Latest LG Phones - The Remarq Turquoise, Review

"The Turquoise Remarq is another latest phone from LG and just by looking at its physical expressions one can tell that anyone who's heavily involved in typing on mobile phones are gonna love it. The rounded + the wide attributes gives room to a nice and comfortable keypad to be included by default. The digital-camera is however is a bit of a disappointment with this latest LG phone."


The camera is a 1.3 megapixel powered and is not capable of racing with other devices by any means. However, it didn't perform well when capturing images with reasonable quality. You can use it to upload them to your Facebook account or any other social media services. It's capable of capturing pictures in 3 different resolution settings.

The phone is 3.5 inches (the height), 2.5 inch in width and 0.6 inches thick. The manufacture "talks" highly about its being Eco-friendly. They say over 19-20% of the cover or the skin of this new phone is made out of recycled materials. And over 87% of the handset is reusable and manufactured according to the Energy-star standards. Anyway, including the battery it weights around 3.8 oz. The screen is a 2.5" area with a display resolution of 240 x 320. The applications and graphics looks nice and sharp but the color depth is set at 262k. But after considering the low price and its performance its not something to really worry about. 

On the side of the phone there is a microSD slot for memory upgrades (max 16GB). The usable memory is 22MB. And also an USB output for data syncing such as using a computer. The Bluetooth 2.1 is also included for connectivity. And as said earlier the key-pad is quite spacious (worth mentioning the big space-bar and enter keys) which make the typing easy on this latest LG phone. There are keys for Emoticons which are gonna come in handy for IM and Twitter type fans + the availability of the back-lit technology.

The Turquoise phone includes a contact saving utility which is capable of storing up 600 of your information. And the support for e-mail services such as Yahoo, G-mail, AOL, MS-Outlook and many others (POP and SMPT protocols).

It also has a reasonable music player with playlists, tag-editing, equalizer etc. Popular formats such as MP3, WMA, WAV etc can be played through it. The output audio was also good but certainly not the best when comparing with Sony Ericsson Vivaz for example. The overall calls had decent clearness but the people on the other end had few buzzes coming out through this latest mobile phone.

There are few other software such as a world clock, alarm, currency converter, web-browser, etc. For network technologies there are CDMA and GPS (with good accuracy). The battery possesses 5.5 hours in talk-time and the standby time is set at 7 days. So to wrap things up if you can cope with the VGA unit and the lack of 3G and WiFi but loves to have a spacious typing-pad around then this latest LG phone won't disappoint you.

The Latest Nokia N8 - A Review

"The N8 from Nokia is more likely a latest camera phone because of the whooping 12 Megapixel digital camera it consists of. It may not be the world slimmest phone (well not that thick either) but as a personal preference I like devices that are a bit thick. Because they are easy to grip, especially while typing. But the non removable battery is really a big disappointment."



There are multiple color choices with the N8 such as, Black, Red and few others which may differ according to the purchasing country. Its  4.47 inches long, 2.32 inches in width and 0.51 inches in depth. With the battery inside it weights around 4.76 ounces.

The display is big (3.5"). One of key aspects of Nokia phones is that when it comes to color depth most of the time they make sure to build them around 16 Million depth mark. Some may not see much of a difference especially if the screen is small. But the more it gets bigger the more the color-depths should go up otherwise (if you have a sharp eye) pictures and web pages will miss the most of their "beauty". Anyhow this latest phone model the N8s' has a 16:9 nHD touch sensitive surface with a 640x360 resolution. It consists of, starting from, ambient light sensor, accelerometer to a manometer (just to name a few).

The camera as pointed out earlier is one of the main features with this unit. Its a 12 MPX powered with a digital zooming capability of 3x. The 3x-zoom may not look like a lot, but keep in mind of the staggering capturing horse power of the phone "three" is a big number. There is also a front device with a 640x480 pixels for video calling facility. Captured pictures are stored in JPEG or EXIF formats. Other features such as flash, smile-detection, auto focus, etc are there also. Another popular feature is the Geo-tagging which enables you to automatically insert the location with the help of GPS is also there. Its capable of taking HD videos with 720p pixel-resolution and even playing them . There is also a TV-output.Thanks to the processor which runs at close to 1GHZ (coupled with another GPU)  there are no fuzzy or dragging "effects". The playback is really smooth. The picture and the video quality was great in N8 like with the Nokia X6.



There is a 16GB of memory embedded and another slot (microSD) is available for expansions in the future up to a maximum of 32GB. Three is a FM radio and the audio playback includes - mp3, WMA, MIDI, AAC, eAAC/+ and AMR. The output quality of the sounds were excellent. The overall call clearness was really good and should receive some credits also. 

The refreshed interface of the latest Symbian 3.0 looks eye catchy. Nokia N8 is the worlds first phone which is powered by the Symbian 3.0 version. There are many widgets for everyday use (calender, clocks, etc.). This mobile phone consists of rich wireless network solutions such as HSDPA, WCDMA, WiFi and the Bluetooth 2.0 is also there.

One of the concerning things about the device is the phone battery (1200 mAH). According to the manufacture it has a talk time of 12 hours. The standby time is roughly around 16 days. This is certainly not bad but the battery power strength is seems a bit low. But again according to the company this is a "power friendly" device. Anyway other than that that Nokia-N8 is a sexy looking latest camera phone.

Samsung Smiley - SGH-t359, Review

"The Smiley SGH-t359 is a slide type mobile phone from the mobile giant Samsung. It's apparent that it's meant to be used in heavy typing. Anyhow one of the most disappointing things about the phone is the poor camera (1.3 MPX). But the overall design and the physical appearance certainly looks beautiful."



As mentioned earlier the digital-camera is a 1.3 megapixel unit with a screen resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and a 2x zooming capacity. To take pictures you'll need to open the unit first. The 262k color depth does a good job and it seems the default color choice or the theme is optimized for "hiding" some of the colors that may jeopardize the "beauty" of the look n feel otherwise.





The Samsung Smiley SGH-t359 looks round and small until you slide it out. The QWERTY key pad looks good. But the apparent problem is the size. This again could be more of a personal problem but it would have been better if it was a bit larger. It also misses some shortcut keys too. But that being said it's not a bad choice when it to typing (especially if you have small and "slim" fingers - good news for girls!).

Its 3.92 inches long, 2.34 inches wide and .59 inches thick. The weight is around 3.98 ounces (well lets say 4 ounces). It's covered by a plastic skin and there are no multiple color choices either. This phone is a great looking device actually coupled with some nicely rounded corners.

The memory available is limited around 50 Megabytes which is pretty low considering the latest phones in today's market. But it can be expanded through the MicroSD slot in the future (up to 16GB). The contacts can hold up to 1000 user entries including address, e-mails, etc.

Samsung Smiley SGH-t359 also include other useful applications such as a calender, alarm clock, currency converter, etc. The Bluetooth 2.0 and WiFi are included for wireless network solutions. But it lacks the popular 3G. This may not be much of a problem if you travel within hot-spots frequently, but it should have been there for more smooth Internet experience. Talking about the web, the included HTML browser ( web2go) performs well. There is also a zooming button for page-zooming. But it feels like the screen is pretty much wasted with the non-touch-sensitive surface and there is no space for utilities such as the Swype (a software which can be used to type fast on touch-screen phones). Yahoo, G-mail, AOL, etc - mail clients are supported by default. And Facebook and Twitter are also available through "Samsungs-Social-Buzz".

The call quality (including the clarity) is also very satisfying with this latest mobile phone. The speakers are capable of giving clear and loud audio outputs. The included network is the GSM operating at 850/900/1800/1900 MHz frequency levels.


The battery life of the phone is around 5.5 hours and the standby time is  300 hours or around 12-13 days. Anyway if you can cope with the absence of 3G and a small keyboard the Samsung Smiley SGH-t359 won't dissatisfy you. But if you want a phone with rich-wireless solutions and touch sensitive screens, etc (eg- Samsung Captivate - SGH-i897) then Samsung Smiley is not for you.

Nokia X6 Phone - Review

"While many other mobile phone manufactures trying to achieve more "slimness" in their models Nokia on the other hand introduce devices like the Nokia X6 for example that are a bit thick. It may not look that "sexy" on the out side but as many experts pointed out many times in practical use (such as typing) the thickness can come in handy. One of the main aspects of this phone is the inbuilt memory capacity of 16GB, but when the X6 was first introduced it didn't include such monstrous storage data capacity."

Not just the memory support there are few other major improvements that come with this latest phone. The screen color depth of 16Million for example. Now one may think that many other manufactures also embed such high quality color-depths. Yes but let's take Blackberry for example, most of their version of smart-phones do not come with 16M-colors. Anyway back to the specifications again,




The screen consists of a 3.2" area with a 640x360 nHD resolution in pixels. As said earlier the devices is a bit thick which is set at .54 inches (L - 4.37, W - 2). The display is a 16:9 (wide)-screen coupled with the popular accelerometer (rotate the phone the display automatically rotates - there are some people who might not know that ok - no disrespect intended).                                  

There is no Key-pad (physical), since its a touch-screen Nokia has decided to go for a touch-keypad. The buttons and the overall key ares does a good job when it comes to typing. But it would have been nice if the buttons were a bit bigger. There are numerous finger-tip functions that are available with the Nokia X6 such as screen-zooming (finger double tap) etc. If they can give the end users typing utilities such as the Swype like with the Samsung Captivate - SGH-i897 the overall speed could be much higher. Let's hope it'll available in the future.

Thanks to fast internet access through high speed 3G connections the web experience is very satisfying. The browser loads page pretty quickly and some smooth video (Youtube etc) playback too. But there were some drawbacks (such as browser crashes) while accessing heavy detailed web pages including flash files. Hopefully this could be due to software errors and let's hope they'll provide updates for them. By default there are WCDMA, HSDPA (max download speed 3.6 Mbps) and for connectivity Bluetooth 2.0 and USB for PC to phone sync is available. With the help of the Nokia PC suite the Nokia X6 can easily be used as a modem for your laptops or PCs. WiFi is also included.

When it comes to producing quality pictures the 5MPX camera is one of the best. The highest image resolutions is 2592 x 1944. The digital zooming is set at 4x and other functions include auto-focus, LED flash (2), self time and scene modes are just to name a few. The video capturing is also very impressive. Even though comparing with other latest phones out there it may not the best. But certainly the 640x480 at 30 fps should be more than enough for the most of us.



When it comes to the multimedia support Nokia has always been one of the best. While Apple is forcefully trying to hold their users to "their" formats the X6 supports wide variety of formats such as MPEG4-AVC playback 30 fps QVGA, WMV9 playback 30 fps QVGA, MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps nHD. And audio codecs include mp3, SPMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA. The overall multimedia experience was really good. Oh there is also a FM stereo radio available too.

The battery (according to the manufacture) supports up to 17 days for standby. And the talk time is more than 11 hours (using GSM) and it's reduced to 6 when using WCDMA.

So all in all this is a great phone from the famous manufacture, if they can send some updated web-browser and fix few other software errors the Nokia X6 (even the price is reasonable) could be a handy choice also concerning the cell phones' battery life.

Swype - How to Type Faster on a Mobile Phone

Swype - Type fast on your Touch-Sensitive Smart Phone,

Most of the mobile devices these days seem to go for a touch-type screen rather than the old physical button layout and other functional keys. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Anyhow when it comes to typing on a phone few advantage of using a "virtual" key-pad are the ability to customize, fix bugs, change button size, arrangements etc. But one of the most important of all the advantages is the flexibility it gives the mobile phone designers and engineer to introduce new and efficient ways to make the typing faster.

So is it (Swype) any better?

Well, the traditional method of touch-typing on a phone is done simply by finger contacts on the display screen. So is with the new method. But the only difference is that, when typing rather than move your fingers all over from that button to this, Swype lets you simply "drag" the keys and build words. If you're a touch typist then you're aware of the fact that our fingers feel really uncomfortable jumping from this to that, it's human nature, I think. But simple dragging (without much of a finger raise) can make you feels at ease almost immediately. But let me remind you than to get used to this method takes a bit of a time, but according to results (there are still some good and bad attributes) it performs better than the traditional method (over 40 WPM - according to the company, anyway). 

The Swype software is not available for all platforms currently and only comes only with some latest smart phones only. But if it gets popular and some attention from the community then it "could" be available for almost all mobile platforms such Samsung, Nokia, iPhone, etc(since its a software this can easily be achieved).

Currently it comes with certain models and only seems to support Android OS and if you're a Droid X fan then you already have it (if not simply visit the site below and get it). But as said earlier things can change dramatically in the future. For example more and more Facebook and Twitter apps are (demanded by users) embedded in latest phones and people need ways to type faster on phones, so lets see what the Swype has to offer to us in the future.

To know more about the technology and availability please visit this site -> Swype - Touchtype

Samsung Captivate - SGH-i897, Latest Phones News

This is another latest phone arrival from Samsung. Just by having a glance at it you can feel that it's an iPhone "type" device. The Captivate (SGH-i897) is powered by Android 2.1 version + 16 Million colors. The resolution is not as high as the iPhone but its 4 inch with 480x800 pixels powered by AMOLED technology is looking gorgeous.


The Captivate weights around 4.5 ounces (+ battery). In dimensions, 4.18 (L), 2.5 (W) and almost .4 inches in depth (0.39). As said earlier the screen resolution is really high and the 4" touch space should be more than enough to web browsing (I mean especially facebook), Typing etc.

The camera is a 5 Megapixels unit. The digital zoom is set at 4x, auto-focus and include many more shot-modes (smile detection, action shot, cartoon, etc...). The video files supported are include MPEG4, AAC/C+, H.263 and H.264. AAC/MIDI/MP3,WMA and XMF are the supported audio formats. There are 40 polyphonic ring-tones comes loaded by default.

Mobile TV - This seems te be getting more and more into new phones (especially with Samsung phones). Bluetooth, USB interface, WiFi, A-GPS (a handset based GPS system) and also a TV-out.

There is also a 16GB of a ROM and 512MB RAM. The microSD slot supports up to 32 Gigabytes of maximum memory upgrade. The Samsung Captivate SGH-i897s'battery is capable of 5 hours and 50 mins (according to Samsung) and 300 hours of stand-by time duration.

One thing about the key-pad,

The technology is called Swype, the QWERTY keyboard with this technology make typing easier. It actually a touching techniques and if you followed the link there are few video tips for beginners. But remember as for now only Swype certified devices (or business partners to be accurate) are bundled with the utility (yep it's a software). Because of this reason in the future it should be available to download for any smart and touch sensitive screen. According to the inventor after some practice users can achieve up to 40 WPM ! (yes that's right) on their phone.

Anyway I hope this information was helpful to you and I will shortly create a post about the Swype technology. Thank you.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz - Review,

Sony Ericsson Vivaz  Review

"This phone was released by Sony Ericsson in the early 2010. One of the main features with this latest phone the Vivaz is the screen and the 8.1 MPX camera which support HD resolution picture capturing. And also the ability to connect TV to the phone directly is a main features even though it's not a breathtaking one as many new units seems to embed it."

The weight is around 97 grams (with the battery). The size of the phone is as follows. 107 mm (L), 52mm (W) and 12.5 mm thick. The screen resolution is also good but not certainly one of the highest like in the Samsung Vibrant (SGH-t959).With a resolution of 360x640 (wide-screen 16:9) coupled with 16 million colors of TFT display, certainly the graphics look sharp and the brightness is also good.

There are four choices in colors such as Black, Moon Silver, Blue and the Ruby. The default memory is  75MB through the Micro-SD slot upgradable up to 32 Gigabytes. The networks include EDGE/GSM/GPRS/HSPA/UMTS. For connectivity there is WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 version (high speed)


The scratch resistance surface is good but sometimes it feels like they've concentrated too much on the surface and as a result it a  there is a bit of a hardness on the surface. But this is not anything to worry about.

The camera consists of 8.1 Mega-pixles and is easily capable of taking pictures of HD standards. Other features include Auto focus, Touch sensitive, HD-video recording (720p), LED flash, Geo tags (automatically tags the location into the pictures) and smile detection. Oh and the 4x zoom is also included in the Samsung Vivaz. This can be used even while the phone is "lock-ed". And the ability to switch between wide screen (16:9) and 4:3 is also there. But remember when using geo-tagging the battery tends to drain faster as it requires some reasonable power from the device. So when not necessary make sure to disable it. And the overall image quality is excellent. But the negation of a front camera waste the video calling abilities which is another disappointment.

The key-pad is a bit frustrating and the keyboard is not fully visible while using some applications. But this again can be fixed in the Vivaz through an OS or software update from Samsung. Again as with the most latest phones these days the twitter and the Facebook functions are accessible through the "home screen". Again while using the social web sites the non fully visible key-pad is really annoying not to mention one really need to use the typing functions in such occasions.

The processor runs at 750MHz and does performs well while giving short delays when using simultaneous applications. The web-browser loads web-pages quickly thanks to the 3G/WiFi wireless networks. It plays Youtube with HD/SD resolutions (not the all highHDs) smoothly but crashed few times. Another main error was that the Sony Ericsson Vivaz never seems to save the last used network settings (such as 3g or WiFi). These may be due to a software error (hopefully) have to wait for updates to see if we're or not.

The media player is a pleasant app to use and the overall audio output is very satisfying + the call quality. The phone battery support 13 Hours of talks time and 430 Hrs of stand-by usage. So anyway this is really a good phone and most of the problems are fixable through software updates so if you're thinking about buying it just wait for some bug-free updates for the Vivaz.

Samsung Vibrant (SGH-t959) - Latest Phones News

Samsung Vibrant SGH-t959 a brief review before the release!

This is another latest phone from Samsung. The Samsung Vibrant is due to be released on 21 of July. This phone is also seems to concentrate on the the HD video recording according to the phone giant. Anyway, let's see how the hardware specifications first,

Dimensions       - 4.82 inches (L), 2.54 inch (W) and 0.39 inches thick. This is a bit slimmer-type model. Once the battery is inside it weights around 4.16 ounces.

Display             - 480 x 800 in pixels. So the resolution is really good. There are no color depth news yet but most probably it should be around 16 million mark or else it can seriously hurt the marketing campaign for sure. The screen is a 4 inches and an AMOLED powered touch screen.

Operating System  - The OS is Android (2.1 is the current latest version but if they release some updates the version may change)

Camera             - 5 Mega-pixels unit with HD capturing abilities

Battery              - Talk time 6.5 hours and a standby time of 18 days

Other main features of the latest Samsung SGH - t959 phone includes Video messaging, and the mobile TV function is also really exciting. What this means is that, users can input high quality TV (they're talking about DMB type wireless video broadcasting) station to this latest phone and view them live!.

The GPS service and Bluetooth 2.0 + WiFi will also be available with the phone. There is also a TV-out jack for giving phone inputs to your tv. Anyway they talk highly about AMOLED screen and its abilities such as the anti-reflect to sunlight etc which can only be known once it's released.


* Great Social network support

Another main concern with the unit is the embedded social web-browsing. Popular services like Facebook, twitter are compatible with it and also many email clients such as G-mail and Yahoo too.

The camera seems very impressive according to Samsung. It comes with a preloaded 2GB memory card and can record HD (720p) resolution videos through it (LED and auto-focus are also included). The maximum memory is set at 32GB thorough M-SD. The default Mobile-tv android apps will give the user to watch more than 30 Live (NBC, ESPN etc) channels on the go. Another app which is becoming popular  is the Amazon-kindle which let you download huge collection of e-books is also included with the Samsung Vibrant SGH-t959.

Vibrant is also 20% less power hungry (according to the manufacture) than its predecessors (e:g-Samsung - Comeback SGH-T559)  and this is not achieved though slowing down the processor as it includes a 1GHz processor (codenamed-humming-bird). Anyway as said earlier it's too early to say anything until it's released, let's see if the Samsung Vibrant SGH-t959 can keep up to its promises!

HTC EVO 4G Phone - A Review

HTC EVO - World's First 4G powered mobile phone!


"HTC is coming hard at all the 4G latest phones out there. Nexus One, Droid series, HTC Smart etc.. they're gaining some serious attention from the mobile phone community. As the name suggest this is the first time ever that 4G was introduced in a phone."


As usual let me brief the hardware specifications first,

Dimensions       - Its 4.8 inch in length, 2.6 inches wide and 0.5 inches thick

Weight              - The total weight of the EVO 4G is 6 oz (that's including the battery)

Camera             - 8 Megapixels with auto focus, two flashing LEDs and a 1.3 MPX front camera-unit for video calling

Memory            - It comes with a 1GB of ROM (read only) and 512MB of RAM (read/write). It can be upgraded in the future using a microSD slot and by default there's a 8GB card is included with the package (max supported up to 32GB)

Networks          - CDMA operating at 800/1900 MHz and WiMAX 2.5 also operating at 2.7 GH, WiFi (802.11 b/g)

Display              - 4.3 inches of WVGA + 16 million colors supported (touch screen)

GPS/aGPS        - YES

Operating System - Android ver. 2.1

A bit more on hardware,

Like the droid Xthis is powered by a processor runs at 1GHz. And the display resolution is 800 x 480 and the camera is capable of recording videos at HD res (720p).On the display of the Evo 4G there is a sensor which automatically changes the phones brightness according to the surrounding conditions. The "virtual" keypad is very spacious (thanks to the big screen) and typing has never been easy. The landscape-keypad mode is bigger than the portrait-version and again a big + to HTC when it comes to the key-pad.

This latest 4G phone is not the world's slimmest but the "thickness" is really helping while typing. The more thinner the phone is the harder it is when it comes to typing letters. Anyway, there's 3.5 mm jack for a headphone and a USB output on the bottom area. There is also another port for TV output, this makes it easy to view the HD recorded videos to be played through a TV device.

Thanks to the Android OS many apps are available for the Evo 4G through Google apps. Such as Maps, Currency converters, voice to text etc. Facebook and twitter facilities are also great with the phone. Live Facebook updates and notifications are displayed on the display without being "annoying". This latest phone is really powerful and you can even watch Youtube-HD video content without buffering freezes thanks to the high speed WiMAX network.

* PC ----> direct live videos ----> Phone

Another cool feature that comes with this latest HTC phones (4G) is the PC to direct phone video conferencing facility. The app is called the Qik-Chat, and the early editions didn't come with it. But Sprint says you can receive it freely through subscribe. The default service is free but the disadvantage is that edition does not support HD video conferencing, so for that you'll have to pay $9.99 per monthly basis.

* Share 8 devices simultaneously!

With 4G hot-spots now users can share up to 8 devices through this mobile phone. Previously with WiFi the numbers were 5. The new 4G is 10x faster than its predecessor so downloading and uploading (HD pictures etc) multimedia files and online video playback are going to be smooth. However in real life experience this is still really new and the availability is not common. According to some experts the online TV streaming (through Sprint) was not satisfying. But then again this is most probably due to the wireless speed drops rather than the phones fault. Anyway the you-tube high quality can be played through the new phone without interruption.

Some experts have been able to achieve 4Mbps through the unit. And the overall call quality is also excellent. The speakers are also good. The camera also takes top quality 720p videos and picture at much higher resolutions.

The battery is a 1500 mAh unit. The phone achieved 12 hours battery life (with normal 4G usage - always on). Some testers while using with some heavy usage have been able to achieve 4 hours which is quite impressive. While the default talk time (over 3G) is set at 5.5 hours.

Anyway when it comes to superior screen color quality, a gorgeous 8 MPX camera, good battery life and HD video playback and the fast 4G,(The phone tends to be an android look n feel by the way. So like the iPhone GUI if you have a "thing" for the Android UI) this is one of the best latest phones for you!

Nokia 7705 Twist – A Consumer Review

The Nokia Twist 7705 mobile phone was released in late 2009. One apparent factor with the phone is the design itself. To be honest the Twist looks a bit weird in comparison with other latest phones out there. Anyway let’s see how the hardware specifications stand,

Its 2.71 inches long, 2.71 width and 0.59 inch in depth. It’s not that slim in comparison with other models but the “thickness” is very useful when you it comes to using the keypad. With the battery fully loaded it weight around 3.4 oz.

Display Screen  -  2.4” inches, resolution is set at 320 x 240. The QVGA powered screen has color depth of 262,144 and also an Ambient sensor. The colors look pretty sharp and clear. And it also has an excellent brightness.
Memory            - It has 119 MB of internal and supports up to 16 GB of additional memory expansions through microSD slot.

Frequencies supported – 800/1900 CDMA (dual band)

Connectivity     - Bluetooth 2.0

Service              - Verizon Wireless

GPS                  - Yes (coupled with Nokia Maps)

Connectors       - USB 2.0 and a 2.5 mm UHJ connector

Camera             - 3.2 Megapixel camera only compatible with JPEG format, LED flash, 4x zoom, CMOS sensor, Autofocus, selt-timer are the main functions.



The Nokia 7705 Twist includes a rich multimedia support. By default it supports audio formats such as AAC, AAC+ v1, AAC+ v2, AMR-WB, WAV, MP3, WMA 9, etc. The video formats include

 When it comes to the keyboard the impressions are a mix of both good and bad. It’s fully loaded with useful shortcut keys (for music player, Internet browser, voice dialing and camera etc.). The alphanumeric keys are shattered in a hard to use manner which is the main concern. But after some time you can get used to the keypad of the Nokia 7705 Twist.





The phone-book is capable of memorizing 1000 contact data. Twist 7705 also includes calculator, alarm clock, notepad, currency converter, speaker phone etc. The mobile phone supports many e-mail clients (POP3) such as AOL, G-mail, Yahoo, etc. The Hot mail GUI is not that good. The Sync service is very good, it takes a bit of a time (depending on the amount of data) and there is no 3G with the phone either.



The web browsing experience is also good. It loaded pages and videos smoothly and the buffering never seems to halt. So the overall network speed is good. Because of the display some videos (16:9) won’t fill up the whole screen area.

The phone battery has 4.5 hours of talk time and 13 days of standby time. But according to some testers it has managed to last an impressive 6 hours and 40 minutes. The overall call quality was also very good. According to some testing experts, except for some rare background buzz (not annoying though), most of the time the call quality was excellent.

Anyway all in all the display is a bit small and the colors are not stunning either. And the photos quality of the camera is also poor. But if you can cope with those and looking for a phone just makes some calls and want some reasonable Internet experience also with an excellent battery life, then the Twist 7705 is not bad at all.

HTC Wildfire - A Consumer Review

A review of the latest HTC Wildfire Smart Phone

This latest phone is a slimmer and a tiny version of the Nexus One. Most of the things it's predecessors have, Wildfire has it a little less. But don't let the word "less" fool you. Anyway let's have a brief look at the hardware specifications first,

Dimensions    - It's 0.48 inch in depth, 2.4 inches in width and 4.2 inches in length.

Display          - 3.2 inch, touch sensitive. It runs at a 240 x 320 QVGA resolution

Processor      - 528 MHz

Memory        - 512 MB of ROM and a RAM chip with 348 MB, external memory expansions up to 32 GB (microSD)

Network Bands - WCDMA/HSDPA/GSM - 900/2100 MHz and for 850/900/1800/1900MHz for GSM

Camera             - 5 Megapixles, Auto focus, flash and Geotagging

Connectivity      - 3G (7.2 Mbps download, 384 kbps upload)
                            EDGE - Up 560kbps download                           
                            GPRS - Up 114 kbps download
                            Bluetooth 2.0

Battery (1300 mAh -WCDMA Talk time up to  7 hours, Standby time 28 days 
                                 GSM        Talk time up to 8 hours, Standby time 20 days


The latest HTC phone looks eye catchy. But one apparent problem with it is the small screen resolution. So some of the Android powered apps which require higher resolution won't appear nicely. So this is one of the drawbacks of the unit. For better apps visibility users are advised to go for at least 480 x 320.

There are many difficulties with the gadget, such as the slow responding camera applications and web browser crashes. These are could be because of the a bit Slow CPU (528MHz). But the 384 RAM works well and seems to fit nicely the software memory balanced nicely.

Thanks to the processor (mainly) an impressive 12 hours of battery life can be achieved with this latest HTC phone. This includes 3G web browsing, occasional music and video playback etc. So the overall battery performance is excellent. Another thing with the networks are that, the new CDMA standard is really power friendly and conserve less battery than the older GSM. So when going for a connection try to avoid the old standard. But keep in mind that the coverage of the GSM is still better than the WCDMA.

This supports many multimedia formats such as mp3, AAC, amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma and for videos 3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv. But the resolution of the playback is really poor. With 640 x 480 (low frame rates), it struggle to playback it without hassles. So if you need quality video playback this is not for you.

The camera is good, but the overall picture quality and the videos are not in the top of the standards set by the latest phones.

Anyway after considering the low display and video play back abilities, bit slow responses and crashes while browsing the web, this may not be the ideal option for you. However it has an excellent battery life and if you're okay with viewing low resolution videos and few android apps support, considering the price, won't be a bad choice. But there are certainly better options than this in the latest phones world!

Watch Soccer 2010 Final Match on Phone

Watch Soccer 2010 on your mobile phone

Well there are several ways you can watch (or re-watch ) the football world cup on the phone.

1. If you are already a customer of AT&T, Verizon, Cox Communications, Comcast, RCN then go to this watch soccer 2010 on mobile phone address. They web cast all the games (that's 64 all together).

2. No need to worry if you are not a customer of them, go to this view football cup on phone and they also give all the games online.

3. Oh yeah, for the iPhone users can get get it from this apps, but remember they do not offer any live audio or video services. Just recorded stuff. But for $ 4.99 you can listen to live audio if interested.

Anyway I think this is useful for those of you who want to watch soccer world cup on your latest phone!

Phones battery buying guide - Things to consider when buying

If it's new or “old”, it really doesn’t matter when it comes to the battery. This is also one of the most important ports of your mobile device – in other words it is the heart of the unit. Without it you can’t do anything. If you look for an additional battery or looking for a replacement for your old one, there are many factors that one should consider and know before buying them.


There are many types of units that are being used by various manufactures all around the world. However, within the industry there are three main categories are being used as the standards in manufacturing battery-cells.


    * NiCad – This is the oldest of all. It was first introduced in 1899 by a Swedish called Waldmer Jungner. This standard is used in the common AA, AAA cell batteries. This technology had many shortcoming and one of the main concerns was knows as the Memory Effect. And they must be disposed properly, otherwise they can do some damage to the environment.


    * NiMH  - They were able to avoid memory effect and also can be re-charged faster than the Nicad version


    * Li-Ion - This the newest of all and being used in almost all phone manufactures (Samsung Nokia etc all  use this as the standard). It lasts longer; re-charging time is reduced, no memory effect etc are among its advantages. But the cost is high in comparison wit the others.


So make sure to purchase a Li-ion battery for your phone and check the batteries’ dimensions and other technical specifications (such as voltage etc) meet your phone standards. Otherwise you’ll end up damaging your device or mobile phone in this case.


No 100% charging needed!


Another big advantage with the Li-ion type solutions is that, you don’t need to do full charges, like with the old units – if you make a habit of not charging them fully often they will eventually loose their power holding abilities. But with this new Lithium cells you can charge it to any percentage without having to worry about destroying the unit.


But according to experts it’s always good to let your battery to drain 100% or almost its charge and them recharge it to 100%, which eventually extending its lifetime and electric charge holding abilities to some extend.


Another big advantage of Li-ion is that you can charge these with an external charger. This is really popular among people who buy them as an extra one. Having more than one (especially if you travel a lot) can come really handy as some of these latest phones are really power hungry devices (Blackberry and HTC etc for eg).


And also while removing and using it always try to keep the following things in mind too.


    * Don’t drop it on coarse surfaces (hard surfaces)
    * Before removing it, always make sure that the device is turned is turned OFF
    * Don’t let direct sun-light or expose it to high temperatures



   Anyway I hope that information was helpful for you. And thanks for reading.

Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 - A Consumer Review

"This is not the newest mobile phone introduction from Blackberry. The flip 8220 was introduced in 2008, and there are no 3Gs, but the unit has some interesting features for its kind"

In dimensions it's 3.9 inches in height, 1.97 inches in width and 0.7 inches in depth. It weight around 101-102 grams. The phone comes in two colors - black and red. Anyway as the name suggest this is a flip-type smart phone including the SureType-keyboard. Once you get used to this type (the letter alignments are different) key-pad you can get a bit of a typing speed going on. Another thing about the keypad is that the buttons are arranged in a well spaced manner which makes the typing much easier.

The external display reads as follows. Screen size is around 1.6 inches with 65k (65,536 colors) and 128 x 160 pixels resolution. It shows many information, including battery status, signal strength and date/time, missed calls info, SMS notifications, audio track info while using the media player, etc. You can preview some of your mesages (including e-mails) from this external display.

Once you flip (flipping is really smooth and robust), you're presented with a much bigger internal screen with 2.25 inches and 65k colors + a bigger resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The graphics and text letters and numbers are brighter than the other screen and easily readable. The overall GUI is impressive thank to the OS update (4.6). You can easily re arrange the home screen with customized icons , font size adjustments and themes too.

Even though this is not a latest phone, yet in supports 16GB of external memory upgrades through microSD slot which is really high standards considering the released dates (2008). A 128MB of RAM + 256MB of another microSD card is included by default.

One of the biggest disappointment with the phone is its lack of 3G support. It comes with WiFi and you can arrange to make unlimited calls plan (around - $9.99, $19 - family plan) with in certain WiFi hots-pots.

The web browsing of Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220 with the EDGE was pretty smooth and good (not staggeringly fast in comparison with 3G enabled devices). Overall web-video playback like YouTube was reasonable but some times the videos didn't cover the screen areas properly for some strange reason. The HTML browser did a good job loading pages and confronted very few errors again in comparison with the old OS versions. The e-mail facility is also really great (as always with the Blackberry), the unit even support syncing mails with your company's mail server!. And all the main mail services like, Yahoo, G-mail, AOL, Live etc are supported.

The audio quality of the calls were excellent. But in the speakerphone sometimes produces a bit of a buzz (not a big concern anyway).

The multimedia support is again very impressive. H.263, WMV and MPEG 4 -part 2 codecs are supported and MP3, WMA, AAC/C+, eAAC, AMR-NB audio codecs are supported. The audio out put also really good. This unit can give the user a top quality multimedia experience. So another star to entertainment.

The battery comes with a four hours of continues talk time and 14 days of standby time which is again good. Not the most powerful battery in the world, again after considering its released date.

In comparison with other so called flip-type latest phones, this units performance was excellent considering many factors (mentioned above). So if you seek flip phones (this type of phones reduces the strain of the neck - because of the obvious design factors) but ready to cope with not having a 3G connection, this might be your ideal partner

* There are many contract when buying - so the overall price may differ according to your choice.

Blackberry Pearl 3G - A review

"Blackberry is trying new things (inventions) with their famous "physical" keyboards, especially including the latest mobile phone models. The Blackberry Pearl 3Gs touch-pad is really an unique one. Just by looking at it you can see the difference. The button layout feel a bit "weird" (they call it Sure Type Technology), but according to the company it revolutionize the typing experience of the end user"


Let's have a look at the hardware specifications first,




Dimensions  - 4.25 inches tall, 1.9 (almost 2 actually) inches in width and 0.5 inches in depth

Weight         -  93 grams

Display         -  360 x 400 pixel of resolution, customizable font sizes, Backlighting

Camera        -   3.2 Mega-pixels of camera, Flash, 2.5 of zooming + video capturing

Memory       - 256 MB of default RAM and included a 2GB of memory card, supports an internal memory card up to 32GB! (microSD)

Networks     -  UMTS - Tri-band (800/850/1900/2100 - 900/1700/2100 MHz), Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE

WiFi & Bluetooth - Yes (802.11 b - WiFi)

Battery         - 1150 mAHr, standby time 18 days (while on GSM), up to 13 days when using UMTS, 5.5 talk time and 30 hours of continues audio playback

Multimedia Codecs support -  Video = H.263, H.264, WMV3 and MPEG4 : Audio =  MP3, AMR-NB, , AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, Flac, Ogg Vorbis

The new keypad?,

Well they have put together something useful here after all, as the testings shows that when it comes to typing long messages the re-invented pad does performs extremely well. But be aware that because the keypad is different (including the key-locations) so it will take a bit of a time from the user to get used to it. But after getting used to it, you won't regret it! with this latest phones, the Pearl 3G.

Internet experience?

Thanks to the included high speed networks (HSDPA and Wi-Fi) users can enjoy smooth web experience and flawless video playback. But the resolutions are not that higher, because the phone it self is not pointed at a larger scale of multipurpose type of unit. But that being said, the real tests show that this unit possess the same speeds that that the Blackberry Bold 9700 has. And because of this and the OS the multitasking functions also work in a flawless motion without hardly (I'm not talking about running 10 apps at once) affecting the overall performance.

It performed well giving rich multimedia experience (the default audio codecs support is truly excellent) concerning both video and audio. So the overall audio quality is very good and the included physical controls for playback control is also very innovative and intuitive. After considering the entertaining abilities, you can actually use this as a replacement for iPod!

But the on screen fonts (bold) are too big considering the small screen size itself and the key-pad should have been a bit bigger. The phone also comes with various month plans including many prices and even a 2G version.

All in all, after considering the benefits and the few drawbacks such as the a bit small key-board (but if you have small fingers you can type faster than the other ones for certain) I'd rate it 4/5 stars for this latest phone.

New phone arrival from Samsung - Comeback SGH-T559

This is not the first time Samsung and T-Mobile joined together for manufacturing latest mobile phones, hoping to break some of the impressions that other phone makers have made. Anyway, one of the key features that include in comeback SGH-T559 model is the flip-keyboard (querty). It's apparent that it's injected to get some "space" within the messaging phone community.

The hardware specification reads as follows,

Dimension     - 4.3inches in length, 2.2 inches in width and 0.7 inches in depth

Display          -  1 inch, 128 x 128 default display (before sliding out) and 65K color PMOLED , after a 90 degree slide you'll get the internal 2.5 inch (262K TFT color) with 240x400 resolution

Weight           -  4.5 ounces

Camera          - 2 mega pixels with 2.5x zooming capability

Network        - quad-band (GSM 850/900/1,800/1,900; UMTS)

Connectivity   - Bluetooth 2.0, also includes a USB input

Memory         - 75 MB of usable memory space and supports up to 16GB external memory cards (microSD)

GPS               - Yes, also with Tele-Nav included

E-mail Support- Yahoo, G-mail, AOL, Comcast etc..

Once switch on the device the user is greeted with 5 main dashboard like icons (messaging, Web2go - web-browser, apps menu etc). The keyboard of this latest phone performs well when typing, especially when inserting URL addresses.  However, a little bit of a room should have been better. After all the device seems to emphasize on the keyboard anyway. But overall keyboard usability - OK.

The Internet experience is also impressive thanks to its browser and its 3G connectivity. But when it comes to zooming could get you into a bit of a hassle such as, had to go through a bit long list of menus to finally reach the function. That being said, the overall browsing quality is really good and included facilities like - javascript and flv video enabled (great news to YouTube fans) and smooth playbacks, very useful.

By default many multimedia formats + well organized equalizer and playlists,

*video - MPEG4, H.263/4, 3GPP (for camera recording) and playback , audio - AAC/C+, WMA, WAV, MP3, Real Audio and MIDI. So the unit is also rich in media formats too. You can even do multitasking and the OS (listen to a song while Facebook!) strain is hardly noticed. The camera (2MP) is reasonable, but don't hope to get image resolutions more than 320x240.

So after considering the excellent audio outputs (including clear audio calls), excellent online experience and also a battery with 5.5 hours of talk time I must say the SGH-T559 does its job by setting up high standards and quite capable of challenging other competing latest phones.

E72 - Another latest phone from Nokia

“With mobile solutions such as the E72, shows us the difference between the philosophies that these mobile giants believe in. For example when Apple is trying to dominate the market with an “all purposed” phone, Nokia on the other hand seems to believe the opposite. As a result of that when it comes to the end user to choose, Nokia has a whole lot of rich latest mobile phone solutions.”

First let’s have a look at the hardware specifications of this Blackberry type E72,

Color Choices are White or Zodium black version only








Dimensions – 4.48 inches in length, 2.29 inches in width and 10 mm in depth

Weight        -- 4.5 oz (including the battery)

Display        -- 2.36”, maximum resolution of 320 x 240 pixels – QVGA display screen with 17 Million Colors

Camera        -- 5 megapixel camera (maximum capturing resolution of 2592 x 1944), LED flash, auto-focus, 5x of zooming, one-touch key for focus

* Video recordings and formats – video codecs (.mp4, .wmv, RV, flv, H.263, 3GPP, H.264 and AVC. And 640x480 at 15fps video capture abilities. Audio are recorded in AMR and AAC (stereo)

Memory       -- 4GB memory card (microSD) + hot swappable. Maximum support for 16GB, users can also use USB 2.0 interface for PC and other data transfers

Networks supported – GPRS, WCDMA, HSUPA (max-2Mbps), HSDPA (max-10 Mbps), WiFi, EGSM and Bluetooth 2.0

Frequencies supported – Quad-band GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900

FM Radio - 87.5 – 108 MHz

GPS          - Yes with maps

Quality features – Durability of this phone is outstanding, which is always the case with nokia. The steel cover supplements excellent protection. The processor runs at 600 MHz and handles user functions and other OS requests without annoying delays.

Excellent browsing experience!

The web browsing experience is also smooth and fast thanks to the hardware standards set by this unit. According to industry respected testers the web page loading time is significantly (8 seconds for Yahoo to load- for this fella) faster than the iPhone (took 16 seconds!) and both these latest phones used the same AT&T 3G SIM for testing. But the arrow-keys on the keyboard (physical) reported in some cases to navigate clumsily.

But that being said, when it comes to typing using the QWERTY keyboard is a breeze. Typing fast on a phone has never been such easy and it easily out performed many other brands. So it’s an excellent keyboard.

Quality of the calls and the overall audio out puts are excellent again with the E72. Again this gives the impression that they have really put some efforts in purifying audio-quality as this is aimed at the business community mainly. The battery was also impressive and comes with a 12.5 talk time and 20 days of standby.

Anyway apart from the minor arrow-key issue when browsing, all other facts are just perfect with this device (camera, audio, excellent browser and battery etc). So if you seek a phone not just to call but involve a lot of typing and web browsing, e-mailing etc this will be one of the best solutions you can get from the latest phones market!

*(price $330)

Nokia N900 - a review

"Latest phones market was bombarded by Nokia in the early 2010 with the new N900 phone. One of the main features that comes with the phone is the Linux based operating system. The OS must have helped cutting some of the product costs too. One main fact which truly makes the phone giant unique is their variety of phones which are targeted the low end and the high-end market. This phone is strictly aimed at the high-end market."

The hardware specifications are as follows,

Dimensions - 77 inches in length, 4.4 inches wide and 2.35 inches in depth

Weight        - 6.38 oz (including the battery)

Display        - 3.5" (touch surface), 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA) display resolution, brightness control

Camera       - 5 megapixels (dual LEDs) , 4:3 and 16: aspect ratios, JPEG/EXIF image formats are supported

Maps (GPS) - Ovi Maps is included and supports satellite and 3D maps

Memory      - Supports up to 32 GB memory capacity, microSD slot with hot-swappable (no need to power down to remove the memory card with the N900! and 16GB external-microSD is supported)

Embedded Networks - GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, WiFi, WCDMA and also Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity

Keyboard    - Full QWERTY keyboard (also includes an on screen-touch keyboard), stylus pen supported



Battery ,
 
Although these are general hardware specifications, when it comes to the practical usage experience; The battery life testings with 3G and WiFi connected (and heavily used), the latest N900 phones battery managed to survive almost a day. So when in comes to the average user (with normal web browsing and calls) this should last much longer than that. So in that sense the battery should receive some credit.

And also the response time/s of the phones applications are noticeably quicker than its predecessors (such as menu display delays, applications loading times etc.). The default web browser second to none (better than almost all) first with its speed, durability and smooth easy to use interface, Facebook and Twitters are gonna love this.

Apart from all that, another key feature that comes with this latest phones, is the Great Skype support. From the logging in to, making calls (audio, video) the quality of the audio + video etc is found to be excellent - so if you use "voip" often this is a big PLUS.

The multimedia functionality is also staggeringly superior. By default video formats like .mp4, .wmv, 3gp, H.264, Xvid, H.263, .avi are supported. The video camera supports video captures up to 800x480 pixels (.mp4, MPEG4, AAC-audio). A standard front camera is also included in the latest N900 phone for 3G video conferencing. You can connect the phone to a TV with NVC (nokia connectivity cable) to a PAL or NTSC TV.



*As a closing note, with abilities such as great multimedia support, superb audio sound outputs, top quality web experience (specially for the Facebook and Twitter fans), excellent 5 mega pixel camera and also the 3.5" touch screen display with 16 Million color support, even though this costs a bit ahead of the "popular" Apple iPhone this is one of the top performing latest phones from Nokia.

Latest Phones - HTC Smart phone

Latest phones in the "low end" market may seem like having a bit of a hard time and loosing some interests from the end users. The reason is simple, more and more smart phones are introduced with high quality displays, fast processors and networks such as 3G, WiFi. But the low end market aimed phones such as the "HTC Smart"  are still popular among the individuals who don't fancy themselves for phones with such "decorations". 

Let's look at the hardware specifications first,

Dimensions - 10.4 cm in length, 5.5 cm in width and 1.28 cm in depth

Processor   - Qualcomm MSM6290, performing in speeds of 300MHz

Memory     -  256 MB ROM (non-rewritable), and 256 MB RAM, also includes microSD memory expansion slot for adding memory cards

Weight       - 108 g (grams)

Display       - 7.1 cm TFT-LCD Touch Screen

Camera      - 3 mega pixel capturing camera

Networks   - 3G (900-2100 MHz)
                     GSM/GPRS/EDGE and also Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity

Battery        - Talk time up to 240 minutes (4 hours)

The added 3G support can come in handy for those who use Twitter and Facebook access. Although the 3G connectivity which comes with this latest phones is not as fast as the standards goes but, it's just enough for the end user to use it as a web browsing unit. The overall multimedia support is also impressive and supports many audio and video multimedia formats too.

Audio formats supported - AAC, AMR, QCP, MID, M4A, MP3, WAV and also the Microsoft WMA

Video formats supported - MP4, 3GP,  M4V and 3G2

Although the phones video performance (considering the video resolutions) does not again supports big resolutions. But then again after considering the low price and its category this should be expected. But the overall audio quality is really good according to some testers. 

Anyway, if you search for a phone to browse the web with ease, fast and quality video playback (including a powerful camera) then this is not for you. But all you need is to make some calls, search the web and to listen to some music then HTC smart phone is recommended for you. And also the actual battery's' talk time may vary a little bit in real life usage. Anyway, in the category of budget friendly solutions the "HTC smart" could be an ideal solution in the latest phones market.

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