Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini

Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a smaller and cheaper version of the Galaxy S III smartphone with the same screen size as the iPhone 5.

Samsung says the Galaxy S III mini features a screen measuring 4 inches diagonally, smaller than the Galaxy S III's 4.8 inch display but the same as Apple's iPhone 5, which was Apple's first upgrade of the iPhone screen size.

Samsung said the mini will be launched in Europe later this month but kept mum on schedules for other countries.

Samsung's German mobile shop lists the mini's price at 399 euros ($516) versus 550 euros ($711) for the cheapest S III.

The mini is powered by the latest version of Android software but does not support faster fourth-generation wireless networks.

Sony Xperia tipo dual shares SIMs, still fits in tiny pockets

It looks like Sony's not quite finished today, with two more phones sneaking out on its YouTube channel ahead of any official fanfare. The Xperia tipo dual (and its single-SIM version, the tipo) keep things small and simple, with a 3.2-inch 480 x 320 TFT screen and 800MHz Snapdragon processor. Both, however, will be running Ice Cream Sandwich out of the gate -- embarrassing Sony's bigger (presumably pricier) smartphones. The sub-100g (3.5-ounce) frame houses 3.2-megapixel camera and 2.5GB of user-accessible memory, expandable by microSD. A dedicated hardware key will switch the tipo dual between those SIMs, while you can also automate the phone to swap between them at different times of the day. There's no launch date or pricing yet, but you can take a video tour of both phones below.

Sony Xperia tipo dual

Source: Engadget.com

Sony Xperia Sola Features and Specifications

Sony Xperia Sola

http://www.todayupdates.com/mobile-phones/sony-xperia-sola-features-specifications/

• Introducing “floating touch” navigation for magic web browsing without touching the screen
• Easily open apps and launch actions in an instant with NFC and Xperia SmartTags
• Reality Display with Mobile Bravia engine and fast capture camera boosted by a powerful dual-core processor

13 March, London, United Kingdom – Sony Mobile Communications today announced Xperia™ sola* as the latest addition to its portfolio of Android powered Xperia smartphones.  Complete with Sony technology, premium entertainment and innovative floating touchTM navigation, the NFC enabled Xperia sola comes equipped with Xperia SmartTags, allowing consumers to change their smartphone’s settings and applications to fit their lifestyle in an instant. Xperia sola will be available to consumers globally in black, white and red in the second quarter.

A floating touch of magic
Making its smartphone debut exclusively on Xperia sola, Sony’s unique floating touch lets consumers navigate the web by hovering their finger above the screen so it acts like a moving curser, without actually having to touch the screen.  Once the desired link is found it can be highlighted and a simple tap will load the page.  Floating touch will evolve with new user functionality and applications through software updates and engagement with developers.

Calum MacDougall, Head of Xperia Marketing for Sony Mobile Communications, commented; “Xperia sola comes with the power of Sony and a sense of magic with floating touch, giving consumers a fun new way to browse the web and latest technology to show off. With Xperia SmartTags out of the box and access to the latest content through Sony Entertainment Network, Xperia sola is perfect for consumers looking for ease of use and the best in entertainment in a smart and innovative smartphone.”

Simplify the everyday with SmartTags
Xperia sola is NFC enabled and comes with two NFC Xperia SmartTags in the box as standard to simplify consumers’ everyday smartphone experiences. By touching an NFC Android smartphone on a SmartTag, a pre-configured profile in the smartphone will launch. The two SmartTags included with Xperia sola can be personalized with up to 10 commands. Out of the box one is ready for the living room to turn on Wi-Fi™ and launch Google™ news and weather apps, and the other one for the bedroom, which turns on the alarm and switches to silent mode. Xperia sola supports NFC pairing, allowing consumers to enjoy great connectivity with other NFC smartphones, applications and services by tapping their smartphones together.

Powerful entertainment anytime, anywhere
Xperia sola boasts razor sharp clarity with Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA® Engine, xLOUD™ and 3D surround sound audio technology delivering crisp and loud sound, and a 1GHz dual-core processor for super fast performance.  Xperia sola also comes with fast capture to take the camera from sleep to snap in a little over a second with a single key press.

Consumers can also access premium entertainment experiences with Sony Entertainment Network**, where they can watch the latest Hollywood blockbusters on Video Unlimited or listen to millions of songs*** through Music Unlimited.

Key features for Xperia sola

• Floating touch navigation for an easy web browsing experience
• NFC enabled and Xperia SmartTags in the box to enable quick app loading and easy content sharing
• 3.7” Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine gives razor sharp clarity
• Powered by a 1GHz Dual Core Processor for super fast browsing
• xLOUD and 3D surround sound audio technology for crisp and loud listening
• Direct access to Sony Entertainment Network* with pre-installed Video and Music Unlimited** apps
• Launches on Android platform 2.3, upgrade to Android 4.0 during summer 2012

* Xperia sola will be bought into the Italian market under the name “Sony Xperia™ sole” and in China P.R. under the name “Sony Xperia™ MT27i”
**Sony Entertainment Network services are subject to availability by region, please see www.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com for more details.
*** The number of available songs varies by region.

Xperia sola specifications
All services mentioned in this leaflet may not be available in every market.

Colours

• Black
• White
• Red

Facts

• Size: 116 x 59 x 9.9 mm
• Weight: 107 grams
• 1 GHz STE U8500 dual-core processor
• Google Android™ 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Camera

• 2D and 3D Sweep Panorama™
• 5 megapixel camera
• 16x digital zoom
• Auto focus
• Face detection
• Flash/Photo flash
• Geotagging
• HD video recording (720p)
• Red-eye reduction
• Self-timer
• Send to web
• Smile detection
• Video light
• Video recording

Music

• 3D surround sound
• Album art
• Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
• Clear bass
• Clear stereo
• Music Player
• PlayNow™ service
• SensMe™
• TrackID™ music recognition
• xLoud™ Experience

Internet

• Google play™
• Bookmarks
• floating touch™
• Google™ search
• Google Voice™ Search
• Google Maps™ for Mobile with
• Street view and Latitude™
• NeoReader™ barcode scanner
• Pan & zoom
• Web browser (WebKit™)

Communication

• 2 speakerphones
• Call list
• Conference calls
• Facebook™ application
• Facebook inside Xperia™
• Google Talk™ application
• Noise suppression
• Twitter™ (with Timescape™ integration)
• Xperia™ Timescape™

Messaging

• Conversations
• Email
• Google Mail™
• Instant messaging
• Multimedia messaging (MMS)
• Predictive text input
• Sound recorder
• Text messaging (SMS)

Design

• Auto rotation
• Gesture input
• Keyboard (on-screen, QWERTY)
• Live Wallpaper
• Picture wallpaper
• Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
• Screenshot capturing
• Touch screen

Entertainment

• 3D Album
• Accelerated Adobe Flash Video
• Media browser
• Motion gaming
• Radio (FM radio with RDS)
• Sony Entertainment Network
• Video streaming
• YouTube™

Organiser

• Airplane mode
• Alarm clock
• Calculator
• Calendar
• Contacts
• Document readers
• Notes
• Setup guide
• Stopwatch
• Tasks
• Timer

Connectivity

• 3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA)
• aGPS
• Bluetooth™ wireless technology
• DLNA Certified®
• Micro USB support
• Media Go™
• Media Transfer Protocol support
• Modem
• Native USB tethering
• NFC
• PC Companion
• Synchronisation via Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®
• USB High speed 2.0 support
• USB Host
• Wi-Fi®
• Wi-Fi® Hotspot functionality
• Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation

All services mentioned in this leaflet may not be available in every market.

Display

• 3.7” Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
• 854 x 480 pixels
• 16,000,000 colour TFT
• Scratch-resistant glass

Memory

• 8 GB internal storage (up to 5 GB user-accessible memory)
• microSD™ memory card slot (supporting up to 32GB)

Networks

• Quad EDGE/GSM/GPRS 850, 900, 1800
• W-CDMA Band I, II, V and VIII

Battery life

• Talk time GSM: Up to 6 hrs*
• Standby time GSM: Up to 470 hrs*

• Talk time UMTS: Up to 5 hrs*
• Standby time UMTS: Up to 475 hrs*

• Music listening time: Up to 40 hrs
• Video playback time: Up to 6 hrs

• Battery: 1320 mAh (built-in) typical, 1265 mAh minimum

*Values are according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique. Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configurations, and phone usage.

In the kit

• Xperia™ sola, embedded battery, 2 SmartTags, stereo headset, charger, micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer, and user documentation

Source: Sony

Nokia 808 PureView: 41 MP Camera Phone

It can not be overlooked. It's jaw dropping! Nokia has unveiled a new smartphone - the Nokia 808 PureView - at the MWC 2012, which has a 41 megapixel camera sensor with Carl Zeiss optics.

Yes, you read it right. It's 41 megapixel! As you might have speculated, the 41-megapixel sensor does not mean shooting pictures the size of billboards. Instead, it's about creating pictures at normal, manageable sizes.

It lets users shoot photos at different resolutions, say 2 megapixel, 3 megapixel, 5 megapixel, high resolution 8 megapixel or full resolution. The maximum resolution you can shoot at is 38 megapixels in 4:3 aspect ratio and 34 megapixels in 16:9 mode.

The large sensor enables pixel oversampling, which is explained in detail in the white paper (embedded below). But in a nutshell, it means the combination of many pixels into one perfect pixel. In other words, the camera can use oversampling to combine up to seven pixels into one "pure" pixel, thereby eliminating the visual noise.

PureView imaging technology is touted to be the result of many years of research and development and the tangible fruits of this work are excellent image quality, lossless zoom, and superior low light performance, said the company.

The phone comes equipped with a 1/1.2" sensor, which is approximately 2.5 larger than the sensor used in the Nokia N8.

Besides, the camera performance also extends to video. The camera allows for 1080p recording at 30fps, with 4X lossless zoom thanks to the big sensor and powerful image processing which is said to be handling over 1 billion pixels per second, as claimed by the company.

The phone has a Nokia Belle operating system and a 4-inch, ClearBlack AMOLED display underneath Gorilla Glass. Powered by a 1.3GHz processor, it has 16GB of internal user memory, with support for MicroSD cards up to 32GB to contain all the pictures and video you’ll be shooting.

Reportedly, the Nokia 808 PureView will be launched in May 2012.

Source:IBNLive

Samsung Galaxy Beam Versus Nokia 808 PureView

Samsung Galaxy Beam

Nokia 808 PureView

Samsung Galaxy Beam and Nokia 808 PureView are two great products from the Mobile World Congress 2012. The former is famous for its integration of a pico projector and the latter is featured for a massive 41-megapixel rear camera. Well, these two attributes are for the first time on some smartphones. Tech geeks were pretty excited to listen to the announcements of the new products from Samsung and Nokia, two leading mobile makers with the former recently topping the latter to become the top handset maker in world. Here, we compare specs and other features of the Galaxy Beam with the 808 PureView

Form factor

The Galaxy Beam is slimmer and lighter than the 808 PureView. It comes with a 12.5mm body that weighs at 145.3 grams, whereas the PureView has a 13.9mm body with 169 gram weight due to the massive camera sensor. But, when the length and height are concerned, the PureView (123.9 x 60.2) wins over the Beam that has the dimensions of 124 x 64.2 x 12.5mm.

Display screen

Both the Beam and PureView are to come with 4-inch displays. The Beam will have better screen resolution with 480 x 800 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen over the PureView, which will sport a 360 x 640 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen.

Processor, RAM and OS

Samsung has implanted a 1GHz Cortex-A9 processor inside its projector handset plus a huge 6GB of RAM. Meanwhile, Nokia has placed a more powerful 1.3GHz ARM 11 processor for its camera phone, certainly the world’s highest camera phone. The device mounts 1GB of ROM and 512 MB of RAM for additional juice. When it comes to the OS, the Beam is to come with Android OS version 2.3 (Gingerbread) and Ice Cream Sandwich will soon be there. The PureView, on the other hand, runs on Nokia’s own MeeGo OS.

Storage

Samsung only avails 8GB of internal memory with the Galaxy Beam, while Nokia has placed 16GB of onboard memory inside its 808 PureView. However, users can expand the memory up to 32GB with external memory sticks thanks to microSD slots.

Camera

This is the area where the 808 PureView overrules not only the Galaxy Beam, but all smartphones on earth till to date. The PureView breaks all records with a 41-mepaixel (38-megapixel effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels) rear camera, which can shoot video at 1080p. In addition, there is a VGA front camera for video chatting on the device. On the other hand, the Beam is to come with 5-megapixel 2592 x 1944 rear camera capable of shooting video at 720p. 1.3-megapixel secondary camera enables video chatting on the Beam.

Connectivity

Both the Galaxy Beam and 808 PureView share most of common connectivity features. They include HSDPA (14.4 Mbps), HSUPA (5.76 Mbps), 802.11 b/g/n W-Fi, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0 slots. But, the PureView has an additional support of UPnP technology.

Battery

The Beam packs in a Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery, when the PureView touts a Li-Ion 1400 mAh battery. Since both the devices have their own distinctive power savoring features, respectively a projector and a high res camera, we can’t tell anything about their possible battery performance until the devices are available in stores.

Special feature

Samsung has implemented an advanced pico projector on the top end (above the screen) of the Beam. This projector is capable to produce 15 lumen of brightness on any surface, whether it is your hand, wall, tabletop or ceiling. This feature will immensely help users show the contents in their phones to their friends and family in a nice way. Nokia, in the meantime, has embellished its phone with an unforeseen 41-megapixel sensor and resolution. The company has combined high-res sensors, Carl Zeiss optics and 4X lossless zoom to design this high performance rear camera.

Verdict

In fact, Galaxy Beam and 808 PureView don’t raise any challenge each other. They are only two high-end phones with different specialties; a projector and high-res camera. Customers will certainly be choosing any of these devices with an eye on their unique features, however.

Source: nvonews.com

Mobile Phone: Blackberry Storm Features and Specifications

Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000

Samsung W960 3D phone Specification, Features and Details

Samsung Electronics on its way to introduce its new 3D handset, named Samsung W960.The all new Samsung W960 handset helps you to watch 3D image on the handset.The Samsung W960 mobile phone is provided with a button that helps to switch between 2D to 3D mode.

Samsung W960 3D phone was previously named as Samsung AMOLED 3D made its first appearance about two months ago.New 3D handset from Samsung is designed to support GSM/HSDPA networks.The mobile phone also includes DNSe 2.0 and DivX support, along with HSDPA connectivity.

 

Samsung W960 3D phone comes equipped with a 3.2-inch touchscreen AMOLED display with resolution of 240×400 pixels and includes a TouchWIZ 2.0 UI.Other features that comes included with Samsung W960 handset includes 3.2MP camera with Xenon flash, e-dictionary, Bluetooth, Subway maps, an accelerometer and a TV tuner.

New Samsung W960 3D handset includes a  microSD card slot that supports up to 16GB memory.The handset weighs 121g with dimensions of 113.9×53.9×1913 mm.

The all new Samsung SCH-W960 3D phone is expected to be available in South Korea Market soon via SKT, KT and LGT.

Price and Features of Nokia N8

The new Nokia N8 is gearing up to take on the mobile phones market and is going to be released in a range of different colour schemes including the sleek Nokia N8 Black edition.Other colour variants in the range including a Blue, Green, Orange and Silver version.

The main touch screen measures a good 3.5 inches and offers OLED technology for a bright and clear display, there is also a comprehensive multimedia player as you would expect from the manufacturer as well as WiFi, HSDPA, 3.5G support and an expandable memory on top of the large 16GB internal offered.

The Black Nokia N8 is due for release in early September at a price tag of £320 as a SIM Free phone,The Nokia N8 features a 3.5” capacitive touchscreen, 12-megapixel camera, 720p video capture at 30 frames per second, HDMI output, and Video on-Demand through the Ovi Store. Aside from its camera centric focus, the N8 will be the first handset to offer Symbian^3.

With the Nokia N8, people can make compelling content, connect to their favorite social networks and delight in on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store apps. Additionally, the Nokia N8 offers the ability to make HD-quality videos and edit them with an intuitive built-in editing suite. The Nokia N8 comes with free global Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation, guiding people to places and points of interest in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Features at a glance:

• Screen size: 3.5"
• Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) OLED
• 16.7 million colours
• Capacitive touch screen
• Physical keys (Menu key, Power key, Lock key, volume keys, Camera key)
• Finger touch support for text input and UI control
• On-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard
• GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
• HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps
• WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
• TCP/IP support
• Capability to serve as data modem
• Bluetooth 3.0,HDMI
• internal memory: 16 GB
• MicroSD memory card slot provided can be upgrade up to 32 GB
• integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
• Ovi Maps with free car & pedestrian navigation
• Wi-Fi Positioning
• Compass and accelerometer for correct orientation of display
• 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
• Fullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy-to-use touchscreen parameters
• Video capture in 720p 25 fps with codecs H.264, MPEG-4
• Stereo FM radio
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-701
• BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery
• Talk-time of 720 mins(GSM) & 350 mins( WCDMA)
• Standby time of 390 h & 400 h respectievely
• Size: 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm
• Weight (with battery): 135 g

BlackBerry 9800 specs leaked

The slider will fall under the Bold line of devices with an HVGA display. it’s RIM’s next generation hybrid device featuring a full slide up QWERTY keyboard, and touchscreen.

The BlackBerry Slider 9800 handset looks pretty desirable as it runs BlackBerry OS 6, also it features a full physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard along with an optical trackpad and a touchscreen interface.

Other specifications are currently unknown,but it may feature a display with a resolution of 320 x 480 and 802.11n WiFi connectivity.There will be a 5 megapixel camera with Liquid lens technology.

Stay in touch we will keep you informed.

Features at a glance

• 3.2 inches with 360 x 480 pixels having 65K colors
• HSDPA & GSM facility is there
• Touch-sensitive optical trackpad
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• microSD slot, up to 16GB
• GPRS,EDGE,BLUETOOTH
• microUSB v2.0
• BlackBerry OS 6.0
• Li-Ion 1050 mAh battery

New Mobile phone Samsung Guru 1175

Samsung Mobile strengthened its popular Guru series with another entry level mobile phone called Samsung Guru 1175. Guru 1175 is stylish curvy device and is an ergonomically designed handset with bucket full of features.

The Guru 1175 by Samsung comes with 1 MB memory, 1000 phone book entries, 500 SMSes and includes FM radio with up to 24 hours playtime. The latest addition to the Guru Series by Samsung, Guru 1175 comes with an advanced mobile tracker, bright Torch Light that can be used for 28 hours continuously and 9 regional language display.

The phone is also equipped with features like fake call and SOS messages. The phones comes with a 1000 mAh battery that offers a talk time of upto 12 hours & a standby time of 650 hours. The Samsung Guru 1175 also offers games, such as Carrom, Sudoku, Cricket, and Super Jewel Quest. The phone looks quite decent, with a patterned battery cover.

The Guru 1175 from Samsung comes with a unique bike mode feature that comes very handy for bikers on the move. Through this function the user can set important contacts and will be notified only about these calls while driving, he can also receive calls without using the receive button.

The Samsung Guru 1175 also features 40 polyphonic ringtones and voice keynotes. The Samsung Guru 1175 bar phone now in India with a price tag of INR 1690/-

Nokia three new 3G enabled mobile phones in India E52, 6700 Slide and 7230

Nokia has introduced three new 3G enabled mobile phones in India - E52, 6700 Slide and 7230. These phones are compatible with the UMTS/3G networks and will have a social networking flavor in them. Both Nokia 6700 and 7230 are slider phones while E52 has a candy bar form factor. All three phones are 3G-enabled and fall in mid-range price bracket.

Nokia E52:

The Slim and sleek E52 has 2.4-inch QVGA display with up to 16 million color support. This phone has 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and also has built-in A-GPS as well as Nokia Maps support. Nokia E52 has social networking apps integrated and supports Windows Live, Yahoo!, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. Apart from that, the E52 supports Mail for Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes Traveler, Nokia Messaging, POP/IMAP and select third party solutions. E52 has up to 60MB internal memory which is expandable with up to 16GB microSD card. This candybar type phone comes with the following color options Aluminium, Metal Grey Aluminium. The Nokia E52 comes with Li-Ion 1500 mAh providing a stand by time of 672 hours & talk time of 8 hours.

Nokia E52 would be available in India for about Rs. 12,400 and might be offered in four colors options.
Features at a glance:

• 2.4-inch QVGA display with up to 16 million color
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• built-in A-GPS
• social networking apps
• up to 60MB internal memory upgradeable upto 16GB using microSD card
• dimension of 116 x 49 x 9.9 mm weighting 98 gms.

Nokia 6700 Slide:

Nokia 6700 Slide comes with 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss optics autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and has a dedicated camera button.

This phone comes with Symbian S60 9.3 third edition with feature pack 2. With 60MB internal memory, this phone can hold up to 16GB usable to store music and video. Nokia has also added FM radio and the music playtime of this phone is claimed to be 29 hours but offers 2.5mm audio port unfortunately. This 6700 Slide has 5-way navigational D-pad like key in the centre. These multimedia features may attract many but this phone offers talk-time of 4 hours in GSM mode, 3 hours in 3G mode and 12 hours standby.

The Nokia 6700 measures 96mm in height, 46mm wide and 16mm thick and weighs 110 grams. Presently available in two colors- pink and aluminium- the slider phone's compact size fits it easily into a pocket or purse. Additionally it has a WiFi and bluetooth connectivity.

It is pleasant to use thanks to its modern design and compact size fits easily into a pocket or purse.Nokia will sell 6700 Slide for Rs. 11, 500 approx. in India and would be available in six colors.

Features at a glance:

• Symbian S60 9.3 third edition
• 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss optics autofocus camera
• 60MB internal memory upgradeable upto 16GB using microSD card
• added FM radio & 2.5mm audio port
• 5-way navigational D-pad like key
• talk-time of 4 hours in GSM mode, 3 hours in 3G mode and 12 hours standby
• dimension of 96 X 46 X 16mm & weighs 110 grams
• a WiFi and bluetooth connectivity

Nokia 7230:
Nokia 7230 which is a 3G enabled smartphone that runs Symbian S40 OS comes with 3.2-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom & is capable of recording video at 15 frames per second. Offering 3.5mm audio port, the 7230 has Stereo FM built-in. Nokia offers 2GB microSD card free with this phone as it has 45MB of internal memory and capable of holding up to 16GB microSD card. It offers up to 5 hours talk time on 2G and 3 hours of talk time on 3G networks.

The Nokia 7230 offers picture sharing, messaging and social networking among other regular features. With a compact build, the phone allows you to browse your photos and stay in touch with your friends. It also boasts of an attractively framed, large and vivid 2.4″ colour screen. This phone allows you to access social networks easily, use email and instant messaging services, and share your photos online quickly and easily - upload to services like Vox and Flickr - and share with your friends and family while you are on the move.

The Nokia 7230 has colourful looks and offers effortless picture sharing, messaging and social networking. The Nokia 7230 has a compact form, excellent build quality and feels good in your hand. Enjoy the reassuring feel of premium metal elements – with accented details and subtle lighting effects. It is light weighed phone and weighs 100 gms. The phone is available in graphite and hot pink color.

Nokia 7230 would be available in India for about Rs. 7,000.

Features at a glance:

• vivid 2.4″ colour screen
• runs Symbian S40 OS
• 3.2-megapixel camera
• 3.5mm audio port & has Stereo FM built-in
• 45MB of internal memory upgradeable upto 16GB using microSD card
• 5 hours talk time on 2G and 3 hours of talk time on 3G networks

LG Cookie and Lollipop phones available in new colors

Thanks to the success of the Cookie series, LG have decided to give back something to its Korean fans. They have come up with two new exciting colors for the series: Titan Gray and Black Gold. Both look absolutely bold and unisexual and can possibly get the Cookie a new audience altogether. It will come with a 3 inch WQVGA touch screen with Widget UI, a 3MP camera, Bluetooth, FM radio and a media player. Also, LG has dropped upon us two new shades for the Lollipop, and as we could expect it to be, they are bright and dashing. Hot Red and Citron Green is something that really relates to the audience that the LG Lollipop connects to.

Surely, this indicates that LG has been concentrating on improvements to existing versions of their phones, in addition to putting in some new releases. Nice!

Nokia Announces Three New Budget Phones: Nokia 7020 Flip, Nokia 2730 Classic and Nokia 2720 Fold

Nokia has announced their latest release in Finland on 18th May 2009. Surprisingly all the three newbies are mid-budget models, yet fully loaded with hi-end features. The best part of these newcomers is the comparatively lower price; all of them come with less than $135 price tag without any contract. These newfangled gadgets are dubbed Nokia 7020 Mobile Phone, Nokia 2720 Mobile Phone and Nokia 2730 Mobile Phone. Let us go, take a brief glance into these fresh units!!!

Nokia 7020 Flip Mobile Phone is the cute clamshell model that comes in hot pink and graphite shades. It sports a 2MP camera, speaker phone and a competent music player too. This compact mobile phone comes with GPRS and EDGE Technology to avail good connectivity. Nokia Maps are pre-loaded in this handset to avail GPS functionalities. Apart from the charger and connectivity cable, one gets a 2GB micro SD card along with this mobile phone.

Voice commands is realised in this mobile phone to make things easy and faster. This hand-held unit also features a personal organiser and wireless web browser. Messaging and e-mailing is quite simpler with 7020 flipper mobile phone! Moreover it is a quad band phone, and comes with 2.2” TFT display. In this cell phone one can organise the mails or text messages without any hassle with a single gentle tap in the secondary screen.

Nokia 2730 Classic Mobile Phone is the top scale version among the freshly launched trio. The major high spot of this unit is the 3G Support, that helps to provide fast internet access. It helps one to stay connected with the network anytime; moreover an affordable 3G phone may excite many of us, especially social media obsessives!!! This quad band GSM phone is capable of supporting all the four WCDMA bands, which makes it a “truely global” device. This mobile sports 2 MP camera, PC syncing, personal organiser and lots more exciting features.

GPS with Nokia Maps is yet another interesting feature of this handset. This candybar model is bluetooth compatible, and also sports a 3.5mm audio jack. Although 2GB memory card is provided with this gizmo, one can up the memory of this unit with the help of microSD cards. It also features a speaker phone, simple texting and e-mailing, an efficient music player and a wireless web browser as well.

Nokia 2720 Fold Mobile Phone takes us back to the flip-phone world. Nokia has taken the bold step of adding luxury to the entry level mobile phones; 2720 clamshell phone is one good example for it. Although it is a basic phone, it sports all major features like EDGE, GPRS, Nokia LifeTools, Ovi Mails, etc. The rich glossy finish dubbed “mirror effect design” adds dashing elegance to this mobile phone. The secondary display disguises as a smart glossy mirror, and with a soft touch in the side volume key it will spring back to life to display the calls and mails.

Available in two different colours(Deep Red and Plain Black), this smart device features 1.3MPcamera, a wireless web browser, Bluetooth, a music player, FM Radio, voice recorder, speaker phone, and also gives easy access to the useful info like agricultural tips and educational services without accessing the internet. Moreover it can operate in both the dual band versions named GSM 850/1900 and GSM900/1800. This mobile phone is mainly focusing the emerging markets in rural communities.

These newbies are expected to be available all over the world by third quarter of 2009.

Video: Browsing Speed Comparison Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS

Comparison video between Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS, comparing the web browsing speed on their built-in browser.

I guess i’ve posted many comparison videos between these smartphones here. So, you guys can always hit a search to see the other videos.

Anyways, let’s check out this video.

Video: HTC Hero vs iPhone 3GS

What’s up guys! Here’s another comparison videos for us to enjoy. This time is between HTC Hero vs iPhone 3GS, and these nice videos are from the phonedog team.

Curious about the result from these two? Let’s jump in and enjoy the videos.

Comparison Part 1

LG BL40 Chocolate Black Label Photos

The LG BL40 Chocolate comes with a 4″ touchscreen display at a wide 21:9 aspect ratio and 800×345 pixels resolution, which definetely much wider than our regular HDTV. This wide multi-touch display will be protected with a hard tempered scratch-resistant glass. Also, the LG BL40 Chocolate runs on a S-Class UI along with the 3G-HSDPA 7.2Mbps support, Wi-Fi, and A-GPS. On the back, the LG BL40 Chocolate is armed with a 5 megapixel camera.

Nokia Surge 6760 Photos

First of, i think i’ve made a mistake on this phone’s name. Before this one got official, i’ve known this device as the Nokia 6790 Surge. But after Nokia announced this phone, it’s called the Nokia 6760 Surge eversince. So, i’m really sorry for that.

Okay, back to the device. Here are some new live photos of the Nokia 6760 Surge.

New Music Phone from Nokia - The Nokia 5320 Xpress Music

The newly launched music centered handsets from Nokia — the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic. The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is a Symbian S60 smartphone, while the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is a S40 UI candybar musicphone with an untraditionally design.

This 3G-HSDPA enabled musicphone offers lots of music features; including dedicated music keys, 3.5mm audio-jack, Bluetooth with A2DP, a dedicated audio-chip which was claimed would produce better audio quality, powered by powerful battery promising 24 hours of music playing, microSD cardslot for additional storage up to 8GB.

The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic features a new application called “Say and Play”, which is a voice controlled feature. With this feature, users will only need to say the artist’s name then the phone will search and play the track. It’s actually a cool feature. What’s more is the SMS reader, which will do a text-to-speech to your sms.

Not only on music, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic also focused on mobile-gaming. For the purpose, an optimized 8-way D-Pad and 2″ 16M TFT color display at QVGA resolution are packed to give a great gaming experience. And also, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is armed with a 2 megapixel camera (no auto-focus) and a microUSB port. In addition, it’s pre-installed with Yahoo! Go, Yahoo! Messenger, Flash Lite 3.0 support, Windows Live, Flickr, etc

The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic will start selling in Q3 2008 at around 220euro, available in Black-Blue and Black-Red color version.

Here’s a quick review video of The Nokia 5320 Xpress Music

Nokia 5220 Xpress Music Phone Review and Video

The newly launched music centered handsets from Nokia — the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic. While the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is a Symbian S60 smartphone, the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is a S40 UI candybar musicphone with an untraditionally design.

Though it’s not as smart as its brother — the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic — the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic offers a unique asymmetrical shape design on its clean-smooth slim body at only 10.55 thick.

And ofcourse, being a music oriented device, the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is packed with lots of cool features; including the light-effects that pulse rhytmically with the music, a 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth with A2DP profile, FM radio, microSD card-slot which can be use to expand the storage space up to 2GB for your music and videos, some dedicated music keys, also a powerful battery promising up to 24 hours of music playing.

The Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is also armed with a 2 megapixel camera, 2″ QVGA 262k TFT color display, and microUSB port. But there’s more! An organic wallpaper that will automatically changes based on the time of the day. And oh! It’s pre-installed with Yahoo! Go, Yahoo! Ready and Opera mini which support for flash website. I believe all of you guys love YouTube, right?

Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is scheduled to hit the market in Q3 2008, at around 160euro (before subsidies and taxes).

Check the review video below.

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