Google's Nexus One- The i-Phone killer!

The internet giant Google has recently launched its product in cellphone market- Nexus One.

With this Google has officially entered the cellphone market with a big bang.

The much estimated and much awaited Google's phone has got just every to kill the Apple's

i-phone.

Following are its features:

Size and weight

Height

119mm

Width

59.8mm

Depth

11.5mm

Weight

130 grams w/battery
100g w/o battery

Display

3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen

800 x 480 pixels

100,000:1 typical contrast ratio

1ms typical response rate

Camera & Flash

5 megapixels

Autofocus from 6cm to infinity

2X digital zoom

LED flash

User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver

Video captured at 720x480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions

Cellular & Wireless

UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)

HSDPA 7.2Mbps

HSUPA 2Mbps

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR

A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Power and battery

Removable 1400 mAH battery

Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger

Talk time

Up to 10 hours on 2G
Up to 7 hours on 3G

Standby time

Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G

Internet use

Up to 5 hours on 3G
Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi

Video playback

Up to 7 hours

Audio playback

Up to 20 hours

Processor

Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

Operating system

Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

Capacity

512MB Flash

512MB RAM

4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)

Location

Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver

Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning

Digital compass

Accelerometer

Also it will be sold just through internet and not be retailed.

Google Nexus One phone price in India:

For some reason we are sure that Google won’t follow Apple’s kind of pricing scheme with its phone. The preliminary information shows that it has enough goodies needed for a top level smartphone. We are not sure about the price at this time. However, if there’s Snapdragon,AMOLED touch screen, graphics processor and around 8-16 GB memory, theprice of Google phone Nexus One could be around 600-750USD. So that's approximately 30K-33K in India.

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Samsung Corby-The Social Networking phone

Samsung has launched its new phone SAMSUNG CORBY S3650 focused on Social networking. The main and the most attractive feature is that it provides very easy access to social networking sites like facebook,myspace, orkut,twitter etc.

Moreover you can also watch the youtube videos as well as upload videos on youtube. Uploading pictures on flickr and picasa is also very easy.

Targetting to the youths, corby comes in very vibrant colours like Jamaican Yellow, Cupid Pink, Minimal White and Festival Orange.

Some other features include its Large 2.8-inch QVGA touch screen is ideal for watching online videos and connecting to social networking Web sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
Also it is customizable with useful applications and widgets that move with drag-and-drop ease.

It supports "one finger zoom" to zoom in and out with one finger and "smart unlock" to unlock the phone and use the menu by drawing a letter on the screen.

And now if you are worrying about its price dont worry as its not too expensive keeping in view its mind blowing features and costs just about 190 USD.

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Palm unveils another Smartphone Pixi

[Photo Credit: Palm]

It seems that Palm is in full mood to capatalize from the success of its previous smartphone Pre, as it is going to unveil its new smartphone Pixi on Wednesday.

Palm has mainly targetted the younger consumers other than those targetted by the Pre.

The new Palm Pixi will be longer but slimmer than the Palm Pre. It will support a smaller multi touchscreen,Qwerty keyboard and a 2MP camera. Although like Pre it will have an 8GB storage and GPS capabilties.

Moreover, in addition to a new Facebook application, the Pixi will also be able to integrate LinkedIn contacts and Yahoo contacts, calendar, and IM in a single view via Palm's Synergy feature.

With reference to Palm, Pixi is mainly boasting for its unique experience for those who want enhanced messaging and social networking in a design that lets them express their personal style. Although Pixi's price are not still reveiled by the company, but it is going to be less than that of Pre's ,says Palm.

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LG BL40 Chocolate went official

[Credit: LG]

After a long queue of rumours about the sexy LG BL40 chocolate, the LG finally decided to make it official on Thursday.

I call it sexy for it has got those skinny looks. It is super sleek and long, giving an appearence of a universal remote. It has a seductive 21:9 touch screen display. The high-definition "Real VGA" LCD supports a 800x345 pixel resolution and boasts a cinema-like experience in your hand. Moreover it has a dual screen Ul which is able to display two different contents at the same time.

Well with reference to an LG press release, BL40 will cover the European market in September, while the other regions will have to wait for one month more.

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NOKIA launched Linux based Smartphone N900

The Cell phone giant Nokia has again hit the market with its new product. This time Nokia has launched its new model N900 which is based on the company’s Linux-based maemo 5 Operating system.

The experts are looking convinced by the phones as it is said that this new smartphone will give company a good potential to compete in the smartphone market. Moreover it is estimated to be a close competitor with Apple's iPhone, Research in Modulation(RIMM),and the handset powered by google's endroid operating system.

The cell phone is certainly impressive with features like touch screen , slide out keyboard,mozilla browser, 5MP camera, upto 48GB of storage. Moreover Nokia N900 can run upto 12 applications at once;it can run adode flash which even the iPhone cant run.

It is estimated that within 12-18 months the demand for such maemo based smartphones will be generated by the company,which should motivate software developers to create new software applications for these devices.

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NOKIA RX-5 Tablet Prototype

Nokia has introduced its new cell phone RX-5 .

Follwing are given its few features:-

• 5MP Carl Zeiss camera (2608 X 1966 resolution)


• Screen resolution of 800X480 pixels


• support for both chambers


• FM transmitter and reciever


• Accelerometer


• WiFi b & g standards


• Internal memory 128 MB DDR


• Keyboard similar to N81 with some extra keys


• Linux OS Based on Maema 5

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Internet radio device-Muzee

It may look like your everyday USB flash drive. But this is no ordinary USB device; it's your ticket to any type of music from anywhere you want in the world. The MUZEE Internet Radio allows you to listen to over 13,000 radio stations from all over the world. Whether you have a thing for Asian music, you heard a great song while vacationing in Jamaica, or maybe you just want to listen to a ball game on the East Coast, simply plug the MUZEE into the USB port of any internet connected computer. With the use of a simple interface, the MUZEE Internet Radio gives you the option of searching for radio stations by keyword, genre, country, or radio station. If you find something you like you can save the station or even record the songs to your PC. So what does that mean for you? It's like getting free music that you can listen to or download anywhere. There are no download or subscription fees with the MUZEE Internet Radio, just access to all of your favorite music from over 210 different

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