The Samsung Galaxy S was recently launched globally. And I wouldn’t be surprise why it is getting the news coverage that it certainly deserves. It is a full-featured, technically advanced smartphone featuring a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen. If phones with AMOLED screen blew your mind away, wait till you see the Samsung Galaxy S’ Super AMOLED screen.

Aside from this, the Samsung Galaxy S runs on a 1GHz app processor. This simply means that app switching is a breeze and running these apps are as smooth as silk.

The Samsung Galaxy S is a super multimedia machine on the go capable of displaying HD video on its high-resolution screen.

While I was playing around with the Samsung Galaxy S, I couldn’t help but noticed it striking resemblance to the iPod Touch. Both devices have curvy edges and the silver undertones in front. Overall, the Samsung Galaxy S looks classic and the slightly smaller than the Xperia X10. However, the Xperia X10 has a more glossy appearance.

The Samsung Galaxy S runs Android 2.1, which is a good thing. Hopefully, update to Froyo 2.2 will be rolled out later this year.  With Android running, you’d have 7 home screen all in all to fill with Android apps. It also runs Samsung’s TouchWiz UI interface on top of Android.

Among its major features include:

• instant access to weather, news, stocks, and scheduler


• inter-device connectivity via DNLA technology


• can be used as a digital photo frame, table clock, calendar and music station


• Swype text input

And now for the Samsung Galaxy S’ specs:

• Android 2.1 OS


• 5MP camera with autofocus


• support for various media formats such as MP4, WMV, MP3 and more


• A-GPS


• Augmented Reality with Layar Reality Browser


• Wi-Fi, Bluetooth


• 2.5G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE)


• 3G (HSDPA 7.2mbps, HSUPA 5.76mbps)

Acer and Expansys has officially announced the availability of the Acer Stream this coming August 9. A high-end multimedia smartphone, the Acer Stream is a nice mobile device both in and out. Inside the smartphone are powerful features that optimized the phone for movie playback, music listening and web browsing. Outside is a well design form factor made from highly resistant materials

Feature-wise, the Acer Stream is in full steam with advanced features topbilled by a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED display boasting of 1.67 million bright color. Completing its superb display feature is an incredible contrast of 2000:1 that allows the phone to display clear images even in light condition.

For its connectivity features, the Acer Stream offers fast 3G connectivity at around 7.2mbps download speed. It also features Bluetooth and WiFi n.

Specs-wise, the Acer Steam features Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM which are both perfect for running Android 2.1 OS.

The Acer Steam allows you to record 720 HD videos and have it played back with Dolby Mobile quality sound, powerful bass and crystal clear clarity.

Other features of the Acer Steam include - a 5MP camera, integrated GPS, geotagging, HDMI port, and micro-SD card support. The Steam has three types of predictive keyboards, a smart dialer and redesigned contacts list.

With all those features, the Acer Stream will let you quickly start favorite apps in one touch, easily switch apps with the History panel, customize your phone and enjoy smooth animation and fine graphics.

The Acer Steam retails for £399 at Expansys.

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The New DROID Incredible also boasts of HTC’s latest Sense technology, a 7-panel home screen with interactive widgets, seamless integration with Exchange ActiveSync, access to Flickr and of course to the Android Market. What makes the DROID Incredible quite interesting is the fact that it will be loaded with Qualcomm’s 1GHz superfast Snapdragon processor - a first for Verizon Wireless phones. In addition, the DROID Incredible also happens to have an 8 megapixel camera, again another first among Verizon’s stable of smartphones.

Another great features to expect from the DROID Incredible are Verizon Wireless’ own mobile apps - NFL Mobile and Skype Mobile.

Other key features and specs of the DROID Incredible include - 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED capacitive touch screen, optical joystick, dedicated keys for home, menu, back and search functions, proximity sensor, light sensor, digital compass, integrated GPS, Wi-Fi, and 3.5 mm jack.

The DROID Incredible will be available for pre-order starting April 19 on Verizon Wireless website. It will arrive on Verizon brick and mortar shops on April 29. Price tag is at $199.99 with two-year service agreement.

Most notable feature of the Samsung Galaxy S is the “Smart Life” feature which utilizes your personal preferences to gather information online. Smart Life makes sure that you’d get the information you need wherever and whenever.

The Samsung Galaxy S also provides rich multimedia features courtesy of its 4-inch Super AMOLED display with MDNIe or mobile digital natural image engine which is usually found in Samsung LCD and LED TVs. This provide sharper and crisper viewing experience for photos, videos, and e-books.

With the Android OS running on the phone, the Samsung Galaxy S provides access to thousands of applications available at the Android Market including various Google mobile services such as Search, Gmail and Google Maps.

The Samsung Galaxy S also offers instant access to weather, news, stocks and scheduler, inter-device connectivity via DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) technology, enables use as a digital photo frame, table clock, calendar and music station, fast and easy way of inputing text on screen, apps to view and edit Microsoft Office 2007 docs, and smart alarm.

Others specs include - 5.0 mega-pixel Camera + VGA Video Telephony Camera, AGPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi. The Samsung Galaxy S is a 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz and 3G (HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps) : 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz smartphone.

The Motorola i1 boasts of a solid body construction that passed military specs for protecting against dust, shock, vibration and blowing rain. It was designed for users who sport a rugged lifestyle and working environment. The phone automatically syncs and integrates with office and personal information including your emails, calendar appointments and contacts. It also syncs with Microsoft Document Viewer and corporate synch for Word or Powerpoint files.

The phone also features both Android standard virtual keyboard and Swype virtual keyboards offering you a easy time when composing messages. It’s high 5 megapixel camera has flash, geo-tagging and panoramic features - providing your with crips photos and clear displays perfectly suited for its vibrant 3.1-inch HVGA screen. The phone also comes with a microSD card and the latest Opera Mini 5 browser that provide quick internet browsing on Nextel Network and Wi-Fi. Plus, the phone is Flash 8-enabled as well, thanks to the Android browser.

The Motorola i1 is slated for release this summer under various Sprint data plans including the Sprint Everything Data 450 plan with Any Mobile, AnytimeSM for only $69.99 per month, and the Sprint Business Advantage Messaging and Data PlanSM starting at $59.99 per month.

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Utilizing T-Mobile’s 3G network, the Nokia Nuron provides fast and dynamic web browsing. It’s key features include a 3.2-inch touch screen, Ovi Maps, AGPS, 3G and other features.

This smartphone offers a mobile solution that lets you make your way easily around town as well as download content and apps that will keep you entertained while on the move. It will also allow you to stay connected with friends and family through IM apps, SMS, persona and work e-mail as well as full HTML browsing capability.

The Nokia Nuron also comes packed with Ovi Maps which does not only provide you with turn-by-turn directions and navigation but also makes it easy for your to discover places to eat, concerts, movies and other Lonely Planet guides. It also lets you check the weather forecast as well as share your location through Facebook. The Nokia 5320 comes loaded with maps for the USA, Mexico, and Canada.

Other features of the Nokia Nuron 5320 include - 2MP camera for both still pictures and video capture, FM radio, media player, and 70 MB internal memory with support for microSD card.

The Nokia Nuron 5320 boasts of 7 hours GSM and 4 hours 18 mins WCDMA talk time, 438 hours GSM and 458 hours WCDMA stand by time.

The Nokia C5 also supports MySpace, various instant messaging tools and email accounts through its Ovi Mail service. But of course other email clients are also supported by the Nokia C5. The phone also features a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 2GB memory card, assisted navigation, location sharing, web browsing and applications that can be purchase from the Nokia Ovi Store.

This phone runs on S60 3rd edition mobile OS and also boasts of a bright 2.2-inch display. It also has a built-in stereo FM radio, 3.5mm AV connector, and stereo IHF speaker.

Design-wise, the Nokia C5 sports a small form factor with just over 12mm and 46mm across. It provides up to 12 hours talktime and standby time of up to 26 days.

The Nokia C5 is slated for a 2nd quarter 2010 release and will be available in white and warm gray. It will have an estimated price of around 135 Euro.

The Xperia X10 Mini Pro sports a slide out QWERTY keyboard that provides an open and intuitive communication entertainment experience. It was built on the human curvature design philosophy which was started in the Xperia X10.

The phone runs on Android Platform which means you’ll have access to various mobile apps through the Android market. It’s homescreen is highly customizable using widgets.

An interesting feature of the Xperia X10 Mini Pro is Timescape. It’s actually a proprietary Sony Ericsson mobile app that lets you see text messages, missed calls, Facebook and Twitter updates in one interface. It also has an interactive music player with “infinite button” that brings together all your music content from the music store and YouTube.

The Xperia X10 Mini Pro is also packed with a 5MP camera with video capture and sharing features, autofocus, geotagging, photo and video light and album application.

Other specs and features include - TFT Touchscreen Display, Bluetooth, WiFi, microSD card support, 128MB internal memory, 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 Processor, up to 4 hours GSM/GPRS talk time and 285 hours standby time, 3.5 hours at UMTS and 360 hours standby time.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro support HSPA 900/2100 and EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA 850/1900/2100 and EDGE 850/900/1800/1900. It will available in Black and Red design sometime in Q2.

The Motorola Quench also supports Adobe Flash lite complementing its 3.1-inch high-resolution touchscreen display. It also provides full syncing support of contacts, post, messages, photos and more from your social networking services such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and work and personal email as well as last.FM. Updates from these services are automatically delivered to the phone’s home screen.

Another exciting feature of the Motorola Quench is the Swype technology which makes it easier to enter text messages, allowing you to reply to text messages quickly. And with MOTOBLUR, the Motorola Quench keeps happenings, messages, news feeds and more readily available for browsing and responding on its customizable home screen. The phone’s contact information such as email addresses, profile pictures and phone numbers are automatically synced whenever you change them online.

The Motorola Quench also features pinch and zoom capabilities, and a front-facing centrally-located touch pad.

Other features of the Motorola Quench include - a connected media player, music search feature, streaming FM radio, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash, voice-activated search, access to the Android market, 3G, Wi-Fi, aGPS, and stereo Bluetooth1.

The Motorola QUENCH is slated for a first quarter 2010 release worldwide. It will be called the Motorola CLIQ XT in the U.S. under T-Mobile.

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With the release of the Cookie Plus, LG hopes to establish a new line phones that will push what they’ve started with the Cookie mobile phone series. Hence, the LG Cookie Plus is not only a social, enjoyable and affordable touchscreen handset but it has also become a better phone with improved graphical user interface and social networking connectivity.

The LG Cookie Plus will let you stay connected with your friends on both Facebook and Twitter through its unique peer management app called LiveSquare. This app adds a visual dynamic and interactive dimension to staying connected with your social networking friends.

The LG Cookie Plus also features editable screenshot MMS which will let you capture web images that you can edit and send later on. It is aslo a good social communication solution with animate UI and colorful theme options to give you customization and personalization capability.

Another nice feature of the LG Cookie is its widget and pocket app including weather app that is preinstalled on the device. The mobile phone also sports a 3MP camera with digital zoom, MPEG4 video and MP3 audio playback plus an FM Tuner.

Expect the LG Cookie Plus to hit store shelves worldwide sometime in the coming months. It will be initially rolled in France and Italy before international release follows.

The Motorola Devour features a robust contacts syncing feature for both work and personal e-mail servies including G-mail. It will allow users to posts, send instant messages, upload photos and other contents to social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. What’s so good about this Motoblur feature is that media contents are sent directly to the Devour’s home screen and fed as an easy-to-manage streams.

The Motorola Devour is also packed with great smartphone features including a 3.1-inch capacitive touch screen, touch sensitive navigation pad, pre-loaded apps including Gmail, GTalk, YouTube, Google Search and Google Maps, direct access to the Android market, automatic pushing of status updates through widgets, an 8GB microSD card, Bluetooth, and a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard.

The phone also allows home screen customizations with e-mail and social network messages. These contents are automatically backed up as well on a secure Motoblur portal. The phone also has aGPS which can be used to track down the phone in case it got lost or misplaced.

The Motorola Devour is available through Verizon’s Nationwide Talk or Nationwide Talk and Text plans with pricing that starts from $39.99 monthly access to $59.99.

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The Sony Ericsson Aspen combines touch features and a real QWERTY keyboard that allows you to do multitasking activities. It also lets you organize the phone’s panels as well use Slide view to have quick access to the phone’s most commonly used features.

The phone also lets you view and edit office files or access the internet easily with one-touch operation. It’s QWERTY keyboard provides fast and easy typing experiences, and it even has Microsoft MyPhone service which remotely erases your phone’s data in case you lost the phone.

In addition, the Sony Ericsson Aspen also features MediaBrowser and PlayNow that lets you access social networks and media files. a-GPS, Google Maps and a 3.2 megapixel camera add to the phones rich features.

Other specs and features of the Sony Ericsson Aspen include - 2.4-inch TFT QVGA screen, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity features, microSD card slot, 10 hours talk time (GSM/GPRS), 450 hours standby time (GSM/GPRS), up to 8 hours talktime and 600 hours standby time (UMTS).

The sony Ericsson Aspen supports HSPA 900/2100 and EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, HSPA 850/900/2100 and EDGE 850/900/1800/1900.

It will be available Q2 in Iconic Black and White Silver.

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Key features of the Sony Ericsson Hazel phone include - quality voice feature through noise shield, clear voice and intelligent volume adaptation, natural fit form factor, secure back up over the air, easily switch to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, aGPS, Google Maps, Google Search, and 10 days free weather forecast with Accuweather. The Hazel phone also has a 5.0 megapixel camera with autofocus, geotagging, and face detection features.

Technical specs include - 2.6-inch TFT screen, 280MB internal memory, memory card support, 10 hours talk time, and 430 hours standby time.

The Sony Ericsson Hazel phone runs on GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 and HSPA 2100/900 networks. It will be in Q2 2019 in black and passionate rouge colors.

There you go folks. Google has finally launched the first real Google Phone so to speak - Nexus One. We can now lay all rumors, photo leaks, unofficial information as Google formally unveils what could possible pose as a real threat to the iPhone. The Nexus One runs on Android 2.0, features a 5MP autofocus camera, AGPS, and all the standard features that you normally find with the usual smartphones in its class.

Design-wise, Nexus One is what you could probably expect from another HTC manufactured smartphone and it definitely looks a lot like the iPhone. It has a touchscreen display occupying the full front of the phone without any physical keyboard. It is thin at only 11.5 mm thickness, and light at 130 grams.

While the iPhone only have one functional touch button that does everything, the Nexus One has four of them - back, menu, home, search. In addition, it also has a navigation trackball, power and volume controls.

One of the best feature of the Nexus One is of course its capacitive touchscreen measuring 3.7-inch and with 480×800 resolution. It’s definitely way better than the iPhone’s 480×320 display.

For the full technical features and specs of Nexus One, we got the following - Qualcomm QSD 8250 1GHz processor, Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair), 5 MP camera with autofocus from 6cm to infinity, 2x digital zoom, LED Flash and geotagging, video capture at 20fps, 512 flash memory and 512MB of RAM, AGPS, accelerometer, haptic feedback, digital compass.

The Nexus One’s standby time is at 290 hours on 2G and 250 hours on 3G, while talktime is up to 10 hours on 2 G and 7 hours on 3G.

UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900), HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 2Mbps, GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, A2DP stereo Bluetooth complete its cellular and wireless features.

The Nexus One is available now at http://google.phone/ at various pricing schemes.

The Samsung Corby features simple and easy to use user interface via Samsung’s Touchwiz. It also has a haptic feedback system that allows you to customize the Corby phone with applications and widgets available at the Samsung widgets store.

For controls and menu navigation, the Samsung Corby has a nice “one finger zoom” feature that allows you to zoom in-and-out using your finger. It also lets you unlock the phone by drawing a letter on the screen. Since this phone is geared for the younger crowd, the Samsung Corby features the simple Pop-up SNS (Social Networking Service) notification feature that lets you update your status as well as access your friends’ updates on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. The Samsung Corby also supports YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and other SNS sites.

The Samsung Corby comes in several funky colored covers - yellow, orange, pink, white as well as fashion jackets with patter design cover and standard black cover. These covers are interchangeable so you can mix and match it with what you are wearing at the moment.

For specs, the Samsung Corby features the following:

• 2.8-inch QVGA TFT LCD Full Touch Screen


• 2MP CMOS camera


• H.263, MP#G4, WMV video support


• FM Radio with RDS


• USB 2.0, Bluetooth Connectivity


• 50MB Internal Memory + microSD slot

Motorola is introducing the Android platform to the Korean market as the company unveiled the MOTOROI smart phone running on Android 2.0. MOTOROI boasts of effortless pinch-and-zoom browsing, cinematic navigation through music, videos and maps of the world. It also allows users to use multiple apps at the same time.

With Android 2.0 running, MOTOROI will Koreans access to thousands of Android-based applications which are continually growing, thanks to Android developers and the Android’s openness as well. The MOTOROI features a huge 3.7-inch, high-definition WVGA display in 480×854 resolution. This allows easier way to view full page websites, videos, games and photos. This display features touch user interface and a capacitive touch sensor that allows smooth flipping and scrolling of the screen. The MOTOROI also has five main display allowing you to customize its menu with various widgets.

Since it is an Android phone, the MOTOROI is capable of delivering Google’s mobile services as well as providing high-speed web browsing. It supports up to eight browser windows and lets you use various Google mobile services such as Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk and more.

Other features of the MOTOROI include - 8 megapixe camera with Xenon Flash and 720p HD camcorder. Its camera also features panorama, face detection, multi-shot, face filter, red eye reduction, camera shake prevention and many more. The MOTOROI also features HDMI allowing you to playback HD video from your phone directly to your HDTV. It also has an MP3 player, 3.5mm jack, 8GB internal storage and microSD support for storage expansion.

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The Sony Ericsson Vivaz is a full featured smartphone with great features such as a high resolution camera that lets you capture video in HD quality. It has a dedicated video key that lets you shoot video quickly with continous auto focus.

This phone also lets you review video content in standby panel or online via Wi-Fi on its 3.2 inch touch enabled widescreen display. You can also upload your videos to YouTube and Picasa directly over Wi-Fi. And since uploading takes time, you can let the uploading run in the background and use the phone for other purposes.

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz is also an open platform handset so you can personalize it with entertainment content and other applications that you can find from PlayNow and Symbian Developer Community.

Design-wise, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz boasts of a design that can be attributed to what Sony calls as human curvature. The design was made to mirror the shape of the human body while at the same deliver a precise and compeling phone interaction.

Here’s a quick rundown of the Sony Ericsson Vivaz’ features and specs:

• easy access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter


• 8.1 megapixel camera with face and smile detection


• Sony Ericsson Media Player


• 3.2-inch touch enabled widescreen display


• aGPS


• supports UMTS HSPA 900/2100 and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSPA 850/1900/2100 and EDGE 850/900/1800/1900.

Google Nexus One Design and Form Factor

Knowing fully well that I’m probably among the first owners of the Nexus One in the country where I am located, you can just imagine how proud I am when showing the Nexus One to my friends and co-workers. I’ve got mixed reactions. But those who are tech savvy enough usually comment on how beautiful the Nexus One’s form factor and design is as compared to the iPhone. And I couldn’t help but agree with them. Don’t get me wrong here. I loved the iPhone’s design and form factor when I first got hold of it. But after two years of using the iPhone, I felt the same thing when I got hold of the Nexus One. The Nexus One emits a sense of geekiness while the iPhone now gives me a sense of fun and entertainment.

The Google Nexus One is lighter than the iPhone but thicker by a small bit. I’ve seen several HTC manufactured phones before but none of them appealed to me than when I saw the Google Nexus One. The Nexus One’s body is composed of two different materials - a metallic bezel surrounding the front and side of the phone and a rubbery material that serve as battery cover and the bottom part of the phone. Gripping the phone with your hand is a pleasant experience thanks to its thin form factor and its curvy shape.

On the face of the Nexus One are five basic buttons, unlike the iPhone’s one-button interface. The five buttons include a trackball which is actually pretty useless except when it blinks when something is happening on your phone while on standby-mode. It’s not really useful as a scrolling device since you can practically use the Nexus One’s touch screen feature to scroll. The other four buttons are - for navigating to the Homescreen, back, menu and search. All buttons have haptic feedback when you tap on them. But don’t get your hopes so high for this button as most of the time they don’t respond well. iPhone’s touch control between the Nexus One in this department.

At the back of the Nexus One you can find the camera and the LED Flash, the Google trademark and the HTC brand. On the left side of the phone is the volume control while on the bottom side is the USB port.

Overall, Google (or HTC) has managed to come up with a well designed smartphone worthy of competing against the iPhone. Make no mistake both smartphones are great looking in their own rights. Putting the Nexus One beside my iPhone 3GS makes it look more the male while the iPhone as the female.

Google Nexus One Software - the Android Experience

With the latest Android OS 2.1 running as its OS, Google managed to come up with a robust mobile phone platform that may not be more revolutionary than the iPhone but is definitely at par with it. One thing you’ll quickly noticed when using the Nexus One is its speed, especially if you are on Wi-Fi. Downloading apps from the Android Market is a breeze through Wi-Fi, faster than when downloading apps from the iTunes Apps Store on the iPhone.

Android OS 2.1 may not have offered something different than what the iPhone is currently offering but it is certainly a great mobile phone OS in its own right.

Now, when friends ask me what’s the difference between the iPhone and the Google Nexus One aside from their looks, I always cite one answer - the Nexus One’s Voice command capability. Whether it’s the voice-to-text function or voice-enabled searching. Don’t get me wrong here, these features are far from perfect and I have personally experienced inconsistency when transcribing what I’ve spoken but it’s still fun and exciting how the Nexus One recognizes and transcribes what I want to say when composing SMS. It’s the coolest feature that I know of the Nexus One so far.

Another notable feature of the Google Nexus One is the live wallpaper. It’s pretty cool but useless and just eat up your phone’s precious battery life. Those who prefer usability over eye-candy will definitely find this as a negative feature of the phone but for those who don’t mind this feature definitely rocks.

When viewing applications you can either view it similar to how the iPhone apps look or via a more organized grid-like manner that displays in 4×4 arrangement on your phone’s screen.

Of course, you all know that the Nexus One also features a virtual keyboard like the iPhone. And if you’re fond of texting, this is very important. To be straight about it, I have more luck with typing the correct words on the iPhone than on the Nexus One. The keys on Nexus One’s virtual keyboard are placed so close to each other so much so that those with bigger fingers would often find it a pain to type messages. It’s a good thing that I don’t send SMS messages often, so I won’t have to deal with this problem most of the time. A quick fix would have to be downloading another virtual keyboard at the Android market.

Overall, software-wise, the Nexus One is also short of introducing something new and revolutionary into the market. Most if not all of its features are already with the iPhone and other touch-screen smartphones, except of course for the voice-enabled commands.

Other Important Information that You Should Know about the Nexus One

Very important - how’s the Nexus One’s battery performance? Quite surprisingly that Nexus One’s battery performance is pretty good. It could last you one whole day of normal use. This if of course pretty standard among smartphones with touchscreen features. If I have to compare it with the iPhone’s battery performance, the iPhone wins for a good couple of hours more.

Camera features - With a 5 megapixel camera, the Nexus One takes pretty decent shots. Nothing exemplary but good enough for what it is capable of given its extent. Of course it beats the iPhone’s camera in terms of resolution and output. But the one thing it failed to beat though is the iPhone’s camera speed and touch to focus feature. The Nexus One’s camera is slow. Perhaps an Android update would make it faster later on. But then, it’s the main reason while you would want to have this phone, anyway.

Photo Gallery - I believe the Nexus One’s photo gallery uses Cooliris. So there’s some coolness factor into it. Not as great as the iPhone’s photo gallery of course but is good enough to make it different from other mobile phones.

Other items not covered by this review - Media Playback (I have to put this feature into a test).

Conclusion

When rumors leaked out about the Nexus One, expectations were high over the fact that it is a Google Phone. Now that it’s out in the open, did Google meet these expectations? It varies from every user. As for me, I am more than happy with my Google Nexus One. I wasn’t really expecting too many features that my iPhone 3GS could not do. In fact, I wasn’t expecting it to be an iPhone killer. But now that I’ve used it for a couple of days, I would have to say that it is NOT AN IPHONE KILLER, but more of an iPhone rival.

The question is, if you’re an iPhone owner, should you replace your phone with the Google Nexus One? Definitely not. Unless of course you’re tired of using your iPhone anymore.If you’re not an iPhone user and would like to use an Android phone, you might as well get the Nexus One instead of the other Android phones. Why? For the simple reason that it is a Google phone, and Android happens to be a Google platform.

If own an iPhone and you have the money to get another smartphone just for the heck of it, go visit http://google.com/phone and get your unit now. You certainly won’t regret it.

The Palm Pre Plus lets you run multiple apps at once as well as view websites and watch videos in widescreen display. It has a sliding keyboard and lets you view personal events or contacts together in one simple view.

Of course in the heart of the Palm Pre Plus is the Palm webOS, an itntuitive operating system which was designed around the web and how you an easily use it. The Palm Pre Plus lets you stay connected to various web-based information including Microsoft Outlook email addresses, Google calendar events and more.

Another noteable feature of the Palm Pre Plus is its large, bright touchscreen display which is perfect for watching videos, viewing websites or flipping through photos. It also allows you to easily charge the phone via the Touchstone Charging Dock.

For a quick rundown of the Palm Pre Plus features, here’s what you’re going to get - integrated IM, SMS and MMS, built-in GPS, 3 megapixel camera with LED flash, extended depth of field and geotagging features, accelerometer, ambient light and proximity, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g with WPA, WPA2 and WEP authentication, 16GB of RAM, USB mass storage support, 5.5 hours talkt time and 350 hours standby time.

The Palm Pre Plus will be available on January 25 at all Verizon Wireless outlets.

Following the success of the DROID, Motorola is releasing its latest Android phone - the BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR. The Motorola BackFlip is said to combine the social and personalization features of the MotoBlur and the multitasking features of a smartphone. To be released in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia in Q1 2010, The Motorola BackFlip features a unique reverse flip design and a QWERTY keyboard which is most useful for reading e-mails, texts, news feeds, social network messages.

The Motorola BackFlip’s MotoBlur content delivery service enables you to make your phone more personalized and social. It allows you to sync contacts, posts, messages, photos and other information from your social networking accounts. Motoblur supports Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, personal email accounts and LastFM.

Aside from a high-resolution 3.1-inch HVGA screen, the Motorola BackFlip also features the BackTrack technology which makes it easy for you to navigate quickly and easily through the phone’s menus and features. The BackTrack can be accessed from the side of the phone, making it easy for you to scroll through photos, music and other media content.

The Motorola BackFlip can also used in the reverse-flip, tabletop mode - perfect when you are listening to music or watching videos.

Other features of the Motorola BackFlip include - full HTML browser, 3G connectivity, WiFi access, access to Android Market, 5MP camera with flash, access to photo sharing site for directly uploading your photos, aGPS, and stereo Bluetooth. Talk and Standby Time are pegged at 6 hours and 350 hours respectively.

The Motorola BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR is a WCDMA 850/1900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 phone.

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HTC Smart is powered by HTC’s proprietary technology called HTC Sense - focusin gon three mobile core areas - Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected.  It allows you to fully personalized the phone and gives quick and easy access to your friends activities on various social networks or through text messaging and email.

This new smartphone from HTC features the Qualcomm Brew MP, enabling the HTC Smart to offer the phone to a more affordable price point.

HTC Smart also comes with Scenes which is actually different configurations for the phones to represent the mood you are currently having. Scenes allows you to personalize the HTC Smart depending ont he current situation. For example there is a Scene that you can use on weekdays as well as Scenes during special occasion.

Technical specs of the HTC Smart include - 300MHz processor, Brew Mobile Platform OS, 256MB of RAM, 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch sensitive screen with QVGA resolution, HSDPA/WCDMA, Bluetooth 2.0 with enhanced data rate and A2DP for Wireless stereo headsets, 3.0 MP camera with fixed focus and flashlight, audio and video playback capability for various formats, microSD memory card slot.

The HTC Smart allows 370 minutes talk time for WCDMA and up to 450 minutes for GSM. Stand by time is up to 600 hours WCDMA and 450 hours GSM.