Thursday, February 19, 2009

LG Cookie KP500

LG Cookie KP500 The highly promoted LG touchscreen has hit the markets with an aggressive pricing. The Cookie (KP 500) for me is an update to the previous attempt to cash in on the Touch hype - “Prada”. While the LG Prada was an early attempt, the Cookie is much more impressive.

Form Factor
The KP500 has a large 3-inch TFT touch screen display featuring a 240 x 400 pixel, 256K color resolution. Just under the display are a set of 3 keys - Call take, end and a center shortcut menu key that can also be used as a sort of ‘End task - Task Manager’ option to close all active applications. The stylus is neatly concealed and located at the bottom but slides out from the side. This extremely slim handset (11.9mm) has a microSD card slot on one side followed by a screen lock key and a dedicated camera key located below that. On the opposite side is where you’ll find a proprietary port for the handsfree, charger and USB and volume/zoom keys. A 3 megapixel camera is located at the rear.


Features (Specifications):
* 3 megapixel camera with 2x digital zoom (Video supported)
* 3 TFT LCD, 262k colours, 240 x 400 pixels
* Handwriting recognition (Stylus operation)
* Music player (MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC++/WMA formats) with FM
* Document viewer (TXT, PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS)
* Ringtones: 64 voice polyphonic ringtones / MP3 ringtones
* Java 2.0 games
* Phonebook (1000 names)
* Memory: 48 Mbytes plus microSD memory card slot (up to 8GB)
* Connectivity: USB 2.0, Bluetooth
* Internet: WAP 2.0, GPRS, EDGE, web browser
* Vibration alert
* Quad band
* Size: 107 x 55 x 12 mm
* Talktime: 3.5 hours
* Battery standby: 350 hours

Pros:
Great designWell priced

Cons: Touch sensitivity and accelerometer are erratic

Saturday, January 10, 2009

New handset unveiled by SONY Ericsson “XPERIA”

The XPERIA™ X1 combines a 3-inch clear wide VGA display and a full QWERTY keyboard within a quality metal-finish body. With Windows Mobile® inside, the XPERIA™ X1 lets you choose from a dynamic range of activities at anytime and anywhere; from enjoying your favourite entertainment content to working efficiently on-the-move. Access a world of experiences simply by touching the XPERIA™ panel on the screen.

Sony Ericsson XPERIATM X1 – energised communication, the premium experience.

* Convergence of multimedia entertainment and mobile Web communication
* Windows Mobile® capabilities
* Unique arc slider with wide pitch easy-to-use QWERTY keyboard
* XPERIA™ panels - arrange as you want for easy access
* Enjoy multimedia entertainment on bright wide VGA display

XPERIA™ panel interface – experiences just the way you want them
Enjoy access to different experiences – Web, multimedia, applications – from your desktop. Navigate with the tip of your finger. Configure and have your XPERIA™ panels just the way you want them.

Multiple navigation – the choice is yours
XPERIA™ X1 lets you interact with your phone in different ways. Touch, full QWERTY keyboard, 4-way key and optical joystick navigation. Switch seamlessly between operation modes.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Handset Review


Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, a mobile device for music that brings innovative new features to the mass market. Delivering on Nokia's vision to provide the best total music experience possible, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be among the first devices to support Comes With Music, Nokia's groundbreaking service which offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue.


The design

Design Nokia 5800 is easy to describe. Monoblock without any design seek symmetrical shape, a minimum of controls, the bulk of the surface is the big screen, and the distance to the edges of the shell is very small. In fact, the screen and determine the dimensions of the phone, its appearance. Screen size - 38h70 mm (diagonal - 3.2 inches), he was gaunt, has a 16:9 aspect ratio. The display looks like the best of all, this ratio has resulted in a small width of the device. It is too much width becomes a negative factor for many vehicles, the same iPhone markedly greater good is at hand. The screen is not recessed into the body, which is meant primarily paltsevoe administration, however, and a stylus, which is hidden in the hull. At the edges Kant corps passes, which is above the hull for a couple of millimeters, it protects the screen from contact with the surface. Above the screen is touch a button multimedia menu, which consists of five points. Key is located conveniently, accidental clicks No, but the menu is achievable in just one touch.

On the left are two slots, cover plugs. One - under the memory card, the second card SIM. But that does not mean that the SIM-card can be changed on the fly, this device does not support. In order to pull it, the battery will need to lift and push through a special hole card. You can use the stylus, any sensitive subject. In the same end of two dynamics are located. The holes are very small, setochki that they cover, also slightly visible. Meanwhile surprising that these dynamics - one of the most powerful and high-quality, they are clearly benefiting from the Nokia N82, for example. On the opposite side - the volume keys and camera button and the slider lock.

Media Bar, Contacts Bar - putting people first
Taking advantage of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic introduces the 'Media Bar', a handy drop down menu that provides direct access to music and entertainment, including favourite tracks, videos and photos. The Media Bar also offers a direct link to the web and to online sharing. Because the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports Flash content, individuals can surf the entire web, not just pieces of it. In addition, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks and support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack.

For the best screen resolution available on a mobile phone, the 3.2" widescreen display brings photos, video clips and web content to life in vibrant color and true clarity. With a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and 30 frames-per-second playback and recording, the device is ideal for VGA quality video recording and playback.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and, with a single touch, images or videos can be shared via a favorite online community, such as Share on Ovi, Flickr, or Facebook. Music playlist song titles can also be shared through Bluetooth, MMS or online sharing.

Music for the masses
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports 60 languages worldwide, which covers nearly 90 percent of the world's population. As people around the world use their phones in different ways, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers a variety of input methods including a virtual alphanumeric keypad, a virtual computer-style QWERTY keyboard, a pen stylus and for true music enthusiasts, a plectrum are all available.

Additional features include Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, and USB 2.0 High-Speed.

The pricing is what excited us the most; Rs 21839 only!

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