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T-Mobile MDA Vario III

vmphones — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:14:23 +0000

I guess I am quite a fan when it comes to HTC handheld devices. I think HTC has done more than any other company to promote its smartphones and they are truly excellent products. Recently HTC launched the P4550 Kaiser handset and now known as the TyTN II. T-Mobile MDA Vario III took everything that was good from the TyTN and it is much better. But now I have the first operator branded HTC TyTN II, in the form of the T-Mobile MDA III, and I have a feeling that this could well be the best smartphone option out there.

The great thing about the Vario III is that the changes are subtle though there is significant improvements. Basically, nothing has been done to spoil the recipe of the previous model, but a great deal has been done to improve it. First up, it's ever so slightly slimmer than the TyTN, or the Vario II - not enough to make a massive difference in your pocket, but it is noticeable when the two devices are placed next to each other. Actual measurements are 110 x 58 x 18mm (LxWxD). That said, the Vario III is heavier than the older version, weighing in at 191g compared to 178g.

The whole front fascia of the Vario III is finished in brushed silver, while the back matches this. The central portion of the device is black, creating a sleek and stylish contrast to the design. The 2.8in 240 x 320 is no different from the old model, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Yes, a higher resolution would make browsing standard web pages more convenient, but that's far from the main duty of a smartphone. What you have got is a clear, bright and vivid screen, making it very easy to navigate through the Windows Mobile 6 menus.

Below the screen there's a plethora of buttons to play with. There are two obligatory soft buttons, along with the End and Call buttons. Apart from those button, it also features OK button, Windows button, a Web ‘n' Walk shortcut for T-Mobile's mobile data service and a shortcut messaging services

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A Glance at the First Google G1 Phone

vmphones — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:49:46 +0000

Yesterday was an important day for Google as it officially announced the debut of its first ever Google G1 Phone powered by open source mobile operating system, Android. This device is expected to hit the US market on October 22nd with the price tag of $179 (bound by a 2-year contract), before making its way to the UK in November and soon expands to the European market by early of 2009.

Here are some of the features

3.17″ Touchscreen
QWERTY keyboard
5-hour of talk time
3 MP camera
Weight: 5.6 ounces
Colors: white, black, brown
Wifi, HSDPA 1700 / 2100 plus quadband EDGE
Support AAC, WMA and MP3 formats
3D graphics acceleration
1GB integrated storage plus microSD expansion

There are mixed up feelings to those who have the opportunity to test the smartphone. While there are lot of exciting things being mentioned like the sleekness of the G1 phone which is definitely an attractive element for consumers, there are few minor drawbacks that can be seen like scrolling and zooming isn’t as smooth as what you might expect. Apart from there is no headphone jack included with no iTunes support.

Having said that, Gmail fans will be happy to know that there would be extensive support in Android for Gmail which allow users to find their messages on the fly and there will be “integrated online presence with Google Talk.” Google Maps - Street View will be available too!

The question is whether G1 will really beat the iPhone?

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Sony Ericsson TM506 from T-Mobile

vmphones — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:21:40 +0000

T-Mobile will be offering the Sony Ericsson TM506 3G handset to the masses, just in time for folks who live in areas where 3G service is available from T-Mobile. The TM506 might not be a high-end handset, but it already comes with an UMTS antenna along with the following specifications :-

2 megapixel camera
Media Center
Integrated aGPS
TeleNav Navigator
RSS Feeds
MyFaves-enabled
Audio Postcard
Quicksend
Mobile Backup (T-Mobile Address Book)
Bluetooth 2.0/A2DP/Stereo streaming
Tri-Band GSM (850/1800/1900)
Dual-Band UMTS (1700/2100)
GSM/GRPS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA

You can pick up the TM506 from early next month onwards, but there is no word on pricing yet.

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T-Mobile Sidekick LX

vmphones — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:54:43 +0000

The summer 2008 software update for the Sidekick LX handheld fixes some of our top complaints about the device. But at the end of the day, the LX is still really bulky and doesn't have enough storage for text and e-mail messages. If you're an existing LX user, download the free software, but if you're in the market for a new device, get the new Sidekick 2008 or a BlackBerry instead.

The Sidekick LX, which we reviewed when it first launched last October, is a messaging limousine, a gigantic device that's 5.1 inches long with a 3-inch, 400-by-240-pixel screen. Its 1,540-mAh battery lets it run for almost 11 hours of talk time. Compare that with the new Sidekick 2008, a more compact model, at 4.7 inches, that has the same 400-by-240-pixel resolution on a 2.6-inch screen and achieves about 8 hours of talk time on its smaller battery.

Check out our original review for the basic details of the Sidekick LX. We'll focus on the 2008 improvements here.

We dinged the Sidekick LX for not supporting stereo Bluetooth for music, video recording and playback, or Yahoo! Mail. All those features are here now. The LX paired easily with our Plantronics Pulsar 590 stereo headset to play unprotected AAC, MP3, and WMA files. The LX also plays small video files—like the ones sent in MMS messages. It doesn't do a good job of playing larger files, though; even our relatively undemanding 320-by-240, 15-frame-per-second 3GP test file was jerky and choppy.

Video capture is strictly for picture messaging, but it's here. The LX now takes wobbly, pulsing, and grainy 176-by-144 videos of up to 20 seconds in length and stores them on a memory card. Our 8GB SanDisk microSD card worked fine as a source and destination for music, photos, and videos.

Yahoo! Mail has joined the e-mail client, and now there's spell-check too, but the LX still has a major, potentially fatal flaw common to all Sidekicks: a way-too-small mailbox. With space for only 6MB of e-mail and 100 SMS messages, you'll be cleaning out your inboxes frequently.

A few minor changes to the Web browser are pluses, but they fail to make the browser desktop-quality. You can now zoom out to see everything on a page before zooming in on a particular part of the page, and you can save images from pages to your memory card. But many pages still display awkwardly, especially if they use JavaScript or DHTML.

A neat new feature, Quick Find, lets you search all of the phone's databases for a name or date from the home screen.

We can't see many advantages the updated LX has over the new Sidekick 2008, which is smaller but still has an excellent keyboard and a sharp screen. Its features are very similar to those of the LX (they're running the same version of the OS), but a lousy 2-megapixel camera has replaced the LX's 1MP model. More exciting for the average Sidekick user, the new 2008 model features completely user-customizable cases, which the LX lacks. The update also still doesn't put the LX ahead of the BlackBerry Curve 8320 which does pretty much everything the LX does, just better.

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Nokia 6650 is available on T-Mobile UK

vmphones — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:46:51 +0000

The smartphone Nokia 6650 with a 2 megapixel camera and 2.5mm headset port, was recently launched by T-Mobile UK after it was announced in Germany earlier this year.

Powered by Nokia's S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 user interface, Nokia 6650 offers three softkeys beneath the external display in order to control music and other functionality. For easy navigation, a GPS receiver is embedded inside this smartphone and works together with Nokia Maps.

T-Mobile UK subscribers who might be thinking of having the Nokia 6650 in their possesion they may grab this sleek phone is available in the market.

Specifications for the Nokia 6650

- Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, UMTS 850/2100MHz
- Data: GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA
- Size: 99.7mm x 47.3mm x 16.2mm
- Weight:112g
- Battery Life: 14.5 days standby time, 6 hours talk time
- Display: 16.7million color QVGA TFT, 320x240 pixel
- External Display: 128x160 pixel
- Camera: 2 megapixel with LED flash
- Video: Record/Playback
- Messaging: SMS/MMS/IM
- Email: POP3/IMAP/SMTP
- Bluetooth: 2.0 with A2DP
- Memory: 30MB internal with microSD card slot
- Availability: Available now
- Other: Speakerphone, FM radio, built-in GPS

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Nokia Morph: A glimpse of Future Phone

vmphones — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:29:59 +0000

Phone users always find concept phones something interesting for them to take a look as it gives them a brief dejavu of what future phone will look like. This green Morph phone is one of the most mind blowing concept phone that brings all the futuristic features into a single device held up by transparent, self cleaning cover, thanks to the ground-breaking nano-technology achievement.

The Nokia Morph demonstrates how far could nano technology revolutionize the future phones while showing us the endless possibilities and unthinkable functions that could be put on board. The basic idea of the Nokia Morph brainchild is to make a cell phone which is flexible, easy to use and can be folded and bended into any shapes you like which include to transform it in any shape ranging from a circular bracelet mode to a landscape mode.

The collaboration between Nokia and nanotechnology research from University of Cambridge which successfully giving birth to the Nokia Morph is committed to bring this concept phone to the next level, materializing the device for the public in the future. The seamless fusion between art and science in the device will definitely fuel phone enthusiasts curiosity and eagerness.