Samsung SGH-i780

Samsung i780 is one of the few recent models of the manufacturer, running on the Professional edition of the Windows Mobile 6 Operating System.

Samsung boasts of having some of the slimmest mobile phones in the world. The company has obviously applied its know-how to this i780 as it is a mere 12.9mm thick.

It has a large touch-sensitive display with resolution of 320 x 320, but yet utilizes the slim candybar form-factor with a full hardware QWERTY-arranged keyboard. The LCD takes up most of the front of the handheld.

The keypad buttons are longish in shape and well-spaced out with good tactile feedback. It makes for very good thumb typing, as good as what you’d find on Treo and BlackBerry devices.Samsung is innovative with the navigation method: there is no D-pad, joystick, or even trackball. There is a touchpad as in a portable computer, through which you must sweep a finger to control an on-screen pointer and press it to confirm. If this method is not your favorite, it can be turned into a 'virtual 4-way controller and in addition, the 2.55 320×320 pixels touch screen and the stylus are present, of course.

Samsung i780 supports triband GSM/GPRS/EDGE at 900/1800/1900 MHz and single-band UMTS/HSDPA at 2100MHz. The connectivity side passes the test with WiFi of 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. The long-rumored GPS is indeed included, which is fast becoming a standard on high-end smartphones.

CNET Asia Reviews:

The good: Attractive price; good QWERTY keyboard; convenient shortcuts; slim design; extra battery included.

The bad: Square screen may not work well with third-party programs; optical joystick not as fast as regular directional pad; bundled GPS app not optimized.

The bottom line: Though not perfect, the i780 is an excellent choice for those who want the most features in a sub-S$1,000 PDA-phone.


specifications :

General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Announced 2007, September
Status Available. Released 2008, February
Size Dimensions 115.9 x 61.3 x 12.9 mm
Weight 120 g
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 320 x 320 pixels, 2.55 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Optical trackpad
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone No
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), buy memory
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes
Secondary VGA videocall camera
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional
CPU 32-bit Marvell PXA310 624 MHz processor
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0 / HTML, Opera Mobile 8.65
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer)
- Voice memo
- Callia Player, Callia Reader
- Photo Slides
- SmartConverter
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player
- WMV/MP4 player
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1480 mAh
Stand-by Up to 400 h
Talk time Up to 7 h Read More...

Samsung Omnia(Samsung SGH-i900)

Samsung announced a new touchscreen phone, the Samsung Omnia, with hap tic support and running Windows Mobile 6.1. The Samsung Omnia, also known as the Samsung SGH-i900 is a broadly similar device that competes head-on with the new Apple handset. OMNIA, meaning everything in Latin and wish' in Arabic, goes beyond the current top-of-the-line features available in today mobile phones.

Based on the most up to date Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system, Samsung OMNIA gives users a mobile extension to their PC experience, with access to MS Office documents such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word.Users can also send and receive email and manage their appointments in Outlook while on the go. The Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system means users can download additional programs as they would on their PC and customize it for their individual needs.

The Samsung Omnia comes with a large 3.2″ 240 x 400 pixel touchscreen display with hap tic feedback. Samsung OMNIA also comes with a five-megapixel CMOS camera with the latest value-added features, which include auto-focus (AF), face and smile detection and auto-panorama shot.

The phone features GPS, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi. For storing music, the Samsung Omnia comes with 8 gig or 16 gigs internal memory.

Samsung's patented TouchWiz user interface makes entering data and text simple. With unique widgets, users can customise and personalise the way they use their phone. It also facilitates easy and convenient calling and texting with a dedicated dome key for controlling communications.

the Samsung Omnia’s multimedia player supports MP3, AAC and WMA audio types, also MPEG4, DivX, H.263, H.264 and WMV movies plus many other types of multimedia file.


specifications :

Display Resolution 1 240x400px
Display Color 256K
Display Technology TFT 2
Input / Navigation Touch Screen Display 3
Navigation panel
Talk Time 4 5.83h
Stand-by Time 5 500h
Vibration Available
Ringtones MP3
Polyphonic


Connectivity


Compatible Networks HSDPA 2100 (3.5G) 6
HSDPA 1900 (3.5G)
HSDPA 850 (3.5G)
GSM 900
GSM 1800
GSM 1900
GSM 850
WLAN Wi-Fi (wireless LAN) 7
Positioning System Integrated GPS 8
USB v2.0
Bluetooth v2.0 9
TV Out Direct TV Output 10
EDGE Class 12
Radio Stereo FM 11
RDS 12
GPRS Class 12


Software


Operating System Windows Mobile 6.1
Java MIDP 2


Hardware


Processor Speed 13 624MHz
RAM 14 128MB
External Memory microSD 15
Internal Memory 16 256MB
Sensors Accelerometer
Camera Resolution 17 5 Megapix
Camera Flash LED 18
Video Recording Available
Video Telephony Available
Battery 1440 mAh


Ergonomics


Dimensions 19 112x56.9x12.5mm
Width 56.9mm
Depth 20 12.5mm
Height 112mm
Weight 21 127g
Form Factor Candy Bar 22 Read More...

Motorola ZN200

Motorola latest mid-range slider, the ZN200, has shown its face on the FCC pages recently.

This handset sporting such specs as a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and video recording capability, Bluetooth, 2.5mm audio jack, microSD card slot, media player and built in FM radio. unlike the 5 megapixel Kodak shooter lavished on the MotoZINE ZN5, however a 2 megapixel camera will still take the images a user needs.

The ZN200 only brings dual-band GSM (850/1900MHz) to the table, however, which hints towards at either T-Mobile or AT&T Mobility here in the U.S. as possible carriers.Unfortunately that's about it spec wise as no other specs were mentioned about the MoroZINE ZN200 apart from the slight references to possible multiple audio and video formats, but as multimedia recording and playback was expected anyway on the ZN200 it's not that much of a surprise to see mention of video/audio support.



specifications:

General : 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Announced 2008, August
Status Available. Released 2008, August
Size : Dimensions 105 x 47 x 15.9 mm
Weight 115 g
Display : Type TFT, 256K colors
Size 176 x 220 pixels, 1.9 inches
Sound : Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory :Phonebook 2000 entries, Photocall
Call records 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls
Internal 30 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 2 GB, buy memory
Data : GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD No
EDGE Class 12
3G No
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0
Camera :Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Video Yes
Secondary No
Features :Messaging SMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio FM radio
Games Yes
Colors Licorice
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
CrystalTalk Technology
Organizer
Voice memo
Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion (BC50)
Stand-by Up to 340 h
Talk time Up to 8 h 30 min Read More...