HTC

When you put an adjective like Incredible in a product name, it better deliver the goods, otherwise you end up looking pretty foolish and probably have a bunch of angry customers on your hands. Fortunately for HTC and Verizon, though, it looks like this won't be the case because the Droid Incredible lives up to its name and then some. While the Android 2.1 smartphone doesn't offer any new, ground-breaking features, what it does better than any other Android product on the market right now, including the Motorola Droid and Nexus One, is enhancing those features with better software (courtesy of HTC Sense) and combining it with a sleek design and lots of power.

Though a lot of eyes may be on the Sprint HTC Evo 4G and we have little quibbles here and there, we have absolutely no hesitation in recommending the Droid Incredible. It's hands-down Verizon's best smartphone, and one of the best and fastest Android devices on the market right now, so much so that we deem it worthy of our Editors' Choice award. The Droid Incredible by HTC will be available from Verizon Wireless on April 29 for $199.99 with a two-year contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Design

The Droid Incredible is another example of HTC's and Design & Company's handiwork. Though the overall shape and design is similar to many touch-screen smartphones on the market, it's the finer details and the HTC Sense user experience (more on this later) that make the Droid Incredible different and a step above the rest.

Roughly the same size as the Nexus One, the Droid Incredible officially measures in at 4.63 inches tall by 2.3 inches wide by 0.47 inch thick and 4.59 ounces. It does feel a bit plasticky compared with the Nexus One, but it also finally gives Verizon customers (well, those who can live without a physical keyboard) a viable alternative to the Motorola Droid, as it still offers some of the higher-end features, such as the Snapdragon processor and high-resolution display, that are missing on the carrier's other Android device, the Droid Eris.

Oh, and what a beautiful display that graces the mug of the Droid Incredible. The capacitive touch screen measures 3.7 inches diagonally and has a WVGA resolution (480x800) just like the Nexus One, but in a side-by-side comparison, the Incredible's display appears smoother and more vibrant than that of the Nexus One.

In addition, it felt more responsive, registering every touch right away and providing a smooth scrolling experience. The built-in accelerometer was quick to change screen orientation, and the proximity sensor kicks in as soon as you hold the phone up to your ear to take a phone call. Our only complaint about the screen would be that it's pretty hard to read in bright sunlight and like many others, the touch screen is an absolute magnet for fingerprints and smudges, so we'd recommend keeping a screen wipe close by at all times.

The onscreen keyboard is HTC's own rather than the standard Android keyboard, which is fine by us since the buttons are slightly bigger for easier typing, especially in portrait mode. We made fewer mistakes and could type a bit faster on the Incredible than the Nexus One. That said, we were definitely jonesing for Swype after having experienced how fast and accurate it could be. Currently, Swype for Android is in closed beta.

Below the display, you have four touch-sensitive shortcut keys--home, menu, back, and search--and below them is a new optical joystick. Much like the ones found on the HTC Legend and the HTC Desire, it replaces the trackball navigator found on previous devices and operates much like a trackpad; you simply move your thumb over the control in the direction you want to move and you can even press down to select an item. Overall, it works as advertised, but the smaller size of the button makes it a bit awkward at first. In general, we used it mostly to scroll and select a smaller item on a Web site, such as a link, and used the touch screen for everything else.

There are very few other physical buttons on the Droid Incredible. On the left side, there's a volume rocker and a Mini-USB port and on top of the device, you'll find a power button and 3.5mm headphone jack. As with most all handsets, the camera and in this case, the dual LED flash, are housed in the back but what's unusual about the Droid Incredible is the back's topographic design and the phone's innards. Instead of a smooth surface, the battery door has bumps and ridges, and it's only after you pop it off that you realize it actually follows the lines of the internal parts of the phone. You'll notice that the insides of the phone are red. Does it add any value to the smartphone? No. But can we appreciate that HTC wanted to highlight some of the engineering that went into the device and make it beautiful inside and out? Absolutely.

Verizon packages the Droid Incredible with just the bare minimum: an AC adapter, a USB cable, and reference material. For more add-ons, please check our cell phone accessories, ringtones, and help page.

User interface
Many have asked about the difference between the Droid Incredible and the Nexus One, and one of the key differentiators is HTC Sense. The Droid Incredible uses Sense, whereas the Nexus One uses the standard Android UI.

While there will be purists who prefer the standard Android skin, in most cases, we'd choose a device running Sense, and we think it's something that actually gives the Droid Incredible a competitive advantage. Out of all our custom skins for Android (Motoblur, TouchWiz, etc.), Sense is our absolute favorite. Not only does it give Android a more user-friendly interface, it actually, in many cases, improves on the core functions by better integrating the features.

LG Viewty

LG Viewty is one of the most fashionable cell phones of the moment, released in black last year and in the new eye-catching silver housing made available recently.

LG Viewty is a true camera phone integrating a powerful 5MP camera with autofocus, strobe flash, 30 fps filming capability, maximum picture resolution of 1592 x 1944 pixels, still image capture, manual focus, image stabilizer, and handwriting recognition for picture editing.
There is also a secondary camera for video calling, a VGA type.

If you have read my previous article about this phone model, then you already know it is working on 2G/3G networks, has a 3-inch TFT touch display with Flash UI, 256K colors and 240 x 400 pixels resolution.
In addition it has a microSD card slot for extending the 100MB shared phone memory to store the high-rsolution pictures you capture while on the go, and supports GPRS, EDGE, with up to 3.6Mbps transfer speeds.

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There is also Bluetooth 1.2 with A2DP support, USB 2.0 connectivity, HTML browsing, e-mail function, Java, music/video player, FM radio with RDS, Organize, DOC/XLS/PDF files viewer, and a 1000mAh Li-Ion battery power for up to four hours of continuous operation.

The news about LG Viewty is that the producing company and DivX have announced it to be the worlds first mobile phone to support high-quality DivX video format, having a DivX video player and 120 fps 640 x 480 pixels DivX video encoding.

"Our goal is to make it easy for consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience on any kind of device" declared Kevin Hell, CEO at DivX. "The LG Viewty is a perfect example of this experience. It allows consumers to capture video on its 3-inch screen and then easily transfer that video to a computer or virtually any kind of consumer electronics device."

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Slider Phone: Review of the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic

How far can $99.99 go for a modern-day cell phone? While you’ll get an ample bang for your economical buck with the new Nokia 5610 XpressMusic, don’t expect the top-grade feature set of an iPhone 3G or Samsung Instinct.

Rather, the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic is exactly what it sounds like: a phone for all sorts of sounds.

In the sound department, the 5610 XpressMusic delivers in prioritizing two primary functions: an iPod-like interface for you to listen to all your favorite songs and FM radio.
So the 5610 XpressMusic can prove to you its musical devotion, the phone features a unique “slider key”. Its design is for you to easily “slide” between the main screen, your song playlist and the radio.

The main screen features your “myFaves” (or five favorite people to regularly call, text, instant message, email, etc.).

While Nokia designed the music slider key after simplicity and a commitment to what’s at the phone’s core, the key would be more beneficial being able to perform other functions as well.

The key indeed is an easily navigable tool and should be used for faster scrolling where speed has been ignored. It’s too cumbersome to scroll through the radio stations one at a time and, for example, there’s no easy way to jump from 89.5 FM to 101.1 FM. While the slider key would have allowed for a fast-seeking solution, Nokia didn’t think of this.

The rest of the phone’s functions are performed by five keys right below the slider key. Unlike the phone’s candy bar version – the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic – the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic for T-Mobile is a slider phone. The 5610 slides open only for the purpose of revealing its standard, 12-key numerical pad.

The prime difference between the 5610 and the 5310 – which are both marketed as music phones – is that the 5610 uses a slider key for its three musical functions whereas the 5310 delivers these functions in three separate buttons on the far left side of the phone.

In addition, the 5610 comes with a 2-gigabyte memory card with support for up to 4 gigabytes. The amount of storage space a cell phone comes with and can be upgraded to is a critical element for those interested in storing data including music, pictures and video.

The 5310 only comes with 1 gigabyte of memory and can’t be upgraded any further. That 1-gigabyte limit could be a deal killer for some wanting to store more data at a given moment than the 5310 can allow.

To give you an idea of what 4 gigabytes can translate into, Nokia says that amount of cell phone storage space can support up to 3,000 songs with a length of 3:45 each with decent-quality encoding.

Now the 5610 XpressMusic’s radio function is a delectable treat. While some may not be used to listening to traditional radio on a cell phone, you most certainly can much in the same way you do with a regular radio. For the 5610’s radio to function, it must also have an antenna.

A single wire – much like a wire that’d string from your phone to your ears for music – actually serves as the antenna. Another double-strung wire then hooks into the antenna and ends up with headphones for your ears.

The 5610’s radio won’t work without the antenna wire. Just like with a regular radio, you’ll sometimes hear the same static on your cell phone depending on the signal quality of the radio station and your current environment.
The supplied headphones can be considered decent quality but inferior to other, more pricey headphones that supply more bass sound.

If you don’t want to listen via in-ear headphones, you can also listen to the phone’s built-in loudspeaker. The loudspeaker does an excellent job with its sound and can be considered a quality solution for a cell phone. Of course, this doesn’t compare to a home-stereo sound system. The loudspeaker is especially weak with its bass sound.

While the 5610 XpressMusic is branded mostly as a music phone, another standout feature is its camera. While many cameras today come with 2-megapixel shooters, the 5610 has upped the ante a bit with its 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera and dual-LED flash.

Compared to traditional digital point-and-shoot cameras today, though, 3.2 megapixels still pales in comparison to what’s on the market. For a cell phone, this is still an improvement over what’s typically on board most phones. Many cell phones with cameras also don’t come with a flash. The 5610 uses two bright light-emitting diodes to do the trick.

Once in camera mode, the 5610 does everything horizontally. In other modes, the 5610 lives vertically. Though the horizontal environment initially makes sense when you’re just snapping a picture or recording a video, navigation becomes confusing.

The same five-button keypad you use when the phone’s closed is designed to work in the same fashion horizontally just like you use it vertically.

You may find yourself flipping the phone back and forth without certainty of how it will act in that mode as compared to how you want it to function.

Once you take a photo, you may feel that finding the picture is buried within other, less-important camera functions. Your photo album should have been more prominently featured.

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Nokia

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Motorola

Motorola is an American global infrastructure corporation that developed the first actually worldwide message network. Newest Motorola cell phones take the following skin: WAP for internet admission, Mini USB connectivity, GPRS Class ten, chat time up to approximately three hundred fifty minutes, set in Bluetooth wireless skill, Multi Media Messaging (MMS), five hundred entrance phone book, image caller ID, integrated VGA camera with four x zoom, videocassette download and playback for mobile activity, downloading abilities for personalization, thin outline, MP3 ringtones, connectivity via Bluetooth.


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