HTC Sensation XE

   HTC has announced this week their first Beats Audio technology smartphone. This is an upgrade made to the Sensation with a faster processor and an improved battery life. Also it will arrive with a Beats headset, their value being somewhere at 100 USD. Most important technical details are:

-- DISPLAY: 4.3-inch Super-LCD capacitive touch QHD 960 x 540 pixels screen

-- CPU:  Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5 GHz processor.

-- MEMORY:  768 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  1GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 8MP dual-led flash camera, video recording up to 1080 (MPEG-4/H.264).

Secondary - VGA, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G/4G WiMax, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, MHL port (micro-USB & HDMI), 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient Light Sensor, Gyro Sensor, G-Sensor, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1730 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  touch sensitive buttons, SRS virtual surround sound, Beats Audio.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, HTC Sense 3.0 UI, Adobe Flash 10.2 support.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, HTC Watch.

   The price will rise a little due to the Beats headset but the good news is that Sensation XE will be in stores at the end of this month. I am already thinking in buying it but I will decide after I see the phone in reality.

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Samsung Galaxy Note - pictures

Samsung Galaxy Note

   On September 1st Samsung have announced a new product under a new category. I am not sure where this should fit because in my opinion is not a smartphone and is not a tablet in the same time. They say is a smartphone but with a 5.3 inches screen size? Galaxy Note has advanced pen input technology through the S Pen which should work like the one on the HTC Flyer tablet. I am not going to remind again about the Dell Streak 5 inches and I will wait to see how Note will manage. Most important technical details are:

-- DISPLAY: 5.3-inch Super-AMOLED capacitive touch 1280 x 800 pixels screen

-- CPU:  ARM Cortex A9 dual-core 1.4 GHz processor.

-- GPU:  Mali-400MP

-- MEMORY:  1 GB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  16/32 GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 8MP led flash camera, video recording up to 1080p.

Secondary - 2 MP, video chat, video calling.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, micro-USB port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS, NFC (optional).

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity, Digital Compass, Barometer.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 2500 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  pen input.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Samsung TouchWIZ.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, social networking, Samsung Kies, Social Hub, Reader Hub, Music Hub. 

   This tablet/smartphone has a user interface dedicated to S Pen which allows sketching, handwritten notes or drawing. Also it has a SSL VPN connectivity application from Juniper Networks for a secure remote access to corporate networks. From my point of view Note has a too small display to be used with a digital pen. Is it just me or smartphones are getting bigger and bigger screens...  

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