Apple revealed the iPhone 4 (neither iPhone 4G nor iPhone HD) at the WWDC conference today. Iphone 4 is the thinnest smartphone in the world.
The iPhone 4 comes with a 3.5 inch and 960×640 pixels IPS LCD called “Retina Display”, which features “326 pixels per inch”, and a 5 megapixel camera with a backside illuminated sensor, autofocus system, 5x digital zoom, and an LED flash, and recording HD video at 720p resolution. The phone also features quad-band HSPA, 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity, a compass, an accelerometer, and a 3-axis gyroscope sensor.
The iPhone 4 is powered by an A4 processor designed by Apple and runs iPhone OS 4.
The iPhone 4 has a large battery for up to 7 hours of talk time, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours browsing over WiFi, 40 hours of music, 10 hours of video playback, or over 300 hours of standby time. Read more…
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Vodafone Uk has just announced that the Nokia N8 will be available soon on its website. N8 is the first Nokia handset to run Symbian^3 OS.
The Nokia N8 features a large 3.5 inch 640 x 360 pixel resolution touchscreen, a Carl Zeiss 12 megapixel camera with wide-angle lens and Xenon flash, shooting 720p HD video, N8 has also 16GB of storage , an FM radio, 802.11 b/g/n WIFI connectivity, 3g and a GPS chip.
The Nokia N8 will be loaded with the Ovi Maps, which provides free turn-by-turn directions, and the Ovi Store for finding and installing nokia apps. The Nokia N8 will be the first device to work with Nokia’s Qt 4.6.2 software development environment for making application also loaded with Java MIDP 2.1 and Flash Lite 4.0.
Vodafone hasn’t announced neither date nor price for the N8, but it is expected to be released between July and September. Read more…
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The LG GW520 handset is a touchscreen phone with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. With this simple description, one would assume that the mobile is a high-end smartphone. Well, it isn’t. It only looks like one but uts actually one of the best slide mobiles currently on the market. This made doing this LG GW520 review very interesting.
LG made a lot of money with their LG Cookie. The latter was a touchscreen handset that was very popular for its competitive price. LG added the slide-out QWERTY factor to the equation and we got ourselves the LG GW520 handset. Smart of the manufacturer to add another cool thing to an already famously cool handset, we feel qwerty phones are on the rise as emailing and texting is so much easier. Read more…
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The Nokia x3 handset belongs to the Nokia Xseries. As of now, the only other phone in the series is the X6 a smartphone that comes with a high price tag. The Nokia X3, however, is friendlier to your wallet and is not a smartphone. You should not get a hint of disappointment from that last sentence because when we wrote this Nokia x3 review, we surely were not let down. A lot of people are buying this phone on contract and getting an unlimited texts sim.
So let’s get to it. Let’s start our Nokia x3 review with the physical aspects. Unlike its more expensive brother, this handset is not a touch screen phone. It is a slider handset that weighs 103 grams. Its screen measures 2.2 inches with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. It’s not the brightest screen in the planet but it does its job well. As for the construction, we can honestly say that this handset looks expensive. No matter which colour you get, you will have a handset that will impress others. It has sleek straight lines and a keypad with brushed metal finish. Feels great in your hand and looks awesome, too.
The telephone functions of this handset is one of the things we enjoyed when we made this Nokia x3 review. Talking to someone on the phone was smooth and clear, thanks to the Voice Clarity feature. Read more…
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Google has formally launched the over-hyped smartphone Nexus One at its headquarters in Silcon Valley, The Nexus One is the first phone that will be sold through Google’s online market.
The Nexus One runs on Android 2.1 OS, features a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen 800 x 480 pixels,and a 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash, Nexus features also a 3.5mm headphone jack, 802.11b/g WiFi, stereo Bluetooth , a 4GB microSD card expandable to 32GB, accelerometer, active noise compression, compass support and GPS chip.
With the voice-to-text capability you can populate any text field by talking (not only text searches) and composing E-mails and SMS. The Nexus One also has live animated wallpapers that you can interact with.
The phone is currently available unlocked for $529 through google.com/phone, or for $179.99 on a two year deal from T-Mobile and will later be launched on other carriers.
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It’s been 18 months since the launch of Apple’s iPhone App Store, and since then we’ve had Google’s Android apps, Nokia’s Ovi apps and Windows Mobile apps, but none of these latter options are yet to reach the sheer choice available on their older rival’s platform. Apps have changed mobile phones from simple call/text functionality to powerful portable tool kits with solutions to a huge amount of needs. There are now 150,000 apps available from Apple, but as yet there’s no easy way to get through the App Store and find what you want unless you know exactly what you are looking for. However, help is at hand, and here’s a quick guide to five of the best apps currently available in the Apple App Store. If you would like to get an iPhone, then take a look at the Vodafone website where you can now find the latest 32 GB 3GS model.
Spotify – Music
There are quite a few different music streaming services available through the App Store, with Pandora and Last.fm regularly being touted as amongst the best. However, few have been quite so hyped as Spotify, which was anticipated as a ‘killer app’ before its launched. Read more…
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Verizon Wireless officially announced the awaited Samsung Omnia II smartphone that runs Windows Mobile 6.5 and the new TouchWiz 2.0 user interface.
Samsung SCH-i920 Omnia II features a 3.7 inch, 480×800 pixel AMOLED touchscreen, 5.0 megapixel autofocus camera with flash, also includes 8GB of internal storage expandable up to 16GB through microSD cards, 3G connectivity,Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi.
The Omnia II includes Verizon services like V CAST Music, V CAST Video, V CAST Song ID, Visual Voice Mail, and VZ Navigator GPS navigation.
Samsung Omnia II will be available for sale starting October 2, 2009 for $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate on a two-year contract. Read more…
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Sony Ericsson finally launched officially its first flagship XPERIA X10 powered by Google’s Android OS v1.6. The new smartphone previously known as XPERIA X3 or Rachael, coming with a new UX platform combining the cell phone’s communication capabilities and its entertainment features.
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 features a 4 inch TFT touchscreen (480 x 854 pixels resolution), and an 8.1 Megapixel camera with LED flash, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and AGPS.
Xperia X10 is the second Android phone based on a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon after the Acer Liquid A1, and has 1GB of internal memory and an 8GB microSD memory card is included in the package.
the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10, users will have access to download any application they want directly from both PlayNow and the Android Market. Read more…
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Motorola and Verizon Wireless officially announced the first handset that runs the latest Android 2.0 platform – the new Motorola DROID.
Motorola DROID features a 3.7 inch, 480 x 854 pixels capacitive touchscreen display, a 5.0 megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash, 3G and WiFi data connectivity, 16GB of storage space and a lot of Google applications.
DROID is the first smartphone with new Google Maps Navigation service, providing a free turn-by-turn voice guidance. Use Street View or satellite imagery to view your route, and get access to the most recent maps and business information from Google Maps without ever needing to update your device. The DROID also has a Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Android Market, Calendar, Amazon MP3 Store, and Verizon Wireless Visual Voice Mail.
The Motorola DROID will be released on November 6th for $199 after a $100 mail-in rebate on a two-year contract. Read more…
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Music and phones have had a happy marriage for quite some time now, but the latest generation of smart phones has seen storage and media players being taken to the next level. Many handset providers are now making serious waves in the music industry with the release of their own music stores. Of course, Apple has iTunes, but then there’s the Nokia Music Store along with other provider releases. If you’re looking to merge your iPod and phone handset into one device, then it’s now entirely possible to do that with the huge size of a phone’s memory. If you want to find a great music playing handset, then here are three of the best.
Nokia x6
This phone has either 16GB or 32GB of hard disk space, which is room for 5,500 or 11,000 tracks respectively. The larger model can have the Nokia ‘Come with Music’ feature, which means you won’t have to spend as much time transferring data onto your cell phone. Read more…
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