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6 WVGA Smartphones that Push The Mobile Web Envelope.

Posted on 03 November 2009

Finally, after years of waiting and wishing, I can finally say that there are smartphones on the market that offer fast, high quality internet experiences and offer the web-focused user a converged product on which they can do tasks that, until now, required a true mobile computer. In this article I take a look at 6 of the best.

SE Xperia X10 Launches. Available Q1 2010

Posted on 03 November 2009

Later today I’ll be summarizing all the high-end WVGA phones but in the meantime, here’s another one that has just launched. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10.

It has a 4” WVGA capacitive screen running on a 1Ghz Snapdragon CPU with the Android OS. It will come with an 8.1MP camera too which will position it right at the top of the tree when it launches in Q1.

Viliv S7 Premium Review at Pocketables

Posted on 02 November 2009

Read through this Viliv S7 review at Pocketables and you won’t find a single show-stopper. Well not unless you want to watch HD YouTube videos that is!

How Many Hands Make a MID?

Posted on 02 November 2009

Sumocat asked the question a few days ago and now Steve Litchfield brings up the same. It’s the question of one or two handed usage. I’ve been talking about it too because the N900 taught me an important lesson. I don’t like smartphones that need two hands. It goes against my main usage scenario for a phone… I’m quickly starting to struggle with the two-handed nature of the device. The phone and image viewer applications are working in portrait mode but the feature is missing from every other part of […]

Slashgear unboxes a MIDPhone. The HTC HD2

Posted on 02 November 2009

Slashgear has the HTC HD2 and has done an unboxing. The specs on this are definitely in the MIDPhone arena so I’ll be keeping a close eye on it. Read on…

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