The Meizu MX is the latest Chinese smartphone promoted and designed by Meizu Technology Company Limited that runs on customized Android 2.3 OS. It is the first time Meizu officially introduces a product outside of mainland China. The MX was introduced in mainland China and Hong Kong on 1st January 2012. The Software Center of Meizu MX brings together quality Android applications with popularity rankings, star and search ratings. The eight-megapixel camera with backside illuminated sensors, f/2.2 aperture and LED flash drastically enhances low light shooting capability. Other features include 1080p video recording, panorama shooting, geotagging, smile detector and WDR technology. The built in gyrosensor offers MX precise motion sensing abilities, providing you with immersive gaming experience, blurring line between real world and virtual. It offers support for all lossless audio and mainstream formats, visual spectrum, powerful built-in music management equalizer and tools and lyrics.

Those who think that they have no use for Chinese iPhone clone running Android, the Meizu MX can significantly change your worldview. It is really a polished and trim smartphone, with all black front face and rounded corners, which Apple loves to employ. Its 4.0-inch display boasts 960 x 640 pixel resolution with lower density. However, the screen is pleasing to view with wallpapers, text and picture crisply rendered. Its design is subtle and above the display, you will find 0.3 megapixel camera designed for conference calling. Beneath the screen, there are two of sleekest capacitive buttons, which consists of clusters of LED lamps or Light Keys. The volume rocker button is located on the left hand side of the device, while the microUSB port at the bottom. The 3.5mm headphone jack with power button is on the top of the smartphone.

The Meizu MX measures 4.8 inches high, 0.4 inch thick and 2.5 inches deep and weighs 4.9 ounces, making it easy to slip into pockets. It is powered by Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread operating system. The eight-megapixel camera with LED flash offers slightly washed out images and not that sharp details, like other smartphones with sophisticated cameras, including HTC Amaze 4G and Samsung Galaxy S II. Standard features on MX include 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100; 4.0 inch ASV capacitive touchscreen with Touch-sensitive controls, 16 million colors, 640 x 960 pixels and ~288ppi pixel density; Vibration, MP3 ringtones; 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM; Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 – 48 kbps; HSDPA speeds up to 21.6 Mbps and HSUPA speeds up to 5.76 Mbps; Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot; eight-megapixel camera with 3264 x 2448 pixels, LED flash, autofocus, Geo-tagging, smile detection and Wide dynamic mode.

The Meizu MX also offers Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0; Chipset: Exynos; CPU: Dual-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9; GPU: Mali-400MP; Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass; Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM; Browser: HTML, Adobe Flash; GPS with A-GPS support; MicroSIM card support only; Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic; TV-out (via MHL A/V link); S/PDIF; SNS integration; Google Search, Maps, Gmail, Talk; MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player; MP4/H.263/H.264 player; Organizer; Document viewer; Photo viewer; Voice memo/dial and Predictive text input.

The original Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc featured a head turning style with Android Gingerbread OS, fashionable design and razor sharp looks. Now the company has introduced a flashier replacement with quite a few improvements. In spite of faster processor and two exciting color shades, splurging on unlocked $439.99 Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S is even tougher argument to make. It sports similar ultrathin design and seductive curves, which make it, look different from other usual boxy shaped handsets. The all new Arc S measures 4.9 inches high, 2.5 inches wide and 0.3 inch thick and weighs 4.1 ounces.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S is available in three different color choices such as pure white, sakura pink and gloss black that complement the original two hues, which first Arc shipped with midnight blue and misty silver. One of the extensive features found in this model is the 4.2 inch capacitive touchscreen display that boasts 854 x 480 pixel resolution with excellent image quality. Underneath its display, you will find three physical buttons for standard Android operations such as back, menu and home. The dedicated camera button, volume rocker and micro USB port are located on the right hand side of the device, while the 3.5mm headphone on the left.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S adds basic virtual keyboard, which is close to the one found in stock Gingerbread with well placed and large keys in portrait landscape orientation. Powering the Arc S is an Android 2.3 operating system with Ice Cream Sandwich interface and has typical mobile and messaging communication skills found on other Android handsets. It also gets Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi connectivity and users can synchronize contacts, email and calendar through Gmail profiles. Some of the Google services include Google Maps, YouTube, turn by turn navigation and Google News.

Standard features on Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S include 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100 – LT18i; 4.2 inch LED-backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and 480 x 854 pixels; Scratch-resistant glass; Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine; Timescape UI; microSD, up to 32GB; 1 GB (320 MB user-available), 512 MB RAM; HSDPA speeds up to 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA speeds up to 5.8 Mbps; Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot; 8.0-megapixel camera with 3264×2448 pixels, LED flash, autofocus, touch focus, Video calling, face and smile detection, geo-tagging, image stabilization and 3D sweep panorama; Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread); Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon; SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email; colors: Pure White, Midnight Blue, Misty Silver, Gloss Black; HDMI port;  Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic; MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player; MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player.

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S also adds TrackID music recognition; NeoReader barcode scanner; Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk; Facebook and Twitter integration; Document viewer; Voice memo/dial/commands; Predictive text input; Phonebook: Caller groups, Unlimited entries, Search by both first and last name, Multiple numbers per contact, Ring ID and Picture ID; Notifications: Polyphonic ringtones, Music ringtones (MP3), Flight mode, Vibration, Speakerphone and Silent mode; Bluetooth Profiles: Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP). The rated battery life of Arc S is 19 days in standby mode and 7 hours and 25 minutes in talktime mode. While Xperia Arc S doesn’t qualify as massive enhancement over previous model Arc, it is nonetheless a solid choice.

The HTC Radar 4G’s Windows Phone 7.5 Mango operating system is engineered for bringing together everything; you care about – faster and easier. The lightning fast processor offers the speed you need, so that you can experience more right and powerful entertainment on the smartphone. With direct access to Windows Marketplace, you have access to all other useful and fun applications to make Radar into ultimate mobile handset. Stream popular entertainment, watch TV, kids’ shows, news and sports on demand with T-Mobile TV; though Titan is a superior handset in terms of features. The Radar is a good combination of slickness of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and gorgeous design. At present, T-Mobile customers have a chance to experience the same thing with Radar, which is available for the price of $99.99 with two-year agreement. It is a great price for great phone, which might not appeal to early adopters and gadget heads, but should please everyone else.

The HTC Radar 4G is considered as one of the most stunning handsets with silver and white color scheme and aluminium, sleek unibody design, making it a very high quality feeling device. It weighs 4.83 ounces and measures 0.43 inch thick, 4.74 inches high, 2.42 inches wide. It is also quite small and nice, and its tapered edges make it even easier to hold. At front, there is a 3.8 inch WVGA touchscreen display, which is quite responsive and capacitive with clear and vibrant looking pictures. It also comes with built in accelerometer to view Web pages. The Windows Phone provides a fluid and gorgeous user interface, while the touchscreen allows you to steer through various hubs and menus easily and quickly. Beneath the screen, there are search, back and Start buttons that are needed on all Windows Phone handsets. Also needed is a dedicated camera button that sits on the right hand side with volume rocker. The micro USB port is located on the left hand side, while power/lock button and 3.5mm headphone on the top.

The HTC Radar 4G comes with rear facing 5.0-megapixel camera with LED flash along with VGA front facing camera for conference calling. Like other Windows Phone smartphones, it doesn’t provide expandable memory, so you have to adjust with its internal memory of 8GB. It comes packaged with AC adapter, reference material and USB cable. Powering the Radar 4G is a Windows Phone 7.5 Mango operating system that offers enhancements like Twitter integration in People hub, more robust Bing Search engine, multitasking and threaded messaging. It comes preloaded with plenty of T-Mobile applications, including T-Mobile TV, Netflix and TeleNav GPS Navigator.

The HTC Radar 4G is quad-band world device that features multimedia and text messaging, speakerphone, voice dialing, call waiting, conference calling and call forwarding. It is compatible with HSPA+ 14.4 network of T-Mobile and gets built in GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. It lacks quite a few entertainment options, but offers Zune Integration that continues to be top notch. With quality worth printing, now you can easily enjoy some special moments captured on the phone. You can also share them with friends and family by sending them to email addresses, MyAlbum or T-Mobile Mobile camera phone.

Standard features on HTC Radar 4G include 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; 3G Network: HSDPA 900 / 2100 and HSDPA 1700 / 2100 – for T-Mobile; 3.8 inch S-LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and 480 x 800 pixels, Gorilla Glass display, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off and Multi-touch input method; Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones; SRS Sound enhancement; Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall; 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM; HSDPA speeds up to 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA speeds up to 5.76 Mbps; Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA; 5-megapixel camera with 2560?1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash and Geotagging; Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango; 1 GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset; GPS with A-GPS support; Bing Maps; HTC Locations; MP3/eAAC+/WAV/WMA player; MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player; Organizer; Document viewer/editor; Facebook integration; Voice memo/dial and Predictive text input.

Also standard on HTC Radar 4G are Phonebook: Caller groups, Unlimited entries, Search by both first and last name, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID and Ring ID; Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer, Calculator; Bluetooth 2.1, EDR Profiles: Handsfree (HFP), Headset (HSP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP) and Phone Book Access (PBAP); Notifications: Polyphonic ringtones, Music ringtones (MP3), Flight mode,  Vibration, Speakerphone and Silent mode; Accelerometer, Compass and Voice recording. The rated battery life of Radar 4G is 7.7 hours in talktime mode and 24 days in standby mode. However, it is not the most sophisticated smartphone in the market, but is a beautifully designed product with Windows Phone Mango 7.5 operating system.

Equipped with perfectly responsive and communicative high resolution touchscreen and smart QWERTY keyboard, the Motorola Admiral allows you to search the Web, send texts in fraction of time and write long emails. The striking 1.2GHz processor unlocks full multitasking capabilities of Admiral from flawless document editing to instantaneous page downloads. With preloaded Quickoffice application, get real work done. You can edit and create documents in PowerPoint, Word or Excel without a PC using QWERTY keyboard. With Motorola Media Link, you can download videos, music and images from home computer or Mac. Whether, you are looking for browsing web pages utilizing Adobe Flash, flip through images and play your favorite music.

Tough, responsive and functional, the all new Motorola Admiral is an excellent workhorse smartphone, specifically for those working in harsh environments. The users of BlackBerry will find it smooth transition if they need to move to Android platform. As compared to eye-catching or fancy Motorola Droid Razr, it is a middle of the line handset, engineered for providing working mobile communication solution. It does a great job with snappy performance and impressive call quality. You will like its durable and ergonomic design, which can withstand dust, low and high temperatures, shock, low pressure, solar radiation and vibration.

The Motorola Admiral is one of the first Android based handsets of Sprint, which offers push to talk network. It is available for the price of $100 with two-year contract and makes a great everyday smartphone for those who require a device, which is functional and low maintenance. The Admiral looks similar to BlackBerry with portrait QWERTY keyboard with four buttons for search, settings, back and home. It comes with 3.1 inch resistive touchscreen that boasts 480 x 640 pixel resolution and offers alternative method of user input. The Gorilla Glass display is quite communicative, clear and bright and makes fonts easy to read.

The Motorola Admiral’s hardware keyboard provides excellent all-around performance with impressive tactile response. It also provides intuitive access to special use symbols, including #, @, $ and %. Just below volume rocker button is a Direct Connect button, which is tuned for activating push to talk functionality of the handset. The micro USB charging port is on the left hand side for connecting it to the PC. It has rubber cover on it for protecting it from elements. Aforementioned, it can withstand low and high temperatures, dust, low pressure, shock, vibration and solar radiation. Nevertheless, it is not water resistant like Droid Razr.

The microSD memory card slot is underneath the Motorola Admiral’s battery cover, and the cover is coated with soft finish texture. It measures 0.5 inch thick, 4.7 inches tall, 2.4 inches wide and weigh 4.7 ounces. Powering the Admiral is an Android 2.3.5 operating system equipped with MotoBlur user interface that fuses social media, contacts and emails at one place. It also has wide array of preinstalled applications such as DLNA application for media streaming, Reader for Android application for e-books and Quickoffice suite. Like all smartphones, it features calendar, tasks, contacts and more. You will find built in GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR that supports HID, HSP, AVRC, HFP, A2DP, PBA and OPP profiles.

The rear facing five-megapixel camera of Motorola Admiral can record high definition video up to 720p and offers 4x digital zoom and LED flash. It provides decent image quality when used outdoors with good sunlight. The multimedia capabilities are identical to other Android handsets, which can play plenty of video and music formats such as MP3, 3GP, WAV, MP4, WMA, WMV, AAC and OGG.

Standard features on Motorola Admiral include Design features: Full keyboard, Touch sensitive control keys; rugged: Dust, Shock, Vibration, Temperature proof; 3.1 inch Capacitive, Multi-touch touchscreen with Light sensor, Proximity sensor and Scratch resistant glass; Single core, 1200 MHz, Qualcomm MSM8655 processor; 5 megapixel camera with LED Flash, Auto focus and Digital zoom; phonebook: Caller groups, Unlimited entries, Search by both first and last name, Multiple numbers per contact, Ring ID and Picture ID; Organizer: Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer (Office 2003, PDF), Calculator and Messaging: SMS, MMS, Threaded view and Predictive text input.

The Motorola Admiral gets E-mail: IMAP, SMTP, POP3, Push e-mail and Microsoft Exchange; Notifications: Music ringtones (AAC, MP3, AAC+, eAAC, OGG and eAAC+), Vibration, Polyphonic ringtones, Silent mode, Flight mode and Speakerphone; Sensors: Accelerometer and Compass; Mobile Email: POP and IMAP, Gmail, Microsoft Exchange, POP3/IMAP, Corporate Sync, Push email and Yahoo Mail; vibracall; voice dialing; wait and pause dialing; Google mobile services: Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Contact Sync, Google Latitude, Google Maps Street View, Google Maps, Google Maps Navigation, Google Quick Search Box, Google Talk and Google e-Books.

Also standard on include web browser: Android HTML Webkit and Adobe Flash Player; synchronization: Supports Corporate calendar, Google contacts, email and contacts Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn contacts and calendar and Gmail; GPS and location services: aGPS, Google Maps, sGPS (simultaneous), Google Latitude, Google Maps Navigation, eCompass and Google Maps Street View.

The adds Bluetooth Profiles: Handsfree (HFP), Headset (HSP), Generic Object Exchange (GOEP), Dial-up networking (DUN), Object Push (OPP), File Transfer (FTP), Service Discovery Application (SDAP), Serial Port (SPP), Human Interface Device (HID), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP) and Phone Book Access (PBAP); and Accessories: AC Charger with USB Cable and 1860mAh Lithium Ion Polymer (Li-Ion) Battery. The estimated battery life of Admiral is 9 hours in talktime mode and 3 days in standby mode. Overall, it is a workhorse handset that offers good battery life, rugged build, great performance and ergonomic design.

The Samsung Stratosphere offers blazing 4G LTE speeds, business tools and QWERTY keyboard that lend it credence as a smartphone for corporate minds. The Stratosphere is the first 4G LTE phone with Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system and 1GHz Hummingbird processor, VGA front facing camera, brilliant Super AMOLED screen and five-megapixel camera. The Epic 4G was an original Galaxy S Series handset, which was slim and designed for multimedia with great five-row QWERTY keyboard. It is available for the price of $149.99 after $50 mail in rebate and with two-year service contract.

The Samsung Stratosphere is identical to Samsung Epic 4G with shiny, all touch black face with rounded shoulders. The Epic 4G measured 4.96 inches high, 2.54 inches wide and 0.55 inch thick, which made it one of the bigger handsets available; now the Stratosphere fits right into middle of the pack. The 4 inch WVGA Super AMOLED touchscreen capacitive display boasts 800 x 480 pixel resolution and is impressive with saturated, bright color. It is powered by an Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system with TouchWiz interface of Samsung.

Above the Samsung Stratosphere’s display is a front facing VGA camera for video chats and self portraits. Underneath the screen, you will find four touch sensitive buttons for search, menu, back and home functions. The volume rocker button is located on the left hand side of the device, while the power button on the right. The 3.5mm headphone jack is on the top, while micro USB charging port at the bottom. At the back, you will find a five-megapixel camera. The microSD memory card slot is beneath the back cover with 4GB of external memory preinstalled. Slide open the keyboard to find the spacious QWERTY with five rows and rubbery, backlit, fully separated keys.

The company has also added convenience keys on Samsung Stratosphere that are dedicated to Home, Search, Menu and Back plus keys for pulling up blank text message, four directional navigation arrows and browser. Like all Android smartphones, it offers email, GPS, Bluetooth support, texting, Wi-Fi and multimedia messaging. You will find contact importing and access to array of Google services such as YouTube, Gmail, Talk, Search, Places and Maps with turn by turn navigation.

Some of the essential features on the Samsung Stratosphere include calendar, calculator, clock with alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, HTML Webkit browser and memo pad. Between Verizon and Samsung, the additional applications include Amazon Kindle, Blockbuster and Backup Assistant. You will find a City ID, NFS Shift, desk cradle mode, NFL Mobile, touring application, golfing game demo and IM. The Verizon fans will also get VCast applications, including Videos, Music, Tones and Media. There are some more apps such as Quickoffice productivity, Amazon MP3, Slacker Radio and Adobe Reader.

The Samsung Stratosphere adds quite a few business focused capabilities such as VPN settings, ActiveSync calendar syncing, encryption and Microsoft ActiveSync email. The camera is pretty intuitive with icons to choose among 14 scene modes to effects and white balance, six shooting options, focus mode, three flash modes and exposure value. It is such a device that offers excellent images with good color intensity and sharp and defined images. It comes with built in 512MB of memory and holds up to 32GB of external storage.

Standard features on Samsung Stratosphere include Android (2.3) OS; Full keyboard; 4.00 inch Capacitive, Multi-touch Super AMOLED screen with Light sensor and Proximity sensor; Processor: Single core, 1000 MHz, ARM Cortex A8; System memory: 512 MB RAM; microSD, microSDHC; 5 megapixels camera with Auto focus, Digital zoom, Effects, Panorama; Music player: Album art cover, Background playback with Supported formats: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WAV, AMR, MIDI; Video playback Supported formats: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, DivX, XviD; Browser Support: HTML, Flash; Unlimited entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID; Alarm, Calendar, Calculator, Document viewer, Stopwatch and Timer; Messaging: SMS, MMS, Threaded view, Predictive text input.

Also standard on Samsung Stratosphere are Bluetooth 3.0 Profiles: Handsfree (HFP), Headset (HSP), Generic Access (GAP), Object Push (OPP), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), Serial Port (SPP), Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP), Human Interface Device (HID), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol, Phone Book Access (PBAP) and Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP); Notifications: Music ringtones, Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode and Speakerphone; Accelerometer and Compass. The estimated battery life of Stratosphere is 8.8 days in standby mode and 8 hours in talktime mode. Overall, it is a sophisticated, sleek Android smartphone with nice features under its hood.

With Samsung Transform Ultra’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform, you can access more than 200,000 applications. Fuse that with Boost ID customizable user interface and you can tailor your handset for definitive expression of your personality. The original Transform was launched in the month of October in the year 2010 and revealed for Sprint in United States. It is one of the first smartphones to feature Sprint ID user interface and is regarded as a midrange handset and successor to Samsung Intercept with quite a few upgrades including bigger 3.5 inch touchscreen display, front facing VGA camera for conference calling and faster data.

The Sprint ID is more minimal addition as compared to the full on custom user interface experience found in Samsung TouchWiz and HTC Sense. The all new Samsung Transform Ultra is itself a good smartphone with nice, tactile design, 3G speeds and 1GHz processor. It is available for the price of $299.99 without any contract that fits right into smartphone pricing of Boost Mobile. It gets quite a few redesigns such as slightly different keyboard, changed up finish and fit and new buttons. It has glossy black face with matte gray sides and rounded corners. The lightly textured surface in diamond pattern at the back reminds of Argyll sweaters and socks. The Transform Ultra measures 0.55 inch thick, 4.6 inches high, 2.4 inches wide and weighs 4.9 ounces.

The Samsung Transform Ultra features a 3.5 inch HVGA screen, which is small for typing and reading Websites, but boasts of a 480 x 320 pixel resolution with colorful, bright screen. It also boasts of 16 million colors. It is also equipped with a Swype virtual keyboard. You will see five different home screens, all of which can be customized as per your liking with central home screen already prepopulated by Google Search Bar. Underneath the screen, there are four physical buttons, which open Google search query, menu, go back and go home. The extras on four-row keyboard are symbols buttons and separate emoticons, four directional buttons to aid in navigation and speakerphone button.

The micro USB port is located at the bottom of Samsung Transform Ultra, while the camera shutter is on the right. The 3.5mm headphone jack with power button is situated on the top of the smartphone, while the volume rocker on the left. At the back, you will find a three-megapixel camera with flash and front facing camera above the display. Under the back cover, there is a microSD memory card slot with 2GB card already installed, and can hold up to 32GB total memory. The Mobile ID is designed to be the main draw of Transform Ultra, but even without it, you get a reassuringly usual Android smartphone.

In Samsung Transform Ultra, there is room for multiple phone numbers, notes, email addresses, IM handles, websites and more. You will also find sorting options and capability to link inboxes for Google, Microsoft Exchange and Web mail accounts. One of the largest wins of Google with Android is the capability to quickly access Google services such as YouTube, Books, Talk, Gmail, Places, Google Search, Navigation, Latitude and Maps. You will find personal organizer tools and applications, including calculator, calendar, clock with alarm clock, file tree, voice dialer and shortcuts to voice mail and voice search.

Basic features on Samsung Transform Ultra include Android music player and connectivity options like GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The 3-megapixel camera at the back offers settings for 4x zoom, color effect, white balance, picture size, flash mode, exposure, locations and focus mode. The front facing VGA camera is designed for conference calling and self portraits. The video quality is on the par with other high end smartphone cameras.

Standard features on Samsung Transform Ultra include 2G Network: CDMA 800 / 1900 / 850; 3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO; 3.5 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen that boasts 16 million colors and 320 x 480 pixels; QWERTY keyboard; Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate; Proximity sensor for auto turn-off; Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones; Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall; 952 MB; microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included; 3G up to 3.1 Mbps; Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot; Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP; 3.15 megapixel camera with 2048×1536 pixels and LED flash; Geo-tagging; Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread); 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8655; SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS; GPS with A-GPS support; SNS integration; MP4/H.264/H.263 player.

The Samsung Transform Ultra also gets MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player; Digital compass; Image/video editor; Organizer; Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration; Document viewer; Adobe Flash support; Voice memo/dial; Predictive text input; and Bluetooth Profiles: Handsfree (HFP), Headset (HSP), Object Push (OPP), File Transfer (FTP), Serial Port (SPP), Generic Access (GAP), Human Interface Device (HID), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP), Message Access Profile (MAP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol, Phone Book Access (PBAP) and Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP). The estimated battery life of Transform Ultra is 7 hours in talktime mode. Overall it is a great smartphone with features such as 1GHz processor and HVGA touchscreen.

The HTC Hero S is not a flashy smartphone, however is still gorgeous for other reasons such as top notch quality construction with soft touch finishes and aluminium unibody design. It measures 0.46 inch thick, 4.78 inches tall, 2.43 inches wide and weighs 4.59 ounces, which means it is easy to hold and slip into pants pocket. The Hero S comes with four-inch qHD display that boasts 960 x 540 pixel resolution and is quite bright and sharp, so viewing images and Web pages and reading text is easy. Underneath the screen, there are four basic Android buttons; these include search, home, back and menu functions. The micro USB port and volume rocker button is located on the left hand side of the device, while there are no controls on the right.

The five-megapixel camera with LED flash at the back of HTC Hero S, while the front facing 1.3 megapixel camera on the upper right hand corner of the display. On the top of the smartphone, you will find a power/lock button with 3.5mm headphone jack. It comes packaged with AC adapter, USB cable, wired stereo handset, preinstalled 8GB microSD card along with reference material. The Hero S is powered by an Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system with latest version of HTC Sense, which was originally found on HTC Sensation 4G offering plenty of enhancements. Apart from display of time, date and other vital statistics, it now features shortcuts to four favourite applications. The shortcuts can set to messages, phone, camera and mail. The Hero S allows you to customize the display with image gallery, weather, friend stream or favourite stocks.

Once you unlock the phone, will find plenty of enhancements on HTC Hero S such as the pull down notification tray gets second tab known as Quick Settings, where you can manage wireless connections and view other functions. It is a dual mode GSM/CDMA world phone, which works on U.S. Cellular’s CDMA network in United States. Basic features include speakerphone, multimedia and text messaging, conference calling and voice dialing. Built in Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth are also onboard. It is a 3G capable smartphone and can also be used a mobile hotspot for five different devices. The Hero S comes preloaded with quite a lot of productivity tools and applications such as Polaris Office Suite, voice recorder, task manager, flashlight and FM radio. U.S. Cellular and HTC also threw some additional applications including Peep, Tone Room Deluxe, IMDb and Zappos.

The HTC Hero S provides built in 4GB internal memory with preloaded 8GB microSD memory card, which can be expanded to 32GB. Its five-megapixel camera with LED flash provides abundant of editing options and tools including white balance controls, autofocus, ISO settings and face detection. It is also capable of high definition 720p video capture. Standard features on HTC Hero S include Processor: 1.2 GHz Processor; Operating System: Android 2.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense; Memory: 4GB eMMC, 768MB RAM; Expansion Slot: 8 GB microSD memory card; four-inch QHD S-LCD capacitive touch screen; Network: CDMA 800/1900MHz Quad-band EDGE UMTS Dual-band HSDPA 14.4 HSUPA 5.7 and GPS: Internal GPS antenna.

Also standard on HTC Hero S are Navigator Deluxe, Google Maps and HTC Footprints; Camera: 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, flash and 1.3 MP front camera; Connectivity: Bluetooth with Enhanced Data Rate; FTP and OPP for file transfer; A2DP for wireless stereo headsets; Multi-touch Sensor; Light sensor; Proximity Sensor; Single core, Qualcomm MSM8655, 1200 MHz; Album art cover, Preset equalizer; Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID; Calendar; Alarms; microSD, microSDHC; Music ringtones; Vibration Alert; Flight mode; Silent mode and Speaker Phone. The estimated battery life of Hero S is 14 days in standby mode and 6.8 hours in talktime mode. Overall, it is a solid and beautiful Android smartphone for U.S. Cellular customers.

The Samsung Conquer 4G’s Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system is one of the most sophisticated mobile operating systems, which allows you to access more than 250,000 Android applications for more productivity. This particular operating system is designed for running all programs and applications with fast, buttery operations. Combine that with 4G high speed network of Sprint and you have one of the Super Fast smartphones, which connects logs and calls on to websites with amazing speed. Sprint claimed that it is the 25th 4G capable device and the first 4G smartphone to be available for less than $100. There are quite a few drawbacks such as lower resolution screen and a single core processor. However, Conquer is still one of the well stocked Android smartphones in the market with incredible value.

As compared to other 4G or Sprint devices, the all new Samsung Conquer 4G features a lightweight and small design measuring 0.46 inch thick, 4.57 inches high and 2.38 inches wide, weighing 4.1 ounces. Its size is a good compromise between bigger touchscreen gadgets and those, which are too small for comfort. The Conquer 4G features a 3.5 inch TFT touchscreen display that boasts 320 x 480 pixel resolution. The pixels are little more visible on its screen, so the photos and text don’t look that smooth, neither the colors are vibrant than other super screens of today. It might feel cramped, while using virtual keyboard and viewing Web pages. It provides the pinch to zoom functionality and built in accelerometer with Swype keyboard, which is quite responsive.

Underneath the Samsung Conquer 4G’s display, there are four physical buttons for search, menu, back and home functions. The camera capture/activation button is located on the right hand side of the device, while the volume rocker button to the left. The 3.2-megapixel camera is at the back of smartphone with flash, while the front facing 1.3 megapixel camera is on the upper right corner of the display for video calling. It comes packaged with AC adapter, reference material, USB cable and 2GB microSD memory card slot.

The Samsung Conquer 4G works on WiMax network of Sprint, which covers 71 markets in 28 states. In those areas, customers can get up to 3Mbps to 6Mbps of download speeds with simultaneous data and voice. Additionally, it can serve as both 3G and 4G mobile hotspot for five different devices. The Conquer comes with built in GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with voice features such as speakerphone, multimedia and text messaging, conference calling, video calling through Qik and voice dialing. Powering the 4G is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system; it is equipped with couple of other applications. Preloaded services and applications include Sprint Zone, ThinkFree Office and Sprint Mobile Wallet. The built in media player of Conquer supports standard video and music file formats such as MP3, H.264, AAC, H.263, WAV and MPEG-4.

The Samsung Conquer 4G is a consumer oriented smartphone with 3.2 megapixel camera with VGA video capture and flash along with plethora of editing options and tools such as exposure settings and white balance controls. Standard features on Conquer 4G include 2G Network: CDMA 800 / 1900 /850; 3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO; 3.5 inch TFT touchscreen that boasts 256,000 colors and 320 x 480 pixel resolution; Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones; Android 2.3, Gingerbread OS; microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included; Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiMAX, Wi-Fi hotspot; 1GHz processor; MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player; MP4/H.264/H.263 player; Document viewer and Organizer.

Also standard on Samsung Conquer 4G are Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Calendar, YouTube, Picasa integration and Google Talk; Predictive text input; Voice memo; 3.2-megapixel camera with 3x Digital Zoom, Shot Modes: Multi, NightShot; Auto Focus; Editing Modes; Geo-tagging; Online Image Uploading and Camcorder; Music Player Compatible Music Files: AMR, AAC, M4A, AWB, MP3, MIDI, WAV; OGG, Streaming; Audio, Polyphonic; Ringtones and MP3/Music Tones; Video Player Compatible Video Files: H.264, H.263 and MPEG 4; Downloadable Content; Wallpapers, Animated; Microsoft OfficeCompatible; vCard/vCalendar and Smart Search; Email; Picture Messaging; Corporate Email; Instant Messaging; Text Messaging; Video Messaging; Threaded/ChatStyle; Predictive Text; Swype; Bluetooth Profiles: AVRCP, A2DP, GOEP, GAVDP, HSP, HFP 1.5, OPP, FTP, SDAP; PBAP, Wi-Fi; HTML Browser; WiMAX; Flash; Java; GPS and WAP Browser and Voice Recognition.

The Samsung Conquer 4G is equipped with Speakerphone; Visual Voicemail; Voicemail; Text-to-speech; Speech-to-text; Picture Caller ID; Etiquette/Gesture Mode; Call Restrictions; Multitasking; TTY; Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) M4, T4; Airline Mode; phonebook: Multiple numbers per contact, Caller groups, Picture ID, Search by both first and last name and Ring ID; Calendar; alarm clock and Profiles: Handsfree (HFP), Headset (HSP), Object Push (OPP), File Transfer (FTP), Serial Port (SPP), Generic Access (GAP), Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol, Phone Book Access (PBAP) and Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP). The estimated battery life of Conquer 4G is 6 hours in talktime mode. Overall, it is an excellent choice for those who are in the market looking for a budget friendly smartphone with most highly developed screen, camera and processor.

With 1GHz processor, the LG Marquee has the ability to perform all kinds of jobs, seamlessly and simply. You can work across the world with access to plenty of Wi-Fi hotspots offering internet access at broadband speeds. With its affordable price tag and fashionable good looks, the Marquee remains a top choice among Android smartphones for Sprint. It is fundamentally a Sprint version of LG Optimus Black, which was introduced in the month of January 2011 with show stopping attractive looks and Nova Display. Its Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system rocks right from get-go and features two-megapixel front facing camera with five-megapixel camera at the rear, built in Wi-Fi, 1GHz processor and corporate email support.

The LG Marquee is available for the price of $99 after two-year contract, making it one of the better Android smartphones of Sprint. Like LG Optimus Black introduced at Consumer Electronics Show 2011, the Marquee is remarkably lightweight and sleek, measuring 4.8 inches tall, 0.36 inch deep, 2.52 inches wide and weighing 3.95 ounces. The slightly contoured back is for superior grip featuring stripped pattern, which is not found on Optimus Black. One of the extensive features found in this model is the four inch Nova display, one of the clearest and brightest screens in the market. It boasts 16 million colors along with WVGA 800 x 480 pixel resolution, providing deep and true black, while graphics and images pop with color.

The LG Marquee’s capacitive touchscreen feels responsive and nice, on the other hand, the Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system gets Sprint Flavoured user interface. With Sprint ID, you can tailor five home screens with several widgets, preselected applications and other items depending on the type of Sprint ID you select. Beneath the screen, you will find four typical Android shortcut keys, which include Search, Home, Back and Menu. The customizable shortcut key and volume rocker button is located on the left hand side of the device, while the 3.5mm headphone jack, power/screen lock key and micro USB port on the top. Above the display, next to Sprint logo is a 2-megapixel camera with five-megapixel camera and LED flash at the back.

As the LG Marquee gets Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread operating system than earlier smartphones, it gets enhanced user interface, updated virtual keyboard and tighter integration with social networks. It also adds plethora of Google services such as Gmail, Google Talk, Google Maps with Navigation, Google Latitude, YouTube and Google Search with Voice. The Marquee also supports corporate email through

Exchange ActiveSync and IMAP and POP email. The smartphone also features Polaris office, which allows you to edit and write office documents along with SmartShare application that enables you to share media with other DLNA enabled gadgets.

Apart from DLNA, the LG Marquee gets Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth support and can act as mobile Wi-Fi hotspot for five different devices once you sign up for mobile broadband plan of Sprint. Other features include usual speakerphone, multimedia and text messaging, speed dial, conference calling, smart dialing and voice commands. The Marquee features standard Android music player with 2GB microSD memory card slot, which can be expanded to 32GB. The five megapixel camera provides plenty of settings and tools including four focus modes (mixed, auto, macro and infinity), geotagging, seven scene modes, up to 3x zoom, six resolutions, LED flash, three quality settings, five white balance presets and five color effects. The picture quality is good and photos look sharply defined with natural and vibrant colors.

Standard features on LG Marquee include 5.0 Megapixel Rear-Facing Autofocus Camera with 2.0 Megapixel Front-Facing Camera, with Camcorder and Flash; Android 2.3 operating system; Music Player for MP3, WMA, Unprotected AAC & Unprotected AAC+; Virtual QWERTY Keyboard; 4-inch NOVA Display with Auto-Brightness; Speaker Phone; web; 1 GHz Processor; 1.9 GHz CDMA PCS, 800 MHz CDMA; four-inch Capacitive Touchscreen that boasts 16M Color TFT, 480 x 800 pixels screen; Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID; Calendar; Alarms; Calculator, World Clock; microSD, microSDHC.

The LG Marquee also features Profiles: Handsfree (HFP), Headset (HSP), File Transfer (FTP), Dial-up networking (DUN), Generic Access (GAP), Object Push (OPP), Service Discovery Application (SDAP), Serial Port (SPP), Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP), Service Discovery Protocol (SDP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol, Message Access Profile (MAP), Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP), Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP) and Phone Book Access (PBAP); OTA synchronization; Computer synchronization; Polyphonic ringtones; Music ringtones; Vibration Alert; Flight mode; Silent mode; Speakers; Speaker Phone; Voice recording and built in Accelerometer. The estimated battery life of Marquee is 5.5 hours in talktime mode. Overall, its light and thin design provides a sleek minimalist appeal, which goes beyond the eye-catching Nova display.

Despite a plastic construction and budget price, the Pantech Breakout feels quite solid in the hand. The 1GHz single core processor, built in Swype keyboard, 5 megapixel camera with VGA front facing camera, Android operating system and 8GB microSD memory are some of the exclusive features found on Breakout. It will have trouble competing with other 4G LTE smartphones that offer a high end feel with higher prices – HTC Thunderbolt, Samsung Droid Charge and Amazon Wireless; all of which provide more external and internal storage capacity, more attractive and larger screens and will surely appeal to techie users.

The Pantech Breakout is available for the price of $99.99 with two-year service agreement. It is the first CDMA smartphone of the company featuring physical design with matte black plastic all around. The pair of metal accents – navigation half moon on camera lens and front surround on the back. It measures 5 inches tall, 0.5 inch thick and 2.5 inches wide and weighs 4.9 ounces, which means it is heavy for its size. The four-inch TFT touchscreen is quite responsive and boasts 480 x 800-pixel resolution with 262,000 colors. The Breakout is easier to navigate as compared to other Android smartphones and offers seven home screens. You can pull down notifications bar for accessing Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, data and GPS controls.

The Pantech Breakout can be easily unlocked with just a swipe or get more granular by dragging icons for either email inbox, dial pad or messages into the center of the device for unlocking it. Underneath the screen, you will find four hardware buttons for search, Menu, back and home. The voice control shortcut button, 3.5mm headphone and contoured volume rocker button are located on the left hand side of the device, while the camera shutter button, micro USB charging port and shared lock-screen and power button on the right. The five-megapixel camera is at the back with front facing VGA camera lens. The micro USB card slot is under the battery cover with 8GB card preinstalled.

Like all Android Gingerbread-based smartphones, the Pantech Breakout comes with bottomless address book capacity, GPS, Wi-Fi, multimedia and text messaging and direct hook to Google Services like YouTube and turn by turn navigation system. You will also find a typical Android music player. It comes packed with Amazon Kindle, Let’s Golf 2, Blockbuster, Handy Memo, CityID, Guided Tours, Converter and DocViewer; along with Mobile IM, Nuance Voice Control, NFL Mobile, TuneWiki, NSF Shift, Tip Calculator, Rhapsody and Slacker Radio. However, it doesn’t cover applications of Verizon such as VZ Navigator, suite of V Cast applications for ringtones, music and videos and other Verizon account management applications.

The five-megapixel camera of Pantech Breakout fares better, though it definitely falls short of best in class. Standard features on Breakout include Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system skinned with Pantech user interface; Compass; four-inch capacitive touchscreen display with 400 X 800 pixels resolution; Twitter; 1GHz processor with 512MB RAM; YouTube; 5-megapixel rear facing camera with 2592×1944 Pixels, Geo-tagging, Auto Focus and Face detection; Picasa integration and additional front facing VGA camera.

The Pantech Breakout also offers DLNA Capability Via Allshare; 8GB microSD card pre-installed with extendable memory up to 32GB; Voice Navigator Capable; 4G LTE connectivity; Google Search, Maps, Android Market, Gmail, Google Talk, Blockbuster App, V CAST Music with Rhapsody and V CAST Video; Bluetooth; Mobile Hotspot Up to 10 Devices; micro USB 2.0; Amazon Kindle Reader; 802.11 Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity; Adobe Flash Player 10.2; DLNA functionality; Music Format: MP3, WAV, AAC+, AAC, AMR-NB, eAAC+, WMA, EVRC, AMR-WB, MIDI, QCELP and SP-MIDI and 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot up to 10 devices with 4G LTE connection and up to 5 devices with 3G connection.

On Pantech Breakout, you will find Stereo FM with RDS; Google & Verizon services including all regular features of Android phone; Data: UMTS/ LTE/ HSDPA/ HSUPA; 2G Network: CDMA 800, 1900 MHz; Browser & Messaging: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, MMS, HTML 5 support, IM, SMS, Push Email and Email; 3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO; Light sensor; 4G Network: LTE 700MHz; Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate; Multi-Touch Proximity Sensor for Auto Turn On or Off; Multiple numbers per contact; Caller groups; Picture ID; Search by both first and last name; Ring ID; Alarm; Calculator; Calendar; To-Do List and Voice Memo. The estimated battery life of Breakout is five hours in talktime mode and 12.6 days in standby mode. Overall, it is an Android OS powered midrange 4G LTE Verizon bounded handset, which is having an up-to-date hardware on the board.