Review: LG Vu
After the long waiting period and a huge trail of smart phones series by LG, it’s new phone the LG Vu stepped into market with a bang to compete Apple’s 3G iPhone. The LG’s Vu is a super sexy touch-screen phone with a 3-inch display and tactile feedback along with that its full features and excellent performance make the LG Vu one of the hottest phones this year.
The LG Vu is one of the most stylish smartphones introduced by LG with glossy piano-black finish, silver sides, and minimalist style. The Vu is LG’s first full touch screen phone accompanied with slim and lightweight design due to its all-plastic casing.The LG Vu offers a excellent 3-inch-wide touch-screen display which supports 262,000 colors and 240×400 pixels and results in amazing-looking graphics and images. The Vu also provides an option for a full QWERTY keyboard. When the QWERTY keyboard is selected, the orientation of the screen switches to landscape mode, for easier texting.
The LG Vu includes a loads of features — a 3″ WQVGA 262K color touchscreen, 2 megapixel camera with autofocus, a full HTML web browser with 3G data speeds(HSDPA), 120MB internal memory, USB mass storage mode, up to 4GB microSD card support and quad-band support.
Features:
* Elegantly designed quad-band GSM phone with 3-inch touchscreen featuring intuitive controls
* Access AT&T’s speedy dual-band 3G network; compatible with AT&T Music, Cellular Video and Video Share services
* 2-megapixel camera with video recording, Bluetooth for communication headsets and stereo headphones, microSD expansion to 4 GB
* Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 250 hours (10.5 days) of standby time; measures 4.25 x 2.16 x 0.51 inches (HxWxD)
* Includes: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, printed user manual and quick start guide
Review: Nokia 6500 Slide
The Nokia 6500 slide is an attractive looking slider handset that is Nokia’s third generation technology smartphone with third generation WCDMA technology and sleek, contemporary designs.The Nokia 6500 slide is clad in brushed stainless steel with semi-gloss black plastic highlights, such that the sophisticated brushed stainless steel body retains its timeless beauty, a unique hard coating helps to prevent scuffs, scratches, and even fingerprints.
The display of the 6500 is very easily viewed in direct sunlight since it is transflective and is capable of showing up to 16 million different color shades. Opening up the dual-sprung slider mechanism reveals the black plastic keypad where the stainless softkeys, call keys, and d-pad all work very well.The 6500 features the The 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, a dual LED flash and 8x digital zoom used for creating high-caliber images, 3G technology speed through which images and videos can be quickly shared and the TV-out jack to view your contents on television.
Features:
* 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, and 8x digital zoom
* A powerful double LED flash makes indoor pictures perfect
* Share pictures or videos with friends and family via TV-Out
* 3G video calling helps you feel even closer to the people you care about
* Connect directly to Flickr website to share your photos with all your friends
Review: Nokia 5610 Xpress Music
The two new Nokia XpressMusic phones (T-Mobile’s) the 5310 and the 5610, where the 5310 is a candybar and the 5610 is a slider phone, which looks great with its flashier design. The Nokia 5610 Xpress Music offers a satisfying music-centric feature set and admirable performance featuring all-important 3G capabilities.The 5610 has a well-stocked music player and offers good sound and call quality.
The Nokia 5610 Xpress Music comes in two different looks red or blue trim, with the front fascia dominated by an interesting slider switch.The design is well-constructed and easy to use, and it offers a brilliant display.The Nokia 5610 Xpress Music features a respectable 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus and a dual-LED flash, bluetooth 2.0 is on board, A2DP support for stereo headsets, microSD card slot (1 GB), as well as, with quad-band GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900MHz) connectivity and support for T-Mobile’s myFaves service.
Review: Apple iPhone 3G
Apple iPhone 3G, a new generation smartphone with lots of new features including faster 3G wireless network, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and Third-Party applications. Apple didn’t make changes regarding design of the handset as previous version of iPhone and iPhone 3G are almost identical to each other. The contact is that the new 3.5 mm headset jack has being introduced and the controls are now in silver in place of black.
Apple iPhone has improved its 3.5 inches display screen, 480 x 320 pixel display from 160 dots per inch to 163 dots per inch. Apple’s new MobileMe sevice will allow you to synchronize contacts, photos, bookmarks, messages. Apple didn’t change the iPod function even with increasing the features of iPhone. After introducing such features, the old and same 2 – megapixel camera with flash and self potrait mirror missing as its predecessor, but slight improvement in picture quality.
Apple iPhone 3G’s support UMTS/HSDPA wireless broadband network which delivers speed of 300Kbps and above. It takes a huge lead over the EDGE by providing 2 – 3 times the speed of 2.5G EDGE. In other countries other than United States, the iPhone’s tri-band (850/1900/2100) UMTS/HSDPA will deliver 3G coverage. Using 3G will suck your battery much faster, so its recommended to switch on 3G only at time of use.
iPhone user can find Remote Wipe and integration with Cisco IPSec VPN for remote network access. Apple has left out some feature like Video recording, multimedia messaging, stereo bluetooth and file transfer through iTunes. Users have to e-mail files to access these files on iPhone.
Review: Sony Ericsson W760i
The Sony Ericsson W760i is the best Sony Ericsson Walkman phone we’ve seen, its the first truly global Walkman phone with tri-band HSDPA and a 3.2 megapixel camera.This Sony Ericsson W760i phone is preloaded with the latest games, including Need for Speed ProStreet.
The Sony Ericsson W760i has an attractive, easy-to-use design which also offers broad world phone support, an accelerometer, and reliable performance. The W760i features includes integrated GPS with Wayfinder Navigator, 20 million points of interest around the globe and music-friendly feature set.A GPS-supported fitness application called Tracker and Navigate through a playlist with Shake Control – shuffle and skip through tracks, or adjust the volume, with just a shake of the phone, it also helps to auto-rotate works for photos, videos and games too.
The W760i features a classic Sony Ericsson slider design that’s sure to catch a few eyes on the street.The Sony Ericsson W760i comes in three different color versions fancy black, rocky silver and intense red.The W760i’s large 2.2-inch display screen with support for 262,144 hues, it is bright and vibrant with an intense color resolution.It is ideal for gameplay and Motion Sensor Gaming allows users to play games in 3D quality.
Features:
* GPS and Wayfinder Navigator built-in, plus Google Maps for step-by-step directions to destinations
* Share music inside and out with twin speakers with Stereo Widening plus an optional Active Speaker for outdoor use
* With Shake control activated, press and hold the Walkman key and flick the wrist to randomly play a new song from the current playlist
* Match the mood by choosing music with SensMe
* Great gaming features, motion control and widescreen gameplay including Need for Speed ProStreet preloaded
Review: AT&T Tilt Smartphone
The AT&T Tilt Smart camera Phone is a 3G UMTS/HSDPA Windows Mobile device with a large tilting touch screen and a slide-out full QWERTY spacious keyboard. The Windows Mobile 6 smartphone also offers the full gamut of wireless options which makes it the most comprehensive wireless device on the market today. The AT&T Tilt smartphone offers the full range of wireless options, including 3G UMTS/HSDPA support and GPS and strong messaging capabilities that makes the AT&T the best choice in a mobile professional smartphones.
The AT&T Tilt has a PDA-like design and features a slide-out screen that reveals a full QWERTY keyboard underneath.Its touch screen measures 2.8 inches diagonally and shows off 65,536 colors at a 320×240 pixel resolution.The Tilt’s screen tilts up to 40 degrees, mimicking a mini laptop this helps the text and images looked sharp and bright, and the display was readable in various lighting conditions.The keyboard itself is roomy with large rectangular buttons that are tactile and well-backlit.The AT&T Tilt is a ultimate mobile featured with email, text and instant messaging, Internet access, personal organizer, video, satellite radio, and more all at broadband speeds. Wi-Fi, GPS navigation and Push-to-Talk.It also supports a 3-megapixel camera, AT&TMusic and Video. Over all the AT&T Tilt promises to be the carrier’s most powerful smartphone for business users with its modest features.
Review: Motorola Adventure V750 (Verizon Wireless)
Verizon Wireless and Motorola’s, new smartphone the Motorola Adventure V750 is on market now, it is a rugged Push to Talk phone designed for the most extreme conditions and support for Verizon Wireless’ EV-DO Rev. A network.The Motorola V750 has a well-crafted design with easy-to-use controls and offers you excellent call and music quality.
The V750 is a CDMA phone with PTT has a thin and rugged clamshell body.The feature-rich V750 offers a durable and reliable solution for Verizon Wireless Push to Talk customers with its military specifications for extreme conditions including shock, vibration, dust, solar radiation, high-temperature storage, high and low temperature operation and altitude.The Motorola Adventure V750 equipped with a large 2.2-inch high-resolution internal display, 1.6-inch external display and supports 65,000 colors.The V750 is included with 2 megapixel camera, memory card slot, large QVGA main display, large external display, stereo Bluetooth, and GPS navigation.
Verizon Wireless Push to Talk service leverages EV-DO Rev. A technology, which provides customers with fast two-way communication with one person or a group of people.The Motorola Adventure V750 location-based services, includes VZ Navigator and Field Force Manager as well as provides an average photo and streaming video quality.
Review: Samsung Glyde SCH-U940
The new Samsung Glyde SCH-U940 for Verizon Wireless is a powerful slider designed cell phone with decent performance. The Samsung Glyde has a lot of potential, with a smooth-sliding full-size QWERTY keyboard and a 2.8-inch touchscreen. The weighty feature set includes Bluetooth, a full HTML browser, GPS navigation, a 2.0-megapixel camera, and 3G. The Samsung Glyde is ready for the big fight in the market with the LG Voyager VX1000 and the AT&T’s iPhone.
The Samsung Glyde offers great call quality but its touch-screen design and controls don’t complement its features. The thick but still very compact bar-shaped 4.1-ounce Glyde measures 4 x 2 x .7 inches which comes with the midnight blue shell trimmed in chrome-colored plastic.The Glyde is featured with interactive touch screen where you’ll feel a small amount of tactile feedback and the slide-out keyboard design, slide-out QWERTY keyboard -a full alphabetic support keyboard, full HTML browser which provides view and bookmark option for all your favorite sites, and 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder.The Glyde is equipped with stereo Bluetooth, speaker independent voice recognition, a voice memo recorder, and instant messaging.Verizon’s VZ Navigator provides turn-by-turn directions and a host of other features.The Samsung Glyde SCH-U940 also supports Yahoo Mail, Windows Live, Gmail, and AOL Mail accounts.
Combat Between Sony and Samsung
The new Samsung phone, called Samsung i8510 INNOV8, is finally in the market so hat we would buy it. It is fully packs and loaded mobile with lots of goodies that it’s hard to decide where to start from. It’s not the first 8 mega pixel handset but it’s the best camera on a mobile phone so far and it’s also among the most loaded smart phones to see daylight. The Samsung i8510 INNOV8 speaks high-tech language.
The new Samsung i8510 INNOV8 comes with 8GB or 16GB internal memory option that can farther increase up to 8GB as an external card slot. This phone is 3G enabled phone with speed of 7.2 mb/s. It is also loaded with inbuilt Wi-Fi.Samsung i8510 INNOV8 main features
* General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/2100 MHz, GPRS/EDGE class 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
* Dimensions: 106.5 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm, 140 g
* Display: 2.8-inch 16M color TFT, QVGA resolution (240 x 320 pixels)
* Memory: 128 MB RAM, 8/16GB flash storage, hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
* OS: Symbian 9.3, S60 3rd edition UI, Feature Pack 2
* Still camera: 8 megapixel autofocus, mechanical shutter, automatic lens cover, dual Power LED flash, digital image stabilizer, geotagging, auto panorama shot, face detection, smile detection, blink detection
* Video camera: MPEG4 VGA@30fps, QVGA@120fps high-speed recording
* Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Wi-Fi with DLNA certification, 3.5mm audio jack, TV-out, universal microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS
* Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate, Optical touchpad, 3D hardware accelerator, DivX support, stereo speakers, DSP audio technology, FM radio with RDS
* Battery: Li-Ion 1200 mAh, Talk time: 8 h 30 min, Standby: 310 h
* Expected release date: August 2008
* Expected retail price: 750 euro (1170 US dollars)
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The new Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 is one of the latest high tech gadgets in the market. This new phone comes with auto focus enabled 3.2 mega pixel camera. In this mobile it is equipped with 400 MB internal memory with support pf 256MB ram and 512MB storage memory. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 comes with Qualcomm MSM7200 528MHz processor preforms apllication at very rapid rate.
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 weight only 158 g having size 110.5 x 52.6 x 17 mm. In this mobile it is featured with 3.0 inches TFT touchscreendisplay yhat is able to display 65K colors with the resolution of 800 x 480 pixels.
Specification
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 85/ 1900 / 2100
Announced 2008, February
Status Coming soon
Size Dimensions 110.5 x 52.6 x 17 mm
Weight 158 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 800 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Optical joystick navigation
Review: Samsung i8510 INNOV8
The new Samsung phone, called Samsung i8510 INNOV8, is finally in the market so hat we would buy it. It is fully packs and loaded mobile with lots of goodies that it’s hard to decide where to start from. It’s not the first 8 mega pixel handset but it’s the best camera on a mobile phone so far and it’s also among the most loaded smart phones to see daylight. The Samsung i8510 INNOV8 speaks high-tech language.
The new Samsung i8510 INNOV8 comes with 8GB or 16GB internal memory option that can farther increase up to 8GB as an external card slot. This phone is 3G enabled phone with speed of 7.2 mb/s. It is also loaded with inbuilt Wi-Fi.
Samsung i8510 INNOV8 main features
* General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/2100 MHz, GPRS/EDGE class 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
* Dimensions: 106.5 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm, 140 g
* Display: 2.8-inch 16M color TFT, QVGA resolution (240 x 320 pixels)
* Memory: 128 MB RAM, 8/16GB flash storage, hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
* OS: Symbian 9.3, S60 3rd edition UI, Feature Pack 2
* Still camera: 8 megapixel autofocus, mechanical shutter, automatic lens cover, dual Power LED flash, digital image stabilizer, geotagging, auto panorama shot, face detection, smile detection, blink detection
* Video camera: MPEG4 VGA@30fps, QVGA@120fps high-speed recording
* Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Wi-Fi with DLNA certification, 3.5mm audio jack, TV-out, universal microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS
* Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate, Optical touchpad, 3D hardware accelerator, DivX support, stereo speakers, DSP audio technology, FM radio with RDS
* Battery: Li-Ion 1200 mAh, Talk time: 8 h 30 min, Standby: 310 h
* Expected release date: August 2008
* Expected retail price: 750 euro (1170 US dollars)