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Flexible screen phone concept

Not too long ago we reported on flexible transparent touch screens developed by 3M. But 3M is not the only company active in this game. Samsung is also working on prototypes of flexible AMOLED displays that areapparently already in a far phase of development.

Now, development of a new technology is one thing. It gets really interesting when people start thinking of how they can apply this new technology in actually products. 3M showed us a video of potential uses and now Heyon You also came up with a rather cool concept: a flexible phone.

Just like with the 3M concepts; don’t feel too bummed out that it’s just a concept. The technology is now there, so it’s only up to the imagination of the manufacturers to really start putting products like these in production!

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 ; Release Date, Specification & Price

BlackBerry released Bold Touch 9900 and 9930 last week and i believe you have already read about the 5 new releases from BlackBerry including these two phones. If you didn’t you can read it from here. Well, BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 are the latest touch and device from BlackBerry. The release date of Bold Touch 9900, 9930 is set to be in September, 2011. The devices are loaded with a 1.2GHz Processor, Great Touch screen and a QWERTY keyboard. The QWERTY keyboard on this device is awesome and one of the other feature of this phone is that it is running on the latest BlackBerry OS 7. It has a great camera and an amazing slim body design. This is the thinnest BlackBerry Bold ever made by company. I think that made someone more interesting ah? Well, there are lot more to talk about. Let’s get started;

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 and 9930 have same specifications and design. Only thing that is different is that the operating network. BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 is a GSM phone and 9930 is a CDMA/GSM variant of the same.

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 : Design

The latest BlackBerry Bold is almost similar to the Bold 9700 in size and larger than the previous bold which is Bold 9780. The design is so powerful, business and solid. And about the keyboard, you can imagine the quality of keyboardin a BlackBerry ah. The keyboards has nice contour and kind of thicker towards a corner which really makes the finger fit into the exact key what we are looking for.

The device has a 2.8” inch Capacitive touch screen with 640 x 480 pixels resolution. You can see the usual keys in the front which is integrated as a part of the display. The buttons are not touch sensitive they are physical keys which we need to press. It also has an optical trackpad which will also act like menu button. There is a notification light, proximity sensor, accelerometer on the top of the device. The metallic bezel on the side really made the bold more elegant in display. The Bold Touch 9900, 9930 weights only 130g and is only available in black colour.

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 : Software and Hardware

The device is loaded with the latest OS, BlackBerry OS 7. It has 1.2GHzprocessor, 768MB RAM and 8GB internal memory which is expandable upto 32GB.

The phone is powered by a 1230mAh battery, which i think is one of the flaw of this device. It could have been 1500mAh instead. I didn’t expect this type of lower mAh battery in such a premium business device. Anyway it depends upon the usage.

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 : Camera and Other Features

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 has a 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash which can even record 720p HD videos. Unfortunately, there are no secondary camera for video calling.

Other features include : HD video playback, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS with blackberry maps, NFC features which can be used for payments using mobile with just a single tap, transfer of data etc.

BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 : Price, Release Date and Final Words

There is no word about the price of the device. Anyway it will be priced around $650-$750 for sure. The release date of these phones will be mostly by September, 2011 which is kind of official.

And the final words, well, if you are looking for a 100% business phone then there is no option other than BlackBerry and i must say BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, 9930 will also comes under that group of phones. And Of Course don’t expect a great touch experience from a Touch and Type device like this. If you are looking for such a blackberry device then, I will suggest you the latest BlackBerry Torch 9850, 9860, which is a full touch screen device from BlackBerry. I hope this phone is also going to be a hit like the other members of the Bold family. What you think about the new phones? will it going to rock the market? Do share your comments and don’t hesitate to ask any doubts. Thank you for reading.

Fly MX230 Price in India

Fly MX230 Price in India

Rs. 5,523

Fly MX230 Memory
Internal Memory	256 MB inbuilt Memory
Memory Card Type	Yes
Extensible Memory	microSD (T-flash)
Fly MX230 Standard Battery Features
Battery	Standard Battery Li-ion 550 mAh
Talk Time	3 hours
StandBy Time	140 hours
Fly MX230 Display
No Of Colours	262k
Display Type	TFT
Secondary Display
Resolution	176 x 220  pixel
Fly MX230 Multimedia Features
Fm Radio
Music Formats	MP3 , AAC , AMR , WAV , MID
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SAMSUNG STAR II DUOS C6712

Dual Standby

You can have the convenience of owning two phones while only having to carry around one compact mobile. Great for separating business phone calls from private ones, this Dual SIM mobile gives you the freedom to choose between SIM cards when making phone calls, and take advantage of optimal operator’s tariffs, too.

Appealing Design

You can maintain your professional look - from your power suit to their mobile. Samsung Star II DUOS has a sophisticated design and a slim 12.2mm profile that fits easily in the pocket or palm for comfortable portability. The large 3.2” screen is the perfect display for work documents, photos and more.

TouchWiz 3.0

TouchWiz 3.0 comes with advanced features including Lock Screen, which protects the phone from accidental input. Also, the Bookmark Shortcuts and Widget Bar keep the most useful and commonly used features at your’s fingertips. You can also organize your apps over 10 extendable pages for the Home Screen and Main Menu, and easily control Wi-Fi and Bluetooth settings. When SMS messages and SNS updates come in, Ticker Notification alerts you without interrupting what you are doing.

Social networking

You will keep up with their social life easier than ever. Whether it’s through email, SNS, IM, or SMS, notifications and updates are all integrated with the mobile so you can always stay in touch with your social circles without needing a PC. You can have one-glance views of all your messaging types, email accounts, instant messaging programs and more, making it easier to keep updated. Also, native SNS offers screen views that work optimally with the mobile’s smaller screen.

Office productivity

You will have ready access to work applications from your mobile, keeping them productive even when you’re out of the office.  When urgent email arrives, you will be notified immediately with push support. Document Viewer enables you to open and view work documents on your mobile without needing a PC. And inputting text is quick and easy thanks to T9 Trace text input. Even surfing the web is no longer confined to a computer. Now you can easily check websites from anywhere with Wi-Fi b/g/n internet access.

Enhanced Features

You will enjoy the varied features that enhance your mobile experience. A built-in camera takes photos conveniently. Whether it’s connecting with friends via social networking sites, downloading a wide variety of fun and useful apps, or playing games, you will enjoy keeping in touch and having fun during your downtime, on commutes, and on business trips. Files can be stored on microSD and be transferred to PCs easily through Bluetooth 3.0 and micro USB.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Review Samsung Galaxy Tab Review

Prasad Naik, Dec 01, 2010 1620 hrs IST

A failed attempt at replicating the iPad

Good design and solid build, built-in cameras, ability to make and receive calls and text messages, ideal size for gaming

Expensive, interface looks bloated on the large display, no application on the Market to make use of the screen, current apps look pixelated or don't fill the screen, videos refuse to play properly most of the time, unimpressive battery life

People have been toying with the idea of an Android tablet for some time now but it was Samsung that decided to take a leap and enter this market first. So far there has been no real competition to the iPad but it looks like there is one now. Will Samsung's tablet match Apple's? Does it have what it take to dethrone what has now become the undisputed king of the segment that it created? More importantly, should you buy one? Let's find out.

Design
People who saw the Galaxy Tab for the first time were impressed by it, and we must admit that it is indeed a handsome looking device. The design is simple yet classy and the white and black combo works very well. The front side is a sea of black with the 7-inch display in the middle surrounded by a thick border around it, which is about half an inch thick, so you can hold it without touching the screen.

Above the display is the front camera and ambient light sensor, and below are the four touch sensitive controls. The touch sensitive controls are difficult to find in the dark when their backlight switches off. It would have been nice if they were raised dots to indicate their positions.

On the right side of the device are the volume control buttons and the power button near the top and the microSD card and SIM card slot in the middle. The SIM card can be inserted when the device is running but then the device restarts automatically. On the left side is the microphone for voice and video calls and video recording. 

On the top is the headphone jack, but we would have preferred to have it at the bottom. On the bottom are the two stereo speakers near the edges and the proprietary connector port.

On the back side you will find the 3 megapixel camera lens near the top left corner with the single LED flash. Near the bottom is the product information. The battery of the device is sealed inside and non-user replaceable.

The build quality of the Galaxy Tab is terrific and the device feels solid and well put together. It does feel considerably heavy, though it weighs half of what the iPad does. While the iPad appears to be heavy, when you lift the galaxy Tab for the first time, it feels far too heavy for its unassumingly small size.

Even though Samsung has used plastic for the body it seems the battery and the rest of the internals are still quite heavy. After holding it in your hands for a few hours you do feel the strain. 


Display
The display on the Galaxy Tab is 7-inches in size and has a resolution of 1024 x 600. In comparison the iPad has a 9.7-inch, 1024 x 768 resolution display. The display uses capacitive touchscreen and supports multi-touch gestures. We were a bit disappointed by the quality of the Galaxy Tab's display. The display lacks vibrance and sharpness and even the black levels and viewing angles were below par. In comparison, even though the iPad stretches almost the same number of pixels over a wider area, the image quality is much superior.

One of the biggest problems with the display is that very little content on the device actually matches the resolution of the screen. Apart from Samsung's own applications, none of the other applications support the Galaxy Tab's display resolution and stretch to fill the screen. This makes everything look fuzzy and unclear. Even the wallpapers on the device seem to be from Samsung's other Android phones and not meant for the Galaxy Tab, and look bad when applied.

On the iPad, all the content, including Apple's apps and the third party applications, are all tailor-made for the screen's resolution and hence look great. That is not the case with the Galaxy Tab though. 1024 x 600 resolution is far from being the standard for tablet resolution on Android, so we doubt there will be much content on the Android Market for this resolution any time soon.

Another problem we noticed with the display on the Galaxy Tab is the poor refresh rate of the display. Moving objects on the screen leave a short streak behind them, which is very noticeable with images more than text. We really wished Samsung had used one of their Super AMOLED displays on the Galaxy Tab. However, there is a shortage of those and their added cost is probably why Samsung avoided them. But then they should have at least used a respectable LCD panel instead. The one on the Galaxy Tab is below average and does not suit a device that costs as much as the Galaxy Tab.
Addendum: It has come to our attention that there are two dead pixels on our review sample. We hope this is a one off issue and not present on all units.


Android 2.2 on a Tablet
The Galaxy Tab runs on Android 2.2 Froyo with Android Market access and built-in Google applications such as Gmail, Maps, etc. Samsung has also created its own applications specifically for the Galaxy Tab that takes advantage of the larger, higher resolution display. Unfortunately, as mentioned before, only Samsung's own applications and the Google apps fit the display perfectly, while all third party applications stretch to fill the display. Some don't even do that and open in a small window in the middle of the display. Even applications such as the Kobo eBook reader that Samsung has pre-installed are clearly not designed to run on the Galaxy Tab's display and look pixelated.

Blowing up an interface designed to be used on smaller displays has its problems. Even though Android scales for the display all the interface elements such as buttons and pop-up menus look gigantic and out of place on the Galaxy Tab's display. In comparison on the iPad, the interface is tailor-made for that the resolution and hence everything looks perfect and icons and menus are almost the same size as that on the iPhone and hence look more natural.

Also, on the iPad, since the interface elements are the same size as the iPhone's display, the extra space because of the bigger display is utilized to display more information. On the Galaxy Tab, everything stretches to fit the bigger display, so you aren't really seeing a lot more on the screen; just the same stuff that's been blown up to twice the size.

This is where we come across a major difference between the iPad and any Android tablet out there. The former feels like a proper tablet, whereas the latter just feels like a large Android phone. Unlike Apple, who made an OS that has been designed with the device in mind and made sure that the developers do the same, Google has failed to do that. As a result the market is now being flooded with plenty of Android tablets but none of them come close to giving the same experience that the iPad does.

For its part, Samsung has worked hard to ensure that their own apps look good on the Galaxy Tab and they do, but that's of little consolation if the operating system itself and all the third party applications don't work well with the device. As of now, Google has chosen to ignore the tablet market and instead concentrate its efforts on the smartphone, and that's not good news for devices like the Galaxy Tab. Unless a conscious effort is made by Google to improve the Android tablet scene and set some guidelines, developers will not be interested in making applications for them. The Android tablets will forever lag behind the iPad in a very crucial area - software - even though they may try to balance it out with better hardware.


Web Browsing

When we used the browser in Android 2.2 for the first time, we had nothing but praise for it. It was the fastest browser we had used on any phone and coupled with Adobe Flash 10.1 support, it was definitely the best in the business. Unfortunately, we cannot say the same about the one on the Galaxy Tab.

Our only and biggest gripe with the browser is that it's very slow. We aren't talking about the page loading speed but the actual speed of the browser's interface. It's very sluggish and the device seems to struggle when we were using it. Try and open multiple tabs and usability goes for a complete toss, as the browser then stutters and freezes quite often.

We installed Opera Mobile on the Galaxy Tab and thankfully the experience here was much better. Generally we would recommend users to stick to the built-in browser on Android 2.2, but on the Galaxy Tab, Opera Mobile is the way to go. Unfortunately, Flash only works with the built-in browser, so you will lose that functionality if you switch to some other browser.


Multimedia

The Galaxy Tab has two cameras on it whereas the current iPad comes with none. The front camera has a resolution of 1.3 megapixels and is meant for video calls, while the rear can take 3.2 megapixel images and has autofocus and flash. The rear camera is an interesting addition but to be honest in the one week that we have been using the Galaxy Tab we never found ourselves using the camera, apart from when we were testing it. More than anything, the prospect of using a tablet to shoot pictures was absurd so we preferred to take out our phones and do the shooting instead of shooting with the tablet and getting strange looks from everyone.
The quality of the camera was average, which was fine as we don't see the camera being used much. It can also shoot HD videos which were much better in quality compared to the still images but it feels even weirder to hold this thing up for anything longer than two seconds that it takes to click pictures so again we don't see many videos being shot with the Galaxy Tab. The camera application was similar to other Samsung phones but with reduced features. For example, there was no macro mode.
 

Captured with the rear camera

100% Crop of the above image

As for the front camera we noticed a serious problem with it. The camera is on the top, which means when you are in a video call and you look at your screen, the person on the other side will feel you are looking away from them. If you look at the camera, you cannot see the screen. The front camera on the iPhone 4 and other mobile phones is very close to the display, so when you look at the screen the person on the other side feels as if you are actually looking at them (that is, at the camera). But the same does not happen here because of the large screen on the Galaxy Tab.

Samsung should have placed the camera somewhere on the side so it would be closer to the center of the display. It will be interesting to see how Apple will solve this problem on the next generation iPad, which is likely to add FaceTime to its list of features.

Now coming to the video playback, which is the Holy Grail of tablets. It is one of the reasons why smartphone users would go for a tablet, so that they can enjoy their videos on a bigger display without having to bother with a laptop. On the Galaxy Tab, video playback is a bit of a hit and miss affair.

Samsung claims that the Galaxy Tab supports 1080p video playback in multiple formats, but as we found out getting those videos to play on the device wasn't so easy. First of all, the built-in memory is FAT32 formatted, so forget about transferring files greater than 4GB to the device. If you are thinking about using a large capacity NTFS-formatted card then forget that as well, as Android does not support NTFS file system.

If you do transfer a file that is less than 4GB in size then you may run into several issues. The device may not play the file for various reasons. At times it showed us the thumbnail of the video but when we tried to play it, the device gave us an "unsupported file format" error. On certain occasions we could not hear the audio of a video and at times we could hear the audio but there was no video.

As far as 720p files were concerned some looked extremely crisp while other files with the same resolution looked inexplicably fuzzy, as if it was a low resolution video. Even certain standard definition AVI files refused to work. At times when they do work videos look pretty decent on the 7-inch display but still it's not as enjoyable as on the iPad's 9.7-inch display, not just because of the larger display size but also because of the better quality display. VLC Player for iPad is also far more reliable for playing videos in different formats. The stereo loudspeakers on the Galaxy Tab aren't very loud and to be honest we have heard single loudspeakers produce louder sounds than that and they sound slightly muffled as well. It also does not help that when playing videos both the speakers end up on one side of the display.

The Galaxy Tab has the same image gallery that comes as standard on Android phones post Android 2.1. In our opinion the gallery is a bit too flash and instead of letting you concentrate on the images that you have it is more intent on showing all the cool things it can do with superfluous animations. The iPad's gallery too has  interesting animations but the only difference between the iPad's image gallery and Android's is that Apple knows where to draw the line between fancy design just for the sake of it and fancy design that's actually useful .

Of course there is a music player on board as well and this time it is by Samsung and not Android's default music player. It is quite good but to be honest no one buys a tablet for listening to music. However, it's nice to listen to a few tunes when you are, say, browsing the web and don't want to use your music player or cell phone. 


Reading Books

The Kindle may have brought reading eBooks to the masses but the iPad took it a step further, thanks to its color display that added far too many options and possibilities than what were possible on the monochrome display of the Kindle. Of course now every new tablet has to have some sort of eBook reading application on board and the Galaxy Tab has not one but two of them. One of them is by Samsung themselves and has one book in it by default. However, we could not find any way to transfer any additional books to it. When we transferred PDF files to the Tab they did not show up in the eBook reader app but can be viewed through the built-in File Manager (or a third party app such as Adobe Reader).

The built-in eBook reader app on the Galaxy Tab is a shameless rip-off of the iPad's iBooks app, with the same wooden shelves for displaying books and the same page turning animations, same positions for almost all the controls and almost the same options in preferences. Not that the iPad influence is not seen elsewhere on the Tab in Samsung's other applications, but what they have done with eBook reader is just daylight robbery. A company as big as Samsung could have come up with a team of designers who can make some thing just as good or better but different looking. But it seems they hired a bunch of copy cats whose designing skills extend to using the commands Control + C and Control + V.

The other eBook app on the Galaxy Tab is by Kobo and as we mentioned before is not designed for the Tab's display and hence looks pixelated. You can buy books from Kobo's store just the way you can in iBooks. We did not try the application ourselves but from what we have seen on the Galaxy S this app too takes heavy inspiration from Apple's iBook app.

Gaming
Gaming on the Galaxy Tab was pretty nice. The 7-inch form factor is actually just the right size for gaming and although on a bigger displays the games would look nice it may not be easy to hold that big device while playing. Most of the games we played on the Galaxy Tab were just the current lot of games for Android such as Angry Birds, Abduction and Air Control and although they were stretching to fill the display they still looked pretty good. The bigger display also meant it was easy to operate them then it is on the smaller display of the smartphones. We cannot wait for all games to be optimized for this display size and resolution.

Calling & Messaging
It's easy to forget that the Galaxy Tab is a phone as well. In fact if you ask it, it is but a large Android phone. The Tab accepts standard SIM card, which is nice as we could use our SIM cards without having to operate on them as we would have to for the iPad. The Galaxy Tab is a quad-band GSM handset with HSPA support. Then there is the usual Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS as well.

Unlike the iPad where the SIM card is only used for data transfers over GSM network, you can also make and receive calls on the Galaxy Tab. It does not have a built-in earpiece, so you would have to use a pair of headphones in conjugation with the mic built-into the device or a wired or wireless headset. Since we were using our personal SIM cards with the device it was slightly annoying when a call came in and we had none of the above handy with us, in which case we had to put the device on loudspeaker mode.

You can also send and receive SMS and MMS messages on the Galaxy Tab. The applications for these features are just like on Samsung's Android smartphones. Then there is email support as well and the Galaxy Tab has a pretty capable email client on-board that makes better use of the Tab's display than the built-in GMail app but lacks the latter's push mail support.

For text input, the Galaxy Tab comes with two built-in keyboards. First is Samsung's own keyboard and the second is the Swype keyboard. The first is pretty decent and gets the job done and was our preferred choice. The latter used to be our preferred choice on the Galaxy S because of the smaller display which made swiping the thumb around on the screen easy but it's not very convenient to swipe your index finger around on such a large display. It may seem cool initially but eventually you would settle for the standard display. Swype also has an annoying tendency to give incorrect suggestions and making you manually select from a list of options. When it works its great but when it doesn't it can be extremely frustrating.

As for typing on the device. I personally found it bit difficult to stretch my thumbs in portrait mode to type. People with bigger hands may be more comfortable though. Landscape mode is pretty much useless. The Galaxy Tab is not large enough to keep on your lap and type on like a laptop and the keys become too thin in landscape mode because of the lack of height on the widescreen display. The iPad has a much bigger 4:3 display and the keys on the iPad in landscape mode are almost as big as a full fledged laptop keyboard making typing extremely comfortable. You can also use a Bluetooth keyboard with the Galaxy Tab and Samsung also has a dock with an attached keyboard just like the one Apple has for the iPad.

General Usability
The Galaxy Tab has a 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM. It also uses a GPU for accelerating the images and videos you see on the screen. Yet the device never feels particularly fast or smooth at any time. The iPad in comparison seems like it's running on a far more powerful hardware than what its specs would suggest. Apart from the browser, it's not particularly sluggish anywhere else but still when you are paying big money for these devices you expect a lot more than "not sluggish". We guess this is to be expected on a device where the software is not optimized for the hardware. Then again, that has been a problem with every Android device.

We also noticed that the backside of the device tends to heat up on the right side, which makes holding it bit uncomfortable after using it for a while. 


The 10-inch vs. 7-inch debate
We must say we are on the former side of this debate. 10-inch is the right size for a tablet. A tablet is a device that should be offer you the experience of a laptop but without the bulk and mechanical keyboard. It should be a big enough upgrade from the smartphone to justify its existence while being portable enough for you to pick it up over the laptop when you don't want to do very heavy duty on the go and the iPad is just that. The 7-inch tablets on the other hand feel more like glorified smartphones.

They are not big enough to give you a proper web browsing or movie watching or eBook reading experience nor portable enough to carry in your pocket. This puts them into a no man's land where they can do nothing well and almost everything wrong. We really don't think this category of devices needs to exist just for the heck of it as it offers no real advantage over 10-inch tablets, of which there exists only one right now.

Battery Life

One of the most impressive things about the iPad is its battery life. Apple claims a battery life of ten hours and the device actually lasts that long, at times even longer. Unfortunately, that's not the case with the Galaxy Tab. The device only lasted for four hours while playing back an HD video and for six hours while web browsing over Wi-Fi. One can say that the lower figures are because the Galaxy Tab is comparatively smaller than the iPad and hence has a smaller battery but then the iPad also has a bigger display to power. The battery life tests on the Galaxy Tab were done without an active GSM connection.



Verdict

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is priced at Rs. 38,000. For those who jumped straight to the verdict let me tell you that the Galaxy Tab is absolutely not worth that price at all. It really has nothing going for it now. The software is flawed; Android and all the thousands of applications available for it are clearly not ready for the tablet platform yet.

Samsung has tried to do their part but more often than not they have just ended up copying the iPad's software and they have not even done a great job at it. The hardware is flawed as well. The form factor itself is flawed, where 7-inch is just not the right size for a tablet. If you disagree you just haven't grasped the concept of a tablet and are one of the many people who go around asking what can you do with one of these things. The display quality too is below par on the Galaxy Tab and for such a powerful device on paper it seems oddly sedated in real world usage and in some cases such as the web browser, frustratingly slow.

The multimedia experience is nothing to shout about either. Although the format support is impressive, the actual playback is far less so, mostly because the files just refuses to play for whatever reason. There are two cameras on board but as we found out the front is a bit oddly placed and the rear, well, are you really going to go around clicking pictures with this thing? Gaming could be the saving grace of this device but only if some good games come along which make better use of this device.

In the end the Galaxy Tab comes across as a shabby attempt copying the iPad, which still remains the ultimate tablet to have. It does everything better than the Galaxy Tab and costs the same. When Apple announced the iPad we all though that the price was pretty great. It's only now we are fully realizing how amazing the pricing of the iPad was when the competition despite, the clearly inferior hardware, are struggling to meet the price benchmark that Apple has set with the iPad.

The 7-inch display size seems more to keep the price of the device down rather than to actually make the device smaller. Heavens knows how expensive the Galaxy Tab would have been had it had a 10-inch display and I'm sure even Samsung doesn't want to find that out. The addition of the cameras and other bells and whistles seem like an effort to make you believe that you are getting worth your money but the truth is that other manufacturers are struggling to match Apple's pricing for the iPad.

So no, the Galaxy Tab is not worth buying. One shouldn't go around spending money on poor replicas when the far superior original is available for the same price.

Micromax A55 BLING

Android 2.2 Froyo

2. 7.112cm Multi Touch Capacitive Screen

3. 3 Mega Pixel Camera

4. 3G Enabled

5. 32Gb External Memory

5. Mi-Fi pocket Wireless Internet

5. GPS Enabled

SPECIFICATIONS

Form Factor	Bar Style
Band	GSM 900&1800MHz WCDMA900/2100MHz
Dimensions	4107.2mm * 58.7mm * 13.5mm
Display	262K QVGA, (240*320pixels) 7.1cms Capacitive Touch Screen
Version	2.2 Froyo
HSDPA	7.2Mbps
Camera	3.0 MP
Audio Player	Yes
Audio Input	3.5mm jack
GPS	Yes
Video Player	Yes , (3GP/MP4)
Video Player and Recorder	Yes
Video Streaming	Yes
Processor	600MHz
Bluetooth	Yes
GPRS/WAP/MMS	Yes
Internal Memory	150MB
Expandable Memory	Up to 32GB
Battery Type	1000 mAh Li-ion Battery
Talk Time	Up to 4 hours*
Standby Time	Up to 6 days *

Micromax A70 Android

 1. Android 2.1 Eclair 2. Full Touch Screen

               3. 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera

               4. Voice Assisted GPS Navigation

               5. Android Market

               6. WiFi

               7. Accelerator Sensor

               8. HSDPA 7.2Mbps

               9. HSUPA 5.6Mbps

SPECIFICATIONS

Form Factor	Full Touch
Band	GSM 900&1800MHz - WCDMA 900/2100MHz
Weight	105gms
Dimensions	106.8mm * 59.2mm * 14.0mm
Display	62K TFT, (320*240 pixels) 7.1cms Touch Screen
Version	2.1 Eclair
HSUPA	5.76Mbps
HSDPA	7.2 Mbps
Camera	3.2MP, Camera
Audio Player	Yes
GPS	Yes
WiFi	Yes
Video Streaming	Yes
Video Player	Yes
Video Recorder	Yes
GPRS/WAP/MMS	Yes
Processor	600 MHz
Bluetooth	2.1
SWYPE	Yes
Internal Memory	150MB
Expandable Memory	Up-to 32GB
Battery Type	1280 mAh Li-ion Battery
Talk Time	Up to 4 hours*
Standby Time	Up to 10 days*

ACCESSORIES

1. Transceiver

2. Standard Charger

3. Standard Battery,

4. Handsfree Kit

5. Data Cable

6. User Guide

7. Service Guide

8. Warranty Card

HTC EVO 3D; Dual Core 3D Android Smartphone; Specification & Price

HTC EVO 3D; Dual Core 3D Android Smartphone; Specification & Price

HTC EVO 3D; Dual Core 3D Android Smartphone; Specification & Price

HTC rolled out the their first 3D device, HTC EVO 3D CDMA version device in USA through Sprint network. Don’t Worry! HTC EVO 3D is available also in GSM version, which can be used with any carriers worldwide and it is coming soon to all the countries including India, UK, US and more. HTC is really over the Android now. As the 3D technology started popping up in our Living Room TV set and in the movie theatres, why can’t we have that technology on our phones too and take the fun to the next level?. HTC may be thinking about that and guess what, that is what HTC EVO 3D is all about. HTC EVO 3D is the America’s first 3D mobile device and first 3D device from HTC. LG already announced their 3D phone LG Thrill 4G also called LG Optimus 3D with the At&t but, didn’t moved out yet. But, HTC made a great entrance and is really selling a lot HTC EVO 3D’s. Let’s have a look around the phone;

HTC 3D EVO is available in both GSM and CDMA version. Both have same Specification and features.

HTC EVO 3D : Appearance

HTC EVO 3D has a 540 x 960 pixels, 4.3” inch 3D S-LCD capacitive touchscreen display. The phone offers 3d Glass/Specs free 3D experience out of the box. The display support multi touch text input and has a Gyro Sensor for precise touch experience. There are four touch sensitive keys in the front of the device as you can see in other Android phones. I kind of feel like the HTC EVO 3D is similar to the HTC Sensation 4G, everything except the front frame. which is already a hot selling product around the world.

There are some special buttons on the side of the device. On the right side of the device, you can see a dedicated button along with that, you can see a mode select switch which allows you to select 2D/3D camera mode. Pretty nice ah! There is a HDMI connecting port and a 3.5 mm head set port. The back of the device is pretty texturized to give you more grip to the device. I must say, the silver coloured camera and mode selection buttons on the side can be seen from the front view itself. i didn’t liked that placement of button. HTC EVO 3D is available only in black colour. The device weights only 170g and 11.9mm thick on the side.

HTC EVO 3D : Software and Hardware

HTC EVO 3D is an Android v2.3 Gingerbread device with HTC’s own HTC Sense v3.0 UI. The device has a powerful 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8660 chipset with 1GB RAM. 4GB internal storage is available which can be expanded upto 32GB using external card slot. The device is powered by a Li-Ion 1730 mAh, which is not really good one ‘cos the phone uses lot of power to the 3D technology rendering.

HTC EVO 3D : Camera and Other Features

This part is really interesting, HTC EVO 3D has a 5MP autofocus camera with Dual LED flash. As the camera can take stereoscopic pictures (2MP) and shot 3D videos(720p) you can see two lens on the back side. This will shoot simultaneously and gives you the 3D output. The camera can shoot 2D videos at 1080p, which is really great. There is also a secondary camera in HTC EVO 3D for video calling.

Other features; HTC EVO 3D has a lot of great features other than the 3D display and 3D ready camera. The phone offers SRS virtual surround sound while using the headphone, it supports 3G at HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiMAX 802.16 e and  DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (That’s really great), Facebook, Flickr, Twitter applications, Stereo FM radio with RDS, plays almost all types of videos including 1080p videos, support for MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA formats, GPS, A-GPS, Google maps preloaded and more.

HTC EVO 3D : Price, Competitors and Final Words

The HTC EVO 3D is a power house. The phone really can beat the Samsung Galaxy S2 which has the same specs but no 3D technology. Always think about the need before buying. I had met lot of people who has an Nokia N8 with 12MP camera and they don’t want to use the camera. Here in the case of HTC EVO 3D you paying extra to get the 3D technology into your pockets. 3D is a branch new researches are taking place and so, i dont think this will be the best you can get with 3D. If you don’t want 3D then, you can go for Motorola Droid Bionic, Motorola Photon 4G, Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Sensation 4G, Samsung infuse 4G which all offers almost same specs without 3D.

Price, HTC EVO 3D CDMA version is out through the Sprint US network. It is available for 199.99$ for 2 year contract. The regular price listed is $549.99 without 2 year contract. The CDMA version can only be used in the Sprint network and if you really want to use it with other networks wait for the release of GSM version. The release date is not yet announced. The price in India and US will be around $650(Rs 32,990) approx. Thank you for reading.