Nexus 4 review
HTC Droid DNA hands-on
The Droid DNA has a 5-inch Super LCD 3 1920×1080 screen, giving it a pixel density of 440ppi. This dwarfs the retina iPhone 5’s 326ppi.
The 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor and 2GB of RAM likely deserve much of the credit. But we have some reservations about how those specs, along with the display, will weigh on the phone’s 2,020 mAh battery.
HTC made special note of the Droid DNA’s front camera, an aspect of smartphones and tablets that is almost universally terrible. The Droid DNA uses a 2.1-megapixel model on the front that can shoot 1080p video—still lackluster, but less of a skimp than manufacturers usually force their customers to cope with.
Motorola Droid 4 review
Motorola’s Droid 4 with its QWERTY keyboard has a 4-inch, 960 x 540 PenTile LCD display, LTE, a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 1.3 megapixel front-facer and beefier 1,785mAh battery but is no longer the star of the show in Motorola’s range.
Engadget reviews the handset, so head over and see how this phone fares.
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BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 review
RIM is suffering a crisis with falling sales and problems that has damaged its reputation. Can the Porsche designed version of its Bold 9900 help to restore its fortunes. The high price distinguishes from other handsets on the market, including Apple’s iPhone, placing it in to the luxury high end.
As mentioned this is essentially a Bold 9900 in a different case, therefore specs are as you were :.1.2GHz Qualcomm MSM8655 CPU and 768MB of RAM, 2.8-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 640 x 480 (giving it a pixel density of 286ppi), BlackBerry OS 7.0 with Liquid Graphics, a 1,230mAh battery, GPS, NFC and a 5MP rear camera with an LED flash and 720p HD video capture.
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BlackBerry Porsche Design P'9981 hands-on
The Blackberry Porsche Designed P’9981 is very similar to a BlackBerry Bold 9900 , complete with a 1.2GHz single-core CPU, HD video recording capabilities, 640 x 480 display, 8GB of onboard memory, a microSD expansion slot and an inbuilt NFC module.
Engadget has a hands on over on the link.
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What you need to know about Carrier IQ.
Since the news that Carrier IQ was found to record your phone activities, broke in recent days, there has been widespread condemnation from security researchers, privacy advocates and legal critics not only for the data it gathers, but also for its lack of transparency regarding the use of said information.
However are all these criticisms justified? Apple have recently announced that iOS5 handsets do not support the software. Google to have said its Nexus phones do not have it installed. Engadget has a useful guide to everything you need to know about Carrier IQ.
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HTC Sensation XL review
The HTC Sensation XL is reviewed in Engadget. The Sensation XL is an Android version of the Windows phone based HTC Titan and also packing Beats audio technology. Packing a 4.7 inch WVGA screen, not of the HD variety seen in the 4.65in screen of the Galaxy Nexus, a single core 1.5 Ghz processor, 16Gb of storage and Android of the Gingerbread variety, how does this latest HTC handset fare.
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How-to: use Google Music from anywhere (yes, outside of the United States)
Google has finally launched it iTunes rival, Google Music, but only for those in the US at the moment. Engadget has a guide for you to use the service from any anywhere in the world, yes even if you’re outside the US!
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HTC Zeta leaked or a good fake?
Is this the HTC Zeta? Specs are supposedly a 2.5GHz APQ8064 CPU along with 1GB of RAM. It only has a 4.5-inch 720p HD display, with Ice Cream Sandwich and pre-installed with Sense UI (version 4.0 wasn’t specified, but we’d be surprised to see it any lower on an ICS device) and have 32GB of internal storage space, an 1,830mAh battery, Beats Audio, Bluetooth 4.0, an 8MP rear camera with dual LED flash, 1080p video capture and a 1.3MP front-facing cam.
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BlackBerry Bold 9790
Research In Motion (RIM) RIMM +0.60% CA:RIM -0.43% today announced two new smartphones based on the BlackBerry(R) 7 operating system (OS) - the BlackBerry(R) Bold(TM) 9790 and BlackBerry(R) Curve(TM) 9380.
The new smartphones offer impressively slim and stylish designs with enhanced communications, multimedia, productivity and social connectivity features. The BlackBerry Bold 9790 is both powerful and compact, offering users a fully loaded, high performance smartphone with the dual benefits of a high resolution touch display and a highly tactile keyboard. The BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the first-ever BlackBerry(R) Curve(TM) smartphone with a touch display. It continues to deliver the powerful social experiences, ease-of-use and smaller handset size that distinguish the BlackBerry Curve family, while also offering Curve users the choice of a larger display and an all-touch design.
“We are very excited to expand the BlackBerry 7 portfolio with the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380,” said Carlo Chiarello, Senior Vice President, Handheld Product Management at Research In Motion. “BlackBerry smartphones offer a uniquely refined mobile communications experience that people love and we think many customers will be thrilled by the faster performance, beautiful touch displays and compact designs available with these new BlackBerry 7 based models.”
BlackBerry Bold 9790 Smartphone with Touch Display and Keyboard
True to the BlackBerry Bold brand, the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone is powerful, full-featured and built with premium materials and finishes. It combines a high-resolution and highly responsive touch display with a highly tactile keyboard and a precise optical trackpad, but comes in a narrow design that is easy to carry and exceptionally comfortable to hold. With the BlackBerry 7 OS and powerful 1 GHz processor, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 delivers fast, smooth performance for browsing the web, running apps, working with documents, and enjoying multimedia. It includes 8GB of onboard memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB of additional storage.
All-Touch BlackBerry Curve 9380 Smartphone
The finely crafted BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the first all-touch smartphone in the BlackBerry Curve family. It features a highly responsive and brilliant 3.2” high resolution display and comes with preinstalled social networking apps, including BBM(TM) (BlackBerry(R) Messenger), Facebook(R), Twitter(TM) and Social Feeds apps, that offer a fun, easy and smoothly integrated mobile experience. This compact and stylish handset also features a 5MP camera with flash and video recording, allowing users to easily capture and share their favorite moments with family, friends and colleagues.
Powerful BlackBerry 7 OS
The BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 are both powered by the new BlackBerry 7 OS, which delivers a faster and richer user experience with improved browsing, voice-activated searches, and support for Augmented Reality and NFC (Near Field Communications). It also includes the ability to manage personal content separately from corporate content, and comes with a variety of personal and productivity apps out of the box.
BlackBerry 7 also introduces an enhanced browser that provides a significantly faster, more fluid web browsing experience. The browser includes a new JIT (just in time) JavaScript compiler to improve the load time speed of web pages and it offers optimized HTML5 performance for incredible gaming and video experiences. The popular universal search capability has also been enhanced with support for voice-activated search, so users can simply speak to begin searching their device and the web for information.
The BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 smartphones include built-in support for Augmented Reality and NFC, allowing users to connect with the world around them in fresh new ways. With the Wikitude Augmented Reality application, users can find nearby BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) contacts in real-time, read reviews on restaurants close to them, or get the story behind an interesting landmark and points of interest. NFC also enables many new and exciting capabilities, including the ability to make mobile payments, pair accessories or read SmartPoster tags with a simple tap of the smartphone.
BlackBerry 7 includes a number of preinstalled applications and integrated functionality for increasing productivity and easy sharing and collaboration right out of the box. The Premium version of Documents To Go is included free of charge, offering users powerful document editing features as well as a native PDF document viewer. BlackBerry(R) Protect is pre-loaded(i), offering customers the peace of mind that personal data can be backed up and secured in the cloud. BlackBerry(R) Balance is integrated in BlackBerry 7, allowing users to enjoy the full BlackBerry smartphone experience for both work and personal purposes without compromising the IT department’s need for advanced security and IT controls. The Social Feeds (2.0) app has been extended to capture updates from media and favorites all in one consolidated view. The Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones (2.0) app introduces features like Facebook chat and BBM integration that makes it easier for users to connect with their Facebook friends in real time.
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