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What Smartphone to Buy – Android Vs iPhone Vs Palm Vs Blackberry

Monday, August 9th, 2010

 If you are confused about which smartphone to buy, then relax, you are not the only one. With several new smartphones suddenly up for exciting prices, it sure is a dilemma. iPhones can be cool, but then with so many people going for iPhones, it can also become known as “yet another phone”. Blackberrys have been around for a long time, and with Palm launching their ‘iPhone killer’, the competition is sure heating up. 

So, which smartphone should you be going for? The answer to this depends exactly on what your requirements are. There are several different things you can do with a smartphone – surf the internet, using it as a compass for directions, use it as your audio or video device, play games, taking pictures and a lot more. However, not everyone is going to need all those things. 

Recently, a study was conducted to look into the satisfaction of smartphone users to the various parameters that were available on their phones. This report debunked what most people had thought – that iPhone was the best smartphone out there. As a matter of fact, iPhone is overall third in the list based on the satisfaction of the users. 

If your primary need is surfing the internet, send emails or checking your voice mail, then go for Palm Pre – 86% of the users are happy with Pre. You can go with Android if you are going to use the GPS quite extensively. An interesting aspect of the study was that iPhone did not take the lead in any of the several parameters studied. Maybe this is an indication of iPhone having moved away from the Apple fanboy club to the mainstream. 

Author: Anand Srinivasan
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Smartphone Basics

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

A smartphone is a cellular phone that is really so much more than just a phone. It seems like each year, or even sooner, with the quick way technology advances, more and more features are added to these smartphones. The very first smartphone actually came out in 1992. It was a concept phone, but, it could even send email and fax. Now they can do lots and lots of things. You can surf the web, check your email, and keep up with your friends on various social networks. They have games on them and GPS capabilities, as well.

Smartphones are also great for organizing your life. They have many calendar and scheduling options, calculators, and they also have full address books, in which you can enter multiple details for each entry.

One thing that has proven to be very handy that smartphones have is a camera. People are now able to snap pictures (some even take video) during moments of life that they would not normally have had a camera with them. So we are catching snapshots of life we didn’t used to see.

There are many different styles of these phones, but, most of them come with a little ‘pen’, called a stylus, with which to enter information into your phone. And a lot of them come with full miniature ‘qwerty’ keyboards.

The PDA, electronic personal organizer, was the device that many people had first. Then slowly, the cellular phones began to actually function as PDA’s themselves, and now that is what many people have and use every day. A lot of people would be completely lost without their smartphones, which is actually one of the negative things about them. In combining all of our personal devices, we’ve put ourselves in a pretty bad situation if we lose our smartphones, as we lose all of that information.

Author: CK Murray
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Can Your Smartphone Replace a GPS?

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Big Screens Mean Less Distraction

GPS displays are easier to read, because they’re larger, around 4.3 inches, as compared to the 3.5 inch iPhone screen. When you’re taking turns and need to watch the road, this can make all the difference.

Accuracy

Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) are dependable; they can pinpoint your position with an accuracy of about 15 feet. Conversely, smartphones are sometimes a few blocks off or lack cell tower reception to discover your location.

Single-Purposed

Smartphones often use weaker GPS receivers and CPUs that share battery power with other apps, slowing them down. PNDs like Magellans are designed with only GPS in mind, so speed and resources are not compromised.

Smartphones Win on Functionality

Smartphones constitute an all-in-one device with internet access, but voice navigation is interrupted as calls come in -yes, it is still a phone.

No Monthly Bills

When you buy a GPS, you only pay once -for the device, unlike the smartphone that takes money from your bank account every month.

PNDs Are Entering the Smartphone Market

PND manufacturers are showing up on the smartphone scene with devices like the Nuvifone by Garmin that combos GPS navigator with a 3G phone. To spice up the GPS market, TomTom has also added celebrity voices like Darth Vader to the mix.

The Verdict

It’s clear that, at least for now, smartphones can’t replace your truly dedicated PND. Stand alone GPS units simply outperform their smartphone competitors -plus they don’t send you a bill every month.

Author: Andrew Eisner
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How to Print From Your Smartphone

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Ever wondered how you could print that special photo you took with your smartphone? Or maybe you’re looking for some guidance on how to print images you’ve got on your smartphone. Well, I’m discussing here some details about Hewlett Packard’s software called iPrint Photo developed to enable you to print from smartphones such as iPhone, Windows Mobile, Nokia and Android. This software tool can also be used for printing from an iPad or iPod Touch.

Having an Apple smartphone, you can get this software-tool via Apps store where you can have it automatically installed.

Another way is via your PC and iTunes. After installation on your pc, you can then connect your phone to your PC and activate Synchronisation (Sync).

Having a Windows Mobile version 6.5 smartphone go to Windows Marketplace for Mobile and have it installed.

With a Nokia phone, you can go to Ovi store and download the free iPrint Photo App.

For an Android smartphone you can activate Android Market and download the app there.

Depending on what smartphone you have, you can print photos that are stored in one of the image formats with the file dot extension.bmp,.png,.jpg and.tiff.

If you want to rotate or resize a photo you can do that by activating the rotate/crop feature while touching the photo in the Print Preview screen of the software.

Then, touch a corner of the photo using 2 fingers. You can then rotate or crop the image. When you’re satisfied with the result and want to stop editing, touch the photo once more and then, touch Print. You can also resize your photo in the Print Settings menu which you can find by touching the Printer icon in the Print Preview screen.

A lot of HP printers can work with the mobile print software, from certain phones, to name a few: Business Inkjet 1000 and 1200, Deskjets 5145, 5150 series, 9800 series, and more…, Officejet 6110 series, Photosmart Compact Photo Printers. Printing from other phones, with printers such as Business Inkjet 1000 and 1200, Color Inkjet cp1700 series, Deskjet Mobile Printers 450 series, 6988 series, Officejet 4500 series, H470 Mobile Printer series, various Photosmart printers and way, way more…

If you have several photos and you’d like to print them in one go, then it depends on the smartphone you have if that is possible. Some phones allow simultaneous printing of two or more photos. And with other phones such as Android smartphones, you can print only one photo at a time.
You can print more photos at once if you have a Nokia or Windows Mobile smartphone.

Mind that printing stops when you answer a SMS message or phone call. After you finish messaging or calling, you need to re-initiate the print process. You can avoid that by not responding a message or call at once. Then the printing will not be interrupted.

Author: Sybren B
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Give Your Mobile a Trendy Look With the BlackBerry Smartphone Skin

Monday, June 28th, 2010

Imagine a big scratch on your new Smartphone. Definitely a nightmare! Once you have decided to purchase the really expensive Blackberry of your choice, it is wise to choose the right skin as well to protect it from physical damage. Wireless Xcessories offers the stylish BlackBerry Smartphone skin to compliment your Blackberry.

Give your phone a trendy look with the BlackBerry Smartphone Skin. The BlackBerry Curve 8530 skin comes with abstract art that makes your Smartphone look even smarter. If you feel that your old phone needs a makeover, then going in for the BlackBerry Smartphone skin would be a great option. Your old phone would have gone through a lot of wear and tear and it’s high time you safeguard it from further damage. The glossy high-resolution art of the BlackBerry 8530 vinyl skin adds a bit of glamour to your old Smartphone. We feel that the Blackberry Smartphone skin accessorizes your phone just like a unique piece of art.

The attractive BlackBerry Curve 8530 skin offers a high level of durability. It has an adhesive-backed vinyl skin that offers complete protection to your mobile over physical damage. So don’t panic even if you accidently drop your phone or scrape over anything. It is easy to install, and can also be repositioned or removed as you wish. We feel that the BlackBerry Smartphone Skin is the best way to personalize your mobile in addition to safeguarding it. The skin aptly fits and protects your phone from smudgy hands and doesn’t leave any sticky mess on your phone even after removing the skin.

In our opinion, the elegant yet functional BlackBerry Curve 8530 skin is the best choice to protect your really cool Smartphone from external damage. So what are you waiting for? Get the strikingly beautiful BlackBerry 8530 vinyl skin from NFM at competitive prices.

Author: Rose Blumkin
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An 8-Step Process to Solve the Great Smartphone Debate – iPhone Versus EVO

Friday, June 25th, 2010

The two factions of supporters are as polarizing as politics. Most Mac users and iPhone lovers are drooling over Steve Jobs’ keynote presentation yesterday at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) 2010. Android loyalists shrug their shoulders and point out a laundry list of reasons why the iPhone is not a threat to the fast-growing Droid(TM) market.

Personally, this debate hits me at the core. I am a self-proclaimed Apple slappy yet I purchased the HTC EVO last Friday on opening day. Thus far I love the EVO (and will love it more as soon as the Android 2.2 OS – also called Froyo – becomes available). However, I have to admit that in reviewing the WWDC rollout I began to question whether I should take advantage of Sprint’s 30-day satisfaction guarantee.

Honestly, I’m still not 100% sure on which route I’m going to go. On one hand, I love the synergies with my other Mac products including the idea of a centralized iBook that is accessible from my laptop, iPad, or iPhone. Yet on the other side I welcome the ability to view Flash videos online and take advantage of the seamless integration with Google & Gmail.

Like politics, the only real way to make an educated decision is to put aside personal preferences, become aware of one-sided reviews, and leverage an easy yet objective trade-off system to guide my decision-making.

Here’s a simple, 8-step process that you can utilize to solve the iPhone versus EVO debate for yourself (and consider applying a similar process when the next presidential election rolls around, too):

  • STEP 1: Put aside personal pride, preferences or vendettas that you may have associated with either smartphone
  • STEP 2: Educate yourself on the features and functions of each smartphone
  • STEP 3: Conduct a cost analysis being careful to look at lifetime costs that include the cost of the smartphone, the cost of monthly service, replacement costs, etc
  • STEP 4: Assess your current situation and identify the most important goals & objectives that you have for a smartphone
  • STEP 5: Align your goals & objectives with the features and functions of each smartphone (for instance, if on phone video editing isn’t something that helps you reach your goals, then the iPhone’s new iMovie editing feature should not carry much weight. It’s a great feature but is it valuable to you?)
  • STEP 6: Add up the number of features and functions from each smartphone that align with your goals & objectives (for advanced-users, you can do a weighted trade-off)
  • STEP 7: Remind yourself of STEP 1
  • STEP 8: Make your decision, buy the smartphone, and do not look back

This approach will help bring an objective perspective to your decision-making process. Do not worry about which phone is “better”. Instead, spend your time on identifying the better technology for your particular situation.

Deciding upon a smartphone is no different than a business looking to purchase a software application. The overwhelming majority of time, a business will purchase technology without any regard of their goals, objectives, or processes. They let software dictate their business.

Do not make this same mistake. Do not let smartphone technology dictate the way that you go about your day. Instead, understand your own personal processes, goals, and objectives so that you can select the appropriate smartphone to optimize your efforts.

Author: Dr Brad Semp
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Should I Take My Smartphone on a Cambodia Vacation?

Friday, June 18th, 2010

Is a smartphone the way to go for Cambodia travel? Let’s take a look at the “Swiss army knife” of electronics. The latest BlackBerrys, iPhones, Microsoft, Symbian, Android and Palm devices all can offer a huge range of functions. This short article is not to discuss which is the best Smartphone but whether a Smartphone is the way to go to replace MP3 players, cameras, GPS devices, checking email and generally going online while taking your Cambodia vacation.

Cambodia is hot, dusty and the power supply is not that good. Generators abound and some of your electronic devices will not like the sometimes uneven power supply. Take a notebook, camera, GPS and MP3 player and you are talking of adding several kilos to your baggage, not to mention the problem of damage or security.

If your Smartphone does not use GPS, ie with a SIM card it will probably not work in Cambodia. Please check with your local mobile phone operator and make sure that you have global roaming added to your service if available. Cambodia uses GSM and you can get a local SIM card just about everywhere! Pay as you go with top up cards again, found just about everywhere. This is by far the cheapest way to do things, but your mobile phone must be GSM – with a removable SIM card.

These days, modern Smartphones, as well as more basic models have pretty good cameras, with flash which are fine for snapshots and sharing online, printing on normal sized paper but not for high level photography. The best pictures of the sights of Cambodia can be bought for a dollar as a collection of post cards. GPS can be a very useful function and it does work with Google maps in Cambodia – certainly with WiFi, but using GSM can be sporadic, depending where you are.

For email and web browsing, there are many cafes, hotel and restaurants in Phnom Penh, Siem Riep and Sihanoukville that offer free or very cheap WiFi. If you need a big screen, there are lots of internet cafes around. If you are using an iPhone, there are several travel applications available – but the reality is that the information available in a guide book is far easier to access. Information in travel apps tend to be rather light.

Author: Somchai Somboon
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The Best Smartphone on the Market – Who Makes It?

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

With so many options on the market, just who is making the best Smartphone? Well, that’s not that easy of a question to answer. There are so many great companies out there, but only a few true leaders. One of the first ones, of course, is the obvious iPhone.

A lot of people love the iPhone. It was truly a groundbreaking idea in many of the concepts it exposed us to. The idea of being able to download Apps allowing us to really modify the device for what we want, was revolutionary; and I don’t think Smartphones will ever be the same because of that. My research has showed that while the iPhone is great, not everyone is so thrilled about it. So, the iPhone’s not for you, then which Smartphone is the best for you?

That brings us to the next big-hitter in the best Smartphone, Blackberry. Blackberry has several Smartphone options to chose from. The most popular is the Storm. The Storm was truly one of the first competitors for the iPhone. It was Blackberry based, so it could do everything that your old Blackberry could do, similar OS as the old Blackberry, but this had a sweet touch-screen, downloadable Apps, and was like the Blackberry on steroids! First generation reviews of the Storm were a little disappointing. Issues that were the most common were things like the screen breaking extremely easily, the phone locking up, and if it got dropped even once, it was done; which unfortunately made the phone appear not all that rugged. Still not a bad phone.

But, in the search for the best Smartphone, who really does have it? Based on our extensive research, personal experience, and several websites we went to like http://www.phonescoop.com, we think we have the answer. Our final judgement is: the Motorla Droid.

The Droid by Motorola is a first generation Smartphone. It was long awaited, and once it hit the market, it hasn’t disappointed yet. The Droid has an average of 4.8 star rating, based on consumer reviews. When you compare that to an average of a 3 star consumer rating on the iPhone, and a 4.3 star rating on the Chocolate Touch, the Droid is the clear winner.

What makes the Droid the winner? The Droid has the most flexibility. Not only is the Droid a touch-screen, but it has a slide out QWERTY keyboard that phones like iPhone don’t offer. It has just as many downloadable Apps as the iPhone, making it even better and more customized. So who is making the best Smartphone? Hands down it’s the surprising, first-generation Motorla Droid, based on you the consumer.

Author: Rachael Brewer
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‘Connectivity’ at its Best With HTC TyTN Smartphone

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Nowadays, mobile phones are not just for having a chat. Last couple of years has witnessed the ushering of the smartphones era. A smartphone is not just a mobile but a device having advanced information access features, such as Web access, e-mail exchanging, voice recognition, etc in addition to providing a complete personal organiser.

HTC has gained a strong foothold in the smartphone market. HTC is not only manufacturing trendy smartphones but is also selling them under its own brand name.

HTC TyTN (with the code name is HTC Hermes) smartphone is gaining popularity among the ‘connoisseurs’ of high-tech mobile phones. TyTN (pronounced as ‘Titan’) is available in black and silver colours.

One of the features that this smartphone boasts of is the smartly-concealed QWERTY keyboard that you need to just slide out for using the phone as a messaging device. The keys are easy to use for typing and they really make typing a pleasurable experience. You can use your two thumbs or forefingers for typing.

So, you can send important messages or edit some crucial business documents even when you are walking!
The keys in HTC TyTN are rectangular in shape and are packed tightly together. There are 39 keys in the keyboard arranged in four rows, each row having ten keys each. The spacebar is located in the bottom row and occupies two positions. There are two soft keys to control menus from the keyboard. The locks present in the keyboard help to keep the keyboard firmly shut or fully extended. This ensures easy typing.

TyTN offers attractive connectivity features. It supports triband UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) that offer the benefit of global roaming, i.e you can stay connected to your office colleagues and closed ones wherever you are. This smartphone also supports 3G capabilities that facilitate simultaneous transfer of voice data (telephone calls) and non-voice data (information download, e-mail exchange and instant messaging. HTC TyTN also has support for Wi-Fi, quad-band GSM and GPRS/EDGE wireless communication technologies.

So, the next time you go for a business tour, leave behind the bulky laptops at home and communicate in a sleek and smart way with the TyTN smartphone.

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A Sensational Acer Liquid Smartphone

Monday, June 7th, 2010

Everyone is waiting for the release of this newest smartphone from Acer and sure their expectations are set high. Over the year, the Taiwanese company has been releasing smartphones that are high end but would this one be the greatest find?

The Budget

With the economy having its ups and downs, the budget is one of the most important things to consider in buying a phone. Acer phones are popular today for its high end phones that come in a very affordable price. With the latest news that the newest smartphone from Acer has jaw-dropping price, the anticipation of the buyers are really getting high. For only EUR380 Euros, this smartphone will hit the market by the end of next month. But many think that price and quality doesn’t go together. That we are going to check too.

High Quality Specifications

Acer Liquid is packed with good quality hardware that you surely would not want to miss. This Acer smartphone runs on an exceptionally competent and most up-to-date Android 1.6 operating system. With that as an edge among other phones, this phone is already something to consider. But that’s not all, this phone is also run by a powerful Snapdragon Qualcomm 1GHz QSD 8250 processor which makes mobile applications run simultaneously and instantly. Wrap it all up with a reliable 256MB RAM and 512MB ROM that can be expanded by a MicroSD card and you are really good to go.

But with this specs, can the battery last long? Sure enough! With a talk time of 5 hours or 6 hours for GSM and 400 hours for standby mode you can do a lot of things in this small device. It can sustain the phone’s function in ways we haven’t seen.

It is not just a regular smartphone or android phone because this intelligent phone proves itself with the two syncing features that it offers: the improved Google syncing and the new Acer Sync application. With these two you can synchronize your contacts list, files, to-do notes and calendar with any available computer or laptop via Wi-Fi. And if you are not up to that, well you can still be assured that you can be connected any time with the GSM, HSPA, EDGE, GPRS, Bluetooth 2.0+ EDR and Wi-Fi connectivity tools that it has. It even has an Assisted-GPS connected to the Google Map link which you can use in finding your way. 

The Style

Personality should reflect not only in how a person carries himself but with what he carries with him too making the style very important. The phone has a mixed touch of class and fun style with its red, black or white colors. It is also very handy in the cut of 115 x 62.5 x 12.5 mm and weight of l35g. It may look big than average phones but it actually very slim.

Acer liquid has remarkable but not so large 3.5 inch capacitive high definition touch screen displays colorful images with its 65,000 colors and 800 x 400 pixel size. The phone also has a unique and cool notification icon in the top side to inform you that you have mail or the battery is already low. It is a feature that you cannot find in other so-called smartphones.

Author: Simon Drew
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