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HTC Touch Pro2 is the upgraded version of the HTC Touch Pro, just like the Touch Diamond2 after the Touch Diamond. The HTC Touch Pro 2 takes corporate communication seriously and aims at providing unprecedented conferencing experience. It is optimized to improve human interaction by giving as much importance to calls as the e-mails and text messages get.

The biggest barrier in a call conference is the disruption in the voice. If you are not able to hear or are not audible to the intended audience then the whole purpose of conducting a conference ruins. Therefore, it’s necessary that your smartphone must receive and send crystal clear voice signals over the network. The HTC Touch Pro 2 boasts its Straight Talk technology that puts crystal-clear sound quality and voice reception at the core of its design. This makes the Touch Pro 2 a handheld conferencing device with an exceptional noise-cancelling microphone and loudspeaker. The phone’s interface is also designed in a way that makes it easy to initiate and manage a call conference. Just tap your fingers on its 3.6 inches (480 x 800) TouchFLO 3D display and it will respond to your gestures in no time.

Like its predecessor, the Touch Pro 2 also runs on both 2G and 3G networks and hosts variety of connectivity options and other functions like Java, Accelerometer, Handwriting recognition, Bluetooth, USB, radio and much more. Its processing core is supercharged via Qualcomm MSM7200A 528 MHz CPU and the operating system is Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional.

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Nokia E90 is the latest addition to the E series of Nokia phones. It’s a sophisticated communicator which may look just like any other Nokia communicator but the reality is it is much more powerful and versatile than its predecessors. It’s a perfect combination of elegance, style and functionality and lives up to the expectations of every professional. E90 has got the same bar type form factor but packs lots of upgrades. The major selling point of this one is that it’s the first Nokia communicator which boasts of a fully functional ‘External Phone’ with a 16million color display offering a resolution of 240×320 pixels.

If you are not doing some business work, taking down notes, or doing some other extended activities then the outer shell of the E90 is more than enough to handle all your work. The rear panel features a 3.2 megapixel Auto-Focus camera and two speakers on the top. As soon as you flip up the Nokia E90 Communicator mobile phone you will notice its internal 800 x 352 pixels display capable of showing 16m colours. Apart from this there is a full QWERTY keyboard with functional keys and nav pad. This makes the communicator look like a miniature laptop. On both sides of the internal display there are two pairs of keys along with a secondary video call camera underneath.

The E90 keeps you connected all the time. It’s a 3G-enabled GSM Quad-band phone that is much more powerful and versatile than the hi-fi PDAs available in the market. The communicator runs on a Symbian V9.2 S60 3rd edition UI and is powered via 330 MHz ARM processor. As expected from a Nokia communicator, the E90 offers all the popular options to connect to wired and wireless networks for enhanced communication and file sharing.

Once again Sony Ericsson made its mark in the smartphone domain by announcing the new Idou, the smartphone with a 12 mega pixel autofocus camera. It’s a big boss of the much more known smartphone, Xperia and brings more power and functionality on your palm. The Idou is expected to create the same big hype as the Sony-Ericsson Xperia X1. It’s not only the first smartphone to feature a 12 megapixel camera but also the first one to ever run on the brand new open source Symbian user interface, that is still in the development process by Symbian Foundation.

The Sony-Ericsson Idou is still a code name of the device and is still undergoing development. It is expected to hit the smartphone market in the second half of 2009. However the company has revealed the specifications for sure. The Idou will sport a 3.5-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels. The display will be very fluid and rich in colours. It is expected to work on both 2G (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) and 3G (HSDPA 900 / 2100) network. No need to mention that just like any other smartphone the Idou is perfect for those who want to enjoy hi-end graphics, stunning sound and mind blowing videos on the move. Coming to its main attraction, i.e. the Idou’s 12MP built-in camera, which far surpasses competitors like the Samsung Pixon, will allow you to shoot photos at a jaw dropping resolution of 4000 x 3000 pixels. Apart from the main camera a secondary VGA video call camera is also provided. Apart from these the Idou will offer all the standard functions such as Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, GPS, Bluetooth, SMS, MMS, Email, IM, WAP, RSS reader, Stereo FM with RDS, Java and much more.

HTC Touch Pro is an elegant smartphone by HTC that delivers top notch performance, functionality and flexibility. It spares nothing and packs everything in its diminutive and stylish body. Large 2.8 inch touch screen, stylish body, compact design and unprecedented performance, these four are the major selling points of the Touch Pro.

The Touch Pro has got a touch responsive interface called TouchFlo 3D that allows the user to navigate through the phone’s applications and other data by touching the screen with the fingers. You can intuitively flip through photos, calendar and play videos at a stunning VGA resolution. The HTC Touch Pro Raphael also puts the complete Internet in the palm of your hand. You will experience the web browsing in the same way you enjoy it on a desktop or notebook. The Touch Pro also ensures better gaming experience on the move. Its intuitive touch screen control makes it competent enough to stand head to head with Apple iPhone or iPods. Like any other high-end smartphone the Touch Pro too features an accelerometer that automatically senses the phone’s position and changes the page orientation accordingly. Besides this the phone has got a 5 row QWERTY keyboard which can be slide out for typing intensive tasks.

Coming to the connectivity and communication capabilities, this Windows Mobile phone is well suited for mobile workers and professionals. It supports HSPA/WCDMA and Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks. The device also supports Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and USB connection. Other goodies include a 3.2 megapixel primary colour camera with auto focus and flash light, a secondary VGA CMOS colour camera, microSD slot and built-in support for audio, video and photos.

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The Sony Ericsson W595 is from the same family of the Sony Ericsson Walkman series. It is the most popular range of phones from Sony Ericsson. It is set with many useful features.

It provides 40MB of internal memory and M2 memory card slot (2GB card included). It comes with 3.2 mega pixel camera. It has Quad-band GSM and 3G with HSDPA support, 2.2″ 256K-colour TFT display of QVGA resolution, Walkman 3.0 music player with Shake control and SensMe, Accelerometer sensor for display auto-rotate.

The Sony Ericsson W580i has several other features. It is enabled with GPRS, Downloadable games, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support and USB v2.0. The battery type used in it is standard battery, Li-Po900 mAh (BST-33) with stand-by up to 385 hours and talk time up to 9 hours. The Sony-Ericsson W595 slider also has MP3/AAC, FM Radio with RDS. It also allows multimedia messaging and internet browsing facility. It is also featured with Multi-tasking support, Smart dialing, Comfortable keypad, nice sliding mechanism, Stereo speakers and Dual 3.5mm Stereo Share jack on the headset cable.

Along with the various advantages, Sony Ericsson W595 has a few disadvantages. It has a relatively smaller screen than the other walkman phones, the camera has no auto-focus. It also has a very poor quality video recording, there is no lens protection. It does not have office document viewer and the battery cover is a cheap one.

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The Samsung S8300 Ultra TOUCH, also known as the Tocco Ultra, is the latest touch and slider phone by Samsung. The Samsung S8300 comes with a very dazzling look and a very slim body which gives a very stylish look to the phone. It is one of the best touch-screen phones and is the key product of Samsung for more than a year and is expected to go a long way. It has several useful features.

It provides 80MB integrated memory, hot-swappable MSD card slot (up to 16GB), and 2GB card supplied. The Samsung S8300 UltraTouch slider mobile phone also has an 8 mega pixel auto focus camera with dual Power LED flash, Face detection, Smile Shot, Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) and VGA video@30 fps. It also has classy touch-screen slider with an alphanumeric keypad. It has FM radio with RDS, DivX/XviD video support.

The Samsung S8300 Ultra TOUCH has several other features as well. It is enabled with GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/2100 MHz, GPRS/EDGE class 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, standard MUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS and optional Samsung Mobile Navigator by Route6, accelerometer for screen auto rotate, Proximity sensor for auto screen turn-off, Anti-scratch screen surface. It has a display of 2.8-inch 16M color OLED touch-screen, WQVGA resolution (400 x 240), tempered glass for scratch resistance. Its dimension is 110 x 51.5 x 12.7 mm. It has an 880 mAh battery as well.

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Smartphones are really smart enough to help us in our day to day activities. In fact, these diminutive gadgets are so potent that most of us rely on them for enhancing productivity, maintain a good social network and entertaining ourselves irrespective of place and time. But have you ever wondered about the miraculous benefits these devices can offer kids? Well, this is something that the co-founder and chairman of Qualcomm, Irwin Jacobs has pointed out recently.

According to him, smartphones play a vital role in improving a student’s numerical abilities, provided the device has got the necessary features executed in the appropriate manner. Last week Jacobs attended the Wireless Foundation’s Mobile Learning Conference 2009 held at Washington, DC and explained the benefits of introducing smartphones in schools. Lat year Qualcomm initiated and sponsored a unique project called Project K-Nect to find out whether the smartphones can actually contribute in learning process. Each subject in the project was provided with an Windows Mobile HTC  smartphone running on EV-DO 0 and A networks. The project involved 89 at-risk 9th and 10th grade students from four different schools of North Carolina.

The results of Project K-Nect were really good. This experiment was very successful as the passing rate for one school was 100 percent. This was because the students were in touch with their classmates and discussed their problems whenever they got stuck, even during odd hours. The smartphones also encouraged them to increase the number of hours they used to devote studying Algebra.

Popular smartphones, like the Apple iPhone and RIM’s BlackBerry, play an important role in driving the people for mobile game downloads, says the findings of comScore. The total number of Americans downloading mobile games increased by 17 percent in November, last year. Out of them 8.5 million people were those wireless subscribers who used to download at least one game per month.

This is because of the intuitive controls, as well as large and clear display with excellent graphic capabilities, that advanced smartphones like the iPhone, Windows Mobile phone and BlackBerry models offer. The Apple iPhone 3G 16GB has already been recognised as a potential mobile gaming device that is as efficient as Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP). According to the research conducted by comScore the number of smartphone users downloading mobile games during November 2007 to November 2008 quadrupled and the game downloads by basic handset users declined by 14 percent because such mobile phones do not feature awesome graphics, high fps and speedy processing. The Apple iPhone is the most preferred smartphone for mobile gaming and accounts for 14 percent of total game downloads.

Mark Donovan, a senior analyst at comScore commented, “The rapid growth in smartphone adoption in the United States has provided a boost for mobile gaming, as 34 percent of those downloading a game in November did so using a smartphone. Last year, not one smartphone appeared in the top 10 devices used for mobile downloads. This year, six out of 10 are smartphones, excluding devices with smartphone-like functionality, such as the Instinct and Voyager, which also make appearances.”

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Toshiba has unveiled TG01, the world’s first mobile device with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset. This also gives the smartphone the crown of the world’s fastest smartphone because the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon offers a whooping computing speed of 1GHz. This means the TG01 is potent to offer high definition multimedia, interactive GPS and high-speed 3G connectivity.

TG01 is highly powered, super slim and multimedia focused. It supports true multitasking and offers a unique mobility experience. Though a lesser known player, Toshiba is no stranger to the smartphone market with such successful models as the Toshiba Portege G710 smartphone. The company’s experience clearly shows in the many advanced features imparted on the TG01. The TG01’s Snapdragon processor will let you work on various applications simultaneously without getting the phone hanged. TG01 runs on Windows Mobile and features Internet Explorer that performs same like its desktop cousin. Apart from this the company has incorporated 3D navigation that makes UI more interesting on the large high resolution touch screen.

Toshiba TG01 Tech Specs

• 4.1 inch touchscreen display (800×480 pixels)
• 512MB ROM paired with 256MB RAM
• 3.2 mega pixel autofocus camera
• micro SDHC slot (accepts up to 32GB memory)
• GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS/HSDPA compatible
• Built in GPS and A-GPS
• Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon chipset running @ 1GHz
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS
• Java, Organiser, multimedia and much more
• SMS, MMS, E-mail, Microsoft Direct Push Technology, Windows Live Messenger
• Supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, WMA, WAV in audio and H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV for video playback.
• Bluetooth v2.0, USB v2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Are you on a budget, but need a stylish and powerful phone? If yes then the new Nokia 3600 Slide is the perfect handheld communication device for you. This one comes in an awesomely designed sliding form factor and packs all the necessary functions including Bluetooth, an MP3 player, 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, FM radio, memory card, Opera and much more

This GSM phone is priced under £100 yet doesn’t compromises with style and functionality. That’s the best feature of the Nokia 3600 Slide. It’s beautifully designed to impress anyone at the first glance. You can use this Nokia mobile phone as a communication handheld, as a high resolution camera, as a portable music player, a GPS navigator, mobile web browser etc. Overall it’s an all-in-one gadget that charges a negligible amount if compared to all the features it offers.

Below are the full tech specs of 3600 Slide

• 2 inches, 240 x 320 pixels display (16 million colours)
• 3.2MP auto focus camera with 8x digital zoom and double LED flash
• Audio/Video player and image viewer
• FM radio
• SMS, MMS, email, Audio messaging
• Opera web browser, HSCSD, GPRS Class 32, EDGE
• Up to 4GB of microSD memory
• Java games, Nokia Maps, Nokia Search
• Themes, animated wallpapers, video ring tones, polyphonic tones, mp3 ring tones
• Bluetooth 2.0, microUSB 2.0, 2.5mm AV, TV-Out