Nokia E63 Smartphone vs Blackberry Niagara 9030 Smartphone
April 20, 2009
With the mobile phone market offering a wide range of phones, acing in looks as well as in functionality, choosing one among them can be quite brain rattling. There are many phones that sport similar form-factors, like the Nokia E63 Mobile Phone and the Blackberry Niagara 9030 Mobile Phone. Only a close introspection of their specifications can help decide a winner. They are both monoblock structured with almost similar dimensions. A brief comparison between these smartphones is presented here.
Either of these mobile phones sport full QWERTY keyboards, which also incorporate the numeric keypads. The Nokia E63 measures 113mm in length, 59mm in width and 13mm in thickness. The Blackberry Niagara 9030 offers similar measurements with a length of 113.5mm, a width of 63mm and a thickness of 14mm. Thus the Blackberry cellphone is a little bigger than the Nokia cellphone.
Coming to the screens of the phones, the Nokia model has a 2.36" monitor with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, while the Blackberry model has a 2.6” display offering a resolution of 480 x 320 pixels. Although the latter has a slightly larger screen with a higher resolution, the former can display a larger palette of colours – almost 16 million as opposed to 65k colours of the Blackberry phone.
Turning our attention to the technical details of both hand-sets – the Nokia smartphone comes with the Symbian 9.2 operating system and the ARM 369MHz processor. On the other hand , the Blackberry smartphone features the Blackberry 4.7 OS and the Qualcomm MSM7600 processor. The Blackberry's processor is the faster one, between the two.
On the memory front, the Blackberry phone has a large 1GB in-built memory with microSD memory expansion option. The Nokia phone on the other hand has a relatively smaller in-phone memory of 110MB, while it also offers the microSD slot that can support cards of up to 8GB capacity.
Throwing a glance over the networking abilities of these mobile phones – the Blackberry Niagara 9030 phone supports GSM and CDMA technologies. It allows connecting to the internet with its WiFi capability. This phone supports high speed 3G technology too, making your internet browsing, downloading and uploading of files happen within a jiffy. Wireless data transfer is possible with the Bluetooth connectivity as well. GPS facilities for getting information on location and other such services are also offered. Coming to the Nokia E63 phone, this device supports EGSM, WCDMA, GPRS and EDGE technologies. WiFi internet connectivity is offered too. GPS capability, wireless Bluetooth and 3G connectivity are all supported by this phone as well.
Considering the other connections and ports offered by the mobile phones, the Nokia phone houses a micro-USB connector and an AV connector. The Blackberry phone sports a USB port and a headphone jack.
Another major difference between these phones is the cameras they possess. While the Nokia E63 smartphone has a 2 Megapixel camera, the Blackberry Niagara 9030 smartphone has a 3.2MP camera integrated into it. Either of the cellphones have music players built into them. They both offer satisfactory battery lives too. Price-wise, the Nokia mobile phone costs about £230, while the pricing of the Blackberry phone is not out yet. Considering the fact, that the latter offers features that are a step above the former, one can expect it to be the costlier phone.
Wi-Fi in Mobile Phones
January 8, 2009
Surfing the internet at the touch of a button in the bus, the park, or the street corner is no more a fantasy. WiFi has made it a reality.
WiFi is the acronym for Wireless Fidelity and refers to any type of 802.11 network, which is the current technology being used to provide wireless access to networks. It enables you to access internet at broadband speeds.
Wi-Fi uses radio frequencies to broadcast an internet connection in all directions. The area of wifi can stretch up to the size of a football pitch depending on the thickness of walls and the quality of the aerial. In the UK there are now close to a million Wi-Fi users.
WiFi hotspots are created by using antennas. The source internet connection is provided by a PC or server, to which the antennas are connected. A hotspot receives radio waves allowing for wireless connections.
Now-a-days latest mobile phones come with pre-installed Wi-Fi chips, which enable you to connect to the internet and even make calls via the net using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). With a little luck and gymnastics you can easily tap into a nearby hotspot. As with mobile phones, wi-fi is blocked by thick walls and metal. Usually the signals travel better through glass, so if you sit by a window or outdoors, you can have a greater access to it.
To stay connected is the need of the hour and wifi allows business to deploy a network quickly, at a lower cost and with greater flexibility. It is ideal both for home and office use because of its wider range than the Bluetooth.
All good things have their share of good as well as bad. The downside of wifi is its security threat. Wi-fi systems are susceptible to attack from hackers intent on stealing personal information, such as passwords and bank information.
Even there has been concern about the possible health effects of such radiation like chromosome damage, increases in the number of cancer incidence, impact on the concentration capacity and decrease in short term memory, etc.
Today almost all the major players in mobile phone industry, incorporate wifi in their handsets. To name a few of the latest Wi-Fi mobile phones - Blackberry 8120, Blackberry Pearl Flip, HTC Touch Diamond, Nokia E65, Nokia N95 8Gb, Samsung i8510 INNOV8, Samsung i900 Omnia, Sony Ericsson C905 and O2 XDA Stellar.
LTE is Long Term Evolution Technology
January 4, 2009
If you ask what is in store for the future for mobile phones, you carry the chances of hitting one acronym frequently; LTE that stands for Long Term Radio Evolution. It is a 3G based technology that is being fastly panned to be commercialised. In fact, a German technology firm had started researching on LTE concept that is Release 8's 3GPP research item, as early as by 2006 half way. It has come a long way today that in the September month of 2008, a moving car test was conducted to rate the calibre of this technology in Bonn, Germany by Nortel networks and mobile operator T-Mobile jointly. Since, LTE technology has emphatically passed this test, today you can start dreaming of mobile communication data downloading that is as swift as fixed fiber links.
Recently LG too, had demonstrated a modem chip that should be the crucial factor, in the creation of an arguable fourth generation handset using this technology. The technology world stood dumbstruck, when this chip flaunted by LG in a research lab in Anyang, Korea, achieved the upload speeds of 20 Mbps and download speeds of 60 Mbps. This is astonishing, considering the fact that today's fastest mobile phone's download speed is restricted to 7.2 Mbps with the help of HSDPA technology. These days, higher download speeds are increasingly called for, as people are more and more getting inclined towards using their mobile phones to watch movies or enjoy music. It is expected that with the help of the new technology, a 700MB movie file can be downloaded in less than a minute. Thanks to a download speed of 100 Mbps. Apart from this, a total number of four high definition movies also can be streamed simultaneously, without any buffering, by this technology.
A novel radio access technology is implemented by LTE, which bodes well for IP-based traffic largely. Another advantage of this technology is its offering an uncomplicated upgrading track from existing 3G networks. A mobile networks core architecture also may evolve from LTE that would be known as System Architecture Evolution, which can effectuate significant perormance augmentations over 3G. This technology, further can enhance spectral efficiency with double the efficacy of 3G and HSPA standards. The numerous wireless broadband networks of the times can exploit the higher data speeds and capacity evolved here, as good as any other media application. Other significant advantages presented by this technology are; cost reduction per bit, services increment at low costs, Usage flexibility of new, as well as existing frequency bands, open interfaces, simple architecture, and a considerable reduction in terminal power consumption.
The LTE technology is called 4G by many, though its precursor scientists insist on calling it super 3G or 3.9G technology. It is expected that very soon after its implementation, two third of the mobile broadband users will resort to either HSPA or LTE. It is widely presumed that 2010 would experience the much awaited LTE network fields deployment. That says, you can tighten your seat belts for a wild shopping spree amongst low cost but high end enterprise smartphones.
Where do Smartphones Go From Here?
January 1, 2009
The mobile phones are no more a luxury for the modern generation. They have become indispensable possessions. The device has attained importance in the socio-economic lives of the people. Everyday we hear about new versions or new applications of the devise. For example, a market leader has introduced ‘point and find’ mobile phone, which can provide the user with all relevant information about a product displayed in a show room, or on a poster. The moment the device is pointed towards the displayed picture or product, the mobile phone user is able to receive information about the same. The software incorporated, gets triggered in the handset enabling it to recognise, distinguish and assess the subject matter to furnish the information sought by the user.
The growth of the mobile phone, which was originally intended to make and receive calls was gradual but steady. The smartphone is today, used not only to talk, but also to click pictures. Sending e-mails, gaming and navigation are among the many uses it is offering to the consumers. Motion sensor is yet another feature that is incorporated in the device. Accelerometers help to change the focus from landscape to portrait mode in-tune with the user’s movements.
The modern gadget is a boon to the users in conformity with the changed lifestyle. The Bluetooth technology renders remarkable contributions towards safe driving by automatically switching off the mobile phone while driving. A touchscreen mobile phone offer combined features of GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technologies.
A leading brand of smartphone enables airline passengers to use it as a boarding pass. The gadget with internet connectivity recognizes the passenger by the e-mail address. 3G touch screen models can be used throughout the world with fool proof accessibility.
Wireless Broadband technology is available to the users of smart phones today. High speed internet is offered to the consumers through a 3.5 inch touch screen with attached keyboard. They are equipped with High resolution 5 MP cameras. Latest innovation is the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Wireless Broadband, which represents the fourth generation data network.
There is an ever growing list of features that are being incorporated in the smart phones. Research is now ‘on’ to develop a Green Mobile Phone. The concept is to utilise natural resources to energise the mobile phones. Sunlight and body heat will be converted into energy to activate the device. If successful, the venture will be acclaimed as a major step towards conserving energy, which is a matter of global concern. The consumers watch the developments in the wireless telephony with interest as they know that many more innovations are in store for them in the near future.
To gather information about the various innovative ideas and concepts that are becoming part of the mobile technology, the consumers can browse the internet. Smart phones are being designed and created to cater the numerous needs of the modern society.
Push E-Mail Detailed
December 31, 2008
The electronically transmitted mail or E-Mail as it is known is delivered to the addressee at a specific ID. The addressee is required to open the system and pull the mail as and when it is needed. As soon as the sender remits the mail, the same arrives at the mail server of the internet service provider. Alternatively the mail reaches a website server, if the e mail is web based. Unless and until the addressee opens and pulls the message, it remains with the mail server. The system demands that the addressee has to pull for the mail.
A further development in the technology enables the addressee to receive the mail instantaneously, as and when the sender remits it. The mail is pushed to the addressee without waiting for a specific pull from the recipient, a phenomenon that distinguishes push e-mail from the earlier pull mail system. The new mode of push mail is provided in wired system of computers for the past few years, but its introduction in the wireless system like mobile phones is a recent development. Characteristically the system will be always open to receive the pushed e-mails. The new system, facilitates constant updating of the users’ mail box without specific and periodical interventions.
The mobile phone users find the push e-mail very convenient, as it is possible to go through the mails leisurely even while traveling. The user need not open the mail box now and then to check the arriving mails. The process is automatic. The permanently ‘on’ internet makes the job easier for the user. Many well known manufacturers have developed push e-mail system, taking note of the immense popularity it gained among the users. It is now widely available in all hand held devices such as Symbian based smartphones. Some of them provide for chatter mail also.
However, there are consumers who strongly plead against the push mail system. In the ‘pull’ system, the user can ignore some mails, which need not be down loaded. The push mail depends on continuous internet connection to avail the download facility. There are apprehensions that the continuous flow of incoming mails will choke the system and consequently, some of the mails may be lost without the knowledge of the sender and the recipient. But, such pessimism exists only among a small percentage of mobile phone users. The demand for smart phones with push e-mail facility is increasing gradually, indicating the strong sentiments of the consumers. As in the case of all other innovations in consumer electronics, smart phones and push mail system fascinates the consuming public. According to some studies almost 35 percent of mobile phone users in the developed countries have already opted for the new feature.
