Happy Holidays from your Google team!

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  Happy Holidays from Google  
     
  Hello,

As we near the end of the year, we wanted to take a moment to thank you for the time, energy, commitment, and trust you've shared with us in 2009.

With sharing in mind, this year we've decided to do something a little different. We hope you'll find it fits the spirit of the holiday season.

We're looking forward to working with you to build lasting success in 2010.

Happy Holidays,
Your Google Team

 

     
   
     
 

 

 

 

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HTC Hero Review

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HTC Hero Reviews
 
HTC strikes again with another smarpthone featuring the much acclaimed Android operating system. Sporting a fresh and stylish design, as well as a new innovative GUI, HTC Hero shakes the world of smartphones through its performances. Even though its specs are not well over anything on the market, the way it works makes Hero the best Android device and perhaps one of the best smartphones on the market. As I see it, this is the main rival of Apple's iPhone. I will avoid making too many comparisons between the flagship devices from the three main manufacturers that pretend to own the best smartphone on the market: Nokia N97, iPhone and HTC Hero, as people tastes and needs are very different. Instead, I'll try to point out some of the qualities and downsides of Hero, as well as the traits that make it better than its main rivals.

HTC Hero was announced in June 2009 and launched on the market one month later, in July 2009. The smartphone is available in a plethora of colors: Brown, White, Graphite, Black and Pink. The unlocked version of HTC Hero can be bought for around 650USD, but the price may vary depending on the location.
 
Design

Following the design of the first two Android devices, Hero features the same curved form factor. Hero's curved shape is more obvious now, which also has a technical advantage as the mic will be closer to your mouth during phone calls. The phone is made from a special plastic that looks like teflon. Unfortunately, this is a fingerprint magnet, and together with the large touchscreen, which will be full of grease in no time, are some of the downsides of the gadget, in case you hate to dirt your phone. Of course, a small cloth for wiping will probably solve this, but the problem remains, as the fingerprints will reappear the moment you put your hands on it. The same goes for the touchscreen, which can only be controlled by finger.
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Nokia N85 Nseries Reviews

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One of the most the Nseries from Nokia, got a new high-end device that strongly resembles the older Nokia N81. The fresh N85 kept the same slider form and keypad layout as its N81 predecessor, but this time, Nokia made an effort to get some stylish look into the handset. Also, the new Nseries device will be available on the market at a much lower price, even though it is stuffed with all the "goodies" of a usual high-end mobile phone. Announced in August 2008, Nokia N85 was made available on the market in October 2009. There are two colors available for users : Copper and Black.

Design

The Nokia N85 smartphone features a stylish slider form, but misses the 'wow' factor so needed for the latest phone to be able to have some success on the market. While most Nokia slider phones are not that appealing in terms of design, compared with other brands, users’ interest for quality is still more powerful. I think that Nokia N81 can be considered a failure in terms of design and functionality, thus I didn't expect to see another Nokia handheld with almost the same design. I was pretty reluctant at first, but after spending a few minutes with N85, I could notice the improvements Nokia did compared with previous sliders.

The big 2.6-inch display makes a good impression at first glance and is well protected against scratches. Above the screen, there's a secondary videocall camera, the earphone speaker, and a very small light ambient sensor. Below the display, Nokia kept almost the same layout of the keys as N81. Unfortunately, this doesn't go well in terms of ergonomics. The Accept and Reject calls key have been placed on the edge of both sides of the phone and are somewhat tricky to use.

The Navi-wheel has been improved and can now be used to browse the menu much easier. The Shortcut key has been placed to the right of the Navi-wheel, while the Symbian menu key can be found to the left. The numeric keypad is revealed when you slide up the device. Nokia N85 is a dual slider introduced by Nokia when launching Nokia N95 on the market. The right side of the phone features two stereo speakers, a dedicated camera key, a dual volume key and a Lock/Unlock key. The left side of the smartphone only includes a small microSD memory slot for storage space expansion.

On top of the phone, there's a Power on/off button, a 3.5mm jack port and a small microUSB port that is used for charging or synchronizing the phone. The 5-megapixel camera on the back of the phone features dual led flash and Carl Zeiss optics. I have noticed that the phone lacks the usual charging port, so you'll have to use the microUSB port to charge the phone, either through the PC or you can use the charger that comes in the sales package. Overall, Nokia N85 will probably not attract people that are interested in design, but visual improvement compared with N81 is clearly one step forward for Nokia.


Display and Camera

Nokia N85 features an AMOLED screen that measures 2.6", supports 16 million colors and a 240x320 pixel resolution. The AMOLED screen features an accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, but as with all AMOLED screens, it doesn't have eligibility under sunlight. Even if it can barely be used outdoors, the large display performs very well when the phone is used for Web browsing, movie watching, or gaming.

In terms of image quality displayed, it is excellent. The 5-megapixel camera embedded in this Nseries device seems to be much better than N96's, but also much lower in quality than N82's. Featuring Carl Zeiss lenses, auto-focus and dual LED flash, the module camera appears to be a little bit smaller than that of N95 (5.45, compared with 5.6). While not the best 5-megapixel camera on the market, compared with N96 camera, you can actually take decent pictures with N85.

The camera features geotagging and protection for the lenses. The user interface boasts extensive settings, much like Nokia's N95 8GB camera interface, but you can now choose what settings you want to be displayed on the toolbar. Camera activates pretty fast when you slide down the lid covering the lenses. The same goes for the video camera, which can capture VGA (30fps) clips in MP4 format or 3GPP, depending on the quality you choose.

Menu and Software

Nokia N85 runs the Symbian 9.3 operating system, with an S60 3rd Edition and Feature Pack 2 interface. Feature Pack 2 brings both visual and performance improvements, which otherwise wouldn't be available for devices that only run Feature Pack 1, unless they're updated. This does not mean that you can get all the features of the FP2 on FP1 devices, as there are still exclusive ones that you can only take advantage of on an FP2 handset, such as Nokia N85 or N96. The latter enables users to bring up on the Home screen a lot more shortcuts than usual, such as game, application and link shortcuts. The Task manager now appears on top of every menu option that the user opens. The main menu can be accessed by pressing the left key, right next to the Navi-wheel controller. In addition to the usual options and applications that we find in almost all Symbian-powered handsets, Nokia N85 features Search and Maps utilities. Maps is used together with the GPS receiver and enables owners to use Nokia maps, localization and directions when they're on the go. Lots of maps can be downloaded from Nokia's website and then used to pick the shortest route from one point to another. Under the Office category, we find QuickOffice applications, used for reading Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Users won't be able to edit any files without upgrading the application, which, of course, costs money. There's also a PDF reader, a notepad, a Zip archivator, and a currency converter.

The Video center connects the phone to a bigger screen (projector, monitor, or TV) through the TV-out cable, in order to get a better view of the videos. The phone features a wide range of 3D games (trial versions) when the N-Gage menu is accessed.

The most thrilling feature of the device is the Motion sensor that grants it the Automatic rotation ability. This means that, every time you want to use your phone's screen in landscape mode, you'll only need to turn its upper left side down, and the interface will automatically reshape in landscape mode. Compared with N95, the accelerometer now works with all menus and applications compatible with this feature, which is a great asset.

The phone includes everything a user may need on the road or in the office, pre-installed on the handset: email, web, calendar, organizer, IM, office tools, messaging, applications manager, connectivity wizard, synchronization tools, GPS navigator, themes, profiles, and even more. Nokia N85 seems to be what its predecessor N81 should have been.

Communications

Nokia N85 is a quad band GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) handset, HSDPA compatible, which features GPRS class 32 (107 kbps), EDGE 32 class (296 kbps), High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (57.6 kbps) and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g. Tested on the EDGE and 3G networks, the phone has performed pretty good, as you can see from the screenshots.

The WLAN wizard helps you search and define your WLAN network connection settings. You can do that by going to the Main menu / Tools / Settings / Connection / Access points, and define which access point to be used whenever a network connection is required (Main menu / Home network / Settings).

Other connectivity tools include Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support, and microUSB for PC synchronization (charging included). When connecting the USB cable, you'll be able to choose from four modes: PC Suite, Mass storage, Image transfer and Media transfer. In terms of messaging, the phone accepts all available message types, but, given the not-so-friendly keypad, it will be hard to enjoy texting. Anyway, the handset includes no less than four message editors, one for each type: SMS, MMS, audio message and e-mail. The message client works with POP3, SMTP, and IMAP4 protocols, and supports more than one email account. The quad-band (GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900) network compatible slider has a very good GSM signal reception. UMTS signal reception is likewise excellent. Processor and Memory

Nokia N85 is powered by a dual ARM11 family processor running at speeds of up to 369 Mhz. I have noticed some lags and hiccups during games. The handset embeds an 85 MB user free internal memory and 128 MB SDRAM memory. Furthermore, the device comes with an 8GB microSD card in the sales package, so there's no need for supplementary expenses.

Multimedia

Nokia N85 is a multimedia device, thus the 3.5mm jack port doesn't come as a surprise. The jack port enables users to attach any compatible headphone, which will improve their experience. The integrated music player looks very cool, and supports almost any type of music file you can think of: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, M4A, as well as playlists. Files are automatically sorted by artist, genre, and albums, or by using the PC Suite.

The music player can be easily controlled with the Navi-wheel, but you can also take advantage of the four music keys, which are revealed when the phone is slid down. There's also the option to take advantage of the Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support, which will enable users to listen music wirelessly.

The music player features all kinds of options and settings: Equalizer, Visualisation, Balance, Loudness, Stereo Widening, or Shuffle. Some of these are also available for the included FM Radio, which can memorize up to 50 base stations and features RDS and Visual radio capabilities.

Battery

The 1200 mAh Li-Ion (BL-5K) battery has an officially stated life expectancy of 363 hours in standby (360 hours for 3G) and of about 6 hours and 50 minutes in talk-time mode (4 hours and 30 minutes for 3G). Impressions

Nokia N85 seems to be a good choice for slider fans, especially as it includes so many features at a decent price. The Good

Everything stuffed into this smartphone works pretty much above average, except maybe the screen, which is low consuming (AMOLED), but can barely be readable outdoors. Nokia N85 is solid built and offered at a decent price, which should attract more people than the actual design. I should enlist almost all the technical features that the phone includes, but also the quality of music sound.


The Bad

I think the layout of the external keys, the Navi-wheel, which is still hard to control, as well as the AMOLED screen are the only letdowns of the device. Also, I was surprised to find that Nokia dropped the usual charging port and chose the microUSB port as the only method of charging.


Available sales package :

Nokia N85 handset
Nokia Battery (BL-5K)
Nokia Travel Charger (AC-10)
Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U)
Nokia Connectivity Cable (CA-101)
Nokia Music Headset (HS-45, AD-54)
Nokia 8 GB microSD card (MU-43)


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Review N97 Nokia series

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The Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5? Nokia’s flagship N series device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their “social location”. With the Nokia N97, Nseries leads the charge in helping to transform the Internet into your Internet”.



The Nokia N97 introduces the concept of ’social location’. With integrated A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass, the Nokia N97 mobile computer intuitively understands where it is. Nokia N97 Mobile Phone With Widescreen - Internet and entertainment

The home screen of the Nokia N97 mobile computer features the people, content, and media that matter the most. Friends, social networks and news are available by simply touching the home screen. The 16:9 widescreen display can be fully personalized with frequently updated widgets of favorite web services and social networking sites . The Nokia N97 mobile phone is also perfectly suited for browsing the web, streaming Flash videos or playing games. The Nokia N97 Mobile Phone supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16 GB microSD card for music, media and more.

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Samsung Pixon12 Shows Up in Alive Images

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Samsung's aboriginal adaptable buzz to backpack central a 12-megapixel photo snapper (soon to become the aboriginal 12MP cameraphone accessible for acquirement on the market), the Samsung Pixon12 has been acutely alien at the alpha of the month, and now we apprentice that the aboriginal alive images with the high-end accessory are accessible on the Internet.

The South Korean adaptable buzz maker, as abounding of you ability already know, brought the 12MP behemoth forth at the ComunicAsia 2009 bazaar in Singapore, area these images were taken. Fortunately for us, now we are able to booty a afterpiece attending at some of the capacity of the Pixon12, including the microSDHC anamnesis agenda aperture on the larboard side, the covering blanket on the lower aback side, or the microUSB anchorage on the top of the device.

At the aforementioned time, the company's already appear TouchWiz 2.0 interface can be acutely spotted on the adaptable phone, akin the attending that it has on added handsets that accommodate it, such as the anew appear Samsung Jet. At the aforementioned time, we can additionally accept a attending at the capabilities of the 12-megapixel camera the buzz packs inside, through a alternation of images taken with it.

According to the account on the Web, the interface of the phone's camera is rather simple, alms a advanced ambit of options, including altered cutting modes, arena settings, and added others. The accessory additionally sports a 3.1-inch AMOLED WVGA screen, as able-bodied as abutment for amusing networking sites like Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, MySpace, Photobucket or Friendster, acceptance users to calmly upload there the images taken with the phone's camera.

According to some of the contempo rumors on the Web, Samsung ability additionally basic the absolution of a additional cameraphone that sports a 12-megapixel camera, admitting annihilation has been accepted until now. Another handset to accommodate such a high-quality camera should be the Sony Ericsson Satio, which was ahead accepted as Idou, and which should acreage in the fourth division of the advancing year.



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Sony Ericsson W902 Review

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One of the nicest surprises advancing from Sony Ericsson aftermost summertime was its top-of-the-line Walkman-series handset – W902. Alike admitting the Walkman alternation focuses on multimedia features, the W902 includes some Cyber-shot ancestry such as 5 Megapixel camera with geo-tagging, autofocus, LED beam and angel stabilization.


Moreover, the affection of the bore camera seems to be on par with high-end Cyber-shot-series handsets, which makes it the aboriginal adaptable buzz that can be tagged both as music accessory and a camera phone. Add to that the aberrant angle included in the amalgamation and the 8GB M2 anamnesis agenda and you accept one of the best able handsets advancing from the Swedish-Japanese company.


Announced in July 2008, Sony Ericsson W902 was fabricated accessible on the bazaar in October the aforementioned year, and alike if it seems to accept been discontinued it can still be bought for about 450USD apart and chargeless of plan, but that depends on the location. Users can accept one of the three accessible colors, namely Volcanic Black, Wine Red and Earth Green.


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Design


This is one of the capital problems that the Swedish-Japanese collective adventure had in the accomplished with its handsets – arid and anachronistic designs. Well, that hasn't chock-full its admirers from affairs its product, which assuredly propelled the aggregation on a admirable third abode afore the bread-and-butter crisis crash. Nevertheless, aback again SE sales accept gone bottomward and article fresh and avant-garde had to be bound begin and exploited. Today, architecture is one of the best important appearance for a fresh phone. Unfortunately, Sony Ericsson seems to accept started to affliction about that alone afresh and the W902 is one of the aboriginal to booty advantage of this change in the company's views. Alike admitting the buzz still resembles its Walkman-series predecessors, it approaches a fresh anatomy that is declared to accomplish it angle out from the crowd.


Medium sized (110 x 49 x 11.7 mm) and belief a little bit beneath 100g (99.8g including battery), Sony Ericsson W902 distinguishes itself through its alien music controls that can be begin all over the appropriate ancillary of the device. To be abiding that these can be acclimated alike with the buzz kept in a pocket, Sony Ericsson adopted to add 1mm to the admeasurement and accomplish the controls billowing from the capital anatomy of the handset. Starting from the top, you'll be able to calmly acquisition the bifold aggregate keys, Forward, Play/Pause and Previous music keys and a committed camera key. The larboard ancillary alone appearance the accepted proprietary Sony Ericsson anchorage for allegation and PC synchronization. On top of the handset you can apprehension addition committed music button that opens the music player. It looks aloof like a ability off/on that is usually begin on Nokia devices, but this one appearance an inscribed Walkman icon.


On the basal of the handset there's a small-sized gap area the mic has been placed. Above the 2.2-inch affectation there's a accessory videocall camera and a baby ablaze ambient sensor. The keypad blueprint doesn't appear up with annihilation new, except for the actuality that you can now bang every key with ease. The alone affair I begin a little bit annoying were the controls about the baby joystick. There are three accessible keys awash on anniversary ancillary of the joystick: 2 bendable keys, Accept and Reject calls keys, Shortcut key and C (Delete) key. Otherwise, the keys are a little bit adamantine to press, but you will get acclimated to it appealing fast. On the aback ancillary of the buzz Sony Ericsson included a 5 Megapixel camera, and the alone aegis adjoin scratches seems to be the actuality that it has been anchored a little bit lower into the anatomy of the case. Above the camera there is a LED flash, while on the basal larboard of the aback awning there is a nice loudspeaker. Unfortunately, I anticipate Sony Ericsson could do abundant added acceptable in agreement of actual acclimated for manufacture, which is a attenuate plastic. A little bit of brownish actual would've fabricated it added desirable.


Still, Sony Ericsson W902 is a footfall advanced in agreement of architecture and ergonomics. While, the candybar hasn't been too absolutely built, it feels appealing bunched in hand, with the barring of the aback cover, which seems rather flimsy.


Display and Camera


The alone disappointment apropos the W902's affectation is its rather baby size, at alone 2.2 inches. Coated in mineral glass, which makes it added aggressive to scratches, the awning supports 262K colors and a 240x320 pixel resolution. Contrast and accuracy are awfully good, but the capital allure is the actuality that it is altogether arresting in the sunlight. For added all-embracing advice apropos performance, analysis out the benchmarks below.



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Menu and Software


Sony Ericsson W902 appearance the company's proprietary GUI, which has become accepted over the advance of time. There are some updates in agreement of accessory personalization and looks, but basically there's annihilation absolutely new. The aforementioned Media centermost alien calm with the K850i archetypal has additionally been added to W902, including the auto-rotate feature. There's additionally abutment for Beam Lite 2.0, so users can now booty advantage of assorted activated themes, but additionally of some added Flash-based ball utilities. They get to accept from bristles altered themes, anniversary with its own specific abilities.


The capital card blueprint can be afflicted in accordance to the theme, or by allotment one of these options: grid, alternating and distinct icon. Wallpaper, startup awning and awning saver can additionally be alone according to the user’s need. Also, there are seven profiles to accept from, added accurately Normal, Meeting, In car, Outdoors, Handsfree, Home and Office. Besides these, W902 additionally includes a Flight mode, in case users don't appetite to use the GSM action of the handset.


There are a few abundance accoutrement that can be employed, such as Alarms (limited to 5), Tasks, Notes, Calendar, Timer, Stopwatch, Calculator, Light, AccuWeather, Music Quiz, Standby World, WalkMate, Code announcement and a basal Book manager. Besides these the candybar appearance a committed Java YouTube client, which enables users to watch and upload clips. The Internet icon, as the name suggests, gives admission to basal Web browsing. Sony Ericsson W902 appearance the best recent Admission NetFront HTML browser 3.4, which seems to accessible any webpage, no amount how abundant it is. I accept noticed that it takes always to accessible a webpage back application the EDGE connection, so I advance application the 3G arrangement back browsing the Internet, as speeds are abundant better.


Multimedia


Sony Ericsson W902 belongs to the Walkman series, which makes it excel in multimedia features. Afterwards all, the best music phones are Sony Ericsson's Walkman-series devices, and W902 is not too far from the top. Boasting the acclaimed Walkman 3.0 music player, the complete affection is impressive. Users can booty advantage of a advanced ambit of equalizers, which accept been able with abounding decision art this time. It supports about all accessible music book formats accessible on the market: MP3, AAC, AAC+, E-AAC+, WAV, WMA, M4A and MIDI. Furthermore, the music amateur is accordant with Album art action and, acknowledgment to the chip accelerometer, it takes advantage of the Shake ascendancy feature.


Battery


Sony Ericsson W902 appearance a 930 mAh Li-Polymer array that has an official lifetime of about 380 hours (360 hours for 3G) in standby approach and 9 hours (4 hours for 3G) in talk-time mode. Afterwards application the buzz for at atomic 1 ages I accept absitively that the battery's activity is alone bisected of what the official numbers show. Still, that is a actual acceptable freedom for a medium-energy battery. If you are a abundant user you'll best acceptable allegation to allegation it every 2-3 days, but a bendable user will accept no agitation befitting it for a anniversary at least. The music playback time is of about 18 hours with the affectation in standby mode.


The Good


Surprisingly for a Walkman phone, W902 additionally distinguishes itself through its camera quality. Gathering capabilities of both acclaimed alternation bogus by Sony Ericsson, Cyber-shot and Walkman, W902 becomes the aboriginal amalgam buzz accessible for SE fans. Alike if the amount is still high, all the appearance included are up to the accomplished standards: camera, music sound, battery, abstracts alteration speeds.


The Bad


I accept that a abundant added acceptable CPU would've been appropriate for an activated GUI. Also, I anticipate that the buzz still lacks boldness in agreement of design. While it may assume to be bunched and ergonomic, afterwards application it for added than a ages I anticipate the architecture of the handset is not up to the standards of the blow of the features.


Sales package


Sony Ericsson W902 Handset

8GB M2 anamnesis card

930 mAh Li-Polymer Battery

Data Cable

Stereo HPM-77 headset

Travel Charger

CD-Rom

User Manual

M2 USB adapter.


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Review : BlackBerry Bold 9000

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BlackBerry Bold 9000 ImageRecently entered on the touchscreen smartphone market, RIM decided to give one more shot to its traditional smartphone lineup with no-touch displays. One of the last such devices was BlackBerry Bold 9000, which should've been one of the best in its line. Thanks to PureMobile, we will see whether or not this good-looking smartphone rises to the challenge of its touchscreen disciples. Boasting a full QWERTY keyboard and a nice leather-like material, BlackBerry Bold 9000 is a business-oriented smartphone that intends to offer its users, above all else, a complete email solution.

Announced in May 2008, BlackBerry Bold 9000 hit the shelves in August 2008. There's only one color available for this product and as a business phone this should be Black. Blackberry Bold is no cheap smartphone and even today, one year after its launch on the market, you can buy it for at least 500USD unlocked and without any plan.


Design
There's not too big a difference between BlackBerry Bold 9000 and its older predecessors, except maybe for the leather-like compound of the back cover. The same 'pie form' so recognizable from afar and the same medium-sized weird display are still among the main attractions of the smartphone. Measuring 114 x 66 x 14 mm and weighing 133g (including battery), RIM proved that it could shorten the size of its devices, even though it kept the same form factor. The handset feels great in hand, but I have noticed that the back cover is slightly moving, like it's not firmly fitting into its slot.

The right side of the smartphone features a dual volume key and dedicated camera key. On the left side there's a lot of activity, which implies a 3.5mm jack port, a small miniUSB port, a dedicated Voice command key and a microSD slot. On top of the phone there a special button that locks the keypad, while on the button there's a small slider that opens the back cover. The 2 Megapixel camera embedded on the back of the phone features flash and is protected by a wide metallic frame. The same metallic compound surrounds and covers the edges of the smartphone, while the back hood is made of a leather-like material that feels exceptional to the touch. The QWERTY keyboard features 35 keys, which have been wisely placed.

Still, the numeric keypad has been moved to the left side, which makes it a little bit annoying for left-handers. The keypad benefits from a great and even backlighting, which makes the use of the phone in dark areas perfectly possible. Between the display and keyboard there are four buttons common to almost all BlackBerry devices: Accept Call, Menu key, Back key and Reject call. In the middle, the famous trackball that make browsing through menus very easy.

The 2.6-inch display is covered by a protective foil, which can be removed as the device is not a fingerprint magnet. Above the screen you can notice the usual earpiece and a status LED, which blinks when you have a missed call or you have received a message. There is definitely some classy look here, but I could not get past the fact that Bold 9000 doesn't feel too solid and compact. Nevertheless, I'm almost sure that BB fans will be happy to find it much better looking that its predecessors.

Display and Camera
Blackberry Bold 9000 features a 2.6-inch display, supporting 65k colors and a 240x320 pixel resolution. The secondary one also supports 65k colors and 480x320 pixel resolution. The medium-sized screen does its job very good. Just wide enough to provide a smooth Web browsing experience, with excellent brightness, vivid colors and very good contrast, the screen is perfectly visible in strong sunlight, which has become quite a standard for Blackberries lately. The two themes included with the operating system make the phone's interface even more appealing. Overall, the quality image is quite high for a Blackberry business device. In terms of performance, you can check out some of the tests I made below.

The 2 Megapixel camera isn't worth too much attention, but for a business phone this is not such a tragedy. Without being the lowest in terms of performance, it only meets the minimum requirements for a user who intends to take some pictures. The device features flash and 3x digital zoom, but lacks autofocus capabilities. Overall, images are saved pretty fast, but most of them aren't focused and the noise effect is at a high level.

Menu and Software
Blackberry Bold 9000 runs Blackberry 4.6.0 operating system, platform 4.0.0. This is one of the latest OSes from Blackberry, but if you have an older one, it's usually better to update it to the latest version. The interface of the smartphone hasn't changed and if you already own one of RIM's devices this won't come up with anything new in terms of productivity tools.

The only improvement that you cannot miss is the look of the interface, which is more eye-candy than its previous versions. Colors of the icons you'll find in the main menu are softly lighted in contrast with the dark background, and make a very good impression on the user. The usual Office package, called Documents To Go, developed by DataViz, is also included in Bold's operating system. Unfortunately, as you can see from the screenshots, you can only read or edit Word docs, Excel docs, and PowerPoint presentations, but need to pay if you want to make new documents.

Instead of getting more new features that might not come in handy at all, RIM preferred to keep all the old stuff and give everything a shiny look. Not too bad, as Blackberry's all productivity tools are pretty solid. The phonebook can store an unlimited number of contacts, as long as your available memory allows it. Each contact can be filled with multiple numbers, e-mail addresses, birthday and anniversary information, a picture and a slot for both work and home addresses.

Communications
Finally, one of RIM's few devices that include the whole connectivity package: HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, Wi-Fi, EDGE and GPRS class 10. Fans of the brand can now benefit from any of the above-mentioned connections when needed. Although the integrated browser is not that good, as rich-in-graphics pages are loading pretty slowly, you can easily change it for the MiniOpera browser, which is perfectly compatible.

Tested on EDGE and HSDPA networks, the device's results were pretty good: 120 Kbit/s download and 79 Kbit/s upload (EDGE), 1117 Kbit/s download and 321 Kbit/s upload (HSDPA).

In terms of messaging Bold 900 features the standard Blackberry package. Should you either want multiple emails or instant messaging, this smartphone has it all. Unfortunately, you will be limited to BlackBerry Internet Service email accounts on the Storm. The same goes for the instant messaging application, which only features a proprietary BlackBerry service. Furthermore, to fully integrate the BlackBerry into a company's system, the installation of BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is required. Synchronizing the smartphone with the PC can be made very easily with the Blackberry Desktop Manager. The transfer is very fast, should you either be syncing emails and messages or simply filling your smartphone with music files.

If that is still not enough for you, then note that Bold 9000 also features a built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support and BlackBerry Maps. The GPS module works perfectly and completes the technical features of a smartphone that has all the BB fans wanted included in a single device.

Blackberry Bold 9000 is a quad-band GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) and tri-band HSDPA (850 / 1900 / 2100) smartphone, which features GPRS, EDGE, and HSDPA. Other connectivity tools include the Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and the miniUSB for PC synchronization (including charging). The call quality is exceptionally good, almost impressive. You'll thus be able to talk on the phone even in more crowded areas. The GSM signal is also very good on the EDGE network, as well as on WCDMA.

Processor and Memory
Blackberry Bold 9000 is powered by a single Intel XScale 624MHz CPU, which makes it one of the fastest BlackBerries up to date. While modern Blackberries incorporate ARM9-family processors, there are some that are added ARM7 CPUs, which are a little bit slower. Unfortunately, this is showing especially when browsing the menu, using multiple applications and especially when 3G connectivity is used. I have experienced some lockdowns when I have tried to open multiple apps within the device's menu. Overall there are some hiccups that could've been avoided if a more powerful CPU had been embedded.

The smartphone embeds 1GB user free internal storage memory and 128 MB Flash memory, which makes data processing much faster. Storage space can be expanded up to 8GB through the hot-swappable microSD slot card. The sales package also contains a 1GB microSD card, depending on the location.


Multimedia
There's not much to tell about the multimedia just that it bears the same conservative and business-like look, which is quite understandable as it comes from a business smartphone. The built-in music player supports album art features, but lacks any Equalizers. It supports MP3/WMA/AAC+ music files, which can be sorted by Artist, Albums and Genre. Users will be able to make their own playlists within seconds. Furthermore, even if these are only basic features, I was surprised to find out that the quality of the sound was pretty high, especially when using your own headphones. Thanks to the 3.5mm port you can now change the included headphones, which are not that bad though. One more drawback that I noticed was the missing Repeat feature, which was present in previous models.

Battery
The 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery has an officially stated life expectancy of 310 hours in standby, and of about 5 hours in talk-time mode. Our test unit made it for about 4 days at medium use. Heavy users will need daily charging or 2-3 charges per week. The autonomy is pretty acceptable for a Blackberry owner that only uses the specific Blackberry services, namely messaging capabilities.


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Samsung A867 Eternity

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The new Samsung A867 Eternity was developed with US network operator AT&T and will be exclusively sold under the carrier's brand. The handset was made to fill in a niche of buyers that are looking for a cheaper handset version of Omnia. Samsung Eternity is not a business phone and has no operating system, it looks almost the same in terms of design. Samsung Eternity is mostly sold in the United States, but unlocked versions of the device can also be bought from Europe, Asia or any other continent, as the phone is quad-band. Pure Mobile was kind enough to borrow us a brand new final version of the bar phone, so we're now able to test and review it.

Samsung A867 Eternity was announced in November 2008 and made it the next year, in January 2009. AT&T as US Network Operator began to sell the phone for $149.99 for locked version, and the unlocked version can be acquired for around 400USD.



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Nokia E52, Metal Without Qwerty!

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Create your Nokia phone fans, please prepare budget to replace the phone with the latest model that is quite sophisticated and elegant, this. The Nokia recently introduced a range of business-class mobile phone, the Nokia E52 with you metallic body design. -Called also as a mobile phone of E51, E55 series is similar, but without the QWERTY keyboard equipped by.
Nokia E52 is a phone that has 3G HSDPA connectivity support and WiFi, and GPS. In addition cam 3 megapixel phone also has a feature to display the accelerometer automatically over.

This phone for the young professional segment, though not a premium class, but the feature is equivalent to the mobile-phone premium class.

Following specification is:

Display
* 2.4 inch display
* 240 x 320 pixels
* 16 million color TFT screen

Network and Connectivity
* USB high speed
* 3.5 mm audio connector
* Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP
* UPnP support
* WLAN 802.11 b / g
* GPRS class A, multislot class 32
* EGSM class A, multislot class 32
* WCDMA 900/2100 (Nokia E52-1)
* WCDMA 850/2100 (Nokia E52-2)
* HSDPA maximum speed: up to 10.2 Mbps
* HSUPA maximum speed: up to 2 Mbps
* SMS
* MMS
* IM (Windows Live, Yahoo IM)
* Email - POP3, SMTP, IMAP4, Nokia Messaging, Microsoft ActiveSync.
* Integrated Nokia Mobile VPN

GPS and Navigation
* A-GPS with Compass
* Nokia Maps application

Camera
* 3.2 megapixel still camera with 4x digital zoom
* LED Flash
* Video: VGA recording up to 15fps

Software
* S60 Edition 3.2.3
* Symbian OS 9.3
* Java
* Flash Lite 3.0
* PDF viewer
* ZIP manager
* Quick Office
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HTC Hero!

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In addition to Magic HTC, HTC diisyukan also will release Android devices that HTC is named Hero. Photos from this HTC Hero has recently circulating on the internet, and it appears that the Android will have this new design is different from the Android G1 has a QWERTY keyboard and trackball button. From the images also seem to circulate, akan Featured Hero HTC touch screen.
With 5 buttons underneath, and body size has a more sparse. It also will be included for the 3.5mm earphone slot, which had previously not found on the Android G1. Because it has not been officially announced, but not much is known about the full specifications of this HTC Hero. Also mentioned that there will be released during the quarter 3 2009. 

Motorola is not the mystery that are losers, but their latest handset to be the savior. for released in Q2, Motorola Calgary will run on the Android OS. Motorola handset will bring in a touch QWERTY slider. Keyboard available in Calgary did not use the button. Instead the key physical, Calgary uses the same system as rokr E8, the tactile touchpad. 

With the QWERTY keyboard, Motorola seems to create a fever Cagalvy to support social networking, blogging, and chat is in the youth of late. As shown in the picture, Motorola Cagalvy will be released exclusively through U.S. mobile operator, Verizon Wireless. Both Motorola and Verizon has not provided official announcement on this plan, but can be Cagalvy will be available in the middle of 2009
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UCWEB Browser Applications For Symbian

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UCWEB is a mobile application for the WEB and WAP browsing, in addition to browsing UCWEB also features support for downloading and uploading. This application is already sizable popular browser in the phone, because the application is faster than other browsers. For lovers of Opera Mini, the UCWeb will feel foreign. UCWeb still less in comparison with Opera Mini.

At the time of page loading and also the view of a browsing problem. But do not be seen to the eye, UCWeb applications also have this advantage. One of them is a good Download Manager. When we download a file with this application, we need not fear akan HP DC or dead when download is not yet complete. Because the menu on the download manager resume.

Website to download the application:
http://www.ucweb.com/English/index.shtml
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Cheap Smartphone, Nokia Subduct Weapons Market

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Although the king as mobile phones, Nokia Pamor not too classy in the smartphone segment. Evidence, sales volume and market share in the smartphone market has decreased, digempur competitors such as Apple and Rim. It may be this is a consequence seems reasonable considering the Nokia smartphone develop less aggressive.
At least until the second half of 2008. However, at this time, security is primarily with the popularity of the handset E71 and 5800. The two handsets are sold in demand in various parts of the world., With more than a million units a month. The success of vendor origin Finland this seems triggered by relative cheapness price their smartphone. And in the future, Nokia will continue to promise menggelontorkan row smartphone with affordable prices for the retake market share from competitors' hands.
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Nokia N97: a multimedia mobile phone with a large

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Nokia finally launched a truly mobile multimedia best to compete kedigdayaan iPhone 3G. At the Nokia World 2008 event in Barcelona, Nokia finally announced the newest product in the class Nseries. 
Given the name of Nokia N97, mobile phone with touch sliding sail akan this has all the best in its class, including the internal memory capacity of 32GB and additional external SDHC memory cards up to 16GB total memory, so make that can be taken by N97 is the 48GB! The amount that can not even didekati by the 3G iPhone with a maximum of 16Gb. 

In addition, the N97 is also equipped with features HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi, camera 5 megapixels, Ovi (multimedia features such as N-gage gaming platform, Nokia Maps and Nokia Music Store), and So-Lo to refer to the ability of the N97 can be N97 allows users to update their status in the virtual networks (eg Facebook) in real-time. 
Planned this phone will be present in the region Europe and Asia, including Indonesia, in Quarter 2 2009, or around April. Available colors are black and white. Basic price offered is EUR 550, or with the exchange rate is now around 8.4 million AUD. Of course, price is not binding. What is the answer for the N97 multimedia needs and your social network?
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Recognize Gadgets

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Never heard the term gadget? The word "gadget" is often used in the mass media and electronic media. If we find in the dictionary, usually defined as a practical tool. In English about the gadget is: A gadget is an object (or electronic equipment) that have smaller technology-specific functions, but are often associated as an innovation or new goods. In the wikipedia website gadget in Indonesia is defined as follows: " Gadget is a term that comes from the English language to refer to a peranti or instruments that have the purpose and function of specific practical and helpful, usually given to something new. Gadget considered differently designed and more sophisticated technology than is normal at the time of creation. "
"Gadget" Threatens the Future Internet?

Increasing sophisticated equipment (gadgets) such as the iPhone, Blackberry and Xbox, that threaten the innovation that has been running dozens of years in building the Internet, said a renowned academics through new books. Professor Jonathan Zittrain says the sophisticated equipment "must have" close and prevent the creativity and change into the passive consumers of technology. Zittrain is professor sector role and Internet regulations in the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University.

"What with the computer, a gadget that can not be the Intenet means utak especial progress toward collaboration and technology," he said.

Gadget, excessive regulation, and fear of the Internet, which can destroy the system during this call. "I do not want in this world there are only non-specialists and experts, specialists will live while the only thing stuck in between that they do not understand and that restrict them, "Zittrain said in an interview with Reuters.

Zittrain is the professor's role and areas of Internet regulation in the Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University.

Amateur fans create a lot of new ideas to the Internet from personal computers, on the other hand, many peretas create interference because they exploit the structure of the Internet loose.

Prof. Zittrain cite striking difference between the first personal computer, Apple II, which created an 70-year, with the latest tools from Apple, iPhone. Latest gadgets that he lukiskan as "equipment that glued".

"They are easy to use but difficult to be a tool utak especial. They glued because it's easy to just replace it after the goods are no longer sold."

Tools that, according to Zittrain, far from the "generative Internet," a term he used to describe the creative approach, open, innovative, that have helped shape the Internet.

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