While Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC and others have announced several new models, Nokia has assisted passive to show at Mobile World Congress 2010. Quite bizarre, the Finns have not even come with a new phone. Instead they came with a promise: cheap smartphones.

Those from Nokia, by Lee Williams, head of the Symbian Foundation, I promise that will get the smartphone market, which will cost only 100 euros. These devices will run Symbian ^ 3.

More information was not made public. Only that will be more such terminals and will be released even this year.

Nokia has big plans for 2010, but preferred to take a more protected from the sight of the media. The MWC has not submitted any phone, but officials Qualcomm (the company that Finns have a partnership) broke silence and said that Nokia will launch by the end of a Symbian smartphone, powered by Snapdragon processor a new generation. It will have a frequency of 1.3 GHz or 1.5 GHz.

If the rumors are true, Nokia smartphone is expected to compete with HTC Libra, device equipped with a Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.5 GHz and operating system Android.

The difference between a smartphone and a regular phone is primarily an operating system, the facilities it offers. A smartphone is guided by the same principles as a computer. You can install programs that interest you and you provide a high level of configuration. Another advantage is the easy synchronization of information, either a PC or an online service.

With proper application, a Nokia smart phone can be synchronized with a program like Outlook, or an online application such as Google contacts agenda. Let us now the first choice, synchronize phone data with Outlook, the Microsoft Office suite.

What you can synchronize and why

What is the logic, you can synchronize only information covered by two instruments – the phone and schedule. In addition to e-mail, your Nokia smartphone and Outlook’s share three elements: book contacts, calendar with your tasks and notes of sites. Therefore, these three types of data can be synchronized – manually or automatically – from a Nokia smartphone and Outlook.

The reasons why you resort to such synchronization are multiple. One would be that you need for meetings in your calendar or notes to appear on the laptop or PC. Another reason, as thoroughly, is that you need to be stored as contacts on both phone and computer. This means that you always provide a backup for unexpected situations (loss of contact, phone, etc. change.).

What you need to sync

You need three things, of which two are obvious as possible: a Nokia smartphone (Symbian S60 operating system) and a computer on which you installed Microsoft Outlook.

The third requirement is the application Ovi Suite or for older phones, Nokia PC Suite. It acts as an intermediary and is, in fact, that makes all the work. If you installed both programs you can go for it.

Add phone to Ovi Suite

This is the first step you do, usually right after you buy your phone and install Ovi Suite. Application of the Nokia is very simple process:

* Follow the path Tools – Add new device
* Choose the type of connection (cable or Bluetooth)
* Attribute name a phone after it is detected

Configuration synchronization process
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One of our connects just hit us up with some awesome info — T-Mobile’s responding to Verizon’s lower pricing. Here’s what we’ve got:Note: SRP = Standard Retail Pricing and NET = price after 2 year agreement. We’ve been told on average pricing dropped around “$30-$50.”

BlackBerry Curve 8520 — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Samsung t349 — reduced SRP and NET pricing
HTC Touch Pro II — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Samsung Gravity — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Samsung Highlight — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Nokia 3711 — reduced NET pricing
BlackBerry Bold 9700 — reduced NET pricing
Samsung Behold II — reduced SRP and NET pricing
Motorola CLIQ — reduced NET pricing
T-Mobile G1 — reduced SRP and NET pricing
HTC Dash 3G — reduced SRP and NET pricing

After Nexus One, you get the portfolio of Google, HTC Smart phone is first released by Taiwan this year. Ironically, Samsung Smart is a smart phone. Even the first regular phone, or dumbphone launched by Samsung.

There just is not a smart phone, but HTC Smart does not shine in Chapter facilities. Maricel has a touchscreen, 2.8-inch, HSDPA and Bluetooth. On the other hand, fares very well in Chapter processor (300 MHz) and RAM (256 MB).

It has GPS and Wi-Fi but has a microSD slot and a 3-megapixel camera. The operating system Qualcomm BREW, and graphical user interface used is Samsung Sense.
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Hero is the third device of HTC with Google Android operating system. Besides technical facilities rich, HTC Hero is the first to benefit from HTC Sense custom interface.

The phone has a medium size, in keeping with all-in-class smartphone: a length of 112 mm, a width of 56.2 mm and 14.4 mm thick and weighs 135 grams, so it is convenient to pocket or purse. The phone is found in a wide enough range of colors: white, black, pink, brown and gray.

Using the Google Android operating system, you will find main functions: Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Search and YouTube. In addition to those listed before returned to the office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF.

Presents a multitude of apilcatii, because there are downloadable from Android Market has everything you need, many applications are free. HTC Hero is and GPS. The application used here is Google Maps. It does not support multi-touch, which means you do not zoom with two fingers.

The camera has 5 megapixels and has autofocus and is able to record video. Use the camera interface is similar to that of the iPhone.

Chapter connectivity, HTC Hero sit very well. Have to be available for Internet WiFi, HSPA with either 7.2 Mbps download and 2 Mbps upload.

Music player recognizes most popular formats (MP3, AAC, AAC +, AAC-LC, AMR-NB, WAV, MIDI and VMW)

Strengths of the HTC Hero:

+ Android OS 1.5
+ 3.2 inch touch screen
+ WiFi and GPS
+ Multi-touch
+ 3.5 mm audio jack
+ Web browser with Flash support

HTC Hero is a smartphone with a multitude of functions able to satisfy the needs of every type of person, so for web browsing, gps, photo and video or office!

Though it’s not a free 3G iPhone as O2 is offering, T-Mobile Germany will be offering their 8GB 3G iPhone for as low as 1 euro with a 69 euro contract. The 16GB model will go for as low as 39.95 euro or 19.95 euro with the 69 or 89 euro plan.

Over on the US side, AT&T will sell the 8GB 3G iPhone for a fixed price of $199 no matter which plan the customer picks.

Retailers have drastically dropped the price of the previous iPhone in anticipation for the 3G iPhone and carriers are heavily subsidizing it in order to woo more customers.

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The 16GB internal flash memory packing, tilting slide-out QWERTY keyboard toting, 5-inch VGA touchscreen boasting Windows Mobile powered smartphone called the HTC Advantage is on display right now at Computex 2008.

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