4
Oct
2010
The HTC Desire Z – Sprouting QWERTY for the Desire
Following the common trend to come out with QWERTY slider variants of its popular monolithic touchscreens, Taiwan’s leading smartphone maker HTC has unveiled its HTC Desire Z. Looking more like the earlier Desire than the upcoming Desire HD, the new smartphone is only the second Android from HTC to have a sliding QWERTY keyboard after its Dream released in June 2009.
Exquisite Screen
Sharing the same 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and WVGA (800 x 480) resolution, the HTC Desire Z takes off from HTC’s move to use Super LCD from Sony rather than suffer anew the inability of Samsung to supply the AMOLED displays used in the early Desire.
It’s interesting to note that the Desire Androids now use S-LCD while its first few production batches had AMOLED screens. But no matter, if Engadget is right in its comparison, the two screen technologies offer about the same picture quality with AMOLED being more power efficient.
General Features
With a smorgasbord of connectivity features on both radio (quad band GSM on 2G and dual band UMTS on 3G) and data (class 32 GPRS/EDGE on 2G and HSDA 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA 7.6 Mbps on 3G), the HTC Desire Z is up to the telephony task like any flagship smartphone.
It also has WiFi 802.11 b/g/n with DLNA and while its 5 megapixel autofocus geo tagging and face detecting camera with LED flash is nothing to brag about, it does offer 720p video recording. Other features include:
• Qualcomm MSM 7230 at 800 MHz running Android v2.2 Froyo;
• Facebook, Twitter, Picasa, YouTube and Google talk integration;
• Multitouch Input, proximity and accelerometer sensors
• FM stereo with RDS and 3.5mm headphone jack;
• Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and microUSB v2.0;
• 1.5 GB onboard memory with 512 MB RAM, up to 32GB microSD support;
• 1300 mAh Li-ion battery for up to 9.8 hours on 2G, 6.6 hours on 3G with 430 hours standby.
26
Aug
2010
Funky and Functional: The Nokia C6
When it comes to entry level and mid range mobiles, there is no doubt that Nokia is still one of, if not the top performer in terms of market share. They have held this title for years and their ability and consistency in launching mobiles that are able to satisfy the needs of their consumers have allowed them to take a firm grip on the market for the longest time.
However, they have been struggling a bit in the Smartphone business. They are being toppled by the BlackBerry’s and the iPhone’s out there. One device that should be able to bridge the growing gap is the Nokia C6.
Style
One thing going for the C6 is that it definitely falls into the category of eye candy mobile. The device really looks good and exudes a type of appeal only a Nokia can deliver. It comes in two different colours – black and white – which are both equally charming.
The Nokia C6 has an impressive 3.2” touch screen display which makes use of the TFT resistive technology. The device also sports a QWERTY keyboard which slides out from the left side of the device (or the bottom once you rotate the mobile).
This added feature makes the Nokia C6 a bit on the bulky side with dimensions of 113 x 53 x 16.8 mm. The mobile has a total weight of 150 grams.
Substance
This mid range device has everything you’d need from a Smartphone. It supports 3G HSDPA as well as Wi-Fi internet connectivity. The operating system installed on the C6 is the same old Symbian OS (version 9.4) which is backed up by a 434 MHz ARM processor.
The Nokia C6’s built-in snapper is pretty impressive at 5 Megapixels. It also comes with an LED flash and features geo-tagging as well.
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