11/24/09

Nokia 7705 Twist Review

Phones Review : Nokia introduced the Nokia 7705 Twist (TM), mobile fun and unique play square open to reveal a QWERTY keypad. Phone shortcut buttons provide quick access to messaging, 3.0 megapixel camera, web browsing, V CAST Music with Rhapsody ®, speakerphone, voice commands and options. Contact Light Ring, which is located at the bottom right corner, adapted to identify a message or a call from the person who registered.

Features:
- Compatible with services including VZ NavigatorSM, V CAST Music with Rhapsody,
V CAST Video, Visual Voice Mail, Mobile Broadband Connect and Corporate Email
- 3.0 megapixel camera / camcorder with flash and autofocus
- Dedicated camera / video button
- Adjustment Resolution: 2048 x 1536, 1280 x 960, 800 x 600, 640 x 480, 320 x 240
- Self-timer: Off, three, five, 10 seconds
- White balance: auto, sunny, cloudy, tungsten and fluorescent
- Shutter Sound: Shutter, Silent, Say "Cheese," and Ready! 1 2 3
- Color Effects: Normal, antique, black & white, negative
- Capture modes: landscape and portrait
- Photo editing: pan and zoom, rotate
- Customized slideshow
- Video capture and playback
- Media Center-capable for downloading games, ringtones and more
- Message Threaded help customers keep track of conversations
- "Post to Blog" feature enables multimedia sent to your blog or social networking sites
- HTML browser
- Support for Mobile Email, Mobile Web Mail, Chat and Blogs
- Built-in mirror
- Supported Bluetooth ® profiles include headset, hands-free, dial-up networking, stereo, phonebook access, basic printing, object push (for vCard and vCal), file transfer and basic imaging
- 2.4-inch, 262K QVGA TFT
- EV-DO Rev. 0
- 2.5 mm headset jack
- Dimensions: 2.71 "x 2.71" x 0.59 "
- Usage time: up to 270 minutes or
- Standby time: up to 312 hours
- Weight: 3.44 ounces

Price and availability :
The Nokia Twist will be available for 99.99 USD after a 50.00 USD mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

Available colors:
Black with Xpress-on(TM) Covers in black and purple packaged with the phone.

11/20/09

Samsung S5560 review

Phones Review : Samsung S5560 is a slim device with a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display and quad-band GSM / EDGE connectivity. The phone lacks 3G, but equipped with Wi-Fi while you're near a WiFi hotspot that you do not need to use 3G.
Samsung S5560 features include Bluetooth 2.1, 3.5mm headset jack, music and video player, FM radio with RDS, 5MP camera (with autofocus and flash), 78MB of internal memory and MicroSD card support up to 16GB. The phone should be able to provide up to 9.5 hours of talk time.

General
2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced : 2009, October
Status : Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, 4Q

Size
Dimensions : 107.5 x 52 x 13.2 mm
Weight : 95.3 g

Display
Type : TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size : 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches
- Accelerometer sensor
- TouchWiz UI

Sound
Alert types : Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone : Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory
Phonebook : 2000 entries, Photocall
Call records : Yes
Internal : 78 MB
Card slot : microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB

Data
GPRS : Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD : No
EDGE : Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G : No
WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, : v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port : No
USB : Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera
Primary : 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features : Smile and blink detection, image stabilization
Video : Yes
Secondary : No

Features
Messaging : SMS, MMS, Email
Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio : Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games : Yes + downloadable
Colors : Black
GPS : No
Java : Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
- H.263/H.264/MP4 player
- Organizer
- Voice memo
- T9

Battery :Standard battery, Li-Ion 960 mAh
Stand-by :Up to 620 h
Talk time : Up to 9 h 30 min