Latest Mobile Phones

Samsung Galaxy Beam

2010-07-21T00:15:00.000-07:00

World’s first smartphone with built-in projector and brilliant Super AMOLED screen

The Samsung Galaxy Beam(Model: GT-I8520), first unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in February this year, is designed to provide users with a rich mobile web experience and best-of-class multimedia features. Packed with a built-in Texas Instruments Pico projector, 8-megapixel camera and multi video codec support, the Galaxy Beam offers consumers the capability to switch between entertainment and professional mode easily. With a projection screen size of 5 to 50-inches, the Galaxy Beam toggles between a personal home theater system to a portable business projector to suit every need.

Powered by Android 2.1, the Galaxy Beam enjoys a variety of applications from the Android Market, which allows users to extend the benefits and excitement of their smartphone experience. Users also have access to Google mobile services such as Google Search, Gmail, and Google Maps.Multi-tasking is a breeze with Galaxy Beam smart applications, which allow users to update social networking accounts like Facebook, check emails, listen to music and send messages without having to open and close applications. Users can stay connected with social networks through Samsung’s Social Hub and Social Calendar, which offers convenient, single-point access to all email accounts, calendars and personal contacts. The impressive battery life offers users up to 7 hours of continuous talktime and 530 hours of standby time.

Specifications

Processor

720MHz CPU Speed (OMAP3440)

Network

HSUPA 5.76 Mbps / HSDPA 7.2Mbps

3G (900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz)

EDGE, GPRS

GSM Quad Band (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz)

Andriod 2.1 (Éclair)

Display

3.7” WVGA SUPER AMOLED

Camera

8.0 mega-pixel Camera + Auto focus with Flash (Front: VGA)

Video

MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, Xvid

Audio

MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA

Value-added Features

Browser: Chrome lite (with Flash Lite 3.1)

Integrated Messaging ‘Social Hub’ (basic)

Android Market for more applications and contents

FM Radio

Augmented Reality with Layar Reality Browser

SMS/ MMS/ Email/ Exchange ActiveSync

Sensor: Accelerometer, Proximity

Offline & No SIM Mode, Handwriting Recognition: English & Simplified Chinese

RSS Reader, Mobile Widgets

Connectivity

Bluetooth Technology v 3.0

USB v2.0 (High-Speed)

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

AllShare (DLNA)

Mobile AP (wireless Internet tethering)

TV Out

GPS

Memory

4Gb + 2Gb + 1Gb + 16Gb MoviNAND

Size

123 x 59.8 x 14.9 mm, 155g

Battery

1800 mAh

Talktime: 7 hours (3G)

Standby: 530 hours (3G)

Apple iPhone 4

2010-06-08T06:41:00.000-07:00

New Features

Video call facility with 2 cameras
Retina display with amazing 640 X 960 pixel resolution on 3.5" screen
Multi-tasking
High Definition video recording and editing
5 Mega pixel camera with LED flash and illumination sensor

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Full Specification

General

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

Size

Dimensions 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm

Weight 137 g

Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 640 x 960 pixels, 3.5 inches

- Scratch-resistant surface

- Multi-touch input method

- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate

- Three-axis gyro sensor

- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

Sound

Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones

Speakerphone Yes

- 3.5 mm headset jack

Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

Call records 100 received, dialed and missed calls

Internal 16/32 GB storage

Card slot No

Data

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP

Infrared port No

USB Yes, v2.0

Camera

Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features Touch focus, geo-tagging

Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging

Secondary Yes, videocalling over WiFi only

Features OS iOS 4 (based on Mac OS)

CPU

Apple A4 processor

Messaging

SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email

Others

Browser HTML (Safari)

Radio No

Games Downloadable, incl. motion-based

Colors Black, White

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support

Java No

- MicroSIM card support only

- Scratch-resistant glass back panel

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic.

- Digital compass

- Google Maps

- iBooks application

- Audio/video player and editor

- Voice command/dial

- TV-out

Battery

Standard battery, Li-Ion

Stand-by Up to 300 h (2G) / Up to 300 h (3G)

Talk time Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)

Music play Up to 40 h

HTC Desire

2010-05-22T23:34:00.000-07:00

Key features:

Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA
3.7" 16M-color capacitive AMOLED touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480x 800 pixel)
Android OS v2.1 with kinetic scrolling and pinch zooming
Slim profile and great build quality
Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
576 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM
5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging
WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) video recording @ 15fps
Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
microSD slot, bundled with a 4GB card
Accelerometer and proximity sensor
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
Stereo FM radio with RDS
microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
Optical trackpad which doubles as a button
Smart dialing

Main disadvantages:

Disappointing video quality
Limited storage available to the user on the system partition (you are left with only 120 MB for installing apps)
No DivX and XviD video playback
No voice dialing
Non hot-swappable memory card

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Full Specifications

General

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100

SIZE Dimensions 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm

Weight 135 g

Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches

- Multi-touch input method

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

- Optical trackpad

- HTC Sense UI

Sound

Alert types Vibration, MP3

Speakerphone Yes

- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

Call records Practically unlimited

Internal 576 MB RAM; 512 MB ROM

Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB included

Data

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps

EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps

3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP

Infrared port No

USB Yes, microUSB v2.0

Camera

Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features Smile detection, geo-tagging

Video Yes, WVGA (800x480 pixels) @ 15fps

Secondary No

Features

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)

CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor

Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

Browser HTML

Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS

Games Yes

Colors Black, Brown, Silver

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support

Java Via third party application

- Digital compass

- Dedicated search key

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail

- YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration

- MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA9 player

- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player

- Facebook, Flickr, Twitter applications

- Voice memo

Battery

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh

Stand-by Up to 340 h (2G) / Up to 360 h (3G)

Talk time Up to 6 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10

2010-05-19T07:56:00.000-07:00

Key features

Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
4" capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 854 pixel) resolution and scratch-resistant surface
16M-color ready (65K effective colors under Android OS v1.6)
Android OS v1.6 with complete Sony Ericsson UI customization
Timescape and Mediascape UI
Excellent social networking integration
Excellent build quality
Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU, OpenGL ES 2.0 support; 384 MB of RAM
8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, touch focus, image stabilization, geotagging, face and smile detection
WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) video recording @ 30fps
Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
1GB storage, microSD slot, bundled with an 8GB card
Accelerometer and proximity sensor
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
Document viewer
Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41) battery
Great audio quality

Main disadvantages

No DivX and XviD video playback
No smart dialing
Limited storage available to the user on the system partition (you are left with only 512 MB for installing apps)
No secondary video-call camera (or videocalling whatsoever)
No free GPS navigation solution
No Flash support for the web browser
No FM radio
An extra xenon flash would’ve made the very good camera perfect
Feeble loudspeaker

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 - X10a for Americas

SIZE
Dimensions 119 x 63 x 13 mm
Weight 135 g

DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 480 x 854 pixels, 4.0 inches
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Timescape/Mediascape UI

SOUND
Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes
3.5 mm audio jack

MEMORY
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 1 GB storage, 384 MB RAM
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, 8GB card included, buy memory

DATA
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

CAMERA
Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection
Video Yes, WVGA@30fps
Secondary No

FEATURES
OS Android OS 1.6
CPU Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Sensous Black, Luster White
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via third-party application
- Digital compass
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Facebook and Twitter integration
- Document viewer
- Voice memo

BATTERY
Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41)
Stand-by Up to 415 h (2G) / Up to 425 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 8 h (3G)

MISC
SAR US 0.87 W/kg (head) 0.81 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 1.25 W/kg (head)

HTC Legend

2010-05-17T21:48:00.000-07:00

Key features

Aluminum unibody design
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
3G with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA 2Mbps
Android OS v2.1 with latest Sense UI
3.2" capacitive AMOLED touchscreen of HVGA resolution
Qualcomm MSM 7227 600 MHz CPU, 384 MB RAM
5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and VGA@30fps video recording
Web browser comes with Flash support
Multi-touch zooming in gallery and web browser
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GPS receiver
Digital compass for automatic navigation of maps
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and turn-to-mute
Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP); File transfer over Bluetooth
Standard microUSB port for charging and data
Standard 3.5mm audio jack
FM Radio with RDS
microSD card slot with support for up to 32GB cards (2GB one included)
Tethering support right out-of-the-box
Social networking integration with Facebook and Twitter
Direct access to the official Android application repository

Main disadvantages

No video-call camera (or videocalling whatsoever)
No dedicated shutter key or lens cover
No TV-out port
No voice dialing
No DivX or XviD video support out of the box
Dodgy flash video support

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Full Specifications - From official Site

Physical
Dimensions: 112 x 56.3 x 11.5 mm
Weight:126 grams (4.44 ounces) with battery

Display

Type: AMOLED capacitive touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
Size: 3.2 inches
Resolution: 320 X 480 HVGA

Platform

Android™ 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense

Storage

ROM: 512 MBRAM: 384 MB
Expansion slot:

microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
Supports up to 32 GB

Power & Battery

Battery type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer or Lithium-ion batteryCapacity: 1300 mAhTalk time:

WCDMA: Up to 440 mins
GSM: Up to 490 mins

Standby time:

WCDMA: Up to 560 hours
GSM: Up to 440 hours

Camera

5 megapixel color camera
Auto focus and flash
Widescreen photo capture
Geotagging

Camera

5 megapixel color camera
Auto focus and flash
Widescreen photo capture
Geotagging

Connectors

3.5 mm stereo audio jack
Standard micro-USB
(5-pin micro-USB 2.0)

Internet

3G:Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed
Up to 2 Mbps upload speed
GPRS: Up to 114 kbps downloading
EDGE: Up to 560 kbps downloading
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g

Sensors

G-Sensor
Digital compass
Proximity sensor
Ambient light sensor

Bluetooth

Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
FTP and OPP (object push) for file transfer
Other supported profiles: AVRCP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, PBAP, SPP, Service Discovery Application Profile

Social Networking

Facebook™ integration
Friend Stream
Photo sharing on Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter
Video sharing on YouTube™
HTC Peep for twittering

Multimedia

Photos application for viewing photos and videos
Music
FM Radio
Audio supported formats:
Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma
Recording: .amr
Video supported formats:
Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv
Recording: .3gp

Location

Internal GPS antenna
Google Maps
HTC Footprints™

Recommended Windows System Requirements

Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, or Windows XP
HTC Sync

Special Features

Automatically lowers the ringer volume as soon as the phone is picked up
Mutes the ringer when the phone is flipped face down
Backs up certain data and settings to the microSD card automatically, such as SMS/MMS messages, bookmarks, and Wi-Fi passwords

Nokia N8

2010-05-17T02:22:00.000-07:00

Technical Specs

Developer Platform Symbian^3
Operating System Symbian OS
Screen Resolution 360 x 640

General

Development Technologies

Flash
Java
Open C/C++
python
Qt
Symbian C++
Web Runtime

Screen Resolution 360 x 640
Screen Color Depth 24 bit
Screen Size 3.5
Display Technology OLED
Device Size 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm
Volume 86 cc
Weight 135 g
Input Method Touch Screen
Other Keys Camera Key
Lock Switch
Menu Key
Power Key
Volume Keys
Frequency Bands GSM 1800
GSM 1900
GSM 850
GSM 900
WCDMA Band I (2100)
WCDMA Band II (1900)
WCDMA Band IV (1700/2100)
WCDMA Band V (850)
WCDMA Band VIII (900)
Data Bearers Dual Transfer Mode
EDGE Class B
EGPRS
HSDPA[1]
HSUPA[2]
WCDMA
Regional Availability Asia-Pacific, CHINA, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America
CPU Count Single CPU
CPU Type ARM 11
CPU Clock Rate 680 MHz
Graphics Processor 3D Graphics HW Accelerator with OpenGL-ES 2.0 support

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Extra Features

Accelerometer Sensor
Ambient Light Sensor
Compass
Files on OVI
Flight Mode
FOTA Firmware over the Air
FOTI Firmware over the Internet
Handsfree Speaker
Magnetometer Sensor
Ovi Maps 3.0
Ovi Music
Ovi Store
PictBridge
Proximity Sensor
Stereo FM RDS Radio
Still Image Editor
Themes
TV Out[1]
GPS Features A-GPS
Notes 1 TV-out via HDMI and composite.

Browser, Flash and Web Runtime

Browser Details HTML 4.1
HTML over TCP/IP
OSS Browser
WAP 2.0
XHTML over TCP/IP
Flash Technology Flash Lite 4.0
Flash Lite Features Flash Video
Web Runtime Web Runtime 7.2

Multimedia

Camera Resolution 4000 x 3000
CMOS Sensor 12.0 Megapixel
Camera Digital Zoom 2 x
Camera Focal length 28 mm
Camera F-Stop/Aperture f/2.8
Camera Focus range 10 cm to infinity
Camera Image Formats JPEG/Exif
Camera Features Auto Exposure, Auto Focus, Carl Zeiss Optics, Exposure Compensation, Full Screen Viewfinder, Geotagging, Red-Eye Reduction, Self Timer, Xenon Flash
Video Recording Resolution 1280 x 720
Video Recording Frame Rate 25 fps
Video Digital Zoom 3 x
Video Recording Formats H.263[1], H.264/AVC[2], MPEG-4
Video Features Video Call
Video Editor
Video Player
Video Recorder
Video Sharing
Video Stabilization
Video Streaming
Video Playback Formats 3GPP formats (H.263), D-1, Flash Video, H.264/AVC[3], MPEG-4[4], RealVideo 10[5], VC-1, VP6, WMV 9
Video Playback Frame Rate 30 fps
Graphic Formats BMP, EXIF, GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG, JPEG 2000, MBM, OTA, PNG, TIFF, WBMP, WMF
Audio Features Audio Equalizer
Audio Recording AAC
Audio Streaming
Bluetooth Stereo
Dolby Digital Plus
FM Transmitter (88.1 - 107.9 MHz)
Loudness
Music Player
Stereo Audio Recording
Stereo Widening
Audio Formats AAC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, eAAC, eAAC+, EFR, FR, MP3, WMA
Secondary Camera Resolution 640 x 480
Secondary Camera F-Stop/Aperture f/2.8
Secondary Camera Focus range 20 cm to infinity
Secondary Camera Image Formats JPEG
Secondary Camera Video Recording Resolution 176 x 144
Secondary Camera Video Recording Frame Rate 15 fps
Secondary Camera Video Recording Format H.263

Memory Functions

Maximum User Storage 135 MB
Mass Storage Memory 16 GB
NAND Memory 512 MB
SDRAM Memory 256 MB
Memory Card type Micro SD
Memory Card Features Hot Swap
Maximum Memory Card Size 32 GB
Maximum Heap Size Unlimited
Maximum JAR Size Unlimited

Connectivity

Local Connectivity Bluetooth 3.0
Bluetooth Stereo Audio
HDMI Connector
Micro USB
MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol)
Nokia AV 3.5mm
USB 2.0 High-Speed
USB Mass Storage
USB OTG
Bluetooth Profiles A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, DUN, FTP, GAP, GAVDP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, OPP, PBAP, SAP, SPP
WLAN support 802.11b/g
802.11n
WAPI[1]
WEP
WPA
WPA2 (AES/TKIP)

Messaging

Messaging IM, MMS+SMIL, SMS
Messaging Features OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.3
Email Solutions Mail for Exchange
OMA E-mail Notification v1.0
Supported Email Protocols IMAP4, POP3, SMTP
Supported Document Formats Excel, PDF, Powerpoint, Word, Zip

Power Management

Power Management 2.0mm Charger Connector
USB Charging
Battery model BL-4D 3.7V 1200mAh
GSM Talk Time up to 12.0 hours
WCDMA Talk Time up to 5.8 hours
GSM Standby Time up to 16 days
WCDMA Standby Time up to 17 days
Video Playback Time up to 7.0 hours[1]
Video Recording Time up to 3.3 hours[2]
Video Call Time up to 2.6 hours
Music Playback Time up to 2 days
Navigation Time up to 6.6 hours
WLAN Browsing Time up to 9.0 hours

Sony Ericsson Vivaz

2010-05-17T00:46:00.000-07:00

Key features

3.2", 360x640 pixel 16,777,216 colour 16:9 nHD touchscreen (TFT)
8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, face and smile detection, geotagging and touch focus
HD 720p video recording @ 24fps with continuous auto focus
Symbian OS 9.4 S60 5th, topped with a custom-brewed homescreen and media menu
720 MHz CPU, PowerVR SGX dedicated graphics accelerator
Quad-band GSM support
3G with HSDPA 10.2Mbps and HSUPA 2Mbps support
Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
microSD card slot (up to 16GB, 8GB card in the box)
Built-in accelerometer
Turn-to-mute
TV out
Stereo FM Radio
microUSB and stereo Bluetooth v2.0
Web browser has full Flash support
Preinstalled Wisepilot navigation software
Office document viewer
Decent audio quality

Main disadvantages

No camera lens protection
Phone memory 75MB
No auto mode for the flash/video light
LED flash not powerful enough
The S60 5th edition UI isn't to the best in class standards
No proximity sensor sensor to lock the screen during a call
No DivX or XviD support out-of-the-box
No smart or voice dialing
No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
No stereo speakers
No digital compass (magnetometer)
Video calling uses only the main camera (no secondary one)

Full Specifications

Basic

Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1200 mAh
Standby time 430 hours
Talk time 13 hours

Calling

Vibrate alert Yes
Photo ID Yes
Ringtones MP3

Camera

Camera Yes
Megapixels 8.0 megapixels
Maximum photo resolution 3264x2448 pixels
Digital zoom Yes
Optical zoom No
Auto focus Yes
Flash Yes
Recording video Yes
Second (front) camera No

Messaging

SMS Yes
MMS Yes
T9 text function Yes
E-mail Yes
Internet browsing Yes

Entertainment

FM radio Yes
Java Yes
Audio player AAC, M4A, MP3, RA6, WAV, WMA
Video player 3GP, MP4, RV, WMV

Features

Add ringtones No
Organiser Organiser, QuickOffice document reader, Voice memo, Gesture control
Video call No
Other features 8GB memory included, Speakerphone, 3.5 mm audio jack, GPS with A-GPS support; Wisepilot navigation, Games, TV out, Google maps, Facebook and Twitter apps, YouTube, Picasa integration

Format

Weight 3.4 oz.
Dimensions (H x W x D) 4.2x2x0.5 in.