Nokia N900 A new hope

Guys after a long long time Nokia has given a cell phone worth 5 stars.....Check out the review.

Usually when Nokia makes an Nseries announcement the geek world trembles with excitement, expecting to see the next master of the multimedia realm. Nokia N900 didn't make any exception to this rule though it was pitched for its web browsing prowess more than anything else (at least multimedia-wise).

Or at least so it seemed in the beginning, before anyone actually knew how far Nokia has gone with the user experience on the Maemo 5 platform. Soon after it was first demoed, the N900 was quickly deemed a serious peril to most smartphones out there. It even went as far as threatening Nokia's own Symbian platform.

The Nokia N900 has been so universally positive up so far that it easily turned up high on the wishlist of the tech-inclined. Expectations quickly rose quite high matching its top place in the company portfolio lineup.
Now we've got one and while we're working on a full-featured review as we usually do, we decided to post this quick preview covering Nokia N900 key features. And speaking of those, here's a brief recap of what's under its hood.

Specs:

General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/1700/2100 MHz, HSDPA 10 Mbps, HSUPA 2Mbps
Form factor: Full touch device with a side-sliding hardware QWERTY keyboard
Dimensions: 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc; 181 g
Display: 3.5" 16M-color TFT resistive touchscreen, 800 x 480 pixels WVGA
CPU: ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics
OS: Maemo 5
Memory: 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM, microSD card slot
Camera: 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with dual-LED flash; WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps video recording
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB v2.0 with microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio, FM transmitter, Infrared port
Battery: 1,320 mAh Li-Ion battery
Misc: Built-in accelerometer and ambient light sensors, proximity sensor, IR output port for remote control
Software: Ovi Maps (voice-guided navigation purchased separately), Mozilla-based browser with Adobe Flash 9.4 support, Facebook and Twitter integration

The chubby Nokia N900 certainly isn't a handset to answer mainstream tastes but then again all those features rarely come in much smaller packages. The geeks know that and are willing to live with it if the performance is worth it.

BlackBerry Bold 9700 review

Hi guys i am here to tell you the good and bad of the new BlackBerry Bold 9700.

Key features:
2.44" 65K-color TFT landscape display with a resolution of 480 x 360 pixels
Comfortable four-row full QWERTY keyboard
Quad-band GSM support and tri-band 3G with HSDPA
Wi-Fi and built-in GPS and BlackBerry maps preloaded
3.15 autofocus megapixel camera, LED flash
624 MHz CPU, 128 MB RAM
BlackBerry OS v5
Responsive trackpad navigation
Hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
DivX and XviD video support
Good web browser
Office document editor
3.5 mm audio jack
Decent audio quality
Smart dialing
Great battery life
More compact body and lighter weight compared to the Bold 9000
Good build quality

Main disadvantages:
Many features are locked without a BlackBerry Internet Service account (plan)
Mediocre camera performance and features
No FM radio
No video-call camera
No TV-out functionality
No built-in accelerometer
No built-in compass

What's in the box?
The BlackBerry Bold 9700 is not a cheap handset, so it should probably come as no surprise that its retail package is quite well stocked. We already put up an unboxing video here in our blog, so in case you're interested hop over - and don't forget the popcorn.
Back to the package contents, there's the mandatory charger inside, but it also come with three different adapters covering all the popular wall plug standards. No need to worry about keeping your device charged during your next trip from Europe to the UK or US. Just change the charger connector and you are good to go.
The Bold 9700 is well-equipped, you get what you pay for
Moving on we have a nice leather carrying pouch and a handsfree set. You can use whatever headset you like, given the 3.5 mm audio jack on the phone. You will lose the remote functionality though.
Finally the BlackBerry Bold 9700 box contains a microUSB data cable and a 2GB microSD memory card. Of course there are also the usual guides and CD with software but they don't really count.

iPhone to launch with Vodafone UK in January

And if you think that three official carriers for the iPhone in UK weren't quite enough to penetrate the consumers, here comes another one - Vodafone. As it was revealed by official sources earlier this morning, Vodafone would begin selling the 'Outstanding phone' starting from January 14th.

This makes Vodafone the fourth official carrier in the UK to have the iPhone. The race started in back in 2007 when the iPhone was launched in the UK in exclusive partnership with O2 and it was only last month that Orange started selling the iPhone, ending O2's two-year long exclusive contract. And apart from the two, the iPhone is also being sold in contract with Tesco.
On the tariff side, Vodafone does not seem to have anything exciting to offer though. Much equivalent to the prices offered by other carriers, Vodafone is offering a free iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS for £35 and £45 a month respectively on a two-year contract and a £5 for iPhone tethering for up to 500MB of data.
But that's not all. The actual benefit for the deal with Vodafone starts with unlimited texts for all but the cheapest 18-month deal, and existing customers will get free Vodafone to Vodafone calls for the life of their contract if they register for pre-order.