Nokia Touch and Type X3-02

Nokia X3-02 is a sleek phone with 2.4 inch touchscreen and keypad. The phone has 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. It comes with multimedia features including 5MP camera, flash video support, and media player with album art. The phone provides access to social networking sites such as MySpace & Twitter and enables instant messaging via Ovi Chat. Other features include 16GB expandable memory, Opera Mini browser support, and Ovi Store app.

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Acer Liquid Metal - Rs 20,500

Acer has launched a new Android handset in India in the form of the Acer Liquid Metal. The Android 2.2 phone is powered by a Snapdragon processor and boasts of HSPA 14.4 Mbps support. It has a 5 MP Camera which also records video in 720p. The battery life promised is about 8 hours of talktime.

Here are the interesting features of the Acer Liquid Metal

•     Powered 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Core Processor
•     Android 2.2 Froyo OS (5X faster than the earlier versions)
•     Display : 9.1 cm (3.6-inch) TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors,480 x 800 pixels resolution
•     Fastest Connectivity Suite : HSPA 14.4 MBPS , 3G (3G + Wi-Fi), GPS, Mini USB
•     Record video in HD at 720p (30fps) and watch more high-resolution videos in Xvid format (Record is possible even on low light conditions)
•     Dolby Surround technology , EQ profiles and Dynamic Bass Boost
•     Push Mail
•     3 Predictive Dialers (3 KB with XT 9)
•     Superior Battery Life up to 8 hrs of talk time (1500 MAH Battery)
•     Top LED Indicator
•     Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
•     Wireless LAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP
•     Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
•     Camera : 5 mega-pixel, auto-focus, LED flash ,Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, image stabilization
•     Unique Acer Interface
•     Pinch to Zoom option
•     8GB Micro SD Card FREE (up to 32GB)

Acer Liquid Metal Price and Availability

The handset will be available in 3 colors – Silver, Brown and Tiffany Blue at a Maximum Retail Price of Rs.20500.

Press Release

ACER LAUNCHES SLEEK, ANDROID™ 2.2 – POWERED ACER LIQUID METAL SMARTPHONE

Mumbai, 17th March 2011:  Acer today announced the launch of the Acer Liquid Metal, the latest generation smartphone offering from Acer that combines power and style in a striking metal casing. The Acer Liquid Metal leverages the power of Android™ 2.2 (Froyo) platform and is further strengthened by the  Qualcomm Snapdragon Core processor enabling the user to enjoy uninterrupted web navigation at a super speed. The Acer Liquid Metal has been carefully designed keeping in mind the current requirements of today’s modern and dynamic individuals who need a fully integrated handset to support their lifestyle.
The Liquid Metal is equipped with a curved 3.6” display with a TFT capacitive touch screen aimed at providing users with a fast, responsive, multi-touch control of the phone. The curved back gives an exceptional look to the phone enabling the users to slip the Liquid Metal easily into ones pocket or in ones hand. The materials chosen, like the stainless steel of the battery cover, are solid and resistant and the chrome trims give a sense of high quality for extreme tactile and visual pleasure. The Liquid Metal utilizes HSDPA for on-the-go Internet access at speeds upto 14.4Mbps as well as WiFi allowing data transfer 10 times faster than previous devices. The LED signal on the upper part of the telephone notifies the user of missed calls, the need to charge the battery, and new incoming messages clearly.

Acer Liquid Metal’s 1500 mAh battery coupled with intelligent power management means you have up to 8 hours talk time and 550 hours in standby mode. Acer Liquid Metal comes with 3 popular keyboard layouts so you can choose the one most comfortable for you. Clever XT9 predictive text support saves you typing unnecessarily and lets you send messages as fast as your fingers can move.

The Liquid Metal is built in with a pinch to zoom feature, 5-megapixel camera with digital zoom, LED flash with a maximum resolution of 480 x 800 pixels ensuring sharp pictures and videos that can easily be uploaded to the social networking sites.  The usage of four touch sensitive control buttons below the touch screen display has meant that the phone is easier to control and operate with ease. The control buttons gives the user the access to all basic functions of the phone without having to use the touch screen display. The 5-megapixel camera offers 720p HD video recording as well as autofocus and smile recognition and the Dolby surround sound enhance the video-watching experience.

Liquid Metal shows its excellence not only in its style and power, but brings delightful user experience by the intuitive interface and software developed by Acer. Breeze, the new Acer interface is developed to manage applications even more efficiently and effectively. With this feature, information is visible even when the screen is locked; helping the user to view the application history and easy access to frequently used applications. Breeze also allows the user’s to customize their home screen and re-arrange their applications according to their specific needs. It’s not just a widget, but offers a whole new way to use an Android device. There are two layers – the first one appears when you unlock the phone and lets you look through a whole lot of widgets which give you information about social networks, the weather and the like. Flicking this over (literally) leads you to the second home screen, which lets you flick through your recent apps and video and music collections on your device.

Announcing the launch, Mr. S. Rajendran, Chief Marketing officer, Acer India, said, “We have always enhanced our product portfolio keeping consumer needs in mind. Powered by a new breed of processors, the Android platform and wireless connectivity, Acer Liquid Metal enables fast and efficient web browsing while providing a host of other unique features that makes it an ideal Smartphone.  We will be launching more smartphones in the near future to meet with the growing demands of our consumers.”

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Samsung Corby II - Rs 6,000

Samsung Corby 2 is the latest mobile phone in Samsung Corby family. Yup, the stylish and loving phone specially mend for teenagers which suits their cool looks. So here’s another handset joins this family, Samsung Corby II. This is a compact phone with good features and trendy color options. Corby II comes with improved touch experience having new TouchWiz 3.0 user interface. So lets check it out its specifications and see whether Corby II met users expectations.

Samsung Corby II S3850 Specs
 
Form Factor: Bar style touch screen phone

Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen with 240 x 320 pixels resolution and 3.2 inches diagonal size.

Color: Yellow, chic-white, grey, Pink

Memory: 26 MB internal memory, 16GB microSD card support

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Camera: 2 MP with 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution, Video recording at 15fps

Battery: Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery with 9 hours talk time

Audio & Video: MP3 Player, Video Player, FM Radio, FM Recording, Speakers

Connectivity: GPRS, EDGE,Bluetooth, USB, Wi-Fi, WAP

Dimensions: 109.9 x 60.6 x 11.7 mm

Weight: 102g with battery

Other Features: Document Viewer,Exchangeable Covers, E-mail, Instant messaging, Social Networking, Java Support, Voice memo, Organizer, Accelerometer sensor, TouchWiz UI, Motion Sensor, Music Recognition, Lost Mobile Tracker

Samsung Corby II S3850 Pros
    Stylish and smart looks
    Good audio quality and Loudspeaker
    9 Hours battery life, which is good enough

Samsung Corby II S3850 Cons
    Average camera, 3 MP only
    Low screen resolution
    Call quality is average

Samsung Corby 2 Price in India
It’s current market price is Rs.5590 only.

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HTC Sensation XE - Rs 30,000

The latest phone from HTC has Great audio technology. It has feature beat audio technology that enhances the sound of the smartphone. There are other upgrades too but he battery power and increased processor are two of the best thing that HTC has done. The phone gives great performance and the battery life is improved compared to the original sensation.
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Review
The Phone has the dimension of 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm which shows great style and is weighted to be 151 gm. It has 1.5 GHz dual core CPU working in tandum with the Adreno 220 GPU. With this configuration, one can open internet at a lightning speed and the 3D games are surely to be enjoyable on this phone.

Android 2.3 Gingerbread has powered this HTC sensation XE and user interface is of HTC itself which is costumed sense 3.5 UI.  The processor as said is 1.5GHz dual-core processor which in comparison to the original Sensation which was 1.2GHz CPU is very high, thus the power on or off will be quicker. The battery used is Li-Ion 1730 MAH battery which is very huge but for such high configuration smartphone, we can guess it to be ok.

The Smartphone is fully loaded with many social apps that are regularly used such as apps are Gmail, You tube, Picassa, Facebook, Myspace, Google Search, Maps, Google Talk, Twitter etc.

Thus using this phone would really be fun. HTC Sensation XE will be available across Asia Pacific from the end of this month. However, no word on pricing is yet known.

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Dell Venue Pro - Rs 23,000

The Dell Company has always been ahead of all in the market of computing device. Since from the date of its entry in Mobile industry, the Company has always tried to create smart, innovative and something we can say different kind of devices.

Dell launched two mobile phones Dell venue which runs on Android 2.2 and Dell venue pro which runs on Windows Phone 7. The phones are available in India at the price of 29000 and 35000 respectively. Dell venue pro is heavy, sleek and bulky. The Phone is very heavy and weighs 180 gm. The Phone looks very smart and expensive. Dell has no doubt paid great attention on build quality.

The phone lacks key features of Windows Phone7 but it is very fast and smooth runner. Look wise, its curved glass display is very impressive.

Specifications:

Dell venue pro is no different from other window Phone7 device. The Phone has a configuration of 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor; 512MB RAM which can be updated to 256MB. It comes in both 8GB and 16GB storage memory without including the memory on microSD slot. Other features are it has Wi-Fi b/g/n, GPS, Bluetooth, HSDPA/HSUPA and FM Radio.

The screen is Amoled screen running with WVGA 800×480 resolutions. With Amoled screen do not mistake it with Samsung’s Super Amoled Screen. But I am sorry that this phones screen is not as contrast as that of Samsung’s Screen. But you will surely enjoy the display.

The Phone has 5 MP cameras with autofocus function and flash that can record video at 720p Resolution.  But I did not find the camera impressive because after 6pm if u take pictures the image comes blurred. The battery equipped in this phone is 1400mAh.

Verdict:

Even though the phone has super high build quality. But some things in the phone could have been better. Some more works were needed towards improving the camera quality; searching contacts and little problem are there on keypads. The keypads buttons are very small. On sending messages there is no draft option, so for users it just creates problem. Rest are alright and there is hands on for it from my side.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray - Rs19,000

Sony Ericsson has always kept its profile low though it has great technology. Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray is the most cute and stylish phone for the mid-range people. The phone is announced to be launched in India at a price range of Rs 18995.

The phone has very powerful media capabilities and screen has very good response on swiping. There you won’t find any lags. The phone is a package of style and performance on it’s range.
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Let us see some feature that you must think before going to have it:
Features:
The Xperia ray has 3.3 inch screen where you will find the two capacitive buttons and the home buttons. The top consists of the power button and the right consists of the volume rocker. At the top, arc shaped body makes it look very stylish. It displays at the resolution of 480X854 pixels. The phone thus is not a big phone and is available in many colors. And you will surely enjoy the phone’s superior design.

The Smartphone runs on the Android 2.3.3 OS and is powered by 1GHz Scorpion processor plus the Adreno 205 GPU and an MSM8255 snapdragon chipset. The phone has many apps like facebook, twitter and other extensions which come up on the screen as tiles. There are Xperia’s own apps like Xperia Hot Shots, the UEFA widget; Wisepilot and Touchnote which you can enjoy on this phone. The phone has very quick response without lag thus navigation is very easier.

The Xperia had always been merited for its media player. It continues to do so in this phone too. Audio files like MP3, eAAC+ and WAV files are supported and in video section MP4, H.263 and H.264 are supported. If one wants more then they can find the rest with infinity buttons provided in it.

The Speaker used is Sony’sxLOUD audio filter technology which produces very clear and light sound. Thus the experience will be very fantastic.In camera section, the phone has 8MP focus camera that offers 720p HD video recording with Sony Exmor R CMOS sensor. The connectivity section includes 3G,Wi-Fi,Bluetooth and a GPS. It has 1500mAh battery.
Verdict:
My suggestion would be if you are not going for high end phones like Samsung Galaxy 2 or Iphone4 then within the range of 20000 it will be wise to get this phone.

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BlackBerry Torch 9850 - Rates Yet To Be Released

Blackberry phones are always the preference of professionals. Its sleek and smart design creates better effect in the surrounding. Blackberry torch 9850 runs on Blackberry OS 7 and has a dedicated high performance graphics with a processor of 1.2 GHz. The phone has 3.7-inch high resolution touchscreen display of 800X480p and has ultimate responsive touchscreen with trackpad navigation system. Its liquid graphics technology delivers incredibly fast and smooth graphics experience.
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Most important feature of this phone is 3G coverage in more than 95 countries and will be available in more than 200 countries. The phone supports Global ready quad-band for UMTS, GSM, HSPA, GPRS and edge connectivity. Thus the customers can enjoy wireless voice and data services.

The phone has 5Mp camera with flash and is capable of 720p HD video recording. The phone has Wi-Fi b/g/n, GPS and Bluetooth 2.1.In this smartphone 16 GB microSD card is pre-installed and supports for up to 32 GB.
In this phone premium version of Documents To Go is added at no additional cost. This feature enhances the editing features and PDF document view. The phone also includes the Blackberry’s latest Blackberry messenger with a range of applications based on gaming and social networking. Social feedbacks have been updated to help explore updates from media, podcasts and more in a consolidated view.

Voice activated search function is also included so that one can say they want and find on the device or on the web through the Universal search applications. Most importantly one can wipe out all the data and information from the device leaving the personal information from the phone.

The phone will be available for $199.99 with a new two year customer agreement. The only thing customers have to do is subscribe to Verizon Wireless network plans. The plans begin from $39.9 for monthly access and data package of 2GB at $30 monthly access.

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Nokia 700 - Rs 18,000

Nokia has introduced the Nokia 700, its smallest ever smartphone with a volume of just 50 cubic cms. The materials in the device are a collection of glass, plastics and aluminium, giving a sleek and stylish finish. Nokia says the 700 is its most eco-friendly smartphone. It makes extensive use of eco-friendly materials in its construction, has software and hardware features to minimise battery consumption and ships with the ‘Ovi Green’ app pre-installed, which updates users on health and environmental topics.

    Features:

•     Camera Size: 5.0 Mega Pixels
•     Camera Resolution: 2592 × 1944 Pixels
•     Camera Support and Features: Video, LED Flash, Screen
•     Display Screen Size: 3.2 inches
•     Display Resolution: 360×640 Pixels
•     Display Type: AMOLED Capacitive Touch Screen
•     Display Colors: 16M Colors
•     Screen Feature: Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
•     Internet Connectivity: 3G, GPRS, EDGE, WAP 2.                 xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds Internet Browsing
•     Data Transfer Connectivity Options – Bluetooth v2.1, Micro  USB v2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
•     Phone Book: Store Unlimited Contacts with Photo call
•     SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email with Predictive text input and Instant Messaging
•     Recording – Audio, Video Recorder & Playback
•     Audio port – 3.5mm Headphone Jack
•     Speaker Phone
•     Music Format Support: MP3, MP4 Player
•     Ringtone: MP3, WAV Ring tones, Vibration
•     NFC Support
•     Voice memo
•     SNS Integration

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Nokia X7 - Rs 23,000

 

The Nokia X7 is not a ground breaking phone, but it is the first device to ship with Symbian Anna / PR2 (officially) on it. Unfortunately it’s also the only device that has actually begun shipping, except for the exclusive pink N8. Symbian Anna brings many welcomed changes that legacy users have been clamoring for. The interface has changed slightly, thanks to a new icon format and inclusion of the Nokia Pure font. The photo gallery and camera interface took a serious overhaul while the browser received a performance bump but still remains ugly and borderline unusable.
Read on for a mini-review on the X7.
 Hardware

The design of the X7 is original. A large 4″ AMOLED CBD (ClearBlackDisplay) screens adorns the front. It’s Gorilla Glass and capacitive and multi-touch enabled. The screen is bright and visible indoors, as well as clear and crisp, albeit extremely reflective, when natural light is introduced in the outdoors. Gone are the old TFT and LCD displays with bland colors and heavy washout. Nokia put a lot into this display, it’s similar technology behind AMOLED, it’s really great and is on both the E7 and N8.

The angular design of the phone makes it feel much smaller in hand, but also forces you to hold it slightly differently from most other devices. This becomes an issue with button placement. Due to the curved back, the buttons are pushed to the rear of the device where the fingers do not naturally sit when holding. Increasing the volume on a call and even using the camera shutter key takes more than a few days to get used to.

The right side houses the integrated slots for SIM and microSD cards. The mechanism for ejecting the card tray is very peculiar and my inexperience caused me to break the SIM tray lever. Although regular users won’t be removing SIM and memory cards all that often, Nokia has been constantly changing the way they are replaced, leaving me extremely curious every time a new device is announced.

The 3.5mm headphone jack, microUSB port and power button, which doubles as a lock key, sit at the top of the device and a small microphone port at the bottom. The overall design is very minimal, 4 buttons in total and only one faces the user for daily interaction.

The X7 has 4 grilles on each corner, but only 2 of these grilles have speakers behind. At the very least, the speakers should have been placed on opposite ends of the device to provide a simulated surround effect by feeding both the left and right ears. The good thing is, thanks to the placement, you’ll never block or muffle the speakers at all. The X7 packs a serious punch when it comes to multimedia, as it should, being an X-series device. The large vivid screen and the loud, never-distorting speakers make movie watching very enjoyable.

The camera on the X7 is Nokia’s “full-focus” Extended Depth of Field (EDoF). In laymen’s terms, shooting anything closer than you can spit on, will result in eyesores and immediate blindness. Don’t let the 8 megapixel label fool you.


Regardless of distance, the camera takes grainy, noisy, and blurry shots. Consistently. Maybe it’s due to the early firmware, maybe the camera drivers or algorithm needs to be tweaked. In any fashion, if you’re looking for a phone that takes pictures as bad as a BlackBerry, look no further. Everybody else, please get an N8 and call it a day.


Software

The X7 brings along many needed enhancements to Symbian. Unfortunately, the software on the X7 tested is still in pre-release form, so lag, freezes and hangups should be resolved by availability date. Navigating around the interface was smooth and quick, rarely any stuttering and interactions were immediate. Once you move into browsing and ‘heavier’ tasks, the X7 seems to chug and slow down very quickly. Even though Anna brings with it, a new browser and several engine optimizations, it’s still a piss-poor experience. The interface is cluttered and clunky, it’s slow to respond and the low resolution screen is absolutely horrific for reading anything serious. If your main use of a phone is web surfing, stay far away.

On a brighter side, Nokia Maps is hands-down the greatest navigation software for any mobile device. GPS locks are fast, online searching is quite thorough and the turn-by-turn instructions are completely customizable. The Maps application loads near instantly, displaying POI and location information. In addition to the bundled apps on the X7, Nokia’s Store (formerly, Ovi Store) has over 50,000 apps available to users and there must be a good selection, as almost 7 million downloads per day are made. Nokia includes a few of their own, Social, Chat and IM as well as QuickOffice for Word support, an Adobe PDF reader and on-device photo and video editing tools.

If you’ve read one review of Symbian, you’ve basically read them all. Symbian is a tired workhorse being fed steroids to try and keep up with greyhounds. It was around first, but it grew old and stagnated. Ironically, plans for a trip to the glue factory were signed and dotted by Stephen Elop on February 11th, when Nokia announced Windows Phone 7 would be their dominant smartphone platform.

The X7 is a great smartphone for experienced entry-level users. The great design and aluminum body feel great in hand, no doubt the X7 is durable. The screen is large and the speakers are loud, great for watching movies.

The X7 is superb hardware, running legacy software that’s been purposefully buried by Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia. Successfully buried according to recent Q2 numbers, might I add. So long X7, you had nary a chance.

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BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 - Rs 31,500 and Rs 30,000

Research In Motion  today announced  two new BlackBerry Bold smartphones 9900 and 9930 smartphones which features  BlackBerry 7 operating system.

These BlackBerry Bold smartphones are built on a new performance-driven platform featuring a 1.2 GHz processor, Liquid Graphics  touch screen, and support for high speed 4G/HSPA+ wide area wireless networks.

The new platform also provides support for 4G networks; the 9900 supports HSPA+ connectivity, and the 9930 supports CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and HSPA+ global roaming on GSM/UMTS networks.

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones include built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications), a new technology that will enable many rich and exciting experiences.

Through NFC, users will be able to, for example, pair the BlackBerry Bold to an accessory or read information such as a web link from smart tags by simply tapping their BlackBerry Bold to an NFC tag (eg. Smart Poster).

The BlackBerry 7 OS is designed to power the new performance-driven BlackBerry Bold platform. It provides an easier and faster user experience with improved browsing, voice-activated searches, the ability to manage personal content separately from corporate content, as well as additional personal and productivity apps out of the box.

BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 Specifications :

• 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm, approximately 130 g
• 2.8″ capacitive touch screen display – VGA (640×480), 287 dpi resolution
• Ultra-easy QWERTY keyboard, optical trackpad
• 1.2 GHz Processor, 768 MB RAM
• 8 GB on-board memory, plus microSD slot supporting up to 32 GB cards
• NFC technology
• 5.0 MP camera, supports 720p HD video recording
• Orientation Sensor (Accelerometer), Digital Compass (Magnetometer), Proximity Sensor
• Built-in GPS / aGPS
• Dual-Band Wi-Fi® – 802.11 b/g/n at 2.4 GHz and 802.11 a/n at 5 GHz
• Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR support
• Wireless Network support:
o 9900: Tri-Band HSPA+, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE
o 9930: Dual-Band CDMA/EV-DO Rev. A, Dual-Band HSPA+, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE
• 1230 mAh removable, rechargeable battery
• BlackBerry 7 OS

The new BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones are expected to be available from carriers around the world beginning this summer.

The BlackBerry 7 OS is designed to power the new performance-driven BlackBerry Bold platform. It provides an easier and faster user experience with improved browsing, voice-activated searches, the ability to manage personal content separately from corporate content, as well as additional personal and productivity apps out of the box.

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