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DELL STREAK, SMARTPHONE WITH INCREDIBLE GORILLA GLASS DISPLAY

Many cellular phone lovers now get addicted in utilizing touchscreen. Since it is simple to use, touchscreen has becomes a trend recently. This inspires more cellular phone as well as smartphone vendors to launch their new products with touchscreeen display, especially Dell which is previously so famous with their notebook products. Now, Dell has launched new smartphone called Dell Streak with the incredible gorilla glass display.

Introduced by Corning, a famous glass manufacturer whose base in the US, Gorilla Glass is claimed to be hardly broken. This kind of glass is relatively thin, from 0,5 mm to 2 mm with incredible durability. This thin glass has made Gorilla Glass so sensitive if used in touchscreen display and so ideal for HD and 3D picture. Moreover, Gorilla Glass is easily cleaned without leaving any scratch. It is also claimed to be environment-friendly since made of non-hard metal.

Thus, using Gorilla Glass for its touchscreen display, Dell Streak offers safety as well as comfort to its users. At least for normal usage, we do not have to worry of breaking the touchscreen display of Dell Streak since it uses Gorilla Glass. Combined with other interesting specifications such as complete connectivity like Bluetooth, A2DP, HSUPA, USB, WIFI, 16 Gb internal memory, Qualcomm Snapdragon 1 Ghz processor, GPS, and 5 Megapixel Camera, Dell Streak is good alternative smartphone to buy among other branded ones which use the same type of Gorilla Glass.

Last but not least, Gorilla Glass is not unbreakable type of glass. It can be broken with an extreme pressure using hard material. Thus, stay careful in treating your Dell Streak if happen to buy this mobile gadget.

NEW ADVANCED FEATURES OFFERED BY BLACKBERRY 9780 (ONYX 2), SUPERIOR COMPARED TO 9700 (ONYX)

Blackberry 9700 (Onyx) lovers may be jealous to know that RIM has launched its twin “brother,” namely BB 9780 (Onyx 2). As published by this famous American-based smartphone vendor recently, Onyx 2 comes with the same attractive design as Onyx, but brings more advanced and powerful features.

Compared to Onyx, Onyx 2 has some improvements in its features. In short, these are the new enhanced features in Onyx 2:

1. New Attractive Interface;

Unlike its preceding, Menu Icons in Onyx 2 are collected based on category, such as All, Favourite, Media, Downloads, etc.

2. Adopting New Operating system;

When Onyx still uses BB 5.0 OS, its new twin “brother” uses Blackberry 6.0, which is claimed to be more attractive and comfortable to use.

3. External Memory Slot;

Onyx can support maximum 16 Gigabyte external memory while Onyx 2 up to 32 GB;

4. More Dominant Camera;

Digital camera adopted in Onyx 2 is as detail as 5 Megapixel. Compared to Onyx that has 3, 15 MP camera, Onyx 2 is certainly superior.

5. New More Powerful RAM

While Onyx is supported with 256 MB RAM, Onyx 2 comes with 512 MB RAM, enabling its users to do multitasking faster.

6. Other slightly changed features for internet application, social feed, and maps

Those improvements may bring curiosity to Onyx lovers. Surely, the good design of Onyx, which is still adopted in Onyx 2, does not show the difference between the two. However, for some Blackberry lovers, replacing Onyx with Onyx 2 may become the next step.

Just to remember that technology improves so fast, and we certainly can not overlap it and get to the top. Thus, be wise in being a gadget-update person.

GARMIN ASUS A50 AND A10, WHAT TO CONCERN

Have you seen these smartphones, Garmin Asus A50 and A10? Or even you have them in your pockets. With their attractive as well as hi-tech features, the two smartphones offer us the taste of Android phone 2.1 (Éclair). Their performances are undeniably good. Conversely, we have to realize that they have no more generation.

The specifications of the two smartphones are common for todays’ mobile gadgets. As mentioned in their web, Garmin Asus A50 and A10 have 3,5 and 3,2 inch displays, 3,2 and 5 megapixel cameras, 256 and 512 MB RAMs, and same Qualcomm 7227 600 MHz processors. Coming with those qualifications, the two smartphones have attracted smartphones’ lovers, and gotten good responses, since the trademarks of Garmin and Asus are worldwide known for long time ago.

Unfortunately, as published in many mass media, the two electronic vendors, Garmin and Asus recently have an agreement to finish their co-operation. Some stated that the two smartphones were their last products before the disjointing as a “farewell memory.” Certainly, their separation now brings some consequences, especially who and how will take care of the continuation of the spare parts. This question may arise when since customers’ consideration to buy smartphones not merely based on the good performances of such hi-tech mobile gadgets but also their long usage in the future.

Thus, let us hope one of the two vendors will soon announce who will do such a “future job” to provide after sale service. Customers or exactly Garmin Asus lovers can only wait and see.

TOUCHSCREEN, KNOW IT BEFORE YOU TOUCH

Today, many people gradually change their habit in using QWERTY-keypad mobile phone into touchscreen ones. As the trend comes, many manufacturers also struggle for their market by producing new touchscreen phones such as NOKIA, MOTOROLLA, IPHONE, HTC, LG, etc.

To be familiar with how to use touchscreen mobile phone effectively and efficiently, it is better to know the characteristics of such a new technology. Basically, there are so far two kinds of touchscreens, used by mobile phone, namely resistive and capacitive. The difference of the two touchscreens are as follow:

Resistive :

This kind of touchscreen is so sensitive toward pressure. It normally uses stylus, plectrum, and other similar instruments to press the surface. Resistive touchscreen is generally cheaper. Nevertheless, resistive touchscreen can not support multi finger touch, and is not as clear as capacitive.

Capacitive :

Capacitive touchscreen is so smooth. It only use fingers to press, even with no pressure at all. Capacitive has clearance as high as 90%. It lasts longer in a bright situation; where there is direct sunshine comes. As it doesn’t support stylus and gloves, it is not recommended for those like mountain climbers, highlanders, medical personnel with hand schöen, long-nailed people, and so on.

Therefore, reconsider your need and carefully chose the right mobile phone that suits your activity.

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WIDE-SCREEN IN MOBILE PHONE, WHAT PRICE TO PAY?

Nowadays, almost all mobile phone is designed with colorful wide screen as well as QWERTY keypad. With more than 2.0 inch-wide color screen, mobile phone seems to be like a palmtop or small notebook. But do you know that this brings some negative impacts to us if we are willing to admit.

The colorful wide screen of course will consume more power. This also makes the device bigger. If long time ago, our black-and-white mobile phone can be put in our pocket and its battery can last for about a week, now we have to be satisfied that it occupies more space and will only accompany us for only one or two days, before the next recharging process is done.

Even though some manufacturers, like Philips, have equipped their products with last-longer battery, this effort is not massively done by most manufacturers. Big mobile phone companies like NOKIA, SONY-ERICSONS, and MOTOROLA are so far still in their basic designs.

We may say now that many mobile phones are good in appearance but worse in endurance. Therefore, to be wise in choosing mobile phone for your daily activity is now an obligatory. Find the phone that suits with your need. Consider not only its style, but also its use.