Nokia C3-01 Gold Edition Announced

Nokia C3-01 gets a gold edition that uses 18 carrot gold plating. It’s not only the exterior that changes we also get a big processing boost with the 1 GHz processor in the Gold Edition. The Finland made phone also gets Nokia messaging for email and IM and Nokia communications are integrated into facebook and twitter, we also have a S40 browser and obviously the OVI store. This Gold edition of the Nokia C3-01 will be available in Eastern Europe and Middle east for the moment.

Size and Design:

The phone has the simple longitudinal bar form factor but the 18 carrot gold plating what adds to the beauty of the phone and if you are looking for a luxury phone c3-01 could be the one for you. The back side is completely gold plated and on the front except for the keypad the whole area gets the same plating. Another thing worth admiring about the phone is its decent ergonomic design. The phone weighs only 100g.It is quiet compact only 47.5mm wide and 11mm in depth.

Display:

It features a TFT capacitive touchscreen. Most of the phones in the market having the touch and type features are the smart phones but c2-01 are one of those rare devices that have this touch and type feature with out the phone being a smart phone. The screen size is 2.4 inches having a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels and pixel density of167ppi.

Camera:

It features a 5MP camera with maximum image resolution of 2592*1944 pixels. It is able to record VGA video at 30fps which is also an improvement from the earlier edition.

Processor:

Another great improvement that we see in this gold edition is the boost of processing power that is now 1 GHz making the phone really a high end device.

Connectivity:

It features Bluetooth version 2.1 with A2Dp and micro USB 2.0 the phone also supports Wi-Fi connectivity.

Storage Capacity:

The Internal Storage Capacity of the phone is 140MB and to go with it there is 64MB of RAM and 128MB of ROM. The external storage can be extended up to 32GB via micro SD memory card.

Battery:

The 1050mAH battery provides up to 440hrs of Standby time and up to 4hrs of talk time on 3G and up to 20hrs of non stop music play.

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LG Optimus Sol Android 2.3 Mobile

LG Mobiles extended its Optimus Series smartphones with the new Budget friendly LG Optimus Sol smartphone. The new smartphone from LG is named for its high clarity display and slim design. Another highlight is the power management software that saves up to 30% of battery. Users can opt for a dark UI that consumes even less white light.The launch date and price for Indian market is yet to be known.

Size and Design:

Optimus Sol has simplest of design; the smart phone is a 122.5mm long bar and curved edges which is as slim as 9.8mm and 62.5mm wide. It is available in black, white and titan colors.

Display:

LG Optimus Sol features a new display called the ultra AMOLED known for its extremely clear display. The TFT capacitive touchscreen comes with a resolution of

480 x 800 pixels and 16M color size with screen size of 3.8 inches. The pixel density is 246 ppi. It also features the mulch-touch input method, the Optimus UI, proximity sensor for auto turn off, accelerometer for auto rotate, and touch sensitive controls.

Processor and OS:

It comes with a 1 GHz processor on a Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset and runs Android 2.3(Gingerbread). There aren’t any updates about the OS upgrade.

Storage Capacity:

The Internal storage capacity of the smart phone is 2GB with 512MB of RAM. It also has micro SD memory card support up to 32GB.

Connectivity:

Apart from the 3G support it comes with the latest Wi-Fi features like the Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA and Wi-Fi Direct. It features the Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP and micro USB 2.0.

Camera:

It comes with 5MP camera with auto focus and LED flash. The maximum image resolution is 2592*1944. There isn’t any image enhancing features but supports geo-tagging. It records VGA quality video at 24fps and also features a secondary VGA camera.

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HTC Titan with Windows Mango Launched 47Share

HTC Mobiles have launched its two latest smartphones the HTC Titan and HTC Radar running on the Microsoft’s latest Operating system called the Mango. HTC is the second manufacturer to feature the Mango OS after Fujitsu Toshiba mobile communication. At the launch event in London the official said that the smartphones will be available from next month in Asia and Europe. We have reviewed the important features of HTC Titan here. Let’s see what it has to offer to the Microsoft and HTC fans.

Size and Design:

HTC is renowned for its elegant designs and Titan design is no different even though it’s a giant smart phone. We have seen the previous HTC phones built with premium materials and Titan like the Desire and Sensation features moulded aluminium body. It has a huge screen and the phone is 131.5mm long 70.7mm wide and has a weight of16og. That’s quiet a size but even with such dimensions and weight it is only 9.9mm thick.

Display:

It features S-LCD capacitive touchscreen having a huge size of 4.7 inch. Not many smart phones feature such a giant screen. The screen resolution is 480*800 pixels and the pixel density is 199ppi.It features the multi-touch input method, proximity sensor for auto turn off, accelerometer for auto rotate and gyroscope sensor.

Camera:

The giant smart phone has a big 8MP camera with auto focus and LED flash. The maximum image resolution is 3264x2448 pixels. Unfortunately there aren’t any image enhancing features but it offers geo-tagging. It is able to record HD 720p video and also features 1.3MP secondary video call camera.

Processor and OS:

It features 1.5 GHz Scorpion processor powered by Adreno 205 GPU on a Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset. There is 512MB of RAM to go with it and run the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Mango OS.

Storage Capacity:

The internal storage capacity of the phone is 16GB and that’s all what it has as there is no card slot in the phone which really is a set back for such a big device.

Connectivity:

It features Wi-Fi with DLNA, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and EDR and micro USB 2.0 apart from the 3G support.

Battery:

The 16oomAH battery is capable of providing up to 460hrs of Stand by time and up to 6hrs 50min of talk time on 3G coverage.

Our Opinion:
Monster of a smartphone, only glitch is price and performance of Mango OS. Otherwise everything seems perfect.

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HTC Radar Windows Mango Smartphone

At a Launch event at London HTC has launched a couple of new smartphones: HTC Radar and HTC Titan, running the Microsoft’s latest OS called the Mango. This will bolster up the struggling Microsoft that is finding it hard to get a decent market share from Apple iOS and Google Android. With this launch HTC now becomes the second company to feature the Mango OS in its smart phones after Fujitsu Toshiba mobile communications announced the same for their IS12T. The smart phones will be available to HTC and Microsoft fans across Asia and Europe from the next month. Here we have reviewed HTC Radar on multiple fronts to give you a glimpse about this new Microsoft Mango OS based smart phone from HTC.

Size and Design:

HTC mobile usually feature innovative designs with premium materials and Radar is no different. Similarly like the Desire and Sensation it features moulded aluminium body. Radar doesn’t have the slimmest of design infect it is a decently large device being 120.5mm long, 61.5mm wide and10.9mm in depth.

Display:

It features a 3.8 inch S-LCD capacitive TFT touchscreen having the resolution of 400*800 pixels and 16M colour support. The pixel density is 246ppi which is on the higher side so you can expect the display to be quiet sharp. The display is a gorilla glass one and it features multi-touch input method, there’s a also proximity sensor for auto turn-off, accelerometer for auto rotate and gyroscope sensor.

Camera:

It comes with a 5MP autofocus camera with F2.2 Lens, LED flash, the maximum image resolution is 2592*1944pixels. It record HD 720p video at 30fps. There is also a secondary VGA camera in the phone.

Processor and OS:

Radar features 1 GHz Scorpion processor powered by Adreno 205 GPU on a Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset and runs Microsoft Mobile Windows 7 OS (Mango).

Storage Capacity:

It has 8GB of internal memory and there’s no card slot for memory expansion which would rather be a disappointment for the fans. RAM is 512MB.

Connectivity:

It has 3G support apart from Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and EDR, Wi-FI, and micro USB 2.0.

Battery:

The 1520mAH battery is capable of providing up to 330hrs of stand by time and up to 7hrs of talk time.

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Need Discounts: Coupon Codes India Motorola Fire vs Nokia E5 Comparison

Motorola Mobiles India have recently launched its latest Android mobile in India with QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen, the Motorola Fire. This phone is surely going to have a good competition with exisiting QWERTY mobile phones in India. In this post we will compare Motorola Fire with Nokia's most successful QWERTY Mobile in India in recent times, i.e. Nokia E5

Size and Design:

Both phones even though having the QWERTY keyboard style have different designs. Nokia Eh has the screen in landscape scape mode making the phone a little wider 59.5 mm compared to Motorola Fire 59mm having the screen encased in portrait format. Fire is also a little longer 116.5mm in contrast to 115mm E5. Nokia E5 is however slimmer than the competitor having depth of 12.8 in comparison to 13.5mm of Fire.

Display:

Motorola Fire features a 2.8 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen having a resolution of 240*320 pixels with 262K color support. The 2.36 inch screen of Nokia E5 is not a touchscreen having a resolution of 320*240 with same 256K color support. Motorola Fire with its touch and type feature and bigger screen is the winner here.

Camera:

Fire comes with a 3.15MP camera with out the touch focus and LED flash whereas Nokia E5 is equipped with a 5MP camera with LED flash but also lacking the autofocus. Fire camera is able to record video with maximum resolution of 480p at 24fps compared to 15fps VGA video recording in E5. Nokia E5 having a better camera wins this battle.

Processor and OS:

Motorola Fire features a 600 MHz ARM 11 processor powered by Adreno 200 GPU on Qualcomm MSM7227-1 chipset and runs the android OS 2.3(Gingerbread). Nokia E5 also comes with a 600MHz Arm 11 processor running the Symbian OS v9.3. Motorola Fire with Android OS has a lot more to offer when it comes to apps, again giving it a slight edge over Nokia E5.

Storage Capacity:

Motorola Fire has 256MB of RAM and 512MB ROM whereas E5 has 250MB of internal memory and 256MB of RAM. Both phones support memory extension up to 32GB via micro SDMC.

Connectivity:

There is nothing much to choose from between the on connectivity front with both having Bluetooth, Wi-FI, micro USB2.0 and 3G support.


Conclusion:
Nokia E5 is better in terms of only the Camera, which I think is not the most important feature of a mobile phone. Motorola Fire excels in terms of processor and hardware. Motorola Fire should no doubt be the choice in this case.


Price in India:
Both the phones are in the range of Rs.9000 as of September 2011. The prices may change by the time you read this post.

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LG T515 Dual SIM Touchscreen Mobile in India

LG Mobiles India have launched yet another entry level dual SIM Touchscreen mobile phone in India, the LG T515. It is a Java based Dual SIM Mobile phone with 2.8 Inch TFT Touchscreen, 2MP Camera, Wi-Fi and bluetooth. However, It lacks 3G Connectivity, which makes it less favourable in current Indian mobile market. LG T515 Price in India is Rs.5,000

Size and Design:

LG T515 comes with a decent bar form factor; the phone is 105mm in length with edges completely curved giving it more of a bar of soap like look. The huge screen dominates the front view of the cell phone. The design is not the slimmest and sleekest; T515 is about 57.5mm wide and 12.9mm in depth. However it is not the heaviest weighing about 105g.

Display:

It features a 3.2 inch QVGA capacitive touch screen with screen resolution of 240*320 pixels and 262K color support. The large screen makes the phone well suited to watching videos.

Camera:

The camera is a must feature of every cell phone these days. Even the budget smart phones are featuring a 3MP camera with decent video recording and image enhancing features. A 2MP camera in T515 is rather disappointing especially having no autofocus and LED flash to go with it. It supports unlimited video recording. There isn’t any secondary camera in the device.

Storage Capacity:

We found the internal memory of 4GB in the device quiet encouraging, not too many budget phones are having that much of internal memory. Greater internal memory is probably one feature that is separating a quality mobile manufacturer from an ordinary one as seen in the market. It supports external memory expansion up to 32GB via SD memory card.

Connectivity:

The phone supports dual brand GSM 900/1800 MHz meaning that it is supports dual SIMs. It also has a Bluetooth and microUSB 2.0.

Our Opinion:
Buy this mobile only if you are planning to buy any Chinese in India box phones from Micromax, Spice, Karbonn etc. Otherwise this phone has nothing special to offer.

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LG Optimus Pro C660 Mobile Review

LG Mobiles India have announced their latest android mobile phone in India, the LG Optimus Pro C660. LG is expanding their range of android mobiles under the Optimus series exactly like Samsung is doing with their Galaxy series. The new LG Optimus Pro C660 is a Touch and Type mobile phone with 2.8 Inch Touchscreen and a QWERTY Keypad. It is an Android 2.3 based smartphone, which makes it the cheapest LG Android Mobile in India with Android 2.3 OS. It also feature 3G Connectivity, Wi-Fi , 3MP Camera and other decent features. LG Optimus Pro C660 Price in India is Rs.9,990 and it is going to make a good market for itself in the Mid-Range Android Mobiles market in India.

Size and Design:

LG Optimus Pro is a compact QWERTY style smart phone with a 2.8 Inch Touchscreen. We say compact as the screen in the portrait format instead of the conventional landscape format that is often found in business style smartphones. It is a little on the longer side, 119.5mm but you won’t feel uncomfortable to handle as it provides you space to either use the touch screen or the keyboard for different tasks. The width is 59.7 with total depth of 12.9mm. It weighs 129g.

Display:

It features a 2.8 inch TFT capacitive touch screen with resolution of 240*320 pixels. The resolution is supported by 256K colors and the pixel density is 143ppi. It also has an accelerometer for user interface auto rotate.

Camera:

The fact that the 3 MP camera of Optimus Pro C660 lacks the auto focus and even the LED flash is rather disappointing. The video recording is limited up to VGA at 24fps. There’s also aren’t any image enhancing features but allows for geo-tagging.

Processor and OS:

It features an 800 MHz processor on a Qualcomm MSM7227T chipset and it runs the Android OS v2.3.3 (Gingerbread).

Storage Capacity:

The internal storage capacity of the phone is 156 MB. It has 256MB of RAM and also supports memory extension up to 32GB via micro SD memory card.

Connectivity:

Optimus Pro offers decent connectivity features with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Wi-Fi hotspot. It also supports the 3G and Edge, features Bluetooth v3.0 and micro USB v2.0. Optimus also has offers the A-GPS

Battery:

Its 1500mAH battery is capable of providing up to 4 hours of talk time and up to 100 hrs of stand by time


Our Conclusion:
A decent phone to buy, One of the best phone is the market today to experience Android 2.3 at a lower price. It will give a good fight to the likes of Samsung Galaxy Fit, Galaxy Pro and Nokia E5

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Vodafone Blue 555 Mobile Review

Vodafone Mobiles India recently launched their Facebook Phone in India known as Vodafone Blue 555. This new QWERTY Mobile phone from Vodafone has been specially designed to keep you in sync with Facebook, or I would say make you facebook addict :) Anyways Vodafone Blue is a disappointment, mainly because its a 2G Phone, what is the point in making a social networking phone which does not support 3G. The slow speed of 2G will kill all your thrill about the likes,comments and shares of Facebook.

Vodafone Blue 555 comes with a QWERTY Keypad, 2.4 Inch TFT Screen, Trackpad and a 2MP Camera. As the specifications are quite ordinary, even the price is not that great. Its Price in India is Rs.4,600.

Size and Design

From a distance you’ll find Blue 555 resembling with HTC chaca but it is infect quiet different. The QWERTY keyboard has large buttons with hardly any space between them. The phone features the screen in the conventional landscape format. The shape is not very curvy and has simple built. Coming to the dimensions it is 110mm long, has width of 61.1mm and 12mm thick.

Display:

Being very much a budget facebbok phone there’s nothing fancy about the display. It features a TFT screen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and screen size of 2.4 inches .the pixel density is167 ppi pixel.

Camera:

It features a 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, with LED flash but lacks the auto focus. It records VGA video and there aren’t any image enhancing features too. The camera mode allows for switching to night mode, four different picture sizes and brightness adjustment.

Processor:

Blue555 features a 200 MHz MTK 6235 processor.The overall performance of the phone is satisfactory. It performs the task quiet briskly.

Connectivity:

Vodafone 555 features a Bluetooth v 2.1 with A2Dp and micro USB 2.0. Unfortunately it lacks Wi-Fi which really is a disappointing aspect of the phone. It has the EDGE and GPRS support but lacks 3G support.

Storage Capacity:

The internal storage capacity of the phone is 40Mb but it does support memory extension with the help of micro SD memory card up to 32GB.

Battery:

It has 1000mAH Li-Ion battery that is capable of providing up to 3 hours of talk time and up to 324 hours of stand by time. The battery capability is not entirely satisfactory considering that the phone is aimed to be social networking device.


Our Conclusion:
A Completely wasted phone. Browse for other ones :)

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Vodafone Smart U8160 Mobile Review

Vodafone Mobiles India have launched their latest Android mobile phone in India called as Vodafone Smart U8160. The Vodafone 858 Smart comes with Android 2.2 Operating system, 2.8 Inch Capacitive touchscreen, 2MP Camera, 3G Connectivity and Wi-Fi. Its price in India is Rs.6,700. At this price tag Vodafone Smart is a decent phone with decent features. This phone should be preferred over the other cheap android phones. Vodafone recently launched two phones, Vodafone Blue and Smart. Blue is really disappointing but Smart will be able to save the image a little bit, not the best of the android phones, but its still a good phone to buy in low budget.

Size and Design:

Vodafone smart is indeed a smart phone with a smart design. The candy bar design of the phone is kind of oval shaped, it is by no means the rectangular bar design that we often find in most of the smart phones these days. The completely curved edge seems to be running all around the phone from one end to the other. It is 103.8mm long not very wide with 56.8mm width and 12.6mm of thickness. It weighs 104g which is very much on the lighter side.

Display:

It features a TFT capacitive touch screen having QVGA 240*320 pixels of resolution. The screen size is 2.8 inches supported by 252K colours. Having a 2.8 inch screen on a budget friendly smart phone is certainly a good addition.

Camera:

It features only a 2MP camera with maximum image capturing resolution of 1200*1600 pixels. Most of the smart phones are having at least a 3MP camera; therefore a 2MP one would disappoint many. But again with a budget friendly price tag many would find it acceptable.

Processor and OS:

It features a 524Mhz of processor powered by Adreno GPU and runs Android 2.2(Froyo) OS.

Storage Capacity:

The internal storage capacity of the phone is 150MB and does have a micro SD memory card support which cab be inserted as big as 32GB.

Connectivity:

On the connectivity front we have 3G, EDGE and GPRS support. There Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi hotspot and micro USB 2.0 support. It also supports A-GPS with Google maps and has 3.5mm audio jack.

Battery:

The Li-Ion 1200mAH battery is capable of providing up to 4 hrs of talk time on 3G which is certainly not impressive and upto 380hrs of standby on 3G.

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Micromax X222 Dual SIM Mobile Review

Micromax Mobiles India have launched their latest cheap touchscreen dual SIM Mobile phone called as Micromax X222. It is a very basic mobile phone with Dual SIM GSM Support, 2.4 Inch resistive touchscreen, FM Radio. Micromax X222 price in India is Rs.1,900.

Size and Design:

MicroMax X222 is a small phone, only 92mm long with a width of 52mm. It is 14mm in depth and weighs only 83g which is the best part of the design even though it is not a sleek and slim one. The phone would look like a bar of soap to many having that kind of curvatures on the edges. But it is very much acceptable with the price tag it has. It is available in coffee brown colour.

Display:

The touch screen is a resistive one having resolution of 240 by 320 pixels (QVGA) with 65K colours. The screen size is 2.4 inch. With the credit, that X222 is the first ever touchscreen device with a price tag of less than RS 2000 I think it is a pretty good going.

Camera:

Yes it does have a camera too. It is a VGA one but can record videos as well. Many would say it is useless but again at such small price if you willing to have a touch screen phone you would mind an added camera.

Connectivity:

Micromax X222 supports GPRS class 12 and guess what there’s also a Bluetooth go with it. There a 3.5mm jack for connecting external headsets.

Storage capacity:

There a decent 32MB of internal memory. Micromax X222 also has a memory card slot. It supports micro SD card up 8GB.

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