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HTC Wildfire Smartphone
The HTC Wildfire looked like an offshoot of theHTC Desire if it actually grows like a tuber plant. At closer look, you’ll realize that it’s just that in looks; the HTC Wildfire is, in fact, closer in terms of the HTC Tattoo by conception and purpose. That is, an entry-level smartphone that offers a lot more than its price.
It’s definitely easy to mistake it as the HTC Desire, because it retains most of its design characteristics; a chin, optical Trackpad and round edges, though it does take a leaf from the Nexus One to implement touch –sensitive keys as oppose to Desire’s click buttons. It’s a slim, light phone that has a solid built; something normally absent from entry-level devices.
The Wildfire is also smaller, and due to cutting costs the screen is plain old LCD (no AMOLED here), which sadly displays at 240 x 320 QVGA resolution. It’s not so bad on images, but when it comes to reading websites, it makes it difficult, and video quality takes a hit. It’s also quite reflective, but considering its price point, these might be expected. At least the touch operation is responsive.
The Wildfire runs on Android 2.1, and HTC Sense keeps up the good deed of giving an accessible, simple user interface. Navigating through the Wildfire feels natural and very similar to Android HTC devices of late. HTC also integrated the address book into social networking sites, and with Wi-Fi and HSDPA support plus GPS, an entry level phone doesn’t get any better than this set of features.
A 528MHz processor powers the Wildfire, which does a worthy job to manage most simple operations, but it hiccups occasionally when running videos and taps sometimes will fail to respond. Slow loading and crashes happen, but rarely. It’s a lot to ask from an entry-level device, and as such, we won’t complain as much.
The HTC Wildfire is a nice looking, solid device to fill HTC’s cheaper line up, thanks to its populated features and good design senses. It does suffer from its low screen resolution and performance limitations, but for its price, it’s a bargain.
Pros : Solid built, Wholesome functionality
Cons : Low-resolution screen, Some performance hiccups.
HTC Wildfire Specifications :
Operating System : ndroid 2.1
Frequency :HSPA / WCDMA 900/2100MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900
Screen :3.2 inch LDC capacitive touch screen at 240 x 320 QVGA
Connectivity : WiFi, HSPA, USB2.0, Bluetooth
Others :5MP color camera with geotagging
Dimensions :60.4 x 106.75 x 12.19mm
Weight :118g
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Samsung NX-10 Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera
Samsung NX-10 is Samsung’s first attempt in the now popular mirrorless, interchangeable lens camera form factor and we have to say, of all the ones we’ve tested, Samsung’s NX-10 comes really close to the feel of a DSLR.
While being as close to a DSLR is not a bad thing, the NX-10 sacrifices one thing that keeps itself in this new camera genre, size. The NX-10 has to be one of the biggest mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras out there! To Samsung’s defense, the omission of the mirror did bring the size down a fair bit; that is, as compared to a normal DSLR.
Like we said earlier, this might not be a bad thing. The closer it gets in size to a DSLR means that the more ergonomic it is to use. The other cameras are just too awkward to be held in two hands and too big to be held in one. The size of the NX-10 is just nice.
You have the liberty of either using the gorgeous 3 inch AMOLED display or the EVF. There is a proximity sensor above the display, which automatically disable the display when you put your face on it to use the EVF.
We were given the kit lens for this review, an NX mount 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 OIS. The camera performed really well and color reproduction was good. The camera supports up to ISO 3200 but we found that ISO 800 is pretty much limit for print quality, which is quite amazing actually.
One thing we’ve bumped about is the built in pop up flash. With the kit lens, even at 18mm, the lens barrel shadow is pretty serious with objects closer than 50cm. The camera has a hot shoe for flash guns though you’ll need Samsung’s SEF-42A or SEF-20A flash guns for that.
The Samsung NX-10 is great if you want a ‘pseudo DSLR’ that is lighter and more ergonomic. The barrel shadow is pretty serious but if you don’t really take a lot of flash photography or close up shots, it’ll be fine. The AMOLED screen is gorgeous as well!
Motorola Droid 2
The Motorola Droid 2 is the latest Android smartphone from Motorola and the successor to the popular Motorola Droid. The Droid 2 features a 3.7 inch FWVGA TFT display with a resolution of 480 x 854.
Other specifications on the Motorola Droid 2 include a 1GHz processor, 8GB of built in storage plus a microSD card slot that comes with an 8GB card as standard, and this can be upgraded to a 32GB micro SD card.
The Motorola Droid 2 features the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 2.2 (Froyo), which comes with built in support for Adobe Flash 10.1 right out of the box. On top of that there is also a five megapixel camera with a dual LED flash, that is capable of of recording video in a 720 x 480 resolution.
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
The X10 is a primarily plastic phone, which may turn some people off from the phone itself, but I can assure you that the build quality is very robust, with only minor squeaking when the phone is twisted to an extreme point (which we won’t do it in our daily life anyway). The large, 4 inch screen is a joy to use with a nice color reproduction and sensitive capacitive technology. There is a drawback in having this big – the system can lag a bit at certain times when one accesses certain programs. Its more the problem of the system needs to render the program on screen.
Software on the phone is still using version 1.6 of the Android OS, where other competitors are already using higher versions. However Sony Ericsson announced recently that there will be an update programme for the X10 to receive version 2.1 of the OS which adds several new features and increases response time.
Back to the phone, it has a very minimalistic look. On the top are the power button, audio jack and microUSB sitting behind a plastic door. While it is nice to have the lines undisturbed, I feel the microUSB port is better served out in the open as the door has a chance to be broken off from the phone. On the right side you will see the volume buttons and the camera shutter buttons. Under the screen on the front, sits three buttons for back, home and menu (but it is not labeled as such so users can be confused). An 8.1 megapixel camera with an LED flash adorns the back of the phone, completing the simple design of the X10.
Using the X10 is very intuitive, but it comes with some caveats. The capacitive screen is very responsive, but unfortunately there are no Multi-touch capabilities on the phone. Thanks to the large screen however multimedia (in the form of videos) looks very nice. Even photos taken with the phone are magnificent; thanks to the long experience Sony Ericsson gathered from their Cybershot phone line.
Timescape and Mediascape are two apps that puts this phone apart from the other Android phone in the market. Timescape is Sony Ericsson’s software that caters to the social networking craze, with built-in twitter and Facebook aggregator that displays your friend’s updates in a very nice timeline while Mediascape is the phone’s multimedia centre for music and video playback.
For those who are looking for an alternative for the iPhone, the X10 is a valid contender – if you can live with the slight lag on day-to-day basis.
Tags: Sony Ericsson Xperia
