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Nokia N70

Oct 25

Posted @ 04:19 PM
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Nokia N70

From the Nokia N Series comes… N70!

Our company handsets expert Howie Ticzon gave me another phone to test… Nokia’s latest N Series Phone… the Nokia N70.

The aesthetics have been sooo improved compared to Nokia 6680. The dimension has been improved as well… 109 x 53 x 24 mm. It fits snuggly into your hand.

For the camera lover in some of us… this phone sports a 2.0 Megapixel camera! The quality is quite impressive. One downside I noticed is that whenever I take a picture it takes around 3-4 seconds before I can take another one. Another is that the LED flash doesn’t do much help during night shots. The 0.3 Megapixel front camera is still part of the phone for video calls.

For the connectivity aspect of the phone, it has an integrated Bluetooth wireless technology and USB 2.0 interface.

The N70 has upgraded its memory to 22MB. And with the included 64MB MultiMediaCard (MMC), you can bring a lot of your MP3s wherever you go. Yup, it’s not in iPod but heck… it’s quite convenient to have a phone that can also perform as a mini-jukebox.

It also includes a Visual Radio Service. Aside from the normal radio features, you can tune in to streaming stations and get details about the song that is currently playing like the artist and other artist information. This is something similar to shoutcast… only on your mobile phone.

Will I buy it? With the new size… the added memory… the 2.0 MP camera… Hmm… yes I will… I don’t mind having my trusty Sony Ericsson K700i and this phone together… and besides, I kinda like the way the menu system has been changed.

Nokia 6680

Jul 20

Posted @ 03:05 PM
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Nokia 6680

Nokia’s latest 3G phone offers video call… Nokia 6680.

It feels and looks similar to a Nokia 7650. Since it is a Symbian phone it doesn’t have much difference to other Nokia Symbian phones except for the video call.

My friends and I have been playing with it especially with the two cameras. They said it was not so much different to my old Nokia 7650. And I agree, I don’t see any new development except for the MMCard and the video call. However, we were quite impressed with the quality of the photos despite the low lighting. The sequence shots with complimentary flashes really help a lot.

You don’t have to buy this phone yet. Why? Most telcos don’t have 3G capabilities yet for the video call. It’s a nice phone to have but not a necessity.

Some Features

Two integrated digital cameras: 1.3 megapixel back camera and a 0.3 megapixel front camera
Two-way video calls and see face-to-face as you talk in real time
Video sharing capability
High-resolution, 262,144-color display
Capture quality images and video
10MB built-in memory
Hot-swappable MultiMediaCard (MMC) capable
Bluetooth wireless technology
Fast WCDMA and EDGE connections for broadband-speed browsing plus tri-band GSM phone with global roaming capability
Music player with stereo audio

Sample Night Photo:
Aholics

Sony Ericsson HBH 602 Bluetooth Headset

Mar 21

Posted @ 05:13 PM
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As a gift to my nephew for doing good in school, I brought him to Hong Kong last week. While we were there, I was able to buy a neat product… Sony Ericsson’s HBH-602 Bluetooth Headset.

At first I wanted to buy a bluetooth headset from an unknown manufacturer. But I changed my mind and opted to buy from a manufacturer that I know has several service centers back home. What is to service in a bluetooth headset? Well, I just wanted peace of mind and compatibility with most phones.

Here are the features:

Talk time: up to 4 hours
Standby time: up to 125 hours
Range: up to 10 meters

Included in the box:

Bluetooth Headset HBH-602 with blue style-up cover
Travel/Wall Charger CST-13
2 extra style-up covers: black and white
Neck loop
User`s manual

Compatibility:

BlackBerry: 7100t, 7100v, 7100x, 7290
Motorola: A1000, A830, A835, A925, E1000, E398, E550, MPx, MPx220, RAZR V3, T280i, V500, V525, V545, V547, V550, V600, V620, V635, V80
NEC: e616
Nokia: 3230, 3650, 6230, 6230i, 6260, 6310i, 6600, 6630, 6650, 6670, 6680, 6681, 6810, 6820, 6822, 7280, 7600, 7610, 7700, 7710, 8910, 8910i, 9300, 9500, N-Gage, N-Gage QD
O2: XDA II, XDA IIi, XDA IIs, XDA Mini
Orange: M1000, SPV C500, SPV E200
Panasonic: X70, X700
Sagem: myX-8
Samsung: D500
Sendo: X
Sharp: 802, 902, GX15, GX25, GX30, GX30i
Siemens: S55, S65, SK65, SX1
Sony Ericsson: K700i, P800, P900, P910, S700i, T39, T610, T630, T68, T68i, V800, Z600

Siemens S65

Jan 10

Posted @ 03:03 PM
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Siemens S65

My company gave me another phone to test, Siemens S65. According to Howie Ticzon, our Handsets and Sims Expert, this is one of the first phone to have an integrated 1.3 Mega pixel digital camera. He gave this phone to me so I can test the camera features and its usability.

It is quite big compared to the other phones I’ve been testing. However, it does fit in my palm. And it looks quite impressive. More like a yuppie type of phone.

I am not impressed with the phone’s large 65,000 color display. The images are distorted. Okay, the images are sharp and you won’t probably notice the distortion much. But what made me notice was one photo I had with Katrina Halili, my left eye looked half the size of my right eye. And I know my eyes are of the same size.

The 1.3 Mega pixel digital camera is VERY DISAPPOINTING! Nokia 7650 captures better photos than this. The Nokia 7650 may not sport a 1.3 Mega pixel camera and it might be a little blurry, at least the photo is smoother. The Siemens S65 captures photos full of dots. I wouldn’t take photos with it including take videos.

Games, now this is THE ONLY phone that has a built-in game that I truly love… WORMS! I have always spent a lot of my college time just playing this simple game. It is very addicting. Now that I can play it in a mobile phone means I can relive my past gaming addictions. Oh yeah, Siemens also added 2 built-in games, Battleship and Siemends 3D Rally. Both are equally good.

The Siemens S65 can also be fitted with the packaged 32MB external memory card. Now that’s plenty of space to put data into.

Messaging is quite acceptable. You can even send to multiple recipients in one sending. It just doesn’t have an outbox. There is an unsent folder but it doesn’t use it the way I hoped it would. So if sending a message fails you have to manually send it again.

It has the basic organizer feature set like calendar, tasks, notes, calculator, world time, voice recorder, and appointments.

Overall, the phone is acceptable. It has a lot of good functionalities that balances the bad ones. But if these good functionalities can be found in other phones with exceptional features, then why buy the Siemens S65? Well, it’s probably because you want to look great like Brad Pitt who used it in his latest movie, Ocean’s Twelve. Hehehe! But that’s another story.