Back To School Guide

Got Game: Does your child love playing video games? If so, extend the experience with the Sony Ericsson Z750. This cell phone is not only compact, but it’s also fun to use with its built-in accelerometer. The inclusion of this feature means that playing a game on the cell phone is an interactive experience where a child can physically move the Z750 during game play.

Got Style: Kids with a sharp fashion sense will quickly recognize that the LG Venus offers the perfect blend of style, cool factor, and ease-of-use in a compact design. This slider cell phone sports some touch screen controls as well as a tactile numeric keypad that’s a breeze to use for text messaging.

Got Rhythm: Know a budding musician? Someone who can’t help but feel the music wherever they go. Turn them onto one of the hottest music phones to debut in the past few months, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic. It’s got an interface that’s built to please the younger audience and it comes with a 1GB MicroSD card that’s already preloaded with tunes and videos. Kids can easily use that same card to store over 700 of their favorite songs for playback over the cell phone.

A Little Something Extra: It seems like these days, hooking a decorative key chain to a backpack is all the rage among kids. The trend doesn’t need to stop there, kids can also deck out a cell phone in a similar fashion with cell phone jewelry. These charms are created with Swarovski Crystals and help add a little extra “bling” to any handset, not to mention it also helps a child easily differentiate a cell phone from similar ones friends might have.

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