Review Roundup: This week's hottest reviews on TechRadar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Review Roundup: This week's hottest reviews on TechRadar" class="aligncenter" height="212" mce_src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//Review%20images/TechRadar/Computing/Tablets/Samsung%20Galaxy%20Tab%208.9/Tab%208.9/Capture2-470-75.jpg" src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//Review%20images/TechRadar/Computing/Tablets/Samsung%20Galaxy%20Tab%208.9/Tab%208.9/Capture2-470-75.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" width="282" /></div> <h3 style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> This week's hottest reviews on TechRadar</h3> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> This week's we've got a great batch of reviews for you as well as lots of hands on reviews including the new Motorola Atrix 2 and Nokia's new Lumina 800.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> In full reviews, tablets are also prevalent this week - we've got the rather fine new Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 as well as the Asus Eee Pad Slider review.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> And for camera fans, there's the super new Nikon J1. Read on to check out all this week's reviews from TechRadar.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Samsung's attitude to the tablet market has been to throw so much mud at the Android wall that at least some of it sticks. It's got its Android 2.3 7-incher, the wonderful 10.1-inch flagship, the beautiful forthcoming 7.7-inch model and this here 8.9-inch masterpiece. By having all bases covered elegantly, Samsung is well placed to work out where the sweet spot is and to hit it hard as the market grows.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> The Galaxy Tab 8.9 is essentially the same as the 10.1 only it's slightly smaller, thinner and lighter. So it's pretty good then, and perfect for you if 10.1-inches is not quite portable enough for you to be lugging around.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Asus Eee Pad Slider review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> It's been a long time coming, but the Slider really is a brilliant device. While Samsung is going for the traditional tablet look, Asus is trying something a little different. The Transformer had a brilliant keyboard dock, while the Slider has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It's ideal then for use on the go, and typing out emails or documents is made easier by the physical tapper.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> The screen is brilliant too, and Android 3.2 never looked so good on any device. A real stunner. Your only challenge now is to actually find one - stock is hard to come by at the moment, so if you see one somewhere you'd better snap it up quick!</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> BlackBerry Curve 9360 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> We have to say that we're really impressed with the BlackBerry Curve 9360. More so than the Bold 9900, in fact. This is the first time we've really felt that a Curve device has been given all the bells and whistles of more premium handsets, and we think the Curve 9360 will be a best seller for RIM.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> It's aimed squarely at those who are either on a budget and want a BlackBerry but without the size/price tag of the excellent Bold 9900, or those who are slightly younger. This is a model we can see in the clutches of many a teenager over the next few months, and with its reasonable price tag - £280 SIM-free or free on a £25 per month contract - it's likely to fit that mould perfectly.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Nikon J1 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> While the Nikon J1 is easy to get to grips with, a high-quality touchscreen would make its handling a little slicker and speed up AF point selection. An articulated screen would make composing from unusual angles easier as well. Image quality from the Nikon J1 is good, competing well with the average compact camera and approaching that of entry-level DSLRs. In summary, the J1 provides a good introduction to interchangeable lens cameras, although it lacks some of the fun features such as in-camera filter effects seen on other offerings</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Toshiba 55WL863B review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Toshiba's first real stab at introducing some of its CEVO processing power into its UK TVs isn't without its flaws, but it's still a very nice TV overall. While there's a nagging sense that Toshiba could perhaps have used its CEVO Engine processing a bit more overtly in the 55WL863, it's still the case that the system has helped Toshiba deliver a really good TV that deserves a place at the top table of TV quality this year.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <img alt="Toshiba 55wl863b" mce_src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/Review%20images/TechRadar/Home%20Entertainment/Toshiba%2055WL863B/Toshiba55WL863_front-420-100.jpg" src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/Review%20images/TechRadar/Home%20Entertainment/Toshiba%2055WL863B/Toshiba55WL863_front-420-100.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" width="420" /></div> <h4 style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> This week's other reviews</h4> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Cooling</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Antec Kuhler H2O 920 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Desktop PCs</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Palicomp Phoenix Inferno Redline review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Zotac Zbox Nano AD10 Plus review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">DSLRs/Hybrids</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Canon PowerShot SX150 IS review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Nikon J1 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Olympus PEN Mini E-PM1 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Graphics Cards</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/graphics-cards/asus-eah-6770-dc-1037132/review" mce_href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/graphics-cards/asus-eah-6770-dc-1037132/review" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;">Asus EAH 6770 DC review</a></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Headphones</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Sony DR-GA200 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <img alt="Sony dr-ga200" mce_src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//Review%20images/PC%20Format/PCF%20259/PCF259.wired_flow.sony7-420-100.jpg" src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//Review%20images/PC%20Format/PCF%20259/PCF259.wired_flow.sony7-420-100.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" width="420" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Keyboards</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Roccat Isku Gaming Keyboard review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Mionix Zibal 60 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Laptops</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Asus N73SV review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Toshiba NB520-10S review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Asus U46 SV review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> MSI GT780DX review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Rock Xtreme 685 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Dell XPS 14z review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Asus Zenbook UX31 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Lenses</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Nikon AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 50mm 1:2.0 Macro review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Canon EF 100mm fS2.8 USM Macro review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Mice</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T. 7 Albino Edition review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Mobile phones</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> BlackBerry Curve 9360 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Nokia 700 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Monitors</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Apple ThunderbSlt Display review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">PC cases</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Antec Solo II review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Sat navs</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> TomTom Go Live Top Sear Edition review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Storage</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPs review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Tablets</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Asus Eee Pad Slider review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Archos 101 G9 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Televisions</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Toshiba 55WL863B review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Tripods</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Manfrotto 055XPROB and 496RC2 head review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Benro A297EX FlexPod and BH2-M review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Jessops Major Carbon Fibre review</div> <h4 style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> Hands on reviews</h4> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Cameras</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Hands on: Canon EOS-1DX review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Mobile phones</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Hands on: Samsung Epic 4G Touch review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Hands on: Samsung Galaxy Nexus review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Hands on: Nokia Lumia 710 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Hands on: Nokia Lumia 800 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Hands on: Motorola Atrix 2 review</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">OSes</span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/hands-on-ice-cream-sandwich-review-1036402" mce_href="http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/hands-on-ice-cream-sandwich-review-1036402" style="color: #0066cc; 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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="EA Nokia" class="size-full wp-image-93953 aligncenter" height="135" mce_src="http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/5172/05eanokia.jpg" src="http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/5172/05eanokia.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="EA Nokia" width="180" />At Nokia World last week, Nokia announced its very first Windows Phone devices, which will be preloaded with some of the company’s own apps. Now, it looks like those Nokia apps aren’t going to be the only exclusive apps on the phones. EA Games has announced that it will be bringing exclusive games to Nokia WP devices. The lineup will consist of titles from EA, Chillingo and Hasbro though it wasn’t specifically mentioned what they would be.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> It seems like Nokia’s way of winning the market share from other WP device manufacturers is by providing exclusive content and I think it’s a good plan. But Windows Phone users who don’t own Nokia devices will probably be upset if their favorite game doesn’t work on their phone just because it’s a different brand. What do you think about the EA-Nokia exclusivity?</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=igLEeqAoeR8:5NOfklNNvIc:qj6IDK7rITs" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=igLEeqAoeR8:5NOfklNNvIc:qj6IDK7rITs" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6692/70473065.gif" src="http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6692/70473065.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=igLEeqAoeR8:5NOfklNNvIc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=igLEeqAoeR8:5NOfklNNvIc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/9453/83949245.gif" src="http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/9453/83949245.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=igLEeqAoeR8:5NOfklNNvIc:V_sGLiPBpWU" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=igLEeqAoeR8:5NOfklNNvIc:V_sGLiPBpWU" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/311/70380248.gif" src="http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/311/70380248.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a></div> </div> </div>

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Apple Acquires Mapping Company, iMap Probably Not Far Away

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="apple mapping" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-93937" height="191" mce_src="http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7619/c3boston.jpg" src="http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7619/c3boston.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="apple mapping" width="384" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> News is out that Apple was the company who had acquired C3 Technologies last August (and shut it down). C3 is a mapping company known for its capacity to build maps that include 3D buildings,  textures and all (like Nokia does). Unlike many mapping companies that rely on a combination of satellite photos and GPS information, C3 could build maps and textured building models with planes (see video in the full post). This is a technique that allows for multiple (relatively shallow) angles, which is necessary to create textures for every sides of buildings, and that is simply impossible with high altitude satellites. The downside of this technique is that the amount of terrain covered by a plane is much smaller than what a satellite can cover. That said, Apple can probably buy the “big picture” data from someone else. Anyway, you can guess where this is going…</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=ZL7sIENOgkM:5I1xD_zQfZ8:qj6IDK7rITs" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=ZL7sIENOgkM:5I1xD_zQfZ8:qj6IDK7rITs" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6236/12210691.gif" src="http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6236/12210691.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=ZL7sIENOgkM:5I1xD_zQfZ8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=ZL7sIENOgkM:5I1xD_zQfZ8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6169/21597891.gif" src="http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/6169/21597891.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=ZL7sIENOgkM:5I1xD_zQfZ8:V_sGLiPBpWU" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=ZL7sIENOgkM:5I1xD_zQfZ8:V_sGLiPBpWU" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8800/65196784.gif" src="http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8800/65196784.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a></div> </div> </div>

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Nokia Windows Phone coming to US in 2012?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-86479 aligncenter" height="181" mce_src="http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1432/usnokia.jpg" src="http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1432/usnokia.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="us-nokia" width="232" />Somebody dropped a tip that laid claim to Nokia releasing their first Windows Phone smartphone in the US from 2012 onwards, although it is estimated that the first handset will roll out at Nokia World this coming October 26th. Interestingly enough, this is said to be an European launch, so folks living Stateside will have to wait until next year – presumably after Mobile World Congress 2012 that is happening in late February till early March in Barcelona.<a href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/08/nokia-windows-phone-us-2012/" mce_href="http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/08/nokia-windows-phone-us-2012/" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"></a></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=oZR9b95RWC8:8Wd-NCRRtHc:qj6IDK7rITs" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=oZR9b95RWC8:8Wd-NCRRtHc:qj6IDK7rITs" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4580/42237714.gif" src="http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4580/42237714.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=oZR9b95RWC8:8Wd-NCRRtHc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=oZR9b95RWC8:8Wd-NCRRtHc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4710/63013162.gif" src="http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4710/63013162.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=oZR9b95RWC8:8Wd-NCRRtHc:V_sGLiPBpWU" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=oZR9b95RWC8:8Wd-NCRRtHc:V_sGLiPBpWU" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4781/67977078.gif" src="http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4781/67977078.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a></div> </div> </div>

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Nokia Nearby tells your S40 where the action's at

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="193" mce_src="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/9268/nokianearby20110823.jpg" mce_style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;" src="http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/9268/nokianearby20110823.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 4px; max-width: 640px;" width="341" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"> Just because you're packing an S40 or S60 device doesn't mean you should have to miss out on the <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="em" mce_style="font-style: italic;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5;">haps</span>. That's why Nokia Beta Labs is debuting a pilot app called Nokia Nearby, a hyper-local search app -- geared toward emerging markets with a heavy concentration of S40 handsets -- that helps you find restaurants, movie theaters and other locations within close range of your current location. Fortunately, GPS isn't required for the service to work properly, which makes it even more tempting to at least try out. Glance at the video below the break to get a quick demonstration, and move over to the source link to download the beta program.</div> </div> </div>

Nokia Nearby tells your S40 where the action's at

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Samsung Galaxy S II “Big in America” Ad Released

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="178" mce_src="http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/875/christ540x296.png" src="http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/875/christ540x296.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="christ" width="324" />The folks at Samsung have released a brand new advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy S II, aka one of the best selling phones in history, showing it off in several places in the world ending up letting us know that it’s coming to the USA soon! It’s big in Europe, it’s big in Asia, it’s big all over the world they say, “and soon it will be big in America.” Is this again some indication that the Samsung Unpacked at IFA 2011 trailers were indeed speaking about something having to do with the Samsung Galaxy S II or an upgrade? We shall see!</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"></span></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> What this new advertisement shows us is that the device will be here in America soon having been massively successful around the world up unto this point. Several placements of the phone are done showing absurd combinations of real people or landmarks and a video of a replacement part on the smartphone. One thing to note that many radical religion-wild viewers might have a problem with is the RIO Jesus being covered up by a unicycler while the words “Millions of devoted followers” on top.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> What do you think? Massively offensive or just harmless fun? We’re majorly on the harmless fun side, and certainly can’t wait for the device to be released here in the states. Any luck and we’ll be seeing this device inside a month. Another oddity is in the tags on this video as it appears on YouTube:</div> <blockquote style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 1.5; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 3em; padding-top: 0px;"> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Samsung<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />Samsung Galaxy S II<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />Galaxy S II<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />GSII<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />Android<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />Smart Phone<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />android<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />mobile<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />wireless<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />cell phone<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />iphone<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />phones<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />nokia<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />touch<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />review<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />gps<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />wii<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />handy<br style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;" />google</div> </blockquote> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Perhaps the Nokia and Wii tags are just to gain some extra attention – but maybe something more notorious is in the works? We’ll be in NYC, New York on the 29th of August to see what all the business is about – stick with us here on ANdroid Community for the sweetest coverage!</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> )</div> </div> </div>

Samsung Galaxy S II “Big in America” Ad Released

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Video: How museums will look in the future

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="150" mce_src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/classifications/Mobile%20Phones/Nokia/high%20res2-200-200.jpg" src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/classifications/Mobile%20Phones/Nokia/high%20res2-200-200.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" width="200" /></div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Near Field Communications, or NFC as it's more commonly known, is a technology few know that much about.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> You might have used it to travel in London using an Oyster Card or have a smart pass at work that lets you into the building, but despite increasing numbers of phones packing NFC technology, not many people really know what it's for.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Thankfully, TechRadar has found a real life application at the Museum of London, where NFC tags have been deployed in partnership with Nokia to offer visitors insights and info on exhibits, quick access to social networking and NFC-only offers for the gift shop.</div> <h4 style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5;">Just the beginning</span></h4> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> It's early days with the technology at the moment - the tags mostly just offer simple links to the relevant websites - but Antony Robbins, head of communications at the Museum of London, gives some insight into how difficult it was integrating the next-gen tech into a building containing so many exhibits.</div> </div> </div>

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Caller ID announcement spotted in Windows Phone 7 Mango

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 24px;"></span><br /> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 12px; font: normal normal normal 13px/19px Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-top: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Windows Phone 7" class="size-full wp-image-75308 aligncenter" height="240" mce_src="http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4789/21windowsphone7.jpg" src="http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4789/21windowsphone7.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="Windows Phone 7" width="140" />It seems that phones in the past had more customizability than they do today. I remember being able to get customized logos which replaced the operator name on my Nokia 3310 and I also remember being able to customize my own ringtones on the phone itself, and set custom ringtones for different people. If you’ve used Windows Mobile devices in the past, it looks like the Mango update for Windows Phone 7 will be bringing a familiar feature back.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=j-7b5Bt-qbU:QR59NXSWlsQ:yIl2AUoC8zA" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=j-7b5Bt-qbU:QR59NXSWlsQ:yIl2AUoC8zA" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6430/36593189.gif" src="http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6430/36593189.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=j-7b5Bt-qbU:QR59NXSWlsQ:qj6IDK7rITs" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=j-7b5Bt-qbU:QR59NXSWlsQ:qj6IDK7rITs" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8383/83106099.gif" src="http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8383/83106099.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=j-7b5Bt-qbU:QR59NXSWlsQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=j-7b5Bt-qbU:QR59NXSWlsQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7745/76990675.gif" src="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7745/76990675.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=j-7b5Bt-qbU:QR59NXSWlsQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" mce_href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ubergizmo?a=j-7b5Bt-qbU:QR59NXSWlsQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5;"><img alt="" border="0" mce_src="http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2540/41843219.gif" src="http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2540/41843219.gif" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" /></a></div> </div> </div>

Caller ID announcement spotted in Windows Phone 7 Mango

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LG Gelato Spotted for T-Mobile

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="320" mce_src="http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/8089/33333x.png" src="http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/8089/33333x.png" title="33333" width="157" /></div> What you’re going to see in the gallery below is a rather tiny image of the device you see directly below, save for one rather important marking: a T-mobile logo near the top on the front. This again may seem sort of unimportant since this device is set to replace the LG Optimus One, both of them being entry-level devices, save another rather important factoid: this device will be rolling out with NFC equipped. This will make the device one of only a few smartphone devices on the market today with NFC abilities, this aside the Samsung Nexus S and the T-Mobile Nokia C7 – a meeGo device.<br /> <span> </span><br /> The same source that brings you the small image below notes that this device will likely be heading to AT&T as well, this all happening inside August of 2011. Users will then have to decide if they want this entry-level device for its NFC abilities and its Gingerbread out of the box or if they’ll want to go with such devices as the LG THRILL 4G with its 3D abilities, the LG Revolution on Verizon for its 4G LTE capabilities, LG Optimus 3D for it’s off-carrier 3D abilities, LG G2x for its dual-core power along with sweet glass front and sleek design, or the LG G-Slate of course if they’d like a tablet.<br /> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-45893 aligncenter" height="169" mce_src="http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1639/tmusimage.jpg" src="http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1639/tmusimage.jpg" title="tmus_image" width="300" /></div> Which device will you choose? Are you ready for the NFC revolution, or do you plan on skipping said technology in favor of on-screen deals and other non-physical interactions? Do you believe in the future of NFC? Do you think its enough of a draw for businesses that it makes sense to include said technology on devices such as these? Let us know!</div>

LG Gelato Spotted for T-Mobile

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Exclusive: Nokia: there's still hope for MeeGo yet

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="90" src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/classifications/Mobile%20Phones/Nokia/1200-nokia_n9_02-200-200.jpg" width="120" /></p><br/>Nokia CEO Stephen Elop's comments about the Nokia N9 being the last MeeGo phone may have been misinterpreted, according to a statement sent to TechRadar.<br/><br/>The Nokia N9 was recently announced with mostly positive first impressions, but according to Finnish site MTV3, Elop 'confirmed' that it would be the last MeeGo phone as the company looks to a new Windows Phone/Symbian era - although he was never directly quoted by the site.<br/><br/><strong>Game over, or game on?</strong><br/><br/>We spoke to Nokia to clarify the situation, and received the following response:<br/><br/>"Our primary smartphone platform will be Windows Phone – we have been very clear on this point – this is where we will be focusing our energies and resources as we go forward.<br/><br/>"Having said that, many of the innovations seen in the new N9 will be utilised in future Nokia products and we're excited about that and about what the N9 has brought us so far."<br/><br/>We realise that the statement is hugely open to interpretation - 'many of the innovations seen in the new N9' could range from the new MeeGo OS in its entirety to its triple homescreen layout or clever NFC Bluetooth pairing,<br/><br/>Whatever the plans are now, it's likely that Nokia won't give up on a strong consumer product if the N9 gets the traction the early signs are suggesting it might - so perhaps we haven't seen the last of MeeGo after all.

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Ovi Maps APIs will be supported in Windows Phone 7 Mango

<img alt="nokiaovimaps" border="0" height="158" src="http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/9708/nokiaovimaps.png" style="background-image: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="nokiaovimaps" width="372" /><br/><br/>We know that Ovi Maps forms a big part of the partnership between Microsoft and Nokia. From this post in Nokia’s developer forums we learn that Nokia’s existing developer APIs for Ovi maps will also be supported in Windows Phone 7 Mango, which should help developers port their existing apps to Windows Phone 7 easily.<br/><br/>We already know Nokia is now very dependent on Microsoft executing well, but it seems the solutions of the two companies will also become incredibly intertwined, with Nokia’s Ovi Maps becoming a central part of the Windows Phone 7 offering for all OEMs, suggesting even if Microsoft did not actually take the step of marrying Nokia, they will certainly be living together very soon, with neither company able to step away cleanly from the partnership without significant disruption.<br/><br/><em>Thanks</em> <strong>Tony</strong> <em>for the tip.</em>

Ovi Maps APIs will be supported in Windows Phone 7 Mango

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Nokia N9: are you buying one?

<div><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/26/nokia-n9-are-you-buying-one/"></a></div><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="255" src="http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9075/nokiapollimage.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px;" width="360" /></p><br/>Why hello Nokia, we can see you've lost a few buttons and gussied yourself up with a new version of MeeGo. Very nice. That new outfit is a one-off affair, you say? Not to be repeated? We're a little sorry to hear that, although we have to admit -- those metro threads don't look half bad on you either. We wonder what your adoring public will think? Shall we ask? Yes, let's.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/26/nokia-n9-are-you-buying-one/#poll65754">View Poll</a>

Nokia N9: are you buying one?

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Nokia's N950 splayed by FCC, 12-megapixel camera lurking within

<div><img alt="" src="http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5213/n950splayedbyfcctktkpos.jpg" style="border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px;" /></div><br/>Our friends over at the FCC have somehow both scored and already torn asunder Nokia's new flagship MeeGo development phone. Slicing and dicing Espoo's latest confirms the watered-down N9 specs we'd previously heard about, except for one: a 12-megapixel camera. An intriguing addition, as the N950's official specs list an 8-megapixel shooter, which the Finnish firm touted as "different" than the unit in its brother. Perhaps different means the additional 4-megapixels we spotted earlier this year? Sure, last minute component changes aren't unheard of, but if you ever manage to convince the Finns to throw one your way, do us a favor and let us know what it's packing. Ok?<br/><br/><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/26/nokias-n950-splayed-by-fcc-12-megapixel-camera-lurking-within/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>

Nokia's N950 splayed by FCC, 12-megapixel camera lurking within

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Active wants you fitter

<img alt="Sony ericsson txt" class="aligncenter" height="315" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/classifications/Mobile%20Phones/Sony%20Ericsson/Sony-txt-420-90.jpg" width="420" /><br/><br/>Sony Ericsson has announced the arrival of the Sony Ericsson Active and – a handset that's built for the extreme sports crowd, as well as the Sony Ericsson txt for, well, texting lovers.<br/><br/>The Xperia Active is a phone for those who play sports and seemingly can't bear to be without to miss a call or tweet.<br/><br/>There's even a hook at the bottom of the Active and a wrist strap to make sure you don't lose your phone when you are running, surfing, sumo wrestling… whatever trendy athlete-types do nowadays.<br/><br/>To make sure the handset can survive a night out in Newcastle, the Sony Ericsson Active is waterproof to one metre and also scratch resistant.<br/><br/>Bear in mind, though, the waterproof element will only last for 30<br/><br/>minutes to a depth of 1m, so keeping this phone could be a lot like keeping a gremlin.<br/><br/><strong>Oh... my heart's stopped</strong><br/><br/>To go with its sporty nature, SE has added a whole host of sports-related apps, so you can keep track of your fitness. There's even an on-screen heart rate monitor, which may or may not beep when someone you fancy walks past.<br/><br/>Underneath this sporty sheen are some pretty decent specs. The whole thing is powered by a 1GHz processor with Android 2.3 inside, as well as a 5MP camera with HD functionality and a 3-inch Reality Display.<br/><br/>And don't worry if you have wet fingers and want to touch the screen, SE has added wet finger tracking to the mix.<br/><br/>According to the press release, Maria Sharapova loves this phone, too. Which is an incredible coincidence since Wimbledon is taking place at the moment.<br/><br/><strong>Txtrs dn't lyk xtra lttrs</strong><br/><p style="text-align: center;"></p><br/>Sony Ericsson has also released the illiterate Sony Ericsson txt, a phone for those who like to, well, text.<br/><br/>This is a feature phone that offers a full QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2MP camera and an SMS shortcut key.<br/><br/>You will also be able to access the likes of Twitter and Facebook easier on the phone - plus Wi-Fi is on board! Woohoo!<br/><br/>The Sony Ericsson Active has a UK release date of Q3 2011, as does the Sony Ericsson txt – which is a 'sister' phone to the recently announced Sony Ericsson txt pro.

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HTC is now a larger company than Nokia [In terms of market cap]

<div><img alt="htcbooth HTC is now a larger company than Nokia [In terms of market cap]" height="360" src="http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/3779/htcbooth.jpg" title="HTC is now a larger company than Nokia [In terms of market cap]" width="270" /></div><br/>In terms of market capitalization, which is defined the share price of your company multiplied by the number of issued shares, HTC has just overtaken Nokia. This is significant because it points to both Nokia’s failures at making the transition to a company known for attractive high end smartphones as well as offering a set of compelling online services, and HTC’s success at getting by with a portfolio that except for one or two feature phones is completely made up of handsets running other people’s operating systems. Nokia does one thing right however, and that’s move boxes. No one comes even close to touching the Finnish handset maker when it comes to shipping the amount of devices they do each and every quarter. How much of that is due to the fact that Nokia makes phones that cost less than what you spend on a typical Friday night out with the boys, and how much of that is because Nokia got into the phone game really early and that’s given them time to build factories and setup relationships with component vendors?<br/><br/>On the flip side of the coin you’ve got HTC, who until very recently was nothing more than a company that built mobile phones for other people. The brand, HTC, was hidden from the pubic. It was torn off the device and packaging and instead replaced the name of an operator. Deciding to lift themselves from being known as a company that puts pieces of metal and plastic together to one that has actual brand recognition among consumers has done the Taiwanese firm well. While we’ve got mixed feelings about HTC Sense, the software layer HTC throws on top of Android, we’ve got to admit that HTC makes the best Android devices on the market.<br/><br/>What’s Windows Phone going to do to Nokia, Android, and HTC over the next few years is going to be ridiculously interesting to watch.

HTC is now a larger company than Nokia [In terms of market cap]

In terms of market capitalization, which is defined the share price of your company multiplied by the number of issued shares, HTC has just ...

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HTC's market capitalization reaches $33.8b, overshadows Nokia and RIM

<div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="210" hspace="4" src="http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4568/11x0407htcmm.jpg" style="margin: 4px;" vspace="4" width="360" /></div><br/>Nokia once said that going with Android was like "peeing in your pants" for temporary warmth. Well, even if that warmth doesn't last forever, it has now helped one of its upstart competitors, HTC, to rise beyond Nokia in terms of market valuation. This is a somewhat beguiling metric to compare companies by -- market cap measures the value of a company's shares available on the market, and not every company has the same proportion of its <em>overall</em> value available in stocks -- but it illustrates well the diametrically opposite directions in which the two mobile phone makers are moving. <em>Bloomberg</em> informs us that HTC's stock has risen by 33 percent this year, while Nokia's has shrunk by 19 percent. Surpassing Nokia now means HTC is the world's third most valuable smartphone maker. Of course, neither Nokia nor RIM is sitting idly by and letting the Taiwanese whippersnapper have things its own way, however both companies' roadmaps for re-conquering the smartphone high-end seem to stretch far off into the 2012 distance. As for HTC, we expect it to launch another Sensation of a device <em>on Tuesday</em>.

HTC's market capitalization reaches $33.8b, overshadows Nokia and RIM

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AR.Drone gets unofficial Qt app for Symbian^3 devices

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="ar drone nokia n8 AR.Drone gets unofficial Qt app for Symbian^3 devices" class="size-full wp-image-219879 aligncenter" height="263" src="http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ar-drone-nokia-n8.jpg" title="AR.Drone gets unofficial Qt app for Symbian^3 devices" width="340" /></p><br/>Remember AR.Drone, that sexy-lookin’ quadricopter we’ve first seen at last year’s CES? Thus fur it was an iPhone thing only, but not anymore. Nope, Parrot (which makes the AR.Drone) hasn’t unveiled its own application for other platforms — rather we’re talking about a home-made project that allows Symbian^3 device owners (i.e. those of you with the Nokia N8, C7 or E7) to join the game, too.<br/><br/>The application was created to show the power of Nokia’s Qt platform, which we hope won’t die alongside Symbian OS. Interested developers can download the code and start experimenting themselves. Hopefully some of them will also take one step forward and make the Symbian version of AR.Pursuit, which allows two AR.Drone owners to fight each other.<br/><br/>Anyway, you can see how AR.Drone is controlled on a Nokia smartphone from a video below. Enjoy! <img alt="icon wink AR.Drone gets unofficial Qt app for Symbian^3 devices" class="wp-smiley" src="http://static.intomobile.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" title="AR.Drone gets unofficial Qt app for Symbian^3 devices" />

AR.Drone gets unofficial Qt app for Symbian^3 devices

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Nokia to launch 40 devices in 2011, at least 30% of them will be smartphones

<div><img alt="n8e7 Nokia to launch 40 devices in 2011, at least 30% of them will be smartphones" height="307" src="http://images.intomobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/n8e7.jpg" title="Nokia to launch 40 devices in 2011, at least 30% of them will be smartphones" width="462" /></div><br/>An unnamed Nokia Executive, in an interview with the <em>Hindustan Times</em>, has said: “We will be launching 40 models in 2011 of which at least 30% would be smartphones.” This news isn’t exactly making us bust out the champagne because that’s right around how many models Nokia has been releasing every year for the past 5 years. The Finnish firm has consistently told us that they’re going to take a “more wood behind fewer arrows” approach, meaning that they’ll come out with less new models, but said models would be further refined, but we’ve yet to actually see that materialize. Now we know you need a wide portfolio if your goal is to not only compete with Android and the iPhone, but to also “connect the next billion”, but 40 variants is a bit much. Take the Nokia N8, E7, C7, and as yet to be announced C6. They’re all the same device, expect one has a better camera, one has a QWERTY keyboard, one has a less capable camera, and one looks like a BlackBerry. Inside they’re all the same, they’re just different sizes and shapes. Why?<br/><br/>While we never expect Nokia to take the Apple approach and release just 1 new handset every calendar year, we do think they should release no more than 10 models every 12 months: 2 for the low end of the market with a bare minimum set of features, 4 or 5 mid range devices that come in a variety of form factors, and 3 or 4 high end devices that show off the best the company is capable of achieving. Maybe now that Stephen Elop is in charge he’ll do that. He’s already promised to reduce the amount of time between when Nokia announces a device and when it actually shows up on store shelves. It’s still too early in the year to see just how well he’s doing on achieving that goal.<br/><br/><img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/IntoMobile/~4/75oOEdFUT34" width="1" />

Nokia to launch 40 devices in 2011, at least 30% of them will be smartphones

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Review: Nokia E7

<P align=center><img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/press%20shots/nokia-e7_main-200-200.jpg"></P><br /><P>If beauty were only screen deep, the Nokia E7 series would stand a good chance in a Miss Handset competition, even up against the likes of the iPhone 4, HTC Desire S and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. </P><br /><P>This QWERTY keyboard phone boasts a four-inch capacitive touchscreen, AMOLED ClearBlack display and sleek brushed aluminium casing that feels great in the hand. It's just under 14mm thick, but fairly lightweight for its size and depth. </P><br /><P>A strong double-thumbed push to the tilt and slide mechanism will reveal the well-spaced, rubber-buttoned QWERTY pad. The hinge is a little stiff, but the solidity is appreciated. </P><br /><P>The weight is nicely balanced held portrait, landscape or with the keypad out, and the touchscreen isn't overpowered by unwieldy additional keys. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/press%20shots/nokia-e7_orange-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>The soft keys it does have are spare and nicely designed, sticking to a keypad lock (which can be easy to accidentally brush with a palm), camera key, volume rocker and menu button. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/press%20shots/nokia-e7_blue1-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>The colours look brilliant on-screen, despite a fairly low resolution and in all lights. It houses an 8mp LED flash camera and additional front-facing camera for video calling, HDMI-out, and did we mention that gorgeous-for-typing QWERTY keyboard? </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/QWERTY%20front-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>This is indeed a sleek handset. A pretty handset. A, dare we say, rather sexy handset. Oh okay, it's pretty much a bigger <a href="">Nokia N8</A> with a dab of Nokia N97, but we'll let that slide.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/QERTY%20side%20view-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>Then you delve a little deeper… and you realise this little pageant contestant probably isn't getting past the swimwear round. You open on a Home screen so cluttered, you're not sure where to look first, in fact, you're not entirely convinced this isn't just the menu for the entire phone. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/phone%20lit-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>It's not, and there's even two more Home screens to flick through, each with that pregnant Symbian pause before it finally moves on to the next.</P><br /><P>Running Symbian^3, this is supposed to be part of the 'next wave' of Symbian smartphones, but given the announcement that Nokia are pairing with Windows, this handset seems redundant before we even start; like a final attempt to push out a Symbian-powered phone that doesn't drive you insane with its lack of intuitiveness. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Phone%20shot1-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>It's also having a bit of a personality crisis – is it a PMP? Is it a business phone? It's not really sure what it is and ends up being neither one nor the other… a sort of bland mash of the two.</P><br /><P>If you love to see the innards of a phone, tough luck. With a nod to the iPhone, the Nokia E7's battery is hidden away behind the metal casing, with a sliding SIM card tray and few ports. The HDMI-out, micro-USB and 3.5mm multimedia jack are all located at one end of the phone.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Ports1-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Ports2-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/ports3-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/SIM%20tray2-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>Overall it's a well-specced piece of kit, rather let down by the software it runs on, and given that it's debuting at £499 SIM free (you what, Nokia?!) or free on a £35 contract. </P><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Interface</H4><br /><P>Ah, the interface. Here lies the reason why the Nokia E7 isn't the best available in its price bracket: it runs on Symbian. Even running the more lauded Symbian^3 doesn't help – it's still slow, laggy software. </P><br /><P>If you're not a previous Nokia owner, then know that the user experience is clunky and filled with trial and error, though flipping from slab to slide-out QWERTY has thankfully no worse a reaction time than anything else you ask this handset to do. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/1-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>It's not instantaneous, though, and again Nokia proves that HTC handsets utilising Sense UI, such as the HTC Desire S and HTC Incredible S, are the only smartphones that can keep up with the iPhone 4 for usability. </P><br /><P>Navigating the phone is everything you've seen before – grid menus, neat and organised (if not intuitive), and customising the three Home screens would mean you'd rarely have to dip into the main menu if you really wanted to avoid it. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/2-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>That said, actually customising takes too much effort in our opinion and you absolutely have to have four widgets to a column or none at all, which seems a little daft. Unlike previous handsets, the organization of the menu isn't particularly intuitive. </P><br /><P>Thanks to the larger screen, email is no longer grouped in with Messaging and is lumped into the Applications widget. Not too awful, but it was handy to have an email inbox hooked up to the SMS/MMS inbox. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/4-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/4b-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/5-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>On the plus side, the Nokia E7 will happily multitask away, but closing any of those open apps takes an embarrassingly long time – in fact, the amount of times we accidently opened an app instead of closed it because of the lag was a constant source of irritation. </P><br /><P>On the subject of lag, the sluggishness between Home screen swipes is also disappointing. It rarely crashed however, though if it did it would be because Nokia Ovi clients were humming away, forgotten in the background.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/6-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>The amount of interactions a simple option can take does make you feel like you're dialing the automated bank service of the smartphone world. "Choose from the following options… Press 1 to be a little frustrated. Press 2 for a dollop of 'Where did I find it…?' confusion…"</P><br /><P>Overall it gels together provided you're used to it and takes a little bit fiddling around if you're not, which, while not too bad, isn't intuitive enough to excuse the price point.</P><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Contacts and calling </H4><br /><P>This should be the bread and butter of the Nokia phone. Contacts and call log are accessed through Home screen shortcuts and laid out in a scrolling list view (whichever way you tip the handset).</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/7-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Here, it's a trademark Nokia phone all the way – utilitarian, useful, and a bit boring, frankly. Supported smart dialing and minimal social integration is about as interesting as it gets on the Nokia E7.</P><br /><P>After transferring SIM contacts to the phone memory, we could search through 'social networks' (by this, Nokia simply mean Twitter and Facebook) and sync, adding imagery to the phonebook entry.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/9-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/9b-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>But to see any sort of social network status updates we had to then click through the Nokia Ovi client, wasting time while it loads and you sign in, to then have to dip into the Facebook or Twitter mobile site.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/10-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/11-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/12-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>Clearly this handset has nothing on the HTC range, including its closest in design, the <a href="">HTC Desire Z</A>. It also misses a trick not linking contacts to Foursquare, plus populating your contacts list with imagery takes a huge amount of time. </P><br /><P>So, from the features it doesn't have, to the simple things it can do:</P><br /><P>If you're called by an unsaved number, simply dip into the log, long tap the number and the option to save to contacts will appear. </P><br /><P>Dip into the settings to set up speed dial shortcuts, which can then be accessed through the Call button on the Home screen.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/13-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>The dialler is easy to reach through a Home screen shortcut, as is the call log, though you can get to this through the dialler, too.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/14-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Favourite contacts can be added to the contacts list, ensuring they're always at the top.</P><br /><P>And smart dialing ensures typing in a number will bring up the corresponding letters from the alphanumerical pad, for quicker, intuitive dialing.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/8-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>There is the option of voice operated dialling, but amusingly the voice dialling recognition isn't very keen on Northern accents apparently; asking it to dial "Mel" would result in choosing to dial "Neil" or "Dan". Obviously not what was said, though others may disagree. </P><br /><P>Unless your voice sounds particularly robotic in the first place, we'd stick to regular dialing.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/16-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>There's also a video calling option, though we'd hedge a bet that most of your contacts won't be utilising this particular feature, it's nice to know it's there.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/17-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Of course, this is the one type of smartphone that will excel at actually calling people. Nokia's can never be faulted for that. The connection was tenacious, even in a loud pub with one bar of signal we could still have an clear-enough conversation. </P><br /><P>It's great that despite being a sleeker-looking, fully featured phone, it still retains its 'Old Faithful' Nokia calling capabilities. </P><br /><P>Call quality is clear and the volume gets nice and loud, and can be adjusted using the volume slider. However, clicking to the Home screen doesn't result in the call ending, meaning a few awkward voicemails were left before realisation dawned. Lesson learned: always click red, kids.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/18-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Messaging</H4><br /><P>The SMS/MMS messaging caries the bog standard recognisable interface for every Nokia handset anywhere, though it's simple and easy to use. There's a nice conversation view for SMS, but this is where the niftiness ends, and everything from here is bland but useful.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/19-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/19b-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/20-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/21-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>There's no universal inbox but the unified email client means you can easily switch between multiple protocols, and it's a doddle to set-up – just put in your email and password and the E7 does the rest.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/22-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/23-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/23b-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>For when you're using the touchscreen QWERTY keyboard in landscape or the alphanumeric keypad in portrait, there's a comforting haptic buzzing, but we can't believe there's STILL no mini QWERTY in portrait. Boo, we say. </P><br /><P>Instead it's still the standard portrait experience of a touchscreen keyboard: middling responsiveness to typing, forcing you to slow down, and unintuitive spell correct that means you have to tap the correct word to replace the badly spelled one.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/24-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>But you're unlikely to use the touchscreen keyboards much when there's a gorgeous hardware keyboard – the standout feature of the phone. The landscape format makes for more comfortable typing than on, say, the <a href="">BlackBerry Bold 9780</A>, and the soft rubber keys are nicely spaced for quick typing. </P><br /><P>Even for small-handed people, it's a comfortable and tactile keypad that you'd be happy enough to use if you've got a long email to draft. </P><br /><P>However, if you're attempting to bash out a text with drink in hand, you'll have to find somewhere to rest that beer – the handset is far too heavy and clunky to use one-handed. There's autocorrect and autocomplete, but both are turned off by default.</P><br /><P>An interesting option (but one we wonder about including) is the option to listen to text messages. Worth doing though, if just to hear a robotic voice say the words: "Mega awesome: smiley face, big smile."</P><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Internet</H4><br /><P>With its beautiful four-inch touchscreen, 3G and 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi capability, you'd think internet browsing would be a thing of joy on this machine. Sadly, this isn't so. It's a bit of a chore, actually. </P><br /><P>The built-in Nokia browser doesn't automatically fit the page to the screen and is fairly slow to load perhaps due to the processing speed (680 MHz). </P><br /><P>The capacitive touchscreen allows for pinch zooming and the quality of the pages on the screen are of passing crispness despite the fairly low 640 x 360 resolution, though it doesn't allow for zooming too far out and still being legible. Plus, when pinch zooming, the browser stutters often.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/25-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/25b-420-100.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/26-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Flash Lite 4.0 is a welcome software inclusion, which also supports a majority of Flash 10.1 content, but pulling up the YouTube widget automatically takes you to the mobile site, means watching a tiny media player that doesn't fill the screen with patchy quality video when you do zoom in. </P><br /><P>Streaming on the BBC iPlayer widget (which is essentially the mobile site) doesn't take too long to load, and stays a good quality when zoomed to full screen.</P><br /><P><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/27-210-100.jpg" width="210"></IMG></P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/28-420-100.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/29-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>There's no text reflow, so get used to scrolling left and right if you need to zoom way in on the article you're reading.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/30-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>Aside from the frustrating speed, the browser is clunky to navigate and if you're not a Nokia or Symbian user, may take a little trial and error to get you around the browser's features as they're not clearly marked. </P><br /><P>It takes far too many interactions, for example, to reload or find the browser history, which is rubbish if you accidently pressed a button and need to go back quickly. That said, when you do find the history, the swipeable thumbnails are a nice touch.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/31-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Opera Mini is available to download for this handset. Funnily enough, it provides what Nokia can't in the form of a mini QWERTY touchpad in portrait mode. It's a little slower to load, if that's possible, than the built-in browser, but provides text reflow and a slightly-less-juddery zooming experience, so we'd use it over the E7's own browser if we were catching up on our news. Other than that, there's little to separate them.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/32-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/33-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Camera</H4><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7 review: camera" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Camera1-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>The camera boasts a decent eight-megapixel camera with dual LED flash that handily beats the HTC Desire S's paltry five megapixels, but doesn't match up to the Nokia N8's 12MP. Although it's easy to open using the soft camera shortcut key built into the case, the UI is ultimately disappointing – it's too fiddly, with not enough preset modes, and those that are there are time consuming to get to. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Camera%20soft%20key-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>The dedicated key is a nice touch, making it easy to open the camera, but it does take a few precious seconds to load. The soft key makes it far easier to take actual pictures and video, though, a bonus that iPhone and HTC Incredible S users may envy.</P><br /><P>There's tap-to-zoom but no autofocus, though there is face recognition software and the scene modes available include portrait, landscape, night and night portrait. Fairly limited choice, we would say… not a macro mode in sight. You're not exactly going to become the next Bailey or Attenborough with this handset.</P><br /><P>If you're a dab hand with cameras in the first place, you can play (to some extent) with the white balance, ISO, exposure and so on, but most choices are preset and, given that you can't change the shutter speed, messing around with them only gives you marginally better photos. </P><br /><P>The LED flash is surprisingly powerful; so much so that there's a chance we may have half-blinded a small Australian singer. Oops.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/Pics/pic%201-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P><a href="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/Pics/pic%201.jpg">Click here for full-res version</A></P><br /><P><STRONG>OUDOORS:</STRONG> <EM>In direct sunlight and automatic capture mode, the colour is sucked out of the picture almost completely</EM></P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/Pics/pic%202-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P><a href="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/Pics/pic%202.jpg">Click here for full-res version</A></P><br /><P><STRONG>CLOUDY:</STRONG> <EM>In cloudier conditions and auto mode, the quality is much better with the images retaining a true-to-life colouring</EM></P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/Pics/pic%203-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P><a href="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/Pics/pic%203.jpg">Click here for full-res version</A></P><br /><P><STRONG>INDOORS:</STRONG> <EM>Indoors in night mode is where the camera really shines. Taken during a gig, the quality and colour of this picture is excellent</EM></P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/Pics/pic%204-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P><a href="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/Pics/pic%204.jpg">Click here for full-res version</A></P><br /><P><STRONG>EFFECTS:</STRONG> <EM>There are colour modes for editing. This is the above picture in black and white, which works really well and looks, if possible, even sharper than the colour version</EM></P><br /><P>There is the choice to upload to Twitter or Facebook. It also uploads photos in such a ninja-ery way that it's loaded before you can caption or generally add any explanation to the image that's about to land on your Facebook wall.</P><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Video</H4><br /><P>The video quality holds up better than the camera, boasting HD quality 720p resolution, shooting at 25fps. </P><br /><P>In a dimly lit club, it made all the difference. The quality on the handset screen is excellent, though it loses a little clarity played back on a bigger screen. The microphone picks up a singer's voice in a noisy gig excellently.</P><br /><P>But again, as with the camera, pre-set modes are sparse and you can choose from a selection of Automatic, Low light or Night mode.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/35-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>Somewhat making up for the lack of interesting camera modes is the video editing software. It's no <a href="">iPad 2</A> iMovie, but you can make passably interesting videos with scene fades and titles. Sadly there's no using photo stills allowed. </P><br /><P>If you're a video caller or a fan of MySpace ego-shots, there's a secondary camera tacked onto the front of the handset, but the quality is dire and grainier than your average British beach. Plus, despite the front-facing camera, the Nokia E7 doesn't yet support live-streaming, nor can you download Qik from the Ovi store.</P></PARAM><PARAM value="true" name="allowFullScreen"></PARAM><PARAM value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"></PARAM><br /><P align=center><EMBED src=http://www.youtube.com/v/XG8V8W8B_ig&hd=1&hl=en&fs=1 width=420 height=315 type=application/x-shockwave-flash allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></P><br /><P> </EMBED></OBJECT></P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/youtube_insert-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>Taken in night mode at an indoor gig, quality is great and not as grainy as you would have expected. Audio is excellent. Using the full 3x digital zoom, the image was still excellent with very little pixilation. </P><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Media</H4><br /><P>Despite being billed as a Communicator phone, the Nokia E7 is media-heavy (the iPlayer widget means Prof Brian Cox on your handset, yay!) with an internal 16GB memory, though, the same as the smaller <a href="">iPhone 4</A> size, there's no external memory card slot, or indeed, way to claw out the battery if the phone freezes and/or dies an untimely death.</P><br /><P>It has a good array of apps, widgets and players, coming pre-loaded with a BBC iplayer widget, CNN video widget, YouTube and a Paramount movie trailers app. </P><br /><P>The menu for the latter is so old, it reads like an airplane in-flight system from five years ago (Failure to Launch, really?). That said, if you like watching ancient movie trailers (you know, before you go rent the video from Blockbusters) the quality is good, the footage sharp – even in fullscreen mode – and the volume is excellent.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/3-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>You can have widgets for all of the above, plus the media player, on the Home screens, just a short finger swipe away.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/37-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>The Nokia E7 supports the usual suspects in audio codecs (MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, E-AC-3 and *gasp* AC-3) for the music player, and when holding the phone both landscape and portrait you're able to swipe through album covers in a rather, ahem, familiar-looking format.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/39-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/40-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Building a playlist is easy, simply long press the name of the song you want to add. You can even begin a new playlist there and then.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/41-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>The sound quality of the speaker is sharp but interestingly, when testing video with our own headphones, we could only hear the background noise, not the person speaking. This occurred when watching the BBC iPlayer app and YouTube, but not with video we'd recorded ourselves. </P><br /><P>Similarly, listening to the music player with low-end headphones produced an odd, tinny/underwater sound, but after a little futile fiddling with the equaliser, delving into the settings instead and pulling the balance all the way to the right restored the vocals to the backing track for the media players and music player.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/42b-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/43a-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>The Nokia earphones the handset comes with feel cheap, but attempt to provide a little comfort with different sized in-ear buds. Listening to them for an extended period would be hideous though, and the sound quality is as middling as expected, with awful distortion at the highest volume. </P><br /><P>The chassis is comfortable enough to hold while watching movies and the audio jack is nicely placed to the top right, meaning no jabbing into prone palms. Again, you can add a shortcut to the Home screen for ease of video watching (and indeed, photo viewing). </P><br /><P>For the video player itself, supported codecs include MPEG-4, VC-1, Sorenson Spark and Real Video 10. Once you're into the player, it's simple to navigate.</P><br /><P>Videos are browsed in a list, rather than thumbnails, and the touchscreen controls are simple and easy to use.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/42-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/43-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Social Media integration for media goes as far as being able to share with Twitter and Facebook (no YouTube integration) but even then, the recorded HD video files are often far too big to be posted to Facebook via the mobile site.</P><br /><P>Nicely, there's not just an FM radio, but a DAB Digital radio. Sweet! We thought. What a nice upgrade from your standard – oh wait. We have to use the Nokia Digital Radio Headseat DAB with it? No other headset will do? Oh. Well. </P><br /><P>What a letdown, Nokia. Still, at least we have our FM radio, and that's nice and clear. It doesn't record, or do back flips, but it can play away in the background to whatever we're doing, so what do we need DAB for? Hmph.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/44-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/45-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/46-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Battery life and connectivity</H4><br /><P>The embedded 1200 mAh battery apparently offers a talk time of up to nine hours. We'd concur, having charged it every few hours when the battery dropped to two bars following heavy media and intermediate internet use.</P><br /><P>Actually, we'd go further than concurring, to say that if you're not rabidly streaming video or consuming internet, you'd probably get a solid two days out of the phone, given that you can turn it onto standby at night and still be woken in the morning by the alarm. Plus, on the bright side, the battery beats its HTC Desire Z and HTC Incredible S competitors.</P><br /><P>The Nokia E7 is seriously blessed when it comes to connectivity options, offering an HDMI port, micro-USB connector, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, USB On-the-Go, plus Bluetooth 3.0 as per the Nokia N8. <BR></P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/47-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>There is, of course, also a wall charger included in the box… for nostalgic purposes, we can only imagine. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/48-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Connecting to the TV via the HDMI cable is pretty awesome; there's little sluggishness except for what we've already seen and anything that's already of a high definition (so not YouTube videos) will be decently rendered on the larger screen. </P><br /><P>Audio files sound great, and the Spotify app makes anchoring the handset to a TV the perfect party piece. </P><br /><P>The only complaint would be the cutting off of image when playing video – apart from that, this is an excellent feature.</P><br /><P>Tethering to a PC is simple – head on into the connectivity settings > USB settings and be prompted by a kindly Nokia note. The Nokia E7 makes for a relatively slow modem, but in times of need and no open Wi-Fi to connect to, it would be a passable connection.</P><br /><P>We had no grumbles of 3G overriding any Wi-Fi connections, unlike the <a href="">Nokia N8</A>. All applications consistently opened using Wi-Fi where present, and only ever politely asked what to connect to when it wasn't available. Excellent job, Symbian^3, we'd pat you on the head if we could.</P><br /><P>As for PC connectivity, Nokia Ovi Suite is what it is – not a revolution, but perfectly usable. Or it would be, had the E7 been able to connect to the PC via Bluetooth. Despite several attempts, the handset simply couldn't find the tester netbook. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/49-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Luckily, USB 2.0 was there to save the day. If you're not too taken with the Ovi Suite then there's the standard drag-and-drop (often quicker than syncing).</P><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Maps and apps</H4><br /><P>The Nokia E7 comes nicely kitted out for the modern business person on the go – there's Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and Skype to connect you to the world, CNN widget for the news and BBC iPlayer widget for the, er, PMQs. </P><br /><P>Skype is clear, but despite the front-facing camera, it doesn't give you the option of video calling. Still, it's a nice little addition for those with friends and family in more interesting places than London. </P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/50-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/51-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/52-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>There's QuickOffice and Adobe PDF reader, although attempting to work on a presentation would be hell on this less-responsive touchscreen. Of course, for typing, there's the lush keyboard, so at least long emails to your minions won't be a difficulty.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/53-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>Spotify is available for all your premium account music needs and the phone comes stocked with a range of other fun but less-used apps, such as Last Minute hotels, Qype and the Metro. </P><br /><P>If you're not a fan of the simple usability of the Nokia Social Networks client (we weren't) then Snaptu is available from the Nokia Ovi store, or Gravity, but that'll set you back a cool £8. £8! For Twitter?</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/54-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>Again, all of the apps can be customised to make Home screen shortcut widgets, which is useful if you're addicted to something in particular.</P><br /><P>As usual it's the Nokia Ovi store that's the weak link in the equation. There's a decent base of gaming and social media, but sadly nothing such as, say, a free Posterous or Tumblr app, which would have been a joy to use with the available hardware. </P><br /><P><STRONG>Maps</STRONG></P><br /><P>Now we've raved about Ovi Maps before, and on a capacitive screen of this size it's even more fun. Pinch. Zoom. Pinch. Zoom. </P><br /><P>Although it takes a few seconds to locate via GPS, it's a strong and accurate lock when it does, and the compass doesn't waste precious seconds recalibrating the way the <a href="">iPhone</A> does. Okay, some may say it's not as pretty as Google Maps, but it's just as functional and we rather like the 3D view.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/55-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><P>The sat nav is free and incredibly easy to use. Just hit 'Drive' and input your destination and you'll soon de directed by the usual women's voice. Heading abroad? Download the free pre-cached maps for using over there and not eating up data. Score.</P><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/screengrabs/56-210-100.jpg" width="210"></P></IMG><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Hands-on gallery</H4><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/phone%20lit-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Phone%20shot1-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/QWERTY%20front-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/QWERTY-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/QERTY%20side%20view-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Back%20of%20phone-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Camera%20soft%20key-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Camera2-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Depth%20view-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/End%20of%20phone-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Hinge-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Ports1-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Ports2-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/ports3-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/SIM%20tray1-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/SIM%20tray2-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/Soft%20key%20lock-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/E7%20shots/Nokia%20E7%20imagery/soft%20keys-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Official gallery</H4><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/press%20shots/nokia-e7_main-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/press%20shots/1-nokia-e7_3-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/press%20shots/nokia-e7_blue1-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/press%20shots/nokia-e7_orange-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/press%20shots/nokia-e7_white2-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><H4>Nokia E7 review: Verdict</H4><br /><P align=center><img alt="Nokia e7" src="http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Nokia/E7/press%20shots/nokia-e7_main-420-90.jpg" width="420"></P></IMG><br /><P>So much potential! So! Much! And yet… it's rather squandered by a sluggish OS and not a good enough processor to make the media capabilities shine. </P><br /><P>For this money, we're not sure you wouldn't want to pick the HTC Incredible S or HTC Desire Z for a more intuitive UI or shell out the extra few pounds a month for a better browsing experience with the iPhone 4.</P><br /><P><STRONG>We liked</STRONG></P><br /><P>It has such a pretty four-inch screen with AMOLED display. The colours are sharp and the screen is usable in whatever light scenarios you can dream up. It has a great battery life for a smartphone, and the keyboard is the cherry-on-top making typing a breeze (with two hands, that is). </P><br /><P>There are lots of great features, including the tethering, the HDMI port, the 720p filming capability, the attractive and balanced chassis, the four-inch capacitive touchscreen, the office apps and the QWERTY keyboard.</P><br /><P>The outside of this handset is pretty much faultless and we'd be happy to slip the anodised aluminium beauty into our pockets any time. </P><br /><P><STRONG>We disliked</STRONG></P><br /><P>Symbian^3, you're not winning us over, we're afraid. You lag, mate. You make internet browsing more of a chore than it ought to be, especially with such a gorgeous screen to enjoy it on. You make the User Experience a bit… pants. </P><br /><P>With a more responsive and intuitive OS, this phone could be a star in its category, but instead it limps behind the HTC Sense UI and is barely a step on from the <a href="">Nokia N8</A>.</P><br /><P>It's also a real shame that the media is so unintuitive to use.</P><br /><P><STRONG>Verdict</STRONG></P><br /><P>It has a plethora of great features, many of which regular Nokia users will take in their stride. It's a pretty smartphone and the QWERTY keyboard is the tops. </P><br /><P>But with better software to support the hardware specs, this handset could be a market leader, instead it's simply a little too expensive for its asking price, and forgettable overall.</P>

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