Omnia HD ? is it really HD?

To be honest I didn't even consider writing a review of the Samsung Omnia HD because it's one of those phones that can only be properly appreciated when it's been completed, prototypes and early release candidates just don't do it justice (they will come along some time in April or late March), although the units they are going to showcase at MWC have even more features up and running than those we had the pleasure to play around with a bit earlier. But we can give you a good idea of the Omnia HD’s potential, positioning and what’s under its hood already today.

The new HD has 360 x 640 pixels resolution with a  3.7 inches screen...it really doesn't seem to have a high definition screen, for example Xperia X1  has 800 x 480 pixels and 3.0 inches screen.

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Personaly I can say e63 is better than e71

The E63 is the cheaper "little brother" of the E71, which WOM World sent me over the summer. I was so impressed with the E71 that I bought it. While the E63 is not a phone I'd buy (it does not have an internal GPS or HSDPA), it is a great entry level messaging centric phone. The E63 is made out of plastic but it doesn't feel cheap at all. In fact , it feels really good when you hold it. In addition, as good as the keyboard is on the E71, the E63's is better. There are 2 additional keys on the bottom row of the QWERTY keyboard. While this necessitated a small space bar, it allows the CTRL and CHR keys to each have their own key. This is a very good improvement over the E71, as both of these keys are heavily used. The small space bar has not proved to be a problem at all and includes the interesting feature of a flash light (torch for out friends across the pond) feature that allows you to turn on the camera LEDs by pressing the space bar from the active standby screen.
Aside from the lack of a GPS, HSDPA, a 2MP camera, and being a few mm thicker, the E63 has the same features and functions as the E71. There is a MODES native application that allows you to have a business or personal centric active standby screen, there is a native encryption application and SIP stack for Internet Telephony. Finally, the E63 has a 3.5 mm headphone jack, a feature which I suspect the target demographic will greatly appreciate. I suspect that the CPU in the E63 is the same as the CPU in the E71 because the E63 seems to be just as fast and if you've seem my E71 review you'll know that that's very fast.
I just bought a mobile phone for my business partner's daughter (a college student). She wanted an AT&T Tilt, a WiMo 6.1 device. While it went a little against the grain to buy a WiMo device, the $200 price (w/ contract) was the right price for her. I had considered talking her into an E71 (she wanted a phone with a QWERTY keyboard for messaging), but at over $400, it was outside her price range. I expect the price of the E63 to settle out in the $250 to $300 range (after an initial release at a higher price) and at that price it would have been the perfect phone for her, and I suspect many of her peers as well.
Nokia has another winner here and I'm glad to see an entry level device in the E series family. If I were in college or just starting out in the real world, this is exactly the phone I'd want. I suspect that we'll see a lot of interest in the E63 from exactly this demographic, which I suspect is the reason that Nokia developed this phone. By getting young people interested in Nokia, many will become life long customers. A very smart move on Nokia's part.

Blackberry storm another "iphone killer"?

While the Storm's defining feature is this, what RIM ungracefully calls ClickThrough, the phone is much, much more. The term "iPhone killer" is clumsily tossed around by bloggers and journos (including us) to describe almost any phone with a touchscreen, but by trying to actually innovate rather than imitate, RIM has conjured up the phone most deserving of the title yet. It's got an innovative multi-touch UI (thanks to ClickThrough), runs on Verizon's EV-DO 3G network in the US, as well as any GSM HSPA 3G networks when abroad, so it's a true global smartphone.

The screen is gorgeous. I haven't seen the HTC Touch HD in person, but barring that, the 480x360 184-pixel-per-inch stunner could be the best screen on the market. It's bright, contrasty, the colors are beautiful and the viewing angle is ridiculous. I think I could watch the whole of Iron Man on it. Media navigation isn't as intuitive as the iPhone, basically re-using the usual BlackBerry UI, but it's not difficult to get around by any means. Still, RIM clearly intends to take the fight seriously, since the Storm supports a bunch of audio and video formats, will come with an 8GB microSD card and supports stereo Bluetooth. It'll also have Verizon's V CAST, naturally.

HTC 4G ready for the world?

Let us feast our eyes yet again on the HTC MAX 4G and live in envy towards those who walk the earth with such a monstrous device, or we could just go live in Russia instead.
Last month something spectacular happened in the mobile industry that will find its way into the history books. What was that? HTC announced the first GSM/WiMAX phone which is called the HTC MAX 4G, the whole internet went into a bliss even though the phone was announced only for the Russian market.
Days after the announcement the first review surfaced, some Russian dude made a video, reviewed it for the masses to see but not understand what the heck he was saying, nonetheless it was still sweet to see the phone in action and streaming multiple videos over WiMAX. Today I bring you a review of the HTC MAX 4G in English, that’s right folks, a Malaysian English speaking Blogger got his musky hands on this bad boy and wrote a thorough review with pics.
If you want to get a unit out of Russia to your English speaking home town then I warn you that isn’t a good idea, the language is only in Russian and cannot be changed to nothing else. If you’re a total geek and don’t give a heck if it was even alien language then by all means go ahead and be happy.

Sony Ericsson C903 looks great but is that all?

The rumored Sony Ericsson Frances has now received a proper name - it will be called Sony Ericsson C903. Much like a slider version of the 5 megapixel Cyber-Shot Filippa, but with GPS receiver.
The competition for leaked upcoming and unannounced phones continues. In this new edition we present you the Sony Ericsson C903, also known under the codename Frances.
The new Cyber-Shot will join the family with 5 megapixel camera, 2.4-inch QVGA screen, GPS and slide design solution. It should be an upgraded version of the SE C901 (Filippa), but there is no info about xenon flash presence. The usual suspect aplications are here: PhotoFix, Face Detection and Smile Shutter.

Prada II is priced at €600 in the eurozone, the same as the first phone when it hit the shelves – it's not really the fault of the company that the weak pound means it's a lot more expensive in the UK this year, at about £500. Since the phone is SIM-free, the price also depends on the provider you get the phone with.

The first time you look at the LG Prada II, the second version of the mobile phone collaboration between the Italian fashion label and the Korean phone manufacturer, you can't help feeling a sense of disappointment. It looks almost identical to the first-generation Prada launched last year, except that it's about 5mm thicker and about 50% heavier at 130g.

The 5-megapixel camera is ahead of the competition in the same space, with a Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens, and the phone incorporates slow-motion video recording and plays videos in the DivX format. It also plays the standard music formats and has an 8GB external memory slot.
It's a really good product, but the problem is you'll have to pointedly slide out the QWERTY keyboard to differentiate it from the earlier phone. Size and weight are a problem as well, but the main issue is that it could alienate the wag market that made the first product so successful.
Will businesspeople be impressed enough to choose it over the Blackberry Storm, and be prepared to shell out £500? Only time will tell if Prada II will be seen as a brilliant all-in-one product, or a phone with a bit of an identity crisis.

Nokia 5800 gets 8/10 ..preatty good

It's touchscreen o'clock for Nokia and the stage is set for the 5800 XpressMusic. Go ahead and touch it. Now, it's technically not the first time Nokia get their hands dirty with touch screens, but it sure feels they really mean business this time. For Nokia 5800 is not the only story here. The smart platform with the most influential touch receives its first trial by touch. Being the first device running Series 60 5th alone is enough for the 5800 to be remembered by.

A legion of touchscreen phones have been busy delivering more and better, and owning that market. They sure won't be giving Nokia and S60 5th the warmest of welcomes.

More upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 devices

Windows Mobile 6.5 has leaked and it's already been installed on an HTC device. However the users expectations for some major changes are now cooled off by this beta version.
Quite expectedly, any new Windows OS leaks weeks or months prior to its official presentation. Well Windows Mobile 6.5 doesn't make any difference.
You can see the upcoming upgrade installed on the HTC Blue Angel. Yes, that's right - that old and huge PocketPC from 2004. You've probably heard of it as O2 XDA IIs, T-Mobile MDA III, i-Mate PDA2K or Qtek 9090.
There's not much known about the improvements, but at least the visuals of the OS are concerned, there don't seem to be that many of them.