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Archive for May, 2010

Evertek will showcase mobile gadgets proficient of carrying dual sim cards at this week’s Digital Consumer Channel (DCC) Middle East & Africa (MEA) event in the UAE. Evertek is a trademark formed by Cellcom, which in turn is part of Tunisian company YKH Group. Moreover Cellcom distributes products from other products including LG, but the corporation plans to use DCC MEA – the region’s premier retail channel event – to widen novel channels to market for Evertek products.

Mohamed Ben Rhouma, general manager at Evertek, supposed: “The Evertek brand was created in 2006 and since then we’ve launched DVD players, microwaves, washing machines, dishwashers and dual sim mobile phones. We are participating in DCC MEA to look for new distributors for our phones in the region.”

“Our phones our sold in Tunisia where they have 10% market share. They are also sold in Morocco and in France and on British Airways flight where it is a very popular technology product. Evertek phones are also sold by KLM and Virgin airlines,” he added.

Evertek will use DCC MEA to classify the right distributors and sellers to carry its handsets across the wider region. “We would like to sign an exclusive contract in each country with one partner and build our brand,” explained Ben Rhouma.

Evertek reckons that it has the right artefacts at the right prices and is offering functionality that the purchaser requires that is not obtainable from many other suppliers.

“We have a wide range of quality dual sim phones that are reliable and offer high added value,” Ben Rhouma sustained. “We are very flexible and we will try to customise according to each country’s needs. We will definitely support our partners and listen to their needs.”

Evertek expects to open up latest channels for its products in three new countries in 2010 and take a minimum of 5% market share. The concern is also looking at pursuing partnerships with latest telecoms operators.

The Google Nexus One has been likened to the HTC Desire quite a bit- probably because they’re virtually the same handset. But what if you want something a touch dissimilar? This is where the HTC Legend steps in- it’s been out in the UK for only a couple of months and isn’t as high spec as the Desire, but that means it isn’t as high-price. So how does the Legend compare to Nexus One? Let’s find out.

Comparison:
First and principal the HTC Legend is lesser than the Nexus One. With a screen size of 3.2 inches versus 3.7, it’s easier to watch a movie or surf the web on Google’s phone.

This also makes for a bit more first inexactness when typing out messages on the onscreen keyboard, but HTC has followed in Apple’s footprints in providing a plethora of spelling correction suggestions as you type.

The smaller screen does make the Legend an overall more portable gadget while, and it feels obviously less bulky than the Nexus One.

Both phones run Android, but HTC has differentiated its user interface by overlaying HTC Sense, which has been a success in many HTC Legend reviews.

With seven homescreens that you can arrange all of your widgets on, Sense is simply a joy to use, and you still feel like you have the level of customisability that Android was designed for.

Samsung l8000 Omnia2 – In the current scenario, people want to own a smart phone which not simply keeps them connected to their loved ones but comes at the affordable price too. The world trendy brand of Samsung accomplishes both these obligations of the customers and keeps launching valuable contrivances and that moreover at the reasonable rates. Same is the case with the Samsung l8000 Omnia2, another magnificent widget from the house. This smart phone ponders 129 grams and measures 118 x 59.6 x 11.9 mm, so it can be conceded anywhere with much alleviate and gets settled in your pocket or purse. With the AMOLED resistive touchscreen of 3.7 inches, it exhibits crystal lucid images having the high resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Furthermore, the smart product comes with an accelerometer sensor for auto swivel and the upgraded feature of handwriting acknowledgment adds more to its value. One can also enjoy worldwide roving as the device keeps switching over GSM 850, 900, 1800 & 1900 network bands and is also capable of supporting HSDPA 900, 1900 & 2100 bands.

Apart from this, the mobile gadget is equipped with a 5 MP camera which is of enormous use and permits you to capture invaluable moments of life whenever you want. Imaging attributes comprise auto focus, LED flash, geo-tagging, face and smile detection and mobile blogging to aid the customers in the best feasible manner. Likewise, secondary VGA camera allows one to participate in the 3G face to face video calling with the other attuned contacts. Correspondingly, data and files can also be shared with other companionable appliances, thanks to Bluetooth and USB port. To make the devolution fast and pester free, Samsung l8000 Omnia2 supports EDGE and GPRS technologies. Not only this, you can also get to the needed location effortlessly as the phone is designed to support A-GPS navigation.

At the Google I/O 2 days back we heard the statement of the novel operating system for Android handsets, specifically Android OS 2.2, universally dubbed Froyo. Yesterday in an editorial we told you how fluky HTC Droid Incredible owners will be able to upgrade to the recent OS, and also how customers queuing up for the HTC Evo 4G, out on June 4, will also be able to upgrade.

Today comes news however that the upgrade is now accessible already for Google’s own Nexus One smartphone, according to Ed Hardy over on Brighthand. Ok so it’s hardly surprising that it would be the first to get the upgrade but it’s still pretty quick after the announcement was made, so all you Nexus One owners should be very happy, particularly with the quicker speeds.

For those of you who don’t already know about the Android OS 2.2 you can look here for some of the attributes but a swift rundown comprises joining and mobile hotspot plus gadgets run on Flash 10.1. The Nexus One came in for some condemnation recently when Google stopped selling it from its online store and put it in the hands of trade outlets, but it’s still a good all-round phone with 3.7-inch AMOLED display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel camera and it supports T-Mobile or AT&T service.

At this time the universal mobile gadget market is subjugated by the Android OS. Every single mobile producer is putting out the newest handsets preloaded with the most up-to-date editions of the Android. One strange business in the middle of the plentiful cell phone makers is the Acer Company. Acer is not very famous because of its cell phones.

The major thing that identifies Acer is the desire series of laptops and net books that strike the market with great force. But in the cell phone market it is reasonably a novice. Indeed the array of cell phones that Acer released was very limited in figures and the total number of released models amount to a total of 15. That is perceptibly a very low number for a cell phone manufacturer, but still the phones that Acer did manage to release are very top mark and significantly consistent phones.

The hottest cell phone from Acer is an Android phone called the Liquid E. The handset seems great and feels great. Thickness is just above 12mm which makes it an imposingly thin handset considering its hardware specs. In hardware it is one of the greatest handsets but with a very low price. The Liquid E has a 768MHz Snapdragon processor and 256MB RAM. This is very exciting because the handset costs around $320. In this price you also get a 5MP autofocus camera, Wi-Fi, 3G connectivity, Android Éclair, and accelerometer. Generally the handset has a gorgeous exterior and UI and is obtainable at quite a bargain.