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There are only a few days until the opening of Mobile World Congress 2010 trade fair (15 to 18 February, Barcelona) – the largest event dedicated to mobile telephony and communications. This year, Global Mobile Awards ceremony (the equivalent of the Oscars, but in mobile communications), we find among others that is in the opinion of specialists the best phone released in 2009. Category has five nominees that we present below.

Blackberry Bold 9700

Redoubtable smartphone is receiving a processor clocked at 624 MHz, 256 MB RAM and OS BlackBerry OS 5.0. On the connectivity offers a complete support, consisting of HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP. Auxiliary branches are the integrated GPS receiver (plus maps BlackBerry Maps) and 3.15 MP camera with autofocus. BlackBerry Bold 9700 ensures a quick handling, thanks to full-QWERTY keyboard and optical touchpad navigation.

The screen measures 2.44 inches and has a resolution of 480 x 360 pixels, thereby overcoming the main competitor of the business category – the Nokia E72. Moreover, E72 is lower and in terms of speed (128 MB RAM, Bold 9700 comes with 256 MB). Sure, the Symbian operating system is more popular and there are many applications for it, so a significant proportion of users would opt for Finnish smartphone instead of Canadian. Therefore, our alternative proposal is the Nokia E72. I believe it can be used more efficiently in terms of software.

Samsung S5230 Star

Can hardly be explained by the presence of this terminal in the list of nominations. As it were dozens of models from different manufacturers and specifications are disappointing: resistive touch screen (there are similar models but with screen capacitance), Lisp 3G/HSDPA and Wi-Fi connections, missing GPS module. Neither the multimedia highlights not too much: 3.15 MP camera without autofocus, QVGA @ 15 fps video recording and Sony’s proprietary interface for connecting headphones.


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Sony Ericsson Aspen, classic phone business, circulated on the Internet in January under the code name “Faith”, and today was officially announced by the Japanese-Swedish group. Aspen is based on Windows Mobile platform 6.5.3 and boasts the following facilities:

* 2.4-inch resistive touchscreen, 320 x 240 pixels
* Full-QWERTY Keyboard
* HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP
* GPS, A-GPS
* Camera 3.15 MP
* 100 MB internal memory, microSD slot, 4 GB card included
* Style navigation panels XPERIA
* 3.5 mm jack
* Stereo speakers
* Standby time: up to 25 days (stand-by), 10 o’clock (talk) 12 o’clock (audio)
* Dimensions: 117 x 60 x 12.5 mm
Weight: 130 grams

As usual us lately, Sony Ericsson has chosen to achieve environmentally friendly materials and Aspen’s smartphone has given up the printing paper for the manual in PDF format. Sony Ericsson Aspen will market globally from Q2 2010 in two color themes: Iconic Black and White Silver. The price has not yet been revealed.

Competition in the mobile phones “excessively” intelligent becomes more intense as the potency of hardware has increased significantly and in gadgets. If the Nokia N900 maemo we talk about the real experience of computer pocket that Finns like to announce an all N-Series range development. Somewhere on the border between the phone, tablet PCs and portable multimedia center, maemo sure has something for every type of user, and mobile connectivity and navigation on a touch screen so generous allowances raising envy of competitors.

Without a trace of doubt, the defining element for usability and even the appearance of the Nokia N900 is 3.5 inch screen, touchscreen, capable of 800 x 480 pixels resolution. Deserves praise not only the screen size, but also that it color palette to tame it, and all 16 million colors makes watching a movie or even just browsing the menus or online in a very pleasant experience. The screen occupies 99% of the front surface of the phone, and the rest is occupied by small slot of the speaker, the proximity and light sensors and VGA camera for video conferencing possible.

The size and especially the phone volume suggests that the Nokia N900 will be used by “serious people” and you could almost swear that the hole for any curious, maemo will shake like a nightmare and will run quickly to someone who appreciates him indeed. However, perhaps no hole was not exactly thrilled with “giant” which measures 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm (which for the curious means a volume of 113 cc). As for the gauge, the Nokia N900 is a “hard” in the true sense, the 181 grams of its being sometimes a threat to the integrity pockets infirm. However, full QWERTY keyboard (arranged in three rows) and comfortable enough so big touch screen are the main “culprits” for imposing aspect.

The front of sins only through the attraction of uncurbed that feels for fingerprints, and if you want to prevent as much decorating screen unsightly marks left by fingers, it may be best to navigate the interface using the stylus’s equipment, accessories hidden discrete lower left corner of the phone (in the closed position). And if everything you claim to use the Nokia N900 and as a media player, believe me not want anything to ştirbeşti picture quality offered by one of the best smartphone screens available today, so, although responses to commands data screen with your fingers is great, would be desirable to make use of the stylus, even for the simple reason to protect your fingerprint.

It would be a situation where the use of the stylus’s clearly indicated, that is if you want to place an order located in any corner of the screen. Chapter precision peripheral N900′s screen needs some work. However, if you think that a phone with touch screen and stylus bearer is musai also have handwriting recognition features for this model Sony, that rule does not apply.

The second defining element for this smartphone is a full QWERTY keyboard, with buttons placed on three occasions and keys large enough to allow a convenient and rapid butonare. The response given by pressing each key and feeling to be both enjoyable and will convince you to use the physical keyboard as the main way of entering data at the expense of calling the virtual buttons. The keyboard is illuminated more or less, according to information received from light sensor studying ambient lighting.

Phone speakers are placed opposite each other, first on the upper side, the second on the bottom, and the chapter buttons butonele, N900 presents only classical keys such as volume control, key for closing / opening the phone, camera shutter button and slider to unlock the screen. Phone profile is not “disturbed” than the USB port (upper zone) and the sound of 3.5 mm, placed on the lower side. The dorsal is host to 5 MP camera, protected by a sliding device, and under that you can see the Carl Zeiss lens and flash the LED. All around “camera” photo is a state whose role is to support the phone for times when a movie is intended or automatically through a photo gallery.
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1. Champion at multitasking

Final reason for the Storm’s especially worth is the ability to “multitasking”. So you leave open instant messaging application while navigheszi the Web or play.

At this point, the operating system does not allow the iPhone’s multitasking, you can run a single third-party application on line. (Some default Apple applications such as iPod, can be used while running another application).

If you want to leave active one IM client as you read news through other applications, you must choose Storm’s.
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2. Copy and Paste

Probably the most notable function that lacks 3G iPhone is the function of copy and paste. Even though may not seem much on a mobile device, try to transfer a URL from a Web page in an e-mail and see how a function as simple can become so important.

Users can use Storm Track function by simply pressing the start of selected text, and with another finger should push to end selection to emphasize that text. After you’ve made the selection, the BlackBerry display menu options copy and paste.

Users who frequently send and receive links, should choose Storm’s just because of this option.

3. Touch-screen offers tactile feedback

One of the complaints about the iPhone’s screen is the lack of tactile feedback. In other words, the screen offers no response when you press a key, making it difficult typing because you have to look directly at what you write.

RIM considered frustrations iPhone users, developing technology keyboard Storm “Click Through” to provide feedback both touch and hearing.

If you type fast is very important to you, should you consider a physical full QWERTY keyboard device. But if you want a smartphone with touch-screen, choose Storm.

4. Expandable memory

BlackBerry’s Storm has an internal memory of 1GB, but can be extended to 16GB via memory cards. Storm users can buy any memory cards want to have media collections whenever preferred.

The importance of a memory card slot depends very much on the size of your colectiiilor media and how often you want to access from your mobile device. Some users may appreciate the iPhone’s fixed memory of 8GB or 16GB, so that it does not trouble you with mini cards.

5. Camera, video recording

Storm has a 3.2 megapixel camera, compared with that of the iPhone – 2 megapixel camera. Although the iPhone includes a camera, it can be used in the video. If recording video is essential for you, you have to choose Storm.

6. Removable battery

Like most devices RIM BlackBerry Storm presents a removable battery can be replaced with another, when it was consumed. BlackBerry extra batteries cost about $5, but can be invaluable for those who travel a lot and want to play or listen to music constantly.

Since the iPhone has a fixed battery, the device needs recharging regularly or no solution to purchase expensive portable chargers various solutions and strange.

7. Stereo Bluetooth capability

With iPhone, users can listen to your favorite music via Bluetooth, at least not without an adapter, because the device lacks support for technology Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP).

This means that those wired headsets are required at the time you use Apple’s smartphone to listen to stereo music.

BlackBerry smartphone have, for some time, support for Bluetooth stereo, and Storm is no exception.

Prince had been given three times Motorola over head and pretended a splendid Android smartphone, the touch screen of 3.1 inches and real full QWERTY keyboard.

Like this story begins Backflip (now called Enzo), a phone with a form that can raise questions even the most libertine gadget maniacs.

The phone is equipped with a full QWERTY keyboard foldable real, but it seems like the wrong side of the phone. If all terminals met before, this slide under the display, to Backflip creases on the back of it, but with buttons at the outside.

It seems quite devoid of practical sense, because there are high chances that the buttons, so exposed, to be pressed by mistake. There are probably a very effective way to lock / unlock key, thought the manufacturers, because otherwise this arrangement would not make sense.

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In the same manner nonconformist, a touch-sensitive area, trackpad, was placed on the back screen, accessible and active only when the keyboard is opened. And because the back of a phone, where to stay Backflip keyboard, is normally and camera, aceasteia was done immediately, LED flash and all, in the lower left corner of the keyboard.

Otherwise, Backflip, is a very capable phone, taking most of the technical facilities of the model CLIQ: HVGA of 3.1-inch touchscreen, 528MHz processor, 256MB of RAM, 512MB ROM memory on its own (except the card), WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. Android software version is 1.5, above which apply costumizata Motorola Motoblur interface.

Was seen only Deocamadata Backflip on American soil, but is equipped with quad-band GSM and Quid-band 3G, covering frequencies worldwide, which gives us hope that we might see in a not too distant future and markets in Europe. Data on launch and price of Backflip not yet been specified.

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