Review and Specs of Nokia C2-01

Nokia C2-01 is a simple phone with 3G access, its the continuation of Nokia's strategy to flood market with low price average functionality cellular devices. Nokia C2 mobile phone contains a 3G internet access, which will make staying connected to your favorite social networks on the go easier.

Its a small newsroom inside your pocket, and a small email inbox as well. 3G internet definitely makes it fast, leaving traditional GPRS/EDGE far behind.

Upside:
Battery life is definitely a plus, no full blown smart phone out their gives you the battery life of these tiny phones.

Form factor of Nokia C2-01 is very small, that means very little burden inside your pocket. I sometimes hate the Samsung Galaxy S inside my pocket, its not as big as Nokia N9 but still when I'm not watching the videos the extra size of display kinda bothers me.
Camera in Nokia C2-01 gives you a pretty nice result with its 3.2 megapixel camera. Although a flash ain't there, but still you could take snaps in bright sunlight at least (I wonder where most of the Europe stands in this case).
Nokia is still giving out free Ovi mail accounts which can be used to keep in sync with all of your email accounts all at once.
Built in messenger is also present and provides connectivity with popular chat services like msn, yahoo, and google talk. Attaching photos to email, and sharing photos on facebook is also made simpler. Nokia Ovi store has got a whole slew of productivity apps and games which can be conveniently downloaded using high speed 3G internet connection.
2 Inch display area of this phone makes it even more interesting and easy to use.
Specifications of Nokia C2-01

Display and user interface
Screen size: 2"

Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels
Available colours
Black
Warm Silver
Memory
Internal memory: 46 MB (plus 15 MB for phonebook)
MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 16 GB
Dimensions
Size: 109,8 x 46,9 x 15,3 mm
Weight (with battery): 89 g
Volume: 65 cc
Power Management
BL-5C 1020 mAh Li-Ion battery
Talk time
GSM 8 h 45 mins
WCDMA 4 h 30 mins
Standby time
GSM 430 h
WCDMA 450 h
Data network
GPRS MSC32, max. 100 kbit/s DL / max. 60kbit/s UL
EDGE MSC32, max. 296 kbit/s DL / max. 177.6 kbit/s UL
DTM MSC11
WCDMA max. 384 kbit/s DL / max. 384 kbit/s UL
Connectivity
2 mm charger connector
Stereo Bluetooth version 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
USB charging
3.5 mm AV connector
Camera
3.2 megapixel camera
Extended depth of focus (EDOF)
Zoom up to 4x (digital)
Full focus
Fullscreen viewfinder
Others
Stereo Bluetooth 2.1 support
Series 40 software platform

Specifications and Review of Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 4 and Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 4

Samsung Galaxy S WiFi 4 and Samsung Galaxy S Wifi 5 are Samsung's respond to Apple iPod Touch, or we could say its the Android "family" responding to Apple "family".

Go Big, Be Mighty

It's build on Google's Android operating system, that mean you'll have access to loads of apps available on Android Market. Although we lack anything comparable to iTunes software for syncing stuff with your machine.

Samsung Galaxy S smart phone(known as T-Mobile Vibrant) has established a repute based on its wonder Super AMOLED display, Galaxy S Wi-fi builds on top of that repute. We know that Galaxy S has got a display far superior than iPhone 4, iPod touch, and iPhone 3Gs.

Its a truly stylish device, no doubt.

Immersive 5” display. Blazingly fast processor. Fortified with Android. With the Galaxy S Wifi 5.0 at the ready, mightily go wherever life takes you.

Whether you’re at home, at the office or at the place, with GALAXY S WiFi 4.0 you’re always
one step ahead of the pack.

Galaxy S Wifi 5 has got a 3.2 MP camera with LED flash. Samsung Galaxy S has got a wonderful 5 MP camera, but it lacked flash. They've put a dual LED flash on Galaxy S II although, but its nice that we got one fixed on back of Wifi 5. Wifi 5 also contains a front facing camera for video conferencing.

World known google maps are there to take you through unknown cities.

Calendar app in google Android means you can sync your stuff with online Google calendar by default.

Galaxy S WiFi 4.0 Specifications

Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 Specifications

Display 4.0” WVGA Super Clear LCD Dimensions 123.7 x 64.2 x 9.9 (mm) Playing time Audio 36Hrs / Video 5Hrs (Battery Capacity : 1,200mAh) OS Android 2.2 Froyo Memory 8/16GB+ MicroSD (Up to 32GB) Video MPEG4, H.264, WMV, DivX/XviD (Up to HD) Speaker Stereo (1.3W) Music Music Player with SoundAliveTM/ MP3/ WMA/ WAV/ OGG/ AAC/FLAC Camera Front : VGA Back : 3.2M AF (With Flash) Connectivity Wifi(802.11 b/g/n), All Share Support, Bluetooth 3.0

Display 5.0” WVGA TFT LCD (Multi-touch zoom) Dimensions 141.3 x 78.2 x 11.9 (mm) Playing time Audio 60Hrs / Video 8Hrs (Battery Capacity : 2,500mAh) OS Android 2.2 Froyo Memory 8/16GB+ MicroSD (Up to 32GB) Video MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV (VC-1), DivX/XviD (Up to HD) Speaker Stereo (1.3W) Music Music Player with SoundAliveTM/ MP3/ WMA/ WAV/ OGG/ AAC/FLAC Camera Front : VGA Back : 3.2M AF (With Flash) Connectivity Wifi(802.11 b/g/n), All Share Support, Bluetooth 3.0

Nokia N9 Meego OS based Smart Phone

The Rise Of Meego: Nokia N9 Goes Public

Nokia N9, Meego OS based smart phone everyone was waiting for is finally a reality. Meego is Nokia's Linux based last resort, which may save the sinking Titanic of Nokia (perhaps we should call it "NokiaTanic").  There are no hardware buttons on this device except power & volume control, looks like Nokia has realized the bitter truth finally thanks to iPhone.

There is no doubt that Finland based Nokia was a huge success before the arrival of iPhone. It stayed relevant in "post-iPhone" and "pre-Android" era as well. But now we clearly see it desperately struggling to survive the one and only almighty iPhone and  a barrage of Android smart phones. Anybody remember WP 7 tag line? Well it was something related to things people do commonly, and hubs and home screens etc etc. Nokia is trying to sale the same slogan once again, although in a different packaging. We got 3 home screens here, I wonder if it will make life easy or maybe complicate it for dumb iPhone users(as Android fans say), hence scaring away anyone who's thinking to join in from that club.

Nokia N9 Pre-loaded Application Software:

Be glad!!! your N9 sports a whole lot of application software out of the box!!! For example Vimeo, Twitter, and Skype. Vimeo is an increasingly popular video sharing service, although it lacks the financial support Youtube is enjoying. But still it's doing a good job, its inclusion in Nokia N9 can be considered Nokia's battle cry against Google. Although Nokia has already joined anti-google camp by joining hands with Microsoft Windows Phone 7.

Nokia N9 contains 3G for internet connectivity, and it lets other friendly devices to use its capabilities. It can become a Wi-Fi hotspot whenever you want. Many other smart phones can do the same by installing 3rd party software, but Nokia N9 is built with wi-fi Hoptspoting in mind. Nokia is giving us a free game as well, i.e. your's truly "Angry Birds".

We see google Latitude bundled with every Android device out there, Nokia is packaging Foursquare as a response. You could let your friends know your location anytime with your brand new Nokia N9 Meego OS based smart phone. Associated Press is always in your reach, as soon as you turn on your Nokia N9. Because it is pre-installed in this beautiful smart phone. Nokia N9 also brings daily weather reports to your pocket with AccuWeather application.

Nokia N9 is a device with killer looks, as you can see in the image above. It's available in blue, pink, and black colors.

They say the maps application on Nokia N9 will turn your smart phone into "the only guide you'll ever need". Most probably it will remain true until unless you got an iPhone or Android in your pocket.

 Nokia N9 heavily relies on Qt SK for application development. Applications can be easily downloaded from Nokia Ovi store. 
There are many more applications already available for Nokia N9 on Ovi store. But still we can't see many developers going mad writing Nokia N9 Qt based apps. Maybe TrollTech(the company which originally created Qt) should have never sold itself to Nokia. After all Nokia has got a bad repute for half baked love affairs with so many technologies (Sun Java, Adobe Flash). I don't think there will be any improvement in situation, because maybe Apple will launch its much rumored iPhone 5 shortly. Which will short circuit all the plans Nokia has got for sure.

At first they've made Angry Birds available with Nokia N9 but you know Angry Birds is out there for almost any platform, they even got a Google Chrome Application. And I'm damn sure we'll get a port for Nokia 3310 very soon :p ha ha ha just kidding friends.

Nokia N9 Upside:
Battery life is no doubt the best feature of Nokia N9, 50 hours of music playback is truly impressive. Nokia N9 video playback time is also wonderful, I can't believe N9 can keep on playing 720p video for 4.5 hours. Androids seriously need to improve on that.
Here's a nice Nokia N9 youtube video, it's got a point to make.



Nokia N9 Specifications:
Nokia N9 Memory:

1. 16 GB or 64 GB
2. RAM 1GB

Nokia N9 Talk Time and Battery Life:

1. GSM Talk Time 11 Hours
2. WCDMA (3g) Talk Time 7 Hours
3. GSM Standby Time 380 hours
4. WCDMA (3G) Standby Time 450 hours
5. Video playback time 4.5 hours (720 p)
6. Music playback time 50 hours

Nokia N9 Display:

1. Screen size: 3.9"
2. Resolution: 16:9 FWVGA (854 x 480 pixels)
3. AMOLED display
4. 16.7 million colours
5. Capacitive touch screen
6. 2.5D curved glass
7. Anti-glare polariser
8. Scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® glass
9. Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)
10. Compass (Magnetometer)
11. Proximity sensor
12. Ambient light detector

Nokia N9 Data Networks:

1. GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
2. HSDPA cat 10 maximum speed up to 14.4 Mbit/s, HSUPA cat 6 up to 5.7 Mbit/s
3. WLAN IEEE802.11 a/b/g/n

Nokia N9 Camera:

1. 8 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics
2. Wide-angle lens
3. True 16:9 imaging
4. Large lens aperture F2.2 for better and faster photos in low light conditions
5. Dual LED flash
6. Digital shutter
7. Continuous autofocus
8. Touch-to-focus and exposure lock
9. Focal length: 3.77mm / 28mm
10. F number/Aperture: F2.2
11. Still images file format: JPEG/EXIF/XMP
12. Digital zoom up to 4x for still images and video

Games:
Preloaded

1. Angry Birds Magic with NFC support
2. Galaxy on Fire 2
3. Real Golf 2011

Graphics Features

1. Support for OpenGL ES 2.0 enables 3D graphics
2. Use the accelerometer to play games

Package Contents

1. Nokia N9 all-screen smartphone
2. Nokia Fast USB Charger AC-16
3. Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-185CD
4. Nokia Stereo Headset WH-901
5. Get started guide
6. Product information leaflet

Nokia N9 price in Pakistan?
We'll give you a price pretty soon, its not available as for yet.

Nokia C7 Astound Review and Specifications

T-Mobile brings Nokia C7 Astound to US, a Symbian smart phone offering by Finnish Cellular giant Nokia. Nokia C 7 Astound is an interesting move, and it is apparently one of the few last Symbian gadgets by Nokia Corporation. Nokia has established a good reputation with their Nokia N8 camera phone which Nokia claims is the best camera phone of the world right now, Nokia has definitely injected some of their N8 expertise into C7.

Apparently Nokia fused  Nokia C6-00 and Nokia N8, added a dual LED flash on the back and boom!!! came out Nokia C7 Astound. C7 is fully capable of shooting 720p HD video, and it's also got On Demand Web TV plus GPS.Nokia has been in love with Qt development platform for quite a while now, we know the "relationship" became more fiery after Nokia's acquisition of Troll Tech, the software company that gave birth to QT.Nokia C7 Astound is powered by Symbian^3 Operating System, everybody's well aware Symbian's future is a huge question mark now. The fog seems to be dissolved(and unleash a not so favorable result for Symbian) after Nokia shaking hands with Microsoft and agreeing that Nokia will create hardware for Microsoft Windows Phone 7.
Wi-Fi quality is expected to be good, but I don't have real user stories related to it yet. I hope we'll get a good deal of reviews soon. Maybe this phone will be a choice for people annoyed poor battery life of high end smart phones.

C7 contains a 680 MHz processor, and dedicated hardware for graphics with OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0 support. C-7 Astound also contains Accelerometer Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Compass (Magnetometer Sensor).Looking at standard 3.5 mm jack I sometimes think why, why in the world were mobile hardware vendors inventing their own audio out connectivity standards? This nice touch phone won't be complete without a stereo bluetooth, in an age of wireless everything :) therefore Nokia has wisely included stereo bluetooth to the package.
The capacitive touch is pretty good than previous Nokia offerings, but still AMOLED display is not comparable to many Samsung Super AMOLED based devices.

OVI store is definitely present in this device, and maps are there as well. But the raw processing power inside this small stainless steel box is insufficient in my opinion. You know dual core smart phones like LG Optimus 2x, and Samsung Galaxy S2, Motorola Atrix are making the competition tough.

Specifications of Nokia C7 Astound

Screen Resolution	360 x 640
Screen Color Depth	24 bit
Screen Size	3.5
Display Technology	AMOLED
Device Size	117.3 x 56.8 x 10.5[2] mm
Weight	130 g
Display Touch Technology	Capacitive Touch
Maximum User Storage	350 MB
Mass Storage Memory	8 GB
NAND Memory	1 GB
SDRAM Memory	256 MB
WLAN	Wifi 802.11b/g/n
GBPower Management	2.0mm Charger Connector
USB ChargingBattery model	BL-5K 3.7V 1200mAh
GSM Talk Time	up to 9.6 hours
WCDMA Talk Time	up to 5.3 hours
Handsfree, audio out	3.5 mm

Price of Nokia C7 on T-Mobile USA is yet to be decided, its not listed on T-Mobile web site on time of this writing. But Amazon is selling unlocked Nokia C7 in $209.
What is the Price of Nokia C7 in Pakistan?
Price of Nokia C7 in Pakistan is 29000 rupees at the moment. This price of Nokia C 7 was quoted on a phone call, maybe if we go to market by ourselves we could get a deal around 27000/27500/28000. This was the price of brand new Nokia C-7 with one year warranty.


Concluding Suggestion:
Price of unlocked Nokia C7 Astound was $389 on time of this writing, which makes me think if you're spending $389 on a Symbian phone then why not get a better HTC Windows Phone 7 or Motorola Android phone by adding just $100 and spending a total sum of $499? Its nothing that would create thrill in market, its just another smart phone. So just wait for couple of months, and let the prices come down.
Apparently Nokia's somehow pulling itself together with models like Nokia E5, Nokia C3-00, Nokia X2-01, Nokia C6 which is pretty interesting though.


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• Review and Specs of Nokia C6-00
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• Personal Review of Samsung Vibrant T959 And Specifications