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By October 13, 2009 Read More →

N900: Video Unboxing

 

The Nokia N900 was the stand-out device from Nokia World back in September, and we’ve been tracking the Maemo 5 smartphone ever since.  Imagine our surprise, then, when a pre-release N900 dropped onto the SlashGear test bench today; the hardware is final, so the 5-megapixel autofocus Carl Zeiss camera is onboard, together with HSPA, WiFi b/g, a 3.5-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

 

 

The Nokia N900 is currently available to preorder in the US and UK, priced at $649 and at £499 respectively. Early suggestions give a October 19th release, though Nokia UK are currently suggesting the N900 won’t arrive until November 2009.

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By October 12, 2009 Read More →

Sony Ericsson W395 Review

The Sony Ericsson W395 was first announced back in February this year and is part of the Walkman family. Is it a worthy music device though?

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W395

What’s in the box:

  • Handset
  • Battery
  • Charger
  • USB Cable
  • Headphones
  • Manual/Warranty

 

Sony Ericsson W395 Specification:

 

  • Dimensions – 96 x 47 x 14.9mm
  • Weight – 96g
  • Display TFT 256 colours
  • Speakerphone with stereo speakers
  • Internal Memory – 10mb
  • External Memory – Memory stick micro, up to 4Gb
  • GPRS
  • Edge
  • Bluetooth V2 with A2DP
  • Camera – 2MP
  • Video Recording
  • SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, IM
  • Browser – WAP/2.0 xHTML, HTML (openwave), RSS Reader
  • Radio – Stereo FM with RDS
  • Games
  • Java
  • Battery – Stand-by up to 480 hrs, Talk Time up to 8 hours.

 

General:

 

The top of the W395 contains only the memory card slot.

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Top

On the left is just the Charging port.

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Left Side

The right hand side houses the up/down volume rocker and also the camera key.

W395-right

Right Side

The back of the device has only the camera as a feature but it also has some nice logos!

W395-back

Back Side

The front of the device is where the action is at.

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Front

 

Highlights:

  • Easy to use
  • Lightweight
  • Flashing Purple Light!

 

Lowlights:

  • No 3G/Wi-Fi
  • Bad music sound Quality

 

Review:

To be honest I have never been a huge fan of Sony Ericssons but that doesn’t mean I wont give this device a honest review. The handset certainly feels nice in the hand, extremely lightweight and well balanced when in its open position. Build quality feels reasonable although the battery cover does feel a little flimsy.

The keys on the front of the device are nice and easy to use. They are evenly spaced making light work of finding the one you want without looking at the device. The centre key is surrounded by a D-Pad which has a nice purple light set behind it. Looks great in the dark!

As expected there are dedicated music keys. The one on the top left takes you straight into your music folder to allow you to choose a track and the other music key, bottom left, drops you into the music player itself. The music quality using the stereo speakers is certainly loud and of not bad quality. The purple light flashes when music is played, cool! With the headphones plugged in I was a bit disappointed. The quality was not great. In fact it was worse than most other phones I have tried and that’s a lot! Considering this is meant to be a music device its a bit of a poor show. The headphones may contribute to the bad sound but as Sony Ericsson insist on using there own USB connecter thingy I could not try the device with my own headphones. Also the headphone connector is massive and adds a good bit of bulk to the width of the device. Pretty flashing lights though!

For those of you that like to listen to the radio on a mobile device you wont be disappointed as the W395 has one and it works fine, although the sound quality isn’t great.

The camera was to be as expected, not great. With no flash low light images are a no no.

Text messaging was fairly painless. The number pad on the phone is nice. The buttons are raised in the centre and dip on the edges to help guide you across them when speed texting.

Connectivity is a bit limited. No 3G or Wi-Fi means web browsing is slow and using the browser on the device felt like I had gone back in time about five years.

There are some quite nice applications in the organizer section. The calendar is decent and creating events is simple. As expected there is also an alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, tasks and calculator.

One feature that I wasn’t expecting to find on this device was flight mode. Good job Sony Ericsson – the kids can play there music on the plane.

 

Conclusion:

Overall I think the target market for this device is most defiantly children. If having never owned a mobile before then this is not a bad choice. At under £60.00 on pay as you go its reasonable and it must be popular as I found it for sale with all four major UK networks.

My main overall reservations about the W395 were that it just felt a bit dated and although its a Walkman phone the music quality was not what I expected. I’m sure you get what you pay for and it just happens to be that this is a low end device.

Posted in: Reviews
By October 12, 2009 Read More →

Blackra1n now available

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Geohot’s done it again! Beating the iPhone Dev Team to the punch, he’s just released an iPhone 3.1.2 jailbreak dubbed as blackra1n that not only works on the iPhone 3G S, but all versions of the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s even compatible with the 3G iPod Touch though tethered. To boot it, you’ll have to rerun blackra1n again. This time around, it’s Mac users turn to be left in the dark as this maiden version of blackra1n only works with Windows. Geohot also reasserts the warning issued by the iPhone Dev Team for all those who have unlocked their iPhones – don’t upgrade to firmware 3.1.2 using iTunes. Once you’ve done this, the baseband can no longer be downgraded, and in effect, cannot be unlocked anymore.

So, are you ready to take this iPhone 3.1.2 blackra1n jailbreak for spin? If you do muster up the courage to try this out, don’t forget to hit us up in the comments section below as we’d certainly love to hear your take on this latest iPhone jailbreak.

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By October 11, 2009 Read More →

Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani

GSMarena have acquired some nice photos of the new Giorgio Armani phone from Samsung.

The Samsung B7620 is the third device released in the Armani range and is targeted at those designer business types to look cool with there expensive suits!

B7620

B7620
 

The device itself is the colour gold which is defiantly different but in the designer world it needs to stand out. Apart from the colour it actually looks quite a nice phone. 

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B7620 beside Omnia Pro B7610

As you will see in the above picture the B7620 seems to be based on the New Omnia Pro 7610 and has some nice specs to match:

  • HSDPA 7.2Mbps
  • Slide out and tilt QWERTY
  • 3.5 inch AMOLED screen
  • Windows Mobile 6.5 with Touch Wiz UI
  • 8Gb internal storage with extenal memory up to 16Gb
  • 5MP Camera with auto focus and dual LED flash
  • Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with A2DP, A-GPS and TV-Out
  • 1500 mAh Battery

The B7620 has a few specs which are better than the Omnia Pro, such as 8Gb internal memory compared to 1Gb in the Omnia. Also the screen tilts like on the HTC Touch Pro2, nice!

Although prices are not confirmed yet I would imagine that sim free this device will be about £700.00 which seems a lot to pay just because Giorgio Armani designed it. Each to there own though!

 

Posted by: James

Posted in: News
By October 11, 2009 Read More →

T3’s Windows Mobile 6.5 round up

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T3 has been working for a while on group test of four of the most popular Windows Mobile 6.5 handsets on the market. Weighing up the pros and cons and it makes for an interesting read. Check out the highlights after the break. Confusingly they have a picture of the Touch Pro2 over the Touch2 section. Even from the review it is difficult to judge as to whether with are reviewing the Touch Pro2 and Touch2, however given the lack of mention of the Qwerty keyboard I guess they mean the Touch2 and have merely posted the wrong picture.

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By October 11, 2009 Read More →

Mickey’s CTIA recap

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Our pal Mickey Papillon from the MSmobiles.com podcast has been covering CTIA is blindingly exciting detail this last week, read on for more after the break. You can also listen to an awesome podcast with Mickey Papillon from The Cell Phone Junkie, Dieter Bohn from Smartphone Experts and Kevin Michaluk from Crackberry chatting their way through their experiences at CTIA. Excellent stuff.

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By October 11, 2009 Read More →

Smartphone Essential Awards 2009

awardslogo_expansys I’m a bit of a sucker for awards, here we have the Smartphone Essentials awards from Smartphone Daily. Some relevant categories and some phones rightfully nominated, others not so much. have a look, but this isn’t an award you can vote for.

The nominations for the 2009 Smartphone Essentials Awards sponsored by eXpansys have been announced, pitching many of the biggest names in the mobile industry in a head-to-head battle. There are ten categories, all of which will be hotly contested after one of the strongest years ever for smartphones.

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By October 10, 2009 Read More →

Photoshop for iPhone released

This app is available only in app store USA (not in UK, etc) but it is nice to see a version of Adobe Photoshop for iPhone. We have tested it and here is how it looks like:

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By October 10, 2009 Read More →

Tweetie 2 for iPhone released and old one discontinued

Users of Tweetie 1.x don’t get free upgrade to Tweetie 2, but instead must buy it again – it seems a bit unfair but obviously author of the Tweetie decided to hit the jackpot second time instead of supporting old customers…

Here is how Tweetie 2 looks like:

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By October 10, 2009 Read More →

HTC Touch2 unboxing video

It’s been a busy week for new devices with the official announcement and launch of Windows Mobile 6.5 several WM6.5 devices have gone on sale this week. Perhaps one of the more high profile handsets is the HTC Touch2.

The HTC Touch2

The HTC Touch2

 

The Touch range and brand name has done wonders for HTC since the original HTC Touch was launched about two years ago HTC have almost become a household name, prior to the Touch few people, aside from Windows Mobile fans, would have known about HTC.

So we are reviewing the Touch2 this week and we’ll have the review for you shortly. For now, have a look at the unboxing video below to see the handset in a little more detail.

 

HTC Touch2 unboxing video

 

Slim, compact and functional is the new HTC Touch2.  The replacement to the original and highly popular HTC Touch, the Touch2 builds on the original to bring more functionality and an improved user experience.

The HTC Touch2 is the first HTC device to come pre-installed with the new Windows Phone operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5. An improved mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5 offers improved touch interface and user experience. 

Never used a Windows Phone before?  The HTC Touch2 could be an ideal first device.

With the Touch2 you can carry and store all your contacts, calendar appointments, notes and emails all in the palm of your hand.  A small yet powerful smartphone, the Touch2has the tools and features you need whether you use the device for personal communication or business purposes.

A fast 528MHz Qualcomm processor ensures that the device responds fast to your taps on the 2.8inch touch screen, whilst the 512MB ROM offers plenty of storage for any data and additional applications you may load.

Complete wireless connectivity is provided through Quad Band technology, to ensure wherever you are you remain connected.  When in Europe, you can be assured of even faster connection speeds thanks to the HSDPA connectivity.

Do not want to use the phone network for connection to the internet? No problem, just switch on the on board WiFi and connect to a wireless hotspot of your choice.

When the working day is over or you just want to relax a little, you can use the HTC Touch2 as a multimedia tool.  Use the GPS receiver to navigate to friends and family.  Store music on a MicroSDHC card, insert it into the device and use the Touch2 as a music player.  You can even use your favourite headphones thanks to a 3.5mm audio jack.

 

HTC Touch2 Specification:

  • Operating System – Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
  • Processor – Qualcomm MSM7225, 528 MHz
  • Memory – RAM – 256 MB / ROM – 512 MB
  • Display – 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution
  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: Europe/Asia: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • Bluetooth 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
  • Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
  • 3.5 mm audio jack
  • HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0)
  • Internal GPS antenna
  • microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
  • Audio supported formats AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB, QCP, MP3, WMA, WAV, MIDI, M4A
  • Video supported formats WMV, ASF, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, M4V, AVI
  • 3.2 megapixel colour camera with fixed focus
  • Zoom bar
  • Up to 370 minutes for WCDMA
  • Up to 440 minutes for GSM
  • Battery – Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery 1100 mAh
  • Dimensions – 104 X 55 X 12.9 mm (LxWxT) (4.1 X 2.16 X 0.51 inches)
  • Weight – 110 grams (4 ounces) with battery
  • Warranty – 2 Years

 

 

Posted by: Matt

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
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