Samsung Mythic Review

Samsung Mythic has been named aptly as it could only exist in myths a few years ago. The phone boasts all the latest technologies packaged in a smart bundle. The phone, although of block from factor, is indeed quite a looker. It sports a large screen of 3.3 inch, which is fully touchscreen. It has a host of widgets making online life on the move a breeze. As of now, the phone is available bundled with AT&T network only. Not only does it have internet capabilities, it also serves as a decent mobile TV. At present, AT&T offers Comedy Central, CBS, MTV, ESPN, FOX, NBC and many other channels.

The navigation between apps and website is quick and easy thanks to Samsung's Touch Wiz user interface. It comes preloaded with software apps like AT&T navigator, AT&T Social Net etc. The home screen scrolls left and right to for accessing additional phone application using touch navigation. One of the most important features is that it comes with AT&T's modified Opera browser. It gives you three windows to surf the internet. You can view the World Wide Web in one window; get information about places of interest nearby, maps, traffic alerts, driving directions on the other; and headlines from popular news, sports and entertainment websites on the third.

The Mythic is a good addition to the Samsung's envible lineup of smart phones. The block form factor is targeted towards the people who dislike the clamshell ones. Among technical features, it has a full bag. The screen is TFT with 262K colors. It has an mp3 player and an expandable memory using microSD or TransFlash memory cards. The PC Sync is available with USB 2.0 specifications. The default web browser is Opera 2.0 and also has GPS navigation provided by AT&T Navigator. As with all the mid and high end phones, it has a speaker phone.

The touch screen user interface might need a little getting used to for people habitatuated to using actual keyboards. The touch screen keyboard is the only option for typing on the Mythic as it does not have a real keyboard. But once you get used to it, you start to find it much more convinient to use than the normal keybords. The Samsung Touch Wiz user interface, also seen on some other Samsung phones gives a quick access to your favorite websites such as YouTube and Facebook. If it were not for the Samsung Touch Wiz user interface, the phone could have tuned out to be a drab, but the user interface makes it a really competent phone.

Because of the rich colors, watching web TV is a lot of fun on the Mythic. It can store many video clips, pictures and games due to the expandable memory. This makes the phone very useful not only to business professionals who want to keep abreast of stock updates etc, but also for those who want a smart phone just for entertainment. The Samsung operates on GSM and UMTS networks.


Source: http://mobibu.com

Nokia X-6 Touchscreen Phone Launched

Nokia X-6 and X-3, two phones in the new Nokia X series were launched at the NokiaWorld event in Stuttgart today. The two X series take over from the Nokia Xpress Music line of phones. The Xpress Music range is currently the largest selling range of phones from Nokia.

The Nokia X-6 is the higher version, which comes with a touchscreen, which is similiar to most of the touchscreen phones in the market. The Nokia X-6 is a "Comes-With-Music" device, which means for some time after buying the mobile phones, you will be able to download the songs you like for free.

The Nokia X-6 has 32 GB of storage space, which cane be used to save music, movies and pictures. The memory on the Nokia X-6 can be expanded with an SD card as well. Nokia says that the memory is enough to store 35 hours of music. The touchscreen on the Nokia X-6 has a 16:9 aspect ratio, which is good for watching widescreen movies.

The Nokia X-6 will be available in the US in the fourth quarter, before the December holiday season. The company said that the Nokia X-6 price will be 459 euros in Europe.

The Nokia X-6 has touchscreen with the resolution of 320x640 pixels with 16 million colours. Nokia said it will have an accelerometer which is sensitive to movements and a proximity sensor. The company has not made it clear whether the touchscreen will be resistive or capacitative.

However, we are not too impressed with the 434MHz processor and 128MB RAM. One just needs to compare it with the 600 MHz processor on the Apple iPhone to see the difference in processing power. The same 434 MHz processor is used in the Nokia N-97 as well as the new N97 Mini.

The Nokia X-Series comes with Assisted GPS (A-GPS), whicg means you can use it for navigation with Nokia Maps. Nokia did not say whether the new X-series phones come with Maps preinstalled - we hope so. Even if it doesn't have, one can opt to download and install the free Google Maps, or choose to buy a map and assorted software from various map vendors. The GPS also ensures that you can the related software for geotagging photos and videos as and when you shoot them on the Nokia X-6.

Nokia has not released many tech specs on the Nokia X-6. However, it will come with Symbian operating system, Nokia's flagship operating system for mobile phones and handled devices. The version will be the series 60 5th edition of Symbian. The browser, said Nokia, is a full-fledged one with Flash Lite support. The Nokia X-6 comes with a TV-out cable.

Entertainment seems to be the driving factor behind the Nokia X-6. The X-6 smartphone has a 5 megapixel (5 MP) camera with Carl Zeiss Lens (Nokia has always stuck to the trustworthy Carl Zeiss optics for dual LED flash to back it up. Photo editing can be done on-screen without the need for a computer connection, said Nokia.

However, don't expect photo-editing on a mobile phone of the same quality as editing on a computer, just the same way that you cant expect photography on a mobile to be as food as photography on a digital camera. Apart from still photos, the X-6 Nokia can also record video at 16 frames per second, the company said.

The new Nokia X-6 is also social media enabled, which means you can use sociak networking sites like Facebook, Orkut and witter on the X-6. Nokia has not mentioned all the social networking applications preloaded with the Nokia X-6 smartphones, but we guess Facebook is a clear choice.

Nokia said that the Nokia X-6 mobile phone will have connectivity via 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The X-6 Nokia mobile phone battery can stay for as long as 8 and half hours of talk-time and 35 hours of musib playback. It can also play 4 hours of video playback and has a standby time of over 400 hours, Nokia said.


Source: www.dancewithshadows.com

Samsung Solstice: Samsung & AT&T Newest QWERTY & Touchscreen Phone

Once again, Samsung & AT&T announced their new product. The new product from Samsung & AT&T is Samsung Solstice. Samsung Solstice use TouchWiz as user interface & it works in quad band GSM / EDG & 850/1900 dual-band 3G radios. Samsung Solstice has QWERTY keyboard to make easier the user to type long words.


Samsung Solstice has 3 inch touch screen, camera with 2 megapizel resolution plus video capture, bluetooth & supports microSD cards up to 16GB. Samsung Solstice available in store in August 2009 & the price of Samsung Solstice is about 100$ USD.

Samsung Solstice has great features, some are:

- Full touch screen display and Widget bar keep you favorites close at hand.

- Messaging made easy with full touch QWERTY keypad with vibration response to touch.
- Integrad 2.0 Megapixel Camera with video capabilities to capture special moments as they happen.

- Download your favorite songs, listen to streaming radio or cut your own ringtones with AT&T Music.

- Mobile Email and Instant Messenger for quick and easy on the go.
Video Share capable to share video in real time.

- Personalize with downloadable games, grapic, ringtones and applications.
- Stereo Bluetooth-capable for a truly hands-free conversation and music experience.


Source: www.gadget.pdamu.co