Motorola XT720 Review
Motorola is planning to introduce Motorola XT720 Milestone in Europe in the third quarter of this year. The European fans of multimedia smartphones with Android on board should be greatly satisfied!
Motorola XT720
The specification of XT720 is really impressive. The smartphone is equipped with a 8 megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom, Xenon flash and a face recognition feature – this should be more than enough for the mobile phone photography enthusiasts! The quality of the pictures taken even in poor light conditions is really astonishing concerning the fact it was taken with a mobile phone! It is possible to shoot films in the quality of 720p, which can then be viewed on a TV thanks to the built-in mini HDMI port.
Motorola XT720 has a 1390 mAh battery, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS and a 3.7-inch WVGA display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. Thanks to such size of the display it is really easy and comfortable to surf on the Internet or watch films on the new Motorola mobile phone.
HTC Incredible Review
Incredible was created by HTC's proven recipe: the mix of two operating systems: Sense and Android 2.1, powerful processor and a proven mobile phone company.
HTC Incredible source: http://www.techacid.com/
American Incredible is essentially the same as that released only in Europe, Desire. The models are different when it comes to a few details: HTC Incredible has black and red casing, an 8-megapixel camera and it is signed with a logo of a different provider. Nevertheless, it has the same interface connected to Android 2.1 and Sense and Friend function joining into one all messages from Twitter, Facebook and Flicker. HTC Incredible has also the best touch keyboard, which was designed for Android.
In the front, we see AMOLED display with a nice resolution of 800x480 pixels, four buttons and an optical joystick. The screen seems to be the same as in the Nexus One, which is very pleasing to the eye. It has minor problems with displaying certain colors, though, but who cares.
On the side of the phone you will find an unusual micro USB port. HTC Incredible Optical joystick has been generally good, and the battery in the phone is fine. Only fine, because Android has a tendency to run many processes in the background.
HTC Incredible is also equipped with WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3G and HSDPA module and 256MB of RAM.
Although HTC Incredible has a huge (for a cell phone) matrix of 8 megapixels, the quality of the pictures is not that astonishing. Taking a picture takes about two seconds. The transition from the view screen to viewing photos takes so much because the camera has no dedicated button for taking photos. In addition, Incredible is equipped with autofocus.
Microsoft KIN TWO Review
Microsoft has recently released two mobile phones: KIN TWO and KIN ONE. Both mobiles are full QWERTY keyboard sliders and have similar functions, the only difference is that KIN TWO is slightly bigger and has a better camera – 8 MP with the LumiLED flash. Kin Two, as well as Kin One, have some unique and very helpful features: Loop, Spot and Studio.
Kin Two source: www.wikipedia.org
The main screen, which is called KIN Loop, provides the user with the information about what is happening in the world's social network. KIN automatically gathers data from the sites of Microsoft and third party, such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. Users can also choose their favorite persons, and KIN will automatically give high priority status for the updates, news, data sources and photographs of that persons. Another unique feature - KIN Spot - is a new way to share what is happening in the life of the user. Videos, photos, text messages, websites, location and status updates may be made available by dragging them into an area called the Spot.
KIN Studio means a phone in the network. Almost all the content created on the phone is available via the Internet from any browser. KIN Studio automatically creates a backup of SMS messages, call history, photos, videos, contacts and keeps a personalized digital log, allowing the user to go back in time to remind himself of the past events.
KIN is also the first phone that supports Windows Zune service, including music, videos, FM radio and podcasts. Customers with the Zune Pass subscription using the Zune software on their PCs can listen to millions of songs from the Zune Marketplace, or open their own personal collection. KIN also provides other features, including the browser with the possibility of sharing websites, local and Internet search in the Bing and an RSS reader.
Microsoft KIN ONE Review
Microsoft began offering a new phone - KIN - designed typically for people who love the social networking sites. KIN is a solution that combines the phone, the Internet tablet and PC thanks to new features: Loop, Spot and Studio (further described in KIN TWO review). Microsoft phones are primarily used for entertainment and communication rather than business applications. The enthusiasts of such websites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter will get a tool adapted to their needs. The phone was made in collaboration with the Japanese Sharp technology.
KIN ONE source: www.wikipedia.org
KIN has a simple, friendly interface, which aims to help users to keep in touch with friends or relatives, or to make it easier to publish content on the Internet. There will be two models available: KIN ONE and KIN TWO. Both are equipped with touch screen and slide-out keyboard. KIN ONE is small and compact, it perfectly fits in your pocket and you can operate it with one hand only.
KIN TWO has a larger screen and keyboard, as well as more memory, higher-resolution camera and the ability to record HD videos. The cameras with a resolution of 5 megapixels and 8, built in the KIN ONE and KIN TWO are designed for use in low light – they offer image stabilization and a bright flash LumiLED.
Sony Ericsson Aino Review
Sony Ericsson has recently released its new cell phone - Aino. Sony Ericsson's new slider looks promising. One of its most interesting features is that you can control the PlayStation3 console with it!
Sony Ericsson Aino
Sony Ericsson Aino’s dimensions: 104 x 50 x 15.5 mm. It weighs 134 grams. The image is displayed on a 3-inch screen with a resolution of 432 × 240 pixels. Sony Ericsson Aino is available in two colors: luminous white and obsidian black. Sony Ericsson Aino is equipped with a CyberShot camera with a resolution of 8.1 megapixel and such features as: autofocus, Face Detection and image stabilizer. Sony Ericsson Aino records videos in the VGA resolution. For music fans, Sony Ericsson has prepared a good media player equipped with the Mega Bass feature. Playback can also be controlled by shaking the phone. With the A2DP, it is possible to transfer audio to any Bluetooth headset. Sony Ericsson Aino was also equipped with WiFi and GPS receivers. The phone can also be used as a modem.
It May be a bit disappointing that the touch-screen mode only works in the media mode. The menu is operated using the sliding keyboard, but all in all Sony Ericsson Aino seems to be a really good cell phone with an excellent camera.
LG GC900 Review
Smart LG Viewty is nothing but a better version of the LG KM900 for photographers. Both phones have the same specification and differ only in a few details (the number of megapixels, the presence of 3.5mm jack sockets, etc.).
LG GC900 Viewty Smart
On the front of the LG Viewty GC900 Smart we have a 3-inch touch screen. There can be no objection to the quality of the image displayed by it. The level of brightness and contrast are excellent and all the interface elements are very clear. The only major minus of the display might be the lack of any Anti-glare layer, which makes the screen is completely unreadable in the sun.
GC900, like KM900 Arena and Crystal GD900, use an interface S-Class, which is very good. Everything from home screen (Homescreen), developed by panels of the menus (even the three-dimensional, rotating cube - 3D Cube) runs smoothly and quickly.
The built-in MP3 player in LG - Viewty GC900 Smart will surely satisfy all fans of music. Somehow the sound is very good and in this respect, LG GC900 Exceeds such competitive products as the iPhone 3GS, Sony Ericsson W995 or Samsung M8800.
In addition, in LG - Viewty GC900 Smart you can also find an FM radio with RDS and Dolby for Mobile. Moreover, it is also equipped with GPS receiver, and Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, Wi-Fi and HSDPA 7.2 Mbps.
LG - Viewty GC900 Smart is equipped with the LG 8Mpix camera with optics from Schneider-Kreuznach and flash (LED flash). Unfortunately, despite the fact that on paper it looks good, in practice the camera used in Viewvty II is quite disappointing. In terms of the quality of pictures you will probably find GC900 inferior to other camera cell phones with the same matrix available on the market.
Nokia N86 Review
Nowadays mobile phone users expect embedded camera providing some great shots in all lighting conditions. A new Nokia phone with 8Mpix matrix and Carl Zeiss optics camera - the N86, which was presented in Barcelona, is devoted to such people.
Nokia N86
Nokia N86 is based on Symbian S60, which offers numerous application and quite smooth work, and its simplicity does not make problems to novice users. As I already mentioned, N86 is equipped with a really good camera, whose advanced technologies will impress even experienced photographers.
This dual slider (on one side comes up the keypad buttons and on the other buttons to control the camera and the player) in order to take such great pictures is equipped with a camera matrix 8Mpix, wide angle lens from Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, variable aperture, and fast mechanical shutter, which prevents the dilution effect . Flash, consisting of two LEDs, will allow to take good pictures even at very low light.
It is worth noting that any captured images will be able to immediately send to services like Share on Ovi or Flickr, and thanks to GeoTagging the photos will be automatically assigned to a particular location on the map. The built-in stand allows your hands to relax while watching movies or browsing your pictures, which can be stored on an 8 GB phone's internal memory. The viewing of the pictures is very comfortable thanks to the 2.6-inch OLED display. Nokia N86 is also equipped with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS receiver.
Nokia N86 retail price is about 375 euros.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Review
Recently there has been a lot of talk about the launch of the Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson - Xperia X10. Finally, we were informed about the official release date, which is scheduled for 10 February 2010.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
The good news is that the Japanese-Swedish company is preparing the device that will probably draw everyone’s attention. It's not clear whether the reported release date also applies to the European market, or if it refers only to Asia.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will be equipped with the new 1GHz processor, Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250. Its potential is huge and I have serious doubts as to whether Android will (at this stage) be able to use. Thanks to the efficient processor, designers can revel Xperia’s interface. UX (from the User eXperience) looks very attractive, it has the full use of media and the network abilities of Android.
As you probably already know, apart from the monstrous processor, inside of the Xperia X10 (X3) you can also find WiFi, HDSPA and a GPS receiver. Sony Ericsson Xperia x10 has a large 4 inch screen with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. This should be enough even for film enthusiasts.
Sony Ericsson has always installed good cameras in its top models. Xperia X10 does not stand out from this rul. The device will be equipped with 8.1 megapixel camera with image stabilizer, which, according to the information found online, will be possible to shoot videos in HD resolution.
Unfortunately, the manufacturer does not disclose what will be the suggested retail price of Sony Ericsson Xperia X10.