Sony Ericsson Xperia Minis

   Sony Ericsson has announced Yesterday their latest products from the Xperia Mini series. The new Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro are almost the same Android phone except the QWERTY keyboard and the secondary front camera on the Pro version. The design reminds of the new  devices recently announced and released on market starting with Xperia Arc. The most important specification are below:

-- DISPLAY: 3 inches TFT capacitive multi-touch 320 x 480 pixels screen, scratch resistant mineral glass.

-- CPU:  1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  320 MB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 5MP led flash camera, HD video recording up to 720p.

Secondary - VGA, video call, video chat (for Xperia Mini Pro only).

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, micro-USB port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS, DLNA.

-- MULTIMEDIA:  PlayNow, TrackID, xLoud, Sony Mobile Bravia Engine, Handwriting recognition (Pro version only).

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1200 mAh

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, Sony Ericsson Timescape UI.

-- APPLICATIONS:  Google Apps, NeoReader, social apps, Skype (Pro version only).

   As you can see from the technical details the two small Xperias have some premium features - like scratch resistant glass and are the smallest Android phones with Mobile Bravia Engine from Sony. These two devices are versatile and compact smartphones with great design and many features. A new important detail is that with the new Timescape user interface you can add up to 16 applications shortcuts in the 4 corners of the home screen.

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BlackBerry Bold 9900 - pictures

BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930

   Blackberry has announced Today their latest premium smartphone. The new Bold 9900 version has the usual RIM design for QWERTY keyboard phones, but is the thinnest and most powerful Blackberry so far and the screen is a touch one - a first for the Bold line. On the sides has a stainless steel frame which works great with the high-gloss glass-wave backplate. The main technical specifications are below:

-- DISPLAY: 2.8 inches TFT capacitive touch 640 x 480 pixels screen, 287 dpi resolution with Liquid Graphics.

-- CPU:  1.2 GHz.

-- MEMORY:  768 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  8GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 5MP led flash camera, HD video recording up to 720p.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, (CDMA, EV-DO for 9930 version) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, micro-USB port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS, NFC.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1230 mAh

-- OS:  Blackberry OS 7, HTML 5.

-- APPLICATIONS:  BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.3, Docs To Go, BlackBerry Maps, Wikitude, social apps.

   I always thought that BlackBerry phones should be the first or among first brands who should have included the NFC technology. RIM phones are known mainly as business and are not exactly multimedia devices or build for common users. Their design has been sober, made for corporate, enterprise medium. I am glad that they have included the NFC chip because I believe a consultant or manager needs to exchange business cards and other information (like documents) quickly with the customers or peers apart from answering emails right away.

   The Bold 9900/9930 comes with the new BlackBerry 7 system which has improved web browsing, voice search and the ability to manage personal content separately than the business information. So this device is mainly for business but you can go ahead and check your Twitter or Facebook accounts if you feel like, not to mention that has augmented reality capabilities.

   As this is a touch and type QWERTY smartphone as see it as a main competitor for the Nokia`s recently announced business phone - the E6. The last BlackBerry I had my hands on was a 8900 I believe and I remember I needed to configure a corporate email account for a friend. I can not even tell you how many passwords and codes I had to enter so the email messages can appear. I hope RIM has improved this with their new Enterprise Server application and with the new OS 7 version.

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