Apple iPhone 4

Apple gave the iPhone 4 a design overhaul from the previous 3GS version. There is no plastic on the exterior of the iPhone 4, and the standard silver bezel that was the trim to all previous iPhones is now gone.

The front and back now glass. Supposedly, the glass used is 30 times harder than plastic and is comparable to the strength of sapphire crystal.

The cool part about this is that the metal trim serves as an antenna for 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth, which helps signal significantly.

The iPhone now also has 512 MB of RAM, which is a big step up from the 256 MB found in the iPhone 3GS. Apple's latest smartphone is launching with iOS 4, the latest version of Apple's operating system. This brings a range of new features, including the greater support for multitasking I've mentioned several times now. The Droid X, EVO 4G, and the Nexus One are right up with the iPhone 4.

Main specifications :

Retina Display with 326 pixels per inchpixels per inch and has 78% of the pixels on an iPad, 960×640 pixels display, 3.5 inch, 9.3mm thickness, Apple A4Apple A4 Chip, upto 32GB internal memory, microSIM Card, Bigger Battery, 5 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash and 5x zoom and tap to focus, HD video Recording, Video Calling Camera, Wi-Fi, Video Editing with iMovie, Bluetooth, Quadband GSM/3G/HSDPA/HSUPA, 7.2 Mbps download speeddownload speed, 5.8 Mbps upload, Dual mic for noise suppression, GPS, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Battery Life : 7 hours 3G talktime, 6 hours browsing, 10 hours WiFi, 40 hours of music, and 300 hours of standby, runs on iOS4, Uses glass for Scratch resistance.

BlackBerry 8520 Purple

Blackberry phones again rolls out one of the finest business mobile phones with classic yet stylish looks. This time it is BlackBerry 8520 Purple. The handset incorporates plenty of outlandish features like a 2.46 inches touch sensitive screen along with a full QWERTY keypad and a touch sensitive optical track pad. There are 2 dedicated music keys are also provided along with as audio jack of 3.5mm. The handset has an internal memory of 256Mb which with a support for microSD which is further expandable up to 32GB.


Main Spesification :

Camera  2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels; MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA player, DivX/XviD/MPEG4/WMV player; memory  256 MB, Card slot microSD up to 16GB; Display TFT, 65K colors 320 x 240 pixels; polyphonic, MP3; Bluetooth  v2.0 with A2DP; GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps; gHSCSD, EDGE, USB, Video, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, A-GPS support; weight: 106g; talktime up to 4h 30min; standby up to 408h.

Samsung C3300K Champ

C3300K Champ featured fairly standard but be positioned to fill the segment of touchscreen display fans for low budget. This phone is also equipped with extension support up to 8GB of memory, Bluetooth connectivity with A2DP and an audio player in various formats.

Main Specifications:

Quadband GSM; dimensions 9.63 x 1.3 cm x 5:38; resistive touchscreen TFT display, 256K colors, 1.3 MP camera, video QCIF @ 15fps, 30MB internal memory, microSD slot up to 8GB; GPRS 10, EDGE 10; Bluetooth v2.1 A2DP, microUSB 2.0, SMS, MMS, HTML, WAP/xHTML; Accelerometer, Touch Wiz UI 2.0, stereo FM radio, Java MIDP 2.0, social networking integration, MP4/H.263 player, MP3/WAV/eAAC + player.

Sony Ericsson J20i Hazel

Relative completeness of its features resemble J10i2 Elm. Only, Hazel was dressed in a way slider. Even so, construction of rear body is made similar to Elm, where the slightly curved design. Felt comfortable enough in the hands of time. Sony Ericsson J20i Hazel comes in two color options. One was red (Passionate Rouge), with attractive shades. For features, Hazel appeared in the style of Elm through the support of HSDPA technology, the display 16 million colors, Wi-Fi, GPS, audio-video player to Bluetooth and motion sensor-based games. Uniquely, Hazel included in the same environmentally friendly category with Elm. Body material composed of combustible material decompose in nature. Also, supported by environment applications like Walkmate and CO2 calculator.

Main specifications:

Quad band & HSDPA; 16.7 million color TFT screen, 240x320 pixels, 2.6 inches; 5 MP camera, autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, face & smile detection, video (VGA @ 30fps), video light, camera secondary; sms, mms, e-mail, push e-mail, IM, GPRS 10, EDGE 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, 2 Mbps HSUPA, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront), RSS reader, 280 MB memory, microSD card slot (up to 16GB); polyphonic (MP3), Java MIDP 2.0, accelerometer sensor, scratch-resistant face, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA, GPS (A-GPS; navigation Wisepilot), HD voice ready, splash resistant, player MP3/eAAC +/WAV, MP4/H.263/manager player, eco-friendly materials, walkmate, CO2 calculator, application YouTube/Facebook/MySpace/Twitter, editor/blogging images, stereo FM radio (RDS), noise cancellation , motion-based games, speakerphone, Bluetooth v2.1 (A2DP).

Sony Ericsson J10i2 Elm

Environmental discourse became the main issue echoes Sony Ericsson J10i2 Elm. The reason this phone is made from environmentally friendly material options. Elm recorded impressive facilities for 2 millions IDR class mobile phone. There's HSDPA, 5 MP camera, Wi-Fi connection, GPS, multimedia player and a long list of other neat facility.

Main Specifications:

HSDPA; 262,144-color TFT screen, 240x320 pixels, 2.2 inches; 5 MP camera, autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, face & smile detection, videocalling, video light, video (VGA @ 24fps); sms, mms, email , push email, IM, GPRS 10, EDGE 10, HSPA 7.2 Mbps, WAP 2.0/HTML (NetFront), RSS Feeder; 280 MB memory, microSD card slot; polyphonic (MP3), accelerometer sensor, java MIDP 2.0, Wi -Fi 802.11b / g, DLNA, player MP3/eAAC + / WAV, player MP4/H.263/H.264, SenseMe, TrackID, Google Maps, picture editor / blogging, widgets manager, stereo FM radio (RDS), GPS (A-GPS; Wisepilot navigation), noise cancelation, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Walkmate, CO2 calculator, Eco-friendly materials, voicememo / dial, voice HD ready, anti-splash of water, motion-based games, speakerphone, Bluetooth v2.1 ( A2DP).

Sony Ericsson U51 Vivaz

This is the latest Sony Ericsson multimedia phones. Besides carrying the S60 Symbian OS, Vivaz serving a variety of fantastic features. There 8MP camera, song player, video player, extra-fast HSDPA data access technology up to a GPS device. Outlook design made attractive similar Xperia X10, with the touch screen support.

Main Specifications:

HSDPA; OS Symbian S60 5th edition, 720 MHz CPU, PowerVR SGX Graphics; resistive touchscreen TFT display 16 million colors, 360x640 pixels, 3.2 inches; 8MP camera, autofocus, LED flash, touch-focus, geo-tagging, face & detector Smile, videolight, contonius video autofocus, video (720p @ 24fps); sms, mms, email, IM, push email; GPRS10, 10 EDGE, HSDPA 10.2 Mbps, 2 Mbps HSUPA, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront) , 75 MB memory, microSD card slot (upto 16 GB); polyphonic (MP3), accelerometer sensor, turn-to-mute, handwriting recognition, java MIDP 2.1, MP3/WMA/RA/AAC/M4A player, WMV player / RV / MP4/3GP, stereo FM radio, GPS (A-GPS; Wisepilot navigation), Google maps application, Facebook & Twitter, YouTube and Picassa, TV out, Quick Office document reader, Gesture control, Bluetooth v2.1 (A2DP).

Nokia X6

This is the series 'Comes with Music' production Nokia. Not much different design concept with the 5800 XpressMusic. Nokia X6 could be used for three million songs for free download on the Nokia Music Store service (Ovi Music).


Main Specifications:

HSDPA, Symbian OS v9.4 S60 5th Edition, 434 MHz ARM11 processor; capasitive touchscreen TFT screen 16M colors, 360x640 pixels, 3.2 inches; 5MP camera, CarlZeiss optics, autofocus, dual LED flash, video light, geo-tagging, video (VGA @ 30fps), videocall camera (QCIF); sms, mms, email, IM, GPRS 32, EDGE 32, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds; 16GB/128MB RAM storage memory; polyphonic (MP3), java MIDP 2.1, a proximity sensor and accelerometer, scratch-resistant glass, 3.5 mm audio jack, stereo FM radio (RDS), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP, GPS (A-GPS), maps Ovi 3.0, image editor, voice command/dial, TV out, Flash Lite 3.0, stereo speakers, Bluetooth v2.0 (A2DP).

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

This is Sony Ericsson's first Android phone in the Indonesian market. The concept of touchscreen design, with no physical keyboard panel support. Processor uses Snapdragon 1GHz, which brings the process of menu access so smooth. X10 camera 8 MP class.


Main Specifications:


HSDPA; 05 Android v1.6, QSD8250 Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 1GHz, capasitive touchscreen TFT display 65,536 colors 480x854 pixels, 4 inches; 8MP camera, autofocus, LED flash, touch-focus, image stabilization, geo tagging, face & smile detector, Video (WVGA@30fps), sms, mms, e-mail, push e-mail, IM, GPRS 10, EDGE 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 2 Mbps, HTML; memory 1GB storage/384MB of RAM, a MicroSD card slot (up to 16 GB), Poly (MP3), anti-scratch surface, accelerometer sensor, timescape/mediascape UI, GPS (A-GPS), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA, java (via 3rd apps.), digital compass, Player MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV, player MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV, Google Search/Maps/Gmail, YouTube, calendar, GTalk, document viewer, voice memo, Jack 3.5mm audio, speakerphone, Bluetooth v2.1 (A2DP). QNCP2M4X9FW5

Samsung S5620 Monte

Full touchscreen mobile phone to call them. Samsung S5620 Monte is crammed with TouchWiz interface 2.0 Plus, HSDPA, GPS, Wi-Fi, music player, video and other facilities.

Main Specifications:

HSDPA; capasitive TFT 262,144 color touchscreen, 240x400 pixels, 3 inches; camera 3.15 MP, geo-tagging, smile detection, video (QVGA), video call camera (CIF), sms, mms, email, push email, IM; GPRS 10, EDGE 10, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps, WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, 200MB memory, microSD card slot; polyphonic (MP3), java-MIDP 2.0, accelerometer sensor, TouchWiz UI plus 2.0, Turn-to-mute, smart unlock, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g, GPS (A-GPS), MP3/WMA/eAAC + player, player MP4/H.263/H.264, DNSe (digital natural sound engine), Audio 3.5 mm Jack, Radio FM stereo (RDS), Turn-to-mute, smart unlock, widgets (YouTube, CNN, etc.), Facebook, Myspace, picture editor; fake call, mobile tracker, FM radio record, find music, Google (Mail, Search,Maps), speakerphone, Bluetooth v2.1 (A2DP).

Ovi Mapas gratuito: um download a cada segundo

Desde que a Nokia anunciou, no final do mês passado, que o serviço de navegação Ovi Mapas agora é gratuito, já foram feitos quase 1,5 milhão de downloads. E a marca de um milhão foi alcançada apenas uma semana após a divulgação. Em média, tem sido feito um download a cada segundo, 24 horas por dia, mostrando o quanto as pessoas hoje querem e precisam de serviços de navegação por mapas pelo celular.

Este resultado atende às expectativas da Nokia de liderar o mercado de mapas móveis, de navegação e de serviços baseados em GPS, construindo uma base sólida de usuários, ao mesmo tempo em que pretende oferecer novos conteúdos e serviços. A notícia, sem dúvida, é excelente para os desenvolvedores de aplicativos e também para as operadoras, que passarão a vender mais planos de dados, além de um pacote completo de navegação aos seus clientes.

No dia 31 de janeiro, os cinco primeiros países que mais baixaram a nova versão do Ovi Mapas foram China, Itália, Reino Unido, Alemanha e Espanha, enquanto que os cinco aparelhos mais populares da Nokia com o novo programa instalado foram Nokia 5800 Comes With Music, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia N97, Nokia 5230 e Nokia E72.

Até o final do ano passado, cerca de 27 milhões de pessoas usavam navegação com GPS em seus telefones. A Nokia estima que esse número aumentou em quase 8% até o final de fevereiro e cresça ainda mais à medida que mais smartphones com GPS sejam integrados à lista de aparelhos compatíveis com o novo Ovi Mapas. Vale lembrar que, a partir de março, os smartphones lançados pela Nokia com GPS embarcado já terão a nova versão do serviço, pré-carregada com mapas dos países onde eles forem vendidos.

No Brasil, os aparelhos atualmente compatíveis com o OviMapas gratuito são: Nokia N97, Nokia 5800 Comes With Music e Nokia 6710 Navigator. Até o final de abril, a Nokia terá mais sete modelos compatíveis no país.

Skiing with Maemo Mapper and Google Earth

Last weekend, we were skiing for three days, and I took the N810 with me to do some GPS tracking. Back home, I wanted to visualize the route that we took, so I saved the track as .gpx file in Maemo Mapper, copied it over to my laptop and loaded it into Google Earth:

The result is quite impressive. Although there are some tracks missing, one can get the idea which slope we were going down most often. Sadly, Google Earth's satellite maps for this specific area do not show any snow, so the pictures look a bit weird. A nice use case for the tablets - thanks to Maemo Mapper!