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The Nokia E5 is an Executive Smartphone - It Performs to a Professional Standard and Looks the Part

Nokia E5
The Nokia E5 has been equipped with 3G, Wi Fi and boasts a full QWERTY keyboard for messaging support. All pointers point to business users more than personal users; it is equipped with a 5 mega pixel camera and a 2.36 inch QVGA screen, you get a full web browser and an enormous array of messaging and e-mail services to boot. Nokia have made sure there is basic coverage for multimedia and entertainment but this device has definitely been focused on communications and professional usage.

Nokia have ignored Sony Ericsson's attempts at stealing there valued customers with the Vivaz Pro and gone for the throat with this potential Blackberry beater; the E5, aesthetically is very similar to the Blackberry Curve, the keyboard is very well sized for typing messages and the screen has been installed horizontally for a wider perspective on messages and web pages. The colour variety the E5 is available in is much ranged; it can come in Carbon black, white, grey, brown and blue, Nokia have tried to make it accessible but again, you cannot imagine seeing anybody younger than 35 with a brown mobile phone.

Nokia C3 Vs Nokia C5 - Which is Best For You ?

Nokia C3 is integrated with 2G, GSM network. This compact handset measures 115.5 x 58.1 x 13.6 mm and weighs 114 grams. It is incorporated with 2.4 inches, TFT touch screen offering 256K colours and 320 x 240 pixels resolution. This device is incorporated with full QWERTY keyboard. On the other hand Nokia C5 is sported with dual networks of 2G and 3G respectively availing GSM and HSDPA. This handset measures 112 x 46 x 12.3 inches and is truly lightweight weighing only 89.3 grams. This mobile phone is integrated with 2.2 inches, TFT touch screen offering 16M colours and 240 x 320 pixels resolution.

Nokia C3 is incorporated with internal memory of 55MB which can be upgraded to 16GB with utilization of micro SD. This mobile phone offers the highest connectivity from 32 GPRS and EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and micro USB. It has 2MP camera with 1600 x 1200 pixels integrated with QCIF video at 15fps video. However, Nokia C5 avails internal memories of 50MB, 128MB RAM that can be upgraded to 16GB with the use of microSD slot card. This handset provides widest connectivity's

How to Manually Update the Motorola Droid to Android 2.1

Android OS Motorola

Verizon Wireless has started rolling out with the new Android 2.1 update for the Motorola Droid. It is an OTA (over-the-air) update. But if you are eager to get the update sooner, then you can perform a manual update using the following instructions.

Instructions :

Things You'll Need:

  • Motorola Droid by Verizon Wireless
  • Update file - link provided below 

How to update an Android OS

Android OS
Android is the fastest-growing smart phone platform in the United States. There's at least two Android devices on every carrier, with a large variety of form factors and manufacturers. The downside to having different Android phones with custom skin such as HTC Sense, Samsung TouchWiz and Moto Blur is fragmentation of the OS. Google has updated its Android OS several times in the past year, but not all devices receive the update at the same time. Depending on the carrier and manufacturer, some phones receive the update as soon as its released (Google Nexus One) and others take months. Updates for Android OS are downloaded over the air and are checked in the phone's "Settings" menu.

iPhone Vs Motorola Droid

Droid VS Iphone
All the smartphones coming out this fall in time for the holiday season, and there's only one (besides the iPhone of course) that everybody's talking about. It's the Droid, of course (and in case you're wondering, like we were - yes, they did have to pay Lucasfilm's a boatload of money for the rights to use the Droid name). Is it the iPhone-killer? Isn't it? Let's find out...

This Droid, unlike R2D2, runs on Google. And if there's one OS that all eyes are on to see if they can take a bite out of Apple, it's the Google Android OS. Even RIM's BB OS is no longer being seen as a competitor for Apple so much as the enterprise camp to Apple's multimedia jungle. But now here's the Android system, the internet ring of this 3-ring mobile OS circus...or maybe it's the big top itself, since enterprise and multimedia require internet to function. And that, in a nutshell, is why everybody, including Apple, is scared of Google. Now as the for the Motorola Droid...

Motorola Droid X - A Specification

Motorola Droid
A new classical Motorola Android phone is coming possibly in July 2010. Motorola Droid X is perfect smartphone which can compete with nice HTC Evo 4 or iPhone 4G. It will be the largest phone available in US market because it is even larger than HTC Evo 4. Let's take a specification review of the iron phone Motorola Droid X.

Operating System and Hardware Specification
It runs on Android 2.1 OS with latest MotoBlur extensions.Motorola Droid X has 1 GHz TI-OMAP 3630 processor. It will come with 512Mb RAM and 8GB Flash ROM.

Display and Screen Resolution
With a 4.3" inches touch-screen with high resolution, Motorola Droid X provides its costumers an excellent display results. A 854 X 480 screen make it the largest available screen. Beneath this screen, there are four buttons to perform usual functions. Motorola Droid X has a very cool keyboard than other smart phones. You can easily type you data without lifting your fingers.

Why QWERTY is Invented

The QWERTY keyboard is invented in the early 1870's. The man behind this great invention is Christopher Sholes, who was an editor and also a printer. Through trial and error he perfected his invention and overall it has taken him six years in order to finally create the perfect type writer. In 1878, a patent is created for a type writer. It was a drawing of a type writer that specifies how the letters and alphabets are located.

QWERTY Cell Phones
These days there are way too many alternatives to the excellent QWERTY. We have Maltron keyboard, Dvorak Simplified Keyboard and many more. These alternatives might not be better while some of them might be similar in many ways.

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro - Enhancing the Best Symbian

Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro
"Having announced Sony Ericsson Vivaz™ in January we are now adding a sister phone that includes a QWERTY keyboard along with the touch screen for a superior messaging and entertainment experience." Those are the introductory words of Sony Ericsson's Marketing Business Manager Daniel Sandblom when unveiling the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro at the recently concluded 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

At first glance it does look every inch like the Vivaz but now it has a tactile QWERTY keyboard sliding out. The Vivaz Pro is consistent with what seems to be a new emerging trend in the Sony Ericsson portfolio for 2010 releasing smartphones in tandem with the "pro" affixed to the brand to indicate QWERTY slider model.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 - Sony's Key to Recovery

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
Sony's XPERIA line up is headed for what might turn out to be its best mobile phone in a decade. Correction: the best smartphone ever made. We've drooled over the first two XPERIA handsets but more on their looks as they eventually delivered short on expectations. We can only think of one reason about their lackluster performance - they had Windows Mobile for their operating system.

Enough said about a garbage OS. This time around, the struggling mobile phone giant is pinning its hopes to regain lost grounds with the right platform - Google's open source Android. With presumably unique enhancements to make it Sony's own and calling it UX, short for User eXperience, the Android 1.6-run Sony Erickson XPERIA X10 looks like a real winner that can topple occupants sitting on top of many mobile phone totem poles. And that includes the iPhone 3GS.

Nokia C5 - The Ultimate C Series Smart Phone

Nokia seems to be bucking the trend with its newest C-5 model, which resembles an iPhone, at least the screen. And it appears to be an instant hit with cell phone and smart phone consumers. With the C, E, X, N series devices, Nokia is able to deliver the right personal tech at the right price to each and every user, from the low end to the high-end techno geek and early adopter. The C-5 model is not the top of the line phone, although it looks it, and it's not anywhere near the bottom either. It's more like middle of the road phone with the right lines and the right look for the right price.

The phone has highspeed packet access for data transfer, which is nice, and it takes very detailed and high-resolution pictures with over a 15 GB hard drive. It is not yet available in the US, but the company is selling them like hot cakes on pre-orders to their dealer networks in Africa, Middle East, Asia and Europe. The phone has the ability to use Google and Microsoft email, and instant messaging services. It is obvious Nokia wants no part of the brand war, only wants to sell a ton of phones. But will they you ask?

An 8-Step Process to Solve the Great Smartphone Debate - iPhone Versus EVO

The two factions of supporters are as polarizing as politics. Most Mac users and iPhone lovers are drooling over Steve Jobs' keynote presentation yesterday at Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) 2010. Android loyalists shrug their shoulders and point out a laundry list of reasons why the iPhone is not a threat to the fast-growing Droid(TM) market.

Personally, this debate hits me at the core. I am a self-proclaimed Apple slappy yet I purchased the HTC EVO last Friday on opening day. Thus far I love the EVO (and will love it more as soon as the Android 2.2 OS - also called Froyo - becomes available). However, I have to admit that in reviewing the WWDC rollout I began to question whether I should take advantage of Sprint's 30-day satisfaction guarantee.

Android Cell Phones - The New Era

Google Android plans to expand its platform by launching five new devices in 1H 2010, including handsets from Motorola, Dell and HTC. An open source interface, Android was released almost a year ago with expectations that it would revolutionize the smartphone market. A survey conducted at the close of 2009 demonstrated that Android was indeed roiling the market, Motorola's Droid smartphone being the biggest beneficiary.

Android: Open Handset Alliance

Android, enmeshing Internet-style innovation and openness to cell phones, delivers a complete software set for cellular devices, including

Latest Mobile Phones 2010

Hardly a day passes without the launch of a new mobile handset in the United Kingdom. Each new device carrying with it additional features and add ons. Now this development is possible only with the mobile communications technology progressing at the speed of light. Only a few months back we had a set of mobile phones compatible with 2G networks. Now we have the 3G mobile phones. Some of the 3G phones like the Applie iPhone 3G have not wasted any time in making a more advanced version of the 3G phone itself. Now the Apple iPhone 4G have been announced for a early June, 2010 release.

If Apple is doing it, we can rest assured that Research in Motion (maker of the famed Blackberries), HTC, Nokia, Samsung, LG Sony Ericsson, Google, Motorola, Acer all are either about to bring out their own versions of the 4G compatible phones are already there in the market.
For a year wrought with global recession, terrorist attacks in different parts of the world, swine flu and quire a few natural disasters, 2009 did not do badly at all when it came to the mobile phone industry.

The Top 5 HTC Apps For 2010

With the iPhone dominating the smart phone market it can be easy to forget there are other phones out there with similar (and maybe better) features. The HTC Hero Android is just one of the many smart phones that deliver exceptional performance with sleek usability. Although the iPhone has the app store that attracts thousands of applications, there are some amazing HTC apps currently available.
Below are the top 5 HTC apps for 2010 - in no particular order:

1. beebPlayer - With the BBC iplayer not currently being available as an app, beebPlayer steps in brilliantly to allow you to catch up on TV shows you have missed. Not only can you catch up on TV, but you can stream live shows too. Although this is a non-official application (not developed by the BBC), it has the look and feel of BBC's iplayer which makes it very easy to use.
Price: FREE
Availability: UK

2. 3DCoche - How about this for awesome? Augmented reality is the new 'in' function for smart phones, and 3DCoche uses it to amazing effect. The point of this HTC app is to make it easy to find your car in large car parks in places such as football stadiums and shopping centres. Once you have parked, you simply save your current position with 3DCoche and that's it. The app projects the position of your car on top of the camera view of your mobile, allowing you to use the augmented reality view and Google Maps to find its current position.
Price: Availability: All

How to Access BlackBerry Engineering Screens

Accessing Blackberry Engineering Screens is a cakewalk for those who have technology as their main domain. For amateurs, an in depth technical know-how is a must. Those who are brave enough and curious to dive deep into the guts of the blackberry operating system would be interested to hear more about the tool used to access the hidden engineering screen. This way, it's a pretty easy process.

Guidelines
Now, from your home screen, click on to Shift + Alt + H (or Face + Alt on certain Sure Type devices such as Escape or Pearl + tap the top left thrice, followed by once on Sure Press on the top-right.

Now, this would bring up the Help Me screen. Simply take the values shown there (Apple's version, which includes uptime, PIN number and bracketed value) and the number of time you wish to have the Help Me screen get replaced by other engineering screens.

Type the figures in the Thyth-o-matic engineering screen's unlock code generator. Try not to close the Help Me screen, as the code generated is specific to the uptime. Now type in the unlock code offered, and your Help Me screen would automatically get switched to the engineering screens for that particular duration.

Technical Know-How
Unless you specifically know your job, you wouldn't like to mess around with the things in there as there are few relatively low functions which may mess up with your Blackberry.
Nevertheless, it's worth enabling technical utility or out of idle interest, as the case would be. You can observe the battery's internal temperature and check memory usage and internal logs, besides other stuff.

Hardcore techies can check out the algorithm used for generating the code, as the automated code won't probably last long online, especially after RIM Legal has its rage on.

Blackberry Bold 2 9700 - Brilliant Gadget With Unlimited Features

Blackberry Bold 2 9700
Ease of use has been the war cry for many new pieces of mobile devices that have been coming onto the market in the past decade and one can see no shortage of companies pounding exactly this point, particularly in the smart phone market. These phones are growing more elegant and sophisticated with each passing season at a head spinning pace. The facts, say experts, are lining up to support the way tech industry manufacturers are delivering their mobile devices: making ease of use. This has been the way that Blackberry marketed its Blackberry bold 2 9700, as an incredibly state of the art device with amazing features that are stunningly easy to use.


Consumers have heartily welcomed the Blackberry bold 2 9700, and taken the product to the absolute peak in terms of sales. This has led many competitors to turn back in an attempt to make their own devices equally compatible and easy to use.

HTC EVO 4G - iPhone Competitor

Introduction
HTC has introduced US first 4G Smartphone named "HTC Evo 4G" powered by Google's Android OS 2.1 designed for Sprint. Is it going to able enough to stand in-front of iPhone?

Specification
The EVO 4G has a 1GHz Snapdragon QSD8650 processor, 512 RAM and 1GB ROM. The EVO has GPS, light and proximity sensor, a digital compass and a G-sensor. An 8GB microSD card will be available with it and it supports up to 32GB.

Display and Audio Properties
The Evo 4G has a 4.3 inch, 480*800 pixel TFT LCD display. It has 2 cameras; one is of 8 megapixels with a flash and the forward facing camera of 1.3 megapixels for video calls and has 720p recording. It also has an HDMI output, 3.55mm audio jack, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and Blutooth2.1 connectivity.

Network Functionality
Another important functionality is you can share your network connection up to 8 other devices through its wireless making it a hot Hot spot.

Apple iPhone 4G - Is it Worth the Purchase?

What better way to start an iPhone 4G review than by remembering, with critical analysis, the tagline that introduced the newest iteration of Apple's blockbuster product.

"This changes everything. Again."

Indeed, the original iPhone changed the landscape of the telecommunication industry, toppling cellphone leaders Nokia and Samsung in a short period of time. Apple has become, or has once again become, the top name in consumer electronics, thanks in large part to Steve Jobs' brainchild.

But everything evolves, and Apple's flagship product has to evolve as well.

Enter the Apple iPhone 4G.

Recently released in the market, many people are wondering - does the newest model of Apple's mobile phone really change everything, again?

In this Apple iPhone 4G review, we will take a look at the new features of the product, and determine whether or not they are truly groundbreaking, or they're additions that current iPhone owners can live without.

Ready?

Top 10 Used iPhone Buying Tips - We Cover 16g, 8gb and 4gb Used iPhones

Used iPhone Tip #1: Seek Out Refund Options

Long before you put your money into a used iPhone for sale; make certain the provider of the Phone has a decent return policy, and one that preferably supplies you with a cash back option. Upon the receipt of the used iPhone, inspect the item carefully for exterior damage and interior water damage, and then test the item to make sure it works. If it fails to work, make sure you follow the guidelines set in the used iPhone return policy carefully; some providers of used Apple iPhone 4g, 8gb, and 16gb products place a strict time limit on the time that the consumer has to return the item for cash back or exchange.

Tip #2: Be Selective About Your Used iPhone Purchase

If this is your very first time investing in an iPhone, familiarize yourself with the various features that accompany the iPhone; this way, when you see all the offers out there, you will be able to know precisely what it is you are getting for your money. If you are not new to the iPhone buying experience and you are interested in upgrading your old Apple iPhone 4gb device of any other iPhone for something with more features and options, again familiarity with Apple iPhone offerings is needed. When a consumer knows what is currently available on the market, they are in a better position when it comes time to make their buying decisions.