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Verizon LG Voyager package review

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The new, feature-packed LG Voyager from Verizon Wireless does many things well. The reasonably compact (though not super-skinny), 4.7-ounce touch-screen phone makes excellent-quality voice calls and flips open sideways to reveal a first-rate QWERTY keyboard for typing e-mail and instant messages.

Its 2-megapixel camera captures digital stills superior to most I’ve snapped with a camera phone, and its little stereo speakers do a pretty good job playing my MP3s (downloaded to the handset or a Micro SD card via a supplied USB cable and Verizon’s V Cast Music Manager). Its built-in GPS receiver and VZ Navigation service (an extra-charge option) were easy to set up and worked well, making the Voyager truly useful for, well, voyages. Web browsing over Verizon’s EvDO network was zippy, and the handset supports V Cast Mobile TV (this extra-cost service wasn’t activated on my test unit, however).

When closed, the Voyager looks similar to an iPhone, with a   face dominated by   a beautiful   2.8-inch display. But as an iPhone competitor, the Voyager falls short in the touch-screen department. While the display looks great and its VibeTouch haptics technology provides good tactile feedback (a little vibration) when you press an on-screen button, fingertip scrolling is disappointing, lacking the effortlessly smooth quality of the iPhone’s implementation.

During trials, the touch-screen and keyboard modes sometimes didn’t play together as well as they should. Several times I tried to launch an app from the touch-screen menu, only to wind up having to flip open the phone and turn it sideways to use the keyboard or navigation pad inside. You can’t activate the speaker phone from the touch screen, and of course any data entry requires the keyboard. Also, I sometimes found the relationship between screen and hardware controls confusing–I had trouble finding the volume control for the music player, for instance.

The Voyager isn’t based on a major smart-phone platform such as Windows Mobile or BlackBerry, so you won’t have the range of productivity applications that’s available for those operating systems. And its battery life in our trials–4 hours and 38 minutes–was poor compared with those of other units we’ve tested. But the handset does deliver a lot of style (not to mention a good hardware keyboard and 3G, but no Wi-Fi, connectivity), along with its messaging, multimedia, and navigation capabilities, for its $349 price tag (with a two-year contract).

If you’re not expecting an iPhone-caliber touch screen and the battery life isn’t too much of a drag–or if you prefer Verizon Wireless to AT&T–the Voyager’s pros may outweigh its cons and provide a good alternative to Apple’s gem.

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Early review on LG Viewty KU-990

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Here the review after using the LG Viewty for a month we’ve compiled the good, the bad
and the ugly on this little black handset. Two people had the phone for
a few weeks and swapped it to get different perspectives.

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HTC Shift wireless mini PC by Orange

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Mobile communications firm Orange is planning to offer UK businesses the latest device from HTC, known as Shift, which includes a seven-inch touch screen mobile computer.

The Shift is smaller and lighter than a laptop, with mobile data connectivity.

It has a seven-inch touch screen that “slides and tilts” to the perfect viewing angle, said Orange. It also has a full Qwerty keyboard.

Users can switch between Microsoft Windows Mobile and Microsoft Windows Vista, said Orange.

The device supports 3G/3G+ and Wi-Fi. The Shift also comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Office in Vista mode, enabling users to download, view and edit Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint documents.

It comes with a 30GB hard-drive, large enough for most mobile offices.

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New Sony Ericsson Touch Screen unveils

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Sony Ericsson today unveiled the G700i and G900i, touch screen devices to organize busy schedules.

The G700i personal organizer keeps contacts, calendars, notes, pictures and favorite web sites in one place. Users can jot down a note on the screen with a stylus, as with a pen on paper, and save it on the phone’s desktop - as with a note on the fridge. Users can draw a map to the local shop or doodle personal notes to send them to loved ones.
The G700i offers touch screen text input, web surfing and phone navigation. By touching the relevant name in the phonebook, all of the contact options will appear onscreen. Users can browse the photo album using the tip of the finger. The G700i also has dedicated keys for messaging, notes and a key lock on the side of the phone.

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How touching is HTC Touch Dual 850

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Although HTC, one of the world’s largest makers of Windows Mobile smartphones, launched their original 2G Touch a few weeks before Apple launched their iPhone in the US to great fanfare, especially given its iPhone-esque touch screen, one thing was clear: it was still no iPhone.

But given that HTC has much more experience in making smartphones than Apple, many more partners, and dozens more models under their belt, it was always a given that we’d see an upgraded 3.5G HTC Touch model long before Apple would get their act together in releasing a 3G (let alone 3.5G) iPhone.

And that, of course, is what happened. HTC launched 3.5G Touch that runs on the 2100Mhz 3.5G network late last year, but this didn’t work on Telstra’s Australia-wide 850Mhz 3.5G network.

This has all now changed with the introduction of the HTC Touch Dual 850. Equipped with a 400Mhz processor and double the memory of the original Touch, along with a slide-out keypad that allows for easy number dialling and entry of text, the new Touch is much better than the original version. Read the rest of this entry »

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Touch Screen phone alternative to iPhone

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Sure there’s a 3G iPhone expected this year, but why wait? There are plenty of phones already available that have 3G and everything else the iPhone has: 8 GB of storage, a built-in music player, a touch screen (often accompanied by a qwerty keyboard), and even add-on features like visual voice mail.

LG Voyager

One of the most-talked about iPhone knock-offs this year is the LG Voyager. It has a large external touch screen for easier phone and Internet navigation, a built-in music player, and Shortcut Menu icons that appear on the Voyager’s touch screen and another set of icons at the bottom of the screen — all the features that bear resemblance to the iPhone.

What makes the Voyager slightly different are some additional features, such as a full qwerty keypad that slides open sideways, expandable memory that holds up to 8 GB, and 3G connectivity for high-speed Internet access.

The Voyager also comes with multimedia capabilities, including an HTML Web browser; Verizon Wireless’ V Cast mobile TV, video, and music service; and the ability to play MP3, WMA, and unprotected AAC files. For more storage room, the phone has a removable microSD memory slot that holds up to 8 GB of memory. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sony Ericsson P1i

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Evolution and not revolution, but evolution in the right direction. The number one improvement is definitely the increased size of available RAM memory, providing true and unrestricted multitasking, much better stability (the tested proto unit hasn’t rebooted even once nor did it cause any other stability problems) and positive impact on overall performance. 3.2 Megapixel camera produces quality pictures and, well, tolerable video. Slightly improved transflective display works better in direct sunlight and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR provides faster connectivity.

Elegant design, solid build and high quality materials make the device look and feel really good. Software improvements, especially the support for plugins on the Activity screen, add to the comfort of use and enhance functionality.

Considering that we won’t see a “true” P990 successor (with 2.8″ screen and flip) before 2008, it may be considered worth getting not only for M600i users who get a lot of new features, but also for P990i owners struggling with all the problems caused by P990’s limited RAM memory. Acquiring UIQ Technology by Sony Ericsson gives hope for faster and “more unified” development and further improvements coming with firmware updates. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sony Ericsson P990i 3G Touch Screen Phone

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The future of communication is here

The P990i is the latest in a line of P series smartphones from Sony Ericsson. A 3G smartphone that lets you leave your PC behind while travelling, yet access everything you need for effective communication. It’s all here, now. Previous smartphones in the range have been met with almost obsessive loyalty, making them a hard act to follow, and even today, when there are plenty of smartphone choices around the ‘P’ has a loyalty many others would love to emulate.

Announced last October it is in some ways a shame that the P990i appears just after Sony Ericsson’s M600i and just before its W950i. All three handsets run Symbian 9.1 and UIQ 3. We’ve already looked at the M600i, and will review the W950i as soon as we get our hands on one.

The handsets are aimed at different markets - the M and W share very similar hardware design, but the W has a rather nifty 4GB of internal memory and is aimed at music fans. Read the rest of this entry »

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