Gadget review

If you are a businessman, you may consider the Nokia E5. It is an affordable business smartphone. This gadget should meet both your business and personal needs. The E5 is the first smartphone to come preloaded with Microsoft Communicator Mobile, an application jointly developed by Microsoft and Nokia.

Communicator Mobile monitors the availability of a person on company directory and allow you to reach them via instant messaging. The symbian based smartphone also supports instant messaging services such as Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, Windows live Messenger and Ovi chat.The E5 has extensive email support and works with Yahoo!mail,Gmail,Windows Live Hotmail, Ovi Mail, MS Exchange and IBM Lotus Note Traveller.

Also, the phone includes applications for accessing Facebook and Twitter social Networking sites.Plus, you can view Facebook updates within the contact list ( Phonebook) itself . Ths Phone, which has a 5Megapixel camera with LED flash,also has Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity.Other features of the E5 include a Qwerty keypad,A-GPS, 2.4in QVGA LCD screen,up to 250 MB pf internal memory and MicroSD memory card slot.

In terms of battery life, the E5’s talktime is up to 18.5 hours and standby time is up to 29 days. The E5 is available in five colours,namely Carbon Black,Chalk White,Sky Blue, Copper Brown and Silver Grey. However, at this moment only two colours are available now which is carbon Black and Chalk White.

For Further info & features, you can visit their official website at http://www.nokia.com

The Nuvifone M10 does double duty both as a smartphone designed for business use and also servers a mobile navigation device running on Garmin’s GPS Technology.
This mobile runs on the latest Windows Mobile 6.5.3 operating system and has access to free applications on the Windows Marketplace for mobile service…. Cool hah!

On the hardware front, the phone comes with 512MB RAM,512MB ROM and 4GB of flash memory for storing data files. The M10 has a 3.5in WVGA display that comes with touch screen interface. There’s also a feature called Billboard that displays most of the important information on one screen do users can see everything they need to know at glance.

Another feature that enhances the phone’s usability is the 3D Task Manager that allows users to easily switch between running applications.

The phone comes with Qwerty soft keyboard for speedy text input as well as a 5Megapixel camera that automatically geotags photos. In terms of connectivity, the M10 supported HSPDA and Wifi 802.11 b/g connections.

The M10 also serves as a dedicated navigation device and it comes with advanced navigation features such as junction view that guides drivers to the correct lane for an approaching turn.

Local users can expect to see the Garmin Asus Nuvifone M10 on store shelver in the second quarter. More info : www.garminasus.com

HTC is on roll after it’s magic handset launch last week. It now offers the Snap for the mass market. But the snap isn’t as loaded as the magic since it’s powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard rather than Android. Windows mobile 6.1 Professional would have been a better option as this would appeal to power users.

The snap offers an inner circle key so e-mails from a select group can hit the top of your inbox. This means you don’t need to sift through endless emails to get those you want. And the full Qwerty keyboard lets you write emails and text quickly. At just 12 millimeters thick, you can fit the snap into just about any pocket, minus the bulge. Though small, its battery pack in enough juice for up to 8.5 hours of non stop chat.

To get connected at any time and keep power user happy, the snap offers high speed 3G High Speed Packet Access connectivity. But you should get an unlimited data plan to get the most out of it. Others futures include a 2.4 inch TFT LCD at QVGA resolution, 192 megabytes of RAM,256MB ROM, internal GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity , a 2 Mega pixel auto focus camera minus flash, and the device matches most audio and video formats.

More than 50,000 different applications mow available for the company’s genre-smashing device, actually making phone calls is only
A tiny part of what handy little gizmos. The latest version is the iPhone 3Gs whish has video recording for the first time besides other cool applications.
And with more applications being invented every day, and convenience than its predecessors, its might just be a matter of time before the iPhone starts making other specialized devices entirely obsolete.

Take GPS navigation systems for example. These marvels of technology can magically tell you where you are and how to get to where you want to be. They can also offer you other important information – local restaurant, traffic condition and petrol prices-through this is rarely up to date. But as a leading GPS maker Tom Tom demonstrated at the recent unveiling of the next generation iPhone, thee really is no need to own a separate GPS device any longer.
The company demonstrated its new application for the iPhone, which turn the device into a highly-capable GPS system, especially if customer buy the specially designed cradle and charger. According to independent tech analyst Carmi Levy, the big advantage will come when the usual information provided by GPS units it integrated with all the other tricks of which the iPhone is capable. People will be able to check local restaurants, cinema tickets and other such conveniences.
Traveling sales people will be able to plot their route, call up information on their customers, arrange meetings, and books a lunch reservation with a few easy clicks