Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Hits The Markets

The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is finally out in the markets and is expected to top the charts for a few upcoming months. The phone is based on Series 60 Symbian OS (3rd edition). The phone incorporates a QWERTY keyboard, dedicated music control keys, a numeric keypad and a 3.2 Megapixel Carl-Zeiss Camera. It is available in four variants to choose from namely Black-Red, Monochrome Black, Gray-Blue and Black-Pink. The device includes with it an 8GB MicroSD card that is available with the box.

Talking of its display, the phone has got a 2.4" 240 x 320 color QVGA display that can display upto 16 million colors. The ambient light sensor and backlight support the display features further.

Speaking of the camera, the word Carl-Ziess itself speaks a good word. It has got an integrated 3.2 Megapixel main camera with Tessar optics and a secondary VGA camera (that's almost invisible) for video conferencing. The camera is capable of generating JPEG and EXIF format images. The main camera is capable of high quality VGA (640 x 480) video recording at 15 fps in MPEG4 format.

The whole assembly is encapsulated in a case measuring 112 x 51 x 15.4 mm and weighs a mere 135 grams including the battery. The phone is Bluetooth 2.0 compatible and the calls are passed over VoIP 3.0. You can stream videos in 3GPP and CIF formats. The powerhouse of the phone is a BL-4U Li-ion battery that can stand 6.5 hours of 3G web browsing, 5.8 hours of video playback, 2.7 hours of video recording and 25 hours of audio playback in offline mode. Nokia has launched the phone with an expected price tag of $366.

Motorola's New MC55 Business phone

The Motorola Inc. is finally out with the new addition to its series of Enterprise Digital Assistants (EDAs) with the launch of the new MC55 business phone. The phone is focussed basically on business personnels and field workers.The EDA is based on Windows mobile 6.1.

The device encorporates a 2.0 Megapixel camera, a 2D scanner and a barcode reader with it. The company guarantees the phone to be enough shock resistant to be carelessly dropped on a concrete flooring. The phone is available in keypads varying from numeric to QWERTY for english, AZERTY for french and QWERTZ for german.

Finally a good news for the enterprise customers- The phone's available in two variants. The MC5590 works through VoIP for phone calls. On the other hand, the MC5574 does the same through a 2.5G GSM modem that is active for AT&T and T-Mobile systems. Speaking of connectivity and compatibility, the phone has a Bluetooth 2.0 compatible handset. The device has a GPS navigation service that ensures that you don't get lost (unless your GPRS services are switched on. :/)

As far as the display is concerned, the mobile has got a 3.5" 320 x 240 color touchscreen. The whole assembly is sealed into a case measuring 5.78 x 3.03 x 1.06 "inches" (Yep! i know its a "bit" thick! :P) without the antenna. Both the models consist of a 520 MHz processor to ek out the best of performance- After all its a business phone.

As is the case with the other Enterprise handsets, the customers get a service package that insures the phone of any accidental damage of any part. Now, something that concerns ones pocket very much, the cost of the phone will range between some $ 1695 and $ 2035. (It does concern your pocket! :O) The MC5590 is already available in the markets. The MC5574 will soon be available, hopefully by the end of this March.

Mobinnova Ice - The Cracker at The CES 2009

Well, its time to talk about CES 2009, and whats the first word that slips out of me- "The Mobinnova Ice." Yes, its the trendy looking smartphone currently rocking the CES 2009. They say that it's got the mobifeel technology, that integrates the touchscreen with the touch receptors. So now you feel the reactions of your phone on your fingertips. Isn't that some made for each other type? :P

Another iPhone killer? C'Mon man...... Apple is going to cry over this one. Oh, i mean it for the sake of the camera the phone houses. It has got an integrated 3.0 MegaPixel auto-focus camera, with dedicated shutter control for better focus and clarity of the moments you capture for a lifetime. Hate those blurry ones right?

Lets get to the "our" point of talk about the phone. With its "MobiShift" technology and not "MobiShit"(I read it that way the first time I encountered it! :P), you can easily access an application that the phone "expects", might be necessary for you at any instant. The MobiShift has a special feature that it automatically rotates the screen sensing the portrait or landscape mode of the media you are viewing. All you need to is just tilt the phone slightly. You can also use for business presentations. All you need to do is just conect the phone to the external display or projector through the TV out.

The phone integrates the looks of some most trendy phones- Nokia N96, MotoRokr etc.. The phone integrates a 3" Touch Sensitive Screen with On Screen Display (OSD) icons and some features as MobiToday that gives you the current local weather,MobiFeel and MobiShift as exclamated earlier, and MobiFriends that brings all your contacts together.

With simple interface and Broadband-like internet connectivity of upto 7.2 Mbps. Now you never have the excuse of getting lost with your ways with the integrated GPS facility the phone provides. The phone is USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0 enabled. The phone houses a 128MB of internal RAM and a 256MB Flash ROM and an extendable MicroSD card slot.

The phone is supported by a Lithium polymer battery of 1080 mAh that is capable of backing 6 hours of talktime and 160 hours of standby time. The phone runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 professional that takes it to higher order of being in the talks. All these features are encapsulated in a sexy case measuring 114 x 53.5 x 13 mm and weighing 130 grams. If, after reading this article, you wish to purchase this miraclous phone then all you need to have is 309 euros in hands. Still thinking? :P

Palm Pre - The Palm's "Back With a Bang"

Congratulations loyal Palm fans, the Palm Pre has officially restored Palm as the industry leader in mobile connectivity. As the first ever device running Palm WebOS, the revolutionary new Palm Operating System, all the dreams and hopes of the Plam fans have been answered. Palm made the announcement of the Palm Pre and Palm WebOS at CES 2009.

The Palm Pre is one fine mobile specimen and to illustrate the innards of its beauty and grace, we present to you the specifications of the Palm Pre. Enjoy them thoroughly, we will. The Pre is a mere 59.5mm wide, 100.5mm long, 16.95 mm thick and weighs just 135 grams.

The Palm Pre is based upon the Palm® webOS™ Operating system. As far as networking is concerned, the Pre speaks a good word. It support 3G EVDO Rev A networking mode. It is provided with a Microsoft Outlook® email with Microsoft® Direct Push Technology and a POP3 / IMAP (Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, etc.), Integrated IM, SMS, and MMS facility. It also has a Built-in GPS tracker.

It houses a 3.1-inch touch screen 24-bit 320x480 HVGA display, physical QWERTY keyboard. It has an Ambient light sensor, an accelerometer and a proximity sensor. Its media player suppports MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP and WAV audio formats and MPEG-4, H.263, H.264 video formats. The image formats frequently encountered are GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, PNG and BMP .

If camera be the point of the talk, its a real iPhone killer. It has got a 3 megapixel camera containing an LED flash with an extended depth of field.

This feature will tell you hat the phone is equally competent to Nokia N96. It has an 8GB internal mass memory (~7.4GB user available) with USB mass storage support. It also supports phone as laptop modem through bluetooth tethering. It holds a micro USB connector with high speed USB 2.0 compatibility.

Hope you like the phone...............Well you of course like it! :-)

Nokia N85 - Gaming Now Made By Hands

Welcome back to the world of the 2-way sliders with the successor of Nokia N96- The Nokia N85 Multimedia Phone. An absolute mobile phone of its own class weighing just 128 grams and occupying just 103 x 50 x 16 mm. It houses a Two-way slider with spring assistance mechanism.

It has a 2.6" 320 x 240 pixels QVGA active matrix OLED display with up to 16.7 million colors. It also possesses a brightness control, an orientation sensor and an ambient light detector.

Speaking of the key controls, it contains numeric keys under the lower slider, dedicated multimedia keys under the upper slider. It also holds short slide keys for media control, zoom and gaming, a Navi™wheel at the center for navigation and selection. It also possesses dedicated camera and volume keys except for the Voice commands. Intelligent key illumination system further saves energy.

The device is High-Speed USB 2.0 compatible with a Micro-USB connector with mass storage class support. It also houses a 3.5 mm uiversal AV connector for direct media playback through a compatible external device. As far as the memory is concerned, it has a hot swappable microSD card slot with a maximum of 8 GB memory support. Other than that, it houses a 74 MB internal dynamic memory and 78 MB internal NAND flash memory.

The assembly is supported by a power supply backup through BL-5K 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery that supports a maximum talk time of 6.9 hours for GSM services, 4.5 hours for WCDMA services and an amazing 9 hours for VoIP Services. It also has a standby time of 363 hours for GSM and WCDMA services and 172 hours for WLAN service. It also is capable of the following:

Browsing time with packet data (maximum): 5 h 42 min
Video playback time (maximum): 7 h
Video recording time (maximum): 2 h 54 min
Video call time (maximum): 2 h 42 min
Music playback time (maximum): 30 h
Gaming time (maximum): 7 h

The phone is capable of web browsing with HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS support. It is HTTP v1.1, TCP/IP and WAP compatible as well. It holds a Nokia Web Browser with a Mini Map and a Nokia Mobile Search feature.
Speaking of GPS and navigation, the Giant has an integrated and separate GPS. The company provides the Nokia Maps 2.0 application especially for Navigation purposes.

Photography? Speechless! Being a successor of the 5 megapixel family, it will amaze you with its 2584 x 1938 pixel images captured in JPEG and EXIF formats. The camera has a Tessar™ lens designed by Carl Zeiss optics. Its CMOS sensor is par excellence for its high quality photography. It has a 20x digital zoom (worth only for specifically focusing something). The autofocus with assist light and two stage capture key features allow you to capture crystal clear images even below the focal length of the lens. The focal length of the lens is 5.45 mm, with a focus range from 10 cm to infinity. Same as N96, it also bags a dual LED flash with an operating range of 3 meters.

The main camera is capable of video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) and up to 30fps
and p to 8x digital video zoom in .mp4, .3gp formats. The front camera can record video at up to 352 x 288 pixels (CIF) and up to 15 fps with up to 2x digital video zoom.
With the accessories you get a TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) for direct TV or other external device compatibility. The phone even has an integrated streaming frature for direct video uploads and blog supports for publishing online.