Motorola Dext

Motorola surprised market watcher with a good Android smart phone: Motorola Dext. Traditionally, HTC dominated the android market. The much touted google phone did not do what it claim to do, to claim market shares from the iphone. If there are any chances of that, the Motorola Dext might hold a better chance.

Motoblur

The smartphone comes as a slider with Qwerty keypad. The Dext is meant to make social networking a breeze. The phone contains motoblue, which is a function that synchronises information from different sources including twitter, facebook and gmail and display them in 1 screen.

This smartphone will be handy for people on the go, especially if they don’t want an iphone.

Blackberry Bold 9700 Phone

The famous Blackberry proves itself once again that extinction is not in it’s dictionary with Blackberry Bold 9700. The blackberry 9700 replaces the previous buggy blackberry bold, without the bugs, with a newer OS and with a faster processor.

Technically, it is packed with all the needed features including WiFi, 3G HSDPA, and GPS. It is excellent as usual when it comes to emailing. Web browsing is enjoyable with a high resolution screen.

Don’t expect too much from it’s 3.2 Megapixel camera though. The pictures taken are acceptable at best.
Overall the Blackberry Bold 9700 is a great improvement from the previous blackberry bold and is a great upgrade for blackberry lovers.

Nikon Coolpix S1000pj

We all know about Nikon’s Coolpix cameras: sleek, slim with simple but effective shooting. This one goes one up with a built in projector.

The Nikkon Coolpix S1000pj has a maximum resolution of 12.1 megapixel with 5x optical zoom, with a decent size 2.7 inch LCD viewer.

The projector has a range of up to 6.5 feet. The quality is as good as a normal colour TV, but definitely nothing compared to the LCD screen. The camera comes with a projector stand and a remote control. This cool new feature allows you to show everyone in the room the photos you have just taken, a very cool party gadget to have.

Nikon Coolpix S1000pj

Likes:

• Easy to use point and shoot camera with manual override for exposure and white balance
• 5x Optical Zoom
• Cool and fun projection

Dislikes

• Thicker than most new “slim” cameras
• Short battery life with projector use

Overall the Nikon Coolpix S1000pj a cool camera to have and to play around with.

Sony Ericsson had promised a line of Eco-green phone at the start of the year. The Naite is the first of the series.

Sony Ericsson Naite J105

The Naite J105 is a stylish and simple looking phone with minimal frills. Unlike most of Sony Ericsson’s phone, there is no emphasis on it’s camera function, or it’s walkman function. Rather, it pledges itself to be a simple ecologically friendly phone.

Specifications

Sizes

- 108.0 x 47.0 x 12.6 mm

- 4.3 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches

Weight

- 84.0 gr

- 3.0 oz

Sony Ericsson Naite Eco-green

Review

This has in the recent one week became my personal phone. While I was initially looking for a phone with more function, I was impressed by the fact that it was an eco-green phone and looks stylist without looking cheap.
The phone is simple to use and user interface is inutitive, especially if you have used an Sony Erisson phone before.

Good

Excellent battery life. As promised, the phone uses much less power in it’s standby mode. What I find is even the talk time is great, averaging 13 to 14 hours.

The phone is made from recycled plastic. It feels sturdy and I feel that it is not one of the delicate phones which will die on me just when I need it most.

The phone is cheap, you should be able to get it free with any subscription plans.

Screen is bright and clear. A pleasure to view

Bad

Camera quality is average, especially after trying other phones with much better cameras. Sound quality is acceptable, but I probably won’t use this as my walkman phone.

Conclusion

This simple phone is a wonderful reminder of what mobile phones should be, just phone without trying to be everything else. There is also the feel good factor of carrying an eco-friendly phone. Once in a while, I do miss better quality cameras in my other phones.

Yesterday , history was made in iphone books. Thousands of iPhone users in Australia woke up to a rude shock of seeing 1980s pop idol Rick Astley’s picture on their phone. It comes with a message “Ikee is never going to give you up”, in reference to the idol’s song “Never gonna give you up”

The worm was created by 21 year ld student Ashley Towns. He is said to have created the worm to create awareness of the security flaws in the user’s iphone.

Currently, it seems like the worm only affects iPhones which has been “jail broken” (In which user’s phone operating system is changed to allow them to run any software), and users who did not change their default password of “alpine”

Thankfully, the worn does not major harm and is not malicious. But it has sure done it’s job of warning users to be careful with the security of their iPhones.

Goggle had another first, this time in the music arena. Goggle started google OneBox a service for searching and then listening and buying whole songs online. In essence, it does away with 2 annoying things that users often face previously. 1) Finding full length versions of the song samples t listen to. 2) Having to search through various sites to buy songs.

Goggle OneBox is currently only available in the US, but will certainly be strongly supported by music industry players. Many see this service as one of the way to reduce the increasing trend of music piracy by providing an easy and quick way for users to find original music labels.