Product News and Reviews

Sony Launches Cybershot DSC-TX55 World

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:20:06 PST

Sony India further strengthened its leading Cyber-shot camera line-up with the launch of DSC-TX55, which is a just 12.2 mm thick (measurement excludes lens cover), making it even slimmer than a standard AA-size battery. This latest Cyber-shot model is the World thinnest camera in its class and offers incredible combination of features and performance with 16.2 megapixel, Full HD video, 5x Zoom and 3D capability.

DSC-TX55 also boasts of the highly acclaimed Exmor R? CMOS sensor that delivers incredible image detail and ultra-low picture noise in both still images and Full HD video even in low light conditions. The camera?s hi-speed auto focus can lock onto subject in as little as 0.1 seconds, letting users grab the most fleeting photo moments with ease.

The new DSC-TX55 camera makes it simple for users to easily achieve DSLR-like picture quality. Superior Auto mode recognizes a wide range of shooting situations, adjusting exposure and other settings for high-quality images with low noise and high dynamic range. Further, the camera?s back panel is dominated by a super-sized 3.3-inch (8.3cm) Xtra Fine? OLED wide touch-screen, perfect for showing off photos and movie clips with incredible detail.

The 3D Still Image feature captures dramatic 3D photos without the need for a large, bulky stereoscopic lens. With a single shutter press, the camera takes two shots consecutively, using the first image to estimate depth information to create a dramatic three-dimensional still image. Other 3D shooting options include 3D Sweep Panorama mode and Sweep Multi Angle.

Mobile Phone: Blackberry Storm Features and Specifications

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:30:54 PDT

Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:03:16 PDT

Price List of Apple iPad - Shipping starts on May 28th

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:20:06 PDT

Good news for all the Apple iPad lovers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK as Apple going to start taking the pre-order from May 10th onwards.Apple also reveals that their Apple iPad will ships from May 28th 2010.

Apple iPad will be available in the above international markets in capacities of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions.Customers could pre-order either Apple iPad with WiFi alone version or the Apple iPad WiFi + 3G version.Price details of both versions of Apple iPad is given below.

Apple iPad with WiFi International Price:

Apple iPad 16GB: £429
Apple iPad 32GB: £499
Apple iPad 64GB: £599

Apple iPad WiFi + 3G International Price:

Apple iPad 16GB: £529
Apple iPad 32GB: £599
Apple iPad 64GB: £699

Samsung W960 3D phone Specification, Features and Details

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:17:47 PDT

Samsung Electronics on its way to introduce its new 3D handset, named Samsung W960.The all new Samsung W960 handset helps you to watch 3D image on the handset.The Samsung W960 mobile phone is provided with a button that helps to switch between 2D to 3D mode.

Samsung W960 3D phone was previously named as Samsung AMOLED 3D made its first appearance about two months ago.New 3D handset from Samsung is designed to support GSM/HSDPA networks.The mobile phone also includes DNSe 2.0 and DivX support, along with HSDPA connectivity.

Samsung W960 3D phone comes equipped with a 3.2-inch touchscreen AMOLED display with resolution of 240×400 pixels and includes a TouchWIZ 2.0 UI.Other features that comes included with Samsung W960 handset includes 3.2MP camera with Xenon flash, e-dictionary, Bluetooth, Subway maps, an accelerometer and a TV tuner.

New Samsung W960 3D handset includes a microSD card slot that supports up to 16GB memory.The handset weighs 121g with dimensions of 113.9×53.9×1913 mm.

The all new Samsung SCH-W960 3D phone is expected to be available in South Korea Market soon via SKT, KT and LGT.

Price and Features of Nokia N8

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:16:20 PDT

The new Nokia N8 is gearing up to take on the mobile phones market and is going to be released in a range of different colour schemes including the sleek Nokia N8 Black edition.Other colour variants in the range including a Blue, Green, Orange and Silver version.

The main touch screen measures a good 3.5 inches and offers OLED technology for a bright and clear display, there is also a comprehensive multimedia player as you would expect from the manufacturer as well as WiFi, HSDPA, 3.5G support and an expandable memory on top of the large 16GB internal offered.

The Black Nokia N8 is due for release in early September at a price tag of £320 as a SIM Free phone,The Nokia N8 features a 3.5” capacitive touchscreen, 12-megapixel camera, 720p video capture at 30 frames per second, HDMI output, and Video on-Demand through the Ovi Store. Aside from its camera centric focus, the N8 will be the first handset to offer Symbian^3.

With the Nokia N8, people can make compelling content, connect to their favorite social networks and delight in on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store apps. Additionally, the Nokia N8 offers the ability to make HD-quality videos and edit them with an intuitive built-in editing suite. The Nokia N8 comes with free global Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation, guiding people to places and points of interest in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Features at a glance:

Screen size: 3.5"
Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) OLED
16.7 million colours
Capacitive touch screen
Physical keys (Menu key, Power key, Lock key, volume keys, Camera key)
Finger touch support for text input and UI control
On-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard
GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps
WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
TCP/IP support
Capability to serve as data modem
Bluetooth 3.0,HDMI
internal memory: 16 GB
MicroSD memory card slot provided can be upgrade up to 32 GB
integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers
Ovi Maps with free car & pedestrian navigation
Wi-Fi Positioning
Compass and accelerometer for correct orientation of display
12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
Fullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy-to-use touchscreen parameters
Video capture in 720p 25 fps with codecs H.264, MPEG-4
Stereo FM radio
Nokia Stereo Headset WH-701
BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery
Talk-time of 720 mins(GSM) & 350 mins( WCDMA)
Standby time of 390 h & 400 h respectievely
Size: 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm
Weight (with battery): 135 g

BlackBerry 9800 specs leaked

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:15:10 PDT

The slider will fall under the Bold line of devices with an HVGA display. it’s RIM’s next generation hybrid device featuring a full slide up QWERTY keyboard, and touchscreen.

The BlackBerry Slider 9800 handset looks pretty desirable as it runs BlackBerry OS 6, also it features a full physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard along with an optical trackpad and a touchscreen interface.

Other specifications are currently unknown,but it may feature a display with a resolution of 320 x 480 and 802.11n WiFi connectivity.There will be a 5 megapixel camera with Liquid lens technology.

Stay in touch we will keep you informed.

Features at a glance

3.2 inches with 360 x 480 pixels having 65K colors
HSDPA & GSM facility is there
Touch-sensitive optical trackpad
3.5 mm audio jack
microSD slot, up to 16GB
GPRS,EDGE,BLUETOOTH
microUSB v2.0
BlackBerry OS 6.0
Li-Ion 1050 mAh battery

New Mobile phone Samsung Guru 1175

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:11:14 PDT

Samsung Mobile strengthened its popular Guru series with another entry level mobile phone called Samsung Guru 1175. Guru 1175 is stylish curvy device and is an ergonomically designed handset with bucket full of features.

The Guru 1175 by Samsung comes with 1 MB memory, 1000 phone book entries, 500 SMSes and includes FM radio with up to 24 hours playtime. The latest addition to the Guru Series by Samsung, Guru 1175 comes with an advanced mobile tracker, bright Torch Light that can be used for 28 hours continuously and 9 regional language display.

The phone is also equipped with features like fake call and SOS messages. The phones comes with a 1000 mAh battery that offers a talk time of upto 12 hours & a standby time of 650 hours. The Samsung Guru 1175 also offers games, such as Carrom, Sudoku, Cricket, and Super Jewel Quest. The phone looks quite decent, with a patterned battery cover.

The Guru 1175 from Samsung comes with a unique bike mode feature that comes very handy for bikers on the move. Through this function the user can set important contacts and will be notified only about these calls while driving, he can also receive calls without using the receive button.

The Samsung Guru 1175 also features 40 polyphonic ringtones and voice keynotes. The Samsung Guru 1175 bar phone now in India with a price tag of INR 1690/-

Nokia three new 3G enabled mobile phones in India E52, 6700 Slide and 7230

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:06:55 PDT

Nokia has introduced three new 3G enabled mobile phones in India - E52, 6700 Slide and 7230. These phones are compatible with the UMTS/3G networks and will have a social networking flavor in them. Both Nokia 6700 and 7230 are slider phones while E52 has a candy bar form factor. All three phones are 3G-enabled and fall in mid-range price bracket.

Nokia E52:

The Slim and sleek E52 has 2.4-inch QVGA display with up to 16 million color support. This phone has 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and also has built-in A-GPS as well as Nokia Maps support. Nokia E52 has social networking apps integrated and supports Windows Live, Yahoo!, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. Apart from that, the E52 supports Mail for Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes Traveler, Nokia Messaging, POP/IMAP and select third party solutions. E52 has up to 60MB internal memory which is expandable with up to 16GB microSD card. This candybar type phone comes with the following color options Aluminium, Metal Grey Aluminium. The Nokia E52 comes with Li-Ion 1500 mAh providing a stand by time of 672 hours & talk time of 8 hours.

Nokia E52 would be available in India for about Rs. 12,400 and might be offered in four colors options.
Features at a glance:

2.4-inch QVGA display with up to 16 million color
3.2 megapixel camera
built-in A-GPS
social networking apps
up to 60MB internal memory upgradeable upto 16GB using microSD card
dimension of 116 x 49 x 9.9 mm weighting 98 gms.

Nokia 6700 Slide:

Nokia 6700 Slide comes with 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss optics autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and has a dedicated camera button.

This phone comes with Symbian S60 9.3 third edition with feature pack 2. With 60MB internal memory, this phone can hold up to 16GB usable to store music and video. Nokia has also added FM radio and the music playtime of this phone is claimed to be 29 hours but offers 2.5mm audio port unfortunately. This 6700 Slide has 5-way navigational D-pad like key in the centre. These multimedia features may attract many but this phone offers talk-time of 4 hours in GSM mode, 3 hours in 3G mode and 12 hours standby.

The Nokia 6700 measures 96mm in height, 46mm wide and 16mm thick and weighs 110 grams. Presently available in two colors- pink and aluminium- the slider phone's compact size fits it easily into a pocket or purse. Additionally it has a WiFi and bluetooth connectivity.

It is pleasant to use thanks to its modern design and compact size fits easily into a pocket or purse.Nokia will sell 6700 Slide for Rs. 11, 500 approx. in India and would be available in six colors.

Features at a glance:

Symbian S60 9.3 third edition
5 megapixel Carl Zeiss optics autofocus camera
60MB internal memory upgradeable upto 16GB using microSD card
added FM radio & 2.5mm audio port
5-way navigational D-pad like key
talk-time of 4 hours in GSM mode, 3 hours in 3G mode and 12 hours standby
dimension of 96 X 46 X 16mm & weighs 110 grams
a WiFi and bluetooth connectivity

Nokia 7230:
Nokia 7230 which is a 3G enabled smartphone that runs Symbian S40 OS comes with 3.2-megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom & is capable of recording video at 15 frames per second. Offering 3.5mm audio port, the 7230 has Stereo FM built-in. Nokia offers 2GB microSD card free with this phone as it has 45MB of internal memory and capable of holding up to 16GB microSD card. It offers up to 5 hours talk time on 2G and 3 hours of talk time on 3G networks.

The Nokia 7230 offers picture sharing, messaging and social networking among other regular features. With a compact build, the phone allows you to browse your photos and stay in touch with your friends. It also boasts of an attractively framed, large and vivid 2.4″ colour screen. This phone allows you to access social networks easily, use email and instant messaging services, and share your photos online quickly and easily - upload to services like Vox and Flickr - and share with your friends and family while you are on the move.

The Nokia 7230 has colourful looks and offers effortless picture sharing, messaging and social networking. The Nokia 7230 has a compact form, excellent build quality and feels good in your hand. Enjoy the reassuring feel of premium metal elements – with accented details and subtle lighting effects. It is light weighed phone and weighs 100 gms. The phone is available in graphite and hot pink color.

Nokia 7230 would be available in India for about Rs. 7,000.

Features at a glance:

vivid 2.4″ colour screen
runs Symbian S40 OS
3.2-megapixel camera
3.5mm audio port & has Stereo FM built-in
45MB of internal memory upgradeable upto 16GB using microSD card
5 hours talk time on 2G and 3 hours of talk time on 3G networks

Digital Camera: Samsung ST550 and ST500

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:30:36 PDT

A loud ‘phew’ resounds from the company of those self-adoring folks who surround me at the site of a digital camera that keeps your narcissism in mind. The Samsung ST550 and ST500 will have a 1.5 inch display screen in the front that helps users click their own snaps as well as display exposure information. Otherwise, both the cameras have 12 megapixel sensors and 3.5 inch display screens on them. Say “Cheese!”

The best part is that these cameras have a nice little animation to make sure that kids don’t refrain from staring at the camera and also give their brightest smiles to the lens. Both, the Samsung ST550 and ST500 are expected to be out in Singapore by the end of this month.

LG Cookie and Lollipop phones available in new colors

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:29:08 PDT

Thanks to the success of the Cookie series, LG have decided to give back something to its Korean fans. They have come up with two new exciting colors for the series: Titan Gray and Black Gold. Both look absolutely bold and unisexual and can possibly get the Cookie a new audience altogether. It will come with a 3 inch WQVGA touch screen with Widget UI, a 3MP camera, Bluetooth, FM radio and a media player. Also, LG has dropped upon us two new shades for the Lollipop, and as we could expect it to be, they are bright and dashing. Hot Red and Citron Green is something that really relates to the audience that the LG Lollipop connects to.

Surely, this indicates that LG has been concentrating on improvements to existing versions of their phones, in addition to putting in some new releases. Nice!

BenQ V2200 Eco- World’s first 21.5” LED widescreen monitor

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:28:08 PDT

BenQ today announced the official launch of their 24” LED widescreen and the world’s first 21.5” LED widescreen, namely the Full HD 1080p V2400 Eco and Full HD 1080p V2200 Eco, respectively. The new BenQ V2400 Eco and V2200 Eco employ the latest in monitor display lighting, namely LED (light-emitting diode) technology. Both BenQ LED models are superbly engineered with zero light leakage, enabling an ultra-high dynamic contrast ratio of 5 million:1 for intense blacks and extreme whites. This unparalleled benefit unique to LED technology reveals never-before-noticed fine details and near-infinite color variations while BenQ’s Senseye 3 Human Vision Technology further amplifies image richness, clarity, and depth…even in the darkest scenes. Both new V Series models also feature Eco mode for 30% less power-consumption without compromising visual enjoyment.

The energy-efficient, mercury-free LED panels of the BenQ V Series Eco consume approximately 36% less power than traditional CCFL displays. Additionally, the new models are lighter (-14.6%) and thinner (-21.2%) than CCFL displays of comparable screen size, which saves on packaging (+56%) and affords more efficient shipping.The BenQ V2400 Eco and V2200 Eco are certified TCO 5.0, RoHS, EnergySTAR 4.1, EuP Energy, PC3R, and EPEAT Gold, and will be certified advanced EnergySTAR 5.0 in Nov ‘09. The two new displays will be available worldwide starting in China mid-August.

Nokia Announces Three New Budget Phones: Nokia 7020 Flip, Nokia 2730 Classic and Nokia 2720 Fold

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:18:11 PDT

Nokia has announced their latest release in Finland on 18th May 2009. Surprisingly all the three newbies are mid-budget models, yet fully loaded with hi-end features. The best part of these newcomers is the comparatively lower price; all of them come with less than $135 price tag without any contract. These newfangled gadgets are dubbed Nokia 7020 Mobile Phone, Nokia 2720 Mobile Phone and Nokia 2730 Mobile Phone. Let us go, take a brief glance into these fresh units!!!

Nokia 7020 Flip Mobile Phone is the cute clamshell model that comes in hot pink and graphite shades. It sports a 2MP camera, speaker phone and a competent music player too. This compact mobile phone comes with GPRS and EDGE Technology to avail good connectivity. Nokia Maps are pre-loaded in this handset to avail GPS functionalities. Apart from the charger and connectivity cable, one gets a 2GB micro SD card along with this mobile phone.

Voice commands is realised in this mobile phone to make things easy and faster. This hand-held unit also features a personal organiser and wireless web browser. Messaging and e-mailing is quite simpler with 7020 flipper mobile phone! Moreover it is a quad band phone, and comes with 2.2” TFT display. In this cell phone one can organise the mails or text messages without any hassle with a single gentle tap in the secondary screen.

Nokia 2730 Classic Mobile Phone is the top scale version among the freshly launched trio. The major high spot of this unit is the 3G Support, that helps to provide fast internet access. It helps one to stay connected with the network anytime; moreover an affordable 3G phone may excite many of us, especially social media obsessives!!! This quad band GSM phone is capable of supporting all the four WCDMA bands, which makes it a “truely global” device. This mobile sports 2 MP camera, PC syncing, personal organiser and lots more exciting features.

GPS with Nokia Maps is yet another interesting feature of this handset. This candybar model is bluetooth compatible, and also sports a 3.5mm audio jack. Although 2GB memory card is provided with this gizmo, one can up the memory of this unit with the help of microSD cards. It also features a speaker phone, simple texting and e-mailing, an efficient music player and a wireless web browser as well.

Nokia 2720 Fold Mobile Phone takes us back to the flip-phone world. Nokia has taken the bold step of adding luxury to the entry level mobile phones; 2720 clamshell phone is one good example for it. Although it is a basic phone, it sports all major features like EDGE, GPRS, Nokia LifeTools, Ovi Mails, etc. The rich glossy finish dubbed “mirror effect design” adds dashing elegance to this mobile phone. The secondary display disguises as a smart glossy mirror, and with a soft touch in the side volume key it will spring back to life to display the calls and mails.

Available in two different colours(Deep Red and Plain Black), this smart device features 1.3MPcamera, a wireless web browser, Bluetooth, a music player, FM Radio, voice recorder, speaker phone, and also gives easy access to the useful info like agricultural tips and educational services without accessing the internet. Moreover it can operate in both the dual band versions named GSM 850/1900 and GSM900/1800. This mobile phone is mainly focusing the emerging markets in rural communities.

These newbies are expected to be available all over the world by third quarter of 2009.

Video: Browsing Speed Comparison Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:14:14 PDT

Comparison video between Nokia N97 vs iPhone 3GS, comparing the web browsing speed on their built-in browser.

I guess i’ve posted many comparison videos between these smartphones here. So, you guys can always hit a search to see the other videos.

Anyways, let’s check out this video.

Fujifilm V1 3D photo viewer releasing this month

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:26:53 PDT

Gone are the days of plain 2D as Fujifilm is all set to add the third dimension to our photographs with the FinePix Real 3D W1 camera and Real 3D V1 8-inch picture viewer. The V1 photoframe has 8 inch screen supporting a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. It can display normal 2D images, 3D images snapped with the W1 which can be viewed in their 3D glory without any glasses and even play videos. Pricing for the photoframe is not known but it is going on sale in Japan on August 22 along with the Finepix W1 camera which will sell for around $600.

Video: HTC Hero vs iPhone 3GS

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:12:43 PDT

What’s up guys! Here’s another comparison videos for us to enjoy. This time is between HTC Hero vs iPhone 3GS, and these nice videos are from the phonedog team.

Curious about the result from these two? Let’s jump in and enjoy the videos.

Comparison Part 1

LG BL40 Chocolate Black Label Photos

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:11:24 PDT

The LG BL40 Chocolate comes with a 4″ touchscreen display at a wide 21:9 aspect ratio and 800×345 pixels resolution, which definetely much wider than our regular HDTV. This wide multi-touch display will be protected with a hard tempered scratch-resistant glass. Also, the LG BL40 Chocolate runs on a S-Class UI along with the 3G-HSDPA 7.2Mbps support, Wi-Fi, and A-GPS. On the back, the LG BL40 Chocolate is armed with a 5 megapixel camera.

Nokia Surge 6760 Photos

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:09:00 PDT

First of, i think i’ve made a mistake on this phone’s name. Before this one got official, i’ve known this device as the Nokia 6790 Surge. But after Nokia announced this phone, it’s called the Nokia 6760 Surge eversince. So, i’m really sorry for that.

Okay, back to the device. Here are some new live photos of the Nokia 6760 Surge.

New Music Phone from Nokia - The Nokia 5320 Xpress Music

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:05:18 PDT

The newly launched music centered handsets from Nokia — the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic. The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is a Symbian S60 smartphone, while the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is a S40 UI candybar musicphone with an untraditionally design.

This 3G-HSDPA enabled musicphone offers lots of music features; including dedicated music keys, 3.5mm audio-jack, Bluetooth with A2DP, a dedicated audio-chip which was claimed would produce better audio quality, powered by powerful battery promising 24 hours of music playing, microSD cardslot for additional storage up to 8GB.

The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic features a new application called “Say and Play”, which is a voice controlled feature. With this feature, users will only need to say the artist’s name then the phone will search and play the track. It’s actually a cool feature. What’s more is the SMS reader, which will do a text-to-speech to your sms.

Not only on music, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic also focused on mobile-gaming. For the purpose, an optimized 8-way D-Pad and 2″ 16M TFT color display at QVGA resolution are packed to give a great gaming experience. And also, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is armed with a 2 megapixel camera (no auto-focus) and a microUSB port. In addition, it’s pre-installed with Yahoo! Go, Yahoo! Messenger, Flash Lite 3.0 support, Windows Live, Flickr, etc

The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic will start selling in Q3 2008 at around 220euro, available in Black-Blue and Black-Red color version.

Here’s a quick review video of The Nokia 5320 Xpress Music

Nokia 5220 Xpress Music Phone Review and Video

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:02:51 PDT

The newly launched music centered handsets from Nokia — the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic and the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic. While the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is a Symbian S60 smartphone, the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is a S40 UI candybar musicphone with an untraditionally design.

Though it’s not as smart as its brother — the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic — the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic offers a unique asymmetrical shape design on its clean-smooth slim body at only 10.55 thick.

And ofcourse, being a music oriented device, the Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is packed with lots of cool features; including the light-effects that pulse rhytmically with the music, a 3.5mm audio jack, Bluetooth with A2DP profile, FM radio, microSD card-slot which can be use to expand the storage space up to 2GB for your music and videos, some dedicated music keys, also a powerful battery promising up to 24 hours of music playing.

The Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is also armed with a 2 megapixel camera, 2″ QVGA 262k TFT color display, and microUSB port. But there’s more! An organic wallpaper that will automatically changes based on the time of the day. And oh! It’s pre-installed with Yahoo! Go, Yahoo! Ready and Opera mini which support for flash website. I believe all of you guys love YouTube, right?

Nokia 5220 XpressMusic is scheduled to hit the market in Q3 2008, at around 160euro (before subsidies and taxes).

Check the review video below.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 now Available

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:01:26 PDT

The highly discussed Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 — a WindowsMobile 6.1 based PocketPC — is finally available.

This high-end device from Sony Ericsson sports a 3″ WVGA touch-screen display at 800×480 pixel resolution, along with the optical joystick for navigation, and almost all of todays-must-have connectivity features are packed inside the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1; including the Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G with HSDPA-HSUPA support, Bluetooth with A2DP profile, FM radio, Media-player, 3.5mm audio jack, and more are on-board.

Check out these live pictures of the XPERIA X1.

With that sweet slide-out QWERTY keyboard, typing is unmatchedly great.

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 armed with a 3.2 megapixel camera, and comes with 400MB internal memory which is expandable via microSD cardslot. Powered by a Qualcomm 7200A 528MHZ CPU and supported by 128MB of RAM.

Be sure to check out this quick-review video of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 by the Senior of CNet, Bonnie Cha.

Nokia Trio - Nokia 6600 Fold, Nokia 6600 Slide and Nokia 3600 Slide

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:00:26 PDT

Nokia has just launced their new Trio mobilephone, bringing the motto “Beautiful to Use”. And they are: the Nokia 6600 Fold - the Nokia 6600 Slide - the Nokia 3600 Slide; which all of them designed exclusively and built from great materials with nice features.

Okay, let’s have the first. The Nokia 6600 Fold is a clamshell device which considered as the flagship among the three, offering a smooth one-click opening mechanism (using a dampened hinge), and also packed with a 2.13 OLED display support to 16 million color in QVGA resolution, and a 2 megapixel snapper with a dual LED flash. The material is a rather unusual, combining a smooth back and glossy front.

The Nokia 6600 Fold is a quad-band device with 3G support, and runs on S40 UI. With a support of microSD cardslot, users will able to expand the storage space up to 4GB for their multimedia collections.

Nokia 6600 Fold is planted with an accelerometer, which allow users to double-tap it to snooze an alert, to silence or even to reject a call. In standby, a double-tap on the Nokia 6600 Fold with wake-up the clock in the hidden external display (128×160 pixel). Check out the video below to see more of it.

This unique clamshell device planned to start selling in Q3 2008 at price of 275 euro, available in Mysterious-Black and Sophisticated-Purple color version.

Here it goes our second. The Nokia 6600 Slide only shares the well-known 6600’s name, but not the smartphone function.

Offering a unique double-tap features just like the 6600 Fold, and also an unusual material combination of glossy and steel surface.

Features a 2.2″ TFT 16M color display at QVGA resolution, a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, FM radio, Bluetooth, and microUSB port.

In term on connectivity, the Nokia 6600 Slide supports 3G, great for video-calls.

The Nokia 6600 Slide will start selling in Q3 2008 at price of 250 euro.

And the last one here is the Nokia 3600 Slide.
This slider has high gloss finish and gradated colors plus some metallics on its surfaces. Packed with QVGA 2.2″ TFT color display, a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, 2.5mm audio jack which doubles as a TV-out port, microSD card slot supports up to 4GB of additional storage, and Bluetooth.

Unfortunately, there will be no 3G support on this device.

A nice feature of the Nokia 3600 Slide is the background noise cancellation, giving an incredible sound quality.

The Nokia 3600 Slide is scheduled to start selling in Q3 this year at price of 175 euro, available in Wine and Charcoal color variant.

Nokia N82 Review

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:58:00 PDT

The Nokia N82, newest entry of N-series device which comes in a traditional candybar form factor, was proudly announced recently by Nokia. Armed with a 5 megapixel autofocus camera along with a Xenon flash, an integrated GPS receiver, WiFi, Bluetooth, HSDPA support, and more features packed inside its solid-silver body - build mainly to match the N95 8GB flagship.

Coming in the most popular form-factor, candy-bar, the Nokia N82 have an advantage which other form-factor don’t have.

The traditional candybar form-factor are known as the most solid and strongest one, capable to stand up to drops - pressure - or any other abuse. In this case, we can’t or maybe don’t need to doubt the strength constructed on the Nokia N82’s body.

And it won’t be a high-end device at all if it was built for strength but doesn’t bring todays-must-have features while still stylishly designed. Made from hard-plastics with faux-metallic finish on the front, the case really make the Nokia N82 looks striking and feels very solid like it will last forever. At only 114g, the N82 is amazingly light, feels smaller and pocketable.

Review: Acer Aspire One 751

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:24:44 PDT

Review Summary

The Acer Aspire One 751 excels in most areas making it an excellent all-round 11.6” mini-netbook. Great bright, high resolution display, excellent sound quality, large keyboard and 5.5-6.5 hours of battery life. The only major downside is the slow Atom Z520 processor.

If it had a more integrated battery that didn’t stick out and had an Atom Z530 processor (at least), it would easily become the best mini-notebook ever.

Pros

Plays 1080P HD video (certain files)
Good battery life at 5.5 - 6.5 hours.
Excellent sound quality
Large keyboard
Bright 1366 x 768 Display
Silent (~~Fanless~~ - I’ve been told there’s a small fan in here)
Easily Upgradable

Cons

Gets very warm, maybe even hot.
Atom Z520 processor feels sluggish (outside of web browsing)
6-Cell Battery juts out, is ugly.
Linux unfriendly

Introduction

The Acer Aspire One 751 is the first 11.6-inch netbook, or mini-notebook as I like to call anything larger than 10-inch, to hit the market. The main issue with the 751 is the relatively slow Atom Z520 processor used. Is it fast enough?

There’s now the ASUS Eee PC 1101HA Seashell and the Gateway LT3100 series netbook on the 11.6-inch market now, and I will test the 1101HA in a few weeks to see how that compares to the 751 but for now lets take a good look at the 751.

Technical Specs

Memory, OS and battery specs are going to vary. Some models have Windows Vista Home Basic, some have 3-cell batteries. You want to get the XP models, not Vista Home Basic.

11.6” 1366 x 768 (16:9 Ratio) Glossy LED backlit Display (200 nits)
Atom Z520 (1.33GHz) Processor
Intel US15W Chipset + GMA 500 Graphics
1GB RAM (2GB max)
0.3MP Webcam
160GB HDD (2.5” SATA)
Stereo Speakers, Dolby Headphone
802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 10/100 Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
6-Cell Battery (5200mAh, 54Wh)
5-in-1 Card Reader, 3x USB 2.0, 1x VGA, Audio Jacks, Kensington Lock, RJ45
284 x 198 x 25.4 mm Dimensions
1.37 kg / 3.0 lbs Weight (6-Cell battery weighs 325g)
Windows XP Home SP3

As with all other Acer netbooks, there’s no recovery DVD, but there is a recovery partition on your HDD, so make a backup!

Layout

On the left: LAN port, power plug, 2x USB, audio and microphone head jacks. Labels on top of the chassis is a great touch. I don’t need to fumble around figuring out which audio jack is which.

On the right: VGA out, kensington lock, 1x USB and card reader.

On the front: A switch for Bluetooth and one for Wi-Fi.

On the back. You have your battery, which juts if you have a 6-cell battery. I find this rather ugly, but your opinion may differ. There’s a SIM card slot for 3G enabled models. Mine is a dummy since 3G models are not available in Japan. I don’t think they’re available in the US just yet either.

Opening up the device: Power button on the top right, with LED status indicators next to it.

One the screen bezel at the top is the webcam, with a microphone to the left of that.

Upgradability

Excellent. Access panels for everything. You have access panels for the hard drive, RAM and Wireless card. Unfortunately, I’m unable to open them due to warranty stickers covering all the screws, which is pretty disgusting and shocking. (Japan only).

I’m only able to open the Wireless card slot and it looks like there’s room for one more card:

Size & Weight

In terms of weight, if you’ve ever handled an ASUS Eee PC 1000H/HE/HA, then this is how the Acer Aspire One 751 pretty much weighs in terms of weight, though, with the 6-cell at least, it is heavier.

Now, I am really surprised by the size of the Acer Aspire One 751. It has the same footprint as the 10” ASUS Eee PC 1000HE (with a 3-cell battery) except the 751 is a tad wider. (there was a YouTube video comparing the two). The 751 is very thin, more so than the 1000HE. The 751 has no trouble fitting into my 10-inch non-stretchable Zeroshock sleeve with some room to spare.

Also, if you take a look at the screen bezel it’s extremely thin especially at the sides which tells you Acer have tried to keep the 751 as small as possible.

Power brick is small, but do you have a thick power cable which makes up most of the bulk.

Keyboard

The 751 has a roomier keyboard than you would find on any 10-inch netbook and it is much easier to type on too. Nice to see the keyboard take up the full space on the chassis, with no wasted space.

No shrunk down keys, apart from the cursor keys. The keys are flattish and somewhat similar in style to the keyboards found on the HP Mini and Dell Mini netbooks.

Though, tactile feedback wise it’s not the best keyboard and I feel like it’s lacking something. Maybe deeper key presses.. I’m not sure. I’ve seen some reviews mention flex in the keyboard, but have noticed very little and I absolutely hate keyboard flex, even just a little.

Overall, a very good improvement over any 10-inch netbook keyboard.

Display

The 751 display is glossy and very bright. Just seems like any other netbook with a glossy display, really. I don’t notice anything different, except the HIGHER RESOLUTION. 1366 x 768 pixels on this 11.6” display.

This makes the netbook a joy to use! I do get frustrated sometimes with the puny 1024x600 resolution you get on 10-inch netbooks. Also, the dot pitch is perfect and I don’t have to squint or lean in closely like you have to on 8.9-inch netbooks. It’s all very comfortable. This is one of the main reasons to get this mini-notebook.

I did wish the brightness could be lowered a little more at the lowest level for pitch dark rooms, but having a lamp on nearby helped alot in reducing eye strain.

Here are some pictures of Firefox webpages in normal and fullscreen mode (Hulu and Digg) on the display:

Have a look below at how far the lid goes back:

Touchpad & Buttons

I find the touchpad decently sized, after you max out the movement. Surface feels good and slick. Scrolling on the right edge is extremely responsive. The best I’ve used on a netbook. There are also pinch and swipe gestures which work okay, I wouldn’t say super responsive like with the scrolling though.
The button is a single rocker bar and is average for a netbook, a bit stiff and noisy but not ultra stiff like on the old Eee PC netbooks (1000H/901) that had the silver buttons. I haven’t had any problems with it.

Noise

Extremely quiet. Even in a quiet room. I can’t even recall ever hearing a fan, but checking right now, I see that it is fanless! No wonder. The cannot hear the buzz and clicking of the hard drive unless I put my ear against the keyboard. Excellent. The 751 joins of super quiet, fanless netbooks. Being fanless it does have me worried about heat though.

Heat

So, the 751 is fanless and I have noticed that the 751 gets extremely warm, dare I say, hot? The hottest netbook / mini-notebook I’ve layed my hands on. Even if the 751 is just left idling for a couple of hours the bottom gets very warm. Might be an issue if you are running the CPU at 100% for hours on end, though for most people I don’t see this as much of an issue, unless you place it on a bare lap where it will get uncomfortable. For me, I’d take fanless over a little heat anyday of the week.

Webcam and Microphone

I made a business Skype call with audio only and the whole ordeal went smoothly. Oh boy, the microphone is one of the best I’ve used on a netbook and was extremely sensitive without picking up noise. This meant I didn’t have to put my mouth right up to the speaker and shout like I have to do on some other netbooks. Some netbooks have really poor microphones that will barely pick up anyone’s voice.

The webcam is also excellent, producing a great image even in low-light situations, which is pretty much my whole apartment even during the brightest of days.

Audio

I am really amazed by the sound quality on the 751, both the speakers and through the headphones, which is powered by DOLBY HEADPHONE technology.

The dolby headphone technology is kind of like an equalizer applied to the sound, like you’re listening to the sound in a hall or something. Usually I hate these kind of equalizers and never use them but here it works extremely well.

Speaker sound is excellent. This has the best sound quality I’ve heard on a netbook / mini-notebook, or at the very least joins the top rank in terms of sound quality. Excellent clarity and bass. The sound comes out of speakers on the bottom left and right sides, so placing it on a surface can reduce the volume ever so slightly and really helps to introduce more bass.

Battery Life

I have the 6-cell 5200mAh, 54Wh battery.

First I did some benchmark testing:

5/10 brightness, Wifi OFF, Bluetooth OFF and Sound 50%
6:22 - Batter Eater Classic
6:19 - Battery Eater Classic (overclocked)
5:50 - Looped 480P movies

Then, actual real life usage:

5/10 Brightness, Wifi ON, Sound 50%, Bluetooth OFF
6:03 - Web browsing mixed in with YouTube viewing. (Windows XP)

Overall, I think on most occasions you will get 5.5 - 6.5 hours out of the 6-cell battery, on a single charge, which is very good, though many hours behind netbooks with the best battery life. None of them are 11-inchers though.

Performance

Now, this is the big one. How does the Acer Aspire One 751 perform with the measly Atom Z520 processor? Note, I only had 1GB of RAM through the whole review. Windows 7 may become faster with 2GB of RAM. I don’t know.

For general use, performance is acceptable if slow. That is with Windows XP though. I find performance on Windows 7 to be a tad slower, but that is due to the graphical effects of the GUI, once you turn those off, it’s much more responsive. I keep Aero off, it’s just too slow even with the latest GMA500 graphics driver that was released this month (June). The latest driver in use, in Windows 7, is glitchy but usable. (Window redraw issues)

When opening up several programs at the same time or just in general trying to work with several programs at the same time, the Acer Aspire One 751 slows down to a crawl. You can really feel the slowless of the Atom Z520 processor on these occasions.

Windows XP performs the best in terms of performance.

Overall, I can get by with the Acer Aspire One 751’s performance, but only just. If I were on the market for another netbook / mini-notebook, I would be really hesitant to pick up another with the Atom Z520 processor, but given that these 11.6-inch mini-notebooks have a 1366x768 display makes the decision very difficult.

1080P HD Video

It’s great to know that the Poulsbo chipset can handle 1080P video and the Acer Aspire One 751 is no exception. It handles 720P video flawlessly and certain 1080P HD videos are a piece of cake. I will cover this in a how-to article shortly following this review (and I’ll link it here).

Overclocking

You can slightly boost the CPU frequency without having too much an impact on battery life. (see above battery life benchmarks). Following advice over on the AspireOneUser forums, I am able to overclock from the default 1330 MHz up to a stable 1449 MHz. I don’t perceive any improvement on speed though. Feels the same. I’ll cover this in a separate article, following this.

Review:Acer Aspire Revo

noreply@blogger.com (s u c c e s s) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:21:58 PDT

Review Summary

The Acer Aspire Revo Excels as a media player and handles 1080P HD video with ease. It also serves well as a desktop replacement. Pricing is very decent as well. The Acer Aspire Revo falls flat when it comes to 3D games.

I will reveal pricing once / if it arrives in the US.

Pros

Very quiet
HDMI port
Wireless keyboard / mouse (some countries)
1080P HD Video
Easily upgradable
Small size
Good price
4GB Max RAM
Free Upgrade to Windows 7

Cons

Can’t play games well
Warranty sticker protecting insides (may depend on country)
Loose / wobbly stand.
No DVI port for desktop usage.
Limited audio out options (headphone jack and HDMI)

Acer Aspire Revo Review

07/28/09

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Review Summary

I will reveal pricing once / if it arrives in the US.

Pros

Very quiet
HDMI port
Wireless keyboard / mouse (some countries)
1080P HD Video
Easily upgradable
Small size
Good price
4GB Max RAM
Free Upgrade to Windows 7

Cons

Can’t play games well
Warranty sticker protecting insides (may depend on country)
Loose / wobbly stand.
No DVI port for desktop usage.
Limited audio out options (headphone jack and HDMI)

Acer Aspire Revo Background

The Acer Aspire Revo was hugely anticipated worldwide since it went official in April because it was the first nettop to be announced with NVidia’s new ION graphics platform. Fast forward a couple of months and the Acer Aspire Revo is now available in several countries but has yet to make it to the US.

Here’s where I unboxed the Acer Aspire Revo:

Technical Specs

The Aspire Revo’s full name is the Acer Aspire Revo 3600 and my particular model name is ASR3600-A34.

There are various models and it may vary well you live. You can apply for a free upgrade to Windows 7. Dual core Atom N330 models coming in a few weeks in Europe.

Atom N230 Processor (1.6GHz)
NVidia ION chipset (GeForce 9400M G)
160GB HDD (2.5” 5400rpm SATA II - Hitachi HTS543216L9A300)
2GB - 4GB RAM (4GB Max)
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
1Gbit wired LAN/li>
6x USB 2.0, e-SATA, VGA, HDMI, Audio jacks, 1x Mini PCI-e Slot, Card Reader
Wireless keyboard / mouse (some countries)
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
Webcam (some models)
857g Weight (without power brick and stand)
30 x 180 x 180mm Dimensions

The webcam is an external USB adapter, and comes with an optional stand.

One model comes with a 23-inch Acer LCD Monitor which also comes with a VESA mount to attach it to the back of the monitor.

Box Contents

Here’s what you get inside besides the usual manuals and warranty. Note that there is no recovery disks, typical of Acer netbooks:

Revo nettop + Stand
Mouse Mat
Wireless Keyboard / Mouse (dongle hidden in mouse) - Or wired for some countries
4x AA batteries for the above peripherals
Power Adapter + Cord
HDMI Cable

While the keyboard and mouse feel really cheap, they work great and the keyboard is extremely light. I wouldn’t expect to get much battery life out of the mouse. There’s a switch under the mouse to turn it off when not in use.

Ports & Layout

On the front: Power button, Recessed USB port, covered with a flap. Card reader, Headphone and Microphone jacks. e-SATA port.

On the top: Air vent and another USB port.

On the back: 4x USB ports, Ethernet, HDMI, VGA ports. Kensington lock and Power plug.

On the bottom: A screw (may be covered with a warranty seal) to access the innards.

Here are some size comparisons with the Acer Aspire Revo (pen, A4 paper, netbook power brick)

This is what the Acer Aspire Revo looks like with wires plugged in.

The power button glows white when turned on:

Upgradability

To access the goodies inside, you’ll need to locate and undo the screw at the base of the Aspire Revo.

On the inside you can upgrade the 2.5” hard drive, RAM (two slots, up to 4GB RAM) and a PCI-e slot which is occupied with the Wi-Fi card.

Wi-Fi card:

Two RAM slots (4GB Max)

Fan and heatsink over the ION chipset, fan is removable:

For those who want to know how to open up the Acer Aspire Revo:

1080P HD Videos

Thanks to the NVidia ION graphics on board, the Aspire Revo excels at playing any sort of 1080P HD video you throw at it. I tested out alot of videos but not once did I encounter none that wouldn’t play.

You can’t play 1080P HD video out of the box, you will need to install the right software. There are plenty of options: Cyberlink PowerDVD, DivX Labs MKV on Windows 7 or MPC-HC.

I quickly removed Vista and installed Windows 7. I needed to install both MPC-HC and DivX Labs MKV Preview, because I couldn’t get sound working on the latest verison on some videos.

Check out how 1080P HD Video plays like on the Acer Aspire Revo below:

Games

Don’t expect to play the latest 3D games on the Acer Aspire Revo or even 3D games from several years back. Very old 3D games and 2D games should work fine.

First I tried out Half Life 2. Even with at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 and the lowest settings for everything, frame rates were not smooth at all. Playable, almost. I certainly didn’t enjoy the speed compared to what I get on my desktop. I can’t give you frame rates because I can’t access the console (seems to be a problem on non-US keyboards of which mine is).

Next I tried COD4, and at 1280 x 720, with lowest settings for everything and some turned off, it became playable, but the frame rates were not smooth.

Both games looked very poor on the big screen at such a low resolution and low graphic settings.

Media Player Usage

The Acer Aspire Revo excels as a media player. Thanks to it’s small size, low noise, wireless peripherals and HDMI port.

You can stand it vertically with the stand or lay it flat just as easily. Since the Aspire Revo is just a PC it’s much easier to connect to your existing network that most other dedicated media players. You can easily connect via Wi-Fi or Ethernet.

With that you can easily grab videos from other computers on your network or just download them directly from your Revo.

Also, you can expect much better compatibility than you would get with a dedicated media player. I’ve used several dedicated media players and they occasionally choke on videos not encoded properly and stop playing.

Note, that you will need to correct the overscan if you use the Aspire Revo as a media player. Go into NVidia options and you can easily rescale the screen smaller to fit the screen.

Desktop Usage

The Aspire Revo performs just the same as any Atom N270 / N280 powered netbook on the market. If you have experience with any such netbooks then you will know what to expect.

Web browsing, office related activities (word documents, spreadsheets etc), listening to music, iTunes, watching videos and playing old games all work very nicely on the Aspire Revo. Installing Windows 7 over Vista can greatly improve the speed of the desktop.

The Aspire Revo does not handle the latest 3D games very well, or even games from several years back because the bottleneck is the slow Atom N230 processor inside. I wouldn’t want to use the Aspire Revo to do photoshop work with large images or do 3D rendering on it.

The lack of noise (below) and the small form factor also make this a great low-profile / small space choice for a desktop.

My thoughts about the Acer Aspire One Revo as a desktop previously, on video:

Noise

I’ve read around on the internet and seen some people complain about the fan noise. I can hear a soft whirring of air coming out of the top but it’s barely noticeable. The only other time I hear a peep out of the Aspire Revo is when you tun it on and there’s a second or two when a short burst of air is heard coming out of the top. I did not hear the hard drive at all.

Issues

Here are some minor issues I had with the Acer Aspire Revo. None of them were deal-killers though and I found ways to solve some of them.

Slow Wi-Fi

Copying over large Blu-ray sized videos takes several hours (at least) over Wi-Fi. You need to plan ahead on these occasions or use a wired connection.

Limited Audio Options

The Aspire Revo only has a headphone out jack that doesn’t carry SPDIF and a HDMI port. Trying to connect to your PC Card on your computer or to your amplifier can be tricky. Luckily I was able to connect my Aspire Revo to my Onkyo amplifier in the following fashion: Aspire Revo -> [HDMI Cable] -> HDTV -> [Optical Cable] -> Onkyo Amp.

No DVI Video Out

No DVI out means it could be tricky connecting to your large sized LCD monitor. Many don’t come with HDMI ports.

If you use the HDMI to connect to a LCD Monitor, you’ll be stuck with trying to use the headphone jack. Connecting the Aspire Revo via HDMI to my 16:10 24” LCD Monitor failed to work, I was stuck with VGA out which doesn’t give the best quality on such a high resolution display. Also HDMI is limited to 16:9 ratio displays which only my HDTV is going to give me an undistorted image.

Warranty Seal Protecting Insides

I imagine this would depend on where you buy the Aspire Revo. Here in Japan, there is a warranty sticker covering the bottom of the Aspire Revo. I haven’t actually read if it voids warranty, but I’m pretty sure it does just like with other recent Acer netbooks released here.

Wobbly Stand

While the stand looks cool, it doesn’t hold the Aspire Revo on top of it very solidly. The Aspire Revo easily wobbles side to side just touching the nettop lightly. Furthermore, any slight pressure applied to the top or front of the machine can easily dislodge the nettop from the stand. To insert anything on the Aspire Revo, you’ll need to use both hands.

Source: Netbooked.net