HTC Desire

If you've seen the Google Nexus One, you've seen the HTC Desire. End of story. We liked the Nexus One so be our guest, HTC Desire. But is it all that simple?

HTC are so good they build phones for the competition. HTC are so mean they have no issues competing with their own clients. And is it us or are the clients ultimately left with a rather disturbing question: do HTC work for us or do we work for them? Go ask Sony Ericsson and Google.

It doesn't quite make sense to go as far back as the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 and the HTC Touch Pro. Today's story is about another couple of twins. And because the children are nearly identical, we'll try to see what it's like being mom's favorite or dad's.
 
The Desire produced a good deal of anticipation and its prompt release after this year's MWC proves HTC know good timing. But by no means can it match the hype that surrounded the Google Nexus One. What's in a name? No, really.

And while we're at it, any other - less cheesy - name would've really suited the top HTC Android better. But well, that's minor stuff compared to what's inside. Here it goes.

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iPhone 3G S

Meet the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. iPhone 3G S features video recording, Voice Control, up to 32GB of storage, and more.

The Fastest iPhone Ever
The first thing you’ll notice about iPhone 3G S is how quickly you can launch applications. Web pages render in a fraction of the time, and you can view email attachments faster. Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an incredible gaming experience, too. In fact, everything you do on iPhone 3G S is up to 2x faster and more responsive than iPhone 3G.

Video
Now you can shoot video, edit it, and share it — all on your iPhone 3G S. Shoot high-quality VGA video in portrait or landscape. Trim your footage by adjusting start and end points. Then share your video in an email, post it to your MobileMe gallery, publish it on YouTube, or sync it back to your Mac or PC using iTunes.

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Motorola Hint QA30

Cellular South, the nation’s largest privately-owned wireless communications carrier, has just announced the availability of its latest handset - the Motorola Hint QA30. This model will definitely keep all you social butterflies up to speed with the latest happenings among your peers as well as other events happening in town, where the innovative slider design will reveal a full QWERTY keypad when open to make way for easy messaging and natural browsing on-the-go. According to Jim Richmond, director of Corporate Communications for Cellular South, “Staying in touch with friends and family, keeping networks updated and ensuring constant access to social circles are top priorities for many of our customers. “Motorola Hint is a stylish solution for those social networkers who demand quick, reliable access and communication.”

Well, what can the Motorola Hint QA30 offer the layman? It boasts threaded SMS which is a boon to folks who text frequently, since it allows you to have the flow of the conversation right at your fingertips instead of scrolling through tons and tons of messages in your inbox. With Internet connectivity, you can also be on top of your emails wherever you go. Another interesting point would be pre-loaded, one-touch SMS access that enables important information such as weather, stock prices, sports news, maps and directions to be available right at your fingertips. Hardware-wise, you get a 2.5″ widescreen display, MP3 and video playback, a microSD memory card slot, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 2-megapixel camera and USB 2.0 connectivity.

You won’t find the Motorola Hint QA30 to be too heavy on your finances either despite offering some pretty impressive features and functions. In fact, Cellular South is offering it for just $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate, after being tied down to a new two-year customer agreement, of course. Each purchase will also come with full support from Cellular South’s online and in-store Discover Center, enabling the user to make the most out of the QA30 for folks who are less technologically savvy. If you want web access with the QA30, be prepared to fork out another $9.99 monthly.



Source from www.coolest-gadgets.com

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Nokia E75

Mobile email made easy
Manage your business and personal life with the Nokia E75. Type quickly with the side-slide design, check email on the fly and browse the internet in your free time. Stock due early May

In the box:
-Nokia E75 Nokia Battery BL-4U
-Nokia High Efficiency Charger AC-8
-Nokia Stereo Headset HS-43
-Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101
-Nokia 4 GB microSDHC Card MU-41
-User Guide
-Quick Start Guide

Physical features, power and memory

Size
- Form: Side-slider with full keyboard
- Dimensions: 111.8 x 50/80 x 14.4 mm
- Weight: 139 g
- Volume: 69 cc
- Side-slider design with full keyboard for easy messaging
- Full keyboard and dedicated keys for email and calendar
- Also camera key with zooming keys and mute button

Display and 3D
- Size: 2.4""
- Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
- Up to 16 million colours
- TFT active matrix (QVGA)
- Two customisable home screen modes

Keys and input method
- Numeric keypad, full QWERTY keyboard
- Dedicated one-touch keys: Home, calendar and email
- Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialling
- Side-slide QWERTY keyboard
- Intelligent input with auto-completion, auto-correction and learning capability
- Accelerated scrolling with NaviTMKey and Notification light in NaviTMKey

Connectors
- Micro-USB connector supports charging and High-Speed USB 2.0
- 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
- 2.0 charger plug

Memory
- MicroSD memory card slot, with hot swap, maximum 16 GB
- 50 MB internal dynamic memory

Power
- BL-4U 1000 mAh Li-Ion standard battery
- Talk time (maximum):
- GSM 5 h 20 min
- WCDMA 4 h 12 min
- VoIP over WLAN 9 h
- Standby time (maximum):
- GSM 280 h
- WCDMA 270 h
- WLAN 130 h""
- Music playback time (maximum): 25 h

Communication and navigation

Operating frequency
- E75-1 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/1900/2100 HSDPA
- E75-2 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900/2100 HSDPA
- Automatic switching between GSM bands
- Offline mode

Data network
- CSD
- HSCSD
- GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 100/60 kbps (DL/UL)
- EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)
- WCDMA 900/2100 or 850/1900 or 850/2100, maximum speed 384/384 kbps (DL/UL)
- HSDPA class 6, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps/384 kbps (DL/UL)
- WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g
- TCP/IP support
- Capability to serve as data modem (Nokia PC Internet Access)
- IETF SIP and 3GPP
- 3GPP VCC

Local connectivity and synchronisation
- Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
-Bluetooth profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, BIP, BPP, DI, DUN, FTP, GAVDP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, HID, OPP, PBAP, SPP, SAP
- MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol) support
- Support for printing
- Network (Raw). Direct TCP/IP socket connection to any specified port
- Network (LPR). Line Printer Daemon protocol (RFC1179)
- Printing to file
- USB PictBridge printing
- Support for local and remote SyncML synchronization, iSync, Intellisync, ActiveSync

Service

Call features
- Integrated handsfree speakerphone
- Number screening for messaging and calls
- Automatic answer with headset or car kit
- Any key answer
- Call waiting, call hold, call divert
- Call timer
- Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
- Automatic redial
- Speed dialling
- Enhanced voice dialling
- Fixed dialling number support
- Vibrating alert (internal)
- Side volume keys
- Mute key
- Contacts with images
- Talking ring tones
- Conference calling
- Video calling: up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA), up to 30 fps
- Push to talk
- VoIP

Messaging
- SMS
- SMS storage
- Speed dialling for SMS sending
- Multiple SMS deletion
- Text-to-speech message reader
- EMS picture messaging (send and receive)
- MMS
- Automatic resizing of images for MMS
- Instant messaging with Presence-enhanced contacts
- Cell broadcast
E-mail
- Supported protocols: IMAP4, Mail for Exchange, POP3
- Support for email attachments
- Support for email with filtering
- IMAP IDLE support
- Support for local and remote SyncML synchronization, iSync, Intellisync, ActiveSync
- Support for Nokia Mobile VP

Web browsing
- Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS
- Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP 2.0
- TCP/IP support
- Nokia browser
- JavaScript version 1.3 and 1.5
- Mini Map
- Nokia Mobile Search

GPS and navigation
- Integrated A-GPS
- Nokia Maps application

Image and sound

Photography
- 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels)
- Image formats: JPEG/EXIF
- CMOS sensor
- 8x digital zoom
- Autofocus
- Focal length: 3.8 mm
- Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
- Macro focus: 10-60 cm
- LED flash
- Flash modes: automatic, on, red-eye reduction, off
- Flash operating range: 1 m
- White balance modes: automatic, sunny, incandescent, fluorescent
- Centre weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.7 step
- Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
- Scene modes: auto, user defined, close-up, portrait, landscape, night, night portrait
- Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
- Full-screen viewfinder with grid
- Active toolbar
- Dedicated camera key
- Landscape (horizontal) orientation
- Photo editor on device
- Support for printing
- Share photos with Share on Ovi
Video
- Main camera
- Video recording at up to:
- 640 x 480 (VGA) up to 30 fps
- 320 x 240 (QVGA) up to 30 fps
- 176 x 144 at 15 fps (QCIF)

- Digital video zoom
- Front camera
- Video recording at up to 176 x 144 pixels (QCIF) and up to 15 fps
- Up to 2x digital video zoom
- Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP
- Audio recording formats: AMR, AAC

- Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
- Scene modes: automatic, night
- Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
- Clip length (maximum): 1 h
- RealPlayer
- Video playback file formats: .Flash Video, mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP, RealVideo, H.264 and WMV9
- Video streaming: .3gp, mp4, .rm

- Video calling: 3GPP Video Call with H.263, MPEG-4 and H.264 video codecs and AMR-NB audio
- Customizable video ring tones

- Real time video sharing to another compatible mobile device
- Video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
- Online album/blog: photo/video uploading from gallery

Music and audio playback

- Music player
- Media player
- Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, AAC+, eAAC+
- Audio streaming formats: .rm, .eAAC+
- FM and Internet Radio
- 3.5 mm AV connector
- Nokia Music Manager
- Nokia Music Store support
- Customizable ring tones
- Synchronize music with Windows Media Player

Voice and audio recording
- Voice commands
- Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialling (SIND)
- Voice recorder
- Audio recording formats: AMR-WB, AMR-NB
- FR, EFR, HRO/1, AMR-HR, and AMR-FR
- Text-to-speech
Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones
- Customizable profiles
- Customizable ring tones
- Customisable video ring tones
- Support for talking ring tones
- Customizable themes
- Customizable Home screen content in Business and Personal modes

Software
Software platform and user interface
- S60 3rd Edition
- Feature Pack 2 based on Symbian OS v9.3
- Two home screens with customizable active standby views
- Voice commands
- FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)

Personal information management (PIM): contacts, clock, calendar etc.

- Advanced contacts database: multiple number and e-mail details per contact, contacts with images • Support for company name search
- Support for assigning images to contacts
- Support for contact groups
- Closed user group support
- Fixed Dialling Number support
- Clock: analogue and digital
- Alarm clock with ring tones
- Reminders
- Calculator with advanced functions
- Calendar with week and month view
- Converter
- Active Notes
- To-do list
- PIM information viewable during call
Applications
- Java™ MIDP 2.1
- Flash Lite 3.0
- Chat and instant messaging
- Nokia browser
- JavaScript version 1.3 and 1.5""
- Dictionary
- Quickoffice (Quickword, Quickpoint, Quicksheet)
- PDF Viewer
- ZIP Manager""
- Mini Map
- Nokia Download!
- File Manager
- Nokia Search
- Nokia Maps

Gaming
- N-Gage application included

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Sony Ericsson G900

It was time for us to take a closer look to what the new Sony Ericsson G900 has to offer. This is more like a review because I plan to take it on all sides and look closer to all the details we have about the new G900. Though it’s pretty identical (at least physically) with G700, the new G900 has a few additions and I’m talking about the interesting 5 mega pixel camera with auto focus and image stabilizer. The Tran reflective display is also something that comes in as a nice surprise and makes it extremely legible under direct sunlight just like Nokia and Apple IPhone. There are also some cons like removing and inserting a memory card has not been made easier and the battery is also very poor for such an electricity eater.

Some unique features are:

* GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 + UMTS 2100
* 2.4-inch TFT display with 256k colors (240 x 320 pixels)
* 160 MB built-in memory
* Memory Stick Micro (M2)
* GPRS Class 10
* Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and USB 2.0
* 5 mega pixel camera with auto-focus, image stabilizer and flash (2592 x 1944 pixels)
* Secondary video call camera
* FM Radio
* Business card scanner, picture editor/ blogging, handwriting recognition, document reader and editor
* Li-ion 950 mAh battery for up to 380h in stand by and 12 hours of talking

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Apple iPhone 3G

It doesn't handle email as well as the cheapest BlackBerry, and as a telephone, it's no better than most cell phones. But this is the gadget that launched the era of mobile computing, and what an epoch that promises to be! With 10,000 free and paid applications, tethered to on-board GPS and utilizing an array of sensors that include a motion-sensing accelerometer, what can't the iPhone do? Price: $199

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Nokia N96 8MP

Here’s Nokia N96 8MP, the first Nokia phone to break the 8 megapixel mark. It’s N-Gage ready, S60-powered and sports Carl Zeiss Tessar optics, 8GB internal Flash memory, a 2.6" OLED QVGA screen, assisted GPS (as well as compass) and a stand for easy video watching.

The Nokia N86 8MP is expected to begin shipping in the second quarter of 2009 with an estimated retail price of EUR 375, before taxes and subsidies.

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