HTC has introduced a lot of nice and impressive handsets this year including the likes of HTC Desire S, HTC Incredible S and the HTC Sensation models that we are reviewing here. Now, while the Sensation is a pretty decent handset, the battery of the phone doesn’t support it all that nicely and that’s what stops us to give it our recommendations. But keeping the deficient battery aside, we think that the HTC Sensation is a rather dazzling smartphone and if you don’t mind carrying the charger with you then you won’t be having any problems. That said, the competition in the market is still rather stiff, and hence whether the HTC Sensation having refurbished interface and a dual-core processor survives in the market remains to be seen. Control and Design: The frontage of the HTC Sensation is pretty much like all the other dual-core Android handsets including the likes of LG Optimus 2X and Motorola Atrix. But turn it over hand the handset is a classic HTC,  [...]

HTC Arrive is the first Windows 7 Phone from Sprint and I must say that it is a good first attempt. This handset delivers well on everything that you'd expect from a 4G smartphone but the design might disappoint you. It feels like a huge brick in the hand and is quite heavy too. But all this bulk is because of the fact that the phone has plenty of features inside. It won't be easy for you to put this phone in to tight jeans pocket but you won't have much to bother about if you accidentally drop this phone from your hand. The display of the phone is 3.6 inches big and it is a capacitive WVGA touch screen that you'd find on HTC Surround. The resolution too is the same as 800x480 pixels. Colors look bright and the edges too are sharp but it is still not as good as the Super AMOLED Samsung screens. Below the display, there are 3 touch sensitive buttons for Bing search, Home and Back. On the right side, there is camera trigger button and on the left side, there is big volume rocker button  [...]

Motorola Droid 3 is the upcoming successor of the Motorola Droid 2 Global that offers large touchscreen display with QHD 960 x 540 pixel resolution, 1GHz processor, SGX540 PowerVR graphics processor and dual core chip from Texas Instruments. It also provides an excellent five-row QWERTY keyboard, next generation Droid, latest Gingerbread software and upgraded 8-megapixel camera. It is an excellent choice for Verizon customers who want physical keyboards. The Motorola Droid 3 has replaced the Droid 2, which was just revealed last year. It is available for the price of $199.99 with two-year agreement. Although, it doesn’t have 4G support, but provides improved keyboard, advanced Gingerbread software, better camera and dual core processor. The design of Motorola Droid 3 is similar to previous models, and features a high quality nice build with soft touch finish at the back. It measures 4.9 inches tall, 0.5 inch thick, 2.5 inches wide and weighs 5.9 ounces, making it one of the slimmest  [...]

Some things are just meant to be seen, and the Samsung Infuse 4G that we are reviewing today is one of them. If you don’t believe us, then kindly try explaining us the reason behind the gigantic 4.5 in Super AMOLED Plus screen, which by the way not only looks appealing but in fact also begs for video playback, of Samsung Infuse 4G. For sure, there will be questions asking, “Is it sufficient to discriminate the Infuse 4G from the numerous oversized Android phones in the market?” Well, to that we will answer, “Pretty much yes.” Samsung has fitted this supple handset with almost everything required for delivering amusement  [...]

We aren’t doubting the capability of HTC’s designers, but at the same time wont be lying to you by saying that HTC Inspire  didn’t gave us déjà vu. We have no ideas from where the designers at HTC draws their inspiration from, but the all new top-end AT&T Android phone from HTC, the HTC Inspire filled use with a sense of déjà vu. Just as the case with the HTC’s HD2 and EVO 4G before it, the Inspire also is a bulky, slate-style smartphone. The Inspire comes with a vast 4.3 in WVGA touchscreen having native resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, and under the huge screen of the phone there is the conventional strip of capacitive navigation keys. The traditional protruding camera lens of HTC Inspire is placed at the center of the upper section of the phone’s rear end. Apart from these everything else in here in the phone follows the similar sensibly drab blueprint, including the recessed volume buttons, brushed aluminum body and power buttons.

Samsung Chrono is a basic clamshell CDMA cellphone, which provides QVGA main screen, downloadable applications and games, external display, voice dialing, camera, speakerphone and Bluetooth. It also offers attractive smooth design, excellent call quality and large dial pad buttons. The clear quality and fantastic price, makes the Chrono one of the top picks for United States Cellular customers. The Samsung Chrono might incorporate elements, which are also seen in Samsung t259, t339 and Factor, but the Chrono offers more impressive call quality and more squared off look. It is available for the price of $19.99, if you buy it as a prepaid phone. The Samsung Chrono feels and looks like almost every other clamshell model, albeit there are slight differences. It comes with squared flat top edges and sturdy thick hinge. The Chrono appears steel blue in the light and dark gray in shadow and measures 0.7 inch thick by 1.83 inches by 3.7 inches. The external  [...]

Samsung Galaxy S II has the typical Android e-mail inbox which lets you configure all the accounts in to one or filter an account to see one at a time. Features worth mentioning here are Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, conference calling, voice dialing and speakerphone. This phone can be a hotspot for about eight devices at a time. In a few global markets it comes with NFC. There are also attempts made by the manufacturer to make it more business friendly through VPN, support for Cisco voice calling, virtual desktop and on-device encryption. You get all the Google services here like e-mail, voice navigation, maps, search, Places, chat, YouTube, and Latitude alogn with tools like alarm clock, calendar, calculator, world clock, timer, and stopwatch. There is also voice search and to-do list. There are a lot of preloaded apps on the phone including Social Hub Premium which will group all the feeds of social networking in a single place and you will be able to see the IM status and communications  [...]

QWERTY format for the keyboard is now popular in all business handsets and these cellphones are mostly bought by business professionals. It gives good support for messaging and along with that, you have quick access to e-mails too. I got the Nokia X2-01 cell phone in my labs for review and I found that it has got good performance, features and design. This phone improves on the previous Nokia E71. There is a 2.4 inches QVGA screen, microSD card slot, FM radio, and dedicated buttons for music and camera. The full QWERTY layout makes it easy to type messages and e-mails. This is a GSM phone and it runs on the Series 40 Symbian OS. The weight of this phone is about 108 grams and there is also a VGA camera which can record videos at a speed of 15 frames per second or fps. Nokia X2-01 has support for EDGE/GPRS with internet access and if you are an entertainment centric user, this phone comes with a music player which supports  [...]

Nokia X2 is an entry level messaging phone have a full QWERTY keyboard and I am hesitating it to recommend this gadget to business professionals because it doesn’t have any high end features. The phone has a basic camera and it can take photos in two different resolutions of 320x240 pixels and 640x480 pixels. This is minimal for a VGA shooter and you won’t find tons of editing options. You still get self-timer, 4x digital zoom, 2 options for white balance and 3 color effects. The quality of photo is pretty decent and you can take some quick shots with it. Nokia X2 camera can also record video and I was glad to see this since it is not expected in such entry level phones. There are two different options for the resolutions – 176x144 pixels and 320x240 pixels. The editing options are the same as that for the camera. The multimedia message clips are capped at six seconds but you can shoot for a longer time in the standard mode. For storing all this data, there is  [...]

A lot of phones, especially the ones from Sony Ericsson have quirky software nick-nacks which I usually don’t mention in my reviews. Sony Ericsson W760i is not an exception to this but the funky apps on board look really cool and I cannot resist talking about them. There is an orientation sensor along with a bunch of toys/games which you can play around with. Something called bobble-head Elvis swings and rocks when you move the phone around. There is also music app here called ‘Music Mate’ and it comes along with drum kit that you can play by tilting the handset in different directions. When we tested the Sony Ericsson W760i, it was hard to find any faults because the performance was pretty good. The messaging and calling on the phone is excellent and the data speeds too are pretty fast on Next G network of Telstra. I also loved the Walkman music player on board. I then watched Foxtel on Sony Ericsson W760i and found that the media streaming  [...]