Smart Phones of today

Samsung Instinct M800 a new CDMA phone features a large finger-touch display, EVDO Rev A data, and visual voicemail. The Instinct (SPH-M800) is one of the strongest competitor for Apple?s iPhones in market. The Samsung Instinct offers a slick and eye-catching intuitive design,its newly equipped features making? instinct most popular, innovative and powerful among any cellphones available now a days.

Samsung Instinct M800 includes a 2 megapixel camera with video capture, memory card slot, threaded messaging, web browser with camera-based motion panning, voice control, and highly customizable menus. The Samsung Instinct lacks in? Wi-Fi and instant messaging and its call and video quality were erratic which could use some improvement. Apart from that Samsung Instinct M800 is Sprint?s finest devices.

Features:

• Full touchscreen
• Advanced GPS navigation with live search
• High-speed wireless & multimedia capabilities
• Visual voicemail
• Excellent user -friendly interface

Samsung Instinct SPH-m800 Specifications:

General:

Weight:??? 0.3 lbs
Width:??? 2.2 in
Depth:??? 0.5 in
Height:??? 4.6 in
Wireless Interface:??? Bluetooth
Combined with:??? With digital camera / digital player / FM radio

Phone:

Service provider:??? Sprint PCS
Additional Features:??? Touch screen, GPS, Modem

Messaging / Data Services:

Short Messaging Service (SMS):??? Yes
Internet Browser:??? Yes
Messaging / Data Features:??? Text messages, XHTML Browser

Digital Player / Recorder:

Digital player/recorder type:??? Digital player/voice recorder

Power:

Talk time:??? Up to 345 min

Cellular:

Phone style:??? PDA
Caller ID:??? Yes

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Do you have an iPhone and hate paying for Internet access at the airport? Want your laptop to work in any Park or public place?

With tethering software, users can connect their iPhones to their laptops and utilize the 3G network they pay for through their AT&T data plans to get Internet access to their laptops. It?s really a rather wonderful thing, and is available on other networks like Verizon.

An app called NetShare from Nullriver briefly appeared in the iPhone app store in the evening of July 31st, for a price of $10. Unfortunately, it was gone in twenty minutes, and raised the hackles of more than a few iPhone users who want to fully utilize the bandwidth they have purchased and own.

But not so fast! The app is back in action here in the afternoon, noontime PST at this link. We don?t know if Apple is going to keep it up, or if AT&T has relented, but for now, it is available again. This would be the first legal way iPhone users have had to tether to their laptops.

I?m not sure if this works with Windows laptops or not. There is a note on the iTunes store that says it?s complicated to set up for Windows users, but apparently does work.

This may violate the AT&T terms of service, but it?s not known whether or not they can detect its usage. Word is that first-gen iPhone users who have unlocked tethering haven?t been caught.

Good luck!

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Nokia N96 smartphone will be available across the UK starting the 1st of October.

According to Pocket-lint, the smartphone will be on sale via four British operators (T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange and 3) as well as via two retailers (Phones4U and Carphone Warehouse), for a price of around 550 Euros. Of course, the four mentioned carriers will also offer the N96 on contract, hence for much less than 430 GBP.

First unveiled back in February, the N96 high-end handset seems to be the best Nokia handset ever.

Measuring 103 x 55 x 18 millimeters, the smartphone brings the following features: quad-band GSM and dual-band HSDPA connectivity, Symbian 9.3 S60 3.2 Edition, a 2.8 inch TFT display with 240 x 320 pixels and 16 million colors, a 5 Megapixel camera with Carl auto focus, Zeiss optics, flash and video recording, 16GB of internal memory (expandable up to 24GB), GPS and A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Music and Video players, a 3.5mm headset jack, DVB-H TV, TV out, FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, full HTML browser, email, document viewer, accelerometer and a battery that can offer up to 3.6 hours of talk-time or up to 220 hours of stand-by time.

No details about when the N96 will be available in other markets except the UK

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Since I got all the emails on the differences between the IPAQ 610 and 910 I wanted to post an article on the differences between these two units. I will be dividing the article into several different parts to tell you the difference and share my thoughts on it.? Currently I got the IPAQ 910 in my palms but don?t have the IPAQ 610 in my hand, but I had the benefit of using it for two and a half months. So If I don?t remember everything that?s on the IPAQ 610 be nice to me

I will talk about the units in the following parts:

• Back
• Top/Bottom
• The sides
• Front
• Software

The units:

On both units you have the camera, ok, microphone and scroll button.? The difference with the IPAQ 610 is the fact that the 910 has it?s Mini USB slot on the side. Next to the IPAQ 910 Mini USB slot you have the memory card slot.? On the HP IPAQ 610 you have the Mini USB slot on the bottom for syncing and charging and the memory card slot on the bottom. The IPAQ 910 wins this part for me since it allows an easy acess to the memory card slot and Mini USB charging and syncing.? On the back of these two units you have a 3.0 Megapixel camera.? A big difference for me with both of these two units is that on the IPAQ 910 you have an slot where you can insert a GPS antenna and that the Reset button is located on the top considering that on the 610 you have it at the bottom.

On bot the 610 and 910 IPAQ you have different style of keyboards. I?ve found that both of these two works really well but the 610 IPAQ has a really interesting feature.? You have an opictal joypad, a small wheel that you without any trouble can move up and down and scroll without any trouble at all. The 610 more symbolizes the regular type of phones. You get the feeling that your carrying a more regular type of phone then a smartphone with you. The IPAQ 910 has a Qwerty type of keyboad which I found that I could start using immediately, but on the IPAQ 610 you have a xT9 keyboard.? I had a hard time understanding the keyboard at the beginning but after a couple of days using it I knew on how to use the keyboard.

What I enjoy with these two different types of keyboards is the fact that they have managed to integrate the call out, call end and softbar buttons so well into the keyboard.? Tough they have two differences that separates them from one and another. The 910 has calendar and mail button, while the 610 has rotate screen button.

The D-pad on the IPAQ 910 is really good. You have 5 way navigation button where you press up and down where you want to go.

If we instead move over to the screen portion. On the? 610 you have a portrait screen while on the 910 you have a landscape screen. I?ve found that both of these two screens works really and gives the users two great options considering what kind of screen they want.? When using these two screen both during the American and Swedish summer i?ve found that they work really well under direct sunlight.

One interesting thing that i?ve noticed with the IPAQ 910 is that HP says that it only supports 4 GB Micro SDHC, but I inserted a 8 GB Micro SD from A-Data and it has worked without any trouble at all.

These two units works really well.? I think that the different type of hardware? really benefits the users since it gives them the option of really doing what they want.? They can pick the size and style of the unit that they want.

The software portion:

The HP IPAQ 610 is running Windows Mobile 6.0, while the HP IPAQ 910 is running Windows Mobile 6.1. What?s really interesting with both of these two devices is the fact that they both are so stable.? I usually have to reset my device every three days, which I think is really exciting because you too often run into these type of devices that you have reset a couple of times each day.

I like how the Windows Mobile build is so clean compared to other manufacturers.? Instead of the manufacturer shipping all the software that you don?t usually need with your device, HP has made software build easy to use by shipping with the the software you need such as the Messenger, Office, Internet Explorer, Google Maps and Google Search.

The IPAQ 910 and 610 both has built in world wide 3G and HSDPA.? I?ve found that both of these two units really works well radio wise. One example is the fact that i?ve used HSDPA on the IPAQ 910 with the AT&T network in the US and when I came back to Sweden i?ve used it with 3 here in Sweden and it worked really well for me.? I could surf everywhere and orb into my computer with ORB without any trouble at all.

On? both of these two device i?ve installed my 20 favourite third party software and it amazed me that both of these devices still were so stable. It were just like if they came in factory condition. It amazed me that the device still chugged along without any trouble at all.

Conclusion

When I used the IPAQ 610 and now the IPAQ 910 i?ve realised why I got my first IPAQ around gie years ago. The deatures and the hardware of these units makes them rock in my eyes. A big plus is the fact that HP have managed to create two devices that?s so stable.? Reminds me of the times that I used my old IPAQ 3600 a couple of years back. Even tough im today using the IPAQ 910 I still miss the IPAQ 610 series. It?s a great device and will continue to be one of my favourites.

Q&A ABOUT THE IPAQ 910

1. Is it comparable to the Motorola Q9H in size: Yes it does. With this one you actually get a touch screen:-)
2. Will it work with a 8 GB Micro SDHC? Yes, i?ve actually used used it with a 8 GB Micro SDHC card from A-Data.
3. How is it typing on the keyboard? Really good. The best one i?ve used today.
4. Today your using the IPAQ 910, do you miss the IPAQ 610? To be honest I do. Carrying a phone that has a candybar size is really amazing.
5. How is the GPS? It?s really good. As an extra bonus you can always insert an antenna for the GPS.
6. What does it use to charge? Mini USB.
7. How long does the battery last for you? I have to charge the unit every evening, but then I use Push email, 3 Imap accounts, GPS, calendar and tasks.
8. How is the screen under direct sunlight? Really good. I had no problems use it under the direct sunlight in Las Vegas.
9. How good is the camera? It?s ok. I can take pictures without any trouble at all.
10. How is the call volume? Good. I can without any trouble hear the people calling and they can hear me.
11. How big is the screen? It?s a 2.46 inch landscape screen.

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