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Samsung Jet 2 Mobile Phone Specification

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Samsung Electronics has announced Jet series in India with the launch of Samsung Jet 2.  It’s the same as original Jet but apparently with an “easy-to-use user interface of a conventional mobile phone” and provides consumers the benefits of advanced features of a smart phone.

The Jet 2 feature set remains the same with 800MHz applications processor, 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display (WVGA), Dolfin browser, DLNA compatibility, Media browser, one-finger zoom, FM Radio, SNS widgets and Smart Unlock. The phone runs on TouchWiz UI 2.0 but also features Motion UI and Media Gate 3D.

samsung jet2

The full specifications and features has been described below.

Feature Description
Network 2G Network    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network    HSDPA 900 / 2100
Display AMOLED resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 3.1 inches, TouchWiz v2.0 UI, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Motion UI, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Memory Internal    2GB / 8GB
External microSD, up to 16GB
Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth    v2.1 with A2DP
microUSB 2.0
Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, wide dynamic range
Video 720×48 30fps, QVGA
Processor Qualcomm MSM6246, 800Mhz processor
Music MP3/WMA/eAAC+/WAV player, Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
Battery Li-Ion 1100 mAh
Stand-by    Up to 422 h (2G) / Up to 406 h (3G)
Talk time    Up 8 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
GPS A-GPS support, Route 66
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Colors   Available Black, Mystic Purple

samsung jet 2

It has some more Smartphone features like Multi-tasking Manager,  Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®, Continuous Shot, Panorama Shot, Mosaic Shot, Frame Shot, Fast 3D Touch and Motion-Response Interface.

The price in India will be Rs 19500 (INR) according to Samsung Retailer.

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Phone Features

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Well, looks like Nokia has been cashing in on the success of Nokia 5800 big time.I’m talking about the new model Nokia 5530 XpressMusic on the lines of Nokia 5800, Nokia 5230 & Nokia 5233.

Off late, Nokia has been just shuffling the features of Nokia 5800 to make it more affordable to the mid range mobile users.

And yeah, Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is another XpressMusic phone with touchscreen, 3.15 MP camera, great music player, Wi-Fi and what not.Weighs 107g, 2 geams lesser than the Nokia 5800.

The cons of the phone are lack of 3G and GPS.The phone was launched in August 2009 but is hardly found in stores.

nokia 5530 xpressmusic picture

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Full Specifications

Weight & Dimensions Dimensions: 104.0 x 49 x 13 mm

Weight: 107 g
Touch screen Touch screen with pen or finger input
– Full screen QWERTY
– Alphanumeric keypad
– Handwriting
Display
  • Size: 2.9″
  • Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels
  • Up to 16.7 million colours
  • AFFS technology
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    Battery Power (BL-4U) Talk time: up to 4 h 54 min (GSM)

    Standby time: up to 351 h (GSM)

    Video playback time: up to 3 h 45 min (QCIF, 15 fps)

    Music playback time: up to 27 h
    Camera 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels)

  • 4x digital zoom
  • Autofocus
  • LED flash (On, off, automatic, red-eye reduction)
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    Video recording
  • Video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) and up to 30 fps
  • Up to 4x digital video zoom
  • Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp
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    Music Nokia music player
    Playback file formats: .mp3, SpMidi, AAC AAC+, eAAC+, WMA. MTP support

  • Stereo FM radio
  • 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
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    Memory microSD memory card slot with hot swap, up to 16 GB (4 GB memory card included)
    70 MB internal user memory
    Connectors Micro-USB connector

    3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
    Connectivity Bluetooth version 2.0 (A2DP & AVRCP)

    MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support

    3G: NO
    WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
    Software S60 5th Edition, Symbian OS v9.4
    Applications Nokia Music Player, Nokia Music Store, Nokia Email, FM Radio, Flash Lite 2.0
    Launchers:- Friendster
    – Hi5
    – Facebook
    – MySpace
    – Amazon
    – YouTube
    Colours – Black with red accents
    – White with blue accents
    – White with yellow accents
    – Black with grey accents
    – White with pink accents

    Nokia 5530 Price review:

    US – $219.00

    UK     – £185.00

    India  – Rs.11,700 INR

    Nokia 5530 Xpress Music Pictures:

    Nokia 5530_front_view

    nokia-5530-xpressmusic-white

    Meebo IM App For iPhone Now Available

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    Instant Messaging or IM apps are now targeting mobile devices. For those who want the convenience of instant messaging from any computer equipped with a Web browser, there’s Meebo. Now, Meebo can be installed in an iPhone or iPod touch increasing the mobility of the app and providing more convenience to the lazy users like us.

    meebo iphone app

    Meebo supports AIM, Yahoo, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace and 100 other networks. It can be installed in  iPhone OS 3.0 or later, iPod Touch and iPad.

    The features like landscape mode and the ability to add Away messages make using Meebo on the iPhone are convenient and joyful.

    meebo iphone landscape mode

    Some of the notable features are:

    • Multiprotocol support, including AIM, Google Talk, Facebook, Yahoo, Windows Live,  MySpace, and many more.
    • Push notifications, which automatically activates when you close the app without signing out.
    • Conversation logging on Meebo’s servers and it is  associated with your Meebo account.
    • Notifications, away messages, message copying, landscape mode, swiping between chat etc.

    meebo iphone online friends meebo iphone new message

    You can download this Meebo application from your iTunes. For more information please visit:

    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meebo/id351727311

    Nokia N900 Firmware Update V3.2010.02-08

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    Nokia N900 has got a new firmware update yesterday (from v2.2009.51.1 to V3.2010.02-08).The update however is available only via N900 only not through Nokia Software Updater.

    To update your N900 to the latest version,

    Go to App Manager>Click on “Update”, you would be seeing an update for Maemo 5 [the total download size I reckon is 16.2 MB].

    Visit My Nokia Blog post to find out more on this update.

    Nokia N900 Firmware V3.2010.02-08 update

    Nokia has added support for many regions in this update (according to the users upgraded to this new version).So this might be a world-wide release.

    Via:My Nokia Blog

    Puma Launches Eco Friendly Phone With Live Sports Feed

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    PUMA and Sagem Wireless has unveiled the PUMA Phone at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2010 (MWC). This is an eco-friendly phone that can be charged from the energy of the Sun. Above this, another exciting feature is that it will deliver Live Sports feed through the LIVE SPORT NEWS service from Agence France Presse (AFP) .

    Puma Phone

    Some of the attractive features include GPS bike speedometer and run tracker, a pedometer, an analogue stopwatch and a yachting compass, along with the back solar panel for Earth-friendly battery charging.

    Puma Phones with Solar Charging feature

    The back side is a Solar Panel For eco friendly charging

    This 3G phone has featured new stuffs which are kind of sporty and attractive.  Some of the exciting features are given below:

    Feature Description
    Eco-Friendly Integrated solar cell with charge indicator in the back of the phone
    Sporty Features – Analogue stopwatch
    – GPS run tracker
    – GPS bike speedo
    – Pedometer
    – Yachting compass
    – Location on map
    – Geotagging
    – AGPS
    Display 2.8” full touch screen tablet, Resolution 240 x 320 TFT Screen, wide viewing angle
    Battery Li-Ion 880 mAh, Standby time 350 hours Talk time:
    3G mode: 4 hours
    2G mode: 5 hours
    Camera Dual Camera.
    Main: 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash
    Video chat with front camera
    Music Music player which supports wide range of formats, FM radio
    Connectivity W-CDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1 and USB 2.0,
    3.5 mm audio jack,
    HSUPA Cat. 4 (up to 2.9 Mbps)
    HSDPA Cat. 8 (up to 7.2 Mbps)
    Memory card microSD
    Accessories Eco friendly Box with which the phone and its accessories can be carried

    The LIVE SPORT NEWS content from AFP will be available through the PUMA WORLD portal from May 2010. The PUMA PHONE will be available through mobile network operators across greater Europe and on PUMA online store from April 2010, following the international markets like India, Japan, China, USA, Canada.

    If you want to see the detailed features of the phone, please see the document from the official website pumaphone.com given below:

    Click Here PUMA PHONE TECH SHEET.PDF

    The price of this phone has not been announced yet. Once the price is announced, we will update it as soon as possible.

    Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro Announced

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    Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro has been announced. Both are smart phones with 5-megapixel Autofocus Camera, full touchscreen and a lot more. Both of the smart phones runs on a 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor and Android 1.6 operating system. The Pro Version comes with full Qwerty keypad.

    XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro

    Both of the sister models are almost of same specification and design. let us see the specification and features of the phones.

    Xperia X10 mini pro Xperia X10 mini

    XPERIA X10 Mini Pro                                                      XPERIA X10 Mini

    Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro Features:

    Features Description
    Camera 5 megapixel,Flash, Auto focus, Geo tagging, Video recording
    Connectivity 3.5 mm audio jack, aGPS, Bluetooth™ Technology, Synchronisation, USB mass storage, WiFi™
    Design Touchscreen, Auto rotate, QWERTY keyboard(in Pro Only)
    Messaging Conversations, Email, Exchange ActiveSync®, Instant messaging, Predictive text input, Text messaging (SMS), Picture messaging (MMS)
    Memory Phone memory Up to128MB, SanDisk microSD™ (up to 16GB)
    Entertainment Radio – FM radio with RDS, 3D games, Facebook™ application, Walk Mate, Video streaming, YouTube™
    Music MP3, AAC, Album art, PlayNow™, Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
    Processor 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor
    Operating System Google Android 1.6™
    Screen 16,777,216 color TFT touchscreen, 2.55 inches, 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA), Scratch-resistant
    Available Colors Xperia™ X10 Mini: 

    Black, Pearl White, Lime, Pink, Red, Silver

    Xperia™ X10 mini pro:

    Black, Red
    Battery Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 4 hours 

    Standby time: GSM/GPRS: Up to 285hrs

    This phone will be available in almost all continents. It will be released early in certain countries like USA, Canada, UK, France, India, China, Japan etc. due to high demand of the model.

    The official price of both the models has not been announced. We will update the price as soon as it is known.

    But Wall Street Journal Reported on NOVEMBER 18, 2009 that it may cost $879 or 6,000 Swedish kronor or around Rs 40000 INR . But it may cost lesser than this expected price.

    Update on Price: Sony Ericcson Xperia X10 Mini is available in India @ Rs. 15,000 INR.

    Nokia 2730 Classic 3G: The Cheapest Nokia 3G Phone

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    Nokia has revamped it’s low cost mobile model Nokia 2730 Classic with adding 3G to it.With this, Nokia 2730 Classic 3G becomes the cheapest Nokia 3G model mobile phone available in the market.Nokia just re-launched this version in India.

    Check out Nokia 2730 Classic Pictures and Specifications:

    nokia-2730-classic

    The price of Nokia 2730 Classic in India is Rs. 4499 INR and in UK it’s £89.00

    Specifications:

    Size 109.6 x 46.9 x 14.4 mm
    Weight 87.7 g (with battery)
    Display -Size: 2.0″-Resolution: 320 x 240 pixel (QVGA)

    -Up to 262,144 colours
    Input Numeric keypad
    Memory 30 MB internal dynamic memory
    microSD memory card slot with hot swap, max. 2 GB
    Operating system Series 40
    Talk time – GSM 3 h 50 min
    – WCDMA 3 h 30 min (Ectel)
    Standby Time – GSM 340 h
    – WCDMA 430 h (Ectel)
    Camera
    		 -2 megapixel camera-4x digital zoom
    Connectivity Bluetooth 2.0MicroUSB connector, USB 2.0

    3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
    Colours – Black
    – Dark Magenta

    Just review the above features and you can easily conclude that this may be the cheapest phone in the market with good features like an 2MP cam, 3G, Music player etc.That too at 4,500 INR, it’s worth the deal if you are looking to buy a phone in the range Rs. 4,000 to 5,000 INR.BTW, it costs  Rs. 2000 more than the non-3G version of the same model Nokia 2730 Classic.

    Nokia X6 16 GB Phone Price Announced

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    Nokia announced the new touch screen model Nokia X6 in January 2010 with lots of features.Nokia didn’t announce the official price of Nokia X6 when it was released, now Nokia has officially announced the price of 16GB version of Nokia X6 on it’s UK website.Nokia X6 16 GB doesn’t come with music subscriptions as opposed to other versions of the same model.

    Have a look at the specifications of Nokia X6 16 GB:

     

     

    Nokia X6 16 GB Front side view blackReview Specifications:

    Size 111.0 x 51.0 x 13.8 mm
    Weight 122 g
    Display Size: 3.2"
    Up to 16.7 million colours
    640 x 360 pixels (nHD)
    Input Finger-operated touch screen
    Memory 16 GB internal memory
    Operating system Symbian OS version 9.4
    S60 5th Edition
    Talk time – GSM 8 hr 30 min
    – WCDMA 6 hrs
    Standby Time – GSM 401 h
    – WCDMA 420 h
    Music playback time (maximum) 35 Hrs
    Camera
    		5.0 megapixel AF camera
    (2592 x 1944 pixels)Carl Zeiss optics

    4x digital zoom

    Autofocus
    Dual LED flash
    Connectivity 3.5 mm audio jackA-GPS

    Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate

    Micro USB connector for USB 2.0 High Speed to PC

    MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
    TV out (PAL)

    Wi-Fi
    Colours Black

    White/Pink

    Price: Nokia X6 16GB Official price : £299.00

    Price in India: Around 22,000 INR- 23,000 INR

    Nokia X6 Pictures:

    Nokia X6 blue Side View

    Photo credit

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    Nokia 5233 Launched In India

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    Nokia today released another touch screen Symbian series 60 music phone Nokia 5233 in India. Nokia 5233 is an affordable touchscreen mobile phone with only 2G and without Wi-Fi which are the only features different from Nokia 5230.

    nokia logo

    Nokia 5233 has all the other features of 5230 like full touch screen, 3.2 inch display which supports up to 16.7 million colors, 70 MB internal memory and expandable up to 16 GB, up to 33 hrs music playback time, 3.5 mm audio jack, 2 megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom and many more.

    Nokia 5233

    Check out the main features and specifications below:

    Features Description
    Touch Screen Responsive touchscreen with tactile feedback, Handwriting recognition
    Display Size: 3.2 inch, Up to 16.7 million colours
    Camera 2 megapixel camera, 3x digital zoom, JPEG format, CMOS sensor
    Video Recording Up to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps
    Music 3.5 mm stereo, file formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+, WMA, Nokia Ovi Player, FM radio with RDS
    Video Playback Supports MPEG4-SP playback 30fps VGA, MPEG4-AVC playback 30fps QVGA, WMV9 playback 30fps QVGA, MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps nHD
    Memory microSD memory up to 16 GB, 70 MB internal dynamic memory
    Connectors Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 high speed, 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
    Messaging MMS, SMS, Email, Nokia Xpress audio messaging
    Browsing GPRS/EGPRS/EDGE 177/296 kbps (DL/UL), WCDMA 384/384 kbps (UL/DL)
    Software S60, 5th Edition, FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)
    Application OVI Music, Nokia Maps 3.0, Facebook, You Tube,Mobile Dictionary, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and many more
    Colors Available White/Red, White/Silver, Black/Dark silver, Changeable colour battery covers

    With the emergence of low cost touchscreen phones, Nokia is trying to produce affordable ones. Touchscreen has become the trend and till now Samsung has been leading in this affordable sector. Now Nokia is targeting to capture the market with such products.

    The Nokia 5233 launched today in India will be priced at about Rs 7800 (INR)

    Nokia 6303i classic released

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    The Nokia 6303i classic has just been released today. This updated “i” version has a few enhancements and improvements to its predecessor.The main focus of this model is on its battery life. Another main thing can be its low price also, only 105 Euros.

    The Nokia 6303i has  only a small update in the design to the original model which is under the bonnet. But the talk time has now been improved to eight hours and music playback up to 30 hours. And it now also supports instant messaging using the Nokia Messaging Solutions.

    Nokia 6303i classic silver gold

    Nokia 6303i classic gold silver

    Review the key enhancements and specifications below:

    Specification Description
    Enhanced battery life Up to 8 hours talk time, up to 3 weeks on stand-by
    Built-in music player and FM radio Listen Up to 30 hours of music
    Camera 3.2-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, 4x digital zoom
    Design Bar, Durable stainless steel design
    Headset Connector 3.5mm AV connector
    Memory Card Up to8GB microSD memory card, 2GB microSD included
    Bluetooth Yes, Bluetooth 2.1
    USB Yes, Micro-USB connector
    Display 2.2-inch QVGA, Supports 16.7 million true colors
    Email & Messaging email and instant messaging combined using Nokia messaging solutions
    Colors Available Silver and  Khaki gold
    Lower priced 105 Euros, INR 6800

    It is priced at 105 Euros and Its Indian edition may cost Rs 6800 only.