From this day onward we’ll be posting some of the latest gadgets which are of most essentials in our daily living. Gadgets which are maybe popular or some were maybe not but they can be useful also in the performance of our day to day activities. I choose smartphones as my initial presentation to our dear friend readers and followers because of its popularity and significant prestige among today’s users. Everyone just can’t hide their obsession and fascination to own even just one of these gadgets. Obsessions that of which we all know will certainly push us all to work harder to be able to own one or buy as a gift for our love ones. Good luck and happy shopping.
1. i-Phone 4 (16GB/32GB)
1. i-Phone 4 (16GB/32GB)
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The Apple iPhone 4 features like video chat, multi-tasking and extreme downloading. This Apple iPhone 4 could also have dual core processors and higher and powerful graphic chips that can deliver higher video resolutions and better images when taking pictures.
Apple iPhone 4 looks promising in terms of being sleek, packed with new hardware and multi-tasking software.
Some features of iPhone 4:
- Sleeker Body Design.
- Multi-Tasking. (use multiple functions at once without going in and out of apps)
- iChat camera
- 16G (basic) and 32G of memory.
- Hi Definition Camera.
- Hi Definition audio.
- Hi Definition Camcorder.
2. Nokia N8
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The Nokia N8 features an HDMI connection so we can easily show off our images, videos and music on compatible televisions and projectors. It alsofeatures premium-quality *Dolby Digital Plus technology - compatible with home theatre systems - so movies will sound as good as they look.
The Nokia N8 brings us to our friends together by pulling feeds and updates from Facebook and Twitter to one handy application. Photos and videos can be shared the moment they're captured. Facebook events added to our calendar with just one click. Live updates are shown on our homescreens making it even easier to stay in touch. We can personalize the phone by adding our own widgets. Not one but three live home screens – make one for work, use one for fun, and have one with our favorite picture as the wallpaper. Swipe between the home screens with an easy gesture. We can turn our Nokia N8 into a tool for showing off having fun and being creative. We can find thousands of different applications at Ovi Store. The store always on hand for downloads and software updates to the unit.
The Nokia N8 with on-demand WebTV. Access our favourite TV channels like CNN and National Geographic and get them piped to our phone even when travelling
The Nokia N8 with on-demand WebTV. Access our favourite TV channels like CNN and National Geographic and get them piped to our phone even when travelling
Voice-guided navigation wherever you are in the world. Absolutely free. Simply enter where you want to go and Ovi Maps with voice guidance will tell you how to get there, turn by turn. By car or on foot.
We can browse smoothly through all our favorite albums and once again get thrilled by the album artwork. Re-experience our record collection for over 50 hours straight.
We can browse smoothly through all our favorite albums and once again get thrilled by the album artwork. Re-experience our record collection for over 50 hours straight.
3. BlackBerry Torch 9800
Price: *SAR 2549.00 (unlocked)
BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone - Adept for socially connected consumers and packed with the tools business customers love. This new handset is the world's first smartphone to combine a BlackBerry keyboard with a full touch screen experience. Whether users choose to type out messages on the capacitive touch screen or easy-to-use BlackBerry keyboard, browse the Internet using pinch to zoom or fluidly navigate with the optical trackpad, the BlackBerry Torch allows them to communicate any way they want.
Features
- Elegant styling, measuring approx. 4.4" (5.8" open) x 2.4" x .57" and weighing 5.68 ounces
- 3.2" 360x480 capacitive touch screen display
- 35 key full QWERTY backlit slide-out keyboard, designed to feel optimally balanced when opened for typing
- Powerful 624 Mhz processor with 512 MB Flash memory
- 4 GB built-in memory storage plus a microSD/SDHD memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB cards; a 4 GB card is included giving users 8 GB of storage out-of-the-box
- 5 MP camera with flash, continuous auto focus, image stabilization, scene modes, geo-tagging and zoom, as well as video recording at up to 640x480 resolution
- Built-in GPS for location-based applications and geo-tagging
- Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n); qualifying smartphone customers can enjoy seamless connectivity to over 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots at no additional cost
- 3.5mm stereo headset jack
- Tri-band HSDPA (3G) and quad-band EDGE support for the option of voice service in more than 220 countries, data service in more than 195 countries and 3G connectivity in more than 125 countries, including Japan and South Korea
4. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro
Price: *SAR 1299.00 (unlocked)
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro - compact versions of Xperia X10, which will deliver powerful and application packed mobile phone into the industry. By introducing mobile phone that is compact and clever, Sony Ericsson is challenging the norm and defining a brand new offering that combines high specification features with a version of Sony Ericsson's powerful UX platform specifically designed for smaller devices.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro with slide out QWERTY keyboard offer an open and intuitive communication entertainment experience and build on the human curvature design philosophy debuted by the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. Combining the Android platform with signature applications and a customizable UX platform, communication truly becomes entertainment with these new mobile phones. To enhance the experience, pick and choose from a multitude of applications at Android Market and co-create a mobile phone experience that is entirely unique. Users can go one step further and customize the home screen's four corners and widgets to access the most needed applications for limitless possibilities.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro incorporates the signature application Sony Ericsson Timescape which brings all communication together in one place so users can see at a glance text messages, missed calls, and Facebook and Twitter updates, without having to open lots of different applications. The interactive music player also uses the "infinite button" to pull together all music content from the music store and YouTube - a smart way to search for new tracks from a favorite artist.
5. Motorola Milestone
Price: *SAR 1899.00 (unlocked)
The Motorola Milestone sets new standards for how fast and smart a modern multi-tasking smartphone should be with a rich mobile web experience, superior messaging and top-of-the-line multi-media features.
6. HTC Desire HD
Price: *SAR 2999.00 (unlocked)
HTC Desire HD is a handset which provides the HTC Sense user interface and all of the usual features of HTC handsets. It is quite smaller but it is equipped with advanced hardware and it contains a large display along with a 5 mega pixel camera. This handset offers 3.2 inch capacitive touch screen display with 320 by 480 resolutions (HVGA technology) and it is endowed with an ambient light sensor. It enables the user to mute the ringer of the phone whenever the user put down the screen of the phone. HTC Desire HD supports a 6.5 Professional operating system which is quite unique from the other Android based phones. Anyone can easily work on it with ActiveSync 4.5 for Windows XP and Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 for Windows Vista and 7 respectively. As far as the music files are concerned it plays songs in window media player.
7. Samsung Galaxy Tab
Price: *SAR 2899
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is a 3-in-one (Tablet PC + Mobile + Camera) 4G-enabled smartphone that runs on Android 2.2 and have a 1GHz processor to power it. It also has a 7 inch Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen, rear 5 megapixel camera and 1.3 megapixel front camera for video chats.
Features video & voice calls, web browsing, reader’s hub, social networking hub, full multi-tasking augmented reality and many more.
*Reference prices from Jarir Bookstore as of December 2010
Note: The author doesn’t in any way represent any of the manufacturer’s product brand names and/or dealers mentioned in this topic. Posted item is for information sharing and dissemination only. This is dedicated to all who are fond to modern gadgets and to my friend Paris.
