HTC One X - Status Quo

Some htc one x variants predict inputs in local flavour, like English france or any asian rather than more commonplace English US or English UK. Use a custom rom. Many roms work in Asian firmware variant or any local variant or install apps to change location like MoreLocale2 or LocaleSwitch and set your locale

The best Custom Rom for HTC One X? Simply you can stay with the stock ROM, unlock the bootloader and just root it. But in this case ARHD (Android Revolution HD) is recommended by most users as an alternative. However according to custom rom killers the standard stock rom of the phone is way smoother

The AT&T variant only available in 16GB internal storage version

Google play error 500

try these,

1. Re-set APN
2. Delete the proxy number

Asphalt 6 Adrenaline doesnt work

Those who have rooted and managed to upgrade to 1.28 are experiencing Sense UI issues. If your one of them, reinstall the 1.28 and reflash the SuperSU

If your having a set with dead pixels, little green or yellow dots, screen flickers, flexing screen and so on get a replacement. Most probably the handset is a faulty one. Better wait until HTC wipe out the faulty onces from the initial batch. Many have replaced their item for the fourth time and still waiting the arrival of replacements

The font size in apps like Email or Messaging is annoyingly large

What do you want from the screen when you receive a text? You want the screen to "Turn On' when you receive a text? Go to privacy settings and adjust as required

HTC One X - Pros and Cons

3G

Touch-sensitive controls

Super IPS LCD2 capacitive
touchscreen

16M colors

720 x 1280 pixels displayed

A 4.7 inches "WOW" screen and a whopping ~312 ppi pixel density

Multitouch

Corning Gorilla Glass Protection

HTC Sense UI

No memory card slot

26 GB internal storage for you and your family

1 GB RAM

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n

Wi-Fi Direct

DLNA

Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth v4.0

NFC

microUSB (MHL) v2.0

8 MP cam

Autofocus

LED flash

Simultaneous HD video and image
recording

1080p video recording @30fps,

Stereo sound recording

Video stabilization

Secondary camera of 1.3 MP and 720p

Android v4.0 (Ice Cream
Sandwich)

Nvidia Tegra 3 Chipset

Quad-core 1.5 GHz CPU

ULP GeForce GPU

Accelerometer

Gyro

Proximity sensor

Threaded view

Adobe Flash

Stereo FM radio with RDS

GPS with A-GPS

MicroSIM card support only

Beats Audio

TV-out via MHL A/V link

SNS integration

Document viewer/editor

Predictive text input

When your on
3G and data turned on, the battery wont give out more than three hourse to continuous play

Considerably fast WiFi operations

Heat

Those who have updated the software to 1.28.708.10 have seen some improvement in all aspects

Fascinating polycarbonate body

microUSB port charging

Stereo Bluetooth v4.0

MHL TV-out necessitates MHL-to-
HDMI adapter

Smart dialing

Voice dialing

DivX/XviD

HTC Locations app

HTCSense.com integrated

HTC Portable Hotspot

Beats audio enhancements

No 3G video calls ( but you got a handful of 3rd party apps)

No dedicated camera key

Image and video
quality is not so impressive

Video framing is sub-par

No Beats headphones included in the box

A shutter key is not available

Non-user-replaceable battery

Eight different lockscreens

A fast Booting experience

Tegra 3 Quad Core processor isn’t compatible with LTE

Tegra 3 Quad-Core 1.5GHz processor is known as good for HD gaming, HD video and mutitasking

FREE 25GB Dropbox storage for 2 years.

Hard buttons are hard

No video play back in the background

LED notification indicator

Flash stuff in the browser really drains battery fast

Users complain about zoom and pinch in issues when browsing. Like only a small chunk of webpage shows up the moment you pinch in

Takes a hell lot to be charged fully

Flash content in the stock browser or any third party browsers is buggy

Cannot sync with a Mac. No SyncManager available yet

With the international version you can roam world around

You will be always encircled by an enthusiastic bunch of devs. Devs like 3g or gsm versions than 4g or cdma versions

International version doesnt work on AT&T LTE

160 Sony Xperia S Pros and Cons/ Sony Ericsson Xperia Nozomi / Sony Ericsson Arc HD - Review, Pros and Cons

Sony Xperia S / Sony Ericsson Xperia Nozomi / Sony Ericsson Arc HD - Pros and Cons

3G

Touch-sensitive controls

16M colors

720 x 1280 pixels, 4.3 inches display which shelter about a ~342 ppi pixel density. Concerning the display, there is no reason to worry or regret about

Multitouch up to 10 fingers

Scratch-resistant glass

Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine

Timescape UI

No Card slot

A 32 GB internal storage, what a relief!

1 GB RAM

Wi-Fi Direct

Wi-Fi hotspot

NFC

12 MP cam

Autofocus

LED flash

Touch focus

3D sweep panorama

Image stabilization

1080p@30fps video coder

Continuous autofocus

Video light

Video stabilizer

Secondary cam

Android ICS ( soon to be )

Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Chipset

Dual-core 1.5 GHz CPU, a break through from Sony Ericsson and a true flagship phone

Adreno 220 GPU

Accelerometer

Gyro

Proximity sensor

Threaded view

HTML5

Adobe Flash

Stereo FM radio

GPS with A-GPS

GLONASS

MicroSIM card support only

TV launcher

SNS integration

HDMI port

Active noise cancellation

Document viewer

Predictive text input

Music play Up to 25 hours

Not a quad-core though

Multi Angle shots

Stereo sound

PlayStation (access
to the PS Store)

No microHDMI cable included in the box

Heavy

Viewing angles dont measure up to traditional standards of performance

Good Sunlight legibility

Proximity and
ambient light sensors

A charge and event LED indicator

Poor battery life

Prone to accidental drops

Dedicated camera button

The keyboard is at the bottom of the screen, wont balance well in the hand

£450 sim-free

Lacks Mac support, cannot sync with a Mac

The flap over the charge port is uncomfortable

Slippery back cover

A nice multi-tasker, you can run several apps without a single hiccup

Icons in all shapes and sizes in the app drawer. Some may find it disorganised

OfficeSuite preinstalled but it's only for viewing pleasure

A Media Remote which allows you to control a Sony connected TV

Full turn by turn satnav

GPS is sensitive enoughand, it locks within seconds

Wisepilot preinstalled

McAfee preinstalled

Wi-Fi hotspot

it doesn't automatically find whether your in Wi-Fi network or out of the boundary

Non user replasable battery

A widget which shows most recently taken photos

Youtube HD videos

Audio is outstanding with headphones

Inbuilt speaker sucks

The gallery app shows only a tiny version of any image

The gallery app keeps 3D panorama shots and Multi Angle shots in two different sections

To view the 3D panoramas in 3D, (taking out of the handset), will require a compatible 3DTV.

To view Multi Angle shots taking out of the device?, it will certainly be another Xperia. Where else you can find a compatible app and an accelerometer?

The BRAVIA engine really do improve the day to day image and video viewing qualities

Can switch BRAVIA off
, if you feel like it distorts

No dedicated video player

AVI and MKV videos supported

Some audio codecs are rejected. Better avoid videos with surround sound

Plays 1080p videos

Can watch 720p videos at
100%

No need to have a PC Suite to tag songs. The phone itself does the job if a data connection is present

A massive selection of equalizer presets

The custom preset lets you adjust five frquency bands

Clear Bass slider present

Headphone surround option (can be set to Studio, Club or Concert hall)

When not in the headphones, use xLOUD feature to enhance the loudspeaker output

Only the music controls visible, not the clock on the lockscreen

The radio app automatically scans for the available stations

The Force mono option in the radio can be used when the reception is weak

The overall audio performance is not for the demanding music lovers

Five homescreen panes

Cannot add or delete homescreen panes

Overview mode in the homescreen. Pinch to zoom out on any of the 5 homescreen panes and
all active widgets apprear there for easy navigation

The lockscreen shows notifications for Facebook events

The music player widget enables the user control the
music playback without unlocking
the phone
(track info
and playback controls available
on the lockscreen, no need to unlock the phone to
control the player)

A Data monitor (can set up alarms for data sent, received, total data sent, recieved and can set start dates for sessions)

The data monitor doesnt show usage per app etc, only the total usage

Phonebook syncs with multiple accounts, including Exchange and Facebook,

Custom ringtones

If you touch the antenna at the bottom it will make signal strength weak

Smart dialing

Voice dialing

Loudspeaker ringing output is not loud enough

The email app supports multiple Gmail accounts

A one, stable, solid centered inbox for all other email services is absent

A Media Remote which will remotely control DLNA-capable BRAVIA TVs and Sony DVD/Blu-ray players

Though Bluetooth is 2.1, Wi-Fi Direct compensates

Where are the gaps in this phone which may gather dust? They are around the translucent bar, around the port covers, around the scratch resistant screen and around the rear cover. Litteraly they are everywhere

Who needs a rear cover when the battery is undetachable? a Micro SIM drawer would have been enough

Have unibodies become the thing? Like polycarbonate or aluminium?. The phone we are focusing on isnt covered in one

You will notice an incessant yellow tinge to all white areas though its highly unnoticable

A good and consistent reception

The notification LED is pretty smart. It shows different colors assigned to indicate different events, blue for a missed call, orange for charging etc

The excessive image compression which was a decease prevailant from previous Xperias is still extant in Xperia S too. You cannot change the JPEG settings as you pine to have nicer files

Stills average from 2MB to 3MB and 1080p videos around 100MB per minute each (though compressed) in size, can you shutter without a physical memory card?

The autofocus is slow

A good movie companion

The frequent McAffee antivirus notifications are really annoying and cannot easily be disabled

The settings and functions you can assign to NFC Smarttags aren't sophisticated enough yet to make them useful

There's no airplane mode,

Can't disable data without disabling calls

Integratable with the Xperia SmartWatch. With it you can send notifications directly to your wrist over Bluetooth.

There are two NFC SmartTags boxed that you can assign different setting packs to use to automatically adjust the phone to specific atmospheres. Just bring the tag near the phone and select the actions you want it to perform. Next time the phone come closure to the tag, it will automatically be adjusted as commanded

The Exmor R™

16x digital zoom

CMOS sensor

Upgrading to the newer (4.0.3) version could trigger troubles or in most instances, hangings. Bugs not fixed yet

Sharp uncomfortable corners

Turn Bravia engine off unless you watch videos or stills. It sucks battery life

Most users complains about scratches on the display. But the phone has a "screen protector" over the Scratch-resistant glass. Your scratches are probably on the protector , not on the glass display itself

Hanged...? What you usually do? Restart it or just remove the battery? but sadly the battery in this case is an undetachable one

Many games from the Play Store are incompatible

Hangs a lot

Its microSIM only. So you try to cut your SIM and easily end up damaging it

User available RAM is near 696 MB to 700MB. The rest -328Mb - is reserved for the system

Slippery

With the supplied quick charger, it only takes 1h 10mins to fully charge the 1780mah battery, adjust your life style if necessary

Touch buttons not very responsive

50GB cloud storage

Anti Stain Coating

Cannot transfer files more than 4gb in size. Its FAT32

The display turns yellow when the device catch the heat

No USB mass storage

Turn off your phone and turn it on. You may notice that some of the apps you installed are gone without trace or have become grey boxes and no longer responsive or the warning "application not found" prompted . Keep the phone away from your dog. The phone is reportedly Grey hounded!

Many have the same experience, most of the apps run in the background even after killing them and publicly heralding their demise. Most users remorse over

PS: The legendary yellow tint issue is been addressed. The affected devices are pulled back and replaced. Its reportedly a factory defect on some early birds

Nokia Asha 303 - Pros and Cons

Nokia Asha 303 - Pros and Cons

3G QWERTY keyboard TFT capacitive touchscreen 256K colors only A small screen, 2.6 inches A poor resolution, ~154 ppi pixel density microSD, up to 32GB Photocall Call records Only 100 MB user available internal memory Ram isnt enough, 128 MB WLAN Bluetooth v2.1 microUSB v2.0 USB On-the- go support 3.2 MP cam Fixed focus, not auto focus VGA@15fps videos only No Secondary cam 1 GHz CPU with a 128 RAM?, who calculated this joke? Threaded view No HTML5 Adobe Flash Lite in the browser Stereo FM radio with RDS No GPS Java MIDP 2.1 SNS integration Predictive text input with a QWERTY keyboard? Touch and Type S40 microUSB port charging 2GB card included Angry Birds exclusively designed No multitasking No smart dialing No video-calling No document viewer Memory card is non-hot-swappable Finger prints proof Doesnt do well under sunlight Its a touch screen phone, but you have to economise with 2.6 inches A logical responsiveness, it neglects minor fiddlings of insignificance Physical shortcut keys for Messaging and Music Keys are nicely sized No dedicated camera key No LED flash The camera lens not protected 1300 mAh BP-3L Li-Ion battery. 47 hours of music playback A good build quality No HDMI port The lower video frames per second rate is horrifying. The maximum video recording rate is 15 frames per second Its only 99 grams, even lighter than the latest iPhone Stereo headset No proximity sensor Inbuild Nokia Maps application uses Cell ID and locates your whereabouts You cannot use a Bluetooth GPS reciever either Maps uses data connection to load maps The native browser uses a dedicated server to compress web pages just like Opera Mini Kinetic scrolling Flash support doesnt go beyond 3.0 The weekly view is missing in the calendar app You can set only one alarm at a time A voice recorder with unlimited recording time You cant assigh more than one facebook or twitter account to the social app once A social app widget that can be placed in the homestead which automatically updates The camera app only operates in the portrait mode High noise levels in the cam microUSB charging USB on the go, you can plug USB flash drivers and even other Nokia phones USB on the go doesnt take card readers in One of the cheapest WiFI enabled phones No TV-Out A music player home screen widget ( but it doesnt let the user skip the playing song or pause a playing one) It does Xvid/DivX videos too. But the videos need to be at least 700MB and nHD resolution to be played Headphone output is unsatisfactory No LED flash in the cam You can assign ringtones to each contact No voice dialing You can have only one favorite contact With the Mail app you can create multiple accounts. It just required your email address and password only You can have a Mail widget on the homescreen, but it doesnt show just recieved emails The Chat app supports Facebook, Google Talk, Ovi Chat, Windows Live Messenger, MySpce IM and Yahoo! Chat A Chat widget for the homescreen No accelerometer No dedicated camera key

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Nokia 808 PureView - Pros and Cons

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

16M colors

360 x 640 pixels

4.0 inches

~184 ppi pixel density, a practical joke these days

Multitouch

Corning Gorilla Glass

Nokia ClearBlack display

MEMORY Card slot up to 32 GB (microSD)

Internal 16 GB storage

512 MB RAM

DLNA, UPnP technology

Bluetooth v3.0

NFC

USB On-the-go

41 MP cam(38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels)

Carl Zeiss optics

Autofocus

Xenon flash

1/1.2'' sensor size

ND filter

upto 3x lossless digital zoom

1080p@30fps video capturing

lossless digital zoom

LED light

VGA@30fps secondary video

Nokia Belle OS

CPU 1.3 GHz ARM 11

Accelerometer

Proximity

Threaded view

HTML5

Adobe Flash Lite

Stereo FM radio

FM transmitter

GPS with A-GPS

SNS integration

Active noise cancellation

HDMI port

Document viewer

Predictive text input

120 Pros and cons of Apple ipad 3 Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi + LTE (4G)

Apple iPad 3 Apple iPad Wi-Fi - 4G's CDMA capabilities available only if sold and activated for use on a CDMA network. LTE otherwise known as 4G is only supported on AT&T and Verizon networks in the US. Bell, Rogers, and Telus networks in Canada also furnish 4G for the ipad3 Wifi + 4G slate This is the Tablet with no support for GSM voice. Most Asians will carry that memory to their next lives Wi-Fi hotspot functionality is carrier dependant On Wi-Fi + 4G, only MicroSIM cards are supported 9.7 inches display ~264 ppi pixel density, you wont distinguish the pixels with the naked eye Multitouch Scratch-resistant glass Oleophobic coating No Alerts No memory card slot 16/32/64 GB internal storage options 1 GB RAM Autofocus Touch focus Secondary cam Videocalling over Wi-Fi only iOS 5.1 Apple A5X Chipset Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU PowerVR SGX543MP4 (quad-core graphics) GPU Accelerometer Gyro Safari browser No Radio No GPS iCloud cloud service iBooks PDF reader TV-out Retina display comes with 2048 x 1536 pixels. its four times the pixels of the PreviousPad2 Clear images with sharp details The resolution is ready-made to give a print quality resolution for Digital magazines 1080 HD videos, movies Its heavier than the Predecessor More resolution means apps and movies will need more space to store The display will deliver multiple characters and languagesat the same time Voice dictation accepted PowerVR (quad core) is two times faster than the Tegra 3 and will be four times ahead than the Nvidia’s chip, when it come to graphics performance 5 element lens Image stabilization Hotspot via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB LTE iPad versions cost $130 more than the Wi-Fi versions A wide f2.4 aperture for low-lights An infra-red filter 3G Most graphics heavy apps and games are not optimised for the device yet A Proprietary USB connector, a standard microUSB is not available 44 percent improved color saturation Expensive: WiFi-only iPads are priced at $499 for 16GB. A WiFi + 4G 16GB iPad will cost $629. One who aspire more space on this toy may spend $829 for a 64GB WiFi + 4G model There are 3.1 million pixels on the new display in total, 1 million more pixels than your typical HDTV set "FaceTime video chat still won't work directly on the 4G network", TheVerge.com confirms For Wi-Fi and 4G versions, they are charging additional US$130 bucks The LTE connectivity is for data usage only GPS with A-GPS support is optional and for the 3G model only Bluetooth 4.0 11,560 mAh battery, what a monster!, but most users claim that there isnt any significant improvement in the battery life Four and five-finger gestures To do a 1080p TV-output you need the Apple Digital AV Adapter which is sold separately for about$39 720p video streaming Supports magnetic cases Every iPad and iPhone app is supported without any tweaks or tricks 1080p video recording at 30fps VGA secondary camera do lets to have FaceTime calls You will still need iTunes for uploading most of your stuff Do poorly under sunlight Same CPU as the iPad 2 Thicker than the iPad 2 Flash is missing in the web browser Non replaceable battery No stereo loudspeakers No GPS receiver in the Wi-Fi version Beware!, it gets hot during heavy usage You cant both charge it and use it at the same time Most basic iOS apps are gone with the wind. Apps like weather, stocks, clock, calculator and voice memos arent there Not only a bunch of more pixels added, also a powerful GPU is added to take care of the extra pixel handling Wi-Fi only iPad doesn't have Wi-Fi hotspot You can Video chat and the reciever can recieve video frames at a speed of 30/fps No Multitasking You cannot Drag and Drop to manage files No SD card reader for the Huns Cannot connect as a disk drive to the computer Expensive Aluminium unibody A screen rotation lock. It also works as a mute button An ambient light sensor which does the trick. It automatically adjust the screen brightness levels Old Smart Covers will be much reluctant to work with the new iPads different orientation of the magnets polarity Bluetooth is for hands free and headphones only. Bluetooth file transfers are not catered yet Compare, iPad 2 has a 0.7MP still cam. But the newest is empowered with a 5MP cam which is capable of recording 1080p videos 80,000 apps iTunes U app delivers university lectures, keynotes and verbal courses Apple won't charge you for the FaceTime app iBooks is a virtual bookshelf. But it is not the only eye-candy you will confront there Not your typical e-reader, reading on a backlit LCD display is not similar to that of an e-ink display reading experience. If you stare at it for lengthy hours it will pop your eyes out The color scheme seems bit yellowish than the ipad2 Most apps have the option "split screen" No dedicated key to launch cam The notifications are displayed on homescreen and lockscreen The Notification center- the pull down menu-accomodate widgets The bonus pixels have had no gains from the plethora of added-dots. The UI isnt optimised for the plenty of pixels The GPU -PowerVR SGX543MP4- has four cores and is the one that power PlayStation Vita The ipad new is better than iphone 4s delivering javascript and HTML5 GSM, UMTS, CDMA, EV-DO, LTE all in one An easy navigation combination discovered!. Four/five finger pinch zoom out will fetch the homescreen, and the app thats working on will hide in the nearest background forest The pinch zoon out and left/right swipes wont work on the homescreen The swipe up gesture is omnipotent HD calls only, which looks pretty bad on the Retina display. Can iPad's front-facing camera handle them beside/beyond 720ps? LTE or CDMA?, actually you need a contract with a carrier that provide the respective band. No matter how your network of preference matters, you will have to stick with some alien network for the sake of ipad The first iPad which tethering is impregnated USB charging is a mystery. It doesnt show whether its taking it or not, but its still charging Pinch zooming in browser The multiple tabs supported in case of a wild Safari The Reader mode in the browser wont save you anywhere anytime. Its not available with every page out there The 3G/LTE version lets the user to use active data connection for A-GPS and cellular base station triangulation Multi-touch gestures A task switcher To use ipad as a photopad, you will need iPad's camera connection kit which downloads images from a memory card directly No Divx or Xvid You will have to hold the heavypad until the Titanic sink!. Its heavy and hard to hold by two hands during an entire flicks MOV files at 1080p supported iTunes is reluctant transferring MOV files that go beyond its imposed bitrates. (third party apps do the trick well)

The social networking empire is expanding on new grounds

Finally a Facebook phone

"Facebook phone" has finally proven a reality. As the ever changing tech scene suggests, your next mobile phone wont be an Iphone 4S, Samsung NEXUS or a Moto Razor, it will most probably be a Facebook phone nicknamed Buffy ( based on the TVseries by the same name ) which the social network that won million's hearts will be native on, in an unprecedented way, tech web site AllThingsD reports.

The rumour for a Facebook phone was around for a couple of years now but this is the major news break that hints that the social networking giant is after more smarter steps.

According to the original news story, the first hardware manufacturer chosen had been Samsung, but finally they have betrothed with HTC since they unconditionally provided dedicated Facebook buttons in their recent phones, namely Salsa
and ChaCha

This is not the first time Facebook worked closely with tech giants to integrate Facebook into handsets. It has previous experiences with Research in Motion and Palm on same kind of tech ventures.

However both Facebook and HTC had been reluctant on commenting on the story.

Facebook will tweak archrival's open software platform, Android and the social-networking technology will be deep rooted into the core of the device. Thus the phone itself will be different from others devices that only provide simple initiation of the network's mobile version with dedicated buttons.

" What the company plans to achieve by building its own devices is not yet known. If it chooses to build its own "Facebook phone," the company faces stiff competition in the smartphone market from players such as Apple's iPhone and Google's Android platform", Cnet cites the story.

Facebook offerd statement to the story is "Our mobile strategy is simple: We think every mobile device is better if it is deeply social. We're working across the entire mobile industry; with operators, hardware manufacturers, OS providers, and application developers to bring powerful social experiences to more people around the world."

With the frosty news revelation that will certainly chill some's spines, now a fatal question is awaken, will Buffy realy be a smart phone slayer?


Photo credit: An official product photo release by the manufacturer.

Few WindowsPhone 7/ 7.5 facts

Your logged into the market place and you cant still get the apps you want? Its still prompted " your not logged in with your windows live id?

1 Restart the phone, most times it do the trick
2. do a factory reset, add your Live/Hotmail account once again.

Multitasking, to quickly switch between open apps, a good task manager to manipulate apps?

Actually there is on multi tasking available in windows 7. But the apps itself have the ability to save their current status and jump back to the status quo when started again

Can I have fixed tile for a web page?

open the web page, tap at the bottom right
and select "pin to start"

Why this file and that file I cant open with windows office mobile?

windows mobile office still doesnt render most. So you want be able to open most of the complicated layouts



The MS reader doesnt recognise .lit files. Convert them to more understandable format like pdf

Zune Music is only accessible by few Marketplaces so far due to licensing complications

Difference between Samsung Galaxy Y S5360, Samsung Galaxy Y Duos, Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos and Samsung Galaxy Y Pro B5510

Which Samsung Galaxy Y most suites your requirements ?, Samsung Galaxy Y S5360, Samsung Galaxy Y Duos, Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos or Samsung Galaxy Y Pro B5510
?
. Compare at ease and take the wisest choice

source : GSMarena

Samsung Galaxy Y S5360	Samsung Galaxy Y Duos	Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos	Samsung Galaxy Y Pro B5510
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 Announced 2011, August Status Available. Released 2011, October BODY Dimensions 104 x 58 x 11.5 mm Weight 97.5 g DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors Size 240 x 320 pixels, 3.0 inches (~133 ppi pixel density) Multitouch Yes - TouchWiz UI - Touch sensitive controls SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, Internal 180 MB, 290 MB user available RAM DATA GPRS Yes EDGE Yes Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Hotspot functionality Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 CAMERA Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels Features Geo-tagging Video Yes, QVGA@15fps Secondary No FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread) CPU 830 MHz ARMv6 Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java Yes, MIDP 2.1 Colors Metallic gray, white / changeable back covers in pearly white, dark black, fruity orange, bubblegum pink and silver platter - SNS integration - MP4/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Quickoffice document viewer - Voice memo/commands - Predictive text input (Swype) BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh Stand-by Up to 850 h (2G) / Up to 540 h (3G) Talk time Up to 17 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 20 min (3G)	GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 Announced 2011, December Status Coming soon BODY Dimensions 109.8 x 60 x 12 mm Weight 109 g DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors Size 240 x 320 pixels, 3.14 inches (~127 ppi pixel density) - Samsung TouchWiz SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included Internal 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM DATA GPRS Yes EDGE Yes Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 CAMERA Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels Features Geo-tagging Video Yes, QVGA@24fps Secondary No FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Colors Black - Dual SIM (dual stand-by) - SNS integration - MP4/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document viewer - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh Stand-by Talk time	GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 Announced 2011, December Status Coming soon BODY Dimensions 110.8 x 63.5 x 11.9 mm Weight 112.3 g Keyboard QWERTY DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors Size 400 x 240 pixels, 2.6 inches (~179 ppi pixel density) - Optical trackpad - Samsung TouchWiz SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included Internal 512 MB ROM, 384 MB RAM DATA GPRS Yes EDGE Yes Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 CAMERA Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels Features Geo-tagging Video Yes, QVGA@24fps Secondary Yes, VGA FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Colors Black - Dual SIM (dual stand-by) - SNS integration - MP4/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document viewer - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial - Predictive text input BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1350 mAh Stand-by Talk time	Also known as Samsung Galaxy Txt GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 Announced 2011, August Status Available. Released 2011, November BODY Dimensions 110.8 x 63.5 x 11.5 mm Weight 108.6 g Keyboard QWERTY DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors Size 320 x 240 pixels, 2.6 inches (~154 ppi pixel density) - Optical trackpad SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, Internal 160 MB DATA GPRS Yes EDGE Yes Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 CAMERA Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels Features Geo-tagging, face detection Video Yes, QVGA@24fps Secondary No FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) CPU 832 MHz Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Colors Black - SNS integration - MP4/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document viewer/editor - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh Stand-by Up to 800 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G) Talk time Up to 17 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 10 min (3G) MISC SAR US 0.40 W/kg (head) 0.47 W/kg (body)

The new year resolution, a new phone

Here are the phones to hit the market this year. Whether its decaying blackberry OS, luxury IOS or hyped android, most seems to deliver years old specs yet

Samsung C3312 Duos Samsung Galaxy S III Samsung Galaxy S2 Mini Sony Ericsson Xperia Nozomi Samsung Galaxy Note I717 HTC Zeta HTC Edge Sony Ericsson Xperia Duo HTC Ville Nokia 900 BlackBerry Storm3 Nokia 703 LG Spectrum LG Univa E510 Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 Motorola Droid XTreme BlackBerry Curve Touch Nokia N87 Samsung Guru Dual 26 HTC Rider Motorola Droid Bionic Targa HTC Lead HTC Prime Dell Flash Nokia X3 Touch and Type S Dell Smoke BlackBerry Curve 8980 HTC Ignite HTC Glacier Motorola EX226 Samsung C5030 BlackBerry Volt BlackBerry Curve Touch CDMA Asus E600 LG Fantasy HTC Paradise LG C710 Aloha Huawei T552 T-Mobile myTouch 3G 1.2 Samsung C3730C LG E2 Gigabyte GSmart

World's greenest mobiles at the moment

GoodGuide which provides one of the world’s largest and most reliable sources of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of consumer products, has rated 498 Cell Phones products that have energy efficient chargers and are made of environmentally-preferable materials. According to the chart they are made by companies that have implemented green production practices and takeback recycling programs and taken steps to ensure their supply chains treat workers fairly and avoid conflict minerals.

'' The lowest rated cell phones have no ascertainable environmental features and are made by companies that are not focused on reducing their environmental and social impacts " , the study further insists.

Following is the top 30 first rated phones list which comprises of the phones that are playing the game of thrones for the tiara of the greenest phone. Presumably nokia C6 has won

Nokia C6 Nokia 6700 Slide Nokia X3 Nokia E5 Nokia E72 Nokia X3-02 Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Nokia E73 Nokia N8 Nokia C3 Touch and Type Nokia X6 16GB Nokia 5230 Nuron 3G Nokia 6790 Slide Straight Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Games Edition

Nokia 5230 Nokia E63 Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Nokia E71 Classic Nokia E71 Straight Talk Nokia C3 Nokia C3 Palm Pixi Palm Pre Palm Pre 2 Palm Pixi Plus Palm Pre Plus Nokia 6350 Samsung Blue Earth Nokia 1661

The next Android?

The next Android ?


The rumour reveals that Nokia is planning to pull back the finnish brand from its smart phones line and willing to stick with feature phones giving away its smart phone forgery to the american soil, to the short term friend Microsoft. Now its factual and crystal clear that the giant is full heartedly after basic phones with the news that the Smarterphone, Oslo, Norway based software hub which is focused on producing a much smart phone like OS for so-called feature phones, is being bought by the sinking breed so that thay can swim together

The company is financially pampered with millions by investment firms and tech personals like FerdCapital, Kvaleberg AG, Innovation Norway, Trolltech founder Haavard Nord and management consultant Lars Øberg from the very outset.

Whether the leader in the phone manufacturing is after fresh flesh, blood and souls or the operating system will parade along with Windows, Symbian or S40 is unclear. Financial terms of the deal are not disclosed yet.

Photo credit: nokia.com

Samsung Profits

Samsung to the fore. The south Korean tech giant which entered the smart phone arena only in 2010 and now eating every chop out of it has recently revealed their massive yet staggering operational and profit figures related to the 4th quarter of the ending financial year. According to the report, the company has sold 35 million smartphone units and its a mark up from 27.9 millions of the same quarter of the previous year. Operating profits have surged to US $4.47 billions, which represents a 73 percent year-over-year increase. The revenue generated from Samsung’s processing chip and OLED display businesses and of course the tremendously successful Samsung Android phones along with the new power hoarse Galaxy Nexus have been the cash cows

Image hooked here is fetched from samsung.com

Nokia phones classified All Nokia touch screen phones, full keypad phones and slide phones

All touch screen phones Nokia 3000 Nokia 500 Nokia 5228 Nokia 5230 Nokia 5233 Nokia 5235 Nokia 5250 Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Nokia 603 Nokia 700 Nokia 701 Nokia Asha 300 Nokia C2-02 Nokia C2-03 / C2-06 Nokia C3-01 Nokia C5-03 Nokia C6-00 Nokia C6-01 Nokia C7 Astound Nokia C7-00 Nokia E7-00 Nokia N8-00 Nokia N9 Nokia N900 Nokia N97 Nokia N97 mini Nokia Oro Nokia T7-00 Nokia X3-02 Nokia X6 Nokia X7-00

Full keyboard Nokia 2000 Nokia 3030 Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Nokia 6760 slide Nokia 6790 Slide Nokia 6790 Surge Nokia 702T Nokia Asha 200 Nokia Asha 303 Nokia C3-00 Nokia E5-00 Nokia E6-00 Nokia E61 Nokia E61i Nokia E62 Nokia E63 Nokia E71 Nokia E71x Nokia E72 Nokia E73 Nokia E75 Nokia X2-01

Slide phones Nokia 2220 slide Nokia 2680 slide Nokia 3600 slide Nokia 5200 Nokia 5300 XpressMusic Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition Nokia 5610 XpressMusic Nokia 6110 Navigator Nokia 6111 Nokia 6210 Navigator Nokia 6260 Slide Nokia 6270 Nokia 6280 Nokia 6288 Nokia 6300i Nokia 6500 slide Nokia 6600 slide Nokia 6600i slide Nokia 6700 slide Nokia 6702 Nokia 6710 Navigator Nokia 6788 Nokia 6788i Nokia 7100 Supernova Nokia 7230 Nokia 7370 Nokia 7373 Nokia 7610 Supernova Nokia 8600 Luna Nokia 8800 Nokia C2-05 Nokia E65 Nokia E66 Nokia E70 Nokia N80 Nokia N81 Nokia N85 Nokia N86 8MP Nokia N95 Nokia N95 8GB Nokia N96 Nokia X3 Nokia X5-01

World's cheapest smart phone, Nokia 6630

World's cheapest smart phone, Nokia 6630 There are N70s, 6600s, 6680s and few others. But I chose to enthrone 6630 as the world's cheapest smart phone. The reasons behind my definitive conclusion are its relatively cheap price, still strong going performance, solid, sound built quality delivering even after 7 years of integrity and thousands of positive comments from those who still use and cherish it in the luxuriant AGE OF ANDROID and iphone You can buy a second hand 6630 for 25 bucks these days. The 6630 is a Symbian s60 v2 OS based phone and features GPRS, EDGE, UMTS 2100, a TFT 65k colors 176 x 208 pixels and 2.1 inches display, a RS-DV-MMC card slot, Videocalling, 220 MHz ARM926EJ-S CPU, 10mb usable memory, a 8mb executable RAM and supports both Symbian and JAVA apps.

Yesterday I exchanged my old rugged horse Sony Ericsson W 200i with a 6630 in a total sane state of curiosity. For my part, however, I was utterly disappointed for its multitasking department which was a total disaster( but I still dont dethrone it ). From a meager 20mb mounted RAM, only about 8mb is available to play only a single app once. Truth speaking, actually the RAM shelters for few open apps at a time but if you plan to run about two heavy RAM EATING apps like Opera mini,( both Symbian and JAVA ) you will be in bad luck and facing an ugly reality. Even browsing with opera becomes a pain when incoming calls vapourize the task to dust either attended or not. The phone is a JAVA apps killer. The emulator is slow like hell when rendering some of the most sought after JAVA apps and games. But does extremely well dispatching Symbian apps. You cannot run a JAVA and a Symbian app once. The maximum Ram I have seen available so far is 8.75mb. That size is too easily swallowed by JAVA emulator and most times, of all running apps, JAVA takes the lion's share out of the memory. The web browsers available by third parties are 1. Opera mini, symbian and java versions 2. Opera mobile 8.65 3. Netfront (a heavy data sucker) 4. jb5 5. UCWeb ( JAVA and Symbian ) 6. Thunderhawk ( out of service. nice UI though ) 7. Skyfire (file corrupted) Ram booster? Before buying I launched few researches and confronted some web sites that claimed strategies which would unconditionaly boost Ram, but as I later found out all were futile. All I could do was compress memory which enabled me to free about 650kb at maximum with few mentioned apps or file managers. Task killing or terminating had nothing to do with Ram boosting as every time I slayed them, they reoccupyied the Ram. I would flush few bucks if anyone can boost my RAM by at least 5 mega bites. Unlike most feature phones, it allows the user to store apps in the memory card. Otherwise, your stuck with 9mb usable C: Cons 1. When surfing with Opera mini the connection is periodicaly lost. Every time the connection is lost I had to close the app and restart it to have the connection back 2. Maximum downloading speed in Oper mini is between 3kb to 8kb 3.Built in Web browser hangs a lot 4.The online connection is always on and cannot delete or kill that ALWAYSONLINESTARTER.EXE file. It eats the battery juice. 5. The loudspeaker doesnt go beyond 1 minute during a call and the call is automatically deactivated when the battery is law Pros 1. Wikipedia lies!, it says the handset only supports Dual voltage mmcs. But it supports normal mmcs Suggest it for those who have still stuck with feature phones. Overall I entitle it as the POOR MAN'S SMART PHONE if poor men are after smart phones beside some phone freaks like us. PS: Solved a mystery. How to copy paste was intricate at first and I couldnt figure out a way to do it with 6630. As I later discovered with intense efforts it goes like this, you long press edit key and navigate with navigate key up, down, left or right as it necessitate. Copy or cut required text then. But make sure you first release the navigate key Update: 04/12 "Enhancement not supported" It was at first an innocent looking naive dwarf. But finally it began to throw magical fire balls at me. At first the massage appeared when I started the phone and seemed harmless. I thought it was looking for attached accessories at the initiation. But soon that time passed and lapsed. Then came the most furious state of the regime. It almost invaded my activities and the massage was ruling the entire system. The commoner- in this case, me-understood that its the time to launch a world wide search in seek of a lasting peace solution to a land previously drowned in eternal sun shine. As it came to light, the monstrous rebellion was the dust that had been gathering for 7 consecative years in a form of a conspiracy. I took my scent bottle a cotton bud and cleaned up the pop port entirely. Most times the dust is taking cover at the side its soldered to the circuit board. There's a tiny gap between the edge of the board and the end of the sharp metalic port. Clear the dust and regain the Symbian Throne back. Have a nice day!

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HTC Droid Incredible is truly incredible

HTC Droid Incredible saves the day

A club valet ecapes a ferocious firing proving he made the smartest choise when selecting his smart phone which is even smartly bullet proof " The HTC Droid Incredible smartphone is officially incredible" , claims a news article dated back to Jan. 7, 2011 from the Geek.com's news archive. According to the report, it hadn't been a good day for the nightclub valet John Garber when two customers get thrown out of the night hub had returned with their handguns and started firing at the rest of the club folks who didn't get an early kick out

One bullet destined to pierce Garber's chest had found its way through his coat but had been incredibly stopped from its wicked purpose by an HTC Droid Incredible, which sat in a pocket in exactly the right position proving its loyalty and solid durability even when the owner is stranded amid a gun battle in a wild club scene without any signal of hope for life.

As the marvelous news pick reports, "The bullet had hit the phone and the battery had managed to stop it dead.

" Garber walked away unharmed and with a great story to tell, and HTC has a customer for life " the story further reads.

Opera needs to lead in an intimate way!

It's Opera season !

"Clean up your computer to have the gift that can change everything"

Opera encourages users to spread awareness to try Opera desktop as a "Holiday Gift"

"A new browser is a gift that changes everything," claims Opera Software ASA, the developer of the massively successful browser in mobiles with ever growing user base - presently with 220 million users worldwide. " Opera 11.60 satisfies holiday techno lust" they further adds in a new press release celebrating their new release of its desktop version.

Press release dated Dec 6 2011 announces their newest venture is just in time for the holiday season to allure away almost 50 percent of the world population that has never tried a browser stepping out of the comfort zone of their computers default browser.

"Help them discover something better this year" asks Jan Standal, VP of desktop products of Opera Software. "A browser is a gift that keeps giving all year around"

"Its better to give than to recieve. So why not give that special someone a new browser" he emphasises.
"People spend more time working with their browsers than they do with their cars."

Founded in 1994 based on the idea that access to the web is a universal right and with the vision "One Web For All," Opera also delivers distribution, monetisation, engagement and marketing insights to developers publishers and brands around the world.

The new desktop version claims to have a "Star It" button to add favourite sites to speed dials, a redesigned new mail client, a new HTML5 parsing algorithm and a smarter secure connection that boost the speed of SSL site rendering. Stating ten reasons why you should try Opera, they continue to say that since the year end season is a time that you clean up everything and go for new things, may be you should try Opera new

It seems, browsers are more efficient taking people where they want to be, than automobiles these days.

A Call Girls Circle in G+ ?

Is a Dhaka Call Girls Ring operating under the auspices of G+ circles ? Few days back, I searched for people in G+ with the keywords " Mobile Phone " and added any that came along with the search result to my Android circle to spam later in bulk. But an abhorable discovery took place when I recently preened photos from my circles and noticed some of the photos from a Picasa image gallery of a profile named Dhaka Phone Call Bangaladesh had leaked out as the photos were visible to public in broad daylight. At first there was that charming woman's photo and I thought to my self that someone had posted a photo of his intimate one . But when I further looked into it I was horrified to find that the photo is from an attached Picasa profile album boldly named Dhaka Escort/ Call Girls Gallery . There were few more uploaded photos of other girls but the profile lacked any posts. Is a Call Girls Ring operating from Google plus circles ? or were they adulterating G+ to have more exposure as a way to reach to a vast audience?. I am still unsure whether the saucy profile and the attached Picasa image gallery are social pranks by some urchin, but the photos were more of an unmistakable nature . Here is the link Dhaka Escort/ Call Girls Gallery I am still looking into the thing and you can add to the story through comments the story is actualy of less significance as a news story and by now the profile probably should have been reported and removed . But it proved that G+ is bit vulnerable in a way that you always should take much care when you upload images to Picasa specially when you dont want to share them with the public and may be some have already begun to spoil the Eco system since the social network still doesnt have a solid user base to report any inappropriate behaviour so soon.

The man who saved android

The man who saved one of the most influential free moves

The man who saved Android The Android, undoubted and undebated world's most loved and used mobile operating system which was listed as the best-selling smartphone platform worldwide in Q4 2010 by Canalys ( over 200 million Android devices in use by November 2011 ) and ultimately paved the way to found the Open Handset Alliance that is dedicated to advancing open standards for mobile and tablet devices, has reportedly drained founder's pockets at a very initial stage of it's development.

The Palo Alto start up in October, 2003 by Andy Rubin and several others with the objective to develop smarter mobile devices that are more aware of its owner's location and preferences, operated within much closed walls-according to early reports- only disclosing that they are after mobile apps. However the devoted secrecy had not paid a dime when the company had poured all the milk and cookies into the project setting the company in a financial fireball and the further developments had been at a risk in the same year the company had initiated its operations.

The saviour had been a benevolent enclosure in an envelope amounting to a lump sum 10,000 dollars by the man behind the technical mastery of the motion capture technology in the face of Benjamin Button {in the motion picture Curious Case named after its protoganist ) Steve Perlman who has refused anything in return.

Stephen G Perlman, the electronic engineer, software inventor and entrepreneur who devoted himself to pioneering Internet, entertainment, multimedia, consumer electronics and communications technologies and services is best known for the development of such works like QuickTime®, WebTV® and Mova® Contour™ facial capture technologies

Once being a Microsoft division president and a principal scientist at Apple Computer, Steve's never resting inovativeness is not to retire soon, in 2011, Perlman announced that he and his fellow engineers at Rearden have invented distributed-input-distributed-output (DIDO) technology, an experimental wireless communications system that could render cellular connections obsolete.

Android inc acquired by Google. in August 2005 making it a subsidiary of Google Inc

However its unclear why the aspiring enterpreneur and the visionary didnt like something in return and refused any stake in then thriving universal tech concept which was to pay off in the days to come and whether the face motion capture tech genius expected any cover up. But if the mystery man wasnt present then with the small financial backscratch, the Android would have been a total different story or a story we have never heard of

Photo was brought here from sfgate.com

Samsung Galaxy Note pros and cons

3G

5.3" jumbo display

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen (WXGA resolution, 800 x 1280 pixels)

Android OS v2.3.5

TouchWiz 4 launcher

1.4 GHz dual-core Cortex- A9 CPU

Mali-400MP GPU

1GB of RAM, virtually, you can swim

S Pen active stylus in box

8 MP wide-angle autofocus camera

LED flash

Face, smile and blink detection

Video recording is capable of recording videos up to 1080p@30fps

Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g and n support

Wi-Fi Direct

Wi-Fi hotspot

GPS with A-GPS

Digital compass

16/32GB models to choose from

Accelerometer

Gyroscope

Proximity sensor

Charging MHL microUSB port

USB host

TV-out (1080p)

Stereo Bluetooth v3.0

FM radio with RDS

2MP secondary video-call camera

Full Flash support

GPU-acceleration for the web browser (1080p flash video playback)

NFC

Doc editor

2500 mAh battery

No dedicated camera key

PenTile matrix, a lower case of resolution

Non-hot-swappable microSD card

MHL adapter (for HD TV-out) and the USB adapter ( for USB host) not included in the box

A hulk phone ( too bulky ) but not the machoman type. Not so solid all-plastic thing feels bit fragile

Cannot directly sync Splanner and Exchange calendar . Possible only through Google calendar

Some users are dissatisfied with viewing angles

Video playback produces some awful frames when playing darker scenes

samsung galaxy s2 vs samsung galaxy note specs

Samsung Galaxy S2 GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 1900 - for Telus Announced 2011, February Status Available. Released 2011, April BODY Dimensions 125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm Weight 116 g - Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.3 inches (~217 ppi pixel density) Multitouch Yes Protection Corning Gorilla Glass - TouchWiz UI v4.0 SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included, buy memory Internal 16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM DATA GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps EDGE Class 12 Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth Yes, v3.0+HS NFC Optional USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB (MHL), USB On-the- go CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, check quality Secondary Yes, 2 MP FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Chipset Exynos CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 GPU Mali-400MP Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Colors Black, White, Pink - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - TV-out (via MHL A/V link) - SNS integration - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input (Swype) BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1650 mAh Stand-by Up to 710 h (2G) / Up to 610 h (3G) Talk time Up to 18 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 40 min (3G) MISC SAR US 0.16 W/kg (head) 0.96 W/kg (body) SAR EU 0.34 W/kg (head)

Samsung Galaxy Note GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) Announced 2011, September Status Available. Released 2011, October BODY Dimensions 146.9 x 83 x 9.7 mm Weight 178 g - Touch-sensitive controls DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 800 x 1280 pixels, 5.3 inches (~285 ppi pixel density) Multitouch Yes Protection Corning Gorilla Glass - TouchWiz UI v4.0 SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones Loudspeaker Yes 3.5mm jack Yes MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included, buy memory Internal 16GB/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM DATA GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps EDGE Class 12 Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR NFC Optional USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB (MHL), USB On-the- go CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization Video Yes, 1080p@24~30fps, check quality Secondary Yes, 2 MP FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Chipset Exynos CPU Dual-core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 GPU Mali-400MP Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS Browser HTML, Adobe Flash Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Colors Black, White - S Pen stylus - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - NFC support (optional) - TV-out (via MHL A/V link) - SNS integration - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input (Swype) BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 2500 mAh Stand-by Up to 960 h (2G) / Up to 820 h (3G) Talk time Up to 26 h 10 min (2G) / Up to 13 h 30 min (3G) MISC SAR US 0.16 W/kg (head) 0.96 W/kg (body) SAR EU 0.34 W/kg (head)

source: GSMarena

50 Samsung Galaxy Note facts you should know

Iphone 5 Pros and Cons

With mouthful of apps it sometimes hangs, freezes and even reboots or auto turns off itself without owner's prior consent

Widgets or such things won't perform from external storages

To manage your cut or copied texts from browser or any other apps, use Andclip(free). You can easily view save or delete them with it

The stock video player of the Note supports almost any type of videos. No need to convert. If your desired video is not playing, download mobo player from the app market

Sketchbook Mobile app is one brilliant app that recognises S-pen

Sony Ericsson MW600 Hi-Fi Wireless Headset is one of the best bluetooth headsets for Galaxy Note

If you think making calls with it holding it against ears is such a big ludicrous thing, use a handsfree

When you try to hang up and the screen stays black, press home button. It will bring back the screen.
Its not a bug but a security measure to avert your ears from accidentally hitting any unwanted options during an ongoin conversation

To switch between landscape and potrait modes in the browser, press menu>settings>landscape view.Check it or uncheck it accordingly

Samsung Galaxy Note will get Ice Cream Sandwich this year. Note it down

US carriers don't offer the Samsung Galaxy Note on contract yet. To get it from offshore, throw $650 to $700

On AT&T's 3G and 4G HSPA+ 21Mbps network it works perfect

On T-Mobile, you will get 2G EDGE

Its rumoured that the Galaxy Note is coming to AT&T

Dual core 1.4GHz Exynos CPU is considered the fastest

The Galaxy Note has a 5.3" Super AMOLED HD display with a massive 1280 x 800
pixels resolution, the same specs you get on an Android 10" tablet

The Note is empowered with a Wacom dual digitizer, supports capacitive multi-touch and active pen input from a EMR digital pen ( boxed ). It's a good news for artists, writers, bloggers on the go

Only on Samsung's notes app, drawing programs and few others you can use the pen. Adobe Reader, Quickoffice Pro and DocstoGo don't support it

Use ezpdf reader to sign documents on the Note( a paid app)

The copy paste thing of the note is cross platform, so it works everywhere. Virtually you can copy any text from any app and paste it on any other app

If the battery shows unusual behaviours like you fully charge it during night and still its 62% or 70 something left when you wake up, the machine is faulty. Go for a replacement. (the drainage should be around 3-4% for such instances at most)

To manage large HD video files about 5 to 6GB easily(to transfer to SD card etc), convert them to MKV format. It reduces the file size

If your on 2.3.5 firmware make it 2.3.7 through update. It fasten the performance

To get it to work with at&t, just input the APN after the SIM. Reported off peak downlink with AT&T is around 10.5meg, during the day, around 5-6meg

A white screen consumes a lot of battery since it has an AMOLED screen. It can be easily observed while browsing

A blurry effect occurs when a screen protector is used. However it's Gorilla glass after all which is also scratch-resistant. So if you go after screen protectors you want fully get what it offers

Note has the resolution of a tablet (1280x800), hence, the games are limited (unlike the more common screen resolutions like 480x800 of S2). So G-Note doesn't run most of the games out there

Using a bluetooth headset isn't that ugly even it sometimes can be interpreted as your talking to yourself. You get less radiation from bluetooth than you will from the antenna on the phone

Smart Communications, the Philippines' leading wireless services provider is giving this away free on an unlimited data plan, about USD44 but is charging for push mails and social networks. Plug in a Smart pro unlimited plan sim, the updates are free of charge

SAMSUNG GT-N8010 is the rumoured Galaxy Note II and will feature a bigger display, delightful ice cream sandwich and supposedly a WIFI dual

icloud, red eye reduction are two distinguishable features of the iphone you won't get on galaxy note

The battery life is far better than Galaxy S II, the formula is simple, bigger display = a capable battery

4G Network, Touch-sensitive controls, Corning Gorilla Glass, USB On-the-go are present

Some have replaced their laptops even

To transfer media, files to note from your laptop/pc by data cable, connect usb, click on mass storage from note then go fishing

Many consider it a tablet + a phone, thus samsung has set a new standard, leading marketing trend and has emancipated the consumers from the burden of carrying two devices at the same time. However in reality its yet a phone bundled with android 2.3.5 aka gingerbread. What's your moto? too big to be a phone or too good to be a phone ?

If the default battery juice doesn't quench your energy thirst buy an extra battery which will boost the performance and cost around 12 bucks for the same capacity

Asphalt 6 HD is now available on samsung app store to download

S-pen and S-note application do not work on other samsung phones

S Pen takes the user to a new level of functions

Sony ericsson Nozomy is on the way and the tabphone sphere will be on fire soon

Price is 620USD in Cambodia

To hide files, use Hide IT pro. One of the best tools. Rated 5* in android
market

To sync windows contacts to the phone, export your windows contacts as a .csv file and import to google account. Then login with the google ID from the phone

Can use as a modem via kies air and with wi-fi hotspot, tethering other devices is a breeze of ease

To watch live TV
on note? yes popular live tv apps like SPB Tv, rentadrone and live tv are facilitated

To move multiple items with one stroke, try Astro from andriod market.

More apps to hide your photos, videos or other files that you don't want the world to see,Try Vaulty

If the system memory isn't enough to pack all your apps, use App2SD Pro. It will automatically save apps into microSD memory card and with it you can transfer apps to USB memory too. Default system storage/memory of the galaxy note is only 2 gb. However its equipped with 11gb of usb storage. To move apps to an external memory card or USB memory the natural way, press menu key -> go to Manage Apps -> App (whatever you got) -> Move to SD card or USB. But most apps cannot be shifted this way

To move your files in bulk the natural way, go to 'my files', press options then more,then select move. Mark the files you want to move

Tubemate is the one of the best youtube downloaders out there

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Q&As

Best Video Format or best settings to convert videos to play on arc S ?

try these

resolution: 854x480 or 1280*720
frame rate: 30fps
bitrate: >1.5Mbps (you can set even higher bitrate like 3Mbps or 10Mbps for a better view[works well with mp4])
Encode in H.264
mp4 format (smoother
than other formats)
audio: AAC 128Kbps

try MoboPlayer, vPlayer or for 720p.mkv try Diceplayer

Camera doesnt focus?

Due to accidental falls the lens may get stuck. give it a gentle tap

Low on space? Law internal memory issue infuriating you?

1. clear cache
2. transfer some of the apps into ROM. Use titatium backup to move apps as system apps, then push to ROM
3. Move all movable apps to sdcard
4. Use Link2SD to move apps to SDcard

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S - pros and cons

3G

4.2" dislay

Capacitive LED-backlit LCD touchscreen

FWVGA resolution

480 x 854 pixels

Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine

Android OS v2.3.4 Gingerbread

1.4 GHz Scorpion CPU

Adreno 205 GPU

Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 chipset

512 MB RAM

8 MP autofocus cam

LED flash

3D Sweep Panorama

720p video recording @ 30fps

Continuous autofocus

Stereo sound

Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA

GPS, A-GPS

microSD slot up to 32GB

8GB card boxed

Accelerometer

Proximity sensor

Stereo FM radio with RDS

microUSB port for charging

Stereo Bluetooth v2.1

Voice dialing

Adobe Flash 11 supported

microHDMI port

Ultra slim

Not a dual-core CPU

GPUs is way behind todays competition

Poor viewing angles

No front-facing camera

No smart dialing

Non hot-swappable microSD card slot

Shutter key is uncomfortable

~233 ppi pixel density

Scratch-resistant glass

Timescape UI

Only 1 GB internal memory. Cannot be recommended for apps

Of 1GB, 320 MB is left for users. Rest is eaten up by the system

Wi-Fi hotspot

USB On-the-go

Touch focus

Image stabilization

Continuous autofocus

Video light

Video stabilizer

Android OS v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) is planned to be upgraded to v4.0

TrackID music recognition

Document viewer

USB on-the-go needs Sony Ericsson LiveDock

You wont get full advantage of Google Talks Video Chat since it lacks a front cam

It has SWYPE like SWIPE but still T9 trace

An USB charger and a microUSB-to-USB cable that is used for charging and computer connections are boxed

Multi-touch input

Good touch response

Sony Bravia Mobile Engine really delivers ! it enhances the image quality and clarity by boosting contrast and sharpness

Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE and 3G

4.2" 16M-color capacitive touchscreen

FWVGA resolution, 480 x 854 pixels

Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine

Android OS v2.3.4 Gingerbread

1.4 GHz Scorpion CPU,

Adreno 205 GPU

Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 chipset (not a dual-core CPU and rivals have gone for better GPUs)

512 MB RAM

8 MP autofocus cam

LED flash

3D Sweep Panorama

720p video recording @ 30fps

Continuous autofocus

Stereo sound in camcorder

GPS with A-GPS

microSD slot up to 32GB (8GB card included. Local variations may apply)

Stereo FM radio with RDS

microUSB port (charging)

stereo Bluetooth v2.1

Voice dialing

Adobe Flash 11

Accelerometer and proximity sensor

microHDMI port

Poor viewing angles

The front-facing cam is dropped

No smart dialing

microSD card slot is non hot swappable

Migrating from Xperia arc is not advisable. Not much improvement seen here

USB on-the-go

USB on-the-go function only with Sony Ericsson LiveDock

Sony 3D panorama shots are flawlessly delivered on compatible 3D TVs

Maps 5.1 pre-loaded with 3D building rendering machine

8 megapixel camera lets Gingerbread to capture 3D still images

Facebook albums supported

Music player lets you share the tracks you like via Facebook

Threaded view

File attachment option in SMS

Can crop the size of the video to be sent through SMS

An option is to select Record Video in SMS to send attaching to a SMS

16x digital zoom

Video light

Video stabilizer

Two finger rotation makes orientation easier in maps

Scratch-resistant glass

320 MB user-available C: out of 1GB inbuilt memory

Touch focus

Image stabilization

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) upgrade planned to v4.0

Document viewer

HDMI port

Nokia N8 rules in relation with the camera

No ISO control in the cam app

Good Call quality

Noise reduction

Noisy loudspeaker

An easy panorama
mode which enables you to pan camera around and the rest is taken care of, automatically stitching the image together

3D panoramas (only viewable on a 3D TV via the HDMI output)

Good battery life

Slim

HDMI port for 1280*720 high definition video output on tv

HDMI cable not included

4G

One of the fastest microprocessors, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 (1.4ghz)

Stereo headset and Micro USB cable not included in the box

8GB card included

8.1 megapixel camera

A capasitive touch screen, not a resistive one

Shutter
button

Difficult to hold, hard to keep a firm grasp

A single-core processor

Gives a more plastic feel than metalic

A large 4.2in display

Even the rim that runs round the edge is chromed plastic

The back cover and the flap that cover the HDMI port are not standardised

Light

Color production of the display is below iphone or galaxy S 2

Bravia Engine Reality Display

Colors distort when viewed from angles

Shutter button also launches the camera app

The shutter button is so small and stiff

Power button is small and fiddly

A LED indicator to inform you of recieved messages or the phone charging

Three main physical navigation buttons, Back, Home and Menu

A mono speaker, not stereo

Android 2.3.4

Five home screens

The Timescape widget shows messages and updates from social
networks, missed calls and text messages

TrackID

A data usage monitor

Quick switches between wifi on/off, 3G data and Bluetoot on/off

Take a screenshot, hold down the Power button, select the relevant option from the popup

keyboard predicts what words you are aiming at

Keyboard is not as effective as Swype

Video Unlimited and Music Unlimited services

To use Music Unlimited you have to go to the Music Unlimited website and create an account

Be a premium subscriber to use Music Unlimited

Video Unlimited downloads are costly

Navigation and app launching is swift

Web browser supports Flash

FM radio

The default media player play backs only the MP4 files out of the box, no divx, mkv and mov

You can download third party players,
but hardware support for these is unstable as its only single core

Bravia video playback enhancements (colours pop, good dark detailing and smooth)

Video capturing is 720p HD at 30fps not 1080p

Video gets noisy
pretty soon

Nokia C3 Pros and Cons

A budget phone QWERTY keyboard Dedicated Messaging and Contacts keys Social network integration on the homescreen and dedicated buttons for more conveniance Does well under sunlight No autofocus No flash No 3G No USB cable in the box No office doc viewer No smart dialing microUSB port doesn't charge Is it S40 still ? No multi-tasking Wi-Fi EDGE 2 megapixel cam, the budget buyer is extremely targeted 2GB microSD card included Video recording is low graded Its cheap but doesnt seem cheap stylish A QWERTY messenger Fingerprints easily gather Good image quality Dedicated Contacts and the Messaging keys can be assigned other functions Comfortable navigation keys and D pad User-configurable soft keys and D-pad Good backlighting No dedicated volume controls and camera key 1320 mAh Li-Ion BL-5J battery Limited third party apps No accelerometer Phone numbers can be assigned to a contact is limited to 5 Videos can be assigned to contacts Phone book displays the list of contacts with names and contact images Quick dialing short cuts Vibration is hardly felt Signal indicator sometimes illusive A built in app to record ongoing conversations No voice dialling enhancement No voice labels required for voice dialling Good for texting Gmail and others natively supported on email client No need to worry about server addresses and ports when setting up email client Ovi chat accomodates G talk and several others Chat is natively supported. Not a j2me app Can conduct chats with several contacts once New messages are notified by the social app with screen blinks and vibrations Social networking is deeply integrated Communities app shows real time messages from Facebook and Twitter on home screen widget Socia app supports multiple accounts from two giant networks but only one account is hosted at a time 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inches display microSD, up to 8GB 55 MB C: 64 MB RAM Adobe Flash Lite Stereo widening A timeline view in photo app A station directory in radio which fetches details from internet on local stations Video player only supports 3gps and mp4s Full screen and fast forward Good clarity in audio output Week loudness in head phones A self timer in cam app Poor image quality Noisy photos Poor video Bad noise reduction and color balance microSD card not hot swappable Nokia browser supports javascript but you cannot freely surf with it Communities and chat apps work in background Nearest rival INQ Chat 3g has Qwerty, 3G and Skype is natively supported The keypad is hard to read under the light or sun, once you started to dial or type The only possible way of accessing nokia's browser is, music player >>options >>downloads and goto address Takes a long time for the battery to get fully charged No option to view sent text messages Hangs when surfing or recieving messages No drafts option in messaging Hangs or restarts while watching video Messaging only for 20 recipients at a time To minimise apps press menu button and long press menu to switch between all opened apps No skype to skype call No folders for messages No PDF Key pad is hard for big hands Dont be misguided by its look. Do determine your necessities well and research well before buying it s40 doesnt store apps in E: location or simply spoken, in memory card In opera mini, the mouse point is hard to get to the right spot Youtube, google maps, opening zips excels, nimbuss, whatsapp all supported

Nokia N8 Pros and Cons

HDMI port

USB on the go

Quad band / Penta band 3G

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

640*360 resolution

12 mega pixel cam

Auto focus

Xenon flash

720p@25fps video recording

1/1.83" massive camera sensor

Symbian^3 OS

680 MHz ARM 1.1 CPU

256 MB RAM

TV out [ microHDMI port, 720p ]

GPS, A GPS and free life time voice guided navigation

16GB inbuild memory

MicroSD card slot

DivX, Xvid video play back

Accelerometer

Proximity sensor

Stereo FM

FM transmitter

Flash in browser

Smart and Voice dialing

Gorrilla Glass

Battery not user replacable

No video light

No office docs editing unless you upgrade it paying for it

Samsung Galaxy Nexus - few random thoughts

Perils and merits of unlocking bootloader

1. With an unlocked boot loader, you can root your phone
2. you may be denied warranty
3. you can always relock easily
4. you can have softwares that arent available for your phone
5. Its stable and secure with a locked bootloader
6. With a locked bootloader, If you lose your device, data
cannot be easily accessed ( you should have to have the stock recovery
installed, USB Debugging disabled and a password on your device. But still your phone is accessible and hackable by many apptricks)
7. cannot use fastboot
commands (cannot flash
or boot images, which is a time save)
8. cannot try new radios
9. cannot backup data
10. cannot root (on 4.0.4 and later)
11. cannot manually update to the latest version of Android ( have to wail until your phones version is officially out)

Do Live Wallpapers lag?

Go to settings > developers setting. Check whether you have force gpu dissabled. Forcing gpu to your
homescreen and wallpaper slows the phone

Is Galaxy Nexus a HDPI or MDPI device?

Galaxy Nexus is xHDPI

Samsung Galaxy Nexus - Pros and Cons

No bloatware

No shutter lag

No sd card slot

4G

4.65 inches display

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

720 x 1280 pixels

316 ppi

Oleophobic coating protection

Touch-sensitive controls

Android OS v. 4 – the Ice Cream Sandwich

Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU

PowerVR SGX540 GPU processor

RAM of 1 GB

16 GB/32 GB internal memory

5 Megapixel cam

Autofocus

LED flash

Touch-focus

Geo-tagging

Face-detection

A cam resolution of 2592×1936 pixels

Records 1808p videos at 30 fps

A 1.3 Megapixel secondary camera

No external storage


Quad band GSM, HSDPA, LTE700, WI-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE and microUSB v2.0

An unlocked GSM and a Verizon LTE on contract for $300 for US is available

Typing is easier even in the portrait mode

Curved Glass

Plasticky

A flimsy back cover

Unlock model priced at $750 is thin and more light than the verizon one

Cant integrate Facebook into the built in social app, People

5MP cam

1080p HD video recording

Not too small, not so big

HD video playback is not as good as iphones Retina display

Verizon version is furnished with 32gb internal memo. 16gb item is not available with them

1gb of RAM

Be prepared to expect the unexpected, the battery drainage of the verizon version is fast like a telegram from hell

Best 4G network

Speaker volume sucks.

The speaker is mounted in the back and is totally muffled when lied on a flat surfaceback, on the ground

LED notification indicator

USB storage mode not available for Mac users. Need a special file transfer app

ANDROID app eco system still doesnt shelter some premium apps