LG has been coming up with magnificent range of handsets with awesome features over the years by giving tough competition to other mobile giants in the market. The latest LG Viewty SnapGM360 Black handsets are much in talks, thanks to its stunning appeal and amazing functionality.
LG Viewty SnapGM360 Black which has fabulous looks boasts a 3 inch touch sensitive TFT screen with 240 x 400 pixels resolution. It has the display capacity up to 256K colours and Accelerometer sensors for auto rotate. The Z-black handset which boasts a 5MP camera along with auto-focus and LED flash allows you to capture fantastic images, thanks to its 2592 x 1944 pixels resolution.
The handset can be used as both multimedia and business phone as it has MP3/MP4 player & entertainment games as well as a document viewer supporting file formats like XLS, PPT, DOC and PDF. It also features SMS, MMS, Email & Push Email functions and an amazing navigation function.
You can grab the handset through fabulous mobile phone deals available in the market. Major UK carriers such as Virgin, Vodafone, O2, Tesco, Orange etc are offering various contract, PAYG and sim free mobile phones which are bundled with free gifts as well. The operators also offer you with free UK calls, free UK texts, insurance and cashback schemes.
Research in Motion (RIM) is all set to release its new BlackBerry 6 operating system which will feature amazing multimedia capabilities. RIM has taken this step of adding more multimedia functionality tools to the BlackBerry 6 OS so as to give cutting edge competition to Apple’s iPhone.
Both a power user and a new BlackBerry user can benefit from the enhanced features. The added functions feature improved video playing and camera controls, new podcast apps, image organisation, music album art discovery along with apps to download images, music and videos.
Video search is made easy, thanks to the new thumbnail view. You can not only play videos in your desired size but also share them with others using integrated YouTube video uploader. When using Wi-Fi, you can even search video sites like YouTube to enjoy YouTube videos of your choice.
Additionally, with the new podcast service the users can search, subscribe as well as play podcasts directly on their BlackBerry devices. The updated image organiser tool enables the users to categorise photos by date or event and also add new transitions. You can now capture superior quality images quickly as well as videos with the camera, thanks to the new features in BlackBerry 6.
RIM is putting all its efforts to gain the market share in the corporate space by adding new features to BlackBerry 6 OS.
It is already known to us that Sony Ericsson has confirmed the launch of its Yendo mobile phone in the coming months. Though the smartphone will not be an Android device as said earlier, it will still feature Walkman technology.
The Yendo has a quite pretty appeal with a large touch screen display, a small camera hole in the back along with a few buttons on the body. You will also find a small Walkman logo to its lower right.
The handset looks quite snazzy thanks to the metallic curved button below the display screen on the gray coloured front. With the camera in the middle and a long gap for the loudspeakers the back casing oozes stunning looks.
Coming to specs of the smartphone, it features a resistive touch screen display of 2.6 inch with 320 x 240 pixels resolution. Touch based controls are not very efficient due to the resistive screen. Users will also have to compromise with EDGE and GPRS with the unavailability of Wi-Fi on Yendo. Does not this sound non-sense given the fact that the handset comes pre-loaded with Twitter and Facebook apps?
Wait a couple of months and Sony Ericsson’s Yendo would be available off the shelf.
2010 seems to be the year of tablet PCs. With the increased tablet PC boom, LG has also geared up to join the Android tablet bandwagon. LG plans to build a rival to the Apple iPad on the Android mobile OS platform. The tablet computer from LG which will be powered by Android 2.2 is expected to hit the market in Q4 of 2010.
Compared to other similar tablets on the market, this tablet is claimed by LG to deliver highly superior performance. It is also assured by LG that the new tablet will be powered by Google’s latest Android 2.2 OS. As of now, no price or other specifications about the tablet have been unveiled by LG.
The LG tablet will be supporting flash and multi-tasking. Although touch screen smartphones offer messaging and web browsing features, they do not provide fully functional solutions for business users. With the new 2.2 version, Android OS becomes an excellent choice for tablet PCs. As such, tablet computing will be taking off in a big way.
You need to wait for more details from LG before getting excited about the new device. However, users can expect a full multimedia experience featuring web browsing, integration of Google with maps, mail and navigation if the new tablet will run the Android 2.2 OS.
If LG intends to attract the consumers worldwide, then it has to come up with some definite details about the new tablet in the weeks ahead.
iPhone users in the UK are set to have a ball as software manufacturer, Nuance has launched its Dragon speech-to-text apps in the UK.
The Apple iTunes store will host Dragon Search and Dragon Dictation apps for free so that the iPhone users in the UK can get a glimpse of all that the Dragon apps can do. Nuance has anyways got plans in place to launch a marquee campaign for the advanced versions of its software.
As per Reuters, the Dragon Search and Dragon Dictation iPhone apps will soon be available in the UK for free just the way they are available in the US. For those interested in hits and downloads, the Nuance apps have been downloaded 3.7 million times in the US.
Just imagine if it would not feel like heaven when you can dictate and search something across the web rather than typing it on your mobile. Dragon Search is set to make all that a reality. Dragon Search would make voice searches available on Yahoo, Google, Bing, Wikipedia, Youtube, Twitter, and iTunes store.
And then we have Dragon Dictation application which allows people to record 30 seconds of speech. The speech can then be sent as an SMS or an email after conversion by the app.
An updated version of RIM’s smallest handset, the BlackBerry Pearl 3G also supports dual-band UMTS. Though the highly upgraded handset offers fast wireless and data connectivity, its small screen with a numeric keypad let it down.
Lot many new features have been added to the device such as Bluetooth 2.1 with stereo audio and support to 802.11n wireless for speedy Wi-Fi connectivity. You can even connect the handset to your computer via USB and use it as a modem.
The new Pearl 3G comes with an optical trackpad and a 3.5mm headphone socket. Though BlackBerry Maps pre-installed in the handset gives you clear directions, it is not that easy to read as Google Maps has also been installed.
Powered by an ARM-based 624 MHz processor, the Pearl 3G handset with a 360 x 400 pixels screen and 238 PPI resolution is quite good. Inspite of the cramped screen, browsing over the web is quite good. The SureType word prediction technology of the device speeds up the text typing. The numeric keypad is a drawback of the handset whose plus point lies in email.
The App World of the BlackBerry does not constitute as good a selection as Apple’s App Store or Android’s Market. However, Pearl 3G would be the right choice if you are looking for budget smartphone with high end email features. The Bold 9700 is a better option for those with larger budget.
Nokia N8 smartphone, the first mobile powered by Symbian ^3 OS and the latest model designed from the world’s largest mobile manufacturer is expected to be available on T-Mobile UK soon.
You can see the ‘coming soon’ status for the Nokia N8 deals on T-mobile’s website. Though the much awaited smartphone is expected to hit the market on 31 August, official confirmation is yet to be received from Nokia. N8 would be the last Symbian based smartphone from Nokia.
N8 has a similar appeal as that of the iPhone 4. N8 boasts of Ovi Maps enabling customers in more than 70 countries across geographies to navigate with ease. The 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash is the eye-catching feature of the device which helps users capture stunning images and also shoot 720p HD video. As such, you can use the device as a mobile phone cum camera.
The Nokia N8 supports USB On-The-Go (OTG), an extension of the USB 2.0 standard. The N8 is bundled with a mini HDMI slot, a 3.5 inch OLED capacitive touchscreen display that has the ability to display 640×360 pixels and internal memory of 16GB with a microSD card reader.
The smartphone also features MP3 player, FM radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, social networking integration and three different home screens. Moreover, it is claimed by Nokia that the handset has 960 minutes of video playback capacity without charging and a battery with a standby time of up to 400 hours.
It is a great success story for Samsung Galaxy S wherein it has successfully sold over one million units by now. Users quote that they like the new Samsung Galaxy S and the unstoppable quality of the high-end Korean Samsung.
The projection of Samsung is to place 10 millions of terminals by the start of 2011. It is also said that the drawbacks with the iPhone have been favourable for the Samsung to attain this success.
Through an aggressive campaign Samsung Galaxy S in Spain, is offering in various schemes like free phone by points program, migration or portability wherein customer commitment of 24 months is expected. Many people feel that Samsung Galaxy S is better than Iphone4.
The Samsung Galaxy S has been successful to grab the market share from the iPhone 4. This amazing handset which is an Android titan model is bundled with a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen having a resolution of about 480×800 pixel and a 5 megapixel camera with smile detection, face recognition system and autofocus. Added to this, Galaxy S is the first Android based phone to provide HD video recording.
The Galaxy S Smartphone also comes with a multimedia player that is compatible with DivX and MKV video files. The Galaxy S is powered by the Android 2.1 OS. However, Samsung is all set to release an update by this yearend so as to bring it in line with 2.2 version of Google’s OS. As such, Samsung Galaxy S is certain to make a new record.
The Ipad owners will be happy to know that Apple has come up with a software update just the way the iPhone received an update. The update is intended to improve the wireless performance.
No sooner did the cappuccino company released the Ipad, complaints started cropping up from users regarding poor Wi-fi reception resulting in bad connectivity.
Improved Wi-Fi connectivity can be expected with this latest software update that brings the Ipad up to iPhone OS 3.2.1. This happens to be great news for most iPad users as wireless networking is the only way to get data onto the tablet PC.
The issues related to copy and paste in emails has been fixed as per Apple. And then people who are vexed with the performance of Google search can move on to Microsoft Bing. What’s maddening is the above news and how it makes sense.
The problem lies in the hardware and the so-called technology leader believes to be able to fix the same with few lines of code in the software. What makes me wonder is the way the company is trying to wash its hands off some basic design flaws.
ZTE Racer, the cheapest Android touchscreen handset has been landed in the market by 3 UK, the smallest independent carrier of UK.
The Racer, manufactured by the Chinese company ZTE is offered on contract deal of £13 per month. This is the first Android based device to be offered on PAYG for less than £100.
Mobile phone operators Orange and T-Mobile have already been selling cheaper touchscreen handsets. However, all those devices are powered by entry level operating systems like the Qualcomm Brew.
The ZTE Racer sports a 2.8 inch touchscreen display with a display capacity of 320×240 pixels, a 3.2 megapixel camera without flash and HSDPA connectivity.
The handset is powered by Android 2.1 OS and has no customised user interface. It also comes with a microSD card up to 2GB. As such, the users will not have any dependency on the manufacturer to upgrade their handsets.
The cheapest contract of two years is bundled with 300 units which can be used anytime as a mixture of minutes or texts to any network along with 500MB of data. For £18 per month, Internet Talker 900 provides 900 calls or texts and 1GB of data. However, you can go with the One Plan contract and increase the allocation to 2000 calls, 5000 texts, 5000 3-to-3 calls plus 1GB of internet usage.
Here comes a latest application that will reduce your typing effort on your touchscreen devices. The Mobile phone software developer TouchType has come up with SwiftKey, the text typing application.
This application will increase the typing speed by nearly 50 per cent on your touchscreen smartphones. This application has been designed such that it predicts the whole words as you type them.
It is said that the amazing technology running this application will certainly change the users’ way of interacting with their smartphones. When a user begins typing, the SwiftKey application will predict that particular word based on the pattern it is used in a sentence and accordingly suggest correct word thereby increasing the speed.
According to TouchType, the application has the ability to tweak itself in order to recognise the writing style of the user. Users can avail the SwiftKey application in various languages such as English, German, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish.
It is interesting to know that over 50 billion words have been analysed in 9 major languages so as to build the driving models of the application’s prediction engine.
The stunning Sony Ericsson Zylo in silver is now available via 3 Mobile’s tariff plan of £13 per month. The Zylo is the latest device that has been an addition to the 3 Mobile’s ever-expanding range.
The trendy and compact slider handset features a 3.2 megapixel camera and comes with an external memory support up to 16GB.
The impressive feature of the device is the awesome functionality of its media player, thanks to the new Walkman 4.0 media player which comes with Clear Audio Experience so as to provide better sound quality.
This amazing handset is available on some cheapest deals from 3 Mobile. You can grab the Sony Ericsson Zylo by going with a 24-month contract for just £13 per month without any up-front cost. Bundled with this tariff plan are 300 units which you can use as a mixture of calls or texts along with 500MB allowance of mobile internet.
If you are looking for tariffs which provide more usage, then you can go with the new One Plan of 3 Mobile. As per this plan, you need to shell out £28 per month over a time period of 2 years which will provide you 2000 minutes, 5000 texts along with internet browsing allowance of 1GB.
Zen Bound 2, the iPad toy from Secret Exit will soon get a facelift to be transformed into an app for the iPhone along with the iPad. This is based on the news that a request for approval has been sent by the developer to the Apple Appstore.
The game which helps people relax has something for everyone, whether you have a snazzy iPhone at hand, an iPod Touch, a classic iPhone or the bigger iPad tablet at your disposal as it comes loaded with graphics native for each of the above mentioned devices. And there are graphical enhancements for 3rd gen devices including Gyro sensor support on the iPhone 4.
Priced at £4.99 / $7.99 / €5.99 initially, the new universal version of the game will cost £1.79 / $2.99 / €2.39. Secret Exit has provided discount keeping in view the upcoming updates.
And to add icing on the cake, the developer has launched the official soundtrack for free into the market through its website, zenbound.com. This has been done to celebrate the ultimate Zen bound version.
The Zen Bound 2 update should be on your gadgets in two weeks.
The ultra light miniscule Modu 1 handset is all set to hit the UK stores this month by vacating its Israeli home. This tiny device has appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records.
This modular handset measures 72.1mm x 37.6mm x 7.8mm and sports a 1.3 inch OLED display along with a built-in speaker. The handset comes with just seven buttons in its standalone state due to its mini size. It also features 2GB of internal storage, an MP3 player and Bluetooth. However, the handset allows you to send and receive calls as well as texts.
Modu 1 mobile phone also comes with an array of additional interchangeable handset jacket covers. You can change the device as per your personal taste and preference as the jackets vary from the vibrant ‘express jacket’ to the refined ‘shiny jacket’.
Various new functions can also be added to the modular device using the extra jackets. For instance, the ‘night jacket’ allows the addition of a 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash whereas the ‘sport jacket’ adds a pedometer and timer.
You can now avail the handset in the UK via Purelygadgets retail site for £129.99. Each additional jacket costs between £30 and £50. Also, world’s smallest touchscreen handset, the Modu T is also in the pipeline from the Israeli manufacturer.
Motorola has come up with the upgraded version of its popular Milestone handset, the Motorola XT720 which would be the first Google Android 2.1 phone with an 8MP, Xenon flash camera. The eminently redesigned handset unveiled by the US-based mobile manufacturer is set to go on sale via Expansys for £360.
This upgraded model possesses a Qualcomm ARM-based processor along with the Android 2.1 Éclair OS. The handset also offers 10x digital zoom, a 720p HD camcorder and smart image capture. It also comes with a capacitive touchscreen WVGA display of 3.7 inch.
The handset which was formerly known as the Motoroi comes with a HDMI port and a memory card of 8GB. It features better connectivity and multimedia features. You can even connect the XT720 to your HD TV using the built in HDMI port provided and enjoy your HD videos on the big screen.
The 8 megapixel camera is bundled with other amazing features such as Xenon flash, shake prevention, face filter, red eye reduction and many more using which you can captivate fantastic pictures. Added to this, automatic geotagging feature will provide you the details about the images taken.
The pre-orders for the handset are being accepted through e-tailers like Expansys and Play.com. You can avail the Motorola XT720 on T-Mobile and other networks. Also, SIM free, unlocked handsets are expected to ship from 15th or 16th.
BlackBerry maker RIM has come with an amazing service, the BlackBerry Protect which allows the users to back up, restore and even locate their lost devices via internet.
BlackBerry Protect is a free service which initially creates a back up of the data and then we can set it to perform the tasks at daily, weekly or monthly intervals automatically. The app has the ability to back up contacts, memos/tasks, calendars, text messages and browser bookmarks.
The app can also locate the much-loved smartphones of their users in case they are lost, stolen or just misplaced round about using GPS. Users can log in to Protect web portal and activate the ‘loud ring’ feature if it is close by. They can also lock the phone or change the password. A ‘lost and found’ message can be remotely displayed so that people who find the device return it.
You can clean all the phone data including the microSD card content remotely using the app if the phone is not found. The app can restore the data of an old or lost BlackBerry to a new BlackBerry easily.
The BlackBerry Protect runs independently and you can associate up to 5 phones with a BlackBerry account although the app is compatible with BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Beta Zone members can avail the app’s pre-release version from this week through invite codes. For all other Blackberry users, the service will be released in the autumn in multiple languages.
Here comes an amazing news for all the innovative techies as Google has come with Google App Inventor for Android using which you can create your own app for your smartphone.
Google has designed a new tool, the App Inventor using which Android app can be created even by those who have no coding knowledge. As such, this desktop application will enable young developers including university graduates and school children to write their own software for their Android based handsets.
Google App Inventor is a simple but effective tool for creating Android apps when compared to Nokia’s Ovi App Wizard which has certain limitations. The developers need to drag and drop chunks of code representing various functions into a template of sorts to create a unique app for the respective handset.
Various blocks have been made for different functions and purposes by the App Inventor team. This app gives access to GPS location sensor of the phone to build location-services app. You will also be given access to basic functions of the device with this interface.
The App Inventor for Android is a web-based tool and you have to connect your phone to a computer using a USB cable. This app is likely to be released in few weeks. Users willing to sign up to the Google App Inventor for Android require a Google email account and an Android based phone.
Apple’s popular App store celebrated its 2nd anniversary this week and it has ignited a new scuffle from apple’s competitor to make something very exciting. It has drastically changed the way Smartphone users interface with their handsets.
Appstore clocked a turnover of more than a billion dollars, which is part of iTunes. It has more than 225,000 applications with more than 40,000 publishers and a mind boggling five billion downloads as per latest records. It has achieved phenomenal growth compared to the way it was when it started in July 2008 with just 500 apps.
The AppStore has a brighter future in store. The market is agog with rumours that Apple TV platform is set for a major revamp so as to get more apps onto the radar. And the fact that the iPad has been a huge success so far would mean that the App Store is going to roar its way towards the north.
To fuel its growth trajectory going forward this Cupertino-based company has to have a tight control over piracy and security while carefully balancing the demands of its customers and competition from Microsoft Windows Phone platforms & Google’s Android.
Finally, details regarding HTC’s first Windows Phone 7 smartphones have been revealed through a XML database from official MMS setup webpage of HTC. Both the handsets will be running Internet Explorer Mobile 7.
As of now, strong details about the devices have not been unveiled. However, the handsets are said to sport physical keyboards, Bluetooth along with a display capacity of 800×480 pixels. Mondrian will probably have a large 4.3 inch touchscreen coupled with a 1.3GHz Qualcomm QSD8650A/B Snapdragon processor.
The handset is also reckoned to be equipped with a 5 megapixel camera which comes with the HD video recording capability. The handset is said to have both GSM and CDMA support which suggests the deployment of the device in the US as well as in Europe. The fact if Mondrian would be the same HTC Gold surfaced last week remains to be seen.
Coming to the HTC Mozart, it is said to be a mainstream or entry level Windows Phone 7 model. You need to wait and watch if a common hardware platform will be employed by HTC for Windows Phone 7 and Android operating system.
Both the handsets along with a raft of other Android-based devices are expected to be launched in November 2010 and Android OS 3.0 to be released in October 2010.
The Korean manufacturer, Samsung is reinforcing its Android portfolio by coming up with smartphones having latest features. One such handset revealed by Samsung is the Samsung Galaxy 3 which has got mind blowing features.
Now-a-days, people are looking for unique handsets bundled with latest features. Samsung Galaxy 3 is a combination of beauty coupled with technology. The handset with fabulous appeal sports a 3.15 megapixel camera with 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution. It also has add-on features like autofocus, geo-tagging and face & motion detection.
The TFT capacitive touchscreen of the device can display up to 16M colours. The gadget comes with an extendable storage capacity up to 32GB via microSD memory card. The handset is also bundled with GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, FM, Video, GPS, USB, Calendar, Gmail and a raft of other features too. Music movers will be elated to know that the handset can play all the major file formats.
Samsung Galaxy 3 contract deals are now going to rock you. These deals can be availed in online as well as offline markets. All major carriers viz. Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-mobile, Three and Virgin are offering Samsung Galaxy 3 contract deals in the UK.
Plenty of benefits like free minutes, free texts, free connectivity and free/reduced line rental are bundled with these deals. These deals are not only available at lower rates but also offer free gifts and other prizes.
