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Taiwan based phone manufacturer HTC is a well known name in the smartphone market. HTC HD7 happens to be one of the first batch of devices running on the Windows Phone 7 OS and the phone has great potential to be one of the top notch selling devices. Read on the HTC HD7 review to know about the power packed device. The design of HTC HD7 is certainly eye catching. The curved back of the phone coupled with its solid feel makes the phone quite a head turner. HTC HD7 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor and operates on Windows Phone 7 OS by Microsoft. The internal memory storage of the device in Europe measures 8GB while that in Asia measures 16GB. H

The phone is a pretty large device, thanks to its massive 4.3 inches LCD capacitive touch-screen display. The phone measures 122x68x11.2 mm and is quite heavy weighing 162 grams. HTC HD7 is equipped with a pretty large keyboard which facilitates typing. The touch-screen of the phone is quite responsive and though the display is sharp and vibrant, yet we felt that it could have been upgraded specially against smartphone equipped with super AMOLED screen. The phone is equipped with a 5 mega-pixel camera which is capable of clicking pictures of resolution measuring 2592×1944 pixels.

Popularity: 5%

Motorola Mobility India Private Limited launched Motorola MILESTONE XT800, India’s first Android-powered CDMA EVDO/GSM dual standby mode/dual SIM touch screen smartphone. The gadget offers a mobile Internet experience with WiFi/WAPI1 and world phone1 capability for smart professionals who need to connect with business, family and friends anywhere, at any time. It also features high-definition multimedia features that enable you to capture every momentous occasion.

Motorola MILESTONE XT800 Features & Specifications:

Popularity: 35%

It looks like LG will shortly be adding another Android smartphone to its Optimus range, as details have been leaked of a yet to be announced Optimus handset, the LG Optimus Me P350. The cell phone uses a nice body,equiped with a 2.8-inch or 3.0-inch touchscreen display (320 × 480 pixels). The LG Optimus Me P350 will come with Android 2.2 Froyo, it will feature a 3 megapixels camera, a 600MHz CPU and 512MB RAM,support for 3G network, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, MicroUSB port. The handset will be coming in 5 different colors. No details on price or availability though but we expect a price of under 200-300 USD or Rs.10000-11000 approx.

Popularity: 16%

India appears to be receiving scores of latest Android smartphone releases of late and the newest one to join in on the act is the launch of the Motorola Defy. The Motorola Defy will launch in India and the price for the unlocked phone will be plenty better than the Motorola XT Glam price we mentioned earlier. The Motorola Defy runs on Android 2.1 but the Indian version will be getting Android 2.2 Froyo update during the second quarter. The Motorola Defy main specs contain a 3.7-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen display, microSD slot, Bluetooth, GPS, 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus and flash, WiFi, HSPA and much more.

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The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc will be getting a little brother, which may show its face at Mobile World Congress next month: the Vivaz 2. We had caught a glimpse of this phone before, named the Hallon, but combined with the Experia branding, it’s hard to tell what exactly this new phone will be called at launch. Let’s stick with Vivaz 2 for now.

Just to run down the specs real quick: the Sony Ericsson MT15i packs a 1 GHz ARM 7 processor, 512 MB of RAM, an 8 megapixel camera with Exmor sensor (much like the Xperia Arc), 480 x 854 Bravia-quality touch screen display, HDMI port, runs Android 2.3, and comes with a 1500 mAh battery.

Even in its preproduction state, the Sony Ericsson Vivaz ran really smoothly, and the 720p video recording “performed flawlessly”. There’s also a simple, but nice addition where you can change the application grid layout to be sorted based on date of installation or frequency of use instead of being continually pigeonhold into alphabetical listing. The custom TimeScape application hasn’t changed much, but it does perform more smoothly with the improved graphics horsepower.

Popularity: 65%

Sony Ericsson Yendo created much buzz even before its launch as this happens to be the first touch screen walkman phone to be launched by Sony Ericsson. After enjoying success with Xperia X10 Mini, Mini Pro and Xperia X8, Sony Ericsson Yendo aims to further consolidate the company’s position as a manufacturer of value rich devices. Sony Ericsson Yendo is a stylish designed gadget which looks pretty much like Xperia X10 Mini. However, Sony Ericsson Yendo mobile is a solid touch screen handset which is made up of plastic with a soft matte coating on its back. The phone is comfortable and solid to grip and overall has an elegant design.

On the size front, the phone is reasonable with dimensions measuring 93.5x52x25.5 mm. Sony Ericsson Yendo is pretty light weighing just 81 grams. The phone is equipped with a 2.6 inches TFT capacitive touch screen display which is capable of displaying 256 K colors of resolution measuring 240×320 pixels. Though the readability of the screen is affected in sunlight, but considering the price tag associated with the phone, we felt the display to be reasonably alright. You can find the micro-USB port located on the left side of the phone with on the upper right side, you can locate the volume keys. The overall looks and design of the phone is quite appealing.

Sony Ericsson is offering Yendo mobile phones in various colors, you can see them in the picture below.

Popularity: 63%

Nokia World usually throws up an exciting new gadgets every year: the N900, the N97 etc. However, this year that title went to the Nokia E7. Nokia’s E7, despite being pitched off the back of the Communicator line, is mildly reminiscent of the N97, a flagship handset that veritably sunk into the depths of smartphone obscurity.  Although the E7 – part of Nokia’s Enterprise line of devices – wants to be adopted by business, we can’t helping thinking it is as much a consumer handset. The cell phone uses the slide-out QWERTY keyboard design,festures a 4.0 -inch (640 × 360 pixels) AMOLED ClearBlack touchscreen,a 8 megapixels camera with dual LED flash and 720p video recording,supports HDMI, Dolby Digital surround sound and run the Symbian^3 OS.

Nokia E7 Features and Specifications:

• Company: Nokia
• Product: Mobile
• Model: Nokia E7
• Network:
• Symbian 3 operating system
• Supper AMOLED touchscreen display
• Full slider QWERTY keypad
• 8 mega pixel
• LED flash
• Music player
• Video player with recording
• FM radio
• Up to 32GB microSD card support
• Bluetooth device
• USB port
• 3G connectivity
• Wi-Fi
• GPRS/WAP/GPS/aGPS

Popularity: 15%

The Samsung Galaxy S 4G will be the foremost mobile phone that will use upgraded HSPA+ network of T-Mobile. The network bids downstream speed of 21M bps. T-Mobile users can previously use the 21M bps technology with the Rocket 2 USB dongles over and above webConnect Rocket. Not so many minutiae are known about the Galaxy S 4G, but it is suggested by T-Mobile that the phone will be based on Google’s Android 2.2. Furthermore, it is already known that the mobile apparatus comes with a Super AMOLED touch screen which swanks of high resolution. Late last year Samsung started to offer upgrade to those gadgets that run Android 2.2.

More information on the Samsung  Galaxy S 4G will be disclosed in the coming weeks. The latest Galaxy S is expected to be announced at the Mobile World Congress on February 13 in Barcelona. HSPA+ is offered in diverse versions with different top speeds. It is recommended by T-Mobile that its 21M bps technology is offered across the whole network. In excess of 200 million people can use it. It is also based on 42M bps technology. Additionally, it is expected that 140 million punters will get access to the 42M bps network.

Popularity: 13%

Samsung Electronics are building it huge when it comes to Android smartphones and its Galaxy S apparatus line up is very good undeniably, this series has thump most foremost carriers across the globe. The Samsung Vibrant has only been blessed with Android 2.1 operating system and is yet to get the Android 2.2 love it deserves, the newest news according to Mobile wallop reports that the innovative Samsung Vibrant 4G smartphone will be hitting T-Mobile stores February 23 if all goes according to plan.

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Xperia Play is the name of the upcoming new PlayStation phone from mobile phone manufacturer Sony Ericsson. This slider phone which is still unannounced will apparently run Android 2.3 Gingerbread and will have a 1 GHz processor . In other specifications this elegant smartphone will have a Bravia – quality display which is more or less 3.7 inches and has a 512 MB of RAM. The camera quality of the gadget is still unspecified and the most anticipating feature is how well the games will perform in it.

This concept phone is definitely real and it looks like this PlayStation handset will be introduced in a few weeks at the Mobile World Congress show. The hardware looks nice sufficient but there are still many questions about the software and how the gaming feature will work. The actual test of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play which is powered by Android 2.3 lies in the expectations of performance in 3D gaming environment which is the core feature of this device. The main competition with Windows phones will depend on how well the Xperia Play syncs with PlayStation consoles as the former does pretty well with Xbox systems.

Popularity: 70%

The slider device has been fitted with a QWERTY keypad and a large touchscreen display sized up at 3.2 inches. It operates onc 2.1 Éclair and integrates Google Maps Navigation with voice-activated turn-by-turn directions. The smartphone endows users with the aptitude to personalize up to five homescreens. LG Axis allows you to navigate through multiple screens with a simple touch or utilize the slide out keyboard for quick, accurate messaging. LG Axis provides consumers with an easy-to-use Android device that complements busy schedules and growing mobile entertainment needs.

Allowing users to quickly download a wide variety of content and applications, LG Axis creates a customizable experience that will enrich everyday activities and streamline life’s most demanding tasks. The trendily noir LG Axis offers mobile buffs brisk Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. Dilettante photographers may understand the inclusion of a 3.2 megapixel digital camera and camcorder, featuring 4x zoom. Powered by a 1,500 mAh battery, the handset tips the scales at 5.57oz and measures 4.56 x 2.22 x 0.62 inches. The LG Axis can be procured from Alltel Wireless. It’s owners need to sign up for a two year service agreement.

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Nokia x7 is the next much anticipated touchscreen device from the Nokia Labs. As it says X series phone, we expect a great multimedia gadget. This time we are getting to see the Symbian^3 smartphone from all sides and once again we notice an AT&T tattoo on its forehead.

In addition to the carrier allegiance, the new Nokia X7 images confirm the 8 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash on the back of the phone. If we were gamblers our money would be on it being a fixed-focus unit, much like the one of the E7 and C7.

There is still no information as of when the 4-inch touchscreen display device (nHD resolution and ClearBlack technology seem certain) might be officially announced. The Mobile World Congress starts next month and sounds like an easy guess, but last year Nokia made no announcements there so we don’t know what to expect now.

Nokia X7 Features and Specifications

Display :  A 3.5 inch Touch Screen Display with a 630 x 380 resolution

Keypad : QWERTY keypad with automatic rotation with the display

Processor : ARm 11 600 Mhz Processor

Storage :  64 GB internal memory

Battery : 1520 mAh Li-ion battery with 15 hrs of talk time

Camera : 8 Megapixel Camera with Auto Focus, Dual LED Flash, 12x digital Zoom and image editor tools. The Camera also supports HD video recording up to 5 hrs and inbuilt front camera

Operating System : Symbian3 OS

Connectivity : Bluetooth, EDGE ,WiFi and HSDPA support

Email : Supports IMAP, POP and SMTP also support mail for Exchange

We’ll find out more about that soon enough. Stay with us and you’ll be informed about it….

Popularity: 26%

RIM is back to old tactics of refreshing their already made devices. BlackBerry will launch a new slider devise code name BlackBerry Torch2, the cell phone uses a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display (640 × 480 pixels), a 5 megapixels autofocus camera, 512MB RAM and 8GB storage space,support for WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, light sensor, distance sensor, HSPA 14.4Mbps and runs on the BlackBerry OS 6.1.

BlackBerry Torch2 full specifications:

• 1.2GHz processor
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Tri-band HSPA 14.4Mbps
• 3.2-inch VGA 640 x 480 capacitive display
• 8GB built-in memory
• 512MB RAM
• Bluetooth 2.1
• GPS
• NFC
• 5-megapixel camera with flash
• Magnetometer
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor
• 1300 mAh battery
• BlackBerry OS 6.1
• OpenGL ES
• 14.6mm thin

You can find some similarity to the original BlackBerry Torch but there have been quite a few changes made. The BlackBerry Torch 2 is shooting for a late Q3 release with AT&T.

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The Future of the mobile space is going to be subjugated by 4G toting smartphones, and it would emerge that Android is leading the way when it comes to 4G enabled gadgets with one hitting AT&T and another hittingVerizon in the not too distant future. There’s the Motorola Atirx 4G, for AT&T, an Android 2.2 Froyo handset with a 4inch HD display, NIVDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash, 720p video, front facing camera, 16GB storage, microSD expansion up to 32GB, A-GPS, mobile hotspot, Bluetooth, HDMI, DNLA, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace apps and a 3.5mm jack.

The Motorola Droid Bionic 4G for Verizon is also an Android 2.2 Froyo device with NVIDIA 1GHz dual core processor, 4.3 inch qHD display, 8 megapixel camera with dual-lED flash, front facing VGA camera, 720p video recording,1080p output, 512MB RAM, HTML5, Adobe Flash Player, HDMI, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, 3D graphics processor, 3.5mm jack.

But the large quiestion we are asking today is whether you prefer the Motorola Atrix 4G to the Droid Bionic, and whether you’d prefer AT&T 4G to Verizon 4G. So we’d love you to ballot in our user poll which you can do so by heading down below. And just so you can check out both Android devices visually we have a couple of hands on videos for your viewing pleaure below as well, the Droid Bionic coutresy of Pocket Now, and the Atrix 4G courtesy of Phone Dog, so check them out and then cast your vote…enjoy.

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Online seller Clove has revealed that the UK discharge date of the Dell Venue Pro has been pressed back to mid-February. The Dell Venue Pro has been long-promised; after being proclaimed in October 2010 the phone was supposed to launch in November, then the date waspushed back to Christmas. A blog post penned by Clove spaces the blame on Micosoft: “At the moment it looks like the delay is being caused by a Microsoft issue with the MMS settings.” Anyone excitedly awaiting a Windows Phone 7 with a corporeal QWERTY will be disenchanted with this news, especially as the gadget has been available in the US for some time. We’ve contacted both Dell and Microsoft to see what they have to say about the whole debacle but are yet to receive an official statement from either. Meanwhile Expansys, which was the first vendor to get its pre-order page live in the UK, states that anyone pre-ordering a Dell Venue Pro from the site can expect delivery in 31 days’ time.

Popularity: 7%