Showing posts with label Mobile Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mobile Review. Show all posts

Monday, February 4, 2013

Huawei 4Afrika (Brought by Huawei and Microsoft): Mobile Review

Microsoft and Huawei today unveiled a new Windows Phone designed specifically for Africa, one of the most rapidly-growing technology markets in the world. The phone, called the Huawei 4Afrika, is the first in a series of smart devices being custom developed for the continent and released as part of Microsoft’s sweeping new 4Afrika Initiative, which also kicked off today (5 Feb). Designed specifically as an affordable option for students, small businesses, developers, and first-time smartphone owners, the Huawei 4Afrika with Windows Phone 8 will make its debut later this month in seven countries: Angola, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and South Africa. It’s not only affordable but stylish—available in blue, red, black, and white.

Under the hood, the new phone is a variant of the Ascend W1, launched at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show. It sports a 4-inch 480 x 800 display, dual-core 1.2 GHz Snapdragon processor, front and rear-facing cameras, and 4GB of internal storage—all squeezed into a 10 millimeter-thin case. According to Huawei, the phone delivers a whopping 420 hours of standby time (that’s a tad over two straight weeks, folks) thanks to its built-in power-saving technology.

The phone also comes preloaded with custom apps created by African developers for African consumers and feature a market-specific store within the larger Windows Phone Store for downloading locally-relevant apps and content.

Maybe you’re wondering: Why Africa? As many observers have noted, interest and demand for smartphones and other enabling technologies is ramping up fast there. “We believe there has never been a better time to invest in Africa and that access to technology—particularly cloud services and smart devices—can and will serve as a great accelerator for African competitiveness,” Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International, noted today (05 Feb) in a statement. In addition, some analysts predict smartphones and other wireless devices will increasingly serve as the primary way most Africans access the Internet.

By the way, this isn’t the only Windows Phone making inroads in Africa. Windows Phone already has a strong presence in Africa with devices from HTC, Samsung, and Nokia. In fact, another part of this broad 4Afrika initiative is a joint Nokia and Microsoft customer training program in Kenya and Nigeria to help accelerate adoption of Nokia Lumia 510 and 620 phones. More than 90% of phones sold today in those markets are feature phones, so Microsoft and Nokia are teaming up to provide free in-store training for customers to help them get the most from their new Lumias and manage their new data plans.  

If you live in Africa and already own a Windows Phone, let us know what you think! Do comment!!

Source:
Windows Blog

Sunday, February 3, 2013

BlackBerry Z10: Mobile Review

HIGHLIGHTS


BlackBerry Hub


Stay in touch with a single swipe. Stay close to what's important and keep everything that matters to you in one place. Simply peek into the BlackBerry® Hub from any app with just a swipe, and flow effortlessly in and out of your messages and conversations.

BlackBerry Keyboard


A smarter way to type. The new touchscreen BlackBerry® Keyboard provides an effortless typing experience. It learns your writing style and suggests words to help you type faster, more accurately and with the least amount of effort. And if you tend to mistype certain letters, the keyboard will remember and subtly adjust to make sure you hit the right key.

BBM Video with Screen Share


Share and be seen. Switch your BBM™ chat to a BBM™ Video1 conversation and talk face-to-face with those that matter to you most. Use the new Screen Share feature to show photos, your browser, or review a business document together. You can even share the view from your camera. It’s an amazing new BBM experience for BlackBerry® 10 smartphones.

Camera with Time Shift mode

Create the perfect shot every time. Pinpoint and adjust elements of your picture to get the photo you want. Time Shift mode captures milliseconds before and after your photo—so you can scroll back on the dial to open one friend’s eyes and then forward to catch your other friend smiling, before combining it all to create the perfect picture.

FEATURES

BLACKBERRY REMEMBER

Create. Organize. Act. Managing a busy project? Planning this weekend's party? The BlackBerry Z10 has the tools you need to get things done on the move. Group relevant photos, lists, messages and web links into one place with BlackBerry® Remember – then sync tasks with your Microsoft® Outlook® calendar. Plus, with Documents To Go™ and Adobe® Reader® built in, you can update spreadsheets, documents and presentations on the move.

BLACKBERRY BALANCE

One device for work and play. Use your BlackBerry® Z10 smartphone for work, and access email, apps and documents without compromising your personal content. BlackBerry® Balance™ keeps your personal information separate and private from your work data. Switch between your profiles with one simple gesture.

INTELLIGENT CALANDER

Do more. Manage less. Spend less time managing schedules and tasks – BlackBerry® Calendar makes managing your busy schedule simple.
When you create a new appointment, BlackBerry Calendar suggests who to invite based on your existing events and who you invited last time. It will even show you friends’ recent messages and social updates – so instead of ‘How are you?’ you’ll know to say ‘How was your holiday?’

SUPER FAST BROWSING

Powerful, responsive, fast. Discover a BlackBerry® Browser with speed, simplicity, powerful page rendering and built-in sharing to your favorite social networks. Found something you want to show your friends? Send a link through email or post it to the social app of your choice – all it takes is a couple of gestures.

Over time, your BlackBerry smartphone remembers how you like to share – just another example of how BlackBerry® 10 adapts to you and fits your life.

TRUSTED SECURITY

Stay secure. You don’t want to worry about whether your stuff is safe. BlackBerry is famous for ensuring your messages, photos, apps and content stay private.
Plus, with built-in features like BlackBerry® Protect™, a lost or stolen smartphone doesn’t have to be the end of the world. You can simply lock or wipe your smartphone remotely so your data can’t be accessed.

SHARING MADE EASY WITH NFC

Share with a tap. Tap your smartphone against another NFC enabled BlackBerry® device to add a BBM™ contact, swap a photo, discover apps or even connect to a headset. Just choose what you want to share, then bring your smartphones together and BlackBerry® Tag will do the rest.

VOICE CONTROL

Turn words into action. Send a BBM™ message, schedule a meeting, update your social networks, or open an app when your hands are full – just by using your voice.
Voice Control recognizes natural speech patterns, so you can talk naturally and always be understood. You can use Voice Control anywhere you can type, so it’s easy to dictate a document, compose an email or search your smartphone.

EDITING AND SHARING PHOTOS

Capture every moment. Take great shots with the super-sharp 8MP camera, or switch to the front facing camera and be part of the scene. Crop, enhance and apply artistic filters, then use the Story Maker app to weave those moments together and create the perfect movie.
Display your masterpiece on the big screen for all to see. Simply connect to your TV via HDMI or tap 'Play on' to link wirelessly through DLNA. You can share with your social networks too just by using a few simple gestures.

SHARP RESPONSIVE DISPLAY

Beautiful display. See the world in stunning detail with the all-touch BlackBerry® Z10. Photos, videos, websites and apps all come alive on the large 4.2" touchscreen. With its razor-sharp 365 ppi display and new, thinner screen design, whatever you’re doing, you’ll enjoy a highly responsive and precise experience.

Apps & Media

BlackBerry® World™ now gives you access to more of what you love. Download apps, games, music, videos, books, magazines and more. Plus, the new BlackBerry World storefront gives you recommendations so it's easy to find something new.

SPECIFICATION


Specification
BlackBerry Z10
Internal storage
16GB
Touch display
4.2"
Rear camera
8MP
Ready
4GLTE
Resolution, Ppi
1280 x 768, 356
Talk time (3G)
Up to 10 hours
Standby time
Up to 13 days
Video recording
1080p HD
Memory card
MicroSD
Operating system
BlackBerry® 10
Get the full Specification at:

ACCESSORIES

BlackBerry Mini Stereo Speaker

Play music wirelessly from a Bluetooth® enabled smartphone, or take an important conference call on the run. With a light, clip-on design the BlackBerry® Mini Stereo Speaker can be worn on a bag strap or placed on a table.

BlackBerry Z10 Cases

Premium carrying solutions designed to protect and personalize your BlackBerry® Z10 smartphone
See more accessories at: Blackberry Accessries

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Sony Xperia V (Bond's Wetsuit): Mobile Review

It won't be long before those full-HD five-inchers start stealing the show and the older Xperia generation should be preparing for life in their shadow. It doesn't mean though that the Xperia V cannot hope for a good time.

We don't see why a phone with dual-core Krait and an LTE connectivity shouldn't enjoy life in the midrange. OK, the upper midrange - but the Xperia V isn't easily caught off guard. Of course, people are not as easily impressed today as, say, a year ago. Yet, a select few phones are willing to offer 1080p videos and 13MP stills, while putting an HD touchscreen at your fingertips.

And there's more to the Xperia V than that. It's more durable than your average smartphone without looking like an army bot. You should've figured it by now, what we have here is a dust and water-resistant Xperia T with 4G connectivity and a tad smaller screen. Oh, well they needed to make sure the wetsuit would still fit the user.

Key features

  • Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE support
  • 3G with 42.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
  • LTE Cat3 DL 100 Mbps UL 50 Mbps
  • 4.3" 16M-color capacitive LED-backlit Reality LCD touchscreen of 720p resolution (720 x 1280 pixels) with Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine 2; Scratch-resistant glass
  • Android OS v4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean coming up
  • IP57 certified for dust and water resistance, up to 1 meter immersion for 30 minutes
  • Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait CPU, 1 GB RAM, Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 chipset
  • 13 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging, Superior Auto mode
  • 1080p video recording @ 30fps with continuous autofocus and stereo sound
  • VGA front-facing camera
  • Wi-Fi a/b/g/n with DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct and hotspot
  • GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
  • 8GB of built-in storage, microSD card slot
  • microUSB port with MHL and USB-host support
  • Stereo Bluetooth v4.0
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • Voice dialing
  • Deep Facebook integration
  • PlayStation Certified, access to the PS Store
  • Accelerometer and proximity sensor
  • NFC connectivity

Main disadvantages

  • No JellyBean at launch
  • Relatively modest battery capacity
  • Video recording fails to impress
  • No hardware shutter key
  • Comes across as overpriced
Source:
GSMArena

Saturday, January 26, 2013

HTC Butterfly

Lead everyone in every way. The new HTC Butterfly is sure to make a lasting impression on the world’s first full HD 1080p, 5-inch screen. Its convenient front and rear cameras allow you to capture every moment in a flash. The front camera also comes with the widest angle f2.0 lens to capture more action. Plus, its driven by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Quad-Core S4 Pro, optimized for the fastest mobile experience.

The world’s first Full HD 1080p screen. A 5” super LCD 3 screen achieves maximum definition for the ultimate visual experience.

A front camera to rival most rear cameras Widest angle f2.0 front lens coupled with ground-breaking low light performance.

Quad Core power that’s miles ahead. Driven by the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 Pro, optimized for the fastest mobile experience.


General
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 2100

4G Network
LTE (market dependent)

SIM
Micro-SIM

Announced
2012, December

Status
Available. Released 2013, January
Body
Dimensions
143 x 70.5 x 9.1 mm (5.63 x 2.78 x 0.36 in)

Weight
140 g (4.94 oz)
Display
Type
Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size
1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch
Yes

Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 2


- HTC Sense UI 4+
Sound
Alert types
Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker
Yes

3.5mm jack
Yes


- Beats Audio sound enhancement
Memory
Card slot
microSD, up to 32 GB

Internal
16 GB (11 GB user available) storage, 2 GB RAM
Data
GPRS
Yes

EDGE
Yes

Speed
HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL

WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP

NFC
Yes

USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
Camera
Primary
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features
Simultaneous HD video and image recording


Geo-tagging, face and smile detection

Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps


Stereo sound rec., video stabilization

Secondary
Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps
Features
OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)


Upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)

CPU
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait

GPU
Adreno 320

Sensors
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

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

Browser
HTML5

Radio
TBD

GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS

Java
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colors
Black


- SNS integration


- Dropbox (25 GB storage)


- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic


- TV-out (via MHL A/V link)


- DivX/XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player


- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player


- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,


- YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk


- Organizer


- Document viewer/editor


- Photo viewer/editor


- Voice memo/dial/commands


- Predictive text input
Battery

Non-removable Li-Po 2020 mAh battery

Source:
GSMArenaHTC

 
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