FGENew handsets and devices
Friday, 28th May, 2010
Blackberry Pearl 3G
The Pearl 3G has a 3.2 megapixel camera, a considerable upgrade from the original Pearl's 2MP camera. It also has an optical trackpad, rather than the trackball, which was the common navigation tool on old Blackberries.
It uses GPS, enabling Blackberry maps, as well as Wi-Fi and 3G networks.
Android touting Acer Stream announced
Announcements of new Android handsets are coming thick and fast, we’ve had the HTC Wildfire, Samsung Galaxy S and Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini to name three of the most recent.
Presenting the Acer Stream, which has been dubbed as a mobile entertainment dream machine. As far as specs go, here’s what we know: It’ll launch with Android 2.1 (éclair), it will also have a 3.7 Inch AMOLED display with a 2000:1 contrast ratio which without going into the gory details, is very good. There’s also a Qualcomm SnapDragon 1GHz processor lurking under the hood joined by 512MB of RAM which will take care of any day to day tasks without breaking sweat.
Leaked pic of HTC Vision shows a QWERTY Desire
The new device from HTC us yet another Android effort going at the moment with the codename Vision. Although there isn’t a lot that is known about the device at present something is always better than nothing.
It is expected that the phone will come with a 800 x 480 touchscreen a 5 megapixel camera and a 1GHz processor. We have heard that it will have a slide out QWERTY keyboard great for those that like to tap out their texts.
Secret super-Motorola set to launch in Autumn
Motorola have obviously been busy. Latest rumours suggest the company is hard at work bringing a top secret new superphone to UK shores with blistering specs in the next few months. 8 megapixel camera,Xenon flash, 720p HD video recording, mini HDMI connector,700MHz+ CPU and Android 2.1
Specs, pics and thoughts on Dell’s 4 new superphones
With so many companies making top-end smartphones, you’d think the last thing the market needed was yet another company jumping on the bandwagon.
The Dell smartphones are currently in concept stage. with The Dell Lightning release date set for Q3 2010, which means it’ll be one of the first Windows 7 Phones on the market. The Dell Thunder, Flash and Smoke will also be released at the same time, with LTE versions (i.e. 4G versions!) released early in 2011
Samsung i8910 Omnia HD Review: the smartest feature phone around
The Samsung i8910 Omnia HD in this review is a superb combination of high-end feature phone and slick touchscreen smartphone. If you demand the very best features from your phone, but you don’t want to lose the ease of use of a touchscreen, the Omnia HD is quite possibly the only phone you need to consider.
At its heart, the Omnia HD is all about video – and high-def video at that. Capable of recording and playing HD video at 720p, the Omnia HD gives you the best quality video of any mobile phone on the market, and shows it off in superb style with a super-clear 16 million colour AMOLED screen.
Nokia N8
The new Nokia N8 touchscreen phone combines two major "firsts" for Nokia - it's the first Nokia to run the new Symbian 3 operating system, and the first Nokia to sport a 12 megapixel camera. a whopping 16GB, which should be enough for most users. There's also a microSD slot that can support cards up to 32GB, which might be handy if you intend to use the N8 for a lot of video capture or playback.
Vodafone 845
Expected May 2010
28th May 2010
The Vodafone 845 is a low-cost Android 2.1 phone that offers a basic but practical handset to those who might have struggled to afford an Android smartphone before.
similar to the HTC Tattoo in terms of hardware specification. There's a 2.8" 240 x 320 pixel display, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 3.5G support, WiFi and built-in GPS. The 845 also includes an FM radio, microSD memory slot, Bluetooth 2.1 and a fairly large 1200 mAh battery.
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