Archive for August, 2008
Samsung G400
Delivery set:
• Telephone
• Li-Ion 880 micro Ampere per hour charger
• Wire stereo-set with the 3.5 mm entrance
• USB – cable, software CD
• Instruction
Liquid metal - precisely this material occurs, when you look at the housing of Samsung G400. In the light rounded faces play, luster, beauty, tracks from the hands are not visible, telephone is almost mercury. In contrast with RAZR2 there is no metal here, even cover of battery section is made from plastic, although usually Samsung company doesn’t economize on it.
There are four color solutions of telephone - Mirror Black, Titanium Silver (similar color, but brighter), Luxury Gold (gold), and also Romantic Pink (for girls).
The quality of connection is at the level of telephones from Samsung, there are no problems in the apparatus, it is compared with other models of this class. The loudness of bell is not bad, it audibly under varied conditions. Vibro call is average on the force, there are no fundamental improvements whatever.
Model will begin to sold in the middle of August on the price of approximately 400 Euro- (in Russia - 16 thousand rubles), which only is more expensive than Samsung U900 Soul. Another form factor is the presence of the external sensory screen, which makes the model extremely interesting - there are pluses of this apparatus. There are no minuses in comparison with the same Samsung U900 Soul, functionally these solutions are identical.
Sony Ericsson W302i
Delivery set:
• Telephone
• the charger
• stereo-set
• software disc for the synchronization
• instruction
Model exploits the idea of the Sony Ericsson W890i design, and it is represented in two colors - black and silvery (Midnight Black, Sparkling White). Front panel is made from the anodized aluminum with the appropriate grinding. The back of the telephone is made from the plastic, it is relief. The quality of plastic is average.
Size of the telephone is 100×46x10.5 mm, the weight is 78 grams. The telephone is small, it is easily hide in the pocket, it can be borne as you want.
Display reflects to 262000 colors with the permission of 176×220 points (diagonal of 2 inches, TFT). The quality of screen is not bad for the budgetary model, it is bright, in the sun it is well visible.
Telephone has about 20 mb. of memory which is accessible to user, into complete set also enters the M2 memory card with a volume of 512 mb. “Hot” replacement of memory cards is supported, the maximum volume of cards is 8 Gb.
For the first buyers, who only encountered bearing the trademark of Sony Ericsson, this apparatus is not bad. If we do not take into attention the clearly overstated cost at the level of 169 Euro- (the recommended retail price for Europe, for example, in Germany). In October in Russia this telephone will cost at the level of 7000 rubles, which appears catastrophically expensive. Now you can find Sony Ericsson W880i approximately on 7500-8000 rubles, the disadvantage of this apparatus is the absence of radio, everything else is compared or better. It is seems, that the image component of this model is above the times, the quality of materials, plastic are also better.
Sony Ericsson R306
Delivery set:
• Telephone
• storage battery BST-38
• charger
• wire stereo-set HPA-30
• instruction
Model is let out in two color solutions - white and black (Lustrous White, Coffee Black). It is outstanding color solutions, the plastic is not bad, it does not look very cheap. The model’s design is interesting, uncommon, it is without doubt.
Size of the telephone is 90×48x16 mm, the weight is 93 grams. It is the usual size, there are no special features. There is an opening for the lace, telephone can be hung on the neck.
Telephone has the smallest permission of screen from the possible - 128×160 points with the diagonal into 1.8 inches (28×35 mm). The screen also reflects to 65000 colors, it is executed on the TFT- technology. It is not necessary to speak about the quality of picture, display is bright and it is good. For a similar kind of products it is not bad, it is typical. The picture effloresces in the sun, to look at it becomes already difficult.
There are no memory cards, there is the 8 mb built-in memory. User is limited by this volume, it is not possible to increase it.
The quality of connection is normal, there are no problems whatever. Telephone works well, although now and then during the switching into the Am- range, it reported about the error and rebooted. The reasons are unknown. Loudness of the polyphonic bell scarcely higher of average, vibro call is good.
Nokia 6600 Fold
Nokia 6600 Fold
Delivery set:
• Telephone
• wire WH-501 stereo-set
• storage battery BL-4CT
• charger AC -4
• CA -101 USB- cable
• Nokia 512 MB microSD Card MU-28
• Pouch
• User of guide
The Nokia company created the new rule of the image products, which greater were oriented on women, than on men.
The front surface of telephone becomes the key element of design, it is plastic and specular. Two color versions are possible - black and red. In both cases the gradient of color is used, in upper end it is saturated, whereas below it is brightens. As in all similar cases, panel is dark, it is subjected to pollution.
To the uncommon moments it is worthwhile to carry the video calls camera in the networks of the third generation. It is possible to see on the inside, near the conversational dynamics. Here is the light indicator, which corresponds for the illumination of screen and keyboard.
Basic screen has a 2.13 inches diagonal and 240×320 points permission (32.4×43.2 mm). It is executed on the OLED- technology (16 million colors), which ensures a good brightness, the saturated colors and wide viewing angle.
The telephone uses the BL-4CT storage battery, it is the lithiumionic battery with a capacity of 860 micro Ampere per hour. On the statement of producer, it is capable to ensure to 300 hours of work in the standby mode and to 4 hours of work in the regime of conversation.
Slot for the memory cards is hidden under the storage battery, the MicroSD by volume to 8 Gb cards are supported. The built-in memory is also present in the telephone, it is 15 Mb. There are no special features with the work of the memory card.
It cannot be said that the model produces WOW- effect, even mechanism of automatic disclosure is received without the enthusiasm by majority. But it is high-quality image product, and with further reduction in the cost model will be if not excessively popular, but well claimed. The Nokia company, following the remaining players, passes to the creation of the narrow, specialized devices, it attempts to divide market on small niches. It gives chances to other players to give the strong proposals, indeed the solution “all in one” is extremely limited in the price segments, cannot be widely disseminated, and therefore they are rejected. But it’s a pity.
Motorola MOTOZINE ZN5
Delivery set:
• Telephone
• Storage battery
• TV- cable
• The microSD 512 mb. memory card (for a number of markets it is possible the greater capacity)
• USB- cable
• Charger
• Software CD
• Wire stereo-set
For the Motorola company the ignoring of photographic possibilities of telephones became some kind of distinguishing mark not of the best sense. After missing the origin of this segment of market, company ignored it for a long time, the majority of the solutions lagged behind the market by several years, it did not appear attractive to buyers. For the correction of situation it was necessary to create something not simply competitory, but exceeding other solutions.
Telephone initially is produced in one color solution - dark gray, graphite. Color is pleasant as the used materials are. On the front panel we see the thick plastic, which covers screen, it is soiled, but the tracks of mud are not visible. Above the screen there is a large cut for the vocal dynamics, it is filled by dust sometimes, but also it is not so noticeable – it is design feature. Here the indicators of charging, Bluetooth are located, but they are not visible, until they work.
USB. In the telephone the microUSB joint adapts. Producer declares that the apparatus supports the standard USB High Speed 2.0, really, in the USB Mass Storage or MTP- connection regime the miniUSB- cable shows the average speed of transmission of 1600-1850 Kb/s given at the level. The work of telephone functions is blocked with the USB- connection in two enumerated regimes, you work only with PK, although it is possible to assume calls, radio-part is not disconnected.
There are different variations of connection to PK: Picture Transfer, Media Sync, Memory Card, Tools, Modem&Tools, USB Printing, Modem.
The pleasant moments include valuable support of Windows Media Player 11, it is possible to create your own playlists on the computer and then to move them to the telephone. In the future the support of this player will become standard in all products from Motorola.
WiFi. In the division of tuning it is possible to establish your own WiFi networks, to preserve keys and to establish the regime of connection. The 802.11 b/g protocol is supported, there are no problems with connection and detection of networks. It is possible to select country in the tuning, depending on this the power of signal is advanced. Everything works as hours, there are no problems. In tuning of the transmission of data it is possible to advance regime - the interrogation at first of WiFi- networks and only then the connection through the honeycomb network.
There is 512 mb. of the built-in memory in the telephone, to user about 350 mb. is accessible originally. The memory card is visible separately, simultaneous access to the files of two types of memory is not provided. There is a file manager, which makes it possible to copy files both from the card, and on it. Unfortunately, the replacement of the memory cards in “hot regime” is impossible, it is necessary to remove storage battery. The volume of working storage is equal to 32 mb., the frequency of processor - 500 MHz.
Motorola tried to consider others experience and to make their solution better. In many respects it was possible, to take in the calculation at least the physical arrangement of objective and xenon flash. The module of camera is carried out into the upper part of the telephone, and we photograph in the horizontal position. Objective is complicated to be covered by hand, just as flash. Another plus in the arrangement of flash is the effect “red eyes”absence, smaller influence on the photographs of people. Completely get rid of this effect is complicated, but in comparison with Nokia N82 it is not so strongly expressed. Trifle, but it is pleasant.