We Review Phones

The Dorid was once considered as the saver of the business of its mother company, boosted the life of Android, and was initially tagged as the anti iPhone. Two years after, the phone using a name licensed by Lucasfilm, the Motorola Droid is struggling in a market where it can only hang onto its QWERTY appeal and the brand equity.

Hardware

The new Motorola Droid does not have the lip anymore which gives you a clue that there is a keyboard tucked somewhere. The new design makes use of an uninterrupted front and odd corners seen before with their Droid RAZR. The company is taking a break from their traditional thin phone come and get it theme but they might have missed some things that will lure the consumers in. It has some good points though.

The phone is a bit large at 5×2.65×0.5 inches but you might be surprised that it is quite comfortable to hold. It is also 0.5 ounce heavier than its older sibling the Droid 3. The phone now is also sans the familiar polished frame and rubber back cover but is now encased by a plastic body. It feels solid but plastic is still plastic.

It has a 8 megapixel camera on the back and a 1.3MP partner in front. Pretty much every spaces is occupied with HDMI and USB sockets, volume rocker, headphone jack, and power button that you can easily trace on the sides.

On the plus side, the keyboard is where the money went on the design. The QWERTY keyboard will give consumers an improved experience when they use the keyboard. The keyboard of the Droid 4 can most likely be classified as one of the best in the market.

Software

This phone runs on Gingerbread 2.3.6 and most likely will be updated to Ice Cream Sandwich soon. If you are familiar with the environment, the platform gives you the consistent experience you can expect. The real estate is still the same where you can sort the apps depending on your preference or display the whole collection. Expect a ton of bloatware though. Motorola has also included Smart Actions which basically learns the user’s habits and automatically adjust to these so the battery can be optimally used.

Conclusion

The phone is not for you if you are after the looks and the flashiness. It is more for the power users who can make most of the flagship keyboard and access to the LTE networks. It is pretty cheap too at $200 with contract .

Everyone expected an iPhone 5 but what we got is the iPhone 4S. Turn away if you want something that sleek, slim or wedge shaped. Hopefully you can accept one of the last products introduced within Steve Job’s lifetime, the iPhone 4S is not a new phone but give it a try and it might just impress you.

The spin on of the iPhone 4 comes with a better processor, an improved camera, more storage, and a virtual assistant that’s pretty much there to please and help you. The iPhone 4S of course bumps its older sibling down the like the 3GS taking over the status of the 3G before.

Hardware

The iPhone 4S looks very familiar. It walks on the same path as the finely crafted iPhone 4 when you hold and touch the iPhone 4S. Compared to the Android handsets, the 4S feels heavy, dense, and small. It tips the scale at 140 grams or 3 grams more than the iPhone 4. Even the most die hard Apple fan will not be able to tell the difference between the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S by just looking at the exterior. There might be a few millimeter shift with some controls but that’s it, and it even makes use of the same antenna setup. The 4S can instantly switch between the exterior antennas to ensure that you do not drop your on going call.

The insides get some tweaks as well. The brains of the iPhone 4S is now an A5 processor which is a dual-core chip that you can also find in the iPad 2 but the phone version runs at 800 MHz. The RAM is still 512 MB but the storage doubles to 64 GB. The iPhone 4S is also quadband HSDPA/ UMTS/ HSUPA, quadband EDGE/GSM, and dual band which basically means that you will have no problem using 3G data in any network across the globe.

The display is still the 3.5 inch Retina display with 960 x640 resolution that is still among the best in the best market today

Software

The iPhone 4S introduces the new operating device of the Apple mobile world. The big thing about the iPhone 4S is the Siri which will serve your as your virtual assistant. Siri can do a lot for you from sending emails, text messages, looking for information on the web, getting directions, and a lot more. Just talk to her and Siri will interact with you.

Conclusion

When you get hold of the iPhone 4S, ask Siri, “ What is the best phone today? “, and wait for her answer.

Yesterday, I was having a conversation with one of my regular clients and he was working out some specs for his meeting and he mentioned a projector.  Well, for those of you that are meeting planners, you know exactly how expensive projectors can be to rent.  Anywhere from $40.00 all the way to $300.00 or even in some cases $400.00.  Who wants to spend that much money?

Well, we now have a solution and that is the projector phone!  Samsung has the right idea with coming out with this particular phone with a built-in projector.  Not only is it extremely smart, but it is also a great way to make it easy to meeting planners.

If you are a meeting planner and are looking for a great phone this one right is  fantastic!

If there is one thing that I love about the Chinese-based cell phone companies, it is the fact that there is so much technology that goes into every single phone that they produce … it truly is amazing.  Take the Sunno S880 Smartphone for example.  This is a smartphone that while it does not look chic and fashionable, the technology inside definitely surpasses a lot of the American cell phones on the market right now.

This particular phone – the reason it is so freakin’ cool is the fact that it will be able to run Android and Windows-mobile.  That makes the Sunno S880 Smartphone a dual-system operation phone.  The Sunno S880 Smartphone also features a 3.6-inch WVGA display, a 806MHz CPU, an 8-megapixel camera, a 256/128MB RAM, GPS and WiFi connectivity.  All of which is pretty damn cool!

Currently, this particular phone is in the works and is set to launch next month, so hopefully we will be able to do an update for you guys!

Now that we have talked a lot about the US phones, let’s touch base on one brand that is already global and they are upping the ante this time – Samsung people!  That is who I am referring too and they have just released the Samsung i329 Windows Mobile Smartphone in China and to be honest, I think that is the smartest move that they have made!

The Samsung i329 Windows Mobile Smartphone is by far the trendiest and coolest looking phone in the world – I mean, take a look at the specs!  The CDMA phone features a 3-inch touchscreen display with 240 x 400 pixels, TouchWiz UI, a 512MB of internal memory, a Qualcomm QSC6975 chipset, and a MicroSDHC card support (up to 32GB).

So if you live in China – this is definitely the phone that you should be looking at getting!