BlackBerry Bold 9700 – It Doesn’t Get Any Bolder Than This. Or Does It?
BlackBerry has just released their latest model, the BlackBerry Bold 9700. When I first see this phone I wasn’t so sure. RIM does have a reputation with their internet and push-mail services, but can this handset really live up to people’s expectations.
You will quickly notice that RIM uses touch-sensitive optical trackpad instead of the usual BlackBerry trackball for this handset. Optical trackpads are popular among users, and Bold 9700 has one of the most precise optical trackpad you will ever use. The 624 MHz processor is more than powerful enough to run the latest BlackBerry OS 5.0 with fabulous new features. The BlackBerry Messenger, allowing you to communicate with other BlackBerry users through Pin exchange, appears to be smoother and more user-friendly. Native applications for IMs and social networking sites are available; Yahoo! Messenger, Live, AIM, GTalk, Facebook, Twitter, you name it you got it. Since these applications are natively made for BlackBerry and endorsed by the principal company, using them will feel the same as using similar software on your desktop.
The keypad on Bold 9700 is superbly comfortable to use. It may still be too small for people with large thumbs, but regular users will be able to type using the keypad comfortably. Some avid BlackBerry users can even type at 50-70 words per minute using the QWERTY keypad. You will still be pampered with HSDPA support, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP support, and of course built-in GPS with A-GPS support. The 2.44-inch screen will be the window to all these amazing features, offering bright and clear display for comfortable use.
Motorola MC55: Windows Mobile for Adventurers
Finding a Windows Mobile based phone that can accompany you in hikes and wild adventures may not be easy a few months ago. With Motorola MC55 launched, your problem is officially solved. Although the MC55 has been around since earlier this year, its popularity increased substantially as a tough WinMo phone after it is being publicly advertised only recently. The market is a niche, but Motorola done everything right and more people are getting this device as their adventure companions.
Mind the small antenna; they are designed to help you keep good reception even when you are climbing cliffs or going deep into the forest. It will not be as powerful as a satellite phone, but MC55 can guarantee you a signal where other phones fail. The 3.5-inch resistive touch screen is crisp and easy to use. You will also have Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and Bluetooth v2.0 available to support connectivity. To help you find your way back during adventures, a built-in GPS module with A-GPS support is also provided.
What’s best about this phone is its toughness. It is completely shock resistant; you wouldn’t have to worry about breaking the device when you take it through extreme terrains. The drop-to-concrete from up to 1.2m resistance also makes this phone suitable for outdoor workers. It can operate at a temperature of -10C to 50C — when you can have your phone operates normally in sub-zero condition, it is simply amazing — and it marks its spot as the true all-terrain hardcore WinMo phone.
Nokia 6760 Slide – Feel the Surge
Frankly speaking, Nokia 6760 slide is not the kind of phone that people will be craving for; I’m not saying that it is bad, I’m just saying that it has nothing that special about it. However, there’s just a certain aspect of this phone that attracts certain target market for sure. Also known as the Nokia Surge, 6760 slide can surely make a great daily companion; it can push you further and make you feel the surge.
The thing is, 6760 slide is created to be a ‘neutral’ phone not attached to any of the Nokia series. It has the QWERTY feature of the E-series, the multimedia feature of N-series, and the design does reminds us a lot to XpressMusic phones also produced by Nokia. The bottom line is, this phone is wicked in its own sense.
Nokia chose Symbian 9.3, S60 FP2, as a platform for this phone. It would be great to see the Symbian OS 9.4 with 5th edition user interface on this phone, but I guess the guys at Nokia thought otherwise. It has built-in accelerometer, UI auto-rotate, and of course turn-to-mute feature to allow you to silence incoming calls and notifications just by turning the phone.
6760 slide also has several social networking and internet messaging features built-in. With the slide-out QWERTY keypad, writing messages or browsing the internet through 3G network can be very easy. The user interface is very responsive and swift, making this phone even more adorable. It may not look like a special phone at first, but you will notice its top-notch features as soon as you get your hands on it.
Palm Pixi
If Palm Pre is too powerful for you, then this is the product you should be looking into. Palm has again done a great job and released their latest Palm Pixi model designed for a wider target market. The infamous WebOS interface will make you enjoy everything you do on this phone for sure, but that is not the only thing to expect from Pixi.
The overall design of Palm Pixi is great. It has a solid and firm look to it; with black finish and QWERTY keypad, this phone looks even more appealing. It looks more ‘cute’ than ‘macho’, so it would be safe to say that women will love the design for sure. The 2.63-inch capacitive touch screen, slightly smaller than Palm Pre’s, with a 320×400 resolution is very responsive and comfortable to use. It has multitouch capabilities; yes, you can pinch to zoom in or out, and it works on both the media player and the web browser. With the multitouch support and QWERTY keypad, browsing is a lot easier to do. The screen is big enough to view sites comfortably, and the pinch motion will allow you to zoom on certain parts quickly. The newly improved WebOS also has enhanced messaging features including threaded messages — an old-school Palm signature — and Yahoo integration.
With 3G support, you won’t have to worry about data transmission speed at all. The Palm Pixi also has built-in GPS and Bluetooth as a standard feature. It is less powerful than the Palm Pre, but it is more than enough to get the job done.
Acer neoTouch
Acer is known for several top-notch notebooks and netbooks; this time, Acer will be marking their milestone in the mobile phone world. This is definitely not the first time Acer had produced a mobile device, although the previous Acer PDAs don’t have native phone feature.
Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, Acer neoTouch will be a serious contender in the Smartphone category. NeoTouch will be setting a lot of new benchmark for competitors, especially because it is well-crafted and it has all the features you need. The Snapdragon is known to be the most powerful processor for mobile phones and PDAs, so it will only be natural to expect so much from neoTouch. After all, Acer does have their way in pushing hardware to the limit and producing fascinating gadgets.
The tri-band 3G support with HSDPA and HSUPA data capabilities is definitely a plus. With Windows Mobile 6.5 as its operating system, these data capabilities can be put to great use. You will be able to browse through the internet without a problem, especially with full Flash support in the web browser. The 3.8″ 65K-color resistive TFT touchscreen is not the best there is, but it is capable of displaying neTouch’s user interface at 480 x 800 pixels resolution.
As with other Windows Mobile based phones, the user interface of neoTouch has been custom made and added with Acer homebrew features. Acer Homescreen, Contacts, Agenda and Gallery will help you do regular PIM and multimedia tasks easily using the touch interface.
Sony Ericsson Satio: Shoot (Not) to Kill
Sony Ericsson used to be the leading manufacturer of quality mobile phones. Their throne has been taken by other phone manufacturer such as Nokia and even Apple; Sony Ericsson is not about to stay quiet and let their glory be stolen away for sure. They then introduced the ground-breaking Satio, a mobile phone that will make everyone stares.
The main feature of Satio would have to be its 12 megapixel state-of-the-art autofocus camera with LED Xenon flash — you are authorized to shoot at anything and get crisp results all the time. The competition will be stiff, but with full-touch user interface and 3.5″ 16M-color resistive touchscreen capable of displaying 640 x 360 pixel resolution, taking pictures and making good use of the superb imaging sensor will be a pleasant experience indeed. It can be the perfect holiday companion; you wouldn’t have to carry multimedia player, a phone, and a digital camera separately because Satio will provide you with anything you need.
Interestingly, Satio uses Symbian OS 9.4 with S60 5th edition UI — similar to the one used in Nokia’s N97 and several newer models — with custom user interface and media menu. Although Symbian OS is not the most anticipated operating system for mobile phones these days, you will not be able to find anything you couldn’t do in Satio.
It also uses PowerVR SGX dedicated graphics accelerator, complete with 256 MB of built-in RAM, so some amazing visual effects, display, and eye candies are to be expected. In all, Satio is a very promising phone that many would really love to use.
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