HTC HD Mini Review
HTC HD mini is a smaller cousin of HTC HD2. However, It is strange to call a cell phone, which is equipped with a screen size of 3.2-inch, “small”, right? However, this is one of the latest products of HTC, which will soon hit the market.
HTC HD Mini
The housing in which all the components of the HTC HD Mini are closed, is pretty and elegant. The entire front panel is virtually a flat surface. HTC HD mini differs from its bigger brother - HD2 mainly when it comes to the screen size. HTC HD Mini is equipped with an HVGA 3.2-inch, 320 x 480 pixels touch screen (HTC HD2 has a 4.3-inch, WVGA 480 x 800 pixels display). Screen quality is slightly worse than we had in case of HTC HD2. In their newest product, HTC has not used the AMOLED technology, which can be found in HTC Desire and HTC Legend.
Operating system and interface
At this point, there is no change. The device is based on Windows Mobile 6.5, which should soon be updated to 6.5.3 version. It should be noted that this phone will not receive Windows Phone 7.
The system is supported by the HTC Sense user interface. In this respect, there is no change compared to the HD2. Apparently everything works well. HTC HD Mini is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 600MHz clock speeds - the same which can be found in the Legend. It has 384 MB of RAM.
Camera
Image quality is acceptable. It is not great, but the 5Mpix camera fulfills its essential function pretty well. Everything depends on the lighting because the camera was not equipped with flash. Still missing a dedicated camera button.
Battery
The tool used with everything turned on (push email enabled, and Twitter updates) is able to withstand a day without any problems.
Nokia X2 Review
Last month, we could hear the first information about the new, low-cost model of Nokia, which joins the xSeries of the Finnish cell phone manufacturer. Today, we are happy to introduce you to this model -Nokia X2, because it has been officially presented by the Finnish manufacturer.
Nokia X2
Nokia X2 is equipped with a 2.2 "QVGA screen, dedicated music keys, two speakers, FM radio, MicroSD card reader and a 3.5mm jack, which are basic functions of a typical music cell phone. Moreover, Nokia X2 will also support Bluetooth 2.1, Nokia Messaging Service and S40 platform. For people who enjoy Facebook will be happy to hear that the cell will be fully integrated with it. It will be equipped with a 5MP camera (which is, indeed, a bit strange since Nokia X3, which, in accordance with the new names should have slightly better specifications has a 3.2MP camera). Nokia X2 will be available in the Indian market at a price of approximately € 85 excluding taxes and subsidies in June this year. I hope that the model will also appear in Europe and USA, because its specifications are pretty good for that price.
As we informed a few days ago, the Finnish giant, has also presented the first model equipped with the latest version of Symbian - symbian^ 3. The model is from the Nseries and its name is Nokia N8. The model, however, did not make positive impression on the founder of Mobile-review.com.
Motorola Cliq XT Review
Motorola Cliq XT Review
Motorola has introduced its newest phone with Android OS and the MOTOBLUR overlay, which synchronizes and organize the incoming messages and contacts.
The phone will be available in the first quarter of 2010. In Europe it will be called Motorola Quench. This is the eighth device running Android introduced by Motorola in the global market.
Motorola Cliq XT / Motorola Quinch
Motoblur is a service of providing content for devices running Android prepared by Motorola. This is a solution to synchronize contacts, posts, news, pictures and much more - from sources such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, business and private e-mail, and Last.fm.
Cliq XT your phone is a combination of overlay Motoblur, design and new features Swype. All events, news, or news, you can easily view and easy to respond to a fully configurable screen. Contact information, such as e-mail addresses, photos, profiles and phone numbers are automatically synchronized whenever you change the source data.
Navigating the phone is extended to the front, centrally located touch panel, which makes it easier and more intuitive to surf the net. Adobe Flash Lite allows you to view multimedia content such as banners and videos and display them in full 3.1-inch high-resolution screen.
The new media player not only gives you access to the Internet, but also to social networks. Cliq XT you can buy and download music from online stores, through the integration of the player with such subscription services, like TuneWiki, SoundHound, GoTV and YouTube. Music search function makes it easy to find your favorite song and lyrics synchronization with the music is another interesting feature.
Cliq XT provides high call quality by using two microphones and noise reduction techniques CRYSTAL TALK. The phone also features a 5 megapixel camera equipped with autofocus and flash-based LED. The phone can also search for information on the Internet or in the memory device through the search g?osowemu (English only). Suffice it to say, what you are looking for, and finds himself Cliq XT the contact, will present results from Google, or open the desired application.
Support for 3G networks and Wi-Fi, built-in aGPS receiver, and Bluetooth A2DP Interface is another wireless phone equipment.
Motoblur provides internet service to end users comfort and safety, allowing the recovery of private data and delete them remotely if you lose the device. Additionally, thanks to remote updates, Motorola is able to improve the available functions on the phone and add new ones.
Nokia N8 Review
Nokia unveiled their new mobile phone - N8 - the most advanced smartphone for businessmen. The device uses the Symbian ^ 3 operating system and it has a camera with a resolution of 12 Megapixels with capability of recording in HD. But that's not all.
Nokia N8
N8 has an HDMI output, integrated Internet TV and free navigation. What's more - since its launch there will be several thousand applications to download in Ovi Shop, which will be prepared specifically for this device. Nokia N8 will be available in the third quarter of 2010, the price should be around 370 euros (excluding taxes and subsidies). The phone will be available in five colors: black, white, green, orange and blue.
Nokia N8 is equipped with a 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash. It will allow you to record HD quality videos (1280x720 floor) and edit them using the built-in tools. This device can also be used as a portable entertainment center - with the HDMI input, you can connect it to your home theater and watch movies in HD with surround Dolby Digital Plus sound. Nokia N8 also provides IPTV service with news and entertainment channels such as CNN, E! Entertainment, Paramount and National Geographic. All the data can be stored on the 16GB of internal memory. The new smartphone will be equipped with a multitouch screen AMOLED 3.5".
The new Nokia smartphone gives you access to Facebook and Twitter service directly from the desktop, so you can comment, read and send messages, update status or share your photos. In addition, Nokia N8 moves events from Facebook directly to our calendar.
Nokia N8 is based on the latest version of a popular operating system for smartphones - Symbian^3 What’s new In the new system? Including support for multitouch touch-screen type (eg, enlarging the image on the screen by pinching it with your fingers), Smartphone allows full personalization on the number of active screens, which can be filled with widgets and applications. What is more, you can quickly switch between these screen with a single move of your finger. The new architecture of 2D and 3D graphics capabilities take full advantage of the hardware accelerator unit.
Nokia N8 is the first Nokia’s device integrated with Qt development environment. This environment simplifies the creation of software. Once developed, the application can then be implemented in different versions of Symbian OS and other software platforms.
Samsung Wave Review
Samsung Wave S8500 is a smartphone based on the new operating system ,“Bada”. It is equipped with Super AMOLED display, TouchWiz user interface and an access to applications from Samsung Apps.
Samsung Wave S8500 source: www.wp.pl
Samsung announces the launch of the first smartphone based on the operating platform Bada. S8500 is equipped with a 3.3-inch touch screen made with a Super AMOLED (second generation AMOLED displays). The application called Social Hub integrates contacts, Gmail accounts and profiles in social networks. Samsung Wave presents a revised user interface - TouchWiz 3.0. Efficient 1 GHz processor allows the use of multithreaded applications available in the Samsung Apps.
Samsung Wave S8500 is the first phone that features a modern Super AMOLED touch screen. The display used in S8500, compared with previous solutions, generates a picture with a higher level of clarity and transparency. It is also characterized by an enhanced sensitivity to touch and less power consumption. Super AMOLED offers a high resolution of 480 x 800 pixels WVGA and the technology used in the Samsung LCD and LED TV screens - mDNIe. Wide viewing angle and fast response time makes the Super AMOLED offer the highest image quality and ease of use.
Samsung Wave is equipped with a 5.0 Megapixel camera with LED flash and autofocus, which offers great quality pictures and allows for recording and playback in HD (720p). The phone supports 5.1 surround sound, DivX, XviD, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV.
Moreover, Wave is equipped with a music player with SoundAlive, 3.5mm minijack connector, FM radio with recording function. What else? An A-GPS receiver, 2GB/8GB + microSD (up to 32GB) and a Wi-Fi module.
Samsung Monte Review
Showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in March, Samsung Monte S5620, will soon be on sale. Samsung S5620 is the new full touch screen phone for the lovers of stylish gadgets. Rich multimedia features, supported by the intuitive TouchWiz 2.0 Plus interface and effectiveness of the most interesting features of this phone.
Samsung Monte GT S5620 source: www.wp.pl
Samsung Monte is designed for users who spend a lot of time on the Internet. Quick access to the social services from the home screen provides quick and intuitive browsing of Facebook and MySpace profiles. The push e-mail client for Gmail, MS Exchange, Twitter and Bebo Widgets servers, and universal messaging allow you to keep in touch with friends very easily. Samsung Monte also offers a convenient web browser, and accelerometer, which automatically adjusts the screen to the position you hold it in.
The phone is also equipped with a GPS module working with Google Maps. Geo-tagging assigns photos to specific geographical coordinates. In addition, Monte is equipped with WiFi and ActiveSync function, providing access to e-mail push and remote synchronization of data between your phone and a PC.
Of course, Samsung Monte has also got a camera. However, it offers only 3.2 megapixel camera, but with some nice features, like Smile Detection, panoramic photos, and face detection. All the functions can be easily managed on a 3-inch WQVGA TFT touch screen.
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.
LG Arena Max Review
LG Arena Max (LG LU9400) is going to be the newest cell phone offered by the LG company. It seems that LG Arena will soon be released to the market.
LG Arena Max is going to be equipped with a hige 3.5-inch touch screen. There will also be a GPS module, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi for communication. LG Arena Max is going to have a very good 5.0 megapixel camera. The device will use a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor. This will surely take care of all the processes run on this extraordinary cell phone and will asure their fluent . The cell will most likely be equipped with a microSD card slot.
LG LU9400 Arena Max is slightly larger than its predecessor. As you can see the photo presents the cell phone that is signed with the Cyon logo – the provider owned LG Electronics. This suggests that the new arena will be initially released in South Korea. When? Probably early March, but this has not been confirmed by LG officialy. How much will LG Arena Max cost? Unfortunately we do not know that yet.
LG Arena Max (LG LU9400) source: http://komorkomania.pl/
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.