Motorola Charm Mobile Phone
July 16, 2010
Sporting a ‘charming’ name that is sure to turn heads, the Motorola Charm Mobile Phone is quite the stunner. The handset is not exactly what you could call a BlackBerry-style handset – it sure does look like one on first glance but begs to differ. It’s differently proportioned, but is ‘charm’ing nevertheless. The Charm comes with a 2.8” QVGA touchscreen and has a well laid QWERTY keypad that’s got to be easy on the fingers – good news for messaging buffs. This smartphone runs on Android 2.1 and comes with some pretty interesting fireworks.
The Motorola Charm Android Mobile Phone does not miss MOTOBLUR – an interface that so many of us have fallen in love with. This means we can enjoy playing around with the customizable home screen, photo sharing and more. But there’s something else that’s bound to make MOTOBLUR jealous. It’s Backtrack - a small pad that you can use for navigation without having the screen obstructed. This will need some getting used to, but is pretty cool.
This charmer includes support for 3.5G, GPS, quad-band GSM, WiFi and Bluetooth. Storage-wise, the Charm gratifies, with up to 32 GB MicroSD cards supported and a 2 GB removable MicroSD card included. The camera is not a high-end one, but the 3 MP fixed-focus camera is bound to do the trick.
If you’re a music maniac, this handset here is well equipped to whet your appetite for music for, you get a music player that comes with all the goodies such as SHOUTcast, integrated Amazon’s MP3 store, GoTV, Last.fm, TuneWiki, Midomi and SoundHound. The Motorola Charm is available in the USA on T-Mobile. Europeans should be able to get their hands on one for around £280.
Samsung Galaxy Portal Mobile Phone
May 5, 2010
No matter how hard you try, you just cannot fall for the Samsung Galaxy Portal on first look. For us, the phone looked a little ugly, the cramped button arrangement out in front surrounding the diamond-shaped navigation key being the reason. The device ships with an Android 1.5, a rather out-dated version when compared to the latest versions, leaving you feel a bit under-equipped.
The Samsung Galaxy Portal smartphone sports a 3.2” touch-screen that does not support multi-touch gestures. The screen should be comfortable to view web pages though, given the HVGA resolution. At the back is a rather soggy 3.2 MP camera that comes with Auto Focus. The lack of flash could make it utterly uneffective when not used outdoors. There’s a pretty efficient music player that capable of MP3, AMR, AAC, AAC+ and e-AAC+ playback, but you cannot bank on the 200MB of internal memory to store your music collection, though. You might want to expand it. (There’s a 1GB card in the box.)
Browsing using Android’s browser is a cinch and you can make use of Google Talk and the built-in email client as well. Moving to connectivity, the Galaxy Portal supports Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi and HSDPA, along with USB 2.0 connectivity. The 800MHz processor isn’t all that ultra-fast, but it’s got to be pretty OK for streaming videos and transferring files.
The Samsung Galaxy Portal ships with a powerful 1500mAh battery, which should do you good, given all the applications Android is going to place at your disposal. Priced at £300, the Portal is one of a few rare Android phones that are easy on the pocket.
Vodafone 845 Mobile Phone
April 30, 2010
Here’s yet another Android phone from Vodafone that could be a dream come true for those who didn’t have a big enough purse for a pricey Android smartphone – the Vodafone 845. The handset could be launched in UK in May this year – so in case you’re interested in this best mobile phone, here’s a small preview. The 845 looks quite nice – it’s a black slab alright, but the metallic grey highlights and the curved edges show it in good light.
The Vodafone 845 is a 3G device that runs on Android 2.1. The handset has a fairly basic 2.8” screen, a 3.2MP camera and built-in GPS. It’s loaded with everything you’d expect in an Vodafone 845 Android Smartphone and that includes the Android Eclair software, a fast browser, WiFi and support for Bluetooth 2.1. Vodafone has thrown in their 360 – a service that has a mind-boggling number of applications. It lets you access social networking sites, of course. But you can also create a back-up address book, share photos, buy the latest music from Music Shop, not to mention the Apps & Games Shop and personalise your home screen using My Web.
All this along with access to over 30,000 applications from the Android Market. The 845 is Vodafone Sat Nav compatible, supports PC synchronisation and is Mobile TV compatible as well. You can expand the internal memory using the memory card slot, so you can store innumerable tracks and videos. The device ships with a 1200 mAh battery, which should give it a decent life.
So there you have it: A Vodafone Android Phone that has all the works and more. Vodafone has not released details on pricing yet, but the industry buzz is that it could come up to £200. Not bad, eh? Given all the juicy apps. Let’s wait for a word of confirmation from Vodafone, though.
Motorola MOTOROI Mobile Phone
April 11, 2010
As Motorola’s latest Android-based smartphone, MOTOROI is a mix of Driod and Milestone, but with a different touch. The design of this mobile phone is rather simple, Motorola has stuck to the usual black slab – the only difference being a slight bump at the right that houses that media control keys. The device appears chunky event though there’s no slide-out keyboard.
The specifications of the Motorola MOTOROI Android smartphone are pretty impressive – it has a 3.7” 854 x 480p multi-touch display out front, an able 8MP camera with all the goodies such as Xenon flash, auto focus and 720p HD video. An HDMI port is also in the package – so you can enjoy the videos captured in the screens of your 46” LCD TV. Instead of QWERTY, the MOTOROI comes with an on-screen keyboard which can accept Korean and English.
The MOTOROI is supplied with a MotoBlur user interface – so social networking buffs can access various portals such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook from a single table. This smartphone further comes with support for GPS with built-in compass which can in turn integrate with Google Maps. The handset runs on an Android 2.0 OS, so you can extend it to your heart’s content using the Android market.
This Android smartphone has an internal memory of about 8GB, but of course, you can expand it to as much as 32GB using microSD cards. Motorola says that the gizmo ships with a 142 mAh battery – which means we’ll get 4.5 hours of talktime and a standby time of 12 days. But what with all the video recording and browsing, we cannot expect a substantial battery life. Launched in Korea, MOTORO is the manufacturer’s first Android-based mobile phone for the country. There’s no news of a UK launch, which we reckon should be really soon.
Motorola Backflip Mobile Phone
March 30, 2010
Aptly named, Motorola Backflip is a Cliq look-alike, but with a new twist. On first look, the mobile phone will look pretty ordinary – rectangular with rounded edges and all. But it’s only when you swing open the QWERTY keyboard that you realise the uniqueness of the design. The handset’s keyboard is hinged to fold behind the screen when closed. When you open it, it can appear directly beneath the table, meaning you can use the keyboard like a stand while watching videos and the device can be used like a mini computer as well.
We’re not entirely sure about this design though. True, its unique, but how the users will take it is a question. Motorola Backflip smartphone is powered by an Android 1.5 operating system, which according to Motorola is upgradeable to Android 2.1. And of course, this Motorola smartphone comes integrated with MOTOBLUR, which makes life as smooth as possible by giving you one-touch access to all your contact information, be it form Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Google or Picasa.
But Motoblur doesn’t stop there. It gives you a lot of widgets which you can play with and do so much more. From the looks of it, Backflip could definitely be a huge hit with social-networking buffs. This mobile phone sports a 3.1” touchscreen display that has a 480 x 320 pixel display resolution and is equipped with support for 3.5G, WiFi and Bluetooth. Furthermore, Backflip sports a USB port and a 3.5mm audio socket.
Motorola Backflip has a very respectable 5MP camera that has 4x digital zoom, autofocus and LED flash. The gizmo has a 1400 mAh battery which can provide a talktime of 6 hours and standby time of 13 days. Supports for AOL Instant Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk are there and the smartphone has a multimedia player the supports MP3, MPEG-4, AAC, AAC+, H.263, H.264, MIDI and WAV formats. We might have to wait a few more months to have a taste of this gadget, though.
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