Smartphone Reviews

The Sense started as an experiment by HTC to provide users with a better experience while using phones based on a relatively new and raw Android. Initially riding over the Microsoft platform, the UI has matured along with the Android OS to augment its power with fantastic features and customisable options. The new Sense 3.0 can be seen in HTC’s Sensation and the recently launched EVO. The 3.0 isn’t much different from its predecessor the 2.0 which featured on the Desire S and the Incredible...

HTC’s low cost alternative to the Samsung Galaxy S II and the LG Optimus 2x: The Sensation. One of the most awaited phones of the year and perhaps the best of the dual core phones out there, the Sensation comes as a serious completion in the dual core Smartphone market. Featuring a super 4.3 inch screen and a dual core 1.2GHz processor, the Sensation runs the Sense 3.0 UI over Android 3.0. The Scorpion CPUs are aptly supported by an Adreno 220 GPU based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260...

HTC has been able to shrug off its “near loser” tag ever since it jumped into the Android bandwagon. From the success it has seen with the launch of its Hero and Droid phones over years, HTC has been rapidly shifting its machines from Windows to Android. The Wildfire launch comes as an affordable phone on the Android platform. However the “affordable” tag doesn’t mean it is in anyway lacking on features. The phone comes with a decent 528 MHz ARM II processor with ample memory and the...

The Galaxy launch from Samsung was perhaps a landmark in the history of Smartphone launches. However with the S II, Samsung has brought about a revolution in Smartphone history. One of the first phones to feature a dual core processor, the power of the S II can only be experienced. With additional features like the super bright AMOLED screen and the impossibly slim body, the S II definitely lives up to the expectations set by Samsung when it first announced the phone. If you haven’t heard...

The worst has happened for the best. Palm, the now legendary manufacturer of smartphones and PDAs has finally been vanquished. The company that gave the world its first PDA and the revolutionary Palm Pre will be taken over by hardware giant HP in a deal worth 1.2 billion dollars. HP announced they would officially continue developing the webOS, Palm’s flagship Operating system. With the smartphone world spinning faster, time seems to be running out fast for any new entrants. With ASUS and...

Another year and another list. If there is something that moves faster than light, it could be technology. A couple of years ago, only a handful of phones could actually be considered smart and today, it is a lotharian effort to sift through the thousands of phones launched each year and come up with a list of the best. Not that everyone would agree with our research, but then research has always been controversial. So here it is ladies and gentlemen, the best of 2009: 1. iPhone 3GS: Didn’t...

Thanks to the relentless efforts by Samsung, Nokia has realized that cheap and features can go together. With the Corby and the Star, Samsung managed to bring down the cost standards for a touchscreen phone. The touchscreen smartphone was suddenly within everyone’s reach. After preaching quality for a while, Nokia seems to have realized that the real takers are in the cost conscious masses. The Xpressmusic series enjoyed immense popularity but lost out on mass appeal. The 5230 attempts to...

Samsung has done it again. It has launched another stand out phone, this time focusing on multimedia. The Star and the Corby series launched Samsung into the smartphone battle and it looks like it is winning it already. The Mythic is not only rich in features but is also affordable. For those with AT&T service, the Mythic will let you enjoy the telecom operator’s Mobile TV service. The phone is not as high end as the Omnia or the Eternity but it is crammed with so many features it could put...

When Nokia does release a phone, it squashes all competition to smithereens. Nokia’s N series and xpressmusic series phones are witness to this trend. The E series phones launched Nokia into the smartphone war with opponents like the RIM and HTC. The E63 started the trend. The E71 won our hearts with its absolute usability, slim design and great looks. The E72, the sequel to the E71, doesn’t disappoint. It maintains all the qualities of its predecessor only bettering them in terms of...

It’s been a while since we covered a LG mobile. Not that LG has not been launching some good phones, but competition has always come out better. LG gave us the fantastic Cookie and the Chocolate, the first affordable touchscreen smartphones. LG’s Arena was another beauty which brought to the forth the phone makers design capabilities. And after launching many clones of these well known phones, LG is now again back with a phenomenon – the LG GW820 eXpo. The phone is probably the very lifeline...

The future belongs to the smartphone. As technology integrates more and more gadgets into a single companion which can be mobile and effective at the same time, the smartphone seems to be the answer to every requirement. Major technology players from Google to Acer have come with competition to the well established and traditional smartphone manufacturers like HTC, Palm and RIM. Nokia is still the world’s biggest supplier of phones. The Finnish mobile major’s phones are known to be not only...

The Corby was the most successful smartphone from the Samsung stable. Not that we did not like the famous star or the sharp Omnia, but the Corby had, how should I put it….an appeal. The research team at Samsung would have spent months to come up with the favorites for each generation. The engineers then went on to pack these very features in the Corby. The Corby successfully packed everything from social networking to email integration efficiently in a well designed phone available for a very...

Image courtesy Cory O'Brien Then came the search engine, then came the rules, then came the Android and then came the phones. Yes, surprise surprise. Google recently announced its plans to launch its own brand of phone, the Nexus One. After the phenomenal success of the Android platform, this shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. And going by the history of Google, it doesn’t seem to be long before we have some fantastic mobile phones in our hands. Verdict: The phone looks lucrative and the...