Motorola has made few Android phones before, but none has got the appreciation HTC does for its Android phone sets. HTC is indeed the leading mobile phone manufacturer with great Android phones. At last, Motorola has tried a bit hard and made a phone set that is trendy, smart and Android based. The new Motorola FlipOut has a smart design that has never been used before in any Android based phone set. This is the first Android phone by Motorola that is getting recognition and appreciation.

Before reviewing the phone set, le us have a look at its specs.

Specs:

• 2G network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G network: HSDPA 900 / 2100, HSDPA 850 / 1900
• Announced: June 2010
• Status: coming soon
• Dimensions: 67 mm x 67 mm x 17 mm, 76 cc
• Weight: 120 g
• Display: TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
• Display size: 320 x 240 pixels, 2.8 inches
• QWERTY keyboard
• Accelerometer sensor for UI auto rotate
• Proximity sensor for auto turn off
• Multi touch input method
• Alert types: MP3 ring tones, vibrations
• Speakerphone, 3.5 mm audio jack
• Phone book: practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Internal memory: 150 MB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
• Card slot: microSD 2GB card included, expandable up to 32 GB
• GPRS: class 12
• EDGE: class 12
• 3G: HSDPA, HSUPA
• WLAN: Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth: v 2.1 with A2DP
• USB: microUSB v2.0
• Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels, geo tagging, face detection
• Video recording
• Operating System: Android OS v 2.1 (Éclair)
• CPU: TI OMAP3410 600MHz processor
• User Interface: MOTOBLUR UI v1.5 with Live Widgets
• Messaging: SMS, MMS, AMS, IM, Email, Push Email
• Web browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
• Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Games
• Colors: White, Fairway Green, Raspberry Crush, Poppy Red, Brilliant Blue, Licorice, Saffron
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support
• Java: via third party application
• Other features: Digital compass, Social networking integration with live updates, Google Maps with Street View, MP3/eAAC+/WAV player, MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter apps, Organizer, Document viewer, Voice memo/dial, T9
• Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1170 mAh
• Standby: Up to 365 h (2G) / Up to 380 h (3G)
• Talktime: Up to 6 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)

Features:

The first noticeable thing about this phone is its tiny size and compact form. This phone fits into one’s hand without any difficulty at all. It is easy to put it in your pocket and move around comfortably. FlipOut flips and we can see that it is joined with the lower pane via a hinge on a corner. This hinge has to be strong or otherwise it will be a big concern for the company. The keyboard has five rows which have been slightly raised as to offer easy typing. There is a separate row for numbers which indeed pleases us. There’s a D-pad in the lower part of keyboard that allows cursor moving.

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As we all know that Android is a power hungry and non-energy efficient system. Thus, the small size of FlipOut’s battery concerns me. A great and genius feature of the phone is that its media player knows what song is being played and it (tries to) display the lyrics along with the song itself. You get seven customizable home screens as well. Camera is just okay; it takes photos and you should be thankful for this!

Product’s Unique Selling Points:

• Nice compact size
• Customizable social networking apps
• Genius media player
• Unified address book
• Swappable covers

Limitations:

• Small screen
• Average camera

Technology has progressed rapidly since past few years, especially when it comes to the computer and mobile phone manufacturing. We come across a new mobile phone model almost every day these days.

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In the past, cell phone manufacture was thought to be a monopoly run by Nokia, Siemens, Sony Ericsson and Samsung. Now, the most beloved old dude Nokia seems to lag far behind the new-comers Apple and HTC (I mean, they are at least a little younger than the former one). These days, all we hear is about iPhone and HTC Android running phones. The Nokia Windows Mobile is, excuse me but, old story.

There was a time (a couple of years back) when Apple’s iPhone was considered to be the best phone in the whole world. Then, Android entered the competition, and Apple knew it was the beginning of its doom. Though Apple is trying hard to stay in the game (supposedly, with the iPhone 4!) but Android gives such a comforting feeling to users that they never want to go anywhere else than Android. Google has stepped in the race, too. The much loved HTC Google Nexus One is evidence itself. Now, when the big daddy is here, iPhone’s future seems to be real dreadful.

What is Android Operating System:

You must be wondering why Android is being liked so much. There is so much about this operating system that lets it stand out from all the other rival OS.

1. First of all, it is an operating system for mobile devices that has been developed by Android Inc, which was later on acquired by Google.
2. This is based upon Linux Kernel and GNU software.
3. Since its launch in 2008, its popularity has grown rapidly. After Blackberry, it is the most liked OS in current year.

Android is an OpenSource operating system, and this makes it a wonderful one. Anyone can add into the App world of Android and keep it growing. This feature sets Android and iOS apart, clearly. Within a small period of time, Android Apps Market has grown to over 70,000 apps available for downloading. Also, it is growing day by day.

Features of Android OS:

Connectivity: It supports connectivity technology including GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, WiMAX and Wi-Fi.
Messaging: SMS, MMS, Threaded Messages and Android Cloud to Device Messaging Framework.

Media support:  H.263, H.264 (in 3GP or MP4 container), MPEG-4 SP,AMR, AMR-WB (in 3GP container), AAC, HE-AAC (in MP4 or 3GP container), MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, JPEG,PNG, GIF, BMP.

Additional hardware support: Still Camera, Video Camera, accelerometer, touchscreen, magnetometer, GPS, accelerated 3D graphics.

Market: It is an ever growing app market which is rapidly being filled with good apps and games with every passing day. Originally, only free apps were there to download, but paid for apps have also been introduced in the market since Feb 2009.

Multi touch: Android supports multi touch technology e.g. in HTC Google Nexus One and Motorola Droid.

Multi tasking: It is available by Android.

Hardware Devices Running Android OS:

Android was first run by HTC Dream in 2008. After that, it has been used in a number of devices and mobile phones. Major manufacturers whose devices run on Android include Acer, Bluelans Communication, Dell, Garmin, Geeks’Phone, General Mobile, Highscreen, HKC, HTC Corporation, Huawei, i-Mobile, Lenovo, LG Group, Motorola, Pantech and Samsung Group.

Applications:

Due to its OpenSource nature, anyone (who knows how to do it) can create apps for Android. It is being taught at Harvard now. Google has introduced its own apps, too e.g. Google Voice, Google Goggles and Google Shopper etc. Third party apps are also in the list, like Twitter, Facebook etc.

You can download apps and games by visiting Android’s app market. Find your required apps by browsing categories, top rated and featured apps. There are a lot of different kinds of apps that can attract you including games, sports, media, news, health and entertainment.

Some must have apps include Swype, AppMonster, Seesmic, Job Centre Plus, AppBrain Market Sync, Google Sky Map, Google Goggles, Task Manager, Skyfire 2.0 and RAC Traffic. There are certain games that you should download in your Android phone like Bebbled, The Red Stone, Sketch Online, Newton, Gem Miner, Replica Island and Titres.

Today we are going to discuss about Smartphone (no more cell phone!) powered by Google’s Android operating system. Android is in market now for couple of years and to tell you the truth, for most of the users, it is better than iPhone 3GS. We will see features from latest phones and why you may consider one of those if you are in the market for buying a Smartphone.

HTC EVO 4G:

The Good:

Loaded with everything you can imagine! This device is powered by the Android 2.1 operating system with integration of Google application or services and access to many hundreds of apps to customize your phone via the Android Marketplace. This has 4G connectivity with simultaneous voice and data communication capability. The device support incredible peak download speeds of more than 10 Mb/s; It also supports peak upload speeds of 1 Mb/s with an average download speeds of 3-6 Mb/s. It supports 802.11b/g Wi-Fi networking for accessing home and corporate networks as well. This device captures 720p HD video and gives you HDMI port! Next versions of iPhone probably have that! You can use Microsoft Direct Push technology to sync your corporate email into this device.

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From hardware perspective it has same power as HTC HD2 – 1 GHz processor. This is a Snapdragon processor, one of the real reasons why it speeds up everything–from playing games to watching YouTube or to opening working files. Also includes a handy kickstand which helps in hands free viewing. It has 4.3-inch capacitive display which supports pinch-to-zoom and tactile feedback technology. Compared to an iPhone (3 MP) or HTC HD2 (5 MP), it has an 8 mega pixel camera with autofocus lens and dual LED flash. Also great thing about the phone is it has memory expansion slot which supports optional microSD memory cards up to 32 GB size.

The Bad:

The voice quality with respect to just talking on the phone is mediocre and once you add talking over Bluetooth it’s downright poor quality. HTC decided to devote their time and energy to developing voice recognition software for text messages, posting to facebook, etc. yet surprisingly removed a standard phone feature of voice dialing via Bluetooth Headset. The voice dialing feature that comes with the EVO does not work very well and is certainly not hands free while driving. The next bad thing is it is not a quad band phone and only supports CDMA!

Bottom Line:

At this point this is the best Android phone in the market. However it is only available in CDMA. This makes your choice of carrier limited. Unless you are sure of the ability of the carrier and coverage of that company in your area, do not go for it.

HTC Droid Incredible:

The Good:

As the name suggests, this phone is incredible. Apps, internet, everything is fast, really fast. HTC Sense increases the features of Android 2.1. This Smartphone features an 8 MP camera and 8GB of internal memory. It has built in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3G. It allows you to customize your phone’s look, feel and functionality to your preferences. And because Android lets you run multiple applications simultaneously, you’ll be able to do thing like seamlessly switch between texting on IM and browsing over the web.

The phone has very polished design. The Droid Incredible is very advanced and does amazing things. For instance, it can scan barcodes and turn a taken photo of a business card into a contact. Also, it has Google maps which everyone loves. Live backgrounds are amazing as well.

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If you use some of the Google services or applications, like Gmail, Google Calendar, Picasa and Google Voice, you will love the tight integration. Google Voice setup is easy, and seamlessly leads you through changing your carrier voicemail over to it.

The Bad:

Battery Life: Even with all the auto-kill task managers and turning Wi-Fi and GPS off until you need it, the battery life sucks. There is a glitch with charging the phone to full capacity. But there is a work around.

Front Facing Camera: The phone doesn’t have a front-facing camera, so you might be missing out on technological goodies to come later on down the path (Skype to Skype video calls?)

Bottom Line:

You need to take a leap of faith when you are moving from iPhone with the HTC Droid. My call would be, if you can make it there is a very good chance that you will fall in love with this new and great device. The reasons are that the entire specifications beat the iPhone. This phone has a larger screen, more pixels, a lot better camera with built in flash, much more faster processor, voice recognition, ability of multitasking, and much more. You can have as many fun and useful apps on the HTC that you have on the iPhone. If you like to customize your phone you’ll find this device very refreshing to use. You can replace pretty much any part of the phone from your web browser to your texting application to your email program. You are not locked in to the software that was shipped with the phone.

My Touch 3G Slide:

The Good:

This phone has a great 4.3 inch screen with a full QWERTY keyboard. It has a 5 mega pixel camera with built in flash and autofocus lens. The biggest good thing about the basic thing most of the phones forget -The phone’s call quality is excellent and its 3G speeds are impressive.

The phone is powered with Android 2.1 OS which is latest in the market. Like HTC Droid, it also provides multitasking at its core because it is on Android platform.

The Bad:

Although it has a 5MP camera, the image quality is substandard compared to that. It is a midrange set wherein you do not have a very good hardware. The mediocre hardware paralyses the performance of this device.

Bottom Line:

It is a nice device with midrange user in mind. If you are looking for a decent Smartphone and not used in the past, this can be a very good starting point.

The Android industry’s leader HTC is really very busy in bringing on some really blusterous Android members for its lineup and this lineup is bringing a plethora of goodness for the users in terms of latest technology and performance. The company is consistently bringing the Smartphones in the international markets and a good thing is that now not only Androids but also the members of other operating systems are hitting the international markets that are making HTC the King of Smartphones.

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One of the most recent mobile released by the company is the new HTC legend which is quite hot among the media gossips because being the latest android phone that is getting a good response from all sides. Featuring an aluminum body this mobile owns a very eye catching style and it can be no doubt called the true legend after the Hero. Apart from style and designing the beauty of performance is ensured with the Android 2.1 platform that is really very efficient. The 3.2 inch capacitive touchscreen also an efficient feature of this phone which not only adds up to the style but also brings quite much ease for the navigability factor. If you want to get more about the features which you can enjoy with this phone then readout the section discussed below.

Features:

1. The first and foremost feature of this phone is the amazing android 2.1 operating system that not only speed up the performance but here in collaboration with the HTC’s sense UI it really adds up to ultimately high class performance.
2. For the aspects of communication the HTC’s phone are always being really nice and this phone is also keeping up with the traditions in fact a bit better than others. Here is a new People widget that lets you bring any group of your friends on your phone and thus provide the facility of easy calling, emailing or texting them.
3. It gives a great support to the social networking platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and thus you always remains connected to the friends and family no matter where you are standing.
4. It carries an amazing 5MP camera which comes along autofocus and flash plus the widescreen photo capture. Some nice photo editing facilities are also available that enhances the beauty of your pictures just for the sake of storing your memories in a perfect manner.
5. The 3.2 inch AMOLED touchscreen display is another nice feature which this phone carries; it has got a new pinch to zoom capability which enhances the experiences of viewing your stuff.
6. Some of the nice and amazing HTC widgets are also available on this phone and it includes: Bookmarks, calendars, clock, foot prints, friend streams, photo frames and many others.

Specifications:

• Dimensions( LxWxD) : 4.41×2.22×0.45 inches
• Weight: 126 grams (4.44 ounces) with battery
• Network:
  • Europe:
  • HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
  • GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  • Asia Pacific:
  • HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
  • GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Camera: 5 megapixel color camera, Auto focus and flash
• Sensors: G-Sensor, Digital compass, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor
• Battery: Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer or Lithium-ion battery
• Battery Capacity: 1300 mAh
• Social Networking: Facebook integration, Friend Stream, Photo sharing on Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter, Video sharing on YouTube, HTC Peep for twittering
• Location services: Internal GPS antenna, Google Maps, HTC Footprints
• ROM: 512 MB
• RAM: 384 MB
• Expansion slot:
  • microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
  • Supports up to 32 GB

So this was all about the new warrior by HTC which not only comes in a fantastic styling but also the aw-inspiring characteristics that can make this phone almost a leader of Android market.

The android competition of the international mobile markets is getting more and more intense because all of the mobile phone developers have jumped into the Android competition with their fantastic Android phones carrying some really high class capabilities. It has been reported that Sony Ericsson has increased its lineup of Android Smartphones with two new Android phones. Both of the latest models are coming with 2.55inch capacitive touch screen display with a resolution of 240×320 pixels. The sliding QWERTY keyboard is another beauty of both these Smartphones that is making than bigger and heavier than the other Smartphones of the company.

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The new application launched by the company for tracking text messaging, missed calls, facebook and twitter updates is also coming in these two phones and earlier it was available on the Xperia X10.  Being an Android phone the handsets will also be focusing on some exciting pre installed applications like Maps with street view, talk and voice search. Some other excitements which you’ll be able to enjoy with the new handsets 5Mp camera with LED flash, 3.5mm stereo headphone jack, A-GPS and FM radio. With the launch of two QWERTY keyboard enabled handsets Sony Ericsson will be able to respond to those critics that say the company has not much QWERTY enabled handsets.

HTC is the well known company of the world and the reason behind this much fame is its wide range of Android phones in the market, the Android war which is very hot these days in the international mobile markets has been prevailing because of HTC’s new Android phones. The Smartphone army of HTC is increasing at a very high rate and this is the reason this company is gaining a very good reputation in the international mobile markets. In this article I am going to review another very stylish Smartphone by HTC ‘HTC dream’ which is no doubt a dream of every Smartphone lover.

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The HTC Dream was in fact the first phone which was coming with an open source android operating system that was developed by Open Handset alliance. The sleek and stylish design and capabilities of this phone are also awesome. This mobile is also known as the T mobile G1 and it has a very solid construction and features a soft touch finish on the back that provides the remarkable texture making easy for the use to hold this in your hand. This phone also uses the WebKit as the basis for its browser which is also core of Safari browser on iPhone. The detailed description of the features of this mobile is given below.

Features:

1. Without any need of the installment of some external application this phone has its own online connectivity with which it gives direct access to Gmail, Google Maps and YouTube. For the best quality of data sharing this phone has 2100MHz Network.
2. It uses full HTML browsing and with that it also has a Java support also and with all that you can surf any website except those which uses flash. You can also pan across the screen to manage the web pages.
3. The media player of this phone though is not very unexceptional as it is not a very impressive multimedia phone but it is quite normal for the casual listener. The web browsing also enables you to upload music online.
4. The perception Maps of this phone are also fantastic and it never lets you feel lost anywhere along the world. With these maps you can also take with 3600 panoramic scenes.
5. It gives you direct access to the android market and from there you can easily download and install your favorite software, music and games with a single tap of the button.
6. The dazzling 3.2 inch display is really very touch sensitive which is both finger friendly and super intuitive. You can slide the screen out of way to expose the full five row QWERTY keyboard.

Specifications:

• Processor: Qualcomm MSM7201A, 528 MHz
• Dimensions: (LxWxT) 117.7 mm x 55.7 mm x 17.1 mm (4.60 in x 2.16 in x 0.62 in)
• Technology: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM
• Band: WCDMA (UMTS) / GSM 850/900/1800/1900
• Platform: Android
• Phone Design: Slider
• Wireless Interface: IEEE 802.11b , IEEE 802.11g , Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
• Digital camera: 3.2MP
• Display Resolution: 320 x 480 pixels
• Display Size: 3.2 in
• Connector Type: 1 x Video out / hands-free microphone connector – 11 pin HTC ExtUSB
• Battery Capacity: 1150 mAh

This phone is thus a very high quality phone coming from the HTC’s side which is an android power Smartphone and it supports features that will appeal to the internet lovers and some limitations like missing SMS feature, no video recording and no on-screen keyboard are also present with this phone but overall I can say that it is a pretty decent phone from the HTC’s side.

The Motorola Droid’s launch in US with O2 network is a very a big hit but some news media has revealed that in UK the Droid won’t be launching on mobile networks O2 or T-Mobile. Apparently, T-Mobile UK tested the Droid about six months ago; Nicola Shenton, the operator’s Head of Handset and Device Marketing, confirmed that they chose not to carry it.

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The exact reason for this is unknown, but it may have something to do with the fact that T-Mo already sells three Android phones in the UK: G1, Hero and Pulse. So after this news the whole UK’s mobile market and the consumers are waiting for the new company which will accept this milestone. Now the eyes are on Orange, Vodafone or 3 Mobile to bring this superb Android Phone to UK’s market.

Orange has showed up its intrest in the android phones by saying that they had “at least three new market-leading devices to be unveiled by the end of the year”. Until now they’ve announced the Motorola DEXT, HTC Hero and iPhone, but the droid lovers are still hoping that this company is going to launch Motorola Droid as well. So keep your fingers crossed and just wait and watch.

This Android phone has been powered with one of the 3rd largest mobile phone companies along with 3 new introductions under its belt. The Windows Mobile smartphone is all about the new consumer choice making its way ahead. This is a great new expanding source of smartphone category.

The keyboard to this phone is crisp, smooth and slides out easily. This is also essential for making fast phone calls. No wonder young professionals prefer this so much. The LG-GW620 is a great operating system that makes for wonderful work.

The ground technological application is totally great and gives you some of the greatest expert works. One can do a quick Google search anytime and even get the greatest support for easy work on social networking circuits.

The phone message system is also better than most traditional systems.

The CEO of the company, Frank Meehan, has been talking of the GigaOm Mobilize conference with confirmation working onto release the new phone very quickly. Apart from the licensing policy for the Palm or the WebOS, this has been quite a task for the company.

This Android phone has come to suit most of their plans with the very new touch-screen devices coming with the PC Magazine. This has also come up with a lot of their new plans of service. The INQ has given their own credits to the OS for the INQ1 which works very well as the Facebook phone and even the Twitterphone. Due to their fast accessibility and super fast connection, the updates can be made very quickly indeed.

The Mini 3G and Chat 3G are also new facilities to be worked here with.

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The new handset will support different multimedia codec formats, and it features a 5mp camera and GPS integrated receiver. The device is just 11.9mm thick and houses 8GB internal memory that can be expanded up to 40GB with 32GB microSd memory card.

Is hardware according to the software? Only time will tell as it’s going to hit the shelves in almost the major European countries in June this year.

People have been waiting for Samsung first Android phone for quite some time and various rumors were there time by time, but just few hours back it has flushed through all these rumors.

With the launch of the I7500, Samsung has become one of those top three companies that have launched their Android-powered handsets.

When comes to features and specs, the I7500 Android phone has the following:

• 11.9-mm thickness
• Quad-band GSM and Tri-band HSDPA 7.2Mbps 900/1700/2100MHz HSDPA
• An AMOLED 320×480pixel, 3.2-Inch touchscreen
• 5mp camera with LED power
• WiFi
• GPS
• 1500mAH battery
• 8GB memory that can be expanded up to 40GB with 32GB memory card
• 3.5mm headphone jack

When it comes to Android Google goodies, the I7500 will allow users to make out of the most of Google services that include Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search, YouTube, Google Talk for instant messaging and Google Calendar. Different Google Maps features like Street View, My Location, Google Latitude can be used comprehensively with its integrated GPS receiver. A wide array of Android applications has also been made available in Android Market that includes applications Wikitude and Wikipedia.