Their faster processors and better displays will make the Nexus S hardware pale in judgment.

Display and video content
The Nexus S has a beautiful 4-inch Super AMOLED display (800 x 480) with incredibly vibrant colors and super brightness. forthcoming phones from Samsung will use its new Super AMOLED Plus display technology, and LG will soon have phones with its “NOVA” display–both promise higher contrast and better viewing in sunlight.

Web browsing

The 4-inch screen and vibrant colors make web browsing a pleasure. And with Android 2.3′s support for Flash gives a great experience.

Camera and video recording
The Nexus S has a 0.3 MP (VGA) front-facing camera for video chat, a 5MP rear-facing camera with auto focus and flash and 480p standard definition video recording. It’s disappointing that the Nexus S video is only 480p standard definition, when most smartphones record in 720p HD. The video quality was only average in terms of noise, handling lighting changes and motion haze.

Keyboard and Navigation
While the previous version of Android’s keyboard Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) has come with an improved version. You now get added spacing between letters; larger font sizes and special characters all from the same screen. Copy-and-paste has also been enhanced with one-touch word selection. Most Android phones come with Swype pre-installed, but since Swype is not part of Google’s stock Android, the Nexus S does not.

Navigation was very alike to other Android phones, with five panels, each customizable with various widgets and apps. The Apps screen gets a new look with an upright scrolling 3D list. The touch-sensitive main navigation buttons on the Nexus S.

Storage
The Nexus S comes with 16 GB of on-board memory, which should be enough room for most to store their library of songs, videos and photos. We would have liked to see an SD card slot, though, as almost every other Android phone has.

Pricing and availability
The Nexus S is offered for $199.99 with a new two-year T-Mobile customer contract or unlocked for use on any GSM carrier for $529.

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It is a five-megapixel camera, with a four-inch touchscreen that could do with a good wipe-down the phone looks like it will have physical ‘clicky’ buttons along the bottom, with an aluminum front and a textured, plastic support.

The side-by-side photo with the HTC HD7 showed above makes the E600 look slightly thinner by comparison.

According to sources, the phone will offer composite video output through the micro-USB port. No pictures or video of this in action, though.

No more information are shown on a release date, but Mobile World Conference is not far off, and we expect to hear a lot more on this and other Windows Phone 7 handsets.

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Sony Ericsson is said to be running on two main smartphones – Xperia X12 ANZU and PlayStation Phone Zeus – based on Google’s Android Mobile OS. Sony Ericsson up till now is another Xperia series model.

It seems that the photos of this phone were taken using a Sony Xperia X12 Anzu. These test photos are uploaded on Picasa in two different sets here and here. We already mentioned about Xperia X10 successor X12 Anzu that may be declared anytime next year. According to sources, the Xperia X12 Anzu carries the model name LT15i, while the phone that was clicked carries model name MT15i.

These details aren’t confirmed but only based on the Meta data of the photos uploaded. Android is running a front facing camera for video calls. It will have micro-USB on the top and next to it is a 3.5mm audio port. Whether it’s going to be a Vivaz successor or X10 successor, we’ll get to know when the phone publicly launches.

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That’s not all, as the Huawei U8150 Ideos also offers a 3.2 megapixel camera, a built in media player, GPS powered by Google Maps and up to 32GB of storage. It is also a SIM free, with a price tag of just £149.99.

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Unlike the iPad, the Samsung Galaxy Tab offers call and text messaging functions, alongside a front facing camera for video conferencing. That’s not all, as the tablet also comes equipped with a 5 megapixel rear facing camera, Swype, 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity and up to 32GB of storage.

The tablet is also available to order on monthly deals with Orange and T-Mobile, with prices starting from just £30.00/month. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is also available SIM free, with a price tag of £597.60.

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MeeGo is the next stage of evolution for Nokia’s high-end smartphone platform and brings together the Nokia Maemo platform and Intel’s Moblin own OS. The open-source Linux platform will first appear on netbooks but it’s looking like we’ll have to wait until June before a fully-working multi-touch smartphone version.

The guys over there have managed to compact the findings of the recent MeeGo into a timescale platforms appear.

According to the report, single touchscreen devices could be launched now as MeeGo 1.1 fully supports this. However, with MeeGo 1.2, which is fully intended to support multi-touch, not due until April 2011 we’ll have to wait for some serious hardware to appear. The report suggests that it would take hardware a couple of months to appear after the OS have landed, giving us the timeframe of June for the first Nokia MeeGo smartphone to appear.

Next year looks like being the year of MeeGo and we’re more than happy to wait for a killer OS rather than see anything rushed.

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This spanking new Android handset has been leaked on The Unofficial Xperia X10 blog, with pics showing a huge, but superslim device with a 4.3-inch panel. While the one snapped is running Android 2.1, word to the wise is that the X12 will be loaded up with Android 2.3 Gingerbread when it hits shelves early next year.

On top of that monster screen, there’s said to be HDMI out and 1080 HD video recording, putting this right up there with the Samsung Galaxy S. The X12 is expected to be announced alongside the much-hyped PSP phone in December, ahead of their New Year on sale dates.

Elsewhere the X10 Mini and Mini Pro are being lined up for a refresh, with Android 2.3 on board. The Vivaz and Vivaz Pro are also said to be getting the same treatment, with new models out in 2011.

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At 1024 x 600 pixels, the sharp, bright 7in multi-touch capacitive screen is certainly large enough for viewing films and also, crucially, for reading e-books. Powered by a 1GHz processor, the Galaxy Tab is generally pretty nippy, although running several apps at once can occasionally cause it to stall. It also tends to get a little warm with extended use.

The 3.2Mp camera isn’t anything to write home about and not particularly practical to use, given the size of the device. Still, pic quality isn’t bad and it offers LED flash, multi-shot, panorama and smile detection options, as well as adjustments for white balance and ISO.

The Galaxy Tab can record video at 30fps and 720 x 480 pixels, which isn’t bad either, if not quite the full HD shilling. The Tab comes with 16GB of memory on board, which is enough to get going with, and you can add up to 32GB more with a micro SD card – an option that’s certainly not available with the iPad.

Verdict

The Tab may not quite match the iPad for luxurious ease of use or build quality, but shop around and you’ll soon find it for £40 less than Apple’s cheapest 3G version. However, it is more expensive than the entry level Wi-Fi-only iPad. Even so, the smaller Galaxy Tab has the capability to function as a phone and a camera, which will no doubt appeal to many. Flash on the browser will also have its fans, as will the add-on memory and the e-book reader functions that work just as well as its rival.

Overall, the Galaxy Tab shows potential as an iPad challenger with an eye on the forthcoming Gingerbread and Honeycomb upgrades.

News Source: www.reghardware.com

We love – IP67 certification, big screen, responsive capacitive touchscreen, good value

We hate – No Android 2.2, not as stylish as some non-rugged alternatives, MotoBlur is so-so

The Motorola Defy is a rugged phone. This is a fully-fledged smartphone, rocking the Android operating system, but it can take much more of a beating than your average Android. However, its hybrid nature isn’t without its drawbacks.

The case is made from hardwearing plastic, but the battery cover is surprisingly thin. It uses Gorilla Glass, the toughest glass in a mainstream smartphone, but such a large pane of glass will never be indestructible.

The Motorola Defy offers excellent protection against the elements, but it’s much more at-home next to everyday Androids like the HTC Legend and Google Nexus One than Armageddon-proof phones designed for construction workers.

The Motorola Defy has a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen, making it one of the largest-screened phones you can snap up on a mid-range contract. It’s no Super AMOLED stunner, but it’s comparable to the S-LCD screens you’ll see on the latest HTC Android phones.

Under the bonnet is an 800MHz CPU, powering the Android 2.1 operating system. MotoBlur is Motorola’s own social networking-obsessed Android front-end. This being Android, you can wipe MotoBlur off your Motorola Defy if you want. We slapped LauncherPro instead on the Defy and it ran like a dream, and looks fab too.

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HP bought out Palm earlier this year and then went on to claim that it would not be doing anything ‘smartphone related’. Fast forward six months or so and we now have a new Palm Pre 2 handset, which is powered by HP’s re-branded webOS 2.0.

The Palm Pre 2 might be a little disappointed in the form, size and general look of the device is pretty much the same as the original Pre and the Pre Plus.

For instance, the Pre 2 now has a glass screen that sits flush to the device, which does make it a lot svelter.

Palm has opted for soft-touch material for the chassis, which is definitely a good thing, as we weren’t to fond of the hard plastic that was used on the original Pre.

The soft touch material used on the chassis might detract somewhat from the Pre 2’s premium look but it does make the device a hell of a lot more comfortable in the hand.

It is a small device though and this will either be a welcome change from the current trend of slab-like mobile devices (HTC Desire HD or the HTC HD7) or something of a turn-off.

The QWERTY keyboard is pretty good, although it is a little on the pokey side if you’ve got slightly larger than average hands. Nevertheless, after a bit of practice you begin getting your head (and fingers) around it – just don’t be expecting anything akin to the BlackBerry Bold 9700 QWERTY experience and you’ll be okay.

The camera has also been vamped up as well, it’s now 5-megapixels and features LED flash, extended depth of field and geotagging. There’s also an ample 16GB of internal storage on the Palm Pre 2, which should be more than enough for most but, sadly, there’s no microSD support. Nonetheless, we can see more than a few users being quite disappointed by this.

Overall the Palm Pre 2 is a thoroughly decent device. It has all the power, storage and functionality that most users will require. It’s not going to beat the likes of the iPhone 4 or the HTC Desire HD, but we don’t think this is Palm’s intention.
Let’s just hope some UK networks come to their senses and begin stocking the phone!
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