Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Lumia 900 could bring more attention to Windows Phone 7
It joins the Lumia 710 from T-Mobile, which arrived in early January, as the first crop of smartphones in the Unites States running Windows Phone 7, which is a partnership between Microsoft and Nokia. The Finland-based Nokia , who in 1987 introduced its first handheld mobile phone, used to be the darling of the mobile phone market. But it has been challenged in recent years by Apple's iPhones and Google's Android devices. Nokia is now moving away from its Symbian operating system in favor of the Windows Phone OS.
It's too early to tell whether Nokia will be successful with the new smartphones, but quarterly results that were released on April 19 indicate a challenging road ahead.
They reported quarterly losses in sales of $4 billion and an operating loss of $1.7 billion. The handset sales were down 29 percent.
The Lumia 900 has only been in the market for a couple of weeks and time will tell if the Windows Phone platform, which uses live tiles instead of application icons, will gain traction with consumers.
During a recent review of the Lumia 710, I found the unique Windows Phone OS to be easy to use, with good synergy for managing social networks, email, appointments and contacts.
The Lumia 900, which is a larger device with a 4.3-inch display and twice the memory of the 710's 8 gigabyte, is poised to attract more attention across the summer. The 900 also has a 16 megapixel camera, with might address some of the quality issues I experienced with the 700's 8MP camera.
These Windows Phone devices might help Nokia to remain the world's top handset manufacturer and regain prominence in the smartphone arena.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Samsung Galaxy Note sets new milestone in display size
The Samsung Galaxy Note from AT&T, which is being called the world's first smartphone with a 5.3-inch display.
It sets a new milestone as it leaves behind other smartphone with screen sizes of around 4-inches to 4.3 inches.
After you come to terms with the size, you can start to enjoy some of the device's cool features, such as the S Pen, the slimness, light weight, five columns of application icons and six rows of apps instead of five.
The Galaxy Note has a gorgeous display with a 1.5 gigahertz dual-core processor inside running an Android 2.3.5 operating system, also known as Gingerbread.
The next version of the Android OS 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich, will likely be out soon as an upgrade for the Galaxy Note.
Because of the size and the innovative features, the Galaxy Note will cost around $300 under contract.
If you're looking for an e-reader or small tablet, as well as a phone, the Galaxy is worth a closer look.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The BlackBerry PlayBook is back in the game
When the BlackBerry Playbook first arrived on the tablet scene a little less than a year ago, a few other tablets, such as the iPad, the Motorola Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab were already on the shelves. It was going to be tough to gain some attention.
But the PlayBook was different in that it shunned the Android operating system favored by the iPad competitors and instead choose a spiffy OS from QNX Software Systems. QNX is best known for their in-vehicle and infotainment systems.
The PlayBook was good-looking, but it had a unique trait among other tablets in that it needed to be tethered to a BlackBerry smartphone in order to use the calendar, email and contacts features. It was depended on a Bluetooth connection between the PlayBook and the smartphone, with only a range of about 30 feet.
The fan base didn't latch onto the PlayBook as expected, maybe because of the tethering process and the difficulty in setting it up, especially with all the security steps involved.
The engineers at Research In Motion, or RIM, went back to the drawing board and as today, have released OS 2.0 software to give the PlayBook built-in access to the calendar, email, contacts and updated other features, such as the BlackBerry Bridge software. The Bridge upgrade will allow a BlackBerry smartphone to be used as wireless keyboard and mouse for a BlackBerry PlayBook.
With this new OS upgrade, maybe the PlayBook can make another run at the tablet market, which is even more crowded now with another iPad, another Xoom, more Galaxy Tabs, the Amazon Kindle Fire, more Barnes & Noble Nooks and a host of devices from other manufacturers, such as Acer, Asus and Toshiba.
The PlayBook is back on the field and the game is more competitive than ever.
Click here for a video on how the new BlackBerry OS and a BlackBerry smartphone works together.
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