BlackBerry Curve 9350/9360/9370

   Blackberry has announced Today their new upgraded Curve model. Usually the Curve is RIM`s medium to low-end device and the new 9350 fits correctly in this category and is the first from this series with Blackberry OS 7. The design gives a more elegant, slim, stylish and ergonomic impression with only 11 mm thick. The main technical features are:

-- DISPLAY: 2.44 inches TFT 480 x 360 pixels screen, 246 ppi.

-- CPU:  800 MHz.

-- MEMORY:  512 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  512 MB (for 9350 only) 1GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 5MP led flash camera, video recording, face detection.

-- CONNECTIVITY:  3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11, Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, micro-USB port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, A-GPS, NFC.

-- MULTIMEDIA:  optical trackpad.

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Digital Compass.

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1000 mAh

-- OS:  Blackberry OS 7, HTML 5.

-- APPLICATIONS:  BlackBerry App The Weather Network, BlackBerry Maps, Vlingo, Backgammon King, Aces 3D Breaker Classic, ScoreMobile, Blackberry Protect social apps.

   I believe you already know my opinion about Blackberry devices but I like their design especially in this case - the last Curve was looking very cheap. Also I am glad that Blackberry still exists (not like the HP webOS devices which are about to disappear these days) as the mobile world needs competition to get stronger and better, offering many options for users (of course RIM is strong on the market). An important detail to be mentioned for this phone is that has a hot swappable MicroSD card which may be great if you would like to exchange data.

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Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman - pictures

Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman

   Sony Ericsson has announced Today the new Live smartphone with Android and Walkman capabilities. This is about the same phone with Xperia mini but I believe that looks better and is a little more user friendly through the Walkman dedicated hardware button providing instant access to music player and through the infinite button providing access to Sony`s Qriocity service for music and video content. The Live has a curved design, glossy finish and a mineral glass display as Sony Ericsson mentions in the announcement. Most important technical details are:

-- DISPLAY: 3.2 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, face detection.

Secondary - VGA, video call, video chat.

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

-- MULTIMEDIA:  PlayNow, TrackID, xLoud, Walkman button, Infinite button.

-- 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, Wisepilot, Media Discovery.

   More than this the Live with Walkman has a deep Facebook integration which allows the user to access the social network from most used areas like music player, picture gallery, calendar or phonebook. No other important details are to be mentioned here except that will be available sometimes in Q4 and this is another Walkman phone from Sony Ericsson which I believe will have a fair price.

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