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Nokia C3 Review, Specifications and Comparison

Nokia C3 is a new kid in the Nokia stable, targeting the customers who are planning to upgrade to a smartphone from a basic phone.With a very low price the phone is an must buy  for anyone looking to have low cost QWERTY phone. Having proven to be top notch and high user friendliness in the QWERTY space, C3  is a useful addition to Nokia’s QWERTY range.  Currently the phone is available for $128 in Amazon and Rs 5500 in India.

Nokia C3 is a smartphone with 2G network, Series 40 software platform and Firmware update over the air application. The phone weighs 114 g, dimensions 115.5 * 58.1 * 13.6 mm, 2.4 inches, TFT (Thin Film Transistor technology) display screen, 262,000 colors, resolution 320 * 240 pixels, landscape QVGA (Quarter Video Graphics Resolution – term used for computer display with 320 * 240) and QWERTY keyboard. It has 55 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM, micro SD memory card slot memory extendable upto 8 GB, hot swappable.

The battery is 1320 mAh Li-Ion standard battery with a standby power of 800 h, talk-time power of 7 h and music playback time of 30 h maximum with offline mode. It has video ringtones, other ringtones like MP3, WMA, MIDI, AAC, eAAC+. It has music player, 3.5 mm audio jack. The camera is of 2 MP, zoom upto 4x digital, can capture video in MPEG-4, QCIF max.

The other features of the phone are stereo FM radio, RDS (Radio Data System – communication protocol where small amount of digital information is embedded in conventional FM broadcasts)., voice commands, Games, GPRS, EDGE, IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi with maximum speed of 11 Mbps/ 54 Mbps, High-speed USB 2.0, Bluetooth v2.1, support for local synchronization, serves as data modem, TCP/IP support, Flight mode, Automatic switching between GSM bands, SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push, . The phone comes in three colors such as golden white, pink and slate grey.

Nokia C3 Specifications and Comparison with Nokia E5, Nokia E72 and Nokia E63 :

Dimensions : 115.5 * 58.1 * 13.6 mm, 2.4 inches, TFT (Thin Film Transistor technology) display screen, 262,000 colors, resolution 320 * 240 pixels, landscape QVGA

comparison :

  • Nokia E5 – dimensions are 115 * 58.9 * 12.8 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 256,000 colors, resolution 320 * 420 pixels
  • Nokia E72 – dimensions are 114 * 58 * 10 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 16 M colors, 320 * 240 pixels resolution
  • Nokia E63 – dimensions are 113 * 59 * 13 mm, 2.36 inches, TFT screen, 16 M colors, 320 * 240 pixels resolution

Weight : 114 g

comaprison :

  • Nokia E5 – 126 g
  • Nokia E72 – 128 g
  • Nokia E63 – 126 g

QWERTY keyboard

Memory : 55 MB memory, 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM, micro SD memory card slot memory extendable upto 8 GB, hot swappable

comparison :

  • Nokia E5 – 250 MB, 256 MB RAM, micro SD memory extendable to 32 GB
  • Nokia E72 – 250 MB, 128 MB RAM, micro SD memory extendable to 16 GB
  • Nokia E63 – 120 MB, micro SD memory extendable to 16 GB

Series 40 software platform and Firmware update over the air application

Battery : 1320 mAh Li-Ion standard battery with a standby power of 800 h, talk-time power of 7 h and music playback time of 30 h maximum with offline mode

comparison :

  • Nokia E5 – 1200 mAh Li-Ion standard battery with a standby power of 670 h, talk-time power of 6 h
  • Nokia E72 – 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery with standby power of 576 h, talk-time power of 6 h
  • Nokia E63 – 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery with standby power of 480 h, talk-time power of 5 h

Music player, 3.5 mm audio jack

Video ringtones, other ringtones like MP3, WMA, MIDI, AAC, eAAC+

Camera : 2 MP, zoom upto 4x digital, can capture video in MPEG-4, QCIF max

comparison :

  • Nokia E5 – 5 MP, LED flash
  • Nokia E72 – 5 MP, LED flash, auto focus
  • Nokia E63 – 2 MP, LED flash

Stereo FM radio, RDS

Voice commands

Games

GPRS

EDGE

IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi with maximum speed of 11 Mbps/ 54 Mbps

High-speed USB 2.0

Bluetooth v2.1

Support for local synchronization

Serves as data modem

TCP/IP support

Flight mode

Automatic switching between GSM bands

SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push

Nokia OSS web browser

Web browsers/pages like yahoo mail, gmail, messengers like gtalk, yahoo messenger, Ovi chat and etc for mails and chat,live feeds fron facebook, twitter etc.,

Flash Lite v3.0

Colors : golden white, pink and slate grey

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LG KS660 Review,Specs and Price

LG KS660 is a 3 inch display mobile phone with support for dual SIM.This mobile has 5 MP camera and 50 MB internal memory.It also has options extension memory card slot.Mobile also has other good options like  Anti-Theft Mobile Tracker,Document viewer for Microsoft office and pdf. It has a simple touch screen with Vitual full QWERTY Keyboard.

Following are the various other specifications of LG KS660

Camera
Camera Module 5 MP CMOS
Camera Hot Key Yes
Size 5M (2560×1920), 3M(2048×1536), 2M(1600×1200),
1M(1280×960), 640×480, 320×240
Colour effect Off, Black & White, Negative, Sepia
Self-timer Off, 3 Sec, 5 Sec, 10 Sec
ISO Auto, ISO800, ISO 400, ISO 200, ISO 100
Quality Super fine, Fine, Normal
Memory Handset memory, External memory
Image stabilization On, Off
Focus On, Off
Shutter Tone Yes
Digital Zoom Yes (4X)
Brightness Adjustment Yes
Image Editing Image Morphing,Colour Swapping,Red-eye reduction,Face beautify,
Colour negative,Sepia Sharpen,Oil painting,Emboss,Vivid,Antique,
Cartoon,Tunnel effect,Black and white,Blur,Mosaic blur,
Sketch,Solarise,Moonlight,Glow,Water color etc
Camera (Movie capture)
Video size 720×480, 640×480, 400×240(W), 320×240, 176×144
Colour effect Off, Black & White, Negative, Sepia
White Balance Auto, Incandescent, Sunny, Fluorescent, Cloudy
Quality Super fine, Fine, Normal
Set time No limit, MMS
File format supported MP4, 3GP
Memory Handset memory, External memory
Voice Mute, Unmute
Digital Zoom Yes (4X)
Recording speed Slow-Motion recording, Normal recording
Brightness Adjustment Yes
Video editor Trim, Video merge, Voice recording, Text overlay, Time scaling,
Dimming effect, Image merge, Audio dubbing, Image overlay
Audio & Animation
MP3 Player Yes
Preset Equalizer No style, Classic, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Concert hall
FM Radio Yes
FM on Speakerphone Yes
Voice Recording Yes (unlimited upto available memory)
Polyphonic tones 72 poly, MP3 ringtone
Memory
Phonebook Memory 1000 (20 Fields)
Message Memory (SMS) 500
Call History 100
Email Inbox 300
Email Accounts 5
Internal Memory Size 51 MB
External memory slot Micro SD upto 4GB
Others
Messaging SMS, MMS, E-Mail
Text Input Method Keypad, Keyboard, Handwriting-Box, Handwriting-Double Box,
Handwriting-Screen
Group SMS Yes ( Up to 100 nos.)
SMS to all Yes ( Up to 100 nos.)
Phone book backup Yes (on Memory Card)
Call Conversation Recording Yes
Drawing Panel Yes
Calendar Yes
Memo Yes
To Do Yes
Backup Schedules & To do Yes
Alarm Yes
Date Finder Yes
World Clock Yes
Unit converter Yes
Calculator Yes
Stop Watch Yes
USB Charging Yes
USB Data transfer Yes
Flight Mode Yes
Document Viewer Yes
Anti-theft Mobile Tracker Yes
NDTV Active Yes
Embedded Games / Applications Just Cricket, Thomsons & Touch, Data Wallet, LG HelpDesk,
NewsHunt, Pipe game, Flying dices, Wheel mania
Phone Suite Yes
General
Form factor Bar
Network EDGE Triband (900/1800/1900)
Dimensions 104.9 x 45 x 15.4 mm
Weight 115g
Screen size pixels 240 x 400, 7.62 cm Full Touch Screen
Display Main TFT 262K Colour
Connectivity
GPRS Yes (Class 12)
EDGE Yes (Class 12)
USB Connectivity Yes (Ver 2.0)
WAP WAP1.x , WAP2.x
JAVA Yes (MIDP 2.0)
Bluetooth Connectivity Bluetooth Connectivity
Battery
Battery : Type / Capacity Li-Ion Inner Pack 950mAh
Talk time Up to 6H 35M
Standby time Up to 288hrs
Accessories
Accessories Battery, Charger, Data CD, Manual, Stereo ear microphone,
USB data Cable, LCD protection film, Stylus pen
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Apple iPad – Hit or a miss ?

Apple’s  “Most awaited!”  Tablet device is out, unlike a full Tablet PC this is  more of an iPhone with a 10 inch screen. It runs the same iPhone OS and almost has identical features of the popular iPhone.Apple Lovers will crave for the device and critics still have a lot to complain.

But Apple has Maintained its consitant tactic of Beauty over features. With a thickness of 1.3 cm and weighing less than 0.75 kg this must be one of the thinnest and lightest computing devices around, also it sure will be a style statement, if you carry one around. But lets get down to business in terms of features.

It is available in two versions one with 3G and other without the 3G support. Below is the price for both versions available in 16GB,32GB and 64GB
                         16GB          32GB             64GB
Wi-Fi              $499             $599             $699
Wi-Fi + 3G    $629            $729            $829

Features –

– 9.7 inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display
(same multi touch as iphone)
– 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi)
– Fingerprint-resistant coating
– Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
– Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology
– UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz) (Data only)
– GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) (Data only)
– Email and Document support
– Browser without Flash support
– Accelerometer
– Ambient light sensor
– 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
– Built-in speakers (Mono)
– Microphone

Main Disadvantages
– Not a Full fledged computer OS (iPhone OS)
– No Multitasking support (it can run a maximum of two apple apps)
– No USB
– No Webcam
– Mono Speaker
– You can install apps only from Apple Appstore
– Need to use itunes on PC
– No Flash support in browser
– Limited to AT&T 3G network
– Too pricey for its limited feature set
– 16/32/64 GB Flash drive is too limited for a device like this

Overall Apple has created a device between a Phone and an Tablet PC, but for this form factor and price the functionality provided is very disappointing. Many who own Macs still install Winodws XP on them and use it for many applications which are not supported in the Apple OS.

Possibly a more feature packed version of the Ipad with a full featured Leopard OS will be much more appreciated than the shortcut taken by Apple here.