Friday, December 19, 2008

Nokia N97 Touchscreen Smartphone - Review

The previously reported on Nokia N97 White is also to be released in Brown. Running Symbian OS v9.4, the new Nokia N97 N-Series phone is a powerful high end device with features to prove just that. It is in a nutshell a mobile computer that features advanced mobile technology. Reportedly faster than even the Nokia E71 and more powerful than the likes of the Samsung Omnia, Apple iPhone 3G and Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, the Nokia N97 promises to be even more popular than the Nokia N95.

The 3.5 inch widescreen touchscreen display is fitted with a integrated accelerometer and proximity sensor, supports handwriting recognition and is accompanied by a slide-out Qwerty keyboard. Featuring a new homescreen display information is received and displayed using widgets which can be customized to suit you.

The Nokia N97 Touchscreen is equipped with a 5MP autofocus camera that has a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, built-in dual LED flash and DVD quality video record.

The Nokia N97 also comes with multiple batteries so you can charge all three at once before you leave the house and with each battery offering 1.5 days of continuous audio playback, that’s music to our ears!

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Second Google Android Handset In Market Next Year

The Australians have brought us Google’s second Android handset that’s named Agora.

The handset features a 2.5-inch TFT-LCD flat touch-sensitive screen with 262K QVGA (320 X 240 pixel) resolution. It has a QWERTY keypad as well that gives it a look That is rather similar to Motorola’s Q9 Windows Mobile handset. Other features include a microSD card slot for memory expansion, GPRS/EDGE support and Bluetooth 2.0 (with EDR). Wi-Fi, internal GPS and a 2 megapixel camera are features that are available only with the Agora Pro version.

The phone sells without a contract or carrier obligation and also features a 624 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM, wi-fi, 2 MP camera and 400 minutes of talk time. A lesser equipped Kogan Agora is also available, lacking the camera, wi-fi and GPS for 299 Australian dollars

The Kogan Agora (AU$299) features a full QWERTY keyboard, central navigation key, 2.5” touchscreen, microSD slot, and 3G connectivity.

The Kogan Agora Pro (AU$399) adds a 2 MP camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS to the Agora’s impressive specifications.

Some of the applications pre-loaded on the Kogan Agora are:

· Gmail · Google Search · Google Calender · Google Maps · Google Talk · YouTube