Sony Ericsson Unleashed the Vivaz, Full Touch Screen Smartphone
January 21, 2010
Sony Ericssson has just unveiled a new smartphone with full touch screen features - the Sony Ericsson Vivaz. This phone is officially the second unit to be released under Sony Ericsson’s new family of communication entertainment phones, with the Xperia series as the first model. To be released anytime this first quarter, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz features high quality HD video playback. Read more
Google Nexus One Review
January 20, 2010
It’s been two weeks since Google released its Nexus One Android phone and you might have already read several if not hundreds of reviews. And those reviews may have given you various opinions and comments about the Nexus One, that you might find it pretty confusing. So, to add to your confusion as to whether you would get the Nexus One or not, here’s CPN’s own take on the Google Nexus One.
Motorola Brings Android to Korea with the MOTOROI
January 18, 2010
Motorola is introducing the Android platform to the Korean market as the company unveiled the MOTOROI smart phone running on Android 2.0. MOTOROI boasts of effortless pinch-and-zoom browsing, cinematic navigation through music, videos and maps of the world. It also allows users to use multiple apps at the same time.
With Android 2.0 running, MOTOROI will Koreans access to thousands of Android-based applications which are continually growing, thanks to Android developers and the Android’s openness as well. The MOTOROI features a huge 3.7-inch, high-definition WVGA display in 480×854 resolution. This allows easier way to view full page websites, videos, games and photos. This display features touch user interface and a capacitive touch sensor that allows smooth flipping and scrolling of the screen. The MOTOROI also has five main display allowing you to customize its menu with various widgets.
Since it is an Android phone, the MOTOROI is capable of delivering Google’s mobile services as well as providing high-speed web browsing. It supports up to eight browser windows and lets you use various Google mobile services such as Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk and more.
Other features of the MOTOROI include - 8 megapixe camera with Xenon Flash and 720p HD camcorder. Its camera also features panorama, face detection, multi-shot, face filter, red eye reduction, camera shake prevention and many more. The MOTOROI also features HDMI allowing you to playback HD video from your phone directly to your HDTV. It also has an MP3 player, 3.5mm jack, 8GB internal storage and microSD support for storage expansion.
Source: Motorola
Palm Pre Plus Coming to Verizon Soon
January 14, 2010
Palm recently announced a new additino to its Pre smartphone series. Dubbed Palm Pre Plus, this new smartphone offers double memory and redesigned form factor from its predecessor. Similar to the features of the original Palm Pre, the Palm Pre Plus lets you navigate your life through a vivid touchscree, full keyboard and of course Palm’s intuitive webOS platform.
The Palm Pre Plus lets you run multiple apps at once as well as view websites and watch videos in widescreen display. It has a sliding keyboard and lets you view personal events or contacts together in one simple view.
Of course in the heart of the Palm Pre Plus is the Palm webOS, an itntuitive operating system which was designed around the web and how you an easily use it. The Palm Pre Plus lets you stay connected to various web-based information including Microsoft Outlook email addresses, Google calendar events and more.
Another noteable feature of the Palm Pre Plus is its large, bright touchscreen display which is perfect for watching videos, viewing websites or flipping through photos. It also allows you to easily charge the phone via the Touchstone Charging Dock.
For a quick rundown of the Palm Pre Plus features, here’s what you’re going to get - integrated IM, SMS and MMS, built-in GPS, 3 megapixel camera with LED flash, extended depth of field and geotagging features, accelerometer, ambient light and proximity, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g with WPA, WPA2 and WEP authentication, 16GB of RAM, USB mass storage support, 5.5 hours talkt time and 350 hours standby time.
The Palm Pre Plus will be available on January 25 at all Verizon Wireless outlets.
HTC Smart Brings Smartphone to the Masses
January 8, 2010
Another mobile phone got its share of the limelight at the ongoing CES 2010. This time the phone is a smart one, aptly called the HTC Smart. The HTC Smart is an easy-to-use, connected smartphone with friendly compact touch design and intuitive user experience, courtesy of the HTC Sense. The HTC Smart will be available in Europe and Asia this Spring.
HTC Smart is powered by HTC’s proprietary technology called HTC Sense - focusin gon three mobile core areas - Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected. It allows you to fully personalized the phone and gives quick and easy access to your friends activities on various social networks or through text messaging and email.
This new smartphone from HTC features the Qualcomm Brew MP, enabling the HTC Smart to offer the phone to a more affordable price point.
HTC Smart also comes with Scenes which is actually different configurations for the phones to represent the mood you are currently having. Scenes allows you to personalize the HTC Smart depending ont he current situation. For example there is a Scene that you can use on weekdays as well as Scenes during special occasion.
Technical specs of the HTC Smart include - 300MHz processor, Brew Mobile Platform OS, 256MB of RAM, 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch sensitive screen with QVGA resolution, HSDPA/WCDMA, Bluetooth 2.0 with enhanced data rate and A2DP for Wireless stereo headsets, 3.0 MP camera with fixed focus and flashlight, audio and video playback capability for various formats, microSD memory card slot.
The HTC Smart allows 370 minutes talk time for WCDMA and up to 450 minutes for GSM. Stand by time is up to 600 hours WCDMA and 450 hours GSM.
Introducing the Motorola BackFlip with MotoBlur, First Android Flip Phone
January 7, 2010
Following the success of the DROID, Motorola is releasing its latest Android phone - the BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR. The Motorola BackFlip is said to combine the social and personalization features of the MotoBlur and the multitasking features of a smartphone. To be released in the U.S., Latin America, Europe and Asia in Q1 2010, The Motorola BackFlip features a unique reverse flip design and a QWERTY keyboard which is most useful for reading e-mails, texts, news feeds, social network messages.
The Motorola BackFlip’s MotoBlur content delivery service enables you to make your phone more personalized and social. It allows you to sync contacts, posts, messages, photos and other information from your social networking accounts. Motoblur supports Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Gmail, personal email accounts and LastFM.
Aside from a high-resolution 3.1-inch HVGA screen, the Motorola BackFlip also features the BackTrack technology which makes it easy for you to navigate quickly and easily through the phone’s menus and features. The BackTrack can be accessed from the side of the phone, making it easy for you to scroll through photos, music and other media content.
The Motorola BackFlip can also used in the reverse-flip, tabletop mode - perfect when you are listening to music or watching videos.
Other features of the Motorola BackFlip include - full HTML browser, 3G connectivity, WiFi access, access to Android Market, 5MP camera with flash, access to photo sharing site for directly uploading your photos, aGPS, and stereo Bluetooth. Talk and Standby Time are pegged at 6 hours and 350 hours respectively.
The Motorola BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR is a WCDMA 850/1900/2100, GSM 850/900/1800/1900 phone.
Samsung Corby Shows Up at CES 2010
January 6, 2010
Samsung has finally brought it’s cool mobile phone, the Samsung Corby to the U.S. via an official launch during the CES 2010. Sporting a chic and trendy design with touchscreen display, the Samsung Corby is a nice mobile phone that will most likely appeal to the younger mobile phone users.
The Samsung Corby features simple and easy to use user interface via Samsung’s Touchwiz. It also has a haptic feedback system that allows you to customize the Corby phone with applications and widgets available at the Samsung widgets store.
For controls and menu navigation, the Samsung Corby has a nice “one finger zoom” feature that allows you to zoom in-and-out using your finger. It also lets you unlock the phone by drawing a letter on the screen. Since this phone is geared for the younger crowd, the Samsung Corby features the simple Pop-up SNS (Social Networking Service) notification feature that lets you update your status as well as access your friends’ updates on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. The Samsung Corby also supports YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and other SNS sites.
The Samsung Corby comes in several funky colored covers - yellow, orange, pink, white as well as fashion jackets with patter design cover and standard black cover. These covers are interchangeable so you can mix and match it with what you are wearing at the moment.
For specs, the Samsung Corby features the following:
- 2.8-inch QVGA TFT LCD Full Touch Screen
- 2MP CMOS camera
- H.263, MP#G4, WMV video support
- FM Radio with RDS
- USB 2.0, Bluetooth Connectivity
- 50MB Internal Memory + microSD slot
Google Goes Official with the Nexus One Phone
January 5, 2010
There you go folks. Google has finally launched the first real Google Phone so to speak - Nexus One. We can now lay all rumors, photo leaks, unofficial information as Google formally unveils what could possible pose as a real threat to the iPhone. The Nexus One runs on Android 2.0, features a 5MP autofocus camera, AGPS, and all the standard features that you normally find with the usual smartphones in its class. Read more
