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Showing posts with label Music Phone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music Phone. Show all posts

Mobile Review posts Review of Nokia 5730 Xpress Music with Qwerty



Mobile-Review has posted a review of the not yet launched Nokia 5730 Xpress Music Phone which has Qwerty Keypad. The phone is supposed to be a twin of the Nokia E75 and features GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.5 mm jack, 3.2 Mega Pixel Cam with Carl Zeiss Optics. Contrary to what other sites are reporting, the Phone does NOT have a screen size of 2 inches as Eldar Murtazin has posted the following before the start of the review.

Editor’s note. This is not a complete review, but rather our first impressions of this device. In fact, we played around with one of the first prototypes, and this fact must be factored in as far as the phone’s build quality and software department are concerned – many features are still missing, even though we are going to refer to some of them throughout this review. Also, you won’t find any data on the 5730 XpressMusic’s size or display simply because this information is not all that relevant at this moment.



Back Side



The phone comes with a new feature called Say & Play, which allows the user to just say a name of artist, song, album or playlist and the phone will play it. The Screen Size is most likely to be 2.4 inches with QVGA (240 x 320) resolution. The phone also has FM Radio, 3G, 128 MB Ram and 8 GB microSD card bundled. It's rumored to hit the shelves in April with a price tag of around 220 Euros.




Front Side



Qwerty Keypad



Qwerty Keypad



Left Side



Top Side



Right Side



Volume Keys



Home Screen
Radio




GPS
Connections




Say & Play
Memory Status




Music Player
Audio Settings



Source : Mobile-Review

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Nokia launches N97, first N-Series with Qwerty

Nokia launched the N 97 multimedia smart touch phone (Nokia just calls it Multimedia Computer mrgreen). The most distinguishing feature of N97 is that it has a physical Qwerty keypad to help in messaging and mailing. Another touted feature is the 35 degree kickstand that helps in watching videos but can be bothersome if you drop the phone.

Looking at the spces, it has a 5 Mega Pixel Camera with Carl Zeiss Optics, 32 GB Flash Storage, a huge 3.5 inch screen with a decent (by HTC Touch HD's standards) resolution of 640 x 360, Wi-fi, GPS, FM Transmitter, 3.5 mm jack and a digital compass too. The styling is different than the N81/N96/N85 clones we saw from Nokia and we welcome that. Apart from the huge storage and the huge screen there's not much in it to differentiate it from it's other N-Series Brothers and Sisters like N85 & N96. The N97 is basically a Qwerty version of Nokia 5800 with double the storage of N96 and having all the features of N85. The N97 also supports widgets on it's home screen. The N97 also has a social feature which Nokia calls "So-Lo" which allows your friends to update their location and status.

Nokia seems to have learnt from it's mistake of N95 and N96 & has equipped the N97 with a 1500 mAh battery which should be adequate for a phone of it's size. The phone comes with a Digital Compass and Nokia Maps 3.0. The N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies. Nokia is definitely impressed to make the N97 it's Flagship of 2009. How much of a fight will it give to Sony Ericcsion Xperia X1 and a possible HTC Touch HD Pro is to be seen.


Detailed Specs of Nokia N97 :

  • 5 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with Dual LED Flash
  • VGA (640 x 480) 30 FPS Video Capture
  • Qwerty Keypad
  • 3.5 inch Touch Screen with resolution of 360 x 640 pixels
  • Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Proximity Sensor
  • 3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
  • Quad Band GSM
  • Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
  • MPEG4/WMV/3gp video player
  • MP3/eAAC+/WMA/AMR/RealAudio player
  • Digital Compass
  • FM Radio & FM transmitter
  • Micro SD card slot
  • 32 GB Internal Memory
  • TV-Out
  • Symbian OS v9.5, Series 60 rel. 5
  • 1500 mAh Battery
  • 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9-18.3 mm dimensions & 150 gm weight







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Samsung unveils i7110 Symbian Smartphone

After leaking a couple times, Samsung i7110 has been officially announced a few hours back. The i7110 is the Nokia N79 rival from Samsung and has better specs than it's rival. The i7110 also runs on the S60 3rd Edition FP2 like the N79. The i7110 is very slim in size with a thickness of just 12.9 mm. Also it has a OLED 2.6 inch QVGA Screen as compared to the 2.4 inch screen of N79. The Nokia N85 has a similar 2.6 inch AMOLED screen in it. It has an 8-way Optical Trackpad like the Samsung i900 Omnia which allows the user to move the cursor just like a mouse.

Coming to specs, the i7110 has in addition to the screen, a 5 Mega Pixel Camera with dual LED flash. It also has geotagging, face, smile and blink detection. Also it has Wi-fi(with DLNA certification) for surfing as well as GPS for navigation. Samsung also bundles it's Samsung Navigator application which has maps of 10 European cities in it including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Helsinki, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, and Rome. However you can't use the Nokia Maps like you do in Nokia Mobile Phones as it's incompatible with Samsung S60 phones (atleast till now).

The i7110 can also double up as camcorder with impressive VGA recording capability and support for high speed recording also. It also comes with DNSe 2.0 Engine, like the Samsung Innov8. Among other things it also has a FM Transmitter which allows transmitting any playing song to a nearby FM receiver. The FM transmitter can also be switched on to receive voice navigation guide via car speakers when using GPS. It also supports DivX playback natively, without any need for conversion. It also boasts of TV-out so you can view your videos & photos on your TV.

It comes with a MicroSD Card slot with support for SDHC (SD High Capacity) Cards. It comes bundled with FIFA 2008 & Asphalt Games, however Nokia's N-Gage can't run on it. The only thing missing in it are a Camera Lens Cover, Xenon Flash & a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The Samsung i7110 should be available in Europe just in time for the Christmas holidays. It will start shipping first in Russia from November 2008 with other markets following soon.


Detailed Specs of Samsung i7110 :

  • 5 Mega Pixel Auto Focus Camera with Dual LED Flash
  • VGA (640 x 480) 30 FPS & QVGA (240 x 320) 120 FPS Video Capture
  • Face recognition with smile detection and blink detection & GPS geotagging
  • 2.6 inch QVGA OLED Screen with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels
  • Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
  • DivX playback
  • DNSe Engine 2.0
  • 3G, HSDPA, Wi-fi & GPS
  • Quad Band GSM
  • Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
  • DivX/H.263/H.264/WMV/MP4 player
  • MP3/eAAC+/WMA/AMR/RealAudio player
  • FM Radio with RDS
  • FM transmitter
  • Micro SD card slot
  • Optical trackpad
  • FIFA 2008, Asphalt Games
  • Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2 FP2
  • 1200 mAh Battery
  • 118 x 52 x 12.9 mm dimensions & 125 gm weight


Source : Samsung

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Sony Ericsson W902 Review by Smape




Smape has reviewed the Sony Ericsson W902 in a very long & detailed review with lots of pics.


For a long time, Sony Ericsson have been following the policy of an accurate segmentation of their products. The majority of music-oriented solutions normally have below-than-average camera capabilities, the cameraphones almost never get a decent headset in the bundling and come around with a very plain player interface. The W980i music phone flagship equipped with a 8 Gb onboard flash storage unit is a good illustration to this policy. The camera is pretty plain, and so is the camera-controlling application. At that, the model utilizes the integrated accelerometer to the full, the ShakeControl feature greatly improving the usability of the music player.


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Samsung i8510 Innov8 Review by Mobile Review



Mobile Review has posted an extensive detailed review of Samsung i8510 Innov8.


While some may think that the size of the Samsung i8510 is its major letdown, it's not quite true. It is on the bulkier side, no doubt about that, but even if they could make it twice as small, that would have been a mistake. As far as mobile powerhouses go, their weight and size somewhat help their credibility. Having a hefty and sizable device that looks the part in his hand, the user will know right away what kind of phone he is dealing with. Should you modify the i8510 size even a tiny bit, it will be perceived in a totally different way.

Many people who saw the Samsung i8510 for the first time pointed at its width and thickness, however when we told them what features it had under the hood, this initial disappointment turned into approving nods in an eyewink.


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Nokia N85 Review by Eldar Murtazin of Mobile Review




Eldar Murtazin of Mobile Review has posted an extensive review of N85 with loads of pics.


At a glance, the N85's positioning in Nokia's portfolio may seem somewhat tangled. Judging by its technical specifications, it looks like almost the exact copy of the Nokia N95, bar a couple of things; however this first impression is deceiving. In fact, the N85 comes in to replace the original Nokia N95, that recently got an upgrade in the form of the N95 8 Gb. And since the N85 is superior to the latter on all major accounts, it easily qualifies as a successor to all existing iterations of the fabulous N95.

When it first arrived, the Nokia N95 retailed for around 550-600 Euro, whereas the Nokia N85 will go for around 450-500 Euro at start. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that these convergent devices have been relegated to a lower price bracket that will allow boosting their sales in a major way. So, the Nokia N85 will be targeting the mass market from the get-go and will remain one of Nokia's key offerings throughout 2009.


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Nokia N85 Review by Smape




Smape has reviewed the Nokia N85 in a very long & detailed review with lots of pics.


Let’s have a closer look at the positioning of N85. First of all, it’s meant to be a sequel to the musical N81 handset, claiming the throne of an ultimate gaming / music phone. The price bracket and target segment are all the same, as well as the starting amount of memory; on the other hand, every other aspect of functionality has been improved. Nokia N85 can also pass for a very good replacement to N95 8GB sporting almost the same functionality, yet implemented on a remarkably higher level. The same saying can be applied to the model’s positioning. The company are counting on N85 as the most likely candidate for becoming a mass market bestseller, massive investments being made into the promotional campaign.

Nokia N85 has no direct competitors save for N95 8Gb, but in all senses the former is preferable. The price gap between N85 and N96 is going to constitute 100 euros, that’s basically how much you’ll be charged for the extra memory and the DVB-H unit. N96 doesn’t offer any other practical advantages, and N85 is obviously preferable for better materials, size, screen quality, design and battery life. A comparison article pitting N96 against N85 is already available on the site, we hope you’ve already had a chance to skim through it and come up with a pretty clear idea of how things go for these two models.


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LG officially announces KC 910

LG has officially announced the KC 910 Touch Screen Phone. It's LG Viewty's successor and has 8 Mega Pixel Camera along with Dolby Mobile Technology.

Detailed Specs:

  • Quad-band GSM/ 7.2Mbps HSDPA
  • 8MP camera with Xenon flash, Schneider-Kreuznach lens
  • Geotagging and smile & blink detection
  • 3 inch touch screen with 400 x 240 resolution
  • GPS, 3G & WiFi
  • microSD expansion slot
  • Video recording at up to 120fps @ QVGA & 30 FPS @ VGA resolution
  • Multimedia playback including DivX and XviD support
  • Dolby Mobile Technology
  • TV output
  • Bluetooth 2.0
  • Just 107.8 x 55.9 x 13.9mm and 114g (lighter than an iPhone)








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Moto Rokr EM30 & Sony Ericcson W302 compared by Smape




Smape has compared the Motorola Rokr EM30 & Sony Ericcson W302 in a detailed article.


An important point is that Motorola and Sony Ericsson took different paths on their chase of Nokia 5310. W890 was simplified to a huge extent, dropping its A200 platform in favor of a Sagem ODM-developed platform which is now used in W302. The materials, assembly, audio and misc things – everything was curbed and is distinctly different from the senior model. The continuity is just nominal, which is a very ambiguous step, given that the predecessor model was far from perfection itself, though much better than W880, which didn't even have a FM tuner.

The Americans took a smarter step by keeping EM30 pretty close to E8, which actually is little than a new version of the older handset, coming in different colors. The functional simplifications (memory, navigation wheel) help to drop down the price, so by the beginning of the sales the solutions will sell for roughly the same money. It's extremely important that Motorola preserved the fashion impact and even kept the same materials. This makes the solution the best offer in its class in that aspect.


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Moto Rokr EM30 reviewed by Smape




Smape has reviewed the Motorola Rokr EM30 in a detailed review.


RORK EM30 is quite a different story. That’s the top model in the line, but its actual positioning is that of a mid-end phone. In fact, it’s a simplified version of Motorola ROKR E8 with almost no differences between the two other than a few costly features taken out from the former. These points of difference are to be thoroughly described in the later sections of the article, and now let’s have a general view on the phone’s market positioning.


The luring combination of a relatively low price ($250 in September) and the expensive materials and design which were inherited from the E8 model, an unmatched audio quality, touch buttons serving as player controls – here are the principal selling points of this handset. The E8 model remains a rather expensive offer, that’s a fashion phone which will never be subject to serious price reduction, so the price gap between it and EM30 is going to always keep above $100. On the other hand, by paying an extra $100 the user gets a lot of extra memory, a FastScroll wheel and a more pronounced fashion impact. At that point, the principal differences between the two models come to an end.


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