones come along with accessories like headphones, in-built microphone, USB cable, Screen Protector, leather pouch for carrying the phone and the reading manual for users.

A 4GB SanDisk Class 2 microSD Card is in-built in the phone. The main features of the T-Mobile My Touch 3G phones are the ‘Faves Gallery’ which enables the users to put 20 contacts in their list of favorites and enabling the illumination of a LED light when these contacts call in order to give them priority status.

Basically these My Touch 3G phones are user-friendly along with a Qwerty keyboard; however, some people admit that they have just found it awful. The pricing of these smartphones have been kept in the range of $190 – $200 in order to attract the consumers to these new technology phones. On the whole, the companies are really banking on the success of these phones.

The flip phones include the ever-popular Chocolate VX8560. This phone has many innovative features such as music player, FM radio, 2.0 megapixel camera/video camera, 1GB internal memory for music storage and Bluetooth connectivity. The Chocolate VX8560 sells for around $270.00. Another awesome flip phone is the beautiful yet functional Lotus Elite LX610. Features on the phone include 3D rotation, QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth connectivity, Social Networking, 2.0 megapixel Autofocus camera with video and a music player with external control. The Lotus Elite LX610 is available at $300.00.

In the slide phone section, the Vu Plus GR700 is a great choice. The phone features a large responsive touch screen, 3.0MP camera and camcorder with flash, AT&T Mobile TV, 4-line QWERTY keyboard, music player with background music mode and Bluetooth connectivity. Pricing on the Vu Plus GR700 starts at $149.99. The Rumor Touch VM510 is another quality phone in the slide category. It offers you a stylish QWERTY keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder, music player, Bluetooth connectivity, large responsive touch screen and Social Networking. It sells for approximately $280.00

Bar phones have the traditional shape of the very first mobile phones. A wonderful phone in this category is the CU915. The phone has many features including a large responsive touch screen, Bluetooth capability for music and voice, 2.0 megapixel Autofocus camera with video, HTML web browsing and various forms of messaging. The LG CU914 is available at $299.00. LG’s most advanced mobile phone is the Ally VS740. This Android Powered Smartphone has awesome features includes thousands of downloadable applications from Android Market, 3D rotation, large external touch screen, web browsing, Google Maps navigation, Social Networking and is Wi-Fi enabled. The Ally VS740 sells at $370.00 LG is truly the leader in the mobile phone market. Their range of phones is affordable, high-quality, aesthetically appealing and ultra modern.

LG phones are available from all major carriers and select stores. So whether you acquire your mobile phone through a contract or whether you are pre-paid cell phone user, be sure to check out all of the great phones manufactured by LG.

When thinking about the expense of a phone you should first make the decision regarding the payment model you will choose. Typically, there are two models you can choose from, (1) pay as you go and (2) a contract plan. These two models differ in the way that you pay the telecommunications companies quite dramatically.

With a pay as you go phone, you are paying for the phone itself outright and them just paying for the actual cost of ever call you make. To top up you credit you can buy top-up cards over the counter and newsagents, or you can use an automated system that will allow you to charge up credit using your standard credit or debit card. Call costs using a pay as you go phone are usually slightly higher.

A contract plan involves you having an agreement with a telecommunications company like AT&T or Verizon to spend a minimum amount of money every month. Depending on what that minimum fee is, the phone company will subsidize the cost of the phone handset and give you a certain number of minutes of calls and text messages each month included as part of the package. If you use more that your allotted number of minutes or messages, you will be charged an additional fee.

Do not be fooled into thinking a contract will allow you to get a better handset, ultimately you are still paying for the handset it is just that you are spreading out the payments over the term of the contract, usually one or two years. Your decision should be based on how much you will likely use the phone.

If you are likely to use the phone quite a lot and would easily exceed the number of included minutes within a contract it is probably better to choose a contract with lower call costs. If you rarely make phone calls, a pay as you go strategy is probably best. There are a number of very inexpensive prepaid models under the $50 prices tag such as the Samsung U350 and the Nokia 2720 that would suit the needs of an infrequent user.

The key to purchasing a good inexpensive phone is to first clearly understand your own calling habits and requirements and then investigate the total cost of ownership over a one or two year time frame.