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LAUNCH OF NOKIA LUMIA 900 SMARTPHONE!

January 30, 2012 admin No comments

One of the hottest new products which are going to make a mark in mobile world is Lumia 900, a Windows Phone-based Smartphone which has a flashy set of features that makes it competitive with the best alternatives offered by the Android camp. This hot product will be Nokia’s first step to reclaim its market share. Combined with Nokia’s efforts to drive the development of the Windows Phone ecosystem, the Lumia 900 and its successors will help Microsoft to reclaim its No. 2 ranking in Smartphone operating system market share in 2015.

The Lumia 900 will reportedly launch this March, running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 .Nokia’s migration from its Symbian OS to Windows Phone will benefit not only Microsoft, but the Smartphone maker as well. The Lumia 900’s 4.3-inch touch screen display and 12-megapixel camera will make it a strong contender in consumer markets and its access to Microsoft will give it a boost in the corporate world.

The Lumia 900 also supports the Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G standards, a feature that IHS iSuppli believes will stir up a particularly positive response within North America – a region the Finland-based Nokia doesn’t typically target.

A CLOSE COMPARISON WITH NOKIA LUMIA 800

Well, now one can put the Nokia Lumia 900 side-by-side with the Nokia Lumia 800 to get a good look at the subtle differences between these great Nokia Windows Phones. And there is certainly more to differentiate the two handsets than initially meets the eye.

To start with we can say that the top of the Nokia Lumia 900 is slightly different than the Nokia Lumia 800. While the Lumia 800 features its charging port beneath a small plastic cover, the Lumia 900 instead leaves its port exposed, making it quicker and easier to connect a cable and power up your phone on the move.

Next, when viewing the rear of the Nokia Lumia 900 compared to the Lumia 800, you can see that the LED flash is placed differently on each device. While the Lumia 800’s LED flash is located directly above the camera, when viewed vertically, the Lumia 900’s flash is instead set to the left of the lens.

And finally, while the Nokia Lumia 800 features a unique curved piece of Corning Gorilla Glass on its gorgeous 3.7-inch AMOLED panel, which seems to raise images from the screen, the Nokia Lumia 900 instead opts for a flat display. What effect this will have on image quality – if any – is yet to be seen.

All in all, however, both the Nokia Lumia 900 and Nokia Lumia 800 are very similar looking devices which both pack bags of style that make all other Windows Phones look truly dated and boring by comparison. We can’t wait to give the Lumia 900 a try and we’ll bring you full details on how it measures up as soon as we can.

Nokia Lumia 800 – Result of Microsoft-Nokia Joint Venture!

January 16, 2012 admin No comments

Nokia’s Lumia 800 is one of the most significant Smartphone on the horizon. It may lack the absurdly high-end specs of current Android handsets, and it doesn’t have the hype of Apple’s iPhone, but for Nokia and Microsoft, the Lumia 800 represents the viability of their joint mobile future.

For one, the Lumia 800 looks and feels completely unlike any phone on the market — except of course Nokia’s own N9, an experimental MeeGo phone that served as the launching point for the Lumia’s design. Its curved glass display makes the imagery from its eye-bleedingly sharp 3.7-inch AMOLED display almost jump out at you. The Lumia’s screen is described as “ClearBlack” because of its uncanny ability to display truly dark, inky blacks, a sign of a high-quality display.

Eschewing the typical metal or plastic shells of its competitors, the Lumia 800 features a unibody polycarbonate case, available in black, cyan, and magenta. Since the colors run straight through the polycarbonate case — instead of just being painted on — nicks and scratches are virtually unnoticeable.

The phone features Windows Phone 7.5, also known as “Mango.” Unlike other manufacturers in Microsoft’s harem, Nokia was also able to include some of its own unique apps, like Nokia Drive, Maps, and Music. (Nokia’s less-expensive Lumia 710 Windows Phone also includes these apps.) The inclusion of Nokia Music is confusing, given that it’s completely separate from Microsoft’s Zune store and app.

As is typical for a high-end Nokia phone, the Lumia 800 features a killer 8-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens. The phone can also shoot 720p high-definition video at 30 frames per second. Long before Apple’s iPhone 4 and 4S cameras wowed consumers, Nokia was shoving quality sensors into its phones. For many consumers, especially in America, the Lumia 800 will be the first taste of just how well Nokia can put together a phone shooter.

Nokia can focus on developing its killer hardware without worrying about managing an operating system of its own. And of course, Windows Phone once again gives Nokia a gateway to the US phone market. Nokia has been struggling to land phone deals with US carriers since before the iPhone was released, and the advent of Apple’s uber-popular smartphone certainly didn’t help things. As the premiere Windows Phone maker, carriers will be fighting tooth and nail for Nokia’s phones.

For Microsoft, the Lumia 800 proves that it chose wisely by teaming up with Nokia. Even though it’s already working with popular phone makers like Samsung and HTC, Microsoft’s partnership with Nokia is unprecedented, and it will open doors for Windows Phone internationally.

Smarter Choice: Samsung Galaxy Note or Galaxy Nexus!

December 29, 2011 admin No comments

Samsung has well gripped the mobile and tab market with several new launches among which Samsung Galaxy Note and Samsung Galaxy Nexus are the clear hot selling. Both these smartphones are rock sellers of Samsung Galaxy stream. Samsung Galaxy Note is considered to be the future of smartphones as well as pocket tablets. Galaxy Nexus is a bit easier in handling and carry than Samsung Note due to its size but Samsung Note way ahead as compared to rest smartphones in terms of features and hardware.

In US mobile market the US carrier Verizon has launched its versions of Samsung Galaxy Note as well as Galaxy Nexus. Note is considered to be the king of hardware and Nexus is being termed as queen of the lab for features and software. If we talk about hardware then Galaxy Note phlegmatically kills Samsung Nexus.

Samsung Note features a dual core 1.4GHz Exynosprocessor which awards it with blitz fast speed, internal storage of 16 gigs and card slot for expandable memory. Whereas, Nexus features 1.2GHz dual core TI OMAP processor, internal memory of 16 gigs in GSM version and 32 gigs in Verizon version and no external card slot.

The display of both these handsets are closer as the Note features a 5.3 inch Super AMOLED HD display offering resolution of 1280 x 800 and Nexus offers Super AMOLED display offering resolution of 1280 x 720p. Obviously Note is clear choice if you wish to have a big screen and tabletlike experience. Watching movie or playing game is more fun on Samsung Note as compared to Samsung Nexus. Note also features first time a Wacom dual digitizer which offers both active pen input and capacitive multi-touch.

The Galaxy Nexus offers a 5 MP back camera in comparison the Note offers a 8 MP camera. Coming to shape and size, the Nexus is a bit bulky than the Note but smaller in size while the Note is thinner, taller and wider. Wisely saying Samsung galaxy Note is not a smartphone but it is in mid of a smartphone and tablet. All in all, the Note is a sketch book, a portable note pad and a touch screen handset.

Galaxy Nexus is far affordable on your pocket and cheaper than the Note. For US mobile users, the Galaxy Note can prove to be a costly affair as it is costly and no direct US carrier launched Galaxy Note till now. US carrier AT&T is in line to launch Galaxy Note but until that you have to spend over $650 to own this smartphone cum tablet. Whereas, Verizon has launched the Galaxy Nexus and you can have it on subsidy for $299 depending on data plan.

Tips for Christmas Gift Ideas!

December 07, 2011 admin No comments

This is a guest post written by Alok Vats who owns I News India, a dynamic platform which represents the power of people. I News India is a platform which has used the concept of the Citizen Journalism.

This is the same time of year when every one of us plans for the holidays, and creating shopping lists. I know it’s really tough to plan holidays and it is even tougher to prepare the shopping lists that too of the Christmas gifts.

As we all know the importance of the technology in our life. We all understands that we can not live a single day without gadgets which we use. Especially mobile phones have lately become one of the most important aspects of life.

I am sure that many of us will prefer to gift a mobile phone to our loved one. Last year I purchased six mobile phones, just to gift my near and dear ones, and I was surprised to see the reaction of the friends whom I gifted the same. I am sure you too will love to see the same expressions of your loved ones.

From last few weeks I was thinking about writing a guest post for Mobiles Scoop, but mobile phone was such a niche in which I was not getting idea about what should I write. Then finally the idea of the Christmas gift came into my mind and I decided to write on the same. I am sure that this article will help you to select the perfect gift for your loved ones.

With so many options available in the market, any one can become confused to purchase a mobile phone. If your budget is of less than $100 too then also you will find plenty of good phones in between the range of $50 to $100. Believe me you can get some good decent looking phone at this range, but yes if you are looking for a smartphone then it will start from $250 only. Although the rates can vary these days as many handset providers are providing discounts on the same.

You will become surprised to know that many of the retailer companies will provide you the smartphones for free too, or for such a small price which you won’t ever think about. If you are really planning to get something of this type then this is the perfect time when you can crack such a nice deal.

If you ask me, then I will say that finding a perfect device or handset is not that tough. You can easily get one of the finest looking devices with so many features installed in it and that too for a very reasonable budget too. The toughest part is to get the perfect carrier for the device which you are gifting to your loved ones.

Coverage is something which is always our prime concern while choosing the right carrier for your device. Especially when you are gifting it to your spouse then you must not humiliate him (or her) with the poor coverage of the carrier which you gifted. So while choosing a perfect carrier for the device which you are planning to gift, you must need to consider the coverage of the carriers first.

The second concerned point is the calling plan. Sometimes the company which is providing good coverage might not be providing good calling plans. Remember one thing that we can compromise a bit for calling plans, but not for the coverage part. So do a bit of research of all the service providers and then look for a calling plan which can best suit the budget of your loved ones.

One of the finest criteria which come in my mind while choosing a mobile phone for your loved ones is depending on the use which that person will do. Different people will have different needs, if you ask me, I will prefer a smartphone with Android and touch screen, as then I can use a bit of internet through it, and remain in touch with my friends with the help of Facebook and Twitter through that mobile. But if you ask me to purchase a cell phone for my mom, I am sure that she will only need a basic phone with good dial pad, so that she can be able to call me at times.

I am sure that these tips will surely help you to find out a good mobile phone to gift out your near and dear ones. Frankly speaking during this year almost none of the companies launched any model of the basic phones. Most of the phones available in the market at this time will fall into the range of the smartphone. Many of the low cost android phones are now available in the market and I am sure that depending on the needs of the user you can be able to pick the right carrier (carrier coverage and calling points) for the device which you are planning to gift.

Samsung Omnia W – Your Mid Range Best Pick

December 01, 2011 admin No comments

If you are searching for a windows based handset at very attractive rate being light on your pocket then Samsung Omnia W is your pick. Its an jwel in mid-range windows based handset, being loaded with many latest features.

This handset from Samsung flashes several glittering hardware specifiations such as a Super AMOLED big display of 3.7-inch, processing of 1.4GHz single-core connectivity of 14.4Mbps HSPA and heavy storage of 8 Gb.

This slick hansdset can confuse you with its resemblance to recent launch of Samsung Focus Flash. But the Omnia W has its own impression of latest design superiority. When it comes to design this handset really scores well on all parameters. This compact mobile is very light with just 115 grams of weight.

Its metal element on the back cover makes its look pretty dazzling. This handset is pretty comfy to grip and hold. One can easily operate Samsung Omnia W with single hand; all credit goes to the reasonably-sized screen and the conical edges. All in all the look of Omnia W is entirely appealing and creates a decent appearance in your hand.

The big Super AMOLED (not Plus) display of 3.7-inch makes this mobile different from old Windows based handsets previously flooded in the market.

Samsung Omnia’s saturated colors are pretty tempting to eyes and its outside visibility is far better than pleasing. Its bright resolution of 480×800 pixels boast to deliver pixel density of 252ppi, which is fairly nice, except the PenTile matrix which takes a little toll on the sharpness of the handset. Over all Samsung has engineered the handset’s display well and the images, video and fine text look sharp enough. The display exercises the standard for AMOLEDs pitch blacks and rest features such as high contrast and nice viewing angles.

Design and specifications of Samsung Omnia W stick to the latest Windows Based Handset guidelines such as offering the mandatory 3 navigational keys right beneath the screen. The 3 keys include a physical Home button and a devoted key for camera plus LED flash to escort the back side five mega pixel shooter.

The processing is pretty swift with 1.4GHz single-cors well with the Windows operating. Running several applications at a time is quite easy and fast with this handset. Connectivity of 14.4Mbps HSPA enables you to connect with other devices with blazing fast rate. Wrapping it up, the Samsung Omnia W is an ultimate Windows based phone at mid range handsets.

Latest Launch Nokia 500 Nice Pick in Low End Handsets

October 29, 2011 admin No comments

Nokia 500 is among the 1GHz Symbian- powered new generation handsets. 1GHz Symbian- powered mobiles were searching a ground and the latest launch of Nokia 500 will well support the goal. A mere 1 GHz processor may sound you little but Nokia 500 has more to offer with Anna inside and the upcoming Belle. It may be considered as a nice pick after making notes of features of Nokia 500.

The 3.2 inch display with 16M color TFT capacitive touchscreen will surely lure you at first glance. The display has a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels. The handset supports Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE enabling you never be out of network. It operates on Symbian Anna OS with speed of 1 GHz ARM 11 CPU as well as internal RAM of 256 MB. It has a fixed focus camera of five megapixel offering option of VGA video recording. Rest multimedia options are well available as micro-SD slot, 3.5 mm jack for audio plug-in, Stereo Bluetooth 2.1 and micro-USB connector.

The additional attractive feature of Nokia 500 is its GPS facility. The handset has a GPS receiver free lifetime voice-guided navigation as well as with A-GPS support. It has also a digital compass enabling you to never lose your direction. It has a built-in proximity sensor and accelerometer. The Smart dialing will facilitate you with speed dialing as well as you can also use the voice commands to operate the calling.

Its multimedia and entertainment features will never let you bore and will keep you engaged while travelling or short trip. It has video support of all basic formats along with DivX and XviD, so that you can play your favorite movies on the go. Stereo FM Radio is also there to change your mood or keep you updated while any cricket match. Nokia 500 can prove a complete entertainer for you.

The web experience is also superior as it supports Flash and Java both for the browser. There are few backlogs in web browser but its best for general net use. Social networking integration is another engaging feature of Nokia 500 with smooth social media experience. Keep changing your style and phone color with its exchangeable rear covers.

If you ignore the little backlogs of Nokia 500 such as its fixed focus camera without any flash, poor image quality, VGA video recording and office document viewer not available, then this phone can be considered according to the price range and feature offerings. The brilliant touch screen, processing speed, connectivity and GPS package will be hard to beat for rest mobiles in same price range and really can be a nice pick.

Nokia E6- New Launch by Nokia in Executive Mobile Segment!

August 25, 2011 admin No comments

Once a mobile market leader, Nokia is innovating hard to remain in competition of mobile markets, especially India. Nokia was a major Indian mobile market share grabber, but now Samsung has breached this sector well with flurry of attractive Smartphones along with rest players like BlackBerry, Micromax, LG and other companies. In an attempt to regain back its position in Indian mobile market, Nokia is launching several Smartphone at low cost. Nokia E6 is launched targeting the same goal.

The Nokia E6 has very elegant look and very slim with chrome edges but it is not been understand why Nokia puts half QWERTY and Half 2.6 inches capacitive touchscreen which is not even realized by its user. So what is the benefit of this Model?

This phone contains Volume key, lock key at the right side. Unexpectedly USB port is inside of phone like all Nokia mobile phones and it has 8 MP back camera with double LED flash light. With the touchscreen and QWERTY keypad Nokia E6 cost around 17k and an improved battery life with new OS (Symbian Anna OS) Nokia try to beat rest Smartphones.

It has navigation keys below the display screen and calls buttons on either side and as far as QWERTY is concerned it is very conventional for the smartphones but if you are a Blackberry user then you have to get used to this phone because number keys are in middle of the phone on the right side and it is just opposite in Blackberry (on the top and left side).This phone is little heavy in weight, 133 grams but not so heavy like a stone.

Nokia has done very important up gradation which is batter OS than N8 and E7, The Anna update is making lot of difference. After this update OS is bit faster and enhanced the performance of the phone and brought new version of browser and mail client and many more new applications which were not in its early model (E7). Nokia E6 business smart phone has 680MHz ARM 11 processor and 256MB of RAM but still it is lacking behind as many of the newly launched Smartphones’ processing in spite of new Anna update.

Nokia has to think beyond the 680 MHz processor and should be more concentrated towards high speed. There are not many changes in the interface and everything has been adjusted into a small screen. Nokia E6 comes with 8GB internal memory and can be extended up to 32GB to carry your multimedia items. But still this handset is just like an eye candy and you can afford it to buy if you want to enjoy the ease of handling and durability of Nokia.

Nokia E6 Features

2.6 inch Touch and QWERTY keypad
Classy Finish and solid build
Long lasting battery life
Excellent Camera Quality
High Resolution Handset
Easy Massaging and Emails through QWERTY Keypad
New OS Symbian Anna

Samsung Galaxy S2!

August 21, 2011 admin No comments

Korean Firm Samsung has launched Galaxy S II successor of Samsung Galaxy S, One of the best smartphone by Samsung because of its super slim chassis, light weight, and 1.2 GHz processor.

From last few months all the companies LG, Motorola, HTC, iPhone ready to bring their dual core processor smartphone in the market. This phone is very thin in dimensions of 125.3×66.1×8.5 mm compared to other leading competitors like iPhone 4 and Sony Xperia Arc. Weight of this phone is 100 grams which is amazingly very light because of its new technology.

Body of galaxy S2 is made by super fine quality of plastic which gives the very nice feeling when touched and don’t get warm even if you are holding the phone for long time.

4.3 inches capacitive super AMOLED screen is another plus point of this phone. Screen of this phone is so good that you will not be able to take your eyes off from the phone. Because of its 1st generation super AMOLED screen and vivacious screen this phone has been entitled ‘best phone on the market for media’. It is so elegant in looks; user feel like it is a status symbol and enhanced the style.

Front look of the phone is quite light and home key is only hardware in front of the phone. This key can be used in two ways: like menu button and back button but you can’t do any customized search.

On the left side of the phone volume controller is provided and power key/lock button is another side in such a manner and user can use it without any problem and power key is so soft, it will not let you feel unlike its previous version.

This phone has 3.5 mm jack which is on the top of the phone unlike other phone where the jack is on lower side of the phones and with HDMI port and USB slot you can watch videos on your T.V. and expand memory up to 32 GB.

Samsung galaxy S2 comes with 8.1 MP camera but the single LED flash light is weak point on the back side of the phone. But it is not a big issue when you will use it. Web surfing is so easy and company has installed a lot of application for the convenience and to make it user friendly.

Battery life is very good when it comes in smartphone category. If you are browsing for full day and listing music and doing other task also it will give at least full day performance if fully charged.
Samsung galaxy S2 in India cost around Rs 29000 which is not too high if we compared to price of other smartphones in this category.

Nokia N81, Search for a Fully Loaded Handset Ends Here!

June 28, 2011 admin 1 Comment

Nokia has brought in the market its new handset N81 with all the new functions which are demanded by the market. This cell phone has all the qualities and looks which will help to maintain the prestige in the public. This cell phone is available in two mind blowing colors; – Cobalt blue and Graphite grey. This phone is able to attract any person attention. This phone is 3G enabled with the super fine dimensions of 102 x 50 x 17.9 mm. weight of this cell is 140 gm. With 16m colors, this cell phone has unique feature of Navigation wheel interface.

This phone will make you able to choose variety of ringtones facility like MP3, true tones etc. The phone book memory is very large. You can save unlimited numbers in your phone book. This phone makes you able to add photos to your phone book numbers. You can able to see your 30 days call details. This phone gives you the different option of sms, mms, internet, instant messaging etc.

If somebody is loving photo is phone will be the great option for them. You can be capable to do lot of things with the very fine quality provided by the Nokia. The resolution of its camera is very high 1600×1200 pixels from its 2 mega pixels camera. You can shoot the videos with the strong flash light. This cell phone has option of front camera for the video calls. This elegant mobile has the play back facility with an array of formats. This mobile cell comes with the 12 MB internal memory with 2 GB external card but you can external memory of this phone up to 8 GB.

The processing speed of this cell phone is very fast with ARM 11 369 MHz processor and 96 MB SD Random Access Memory. This cell supports the Symbian operating system and this phone has great connectivity option like Bluetooth, USB support and Wi-Fi. You will be able to connect with your friends and with your laptop or desktop.

Nokia has enabled this handset with new facilities for the smoother use for the end customers. It has facility like java, FM radio, for better 3.5 audio jack battery life is also very good that is 1050 m-AH which gives you 410 standby and 4 hours of talk time. So the search of a good mobile with great facilities and well-known brand ends here for an end customer.

Nokia Astound- Another Remarkable Phone!

April 15, 2011 admin No comments

Nokia has always been giving us latest and amazing cell phones. Nokia Astound (T-Mobile) is next in the series. It is a well designed cell phone from the company. This is not a Smartphone, but is one of the best featured phones ever announced by Nokia. It is a gorgeous cell phone and fully clad with the high tech features. Its exterior is made of expensive glass, classy plastic and very smooth metal giving it a completely awesome look. It has a wonderful curvy shape and light weight which makes it perfectly fit in your hands.

The Nokia Astound has a 640-360, 3.5 inches broad touch screen which works unusually well in the outdoors. Though, it looks a bit dimmer in the indoors. Shortcut keys to the camera, volume and keypad lock are present on the side of the handset. There is no keypad in the cell phone and the user has to use the touch keyboard to type the text or the numbers. The touch screen of the Nokia Astound is amazing and provides a smooth access.

The only glitch in the handset is that the landscape keyboards covers the entire screen and so you can’t see the box you are typing into, and if you use the portrait style keyboards is very small and a bit tricky to use.

The standard specifications of the Symbian Operated cell phone include the 3.5 inches big display screen with 16.7 million colors, 640-360 resolution and a good TFT LCD screen. The cell phone work on UTMS AND GSM and bands available are 850, 900, 1800, 1900, 2100, and 1700. The Nokia Astound includes HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS which help the user to enjoy the uninterrupted internet services. The T mobile also connects to Wi-Fi, and works as a modem for your laptop. The handset has a remarkable 8 megapixel camera which helps you clicking the memorable moments of your life with a wonderful clarity.

The call quality of the handset is excellent as the speakerphone and earpiece both deliver clear, loud and rich sound. The battery life of the handset is not extraordinary but is acceptable. The Symbian mobile phones are much faster as compared to other operating systems.

The best part of buying the Nokia Astound is that T-Mobile has launched the Nokia Astound for a very reasonable price, which is just $79.99 for a contract of 2 years.