Update

There has been so much that has happen since a wrote my last review so i'll just do and run over through the recent activities. Apple lost one of there founders and then went ahead to launch Iphone 4 s while everyone was expecting Iphone 5. But even after pulling that one on guys Apple broke records with more that a million pre-order for the Iphone 4 s within the first 24 hour of it's announce, with most of the buyers saying that it signified that last touch of Steve Jobs' genius. All said and done complains have started coming in with guys complaining about the battry life of IOS 5 that is used on the Iphone 4 s and is also available for Iphone 4. Atleast this time apple have acknowledge and said they are working on the upgrade not like last time when they denied about the network fault that kept on dropping calls on Iphone 4 when it just got released.


Another big step that has taken place is the partnering or is it the buy out of motorolla to google (can't really remember if it was a buy out or partnering) and the decision that had motorolla taking the brave step to run Android OS on there future Smartphones.

And Nokia showed that they still have interest to keep making Symbian smartphone even after partnering with Windows to roll out smartphone that run on Window Mobile OS, with the introduction of symbian upgrades of Symbian Anna and Symbian Bella. And then there was the release of the long awaited Nokia WP7 phone that rans on Windows Mobile 7 OS. It has gotten some good reviews but still guys say Nokia and Microsoft can do better.

Samsung not wanting to be left behind released the Samsung Galaxy S II which still has court cases with Apple claiming that so of the design was stole from them. This cases includes the lastest Samsung Tab 10.1 and Ipad 2, and now Samsung are asking Apple to show them the source code of Iphone 4 s. But this cases haven't let down Samsung trying to get its fair share in the recognision path.

Then we have Sony Ericsson with Sony buying out Ericsson's share to be the sole owner. But they haven't mentioned if they will keep the name or have a new one.

The Blackberry world has not seen a lot of change, the only thing that they have done is just upgraded there Blackberry Torch but typical of them they just retained the same all design. Then there was this black out of Blackberry services in parts of Africa, Asia and some other continent i can't really remember. But with the way things are going and if RIM does not step up its game they might fall out on the relevant scale.

Surprises then came from HTC this recent past gaining popularity in the USA followed by Sumsang then Apple but world wide Samgsung has remained the most popular smartphone provider.














So that's a quick look at what the tech world looks like.

Review on Nokia n9

I always feel like nokia has generations in there phone manufactoring and for every generation they create a master piece and they almost (mark the word almost) make the super phone. They will try and incorporate every factor that had been missing in the pervious creation but omite something ovious like radio or dedicated keys for various functions.
And i say this on this post cause i felt like n9 should have been an upgrade of there master piece of this generation which i consider to be n900.
Ok lets move on to the review. The n9 is a slimmer phone compared to n900 and lighter. Its screen is the Amoled with 16million colours, Gorilla glass display, Anti-glare polariser, Multi-touch input method, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate.
Its going to come in two versions, 16gb and 64gb internal memory but with out any expandable card slot. A 1gb ram and 1GHz Cortex A8 CPU, PowerVR SGX530 GPU, TI OMAP 3630 chipset. This device will been running on MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan.
Enough said here is the full specs
Knowing nokia they will garantee a good battery life.
Lets hope nokia wont disappoint with this one knowing that iphone 5 and galaxy S are sechdule to be release soon.

Review on Sony ericsson xperia x10

I really admire the direction that sony ericsson is taking. Trying to compete in the high market of smart phones with big giants like apple, blackberry, nokia and samsung. It has taken up the android OS to power its smart phones.
Now with Xperia x10 this device provides 1ghz processing power which is faster than my first computer that was Pentium iii and back in the day i used to brag about it. It runs on Android OS, v1.6 (Donut), upgradable to v2.3 (Gingerbread). It also allows threaded sms, email and IMs.
Here is the full specs
Some of the disadvantages about this phone is the battery life but like most android phones, just limit your internet and wifi connections to when you really need them plus you can turn off 3g to Edge which saves a lot of power.
In a scale of one to ten i'll give it a fair 7.

Review on Nokia e72

This is one phone that hadn't gotten to my attention and even wouldn't have thought of it when buying a phone but after spending 1 and half day with it now i see why it indeed is one of the finest symbian creation from nokia.
With a processing power of 600mhz this phone tops most phones in speed. It takes seconds to load opera mini 6 plus its 5mp camera makes photos look like they have been taken by a digital camera. The other thing that caught my eye was the battery life considering it's processor it really performs well and still doesn't over heat as i had expected.
It rans on symbian 9.2 OS. It also comes with a touch sensitive navigation pad between its navigational keys.
Its compared with blackberry on its business front, with Quickoffice and adobe reader you can open, edit and create documents.
Here is the full specs:
All said and done we still have to focus on some disadvantages of this device~
Main disadvantages:
Optical trackpad is not as handy as we'd like
Limited camera features, no geotagging, video recording maxes out at VGA@15fps
No DivX or XviD support (can be enabled, possibly requiring a purchase)
No TV-out functionality
No dedicated camera key (trackpad compensates for that)
Poor loudspeaker performance.
Well there you have it nokia e72.

Review on Nokia n900

 

 Now this is what i call a smart phone. Since its announcement i knew this was going to be a super phone and after the release it didn't disappoint one bit. Just check it's specifications .

It brings together the best of two worlds, that being tablet pc and smartphone. With its maemo 5 OS it enables you keep track of missed calls or new emails, and switch instantly between open apps and ongoing conversations.

With the processor this device has gone are the days when you would have to carry a tablet pc with your phone together. This bad boy holds 600mhz of processing power. That means you can multitask like more than 4 app with the music playing and it won't even drag one bit.
Nokia went out of there comfort zone (from symbian OS to Maemo OS) just to compete with its rivals smartphone makes iphone, android and blackberry which is a great deal considering that all rights of symbian belongs to them.
Rumour has it that the nokia n900 can ran two OSs (i.e android and maemo) and you can chose what OS you want to use when you start it. Cool uh.
Some of the problems that occure is that it autorestarts its self. Plus with maemo OS it really limits you from getting your favourite apps that your used to on android and iphone.
All in all this phone i give it a 7 on a scale of ten. Good job nokia.

Review on Huawei U8150 Ideos or what i call kabambe wifi

Huawei U8150 Ideos are really good phones considering it uses Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo) thus making it a smartphone (although i still have issues with them being classified as smartphones or any other android powered phones but that's my view) and also have wifi connectivety thats allows you to connect to the web. It also enables you to have a choice for over 60000 apps that you can find from the Android market.
Best thing about this phone is that its affordable and the functionality is massive.
http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_u8150_ideos-3513.php
But there are still a number of problems that people encounter with this phones - like the battery life is short, it over heats when your browsing or downloading some files and it uses lots of airtime - All this is problems are cause by the fact that it automately connects to the internet without asking for permission even the least confirms with the user plus the default web settings are to use 3g connection which uses lots of energy and causes over heating.
The best way to handle this kind of problem is by disabling the access point from connecting to the web whenever you do need it by going to settings, network settings then on the access point just uncheck it. But if you find a need to always be online, like for those people who would like to get real time email updates then i suggest you turn off 3g and just stick to good old edge which alternatively uses less energy. Plus you can identify with the apps that automately connects to the web for updates and turn off the updates.
Now atleast you have tips on how to maintain your kabambe wifi or sorry Ideos phone.

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