Category: Review

Test iPhone Battery Before Purchase

By , December 22, 2010 2:10 pm

Testing the iPhone battery is something that requires expertise that the ordinary user of iPhones may not have, which means that one is then dependent on needing to read up reviews of how well or badly does the iPhone battery work. It certainly pays to do some legwork before buying your iPhone as you do not want to end up with something that is going to fall short of your expectations and which may cause you disappointment as well. Thus, before you actually purchase your iPho…

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Testing the iPhone battery is something that requires expertise that the ordinary user of iPhones may not have, which means that one is then dependent on needing to read up reviews of how well or badly does the iPhone battery work. It certainly pays to do some legwork before buying your iPhone as you do not want to end up with something that is going to fall short of your expectations and which may cause you disappointment as well. Thus, before you actually purchase your iPhone makes sure to check out the many reviews that are available regarding the working of the iPhone battery among other features.

No doubt, the specs will show a usage time that is supposed to be excellent though only actual testing will reveal the true picture about how the iPhone battery functions while talking and browsing with your iPhone. Sometimes, you may find that the life of the iPhone battery is not even close to the specifications mentioned in the manual. According to experts that have checked out the Apple iPhone battery life, they found that far from giving 5.5 hours of voice, it actually only did four hours and three minutes of voice, and just three hours and eleven minutes when browsing. This is well below the stated 5.5 hours and so you need to take that into account before considering your iPhone purchase.

A possible reason why the iPhone battery life falls far short of its listed times could be the heavy amount of power that is consumed by its giant screen though it could also be because of improper charging of the battery and also because the batteries them are faulty. In any case, it pays to find out these things well before the actual purchase.

There is no doubting the fact that iPhone testers were less than impressed with the Apple iPhone battery life, and instead of a promised eight hours of talking and six of internet use, according to tests these times were greatly exaggerated and actual battery life was no more than four to five hours, which is what you could expect from smartphones. This is a reason to be concerned because four to five hours of battery light would not serve you if you happened to be on an international journey and were in the air for ten plus hours and needed to talk to someone during the flight. It would also not be very good for watching videos that are sure to drain the iPhone battery sooner than expected.
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iPhone Review

By , October 22, 2010 7:50 pm

As with any product that has been accompanied by the same amount of hype and excitement as the latest incarnation of Apple‘s iPhone, the i phone 4, questions are invariably asked as to whether the hype is justified. The iPhone has undoubtedly been a sensation since coming out in 2007 and the newest version of the phone has arguably increased the world’s obsession with Apple products. With the phone costing hundreds of pounds though, it is understandable that people will question whether or not the iPhone 4 is worth both the money and the excitement.

Firstly, let’s see what new features Apple are offering in order to get you to part with your money. The phone now has high definition video recording capabilities, bringing the iPhone in line with the HD revolution, and also now allows users to multitask with applications, something that many owners have pleaded with Apple to do in the past. Throw all of this into a super slim and award winning handset and you do get a very impressive package.

Although the iPhone has dominated the smart phone market for the last three the new model has been accompanied by this huge hype and although it is undoubtedly at the forefront of mobile phone technology, the market is now a different place than it was three years ago. There are now many other smart phones out there that can attempt to rival the iPhone 4 and with impressive handsets such as the HTC Desire (the most powerful android phone on the market) and the Samsung Galaxy S proving popular at the moment (and at a cheaper price) customers will be wanting to make sure that they are getting much more for the extra money.

Android phones do have their advantages as anyone is able to program applications for their phones, so the catalogue of apps is huge and is only rising, add that to its partnership with Google and you get a decent phone. The truth is though that at the moment Apple have several high profile programmers making apps exclusively for iPhones and when you factor in the faster operating system and the superior hardware then it is really down to whether you can justify the extra expense. If you think you will use your iPhone enough to get your money’s worth then they are definitely worth having.

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Best Selling iPhone Apps

By , September 16, 2010 8:19 pm

There are hundreds of applications available from the Apple App Store for you to download and use on your iPhone. Here are some of the current top paid apps available from the App Store.

Colour Splash is a photo editing tool that allows you to efficiently alter your photos by converting some areas to black and white and keeping others in the original colour. This can have a very dramatic effect and makes the simplest photos look arty. The Colour Splash app won the 2009 award for Best Photo Manipulation App and is only £1.19 from the App Store.

As the title suggests, this is the second instalment in a series of games. This sequel to the best selling Dark Nebula has a much longer narrative. Like the first, you tilt the iPhone in order to navigate your way through various different levels. The game was designed by Anders Hejdenberg, who was the lead designer on Battlefield 2: Modern Combat amongst other top of the range games. Dark Nebula – Episode 2 can be purchased for just 59p from the App Store.

Fat Booth is a novelty app that allows you see what you or your friends would look like if you gained a few pounds. It works with pictures taken on your iPhone or from your photo library. This app is from the makers of the popular app Aging Booth, which remains the best selling paid application in a number of different countries. It can be bought for 59p from the App Store.

The variety of apps available at the App Store is clear, with a photo editing app, a game and a novelty entertainment app all present in the best sellers alongside many others. Some are intended for light entertainment and others for more serious purposes such as checking train times or the weather. Take your pick! The possibilities are endless.

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The Galaxy S – Samsung’s Latest Smart Phone

By , August 16, 2010 7:27 pm

First launched in June this year, the Samsung Galaxy S is the latest in Samsung’s line of smart phones. Announced in March, hype and anticipation for the new model reached impressive highs as Samsung revealed tentative hints about the phone’s capability and features, and upon its release the Galaxy S certainly did not fail to deliver.

The 3G compatible phone is visually appealing, with smooth, rounded edges making it look stylish. At just 122.4 mm by 64.2mm with a depth of 9.9mm and weighing only 119 g, the Galaxy S is lightweight and perfect for carrying around in your pocket. It utilises Samsung’s innovative Super AMOLED capacity touch screen, which at 4 inches and supporting a massive 16 million colours makes for a real visual treat. The 480 by 800 pixel resolution doesn’t disappoint, either.

The touch interface is version 3.0 of the TouchWiz User Interface, which supports a multi touch input method as well as proximity based auto turning on and off, so you don’t have to worry about the phone leaking power if you leave it somewhere. Accelerometer sensors on the phone helps it auto rotate the UI according to you, the user’s, viewing angle, so you always get the best quality visuals.

Storage wise, the Galaxy S comes with either an 8GB or 16GB internal memory. With 512MB RAM and 2B ROM, this phone can take a lot – and if that’s not enough for you, it also has a MicroSD slot and entertains external memory of anything up to 32GB. You also don’t need to worry about this phone letting you down on the go. It’s Li-Po 1500 mAH rechargeable battery has a standby time of 576 hours.

The phone has two cameras, a primary 5MP camera on the back and a secondary VGA camera mounted on the front. The main camera takes still photos at a resolution of2592 pixels, with features including auto focus and face detection. It also records in 720 pixel HD, to capture all those happy memories.

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The History of the iPhone

By , July 16, 2010 7:27 am

The iPhone is a high-end smartphone with Internet and multimedia ability, designed and marketed by Apple Inc, makers of the Apple Mac, the Macbook, and the iPod. Originally released back in 2007, the iPhone functions as more than simply a phone, allowing users to take advantage of the integrated digital camera (including text messaging and visual voicemail for leaving visual messages for friends), as well the on board media player.

The multimedia playback is especially proficient on the iPhone, and individuals can download their entire music collections onto their handset and listen to them, just as they would with an iPod. In fact, an iPhone essentially functions in the same way an iPod does, just with extra features. iTunes is central to this – Apple’s universal media player, and owners of the iPhone can play their songs, podcasts and videos in the software and navigate themselves around the interface that is identical to the one featured on Apple Macs, Macbooks, and Powerbooks.

The smartphone has excellent connectivity, what with email and web browsing capability, as well as Wi-Fi connectivity, allowing users to connect to the Internet from just about anywhere in the world.

The front of the phone is dominated by an extremely large touchscreen, which, when pressed, can navigate to any application or feature on the phone. The Internet browser, Safari, is also used by scrolling up and down the screen, and page rendering times are very low.

Another unique selling point of the iPhone is its dedicated App Store, which features over 200,000 apps (and growing) that users can download to their personal phones. These applications can range from satellite navigation aides, to time-passing games, to news apps and weather predictors.

The very first iPhone was announced on January 9th 2007 after months of rumour and conjecture as to its design and specs. The original iPhone was first released, not long after, on June 29th 2007, in the United States of America, before being marketed in Europe. Further versions were released on July 11th 2008 (iPhone 3G) and June 19th 2009 (iPhone 3GS). The latest iPhone4 was released on 24th June 2010 and it’s newest features include a 5 mega pixel camera, HD video recording and retina display. It’s been Apple’s most successful launch product to date, selling over 1.7 million in the first 3 days of its release.

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T-Mobile MDA Vario III Mobile Phone

By , March 25, 2009 8:42 pm

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HTC has released different types of cell phones with high technical and salient features. Every compact model has its own features to satisfy the customer needs. The T-Mobile MDA Vario III Mobile Phone is also known as HTC Kaiser Mobile Phone. This handset works in Windows Mobile 6 Professional interface. This
T-Mobile MDA Vario III Mobile phone
has smart finish and stylish look.

 

T-Mobile MDA phone has GPRS, EDGE and 3G technological aspects to transfer the data between mobile devices. 3G will give technical process like Video conferencing, Video Streaming, messaging and entertainment. HSDPA gives fast downloading data in 3G technical Mobile Phones. This modeled phone does not supports HSUPA fuctions.

 

This compact set has remarkable internet facility to connect the world wide web. WLAN technology is used for wireless internet access. This set has QWERTY keyboard for text typing
and SMS for sending and receiving text messages. MMS for sending pictures and audio with the text. From the mobile phone we can send email messages to the internet.

 

The mobile phone displayed with the bright screen and has resolution of  240 x 320 pixel resolution. This screen is perfect for capturing video pictures and it is a TFT screen of light transflective type.  GPS service is to identify the unknown location with route map guidance. Satellite Navigation system has GPS receiver
to get signals and NMEA 0183 can access handsome 20 channels to provide GPS service.

 

T-Mobile MDA Vario III Mobile Phone has other features like attached camera with 3.1 Megapixel with many functionalities. VGA class camera for video recording, a built-in flash for
taking quality pictures. A secondary camera present in the system has resolution of 640 x 480 pixels and it supports CMOS colour sensor. This handset is user friendly to every one and can esily access the system.

 

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HTC P3600 Mobile Phone

By , March 23, 2009 10:57 pm

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HTC company produces Quality mobile phone in the market.

HTC P3600 Mobile Phone
has many advanced technical features. In this system Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 will connect with the internet functions. This mobile phone is a compact device with stylish look.

This compact device has internet access and we can check our mail messages from the mobile phone itself. In this HTC phone the data’s are transferred with 3G, Quad band, GSM, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 and HSDPAQ ready with high accessing speed.

This model has a sharp camera with 2.0 mega pixels fro capturing video pictures. The mobile device can be connected with PC through an USB port. There is an media player for both audio and video. VGA camera for video call purpose. The camera screen has a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels with 2.8 inches. The memory of this device is 64 MB RAM and 128 MB ROM. Using this memory we can store lot of  informations. The memory can be extended by mini SD memory slots.

This HTC Bluetooth mobile phone has TFT touch screen functionality
which supports 65 k colours. By touching a single option the functions are
processed immediately. This sytem is user friendly to every one. It supports
polyphonic ringtones and backed by 40 channels. Bluetooth with v2.0 having infrared connectivity to tranfer the data wirelessly from one device to another. GPRS is allow to transfer the internet data’s with speed of 32-48 kbps.

This compact device has Samsung SC324424A  internal processor with the speed of 400 Mhz. The dimension of this compact system is 108 mm height, 58.2 mm width, 18.4 mm depth. This handset act as a pocket PC to store our required information. The power of the battery can with stand 5 hours of talk time and 250 hours of standby time.

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Blackberry Pearl 8100 Mobile Phone

By , March 21, 2009 9:19 am

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Blackberry has developed many cell phone models with excellent features.
Blackberry Pearl 8100 is a stylisht model which fits in your hand very compactly. This model provides easy way to communicate and it is a user friendly
device.

This Blackberry Pearl 8100 mobile phone has qwerty keyboard for entering the characters. We can send SMS for transferring simple messages and MMS to transfer not only text but also picture messages. The system has speaker phone, integrated ear piece and a microphone. Headset jack to connect the external audio devices. This Mobile set has bluetooth finctionalities to send and recieve photos, audio and video pictures.

The mobile phone has good display with back lighting facility. It displayed with colour screen. The hand set has many polyphonic ring tones and it supports MP3 ring tones. We can set the ringtone to vibrate modes. It has LED indicator with it. We can activate our mail through this mobile phone.

This Blackberry Camera mobile phone has wireless network with edge. We can protect our handset by giving passwords and keyboard lock. Blacberry 8100 model phone will support DES or AES encryption for encrypting datas into code and send to server. It includes with USB cable to connect mobile phone to Computer or laptop which has a USB port. We can upload or download MP3 tracks through this cable and wall charger. This phone has memory capacity of 32 MB SDRAM and 64 MB
of flash memory.

The device has latest battery which can with power for long time. It has 3.5 hours of talk time and 15 days of stand by time. The dimmension of the mobile phone is 4.2 inches of length, 1.97 inches of width, .57 inches of depth and it weighs only 3.1 oz. This set is very compact and easy to handle.

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Gigabyte GSmart MS800 Mobile Phone

By , March 18, 2009 7:44 pm

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 Mobile phones with different models and applications are launched in the market. Every mobile phone has its own fuctionality with special features. Gigabyte GSmart MS800 Mobile has
high technical features with smart look. It is available in green colour.

 

The mobile system is introduces with HSDPA technology from the advanced 3G constituents. A Quad Band GSM, UMTS and EDGE are used in the communication network. HSDPA technology transfers the data at the rate of 7.2 Mbps. The other features like WiFi WLAN and Bluetooth 2.0 will act as interface in transferring data. WAP functionality is to browse the internet information. Gigabyte develops its first PDA phone. This device has messaging facilities like SMS, MMS and Push E-mail. SMS is to send short messages. MMS is to send and receive long text, audio and video pictures.  Push E-mail to send and receive mail messages through mobile phone.

 
Gigabyte GSmart MS800 Mobile Phone
has a 2.8” extra large
QVGA LCD TFT Touchscreen functionality. A 2 MP camera for taking video pictures with digital zoom and auto focus. Video recording in this device provide clarity picture view. The mobile phone has media players like MP3, AAC, WMA , AMR, WAV,
MID G files. This handset has 192 different types of polyphonic ring tones and we can download MP3 ring tones.

 

This compact mobile device is fitted with GPS receiver for identifying the unknown locations. SirFStar III type receiver is used to get signals and identify the location by route maps very fastly and quickly. The GPS system in the mobile phone can give
voice instructions to identify the location.

This Gigabyte GPS mobile phone has a bettery made up of Lithium ion and it can withstand a power of 1300 mAh.
Battery can withstand 150 hours in Stand-by mode and talk time is only upto 3.5 hours. The dimmension of the system is 116 mm height, 59 mm width, 14.95 mm depth. This compact device weighs only 130 grams.

 

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Benefon Locus Mobile Phone

By , March 17, 2009 11:51 pm

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Benefon Locus provides its Mobile phone with specialized functionalities in the UK market. In each and every version of release it gives the product with latest features. This Benefon model has very smart look and took a nice place among various mobile phone
manufacturers.

 

This mobile system has GSM Technology to transfer data’s in signals without any wire connections from
one mobile to another. The battery system in this mobile is made of Lithium ion and it can accumulate charge upto 700/1200 mAh. The battery has a stand time upto 140/240 hours and talk time 6/10 hours. The charging time of the battery is 2/3 hrs.

Benefon Locus Mobile Phone has two main advantages one is
water proof and anti-shock resistant. Benefon system has screen resolution of 100 x 48 pixels. The keypad will be automatically locked. It has a function of any key answer and full screen editing. Time and Date function will give the current data and time. Alarm clock can be pre setted to required time. Calendar option to display the month and date. There are 40 types of ringtones are
available and we can download and edit the melodies. The volume levels are adjusted and we can keep the device in silent mode. GPS features are there to identify the unknown places. In this handset device we can change the font size.  Messaging can done through SMS facility. Through Fax we can send data atthe rate of 14.4 kbps. Automatic power On/Off system. Through cable we can
connect the personal computer.

 

In phone book directory we can store at the maximum 255 phone numbers. This system can be accessed fastly. By selecting a single option we can make a call. Two or more persons can
be communicate together by conference call option. While we communicate with other number and if a call is coming means the option “call hold” will makes to wait until the completion of  last conversation. The incoming calls can be diverted to another mobile number. This
GPS mobile phone wiil always provide information about last 10 incoming and missed calls. It will provide call details about 15 outgoing calls. It is efficient device with several features.

 

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