The Google-powered cell phone is coming soon, and it will retail for $199, according to the Wall Street Journal. The price of the new Google smart phone would put the device head-to-head with Apple’s $199 iPhone (AAPL). The Google phone, which features a touchscreen and is made by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, faces some stiff competition. The iPhone 3G has generated significant interest among consumers for redefining touch-screen technology, popularizing mobile applications and for significantly improving Web navigation on cell phones.
T-Mobile, the first carrier that will run Google’s Android mobile software, will show off the new phone to analysts and reporters on Tuesday in Manhattan. It is expected to hit stores later this fall.
Representatives from Google, HTC and T-Mobile would not comment on the Journal’s report. Google unveiled features of the Android operating system on an unidentified black HTC handset at a developers conference in London on Wednesday.
The HTC phone is just the first of many Google-powered phones, according to the search giant. For Google to reach its ultimate goal - driving mobile Internet use and, in turn, ads - it will need to get multiple devices in the hands of mainstream consumers. The price will also need to be right, given that companies like Palm and Samsung already offer entry-level smartphones for $100.
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First Google Android phone to cost USD 199
Sony Ericsson T700 ! Ultra Slim
The first information that Sony Ericsson is going to let out a remake of the is no time successful T610, has appeared in the beginning of July. And here all rumors and guesses were materialized in the form of new Sony Ericsson T700 3.2 mega pixels with stereo columns and the 2-inch TFT-display. Phone is intended for work in networks GSM/GPRS/EDGE and 2100 Mbps UMTS/HSDPA 3G, its thin metal the body has only 10 mm in thickness, onboard there are 512 Mb of memory. To get T700 it will be possible in silvery, black-silvery and black-red colors of a body. The output of phone is planned for 4-th quarter of this year.
Sony has announced the new slim phone, the Sony Ericsson T700. At a thickness of 10mm, the phone falls into the sleek and slim category, which includes Motorola L6 and L7 as well as Nokia 6300 and 5310 Xpress Music.
Nokia vs Samsung - Handphone camera comparisons
Here, we are comparing the cameras of two handphones, namely Nokia 5220 Classic vs Samsung Z370 (Ultra Edition 8.4). Nokia 5220 Classic equips 5 Mega pixels camera, while Samsung Z370 is a 2 Mega pixels camera phone.
Function wise, Nokia 5220 Classic comes with powerful xeon flash, while Samsung Z370 (Ultra 8.4) has no flash. Nokia 5220 Classic can also auto-focus. Unfortunately, the shutter sound of Nokia 5220 Classic cannot be turned off, while Samsung Z370 can take the shutter without giving out any sound.
Let us take a look at the photo quality in a bright sunny outdoor environment. The first larger image is by Nokia 5220 Classic. The image is slight larger than the one with Samsung Z370 (below), as it is a 5 mega pixels. You can also see that the white balance is better in Nokia in this case.
The details of the textile can also be seen clearly in the above photo.
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The drawbacks of Nokia 6220 Classic
After using the Nokia 6220 Classic, here I think are some of the areas for improvement:
1) The shutter sound is not able to be disabled. It should provide an option for the users to disable the shutter sound, it is too loud!
2) The option to disable red light search during focus phase.
3) The option to have a shutter button at the keypad, as currently only the shutter button can take the shutter, if there is another button at the keypad can take the shutter would be good.
4) Make the shutter button be the short cut to activate the camera.
5) The cover for the camera should be improved, it seems very fragile at the moment.
6) Improve the speed when the screen is switched from vertical to horizontal.
7) The ability to disable the log for the sms, now every single sms in or not, is being recorded together with the incoming and outgoing call.
8) Make the activation of the camera be faster.
9) No "delete all" function for the sms messages.
I will talk about it more in the coming posts.
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10 things that Apple 3G iPhone is missing
Ten things that you love to have on Apple 3G iPhone:
1. Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)
It could be tied directly to the 3G iPhone's lack of a video camera; you can't2. Stereo Bluetooth / A2DP support
share video files if you can't shoot or store it natively on the device.
iPhone no longer requires an adapter or headphones designed for its recessed3. Selecting, copying, and pasting text
headphone jack. But what about cutting the cable altogether?
They didn't add an option to edit text by selecting passages and copying and4. Horizontal keyboard for e-mail and notes
pasting them elsewhere in an e-mail message or note.
The touch-screen keyboard doesn't rotate to a landscape orientation when using
the Notes, e-mail, or Maps applications.
5. Improved predictive text (or the ability to turn it off)
However, it has only an "opt-out" feature, which requires hitting a very6. Integrated IM application
small "x" to deselect the word it suggests. This is where that feature fails.
The time it saves in correcting miscues sometimes pales in comparison to the
frustration it causes in forcing you to repeatedly deselect words.
There's still no IM client preloaded onto the iPhone.
7. Flash support
Even though YouTube clips are in Flash format on the Web, they've been8. A better camera and a camcorder
converted to QuickTime format specifically for the iPhone-centric version of
YouTube.
The 3G iPhone's still camera maxes out at 2 megapixels, and there's no way9. Unified e-mail inbox
to shoot video with the camera.
Microsoft Exchange is now supported, but there's no way to get all your10. Voice dialing and voice memos
messages from Yahoo, Mac.com, Gmail, AOL.
The new iPhone has no native support for voice dialing or recording
audio memos.
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