Digi Bay: April 2009

Friday, April 24, 2009

O2 XDA Flint (HTC Athena 400)

O2 XDA Flint (HTC Athena 400) Specs

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Datasheet State : Final specifications
Release Date : January, 2009
Project Codename : HTC Athena 400
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Dimensions : 98 x 133.5 x 16 millimetres
Mass : 375 grams (battery included)

Software_Environment
Operating System : Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
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Microprocessor,_Chipset
CPU : 32bit Intel XScale PXA270
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CPU Clock : 624 MHz

Memory,Storage capacity
ROM capacity : 15.2 GiB (accessible: 15 GiB)
RAM capacity : 128 MiB (accessible: 121 MiB)

Display
Display Type : color transflective TFT , 262144 scales
Display Diagonal : 5 "
Display Resolution : 640 x 480
Video out : NTSC/PAL resolution

Sound
Microphone(s) : mono
Loudspeaker(s) : stereo
Audio Output : 3.5mm

Cellular Phone
Cellular Networks : GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850, UMTS1900, UMTS2100
Cellular Data Links: CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
Call Alert : 40 -chord melody
Speakerphone : Supported

Control Peripherals
Positioning Device : Touchscreen
Primary Keyboard : Attachable QWERTY-type keyboard
Directional Pad : Not supported
Scroll Wheel : Not supported

Interfaces
Expansion Slots : miniSD, miniSDHC, SDIO
USB : USB 2.0 client, 12Mbit/s, mini-USB
Bluetooth : Bluetooth 2.0
Wireless LAN : 802.11b, 802.11g
Infrared Gate : Not supported

Multimedia Telecommunication
Analog Radio Receiver : Not supported
Digital Media Broadcast Tuner : Not supported

Satellite Navigation
Built-in GPS module : Supported
Complementary GPS Services : Assisted GPS, QuickGPS, Geotagging

Built-in Digital Camera
Main Camera : 3.1 MP
Autofocus (AF) : Supported
Optical Zoom : 1 x
Built in Flash : mobile light (LED)
Secondary Camera : 0.3 MP

Additional Details
Built-in accelerometer : Supported
Battery : removable
Battery Capacity : 2100 mAh

Sunday, April 19, 2009

LG Xenon

The LG Electronics Xenon is a nice option for someone who is looking for a combination touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard, but not necessarily for a smartphone. The Xenon has threaded messaging, a bright 2.8-inch touch display, a 2-megapixel camera, GPS integration, Bluetooth 2.0, and Wi-Fi connectivity. The user interface isn’t terribly exciting (it's almost identical to that of the LG Electronics VU), but I found it easy to navigate in my hands-on examination. The physical keyboard resembles the ones on other LG devices, but the company also threw in a handy space bar for the Xenon. The Xenon will be available on April 8 in three color choices--black, blue, and red--for $100 with a two-year AT&T service contract.

Motorola Evoke QA4

With a 2.8-inch full touchscreen, a widget-based user interface, and a full HTML browser, the Motorola Evoke QA4 has some pretty impressive specs for a handset that doesn't qualify as a smartphone. The Evoke comes preloaded with seven widgets--MySpace Mobile, Follow Me Weather, Google Quicksearch, Google Picasa, RSS Reader, USA Today Mobile, and YouTube--each of which has its own panel. You can flip through the panels with a swipe of your finger.
In my hands-on evaluation, the Evoke QA4’s touchscreen seemed quite responsive. The silky interface reminded me a little of the “deck of cards” model that the Palm Pre uses to manage apps. The Evoke also has haptic feedback, which sends a light vibration to your fingertip when you tap an on-screen key. Haptic feedback is an especially useful enhancement for the Evoke QA4’s landscape QWERTY keyboard, which I found to be surprisingly comfortable and easy to use. Motorola has not announced carrier, availability, or pricing for the Evoke QA4.