| General Information | |
| Brand | Beetel |
| Model | TD590 |
| Weight | 98 G |
| Form Factor | Bar |
| Dimensions | 110x46.5x13.5 MM |
| Operating Frequency | GSM 900 / 1800 / WCDMA 2100 / 900 / 1800 Mhz | GSM 900 / 1800 Mhz |
| Dual Sim | Yes, Dual SIM |
| Display Details | |
| Display Color | 2.4 inches, TFT Screen Colors |
| Display Size | Beetel TD590 has a display size of 240 x 320 px |
| Camera | |
| Camera | Yes, Dual Camera, Primary : 3.2 MP, (2048 x 1536 Pixels), Secondary : 0.3 MP, VGA Camera (640 x 480 Pixels) |
| Camera Res. | 2048 x 1536 Pixels |
| Zoom | Yes, Digital Zoom |
| Video | Yes |
| Video Resolution | Yes, R: 15fps P: 30fps |
| Video Player | Yes, Video Formats : MP4, 3GP, AVI, RMV |
| Software | |
| Games | Yes, Java Games |
| Java | Yes |
| Browser | Yes, WAP and Opera Mini Browser |
| Call Records | |
| Phone Book | Yes |
| Missed Calls | Yes |
| Received Calls | Yes |
| Dialed Calls | Yes |
| Battery | |
| Stand By Time | Up to 250-350 hours |
| Talk Time | Up to 3-5 hours |
| Li-ion | 1000 mAH |
| Memory | |
| Internal Memory | Yes |
| External Memory | Yes, Up to 16 GB |
| Memory Slot | Yes, Micro SD/T-Flash Card |
| Message | |
| SMS | Yes, Emergency SMS, Free SMS |
| MMS | Yes |
| Yes | |
| Social Networking Services | Facebook, Yahoo, Reuters, CWG, Mig33, ibibo, ibibo mail, Social Gaming, NGpay, Snaptu, Nimbuzz |
| Music | |
| Ring Tone | Vibration, Polyphonic |
| FM | Yes, Wireless FM Radio with Recording, FM Alarm with Internal Antenna |
| Music | Yes |
| Speaker | Yes |
| Headset | Yes |
| Data | |
| GPRS | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| Wirless Protocol | No |
| Port | Yes, USB Cable |
| Edge | No |
| Infra Red | No |
| 3G | Yes |
| Salespack | Handset, Battery, Charger, Earphone, USB Cable, User Manual, Warranty Card |
| Others | Colours : White Special Features : Mobile Tracker, Private Menu, Free Call, Indian Calendar WAPSite : Beetel World |
Some more action in the high side of Nokia at their Nokia Connection 2010 event held recently at Singapore and we've got our sights on their X5, X6 and N8 set of mobile phones. The N8 is currently Nokia's only handset that runs on the Symbian^3 platform that Jo Harlow, SVP for Smartphones promises to "deliver a very robust feature set and consumer experience." Let's head on to who these trio of phones are for following the break!
Let's start with Mr. Stubby here: Nokia unveiled the new Nokia X5, its latest full QWERTY music device which makes messaging, social networking and listening to your favourite music fun and easy when on the move. The unique, square slider design makes it a perfect device for teens who enjoy Facebook, chatting, games, music and staying in touch with their peers in unlimited ways. Favorite contacts, emails and social networking sites can be accessed directly from the home screen which makes sending messages and status updates a breeze. Thousands of games and other social networking, entertainment and personalization apps can be downloaded from Ovi Store. On top of that, the Nokia X5 has a great music player with excellent sound quality and loud speakers, offering easy access to the device’s music collection with space for up to 1000 tracks with a 2GB in-box memory card, expandable up to 32GB. In select markets, the Nokia X5 will include Nokia’s Comes With Music, the unlimited music download service with access to millions of tracks. With the fun “Surprise Me” feature, you can spin the phone when playing music to jump to a random track. Available in a variety of cool colors, the Nokia X5 is expected to begin shipping during the third quarter of 2010 with an estimated retail price of EUR 165 before taxes and subsidies. That's about PhP 9,300.
Base Specs
A full blown entertainment experience complementing the original X6: Nokia also announced today the Nokia X6 8GB which complements the popular Nokia X6 family. The Nokia X6 8GB offers a full-blown entertainment experience for people who enjoy music, social networking, chat and games while on the go. The device provides easy access to thousands of games and apps in Ovi Store, as well as Ovi Maps with free lifetime navigation and location sharing. In select markets, the Nokia X6 8GB will include Nokia’s Comes With Music service, the unlimited music download service with access to millions of tracks. The Nokia X6 8GB also allows the capturing of great pictures and videos with its 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash. It is expected to start shipping during the third quarter of 2010 with an estimated retail price of EUR 225 before taxes and subsidies. That's about PhP 12,700.
Base Specs
Showcased for the first time to media, trade and analysts in this region, Nokia’s latest smartphone, Nokia N8, offers the ability to create compelling content, connect to social networks and enjoy on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store apps, intuitively connecting users to the people, places and services that matter most.
With a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash, the Nokia N8 offers the ability to record HD-quality videos and edit them with an intuitive built-in editing suite. People can enjoy HD quality video with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound by plugging the device into their home theatre system. People can also update their status, share location and photos, and view live feeds from Facebook and Twitter in a single application directly on the home screen.
The Nokia N8 enables access to Web TV services that deliver programmes, news and entertainment from channels like CNN, E! Entertainment, Paramount and National Geographic. In addition to these international content, Nokia has collaborated with local content providers to bring Web TV content to consumers in Singapore and Malaysia when the Nokia N8 hits the stores. The local Web TV content programmes include Channel NewsAsia, Makansutra, 8TV and TV3 as well as Virtual Malaysia.
Powered by Symbian^3, the Nokia N8 supports gestures such as flick scrolling and pinch-zoom and offers multiple, personalizable home screens which can be loaded with apps from Ovi Store. It is also Nokia’s first device to be integrated with Qt, a software development environment that simplifies the development, making it possible to build applications once and deploy across Symbian and other software platforms. Enabled with free global Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation, the Nokia N8 is expected to be available in select markets during the third quarter of 2010 with an estimated retail price of EUR 370 before taxes and subsidies. That's about PhP 21,000.
Base Specs
The new devices bring out a refreshed Nokia in this scene, but can these really compete against the smartphones thrown out by the likes of Apple, HTC, and Samsung? We've yet to count in on the Japanese brands who are just about to rise from their domestic market and who are facing pressure to grow into international markets, most especially in the smartphone arena. The latter isn't going to be making their move in just a few months time, that's for sure - not until they've figured out their perfect products to combat against the iPhone, and until then, we'll have to sit back and see how the market reacts to these new phone lines when they finally make their retail debut.
Samsung Galaxy S vs. HTC Desire vs. Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10
OLEDs are supposed to be the super displays that will drive LCDs into the abyss of obscurity... once perfected that is. But as it is, AMOLED makers have been struggling in getting their products to withstand the harsh sunlight and retain whatever vivid image they can display without having to sacrifice power savings. Greek-based Techblog TV ran Samsung Galaxy S on a 4-inch 480 x 800 Super AMOLED display, against an HTC Desire on a 3.7-inch 480 x 800 AMOLED display, against a Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 on a 4-inch 480 x 854 TFT LCD and checked out how they fared against Helios' blinding rays. Vids after the break!
Samsung Galaxy S vs. HTC Desire vs. Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 in Direct Sunlight
Samsung Galaxy S vs. HTC Desire vs. Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Screen Comparison
What do you do when you have an outdated / older edition iPhone, a 65" Fresnel lens, and apparently nothing else better to do in your free time? Why, toast your iPhone, of course.
There are some people out there who take their iPhones seriously. They get EVERY EDITION of the iPhone that comes out, in the same way your local comic book guy might avail of every single cover design X-Men #1. Every purchase of a new iPhone makes the previous one obsolete, ensuring that their owners dispose of them in a variety of ways.
One way apparently, is by death ray. Using a 65 inch Fresnel lens, some batteries, and a large backyard, one consumer proves that old iPhones can still sizzle - literally.
The battle is on! With the release of the HTC Desire, Samsung Galaxy S, Motorola Droid X, and Sony Xperia X10, the battle at the high-end segment for the Android OS has officially begun. We are sure that many are wondering which among these heavyweights is worth their hard-earned money, and we help to try and address that question with a review of the HTC Desire today.
We won't mince words here and will say it outright: the HTC Desire is one beautifully crafted device. It looks strikingly similar to its cousin, the Nexus One, and it mainly shares the same design sensibilities, which was first seen in the HTC Hero. This is evident from the mixture of materials, the slightly protruding lip, as well as the button cluster. From the soft touch material on the rear that extends to the front lip to the aluminum frame around the screen, the Desire reeks of quality construction and premium materials. It feels nice and sturdy in the hands, and has a reassuring weight that should prove to be highly pocketable for many.
In lieu of the traditional trackball found older HTC Android devices, the Desire touts a clickable optical trackball that tracks finger movements, similar to the Legend. We found this to be an acceptable replacement, quite useful for navigating around text. Thankfully the Home, Menu, Back, and Search keys are physical keys, making them easy to find and reliably responsive, unlike their touch counterparts. Other buttons include the top Power button and the volume slider found on the left side.
The camera module does protrude a bit from the rear, making us quite certain that it will suffer a good number of nicks over time. Beside it to the right, the LED flash and speaker module can be found. At the bottom, the micro USB port for data and charging can be found (thank God for this!), while on the top, beside the Power button, the 3.5mm jack is conveniently placed.
Given its place in the pecking order of HTC's device hierarchy, the Desire is rightfully packed to the brim with the best parts that the HTC factory has on offer. First and foremost among these is the 3.7-inch 800 x 480 capacitive AMOLED display (the EVO 4G and HD2 pack TFT LCDs). Next in line is the 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 576MB of RAM, both the fastest and largest capacity that HTC has on offer on their smartphones, respectively. It also packs a bevy of high-end radios from HSDPA, Bluetooth, and WiFi.
Multimedia-wise, the 5 megapixel camera that will be given the capability to record 720p videos with the Froyo update provides the brunt of the Desire's imaging muscle, which is complemented by an LED flash. A 3.5mm jack comes in as a standard, ensuring users are able to use their headphones of choice.
All these are run under Android 2.1 or Eclair, something that HTC promises will be upgraded to the latest Android version of Froyo or Android 2.2. And, as expected of any HTC device, the Desire runs on their proprietary Sense UI, which is something that many will be familiar with at this point in time. The version that ships with the Desire is an updated one though, with the most notable additions being the addition of Leap View, which essentially shows a snapshot of each of the seven homescreens when you pinch on a homescreen, as well as the new application called Friend Stream, an app that integrates both Twitter and Facebook accounts in one full featured viewer and widget. On the overall, it is the very presence of the Sense UI that makes the Desire ultimately better than its Nexus One cousin.
As the Android platform, Sense UI, and HTC have already gotten over two years of getting to know each other and feeling each other out, the Desire presents the most user-friendly iteration of Google's operating system yet. This can ultimately be seen in the fact that the device doesn't even ship with a proper manual, with the only on-screen tutorial presented on setup being the one for using the keypad. Again, with Sense UI and Android combined, customization is king, with the user presented a myriad of option on how to personalize their device, all this in the most intuitive manner possible. It may not reach the idiot-friendliness of the iPhone, but it does come pretty close.
One handed operation will be possible for those with bigger hands, but most will find themselves using the Desire with both hands just to make sure they don't drop it. This is not to say that it is large in size, it in fact fits comfortably even in the tight pocket of a pair of jeans. Thankfully, the front cluster buttons are physical ones, though some may find themselves brushing against the optical trackball once in a while due to its close proximity to the buttons flanking it. The touchscreen is extremely responsive and makes for a great user experience, especially when quickly typing out messages.
On the overall, the Desire is generally snappy, providing users with a smooth and fluid user experience, with very slight hiccups only under heavy network duress. Applications open almost instantaneously, and multi-tasking is largely an enjoyable experience. At this point, HTC seems to be exceedingly familiar with Android, implementing the operating system flawlessly on the hardware and the platform that they provide. We normally would find something to gripe about when it comes to processing muscle and device responsiveness, but in this case, we are left with nothing to say except that the 1GHz Snapdragon CPU combined with the 576MB of RAM on the Desire does indeed get the job done.
Multimedia is also one of the Desire's strong suits, with a crisp and vibrant screen to go along with clean and detailed sound. This makes watching movies and listening to audio a much more reasonable proposition. Browsing the Internet is a breeze on the stock browser, with text reflowing and pinch to zoom coming in extremely handy while navigating pages. The five megapixel camera is pretty fast and of good quality, though it does take some getting used to, especially since the optical trackball is utilized as the shutter button. Touch focusing and a slew of other settings are also adjustable via a revamped camera application. Unfortunately, DivX and XviD aren't supported out of the box, though it is purported to be included in one of HTC's upcoming updates.
It's a shame that HTC prices their handsets at about PhP 5,000 more than their overseas counterparts. This is the one sure thing that you can count on whenever HTC is to release a model locally, much like the local Canon and Sony subsidiaries. Obviously, the PhP 5,000 premium nets you a local warranty, instant gratification, and less hassle and trouble in actually sourcing the unit. Yet, despite this seemingly high price, it's asking price of PhP 34,990 is still within striking distance of its main competitors' local price tags, still making it a pretty compelling offer.
In the end, its relative value will really actually depend on how extensive and how sustained HTC's efforts will remain in updating the phone's software as the Andorid OS moves along it's development cycle. This is because, by and large, the Desire already has one of the best specced hardware in the market (save perhaps for an HDMI port and higher megapixel count sensor), and is pretty much future proof for the next year and half. If HTC can ensure that the Desire keeps up with Android (and they have promised a Froyo update), then you can rest assured that you have got your money's worth, and the premium of paying for that warranty will be well worth it.
| HTC Desire Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Network | Quad-band + HSPA and WCDMA |
| Operating System | Google Android OS v2.1 (Eclair) |
| CPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz |
| Memory | 576MB RAM, 512MB ROM, MicroSD expandable up to 32GB |
| Data | Quad band / HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 2.0Mbps |
| Display | 3.7-inch 480 x 800, Capacitive AMOLED Touchscreen |
| Camera | 5MP, Autofocus, LED Flash, Geotagging, Face detection |
| Networking / Connectivity | WiFi 802.11 b/g / Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP |
| GPS | Built-in, with Google Maps and Geotagging Support |
| Sensors | G-Sensor, Digital compass, Proximity sensor, Ambient Light sensor |
| Multimedia Formats Supported (Android 2.1) | Audio Playback: .aac, .amr, .ogg, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .wav, .wma Audio Recording: .amr Video Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .wmv Video Recording: .3gp FM radio tuning |
| Social Networking Connections | Facebook integration, Friend Stream, Photo sharing on Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter, Video sharing on YouTube, HTC Peep for twittering |
| Interface | microUSB 2.0, Internet sharing via USB supported |
| Battery Life | Talk Time: Up to 400mins (GSM) / 390mins (WCDMA) Standby Time: Up to 340h (GSM) / 360h (WCDMA) |
| Dimensions / Weight | 119 x 160 x 11.9mm / 135g |
It was only a matter of time before we saw something like the HTC Vision pictured above. Why? The last QWERTY toting handset that HTC released was the Touch Pro 2 and it runs a seemingly ancient, by now, Windows Mobile operating system. Given their rich heritage in professional level QWERTY sliders, it makes sense to finally make one for the Android platform.
First things first, the Vision pictured above is definitely legit as it totes the serial numbers up front that all engineering samples from HTC come with. As you can clearly see in the spy shot, the Vision seems to be some sort of bastard cousin of the Desire and Nexus One, with a framed sliding QWERTY keyboard. Notice that the navigational apparatus at the center seems to be similar to the trackpad that shipped with the original Omnia and E72.
Specswise, we expect this to be similarly equipped as the Nexus One and Desire, with a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, 576MB RAM, 512ROM, and 5MP shooter with LED flash. If you ask us, announcment will probably be coming Q3, with availability coming in late Q4 or early Q1 2011.
Just as the Galaxy S and its many iterations have been unveiled and launched all over the world, a Russian website (why do the Slavs get these tidbits ahead of everyone else?) has claimed to have the first image and specs of Samsung's next generation flagship and superphone.
As the image above clearly indicates, the updated Galaxy S will now be sporting a larger 4.3-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720, while ridding itself of the central button and maintaining the touch screen keys. A front facing camera and proximity sensor are also quite apparent, as it is the dedicated camera key.
Specifications-wise, the site claims that the new model will supposedly tout a 2GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM, 32GB Internal, an 8MP camera with HD video, and Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi N. On top of all this, Android 3.0 or Gingerbread will run the show. The claimed sucessor is supposedly slated for an early Q1 2011 release. Stay tuned!
The no holds barred Chinese market is teeming with mutations, evolutions, and unholy design marriages we typically refer to as China products. Among these bastardizations is the China phone, which we admit, do arouse our curiosity from time to time. Raving fans of Apple, Nokia, Motorola, and HTC just to name a few won't likely give up their gorgeous manhood extensions for one of these... or will they? Meet the CVSL-114-BLACK, an all-in-one wristwatch phone where you can stick in two SIMs into. When will Q make Bond this sort of gadget?
It's a dual sim triple band phone watch for starters, and it comes with a 1.4-inch (128 x 160) OLED touchscreen, built-in mic and speakers, Bluetooth 1.2, MicroSD card expansion for up to 2GB of extra memory, VGA video camera recorder, WAP data services, and photo and video playback software inside. There's also the usual set of productivity tools found on phones present: calendar, to do, alarm, calculator, unit converter, currency converter, and world clock. It can last for up to 3 days on standby, 5 hours on music playback, and 2.5 hours while using the phone.
To be honest, they're not half bad, unless you take into account of the aesthetics involved. They really need to change those Windows System fonts.
They forgot to stick in a LED projector in there, too.