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Month: October 2010

  • HTC 7 Mozart Review

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    Welcome to the 2010 HTC 7 Mozart review. The HTC 7 Mozart was released in late October 2010.  Initially it will only be available for the Australian Telstra network but presumably for others over time. The HTC 7 Mozart is one of the first Windows Phone 7 OS based mobiles to be released to world. Since the phone is still new (at the time of writing) here are our first impressions. Approximate pricing we saw was around the $850 outright. The new Windows Phone 7 OS is very impressive.  From startup of the phone we where impressed with the speed and graphical presentation.  All the basic tasks on the phone are grouped into large finger friendly squares on the main screen that when activated reveal it full functionality. You can navigate the screens by scrolling up or down and as responsive as any other mobile running a 1Ghz CPU ! Applications run almost instantly and their settings easy to access.  Forget the ancient Windows Mobile OS the new version is so much better. Build quality of the HTC 7 Mozart is also very good  It is a solid phone that is mostly made of aluminum and glass which feels great to hold and use. The Mozart name means that it supposedly sounds good and it does to a certain extent.  Sounds quality in hindsight does not approach the quality and volume of the 6233 our favorite and old benchmark. The new HTC 7 Mozart has all that you need in one device for email, calls, SMS, IM, Facebook, Twitter, Skype and more.  The only thing missing is the ability run FLASH which means no videos or ability to run any FLASH based Facebook games. Overall the the HTC 7 Mozart thanks to the latest OS excellent.  It is more graphically more impressive than all the other Android OS based phones and the iPhone. The changes are centered around making the various communication options easy to access and it works. The only thing that is currently a question mark for us is how stable the new system will be in the long run.  We like it and can recommend the HTC 7 Mozart as an alternative to any Android phone from 2010 and the iPhone. Specifications
    • HTC 7 Mozart
    • Network Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Tri-band 3G 850/900/1900/2100 (Dependent on country) HSDPA 7.2 Mbps data speed (download) HSUPA 2 Mbps (upload)
    • Design Touch screen
    • L119 x W60.2 x D11.9 mm Weight 120 grams
    • Display/s 3.7 inch External TFT 480 x 800
    • Camera 8MP
    • Video Camera 720 HD pixel main video camera
    • Connectivity Wi-Fi Bluetooth V2.1
    • CPU 1Ghz
    • Memory Up to 8 Gig on board
    • Ring tones MIDI, MP3, Video, vibration and others
    • Features A-GPS Compass Accelerometer Andriod Store for Apps Proximity Ambient Light Music and Media player Organiser/Calender SMS, MMS, IM, Email JAVA MIDP 2.0 FM radio with RDS Speaker Phone/Hands free Li-Po 1300mAh battery Up to 435 hours Standby Up to 205 mins Talk Time
    • Price history Approx $850 AUS 2010 (Outright)

  • Garmin-ASUS Nuvifone A50 Review

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    Welcome to the 2010 Garmin Nuvifone A50 review. The Nuvifone A50 is our first ever Garmin mobile phone writeup so we had a significant play with the phone. Officially it is branded a Garmin-ASUS which makes it like Sony Ericsson which does sound more impressive. It is priced under $600 as an outright purchase which is a little expensive BUT you do get a proper GPS navigator! First impressions of the phone are good. Decent build quality, including the bright and simple to use menu system.  The Nuvifone A50 functionality is biased towards navigation more than mobile phone so the main menu has nice big icons for navigation and basic phone functions.  You also get the usual web browser, email, and a multitude of Apps that comes with the Android OS. The platform it runs on is customized version of Android 1.6 operating system, so you have access to additional Apps if you wanted to install them and combined with free map updates stored in the phone for the life of the phone which makes the whole package quite desirable. The menu system works really well and just as slick as other Android phones or the iPhone.  However most of the cool stuff that is standard on other Android's are hidden away but at least accessible. The Garmin navigation software on the Nuvifone has be updated to take advantage of mobile phone functionality so it looks like the traditional Garmin menu.  All the usual navigation features are there and it does works better than most App based navigation software you have to buy for other mobile phones. We think its probably the best navigation system you can get. Sure it has some quirks but there's plenty of substance. The phone system of the A50 works as well as any other phone. However in the end many won't get one because while it looks good it doesn't look that good and the mobile phone networks aren't making an effort to publicize its existence.  Maybe a price drop will help? We liked the Nuvifone A50 and so will you if you want one of the best GPS navigator/mobile phone experience available in 2010. Since the map data is on the phone you don't need a huge data plan either which makes the A50 as appealing as the Nokia E series or GPS biased phones. Specifications
    • Garmin-ASUS Nuvifone A50
    • Network Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Dual-band 3G 1900/2100 (Dependent on country) HSDPA 7.2 Mbits data speed (download)
    • Design Touch screen
    • L116 x W62.5 x D11.9 mm Weight 140 grams
    • Display/s 3.5 inch External TFT 320 x 480
    • Camera 3MP
    • Video Camera 640 x 480 pixel main video camera
    • Connectivity Wi-Fi Bluetooth V2
    • CPU 600Mhz
    • Memory 4 Gig on board Up to 256MB available to user MicroSD up to 32Gig
    • Ring tones MIDI, MP3, Video, vibration and others
    • Features A-GPS Compass Accelerometer JAVA Apps Music and Media player Organiser/Calender SMS, MMS, IM, Email JAVA MIDP 2.0 FM radio with RDS Speaker Phone/Hands free Li-Po 1150mAh battery Up to 18 days Standby Up to 9 hours Talk Time
    • Price history Under $599 AUS 2010 (Outright)