E-Ink Keyboard

http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2009/06/e-ink-keyboards-rock-my-face-off.html

This mobile keyboard on the SGH-u750 Alias 2 has some new and nice features. Several different keyboard layouts supported in both landscape and portrait mode.

Behind the scenes of the N97

The Background Of The Nokia N97 In 7 Minutes

See how the team behind the N97 have worked on there ‘baby’.

I’m really waiting for this phone to be released 23. june I hope.

T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 review

T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 review.

This is a nice review of the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009 by Engadget Mobile. Chris has tested this phone, but with no Wi-Fi only GSM and UMTS. Promise of Exchange integration coming soon helps a little. There are still many things to like about the new Sidekick 😉

Palm Pre FAQ: Round2

This is the link to engadgets summary about the Palm Pre FAQ Pre deets continue to trickle out; Office 2007 support in the mix.

Source

I’m really looking forward to this QWERTY smart phone. Is this the smart phone to own? There are so many unanswered questions and it’s yet to be released.

Reset Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Soft Reset
The reset will restore all the phone’s settings to factory default. You need to use the dialer to enter this code.
*#7370# or turn on and hold GREEN + RED + CAMERA until handlogo appears.

Hard Reset
Hard reset only works if you had previously updated the phone to v20. Please make backup before applying this type of reset, since it will restore the phone’s settings as well as erasing all the data in the phone memory.

1. Switch off the phone.
2. Press GREEN + RED + CAMERA + ON simultaneously until you see the “Select Country” option.

factory reset: The default password is 12345. You need to press and hold the key until the number appear (long press).

N97 official pre-order

See the specs here

Try the demo here

It’s now in pre-order at the official european nokia site.

Windows XP 2GB physical RAM limit work around

change the boot.ini file to something like this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS=”Microsoft Windows XP Professional”
/fastdetect /usepmtimer /NoExecute=AlwaysOff

the /NoExecute=AlwaysOff is the section to watch
this option will disable all microsoft windows xp hardware limitation such as memory limits (4GB should be supported if hardware support it of cause)
some reduction in memory could occure 3GB ~ 2.5GB or so.
there could be some fixes to this issue…

Top QWERTY + Touch Screen Smart Phones to like?

This is just some of the mobile phones I have analyzed and collected specs to. There are still some QWERTY smart phones I haven’t analyzed yet like the HTC Touch Pro and HTC Touch Pro 2. I personally had the HTC Touch Pro and HTC Dream G1 for a everyday use test in some month, and both devices has many nice featrures I like in my future smart phone.

When I analyse mobile phones there are some main areas I look into. This could be the screen: resolution, physical size, touch technologi and color depth. Battery: stanby time, talk time GSM/UMTS, moderate everyday use etc. Also software is a major area to be analyzed because this is where the real content is rendered. This first analyze or data collecten is not completed due lack of confirmed information from the companies, but I will update this later on and maybe add some new QWERTY smart pnones. Also a more user friedly analyze will come later on, for the purpose of choosing the rigth QWERTY smart phone.

Producent	Sony Ericsson	Nokia	Palm	HTC
Model	Xperia X1i	N97	Pre	Dream G1
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Release Date	NOW DK	1H US (23.june 2009)	1H US	NOW US
OS	Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional AKU 1.2.0	Symbian 9.4 with S60 5th Edition	WebOS	Android
Dimensions (LxWxH)	110.5 x 52.6 x 17 mm	117.7 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm	100.5 x 59.5 x 16.95 mm	117.7 x 55.7 x 17.1 mm
Weight	158 g	150 g	135 g	158 g
Display:
Size Physical	3.0″	3.5″	3.1″	3.2″
Colors	16 bit	24 bit	24 bit	16 bit
Ratio	16×10	16×9	15×10	15×10
Resolution (pixels)	800 x 480	640 × 360	480 x 320	480 x 320
Tecnology	TFT Touch Screen (Resistive)	TFT Touch Screen (Resistive)	TFT Touch Screen (Capacitive)	TFT Touch Screen (Capacitive)
Navigation
Keyboard	Full QWERTY	Full QWERTY	Full QWERTY	Full QWERTY
Stylus	+	+ (not build-in)	–	–
Other navigation	D-pad, Optical trackpad	D-pad on keyboard	Gesture area	Trackball with Enter
GPS:
Build-in GPS	+	+	+	+
AGPS	+	+	+	+
Camera:
Resolution	3.2 MP	5MP	3.1 MP	3.2 MP
Lense type	?	Carl Zeiss Tessar Lens	?	?
Flash	LED (Photo Light)	Dual LED / Video Light	LED	–
Video format	i:VGA@30fps (a:QVGA@24fps)	VGA@30fps (MPEG-4 SP 640×352)	? Not yet announced	–
Focus	Auto / Touch Focus	Auto	no auto focus	Auto
Video Call Camera	+ QCIF 0.3 MP (176 x 144)	+	–	–
Optical Zoom	–	–	–	–
Sensors:
Proximity (Talk)	–	+	+	–
Light (Display)	?	+	+	–
Haptic Feedback	–	+	?	–
Accelerometer	–	+	+	+
Compas	–	+	?	+
Main Processor	ARM11 Qualcomm MSM7200 528MHz processor (32 bit)	ARM11	OMAP Cortex A8	ARM11 Qualcomm MSM7201A™, 528 MHz
Other Processors	ARM9	?	?	?
RAM	256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM	?	?	192 MB RAM, 256 <= /span>MB ROM
Storage (internal/external)	400 MB/microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash, SDIO	32 GB/microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash	8 GB/-	-/microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash
Microphone	+ Mono	+	+	+
Loudspeaker	+ Mono	+	?	+ Mono
Audio Output	3.5 mm audio jack	3.5 mm audio jack	3.5 mm audio jack	HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB 2.0 and audio jack in = one)
FM Radio	87.5-108MHz with RDS	FM with RDS + auto tuning	?	–
Data Transfer Port	miniUSB (2.0)	microUSB (2.0) 5Mb/s tested	microUSB (2.0)	miniUSB (2.0)
TV-out	–	+ (PAL/NTSC)	?	–
Infrared port	–	–	–	–
Bluetooth	2.0 EDR with A2DP	2.0 EDR with A2DP, DUN, HFP, HSP, OPP	2.1 EDR with A2DP	2.0 EDR (A2DP in cupcake)
Wi-Fi	802.11b/g	802.11 b/g	802.11 b/g	802.11 b/g
Wi-Fi Encryption	?	+ WEP, WPA, WPA2 …	+ WPA, WPA2, 801.1x authentication	?
Modem	+	+ Bluetooth tethering	+ Bluetooth tethering	?
UPnP	?	+	?	?
Vibrater	+	+	?	+
FM-Transmitter	–	+	?	–
Cellular Networks:
GSM	850/900/1800/1900	850/900/1800/1900	? (800?)	850/900/1800/1900
UMTS	i: 900 (a: 850), both /1900/2100	900/1900/2100	1900	1700/2100
Cellular Data Links
EDGE	+	+	?	+
CSD	+	+	?	–
GPRS	+	+	?	+
HSDPA	+	+	+	+
HSUPA	+	?	?	+
Battery:
Removable	+	+	+	+
Type	Li-Po 1500 mAh	Li-ion 1500 mAh	Li-ion 1200mAh	Li-ion 1150 mAh
Stand-by time (GSM/UMTS)	500/640 h	430/400 h	?	319/402 h
Talk-time (GSM/UMTS)	10/6 h	6.6/5.3 h	?	6.6/5.8 h
Talk-time (UMTS Video calls)	3 h		?	–
Video-playback time	?	4.5 h (offline) 4:15 tested	?	?
Audio-playback time	?	37 h (offline) 32 h tested (earphones)	?	?
GPS Navigation	?	5 h tested	?	?
Web surfing EDGE	?	4.5 h tested	?	?
Recharge time	3.5 h	1,5 h tested	?	?
Battery Charge interface	miniUSB	nokia charger only (usb to nokia exists)	microUSB/inductive charger (optional)	miniUSB
Moderate use tested	1,5 day	3 days		1,5 day
Software:
App Shop	–	+ Ovi Online Store /N-Gage	+ App Catalog	+ Android Marketplace
Browser	IE Mobile/ Opera Mobile	Nokia Webkit Based	Palm Webkit Based	Android Webkit Based
Flash Support	Limited, Flash Lite via 3. Party	Flash Lite 3.0	Flash Lite 3.0	not yet in native browser
Tethering	+ BlueTooth, Cable	+ Bluetooth, Cable	+ Bluetooth	–
MS Office	+	+ preinstalled viewer + 3.part edit	?	–
Email	IMAP4/POP3/Exchange	IMAP4/POP3/Exchange	IMAP4/POP3/ Outlook Push/Exchange	IMAP4/POP3/Gmail
Kontakter	Exchange/Outlook	Multi Contacts	Multi Contacts	gContacts
Kalender	Exchange/Outlook	Outlook and more	Multi Calender	gCal
MSN	preinstalled	preinstalled	preinstalled	preinstalled poor implementation
Skype	3.party free	preinstalled	?	3.party free, poor beta
Geotagging	3.party	? Other Nseries have	?	+
GPS Nav	3.party	preinstalled	?	–
Podcast/RSS	preinstalled	preinstalled	?	3.party
Codecs:
Video:
wmv	+	+ hardware acc	?	–
mp4 avc / h.264	?	+ hardware acc	+	+
mp4 sp / h.263	?	+ hardware acc	+	?
divx	?	3.party	?	?
flash	?	+	?	– youtube app only
3gp	?	+	?	?
RealVideo	?	+ 7,8,9 and 10	?	?
Audio:
midi	+	+	?	?
aac	?	+	+	?
eaac	?	+	?	?
aeaac+	?	+	?	?
mp3	+	+	+	+
wma	+	+	?	–
amr	?	?	+	?
wav	?	?	+	?
DRM:
WM DRM	+	+	?	?
OMA DRM 1	?	+	?	?
OMA DRM 2	?	+	?	?