Showing posts with label mobiles reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobiles reviews. Show all posts
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Nokia N9 hands-on: First look
Nokia N9 at a glance
- General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz, HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
- Form factor: Touchscreen bar phone
- Dimensions: 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76 cc
- Weight: 135 g
- Display: 3.9" 16M-color FWVGA (480 x 854 pixels) AMOLED capacitive touchscreen; Gorilla Glass, anti-glare polarizer, curved display, multi-touch input
- Chipset: 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, PowerVR SGX530 GPU, TI OMAP 3630 chipset
- RAM: 1GB
- OS: MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan
- Memory: 16/64GB storage, no microSD slot
- Camera: 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with face detection, touch focus and geotagging; HD (720p) video recording at 30fps, LED flash, front facing camera, video-calls
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 2.1, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, TV-out, NFC
- Misc: Polycarbonate unibody, built-in accelerometer, proximity sensor, uses microSIM cards
Sony Ericsson W8 review: Robot dance
Key features
- Quad-band GSM/EDGE, HSDPA 900/2100 / HSDPA 850/1900/2100
- 3.0" capacitive TFT touchscreen of HVGA resolution, 16M colors
- Scratch-resistant screen coating
- Android OS v2.1 Eclair with custom Sony Ericsson UI, featuring Timescape
- Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz processor, 168 MB RAM
- 128 MB onboard storage, microSD card slot (up to 16GB), 2GB card included
- 3 megapixel fixed-focus camera with geotagging, VGA video @ 30fps
- Wi-Fi connectivity
- Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP
- Built-in GPS receiver, digital compass
- microUSB port, charging enabled
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
- Excellent audio quality
- FM radio with RDS
- Accelerometer for UI auto-rotate
- Social networking integration
Main disadvantages
- Limited storage for installing third-party apps
- Outdated Android version
- No multi-touch support
- Camera has no autofocus
- No DivX video support out of the box
- microSD slot under the battery cover
- No secondary video-call camera
- Fingerprint-prone glossy finish
Nokia X7-00 review: The stealth xpress
Key features
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
- Penta-band 3G with 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
- Stainless steel body
- 4" 16M-color AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution; Impressive brightness and Gorilla glass protection
- 8 megapixel fixed-focus camera with dual-LED flash and 720p video @ 25fps recording; geotagging, face detection, smart zoom in video
- Symbian Anna OS
- 680 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 256 MB RAM
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation
- Digital compass
- microSD card slot (8GB card pre-installed)
- DivX and XviD video support
- Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
- Stereo FM Radio with RDS
- microUSB port
- Flash and Java support for the web browser
- Stereo Bluetooth 3.0
- Excellent audio quality
- Smart dialing and voice commands
- Social networking integration
Main disadvantages
- Symbian Anna is still catching up with Android and iOS
- Uncomfortable volume rocker, SIM tray and microSD card slot
- Camera lacks auto focus, oversharpens images
- Relatively limited 3rd party software availability
- No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
- Battery life is not on par with the best in business
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