New Motorola QWERTY slider released - Motorola Hint QA30

Not so long ago we wrote about new unannounced yet smartphone from Nokia with QWERTY keyboard. Motorola tried to not fall behind its competitor, and officially announced its own QWERTY slider, named Motorola Hint QA30. After all rumors in the past several days, Motorola finally presented its new phone, which is made with text message lovers in mind. Taking in consideration, that Motorola rarely releases something new nowadays, it doubles the interest to its new product.

Phones with QWERTY keyboard have their own piece of market. Modern times developed new type of communication - via text messages and instant messaging applications. It is extremely uncomfortable to type a long message on usual phone keypad, and while many people can live with it, someone can't. This is the audience for QWERTY keyboard enabled phones, like this one. Motorola Hint QA30 is a CDMA cell phone that is a first Motorola slider with full QWERTY keyboard. It has a full set of modern multimedia functions, like QVGA 2.5" display, video and audio playback (list of supported formats include MIDI, MP3, AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, WMA v9 for audio and H.263, MPEG4, WMV v9 for video), microSDHC support up to 8 GB, Bluetooth Stereo, 2 megapixel camera with video recording, and 3.5 headphone jack for true music lovers. Internet functions are also present, and they are greatly done - fully featured HTML browser, integrated E-Mail and IM functions (which take full benefits from QWERTY keyboard - text input is greatly faster than on standard phone keypad). 128 MB of RAM gives great possibilities for multitasking; 256 MB of built-in memory leave plenty of space even if you forgot your card at home. Las, but not least - this model has aGPS support, so if carrier supports this function users will be able to track their position on the map.

Battery life is also quite impressive for a 940 mAh battery - up to 4.5 hours in talking mode and up to 15 days in standby. Phone is quite thick (because of sliding keyboard), but overall its size is not huge, so it will fit in almost every pocket: 82 x 61,6 x 17 mm, 120g weight.

This interesting novelty from Motorola will be released in stores in November 28 in USA, no information about other countries yet. Unfortunately, this is not a smartphone, but is has an impressive set of features for a usual phone and it will be popular amongst young and active people, who like to send text messages and listen music.

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Samsung Instinct vs. iPhone 3G: which one will be better?

It's not only the battle of two devices it is the battle of two cell phone services providers: Sprint and AT&T. These two phones will be their best and most powerful presenters that they have. iPhone 3G is not out yet but AT&T was successfully selling the previous versions of iPhone for almost a year now. So some people love AT&T and other love Sprint and it's their choice. What we are going to do is compare the features of the two phones.

First of all let's do the comparison of the exterior of Samsung Instinct and iPhone. Instinct is made mainly of plastic which is not that neat today; iPhone has pats made of metal and harden glass to prevent it from scratching.

As to AT&T vs. Sprint there are some advantages and disadvantages; but concerning these phones Sprint is giving very high internet speeds and music store from any point of coverage. AT&T's iPhone can only connect to iTunes store via Wi-Fi, which restricts it to the city limits. Besides, everybody knows about Samsung Instinct's and iPhone's GPS capabilities.

I personally liked the voice control on Samsung Instinct; however not sure if it would work as good as they demonstrate it, so train your speech to be able to control it.
I'm not sure if it was a good idea to have the keyboard only in landscape mode. My personal opinion is that I want to choose what mode to use because it really frustrates me that I need to turn it every time I want to input some text.

One more thing that I love about Instinct is its open platform. I really like to install and use the software I choose. iPhone has made a pretty good job on giving positive experience for the customers but it is closed platform.

Another good thing about Instinct is that they give an additional battery and an external battery charger, which can be very helpful during traveling.

iPhone should be twice as fast in web browsing as the old iPhone is. It supports Bluetooth, GPRS, GSM, EDGE, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, UMTS connectivity and that's what they are proud about. One of the biggest news: it will be able to give you 3G video talks with your friends.

One other big news is that Apple is going to allow third party applications on their iPhone but only those that are approved by them. Not sure how popular that will be. Apple has done a pretty good job on the user interface. And the question I have is: "Will the third party applications be free or they are going to charge the customers for that?" The platform it is running on is Mac OS X Mobile which should bring the customers best experiences.

In the rest of features the iPhone 3G will be just as its predecessor (one of the best phones out there.) It will roll out on July the 11th in 70 countries of the world. The 8GB version will cost $199 and the 16GB version will cost $299.

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iPhone 4G is rumored to be released in May, announced this January

The year last year, or more specifically the second half of the 2009, was gratefully decorated with major smartphone announcements. Just to name a few let's bring up in mind iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre coming one after another and followed by the mobile hero of the year - the HTC Hero. Then the long awaited Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 and Motorola Droid made their appearance. By now we have Nexus One added to that lot. iPhone 3GS, despite being a revamped one and a half year old second-gen iPhone is holding very strong to its positions and better still beats the newcomers by an immense rate when it comes to loading a web page, as our colleagues were lucky to discover. If take a look in the future however we might see there an eye-pleasing glow of iPhone 4G coming out in May, 2010. At least this is what rumor mill has erected.

It is hard to be precise knowing that the point about Apple iPhone 4G is based on unofficial information, speculation about it and generalized wishlist which Apple definitely follows through evolution branches of all of its products. But we have the approximate release date - May, 2010. We also have the announcement date - that should be January 27th - the day when Apple introduces their not any less rumored tablet to the public.

Design, hardware and software have even thicker layer of fog lying upon them. But as far as we know, a significant hardware updates are planned for the next-gen iPhone. They include recently released SGX545 graphic processor, OLED touchscreen, 5 Megapixel camera or better, 4G chip. All of that as I'm sure you know requires radical of changes in software and rewriting the current version will not be enough. iPhone OS 4.0 should be the answer and plausibly with multitasking feature.

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BlackBerry Gemini "high end pack" phone

New BlackBerry Curve 8530 is truly a heck of useful points. First of all need to mention that it comes in really updated curved rounded design with compact, pocketable dimensions 4.29 inches (109 mm) x 2.36 inches (60 mm) x 0.55 inches (13.88mm). Display 1.5 inch x 2 inch, 320x240 LCD Screen, light weight (3.9 ounces (110 grams).

Set of convenience keys and media controls are located on the top of the phone and along sides as well as full Qwerty keyboard. Armed with 2.0-megapixel camera, expandable memory up to 32GB, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g). Bluetooth 2.1 profile allows to stream into most popular social networks as MySpace, Facebook and Flicker. Also any user can get access to the variety of preloaded applications in BlackBerry App World

Productivity:


• BlackBerry Push Technology allows to have and use multi email accounts both business and personal
  
• Build-in viewer allows to download, view, edit and work with Word, Excel, PowerPoint files
  
• 2.0 MP picture and video capture with 5x optical zoom
  
• Memory: 256 MB RAM
  
• Integrated GPS
  
• Voice dial-up, speakerphone
  
• Up to 5.4 hours continuous talk time
  
• Tools to keep in order contacts, schedule meetings, diary, task lists etc
  
• Entertainment functions: Social networking, Sprint applications, media player

New BlackBerry gadget is another successful product. Such points as new, slim profile, fast processor for bigger productivity, advanced multimedia, features like e-mail, contact sorting, networking, applications for downloading and many other is a perfect “high end” pack for customer.

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Ultra small Agent HD Video Recording Camera

Ultra small, different and cautiously advised - this way we can characterize this gadget. Agent Cam HD Video Recording camera is a advantageous apparatus in abounding bearings back is all-important to accept some memories recorded. Any annal could be fabricated and saved. Time with family, business meetings, action events, alfresco activity, affirmation collector, aegis aim - alone are few advantageous clues area Agent Cam HD will be useful. This baby aerial resolution DVR cam allows to almanac up to 6 hours of video.

Micro Mini DVR cam is a accepted miniaturized allotment to backpack it anywhere. Reliable architecture fabricated from metal and glass, with USB anchorage and Led indicator. Plug and comedy advantage for Windows or after editions. Micro Mini Cam is accordant with Windows 98SE / ME / 2000 / Vista / XP. Apparatus dimension: 50mm x 50mm x 15mm (LxWxD).

Specification:

- Model name: HS-WDVR01 Watch DVR

- Memory: 2 GB MicroSD in included

- Format: AVI (640*480), 15ÀÇÑ

- MIC: built-in

- Power source: chip array that is recharged anon via USB anchorage or with charger.

- Display mode: Analog 12 hours (hour, minute, second)

This Micro Mini DVR cam is a accepted miniaturized allotment to backpack it anywhere. Reliable architecture fabricated from metal and glass, with USB anchorage and Led indicator. Comes with all all-important set of functions to almanac video.

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Samsung B3210 Corby TXT Review

The Samsung B3210 Corby TXT mobile phone is a solid bar designed handset complete with highly focused messaging features which makes communication a pleasure for its user. Its solid bar form is wide due its full QWERTY keyboard & its overall casing size measures 11.2cm tall by 5.96cm wide by 1.29cm thick. This handset weighs ninety four grams including its fitted rechargeable battery which is a solid weight without weighing the user down.

A good size screen & QWERTY keyboard fills the front section of this handset. Its screen is a TFT screen which displays up to two hundred & sixty two thousand colours on a clear resolution screen. Its QWERTY keyboard provides a full QWERTY input method which is ideal for inputting text at high speeds. This mobile phone comes with a changeable cover facility which allows the user to change the handsets casing colour to suit the user's style.

This mobile phone supports a Bluetooth® wireless connectivity to other devices allowing the user to connect their handset to other compatible Bluetooth® devices without using cables or wires when transferring data files. Its Bluetooth® technology can work with compatible devices which are up to ten metres apart & is a quick & easy way to transfer files. A USB connection allows the user to use a USB cable to connect the Samsung B3210 Corby TXT to other USB compatible devices to gain a cabled connection between two devices when transferring data. The B3210 Corby TXT supports Edge & GPRS technologies which provide high speed data transfer rates for the user to gain when transferring files. This mobile phone has forty megabytes of built in memory & supports an expandable memory card slot which can hold up to eight gigabytes of external memory. The B3210 Corby TXT works over GSM networks 850, 900, 1800 & 1900 which provides the user with quad band network coverage which will automatically switch between networks.

For entertainment the user can enjoy a two megapixel camera feature, digital music player or an FM radio feature depending on the users entertainment needs. There is a highly user friendly two megapixel camera feature which comes with a variety of photo & video setting to enhance any photos captured or video clips recording using this built in camera. The phone comes with an easy to use camera capturing key & the screen works as a viewfinder. The Samsung B3210 Corby TXT supports an integrated music player which supports popular music formats including MP3 & WMA formats. The user can transfer new music on to their mobile phone via the connectivity options available or download new music from the Web. Its radio feature allows the user to tune into their preferred music station to catch up on all the latest hit music & the user can enjoy an onscreen update via the radio data system feature which provides information which is relevant to the radio station being listened to.

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