Nokia 603

   Nokia have announced the other days a new smartphone with Symbian Belle OS and NFC connectivity. The 603 does not appear as a premium device with latest technology on board and I tend to agree with company`s press release which mentions that it might be targeted by customers who own older Nokia phones and would like to upgrade.

   Most important technical details are:

-- DISPLAY: 3.5 inches IPS-LCD capacitive touch nHD 640 x 360 pixels, ClearBlack, scratch resistant.

-- CPU:  1 GHz.

-- MEMORY:  512 RAM

-- STORAGE:  2GB for internal, microSD card slot up to 32GB.

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

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

-- SENSORS:  Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient Light.

-- BATTERY:  up to 490 hours of stand-by.

-- OS:  Symbian Belle, Adobe Flash, HTML 4.1.

-- APPLICATIONS:  OVI apps, social networking, OVI Maps, Web TV widgets, Vlingo, Microsoft Communicator Mobile, Shazam, Adobe PDF Reader, Fruit Ninja with NFC, Angry Birds Magic.

   I still do not understand this company which use to be number one in mobile phones market. They continue to release devices with Symbian and not a single one with Windows Phone. I do not even remember how many days ago have announced their partnership with Microsoft. No wonder that Nokia is not on profit these days and they are keep going down. The 603 does not look bad and the price is a good one - only 200 Eur.

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HTC Sensation XL - First Look video

HTC Sensation XL

   HTC have announced about a week ago in London their latest Android with Beats Audio technology smartphone. This is a big one and has about the same technical details as the Windows Phone 7 Titan.

   Most important technical details of Sensation XL are:

-- DISPLAY: 4.7-inch Super-LCD capacitive touch 480 x 800 pixels screen, gorilla glass.

-- CPU:  Qualcomm Scorpion 1.5 GHz processor.

-- GPU:  Adreno 205

-- MEMORY:  768 MB RAM.

-- STORAGE:  16GB for internal.

-- CAMERA:  Primary - 8MP led flash camera, video recording up to 720p, F2.2 lens, BSI sensor.

Secondary - 1.3 MP, video chat, video calling.

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

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

-- BATTERY:  Li-Po 1600 mAh

-- MULTIMEDIA:  touch sensitive buttons, SRS virtual surround sound, 5.1 surround sound for video.

-- OS:  Android 2.3 Gingerbread, HTC Sense 3.5.

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

   This smartphone will arrive with high quality Beats Audio Solo headphones for a great sound. I like that this is the first Android phone from HTC with large internal storage memory but I do not like that there is no support for any micro-SD card. It`s like there is always something missing regarding the internal memory with HTC devices.

   On the other side this is a huge phone with metallic cover and gorilla glass screen. The resolution is not the best one for it`s display even if there is a 199 pixels per inch density in my opinion. We will see how will be received by the customers in November.

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