Touch Screen Gadget

Motorola Blaze for Verizon Visual voicemail

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone, Smartphone

Verizon sure has been hitting the touch screen hype very hard as of late, and the newest such device has been out for sale already. The device is the Motorola Blaze, which we first heard about when it was spotted on a list of devices to get Verizon’s upcoming visual voicemail service. Perhaps for the first time though, Verizon has got a little to anxious to stock up on touch devices, as it is being reported as sub par. Apparently, the screen on the device is not very responsive, and it has only the most common of features. It does have EV-DO Rev. A, and of course the visual voicemail, both which will help at least a few get off the shelves. The device looks like the Motorola Ming, and is all touch with no keyboard. No price or availability for the device was given, but we are not holding our breathe for this one.

Source : BGR

Double touch screen gaining popularity

Posted by admin | Category: Mobile Phone, Trend Watch & News

If you have an affinity for pushing buttons, this is not going to be your year.

AT&T and Verizon Wireless have added two more touch-screen phones to their lineups. And you can expect more.

AT&T, of course, is known for selling the iconic iPhone. Selling it exclusively, I might add. But I can’t blame AT&T for not putting all of its eggs — er, Apples — in one basket.

So, it has introduced the LG Vu ($299 with a two-year contract and mail-in rebate).

As with the iPhone, buttons are minimal — just a small row along the bottom of the phone for making and ending calls and a couple along the side for locking the phone. Yet, navigating the Vu is a straightforward process because most of its touch-screen menus are clearly marked.

Still, the Vu isn’t intuitive.

It will take you six steps to accomplish something that should have taken two steps. I can’t even remember how many times I had to hit "OK" and "Yes" and "Done" to log into MySpace Mobile. I zoned out because the Vu was beginning to remind me of an annoying Windows PC.

The Vu also has a QWERTY keyboard similar to the one on the iPhone. But again, the Vu’s version isn’t intuitive. The keys are too close together, making typing with two hands awkward and typing with one hand really awkward. It does at least have tactile feedback.

Still, the Vu is pretty and sleek, duplicating the minimalist trend that’s been so popular in the LG Voyager. The phone is also light — so light that I didn’t think the battery was attached when I took it out of the box.

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Verizon VX6900 on sale

Posted by admin | Category: Mobile Phone, Smartphone, Windows Mobile

Verizon Wireless said its XV6900 touch-screen smart phone is available online today for $349.99 after a $50 rebate and with a two-year service agreement.

The XV6900 runs the Windows Mobile 6 Professional operating system, providing access to Office Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile and other applications.

It operates over Verizon’s EV-DO 1xRTT wireless network and is equipped with Bluetooth 2.0 for hands-free headset support, Verizon Wireless said.

The device, which was shown at CTIA Wireless 2008, joins a growing number of devices that would compete with Apple’s iPhone for its touch-screen capabilities and general size and shape.

The Verizon Wireless XV6900 smart phone, with its touch-screen capabilities, is viewed as a rival device to the iPhone. (Photo courtesy of Verizon Wireless)

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A Verizon LG Voyager VX100000 test drive

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The Voyager was billed as Verizon’s answer to the iPhone. That’s largely because of the touch screen. The Voyager, which sells for about $299, offers a few features that the iPhone doesn’t.

The sleek clamshell design offers a brilliant touch screen on the front. Though it’s not quite as smooth as the iPhone, it is easily navigated and the screen vibrates when you touch an icon. The touch screen is fun to navigate and allows access to contacts, a message menu, call logs, the camera, and the TV and music players. The Voyager offers other options for those who aren’t comfortable with that application.

When you open the phone, you see a smaller display screen and a QWERTY keyboard, which is tremendous for sending text messages and e-mail.

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New XV6900 enhanced capabilities

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The Verizon Wireless XV6900 leverages the functionality and capabilities of Windows Mobile 6 Professional with access to Outlook Mobile for email integration, Office Mobile and the ability to run third-party applications. Verizon Wireless users will also have the ability to surf the Web through Internet Explorer Mobile, send and receive emails or chat on popular Messenger services including AIM, MSN and Yahoo!.
The XV6900 allows customers to view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel files, as well as view Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Reader LE PDF Viewer and view, extract and create new ZIP files and attachments. The home screen provides one-touch access to email, text messages, calendar appointments and contacts, as well as current weather conditions and forecasts for hundreds of cities around the world.
Whether customers are accessing local weather reports, navigating to the Internet, flipping through photos, or one-touch dialing of loved ones, users can interact the XV6900’s features with just a flick of their fingers.

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LG VX9700 a Prada like from Verizon

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The LG VX9700 just passed FCC muster and is now reportedly suiting up to pull duty as the slim full-touchscreen offering from Verizon Wireless. The thin touchscreen handset from LG is rumored to be rocking a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl-Zeiss optics to fill that high-end cameraphone void in your life. MicroUSB and microSD card slot are also rumored to be featured in the LG VX9700.

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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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