Posts Tagged ‘Smartphones’

Motorola Droid Cell phone

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

While searching for some information on latest gadgets and cell phones, I found this tech blog-onlygizmos- that had everything varying from announcement of new gadgets being launched to {detailed reviews|reviews} of cell phone handsets. And it was on this blog, I read about a new launch (so to be made) of Motorola cell phone.

Okay. Without much delay, let me tell the news to all the cell phone freaks that Motorola is going to launch a new touch screen handset – Motorola Droid.Well, it is being speculated that this phone is surely in those “iPhone killer” types.

Here goes a piece from the blog post:

“This is an exciting announcement for Verizon Wireless, as the Droid by Motorola is the first device that we are bringing to market under our ground-breaking strategic partnership with Google,” said John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless. “Droid by Motorola gives customers a lifestyle device with access to more than 12,000 applications that will help them stay in touch, up to date and entertained, using the best 3G network in the country.”

Features of the New Motorola Droid Handset Are:     
·    3.7“, 480 x 854, TFT capacitive touch screen
·    Android OS, V2.0
·    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
·    HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
·    Accelerometer sensor
·    Full QWERTY keyboard with 5-way navigation key
·    16GB internal memory further expandable through microSD
·    Wi-Fi 802.11
·    Bluetooth, V2.0 with A2DP
·    microUSB v2.0
·    5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
·    ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz processor
·    A-GPS support, Google Maps Navigation
·    3.5 mm audio jack

Quite a number of features. But let’s see what it is like when Motorola Droid is actually out launched and if it can really work in the market. For detailed information about the phone and its release date, read the comlpete post on the Motorola Droid Coming To Verizon On Nov 6.

Smartphones:Palm Pre, Nokia N97 And iPhone

Sunday, December 6th, 2009

The month of June was determining phase in the world of technology, more precisely Smartphones.There were three Smartphones launched in the market – Palm Pre, Nokia N97, iPhone 3GS. Subsequent to the introduction of these phones, there was a lot of talk about which Smartphone is better? And even after three months, the doubt carries on. So, here is an informative blog post with complete study of all the three super gadgets. 

From the blog:

Palm Pre:

There are millions out there who wish an iPhone plus Blackberry merger and Pre does it better than the Blackberry Storm. Touch devices are buzzing and it’s a wonderful way to use any technology. Pre gets the best of touch and physical with an awesome OS/UI.

Nokia N97:

Certainly an aim by Nokia to tap the touch market and indeed make this an iPhone killer.N97 brings in extreme features with 32GB+16GB storage; 5MP camera with DVD quality video recording and live widgets on the home screen to provide better web experience. There is a sideways sliding QWERTY resembles the E90 design once open. While the 5800 did extremely well on the price point, the N97 is Nokia’s effort to serve the power users.

iPhone 3GS:

Apple redefined Smartphones with 2 things. 1) Multi-touch / full touch interfaces 2) The App Store. These were 2 masterstrokes in 2 years. Super hit, no doubt! Apple manages to offer a unique powerphone feel with the iPhone, its own charm, own followers! But here is where the iPhone goes down and down badly. Regular Smartphone users would find it highly hard to adjust to Apple’s style. No Bluetooth  transfer, no USB mass storage, no physical keypad/QWERTY, no camera flash, proprietary chargers, cables etc. However with an amazing OS v3.0, superb games, hardware bump, video recording and even stronger web integration with wireless goodies, Apple manages to pull in its media lovers.