Smart Phones of today

A recent scan of an upcoming brochure has leaked details of a new LG phone, namely the LG KM900. The phone should be hitting Europe sometime in March 2009.

Leaked LG Arena (KM900) Picture

LG Arena (KM900) appeared on a phone retailer brochure in the Netherlands, as reported by All About Phones (via GSMArena). The phone design immediately reminds us of Samsung i900 Omnia, and they both even share the same series code: 900.

After all the rumors, LG has officially announced it will launch  LG Arena KM900 flagship at MWC 09 in Barcelona.
LG ARENA will feature audio and video technologies never before seen on a mobile phone. LG took great effort to ensure that its 2009 flagship delivers an exhilarating multimedia experience, including features aided by Dolby and DivX technologies. LG ARENA will also include enhanced internet connectivity with HSDPA 7.2 networks, Wi-Fi, A-GPS and far more. LG will announce more specifics about ARENA and its features a long with some surprises during a press conference at the Mobile World Congress.

Features of the phone will includes

* Full touchscreen display
* 5 megapixel camera
* DVD quality video recording
* Wi-Fi connectivity
* Integrated GPS support
* Innovative S-Class 3D user interface

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Mobile phone technology has brought a revolution in the market. There are smartphones which are not only communication but also computation phones. Apple iPhone 3G is the latest awe-inspiring smartphone and has reached the hearts of maximum people who are attracted and fascinated by its innumerable features. Its contender in the market is Microsoft’s HTC Touch Diamond smartphone. If you are going to ask that which is the one that stands out best can be a bit tough to answer, as both have their own splendid attractions.

Let us discuss on them taking various points into consideration.

1. Dimensions

HTC Touch Diamond 102mm in height is 51mm wide and 11.5mm thick, weighs 110g.
While iPhone 3G is 115.5mm high, 62.1mm wide and 12.3mm thick, weighs 133g.

2. Display

HTC has 2.8 inch wide touch screen. This smartphone basically comes with one key factor of TouchFLO. It is a single touch interface and you can move your finger for various effects. Touch phone also has TouchFLO3D feature which has more graphical ability.
While iPhone 3G has a 3.5 inch multi-touch display. This means that the device supports multiple points of contact on the screen. Multi-touch allows complex applications such as the zooming of web pages with two fingers or dual-directional movement as some applications require.

3. Operating System

HTC Touch Diamond runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional giving it a more user-friendly navigational system. While iPhone 3G runs on OS x which is Apple’s own operating system.

4. Storage Capacity

HTC Touch Diamond has a 4GB of internal flash memory and is also provided with a microSD card slot for expanding memory.
While iPhone 3G comes in 8GB as well as 16GB memory.

5. Camera

HTC Touch Diamond has a 3.2 megapixel camera with the features of auto-focus. It has the accelerometer to view the photos in the landscape style and be browsed through with a tap of the finger. There is also a second camera on the front, a VGA CMOS color camera, for video-calling. It takes time to setup quality shots and has a white balance too high for most shots.
iPhone has the 2.0 megapixel camera with geo-tagging and third party application integration. This smartphone take the best shots in well lit areas but creates issues in low light areas. It does not have flash as well as zooming feature.

6. Media Player

HTC Touch Diamond has An integrated speaker and FM radio feature and the audio player that can play MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WAV, and AMR-NB formats. The iPhone’s main thrill is indeed the iPod functionality, and with 8GB or 16GB options, that’s a lot of AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV. Video formats supported are H.164 video, MPEG4 player etc. In iPhone 3G YouTube application is solidly built, and it runs video quite well.

7. Connectivity

HTC Touch Diamond has 3G HSDPA connectivity, plus integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
While iPhone 3G comes with 3G HSDPA, plus integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

8. GPS

HTC Touch is GPS as well as A-GPS ready phone while iPhone has assisted GPS technology only.

9. Battery Life

HTC Touch Diamond features 270 minutes’ talktime for WCDMA and up to 330 minutes on GSM networks, whereas standby is 396 hours and 285 hours respectively. When video-calling, users will get up to 145 minutes on WCDMA.

In iPhone 3G, you can get up to five hours of talk time using 3G, or 10 hours using 2G, standby is 300 hours, five hours of 3G Internet use and six hours of Wi-Fi internet use, seven hours of video playback and up to 24 hours of audio playback.

Thus it is totally up to you whether you want to buy HTC Touch Diamond which has the camera features. But iPhone wins in the media player features. Both the smartphones are best in their own way.

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Toshiba shocked the gadget world today with the surprise announcement of a stunning 4.1-inch touchscreen smartphone, called the TG01. The handset looks to go head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone and HTC’s Touch HD and is the first gadget to incorporate Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon QSD2850 processor.

The TG01 is slimmer than its rivals at a mere 10mm thin, yet features a larger 4.1-inch 800 x 480 WVGA touchscreen, HSDPA, HSUPA, WiFi as well as built-in A-GPS navigation. The handset will also come equipped with a MicroSD card slot which is good for up to 32GB of storage, plus Flash and DIVX are supported.

The stripy GUI is Toshiba’s doing – a custom interface hiding Windows Mobile 6.1 running in the background. It features three vertical panels that can apparently be scrolled through with a swipe of a finger, which is a neat touch. I don’t know how people will react to the color scheme of this interface, but there may yet be some modifications before launch.

The TG01 responds to shaking and gestures and includes an accelerometer to rotate the display. Sound familiar? You can shake the smartphone to either end or answer calls, or to simply return to the homescreen.

The European launch date is apparently set at sometime in Summer 2009, but no pricing info has been made available as yet. We will find out more when Mobile World Congress hits Spain on February 16th, however. For hands-on pics and reviews, be sure to head on over to SlashGear and ElectricPig, who were lucky enough to attend the London launch today.

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