Toshiba K01 Mobile Phone
April 8, 2010
Opting for a mobile phone made by a leading LCD TV maker has it’s own advantages. Say, you get displays that come with technologies found in their TVs. The Toshiba K01 Mobile Phone has a 4.1” AMOLED touchscreen that simply gleams, and according to Toshiba, the display has been sprinkled with a little bit of magic found in the Toshiba Regza LCD TVs. So, its quality has got to be excellent.
The K01 looks very appealing – with a smooth, svelte finish and a QWERTY that slides out smoother than one would expect. The keys don’t seem comfortable though, for they’re a little too flat. The Toshiba K01runs on a Windows Mobile 6.5 OS, so you can enjoy access to Microsoft Exchange, Pocket Office and other aspects that are unique to Windows Mobile.
The handset comes pre-installed with several applications such as YouTube and Facebook, accessing which in the large screen should be a sheer pleasure. The camera though, is not all that good – it appears to be a basic 3.15MP one that lacks flash, now this is so unlike a smartphone! The K01 has a good enough music player and you can download as many songs you like and also play with Windows Marketplace app store, for the internal memory can come up to up to 32GB (with the help of microSD cards ofcourse!)
The Toshiba K01 Mobile Phone doesn’t seem like it’s going to win a lot of hearts, but let’s wait and see. We don’t have news on pricing and availability,but we reckon it’ll be launched sometime later this year.
Acer beTouch E101 Smartphone
January 29, 2010
Acer is the favourite brand for those who drool over the low price tags. In one way, low cost marketing technique has definitely blessed Acer and they implement almost the same technique in smartphones as well. One of the cheap smartphones from Acer is beTouch E101. This is a windows mobile handset that comes with a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM 7225 processor. The memory is also appealing with 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM and an microSD card expansion.
Acer betouch E101 Windows Mobile Phone has the usual slim and curved top design, with a dimension of 56 X 113 X 13mm. It weighs around 118 grams. Overall, it is compact and easy to carry. The touch-screen 240 X 400 pixels display of this mobile phone has a touch sensitive wheel at its bottom, with which you can easily scroll through its menu. The interface employed in it Windows Mobile 6.5 and the navigation through the applications are found to be finger-friendly. Although it is finger-friendly, some of you may dislike the dark colour display it offers.
Acer beTouch E101 smartphone works on quad-band GSM networks. There is GPRS and EDGE for data services. A greatest disappointment of this GSM mobile phone is the absence of Wi-Fi and 3G. You will have to rely on the EDGE or GPRS for internet access. This is relatively a slow process. For the entertainment facilities, this bluetooth mobile phone has a media player that supports major file formats, FM radio and games.
Acer beTouch E101 GSM Mobile Phone has plenty to offer for social networking maniacs. There are applications for Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. There is a 2 mega pixels camera for this Acer mobile phone, but again there lacks the auto focus and flash. You can capture shots of up to 1600 X 1200 pixels. Furthermore, Acer beTouch E101 features an in-built GPS. The battery life too stands for a pretty awesome time period.
Overall, Acer beTouch E101 GPS phone is worth for its low price tags, but Acer shouldn’t have trimmed some important smartphone features such as 3G and Wi-Fi, and still calls it a smartphone.
Acer beTouch E200 Smartphone
December 19, 2009
Acer beTouch E200 is another Windows Mobile 6.5 Mobile Phone of Acer that employs numeric keypad. With a dimension of 110mm X 53.5mm X 15.4mm and a weight of 146gms, Acer E200 is a solid phone that is little heavy yet compact to carry with. The phone showcases a blend of grey and metallic colour, with a black rubberised back panel that prevents it from slipping down from hand. The numeric keypad that slides down the phone has comfortable and easy-to-use buttons.
Acer beTouch E200 employs a 3.2 inches touch screen display that has a resolution of 240 X 400 pixels. The display of this Acer mobile phone has an acceptable sensitivity and there is a stylus supplied with it, to use occasionally. As we said earlier, Acer betouch E200 runs on Windows Mobile 6.5 and it has an Acer Home. This personalized home screen allows easy access to applications. The phone contacts utilizes first letter search mechanism and has a user-friendly interface.
Acer beTouch E200 Windows 6.5 Mobile Phone provides connection to social networking sites which is neither bad nor good. Facebook, Flicr, Blogger and You Tube could be gained access but it offers only basic functionality of these sites. For example, you have options to watch videos in You Tube but cannot upload or share contents. Similarly, you may not be able to upload multimedia content in some sites. This smartphone lacks Wi-Fi support but it has a 3G connectivity that offers a fast access to internet. The browser available in it is Internet Explorer 6 and the web pages are loaded faster. The resultant view of pages is restricted by the display quality yet readable.
When it comes to the camera function, Acer beTouch E200 3G Mobile Phone has a 3.2 mega pixels camera that exhibits a fast performance while capturing shots. Even though the camera performance is rated good, the image quality cannot. The images lack details and the output may not be satisfying. However, you can capture videos at a resolution of 320 X 240 pixels. Additionally, this Acer mobile handset has a media player that can play back DivX and Xvid videos.
A glance on its technical specifications reveal that Acer E200 Camera Phone is equipped with 528MHz processor and 256MB RAM. These allows faster navigation through the menus. The sound quality is mediocre, hence, the call quality as well. The battery offers an decent life time of five hours of continuous talk time and 400 hours stand by time in a single charge. Overall, Acer E200 Smartphone has nothing to offer you anything crucial, yet an affordable and able performer.
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Acer beTouch E100 Windows Mobile Phone
December 18, 2009
Acer has been churning around in the mobile phone market for quite a few years and has successfully created some flagship mobile phones. One of their entry level Windows mobile phone is Acer beTouch E100. It is equipped with both advanced as well as basic features and could be said to be one of the cheap phones available with these many features. The sales pack of this cell phone is packed with three additional back panels in pink, red and green colour. This allows you have a change in its looks occasionally.
Acer beTouch E100 has a 3.2 inches resistive touch screen display of resolution 240 X 400 pixels, which supports 65K colours. Even though the display provides you with a fair view of images, the lack of trans-reflectivity has made it unusable in sunlight. Its capacitive pad lets you to navigate through the menu with a circular motion. The interface employed in it is Windows Mobile 6.5 and it offers a simple interface, yet with rich functionality. The users can personalize the icons, phone contacts, calendar, file manager and dialling screen. This Acer mobile handset comes with applications for social networking sites including Flicr, Facebook, You tube and Blogger.
The internet connectivity of Acer beTouch E100 is remarkable. Although there is no Wi-Fi, the 3G connectivity of this cellular phone loads web pages faster. It has employed Internet Explorer 6 for this purpose, but offers only limited flash support. Users may find it a bit difficult to view the pages due to the low screen resolution of the phone display. But a zoom in and zoom out can solve this problem to an extent. Another asset with Acer beTouch E100 3G Mobile Phone is its built-in A-GPS. It showcases a decent GPS performance and you will be able to locate places without much delay. It needs an active internet connection to download maps.
Furthermore, Acer beTouch E100 GPS Mobile Phone incorporates a 2 mega pixels camera but the picture quality it captures is found to be mediocre. The photographs could be shared with the social networks easily. Videos could be also captured and is done at a resolution of 320 X 240 pixels. Regarding its multimedia feature, this Acer camera phone is an able performer. It can play DivX, Xvid and H.264 videos of resolution 800 X 480 pixels. There is no usual complaints of shakes or lag to play videos. It can even manage to play 1280 X 720 pixels videos but with little stuttering. The music play back is average, yet pleasing to listen. The overall sound quality of this GPS phone is mediocre and no difference with the call quality as well. You may find the in-calls to be monotonous.
Acer beTouch E100 comes with a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7225 processor. It has a memory of 256MB RAM and 512MB ROM. No much delay is caused while navigating through the applications of the phone. The battery life it offers is around 5 hours of continuous talk time and 400 hours of stand by time. It is comparatively a cheap mobile phone and may get it with some phone deals.
Microsoft Pink – A sneak peek
September 25, 2009
Operation Pink is on. The closely guarded secret of Microsoft has somehow leaked. The internet is abuzz with titbits about the Pink mobile phones that can make your head go round. So what is this Pink all about anyway? Firstly, the phone isn’t pink. Phew. Supposed to be Microsoft’s next venture into the world of mobile phones, the Pink phones are codenamed ‘Turtle’ and ‘Pure’. They are to be made by Sharp, who will be sharing the branding with Microsoft.
As far as looks go, the Pink phones look a bit on the chunkier side, not all that good, that is. Turtle resembles Palm Pre, and Pure looks like a standard slider phone, a plump one, though. Both have slide-out QWERTY keypads that are seemingly comfortable to use. The screens look functional enough with their ample sizes. They are apparently touchscreens, probably high-end with a 800×480 pixel resolution. 3MP cameras could be housed by both, and there is even a hint at WiFi, 3G and Bluetooth.
Microsoft’s Pink is yet another of those ‘youth targeted’ ones, and some sources say that the phones will have Zune services while some also say that they will house App Store and are being built on the Windows Mobile 7 core. There is also word that Pink could feature Microsoft’s new Windows Marketplace, an application like that of Apple’s. Intended as an iPhone contender, as for now, Pink does not look like a strong one to take it on.
Image courtesy: Gizmodo
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