Nokia Lumia 710 : Review

The Nokia Lumia 710 is the first 'affordable' Windows Phone.The 710 was unveiled today alongside the Nokia Lumia 800 in the long-awaited launch of Nokia's Windows Phones.

The Lumia 710 joins the Nokia Lumia 800, which Nokia boss Stephen Elop calls "the first real Windows Phone".

The 710 is powered by Microsoft's Windows Phone software. It's based around colourful squares that update with the latest information, from weather and headlines to your friends' social network updates.

The handset certainly doesn't feel bad in the hand – it's made from a smooth plastic which looks good in the white matt finish, although it's also available in a shinier black finish that seemed to attract fingerprints and smears like nobody's business.

It's not overly heavy and although it won't win any accolades for being the slimmest handset on the market, the Nokia Lumia 710 is easily small enough to sit anonymously in a pocket or small bag.

The 710 has three physical buttons beneath the screen: a back button, a search button and a Windows button for doing Windows-y things.

Spec

• Display                 : ClearBlack display, anti-glare screen, 3.7" touchscreen
• Personalisation      : Swappable covers, changeable home screen colours
• People Hub          : Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email, Chat, SMS
• Internet                 : Bing, Internet Explorer 9, HTML5, Wi-Fi
• Camera                : 5 MP camera, auto-focus, LED flash
• Weight                                   : 126 g
• Maximum 3G talk time           :7.6 h
• Maximum 3G standby time     :400 h
• Maximum music playback time : 38 h
• Maximum video playback time : 6 h
• Height       : 119.0 mm
• Width        : 62.4 mm
• Thickness  : 12.5 mm

• Touch Screen  :  Capacitive
• Display size     : 3.7 ''
• Screen height  : 480 pixels
• Screen width   : 800 pixels
• Display technology  : TFT,Clear Black

WLAN support

• WEP
• WPA
• 802.11b/g/n
• WPA2-Personal
• WPA-Enterprise
  

  Data bearer

• WCDMA
• EDGE Class B
• GPRS Class B
• HSUPA Cat6 5.76 Mbps
• HSDPA Cat10 14.4 Mbps
• WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
• Dual Transfer Mode (MSC 32)
  

  Operating band

• GSM 900
• GSM 1800
• GSM 1900
• WCDMA Band I (2100)
• WCDMA Band II (1900)
• WCDMA Band VIII (900)
  
  CPU Count:
  Single
  Hardware CPU clock rate
  1400 MHz
  Hardware CPU type
  Qualcomm MSM8255 (WCDMA)
  
  

  Memory

  Total user memory
  8 GB mass memory (no slot for micro-SD cards)
  SDRAM memory
  512 MB
  
  

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Nokia Lumia 800 : Review

We’ve heard enough rumors, seen enough leaks, and now it’s official – Nokia’s ‘Sea Ray’ handset is finally a reality. Officially called the Nokia Lumia 800, the handset shares the same form-factor as the Nokia N9, while adding Windows Phone under the hood.

Design:

     The Lumia 800 will be very familiar to those of you who saw the Nokia N9. The body curves round at the sides to give it a squashed oblong shape, when viewed from the top. The screen is curved too, taking up the whole of the device. The shape is very similar to the shape of Apple's fifth-generation iPod nano, so if you like the look of that little chap you'll probably have a soft spot for the 800.

It's machined from a single piece of polycarbonate which makes it feel particularly sturdy and will hopefully put up with a rough life much better than cheaper phones bolted together from numerous bits of plastic.

Performance:

  Under the hood of the Lumia 800 you'll find a single-core 1.4GHz processor backed up with 512MB of RAM, which is a pretty decent set of specs. It's not packing a dual-core chip like the big boys of the smart phone world, the Samsung Galaxy S2 or the new Apple iPhone 4S, but the single-core chip is a fast one, so you can expect good performance nevertheless.

Music:
  Nokia Music offers Nokia customers something like a Pandora experience, with special “mixes” of tunes you can listen to based around a certain genre of music. There’s no login or subscription to listen to jams while you’re out and about, and music can be made available offline,for listening to places where you might not get a cell or Wi-Fi signal like planes. Your favorite mixes can be pinned to the home screen on the handset for easy access.

Sports:
  Nokia has partnered with ESPN for Nokia Sports Hub. The Hub can give you quick up-to-date information on your favorite teams or favorite players.

Navigation:   The Nokia 800 includes Nokia Drive for free, making it the only Windows Phone with free turn-by-turn directions. You can download maps at home, but the maps will connect and download additional map information if you drive out of your planned route.

Nokia Lumia 800 Specs

Product type         :   Smart phone
Connectivity          :   Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3G
Operating system  :   Windows Phone
Application store   :   Yes
Touch screen         :   Yes
Keyboard             :   None
GPS                      :  Yes
Form factor           :  Candy-bar
Available colours    :  Black, Blue, Pink
Screen size            :   3.7 in.
Camera                 :   8 megapixels
Size (WxHxD)       :  61x116x12 mm

• 3.7″ AMOLED screen
• 1.4GHz processor
• 8-megapixel rear-facing camera (f/2.2)
• WiFi
• Micro USB
• 16GB Built-in Storage

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Nokia kinetic : Review

         Multitouch revolutionized user interfaces, and if Nokia researchers get their way, a mobile device that's sensitive to how it's being flexed could be the next revolution.


At the Nokia World show here, the Finnish mobile phone maker showed off its "Nokia kinetic device" with a flexible display. Gripped with two hands, it would scroll through music collections or photo albums when twisted. Bowing it inward or outward zoomed photos in and out or paused and played music, while tapping the corners panned through photos.
While it was a real computing device with a real OLED display, it's most definitely not a real product anyone could buy today. More firmly in the prototype category was a related flexible device that looked like a slim remote control; it could be controlled with a single hand

As you can see in the video below, you can use this flexible interface to do anything with your mobile phone. By just twisting the mobile phone, you can make your way through your music playlist or navigate your photo albums. Here in this video, this video demonstrates it's new flexible interface by bowing in or out. Bowing in will zoom the photo and it’s the round way round for bowing out

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Play | Reviews

From PlayStation Phone to Xperia Play

The Xperia Play probably had more leaks than a broken pipe in the past few years. It even got a full hands-on preview by Engadget, which threw up more questions than answers about the handset with a sliding gamepad. Engadget says that the Xperia Play is "comfortable to hold" and has a "better build quality than the PSP Go" despite being "less well-balanced" than the latter. To be fair, the leaked device is a prototype, so there may be modifications to the chassis down the road and the final product will likely turn up in a better shape.

Like the Xperia X10 and Xperia Arc, the Xperia Play has the same four thin menu controls below the display and a black color scheme. The top and bottom edges are noticeably more rounded, but the most striking difference is where you slide up the top face to reveal the expansive gaming controls. These include the standard Sony PlayStation directional pad and action buttons, and what appears like touchpad controls in the centre. There are also dedicated Select, Start and Menu hardware keys.

Little else is known (not officially anyway) about the hardware specifications of the Xperia Play, although Engadget says that the device comes with a 4-inch multitouch 854 x 480-pixel touchscreen, 512MB RAM, 1,500mAh battery, slots for SIM and microSD cards and a secondary microphone above the 5-megapixel camera's LED flash at the back. Software-wise, the Xperia Play is based on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

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Samsung Galaxy S II | Reviews

Design
You may find that the design of the Galaxy S II appears to be "inspired" by a certain other smartphone. In fact, there's an ongoing lawsuit between Apple and Samsung that names this smartphone as an example of the Korean company copying the Cupertino firm's designs. It doesn't help that the Galaxy S II creates the illusion of having just a single button on the front surface by hiding the touch-sensitive Menu and Back buttons when not in use. By default, these light up only briefly when pressed. Intentional emulation? Perhaps.


Now, the Galaxy S II may be made of plastic materials, but it did feel solid in our hands, and gives a much better feel compared with the original Galaxy S. This is also probably due to its compact form factor--the smartphone is 8.5mm at its thinnest point. The phone weighs in at a lightweight 116g.

The rear battery cover uses a textured surface and helps give the phone a better grip. When you remove the cover though, you'll find that the it actually feels very flimsy and likely to break. Underneath the cover, you'll find the SIM and microSD slots. You will have to remove the battery to get at the microSD however, so swapping your microSD card without powering off is not possible.

At the bottom of the device is where you find the micro-USB port, and on top is where a 3.5mm audio jack is located together with a dedicated noise-cancelling microphone. The power button is found at the right side, while your volume controls are on the left.

There's a 2-megapixel front camera for making video calls, and a rear 8-megapixel camera with an LED flash, autofocus and HD 1080p video recording capabilities.

-Features-

The Galaxy S II comes with the full range of connectivity options that you would expect from a high-end device--Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, DLNA, GPS and HSDPA.

If you have used or have heard about Samsung's products before, then you'll know that the S II comes with Samsung's TouchWiz interface. The UI has gotten a few improvements, including the ability to resize supported widgets to better customize your home screens. The application pages now scroll continuously, allowing you to flip to the last page from the first without having to go through the other five first. Other enhancements include the ability to zoom in and out by holding two fingers on the display and tilting the device back and forth.

The good:
Speedy performance; gorgeous 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Plus display; lightweight; good camera; TouchWiz interface is easy to use.

The bad:
Social Hub doesn't work well with Twitter; short battery life; flimsy back cover.

The bottom line:
The Galaxy S II is quite possibly one of the best Android smartphones released in 2011, though it is not without flaws. That said, it is a handset that improves on its predecessor, the Samsung Galaxy S, by leaps and bounds.

Review:
First announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2011 in Barcelona, the Samsung Galaxy S II is the sequel to the wildly popular first generation Samsung Galaxy S smartphone. For most Android lovers, this is probably the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) smartphone they've been waiting for. Let's see what this high-end product from the Korean chaebol has to offer.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1| Reviews

The outstanding Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Honeycomb tablet is lighter and a hair thinner than the Apple iPad 2, and has a smaller footprint than either the Motorola Xoom or the Acer Iconia Tab A500, which are heavier and bulkier than most tablets.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a major contender.

We reviewed the short-lived Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1V already, but that thicker and heavier device has since been discontinued (It looked as if Vodafone might pick up the 10.1V tab but it is now waiting to release the newer 10.1 model).


The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 uses a brilliant, portable form-factor that beats every other tablet on the market. It's smaller and lighter, easy to grasp and not as bulky as a few of the other Android 3.0 tablets.

On the top, the power and volume controls are easy to find. On the top-right you'll find the 3.4mm headphone jack. There are no buttons on the side; instead, Samsung put the speakers on the side for good, clear audio. On the bottom, there's just a 30-pin connector for the USB cable.



There's no slot for adding more memory or a 3G card on the version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, which has 16GB of RAM. There's also no USB port like there is on the A500 Or Transformer for using an external keyboard.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has an incredibly bright and clear screen, too. That's where our comparison to a Samsung HDTV comes in – this is the first tablet we've tested where a movie actually looked as bright as what you might enjoy in the living room.

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Samsung Corby II | Reviews

The Samsung Corby II, also known as the Samsung GT-S3850, is the successor to the original Corby, a low-end phone offered since September 2009, which stood out with its capacitive touchscreen, low price tag and hip looks. But these days, you can't impress with just a touchscreen, so has Samsung thrown more notable ingredients into the small and cute Corby II? The Koreans have included Wi-Fi and a larger, 3.14-inch QVGA screen, but the Samsung Corby II remains an affordable feature phone with a rather mediocre 2-megapixel camera. Is it worth considering? Stay with us as we walk you through the design and functionality before giving you our final verdict.

Specs

• General

-Device type : Feature phone
-Network technology : GSM:850, 900, 1800, 1900
-Data : EDGE

• Design

-Form Factor : Candybar
-Dimensions : 4.33 x 2.39 x 0.46 (109.9 x 60.6 x 11.7 mm)
-Weight : 3.60 oz (102 g)
The average is 4.4 oz (127 g)
-Colors : Pink, Yellow, White

• Display

-Technology : TFT
-Resolution : 240 x 320 pixels
-Physical Size : 3.14 inches
-Touch Screen : Yes (Capacitive)
-Light sensor : Yes

• Battery

-Capacity : 1000 mAh
-Talk time : 9.50 hours
The average is 8 h (473 min)
-Stand-by time : 620 hours
The average is 401 h (17 days)

• Camera

-Camera : Yes
-Resolution : 2 megapixels
-Features : Smile detection, Night mode, Panorama
-Video capture : Yes
-Resolution :320x240 (QVGA) (30 fps)

• Multimedia

-Music Player : Yes
-Supports : MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WAV
-Video Playback : Yes
-Supports : MPEG4, H.263, H.264
-Radio : Yes
-Type : FM

• Internet browsing

-Internet Browsing : Yes
-Browser name : Dolfin 2.0
-Supports : TML, XHTML, WAP 2.0

• Phonebook

-Support : Yes
-Capacity : Limited
-Features : Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID

• Organizer

-Calendar : Yes
-Alarms : Yes
-Other : Calculator

• Messaging

-SMS :Yes
-E-mail :Yes (IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange)

• Memory

-Slot Type :microSD, microSDHC
-Maximum card size :16 GB
-Built-in :26 MB

• Connectivity

-Bluetooth :Yes
-Version :3.0
-Wi-Fi :Yes (802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n)
-USB :Yes
-Type :microUSB
-Features :USB charging

Headphones connector : 3.5mm

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Nokia N9 | Reviews

What's this? The first hint of a release date for the Nokia N9? A European website is offering the hotly anticipated, much-debated, MeeGo-powered smart phone from 19 August -- but with Nokia yet to confirm whether it'll come to the UK at all, we need your help. Free the Nokia N9!

Kazakhstan site TexhoDom is offering lucky Kazakhs the chance to pre-order the N9 for 99,990 Kazakhstani Tenge, which runs through the exchange-o-tron to around £420. Add on VAT and that sounds about right, but we'll still believe it when we see it, and here's why.

Either the N9 will land in Eastern Europe in just under a month, or folks at TexhoDom have figured out that inventing a spurious price and release date for a hot phone will get you in the news.

Even if the date is accurate, it's no guarantee we'll get our hands on the N9 here in Blighty in August -- or ever. Nokia told us it can't confirm the release yet, making us wonder if the phone will come to the UK at all.

It seems the networks are shy of a phone powered by an operating system that's essentially dead on arrival. MeeGo is a slick and intuitive software that impressed us when we tried it out, but it isn't getting the chance to take on Nokia's eye-watering financial woes: despite Nokia's promises and the possibility of running Android apps, MeeGo has already been thrown over in favour of Windows Phone.

The N9 provides the template for the first Nokia Windows Phone, codenamed Sea Ray, but it would be a shame if that was the N9's only chance to shine.

Also known as Nokia N9-00, Nokia N9 Lankku

• General

-2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G Network : HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
-Announced : 2011, June
-Status : Coming soon

• Size

-Dimensions : 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc
-Weight : 135 g

• Display

-Type : AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
-Size :480 x 854 pixels, 3.9 inches (~251 ppi pixel density)
- Gorilla glass display
- Anti-glare polariser
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

• Sound

-Alert type : Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
-Loudspeaker : Yes
-3.5mm jack : Yes
Dolby Mobile sound enhancement; Dolby Headphone support

• Memory

-Phonebook : Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
-Call records : Yes
-Internal : 16/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
-Card slot : No

• Data

-GPRS : Class 33
-EDGE : Class 33
-3G : HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.7 Mbps
-WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
-Bluetooth : Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
-Infrared port : No
-USB : Yes, microUSB v2.0

• Camera

-Primary : 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, dual LED flash
-Features : Geo-tagging, face detection, touch-focus
-Video : Yes, 720p@30fps
-Secondary : Yes

• Features

-OS : MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan
-CPU : 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU,PowerVR SGX530 GPU,TI OMAP 3630 chipset
-Messaging : SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
-Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
-Radio : No
-Games : Angry Birds Magic (NFC), Galaxy on Fire 2, Real Golf 2011; downloadable
-Colors : Black, Cyan, Magenta
-GPS : Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps
-Java : Yes, MIDP 2.1
- MicroSIM card support only
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Digital compass
- TV-out
- NFC support
- Dolby Digital Plus
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA/FLAC player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), PDF viewer
- Video/photo editor
- Voice memo/command/dial
- Predictive text input (Swype)

• Battery

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1450 mAh (BV-5JW)
-Stand-by : Up to 380 h (2G) / Up to 450 h (3G)
-Talk time : Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
-Music play : Up to 50 h



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