BlackBerry Bold 9700, became known as the BlackBerry Bold 2 is an updated version of its predecessor. The new model has a faster processor and better user interface. The phone has the technical potential to be a competition AndroidOS iPhone and devices. But are there other qualities needed.
The device has a design changes. Bold 2 is 16 grams lighter than its predecessor, but also - 6 mm narrower, 5 mm shorter and the whole 9-mm thin. Reducing the overall volume is not wholly positive news as it suffers from the keyboard, which is narrower. Here are the phone keys: Two top - lock and mute. First, as you might guess, locks and unlocks the keyboard and the second off the sound when ringing. Left a “function” button that can be programmed to perform the function of your choice. Right there are three buttons - two to increase / decrease volume, which serve as music navigation, and third, which activates the camera. On the left side also has a microUSB port and 3.5mm jack for headphones. The keyboard is narrower than the previous model. However, RIM made embossed buttons, contributing to faster and more accurate writing. The keys on the keyboard are the same places, except trekbolat who is absent. Instead of using an optical navigation trackpad. Back device is covered with artificial skin that some users may do them good design solution, while others - not so much. This coverage does not cover the entire back of the phone, but battery. Back is also wise the camera is also improved - 3.2 megapixels with LED flash. Chrome of the phone lines are still there, as there are small improvements that add to the Bold 2 9700 more elegant look than its predecessor had. The differences in design might not appeal to some users.

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For some time a popular brand name Acer, binding is not only mobile computers, monitors or similar things. Since Acer foothold on mobile phones after the acquisition of Eten, we saw several smartphone manufacturer’s operating platform with Windows Mobile, not bad at all. Acer Liquid A1 is the first Android device company that is focused on power and efficiency. The model has a 768 MHz processor Snapdragon (Qualcomm 8250), 3.5-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera, support for HSDPA 7.2Mbit / s and A-GPS. It comes with version 1.6 operating system. In fact, however, the production company made minor interface changes, among which is pounding in my eyes is the integration of social networking contacts.
Obviously, the Taiwanese company is trying to create a specific style for their smartphones. It became a tradition forms of their phones are symmetrically rounded at the top and bottom. At first glance you will notice that the front of Liquid A1 is just a great display - 3.5-inch touch-sensitive (capacitive) with WVGA resolution. Another question is whether react when you touch. The Acer’s android body is bulky and the pictures look bigger than it actually is. Made of plastic compound that seems better, and creates a feeling of moderate luxury. Not clear whether it is resistant to knocks and scratches. Problems can represent you, the fact that it easily prints remain, this means constantly wiping off to not look “greasy.” Generally will not experience difficulties when working with just one hand. The front are four buttons to access the Home screen, search, return to the previous position and open a menu of options. This top-right is used to unlock the phone. But first you have to press the power button to activate the display. Sounds kind of hard, does it?
The device has a miniUSB slot for charging and PC connection and 3.5mm headphone jack. There’s indicators for missed calls, messages and charging the battery, which are located on the upper side of the phone.

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The new Nokia X3 e model, which will surely not go unnoticed. Not only because of their appearance, but also because the functionality it provides. For the marketing ideal point is selected randomly and it becomes part of a lot promotions during the holidays.
Mobile phone Nokia X3 Touch has a slim body with a thickness of only 9.6 mm. and weighs about 78 g it can without any problem to put in the pocket of the coat or purse, and the casing is made of plastic, which, however, is of high quality. The model has a 2.4-inch display with a resolution of 240 × 320 pixels, it is very convenient and provides a standard image quality. The only problem on the screen is that it is difficult to cope with bright sunlight fell directly on it. In this case, the information displayed on the display difficult to read. Most of the front panel is occupied by the screen and below it are four buttons (button call, messaging, music and terminating the call). All other buttons are located below these four. They are available standard with the exception of 0, # and * are located on the right side of the keyboard upwards. On the back of the camera can see and conveniently located 5-megapixel camera.

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The model Motorola Defy, which stop their attention now, is the first Android smartphone with extreme operating system that can become a true companion of every man who loves to keep your phone and leading an active lifestyle.
The model will be presented in two colors, a fully black body and black body with white elements in the side panels. The dimensions of the device are 107×59x13.4 mm and weight of 118 g This is actually a standard touchscreen phone, but with the difference that is protected. Of the hull remains difficult fingerprints or scratches. The screen model is covered with protective glass Gorilla Glass, and underneath it has touch-sensitive controls. Above the display is sensor lighting, and that the approximation (proximity sensor). The left side portion is microUSB-interface, and above 3.5 mm. The audio interface headset button and turn the device. On the right side of the knob is to adjust the volume. In general, the protective properties of the device are implemented as best. After all the tests made with the model were not in it traces of scratches. In addition it supports CrystalTalk Plus technology for quality sound during a call.
The phone has a touch screen with a diagonal of 3.7 inches and a resolution 480×854 pixels. It has a protective plastic cover and work with it with your fingers, easy and convenient. The picture displayed on the screen is bright and clear, the same goes for text. Supports multi-touch and change the automatic screen orientation works very well. Displayed on the screen to 18 lines of text, and several official. Depending on the program, their number varies.
The device uses a lithium ion battery 1540 mAh, which in the words of producer provides to 6.8 hours of talk time and up to 238 hours in standby waiting. Time to charge the battery did about three hours.

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Vertu is the award-winning company - a leading manufacturer of luxury mobile phones and smartphones. And yet, that already has competitors in the luxury mobile solutions, Vertu remains leader. The company has always been first in many ways, both in design and services offered by their models, and in purely technological terms. Vertu recently presented to the market model Constellation Quest. It is unique in many ways, but mostly that is the first luxury smartphone to run the company, known for its phones, a work of art. The formal presentation took place in London. Official guests and first, acquired by this unique model were Kevin Spacey, Holly Valence, Nick Candy, Ben Folts, Brigitte Nielsen. Along with the announcement of this phone, Vertu announced a 40 percent revenue growth this year, and recalled that they own 700 stores in more than 70 countries. Executive Director Perry Austin said: “Vertu has achieved success on the basis of authentic luxury materials used in the creation and the new model”.
Constellation Quest is a smartphone, on whose screen shows only the most necessary information such as email, meetings and other applications based on consumer choice. Available is also an analog clock that automatically specifies the location of the user. The device is an integrated service and vertu.me, which gives access to the Vertu email account and other business applications. Furthermore, the model provided a service that gives users three options for the most commonly used applications.
But surely the appearance of the model no way inferior to the functionality. The phone is made of extremely high quality materials and stylish and has a beautiful design. But let’s first look at the outside. As we can notice a small resemblance to some of the smartphones of Nokia. This is quite normal, considering the fact that Vertu rely in particular on the Finnish manufacturer to create their models, at least in technological terms.

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According to the research of the company Samsung, one of the fastest growing segments of the market for mobile phones is that devices with full QWERTY keyboard. The model Samsung C3222 Ch @ t, we will discuss now, there is something very interesting. Along with the QWERTY keyboard here user has 2 SIM cards. The phone is part of the C3222 series DUOS lite. This effectively means that the unit works with two SIM cards, but when the call remains active only one card. If someone dials the second phone number becomes inaccessible. The model was created based on the chip from ST-Ericsson. Despite the interesting ideas and his unique, position the phone is quite simple, this is a decision for young people and those who like to socialize, but also prefer to not to use voice and SMS or Twitter.
The dimensions of the apparatus are standard QWERTY candybar and the casing is made of black plastic. The dimensions of the model are 109.5 x 60 x 12.3 mm. And weighs 95 g It can easily be carried in the pocket of the garment. The quality of the materials from which the model is made high and the top of the interface device is located microUSB. There is also a 3.5 mm jack. headphone and the left knob is to adjust the volume. The right side of the phone is the button to switch from one to another SIM-card.
The screen of the device is 2.2 inches diagonally and 220×176 pixels resolution. On it are displayed to 262 000 colors, but the picture quality is really good. On display you will see up to 9 lines of text and 3 service. The font size is large and readable, but the sun the information written on it read no problem.

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We went to the Acer booth at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2011) pretty excited - perhaps because the company Acer is still new name of the smartphone market and likely allows it to take bold moves. Indeed Acer ICONIA SMART has a lot to be proud - with its 4.8-inch screen with a resolution of 480×1024 pixels, it stands out among other models the same size.
The size of your screen smartphone ranks somewhere between tablets and phones, but its narrow hull gives it more kind of phone. Its sleek and stylish stainless steel chassis creates a sense of class. It really demonstrates that the Acer considerable effort on the design of their phones, but unfortunately we can not get used to very large size of the phone. ICONIA SMART looks like a regular smartphone, when it comes to width, but in terms of height can be called “Everestat of smartphones.” He quite tezhichak e and its approximately 185 grams. Aspect Ratio is 21:9 (suitable for landscape mode) and this machine is more like a device for watching movies on the go. With its TFT screen sizes become not only the most attractive feature for customers, but also an important part of the design of the smartphone. And while his screen perhaps inferior vitality of the colors of Super LCD and Super AMOLED Plus, he can boast of beautiful bright colors.

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The company Sony Ericsson recently brought to the attention of consumers very interesting phone, rich and innovative new solutions. Most of the many quality models, however, have one drawback - their high price. But not exactly the case with the model Sony Ericsson MT15i (NEO). The model has a nice design and looks a lot like Vivaz. Functionality of the device are large, so we can say that this is one of the devices of the production company, which certainly deserves attention. MT15i is made of plastic, a quality that is characteristic of the hull material of the company’s other devices. Phone display is large and diagonal resolution, which is easily explained because the use of Android. The disadvantage, however, the protective glass screen, which remains easily fingerprints. On the front of hull are three hardware buttons that are present in all models of Sony Ericsson with Android. Just as in the Arc layout of the buttons is changed, the button “Back” is on the left, and that to open the menu and options on the right. In the middle button is the “Home”. Most of the front panel is occupied by the screen, above which there are several sensors. LED corresponds to the level of illumination on the screen depending on the lighting. There is also a zoom sensor (proximity sensor) and a third indicator, which is responsible for changes in the level of illumination for the camera. There is a front camera and the lens is significantly higher than in other models. On the back of the phone shows the main camera with LED flash. For hand-held unit is ideal and does not create any discomfort for the user.

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The unusual phone with a strange name Nokia X5-01 is almost square smartphone with sliding QWERTY keyboard, which should not be confused with another model X5, presented by the Finnish company in China. This is not the first such device with a square shape, the production of Nokia. If you remember last year in the U.S. was shown 7705 Twist. The model had a similar size and performance, but unlike last X5-01 is a slider, not a rotator. There are other similar devices such as Motorola Karma, Motorola FLIPOUT and Microsoft KIN One, but so far such a form was distributed in the U.S. The dimensions of the phone, we will discuss in this article are 74 x 66 x 17 mm. He has a 2.36-inch display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels and landscape screen orientation. It will be very useful for web surfing than portrait. The display is a touchscreen model, and is wider than that of the famous communicator E5. This means that the QWERTY keyboard is slightly larger and easier to use.
Nokia X5-01 is designed for use especially by young users. The phone supports most major music and video formats and has FM radio, 3.5 mm. audio interface buttons for fast music playback function for selecting a random song. The standard kit is available to drive a stereo headset and memory card for storing up to 2 GB. X5-01 gives users access to the most used social networking sites Facebook and Twitter. The phone works on the basis of platform S60, which in turn implies the possibility of establishing different applications according to the taste of the holder of the apparatus.

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The Taiwanese company HTC presented its first dual-core smartphone - model Sensation. The device relies on processor Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8260 clocked at 1,2 GHz. HTC Sensation is made in aluminum and equipped with 4.3-inch S-LCD display with a resolution qHD 540×960 pixels and protection Gorilla Glass. Smartphone running the Android operating system upgrade with a graphical interface from HTC Sense. The memory of the model is 768 MB. It is also available 1 GB flash memory that can be expanded with microSD cards. The smartphone supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 3.0, a GPS receiver, 3.5-mm headphone jack and 8-megapixel camera with dual LED backlight, which enables video capture Full HD resolution (1080p). HTC Sensation is the first smartphone with HTC Watch service for immediate viewing of video, without waiting for full charge of the file. HTC Watch supports various licensing schemes and pay movies, allows for recommendations, provides free access to video-trailers and others. The videos can be played on TV using DLNA wireless technology or via an HDMI adapter that is purchased separately.