The year 2012 has started with the announcements of some impressive handsets such as Motorola DROID 4. Motorola DROID 4 is all set to enter the mobile market. It is also promoted as Motorola Maserati, Motorola XT894 and Motorola DROID 4G. Motorola DROID 4 is scheduled to be released in first quarter of 2012. The smart phone is based on Android (2.3. Gingerbread) operating system and has a side-slider form. The dimensions of the smartphone are 127 x 67 x 13 mm; and weight is 179 grams. Motorola DROID 4 has 4.00 inches huge touchscreen display, which has a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. The smartphone has pixel density of 275 ppi. It has Capacitive and Multi-touch touchscreen display, and has various features such as Proximity sensor, Light sensor and Scratch-resistant glass. Motorola  [...]

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Windows Phone OS is popular on a lot of mobile phones now but I am yet to see a killer Windows OS phone in the market to date. Samsung Focus S is from AT&T and it is a really beautiful device with a light and thin design. It also has a really gorgeous 4.3 inches Super AMOLED Plus screen, an eight megapixels camera on the back, and a front facing 1.3 megapixels front facing camera. This might sound familiar to you and that is because the spec list here is the same as that on the Samsung Galaxy S II also from AT&T. These two phones are almost the same and the big difference is the OS inside and physical button for camera. The specs  [...]

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LG Electronics, the third biggest handset maker in the world, recently renewed their partner ship with Prada and will be launching a new phone next year. The handset is dubbed as LG 3.0 and will be coming out by sometime early 2012. This piece of news was confirmed by both the companies recently. The two companies will be working together for the phone, design, packaging, user interface, and software. Head of mobile business at LG, Park Jong Seok, said that their working relationship with Prada is pretty unique in terms of success and longetivity. He also said that there isn’t any other company out there who has managed to collaborate with a fashion brand like they  [...]

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Samsung DoubleTime is a clamshell phone having white body, dual touch screens, pink accents, and a full QWERTY keyboard. This is a phone from AT&T and the unusual build immediately caught my attention. However, some might agree with me that the best element of this phone is its design. This handset doesn’t have a lot to offer in terms of features or service. I was also disappointed to see that the manufacturer chose to put in Android 2.2 aka Froyo OS in the phone which is outdated. We are currently having Android 2.3 OS. There is a 3.2 megapixels camera which is mediocre but the call quality is pretty good. The price of this phone is $49.99 and it is quite affordable. The design of the Samsung DoubleTime will be welcomed by people who are bored with the traditional  [...]

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Samsung Captivate Glide is a phone from AT&T and the manufacturer has attempted here to glue in a QWERTY keyboard with a handset that has impressive specs. When I first took this phone in my hands, I couldn’t believe how light it was. This isn’t the thinnest phone in the market right now but even with its 4 row full QWERTY keyboard, this handset feels quite light as compared to Apple iPhone 4S. The absence of heft is probably due to the plastic body. It helps to keeps ounces off this phone but does not do much to give this handset a sturdy feel in the hand. Hardware The battery cover of the Samsung Captivate Glide comes with a nice textured grippy finish. Pull it off and you will see really thin plastic interiors. I was a bit wary of removing or installing  [...]

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Motorola Admiral is a simple looking phone unlike the attention grabbing and fancy looking Motorola Droid Razr. Admiral isn’t made to turn any heads; it is a phone made for providing working mobile commutation solution. It does its job pretty well and the call quality and performance too is impressive. Motorola Admiral has an ergonomic and durable design which I really liked and it can withstand dust, solar radiation, shock, low pressure, vibration, low/high temperatures, and it is also one of the first handsets from Sprint to support push-to-talk on the CDMA network. The price of this phone is $100 after a rebate and 2 year contract and I would recommend this phone to anyone who is looking for a functional and low maintenance handset. The Motorola Admiral  [...]

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HTC Rezound is one of the hottest Android phones to come to Verizon Wireless, the other 2 being Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the super thin Motorola Droid Razr. There is plenty to choose from for the Verizon customers; all the three handsets are top class with dual core chips inside and they also support Verizon 4G LTE network. The feature inside is mouth watering. HTC Rezound is the first handset to have support for Beats Audio Technology. It was developed by HTC after purchasing majority stake in the Dr. Dre Beats Electronics. This handset ships along with pair of the Beats Audio earbuds which cost around $100. When you plug this set inside the Rezound, the phone recognizes it instantly and you get to boost sound through special Beats Audio algorithm. HTC Rezound is a pretty  [...]

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Nokia has announced new PR 1.1 update for the Nokia N9 running on MeeGo OS. This new PR 1.1 update will be having NFC support and it will also improve imaging options. Better multi-tasking is promised too. Nokia N9 has a 3.9 inches display and it is enclosed in polycarbonate compact unibody enclosure. The physical aspects of the Nokia N9 smartphone is quite similar to Nokia Lumia 800 which is runs on Windows Phone 7.5 OS. The form factor is similar but the approach is different. Through the new update, users will be able to use music controls on the lock screen itself. The manufacturer has also put in NFC or Near Field Communication tag reader for interacting with NFC tags instantly. This update will also tweak audio codec and will make noise cancellation suppress background noise  [...]

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LG Marquee is a phone having fashionable and good looks. The price of this phone too is affordable. For me, this is one of the best Android phones from Sprint and I would heavily recommend it to you if you don’t need 4G. LG Marquee comes with a four inches Nova screen and it has WVGA resolution of 800x480 pixels with support for 16 million colors. Below the screen, there are four standard Android short cut buttons for Search, Back, Menu, and Home. The arrangement of buttons here is a bit different to that on Optimus Black. On the left side of the Marquee, there is volume rocker buttons close to it; there is the customizable short cut button. Top of the phone has screen lock/power button, microUSB port and 3.5 mm headphones jack. Above the screen, there is a front facing  [...]

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Samsung Stratosphere is a phone which looks quite similar to the Samsung Epic 4G which Sprint released in the year 2010. It has an all black glossy face having rounded shoulders and it still looks quite elegant in spite of the minimalism. The back cover is different though. It has a soft touch finish with a nubbly pleasant texture and is reminiscent of suede. This handset is 4.96 inches high, 0.55 inch thick, 2.54 inches wide and the weight of this phone is 5.8 ounces which makes it a bit heavy. The dimensions of the phone too make this handset a ‘jumbo phone’. Samsung Stratosphere has a four inches WVGA screen having a resolution of 800x480 pixels and this Super AMOLED display is quite impressive with its saturated and bright color which leaps of the screen. This display  [...]

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This phone is the successor to the Samsung Transform which was brought by Sprint at fall CTIA 2010. We now have Samsung Transform Ultra from Boost Mobile and it is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS phone. The handset has a tactile and nice design with a 1 GHz processor inside for getting things moving. The fast 3G speeds too are pretty impressive. However, there isn’t much ‘ultra’ about this phone except for the newer version of Android OS and the Argyll gray-on-gray backing. It is still worth considering. This phone will put you back by $229.99 without any contract obligations and it fits quite well in the smartphone pricing policy of Boost Mobile. Samsung Transform Ultra comes with a few changes which makes it easy to distinguish the handset from the predecessor. The  [...]

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