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Nokia 5130 XpressMusic

At a certain point everyone finds themselves in the situation where all they need is a no-nonsense phone that looks good and doesn't cost a fortune. The Nokia 5130 XpressMusic is exactly the kind - one of the sleekest, most affordable handsets by the Finnish manufacturer that has ever set foot in our door.

With a distinctly youthful charm, the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic certainly won't replace your laptop but will give you all a mobile phone should. Offering the bare minimum might not be what your average geek expects from a phone but it is exactly what the market wants. The fact that the Nokia 5310 sold more than 13 million units is clear enough evidence of this.

After all, not everyone can afford an N97 nor does everyone need it. What everyone does need however is good performance from their handset, even more so if reliability can be offered at a low price point. So we felt a thorough review of the Nokia 5130 XpressMusic was in order to check out this theory.

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Gateway P-7808u FX Edition

Hard-core gaming laptops were once thought of as sticker-shock items, but they've changed sharply of late in both looks and price. In their new incarnation, they're acting as big-screen media centers and desktop replacements, now that prices for the fastest parts have plummeted to a level that makes them affordable to the masses. At $1,800 (street), the Gateway P-7808u is aggressively priced for a gaming rig, with a mobile Intel quad-core processor and a powerful Nvidia graphics card built into a light 17-inch platform. Though its looks could use a huge splash of imagination, this hard-core gaming laptop is a terrific deal no matter how you look at it.

From the outside, you wouldn't be able to tell that the P-7808u is marketed as a gaming laptop. Its design, exactly the same as that of last year's P-171XL FX, is as bland and generic as that of some of the cheap desktop-replacement laptops. The only hint at its true nature is a big "FX" logo denoting Gateway's mobile gaming line. The glossy top and the copper-colored accents simply aren't as cutting edge as those of the LED-studded Dell XPS M1730 (Penryn) and ASUS G71G-Q1. Its minimalist design has advantages, though. The 8.9-pound frame is the lightest so far for a 17-inch gaming laptop, compared with the Alienware M17 (9.4 pounds), the CyberPower Gamer Xtreme M1 (9.6 pounds), and the Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q725 (9.2 pounds). To find even lighter alternative you would have to settle for a smaller screen, like the one found on the 15-inch MSI GT627-218US (6.1 pounds).

Design wasn't the only aspect of this laptop to suffer from the cost cutting needed to achieve its price. While the 17-inch widescreen offers plenty of real estate for multitaskers and gamers, the 1,440-by-900 resolution isn't as grand as the 1,920-by-1,200 ones found in the Alienware M17, the ASUS G71-Q1, and the CyberPower M1. And although the full-size keyboard and adjacent numeric keypad were pleasantly responsive, they aren't illuminated like the ones found in the M1 and the M17. Since gamers often play in low-light environments, an LED-backlit keyboard would have been a persuasive selling point.

The feature set is as solid as that of any high-end gaming laptop. It's one of the few Gateway-branded laptops that come with a FireWire port. The three USB ports and a separate eSATA port will support assorted peripherals. The included HDMI port, which lets you stream content to a bigger display, is becoming a standard on media laptops. And while the Alienware M17 and the CyberPower M1 chose to bolster speeds with a fast, 7,200-rpm hard drive, the P-7808u opted for capacity: Its slower, 5,400-rpm drive has twice the capacity of its rivals—500GB. By contrast, the ASUS G71G-Q1 and the Toshiba X305-Q725 support dual hard drives that offer attractive capacities without skimping on rotational speed. For an optical drive, a dual-layer DVD burner is your only option; the G71G-Q1 trumps it by supplying a Blu-ray reader (standard), and the M17 and M1 offer Blu-ray (read-only) drives as optional extras ranging from $200 to $400. The M17 and M1 offer optional Blu-ray drives, which range from $200 to $400. As with all Gateway laptops, a one-year parts-and-labor warranty is included with your purchase.

The money that Gateway saved on the P-7808u's design and screen resolution went into bolstering performance. The P-7808u is one of only a handful of quad-core gaming laptops on the market right now. Others include the ASUS G71G-Q1 and the Toshiba X305-Q725, which use the same 2.0-GHz, Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 processor as the P-7808u. Out of the three, the Gateway is easily the most inexpensive. Also helped by its 4GB of DDR3 memory, it breezed past the dual-core Alienware M17 and CyberPower M1, specifically on processor-intensive tests like PCMark Vantage 07, CineBench R10, and video encoding. Since Photoshop CS4 is a memory-intensive test, the G71G-Q1 had a 3-second edge, thanks to its 6GB of DDR2 memory.

A gaming laptop's reputation is upheld not only by its processor but by its graphics card as well. The Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS in the P-7808u is not the most powerful solution available, but it delivered 3DMark06 scores comparable with those of the Toshiba X305-Q725, whose graphics card is a grade higher. Systems with dual graphics cards (ATI Radeon HD 3870 CrossFire), like those in the Alienware M17 and CyberPower M1, were the most impressive on 3DMark06 tests. Overall, the P-7808u had its share of wins in the gaming department and can tackle any 3D game with ease, but the M17 and the M1 were better 3D performers. Their 3DMark scores were the highest, reaching the 11,000 point plateau (ran at 1,024-by-768 resolution).

Despite the energy-consuming parts, the P-7808u managed to do quite well on battery tests. Its 81-Wh battery outlasted the competition, scoring 3 hours 29 minutes on MobileMark 2007, whereas all the other gaming laptops mentioned in this review fell well short of that mark.

The Gateway P-7808u is by far the most inexpensive gaming laptop to house a quad-core processor and a fast gaming card. Gateway had to skimp on design and screen resolution to achieve this price, but the P-7808u delivers on the most important aspects of gaming, including the thing that hard-core gamers care about most: graphics performance.

source : http://www.pcmag.com

MSI Wind CS120

The nettop category of small and low-powered desktop PCs is off to a promising if somewhat cautious start. The MSI Wind CS120 nettop ($320 street) has a feature that its peers, as well as their laptop (netbook) counterparts, often leave out: a DVD burner. This differentiates it from the ASUS Eee family (Eee Top, Eee Box, EeePC). The CS120 comes with a very energy-efficient Intel Atom processor, and it r

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uns Windows XP. It's a potential replacement for that ten-year-old PC you have in your spare room, but make sure that you buy the CS120 as your second or third PC rather than your family's primary system, because its capabilities are pretty modest.

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GSM/UMTS-smartphone Nokia N95 8Gb

• Handset
• Battery (BL-6F, 1200 mAh)
• Charger (AC-5)
• Wired stereo-headset (HS-45) and remote (AD-54)
• USB data cable (DKE-2)
• Video connectivity cable (CA-75U)

Positioning

The Nokia N95 8Gb has been around on Nokia’s roadmap for quite a while, but when the original Nokia N95 started shipping, they bumped into a number of flaws and rushed to rectify them. This patching has brought life to two new products – the Nokia N95-2, a variation of the original Nokia N95 for the North-American market, and the Nokia N95 8Gb. The stateside model is similar to the Nokia N95 8Gb in terms of design and materials used, however its software department is very close to the original phone, which makes it an in-between solution, whereas the Nokia N95 8Gb is the real upgrade.

Recently Nokia has been running with a new indexing system for duos, where all basic editions get standard indexes, while enhanced versions come with suffixes standing for their storages. The Nokia N81 was the first device to exercise this approach; we will also see this for other models down the road.

The most important thing you need to realize is that the Nokia N95 8Gb is not a brand-new handset – on the contrary, it comes in as an update to the original phone, albeit it’s different hardware-wise. Incidentally, the Nokia N95 8Gb’s firmware doesn’t get along with the Nokia N95.

This also stems from this phone’s positioning. The difference between its price tag and that of the Nokia N95 doesn’t make any difference for this price bracket (Nokia N95 goes for 1 Euro as long as you get an 18-month contract with it) – around 70 Euro – which is pretty much what you’ll see with the Nokia N81 and its 8Gb variation. As long as carrier-driven markets are concerned, the only obstacle consumers might encounter is availability of the model in their carrier’s range. For truth’s sake, let us note that Nokia is currently focusing on carriers and pays way less attention to free markets, like Russia, which doesn’t seem outrageous from the perspective of business – carriers place much bigger orders, even though they normally put fewer models on offer.

So the big picture appears to be somewhat complicated. Let’s see what some of the NSeries products will cost you and compare their wholesale prices:

While this comparison could really use the Nokia N93i as well, it is still a very niche product, and it’s better to overlook it here. At the same time, the Nokia N81 and the Nokia N95 are two phones craved by the masses, and in their price-brackets they are definitely sought-after offerings. This way, the new generation of Nokia’s phones is ushered in by the N81, the most affordable phone in its class. The Nokia N82 is almost a hundred Euro steeper, which comes as no surprise, since many see it as probably most popular smartphone, jam-packed with features and on top of all that, the flagship in imaging, just like the Nokia N73 was some time ago. And the Nokia N95 turns out to be very close to the Nokia N81 and the Nokia N82 price-wise, which completely dissolves its positioning strategy and puts it into a situation when it has to battle two other models pushing from below and also a higher-up, the Nokia N95 8Gb. And in these circumstances the Nokia N95’s sales don’t seem as stellar as they were before the aforementioned handsets have stormed into the market.

And carrier-driven markets couldn’t be happier – any operator can pick a model for his retail network and avoid bringing two competing models onto its shelves, while open markets are about to experiences a completely opposite effect, when the Nokia N95’s sales will go down in favor of other Nokia-branded solutions. Is there any gain for the manufacturer? There most definitely is. Here we need to take account of the Nokia N95’s service expenses (the problem with its casing) and mostly negative perception of its plastic by consumers. And while it is a burning issue in all regions, when you can grab a contracted phone for free it gets easier, right? Especially compared to, say, Russia, where everyone will need to pay the N95’s full price and still deal with all these flaws.

So based on all the above, the Nokia N95 8Gb is meant to vary the maker’s range and steal some prospects from the N95. This was Nokia’s original plan and the plastic problems on the Nokia N95 have made the company more determined to roll it out.

Speaking of other bits and pieces, Nokia has always positioned its N9x devices as phones with prowess in some particular fields, be it imaging, music or something else. With the N95 they made an attempt to get everything under one hood; however the major focus was imaging, in other words, the handset’s camera. And in its turn the Nokia N95 8Gb is a video-savvy device.


source : http://www.mobile-review.com

Motorola v66

Design of v66 resembles other folder type phones from Motorola, but it is less squared. The phone has smaller dimensions - 84 x 44 x 21 mm. The weight is only 79 grams. One of the by-effects of weight decreasing became decreasing of the battery capacity. This model has lithium-ion battery of 500 mAh capacity. However, according to the manufacturer, the phone can work up to 180 hours in the standby mode and up to 3 hours in the talk mode. In reality the operating time of the phone was about 3 days in case of 20 minutes of talking a day. If you are an active talker, your phone will work about 2 days. Time of full re-charging of the phone is a little bit more than 2 hours. While re-charging you can’t understand the amount of charge in your battery, though a battery indicator is blinked and you can see a message. By the way, travel adapter of v66 has a new slot and it is not compatible to old models. It is typical to all new models from this company. If you look at this adapter, you can notice that outwardly only a plug shape was changed, nothing else.

SIM-card holder is placed not usually. It is located under a special SIM-card cover plate, which is positioned in the front of the phone.

Holder construction is usual and quite reliable. But pay attention that the cover is fixed in three points, its lower part is raised a little bit and there is a small hollow in the phone, which helps to remove the cover. This construction is applied to spare the space. In the standard kit two extra cover plates of different colors will be included. It is also possible to purchase covers of other colors. It’s a new solution for Motorola, earlier all models has an ascetic design.

This model is available in two colours in Russia - silver and silver-dark-blue.

The phone has rather a small keypad, what can be explained by its dimensions. Keys are small; it’s not always convenient to press them. Functional keys, which are positioned under a display, are the most uncomfortable. They are small and deeply placed in the phone.

Smart-button remains on the left-hand side. This key gives an access to many features, depending on the initial menu item. The smart-button is a heritage of old models. It wasn’t used in T280, but it was left here to help users get used to this new phone.

Menu, display and other features

A new type of menu interface is used in this model. It is similar to all new models produced by this company, for example Motorola T280 also has the same menu structure. New version of menu is friendlier: the most frequently used items are located in special items. Shortcut number navigation is not available. The user can set only 9 shortcuts to access a designed menu item as quick as possible. In our opinion it is quite sufficient for easy navigation.

By the way, the display of v66 is also very interesting. A user could change font size. Apart from line with icons and tips to the soft keys use, two or three text lines will be displayed when the font size is shrank. The display has a resolution of 64х96 pixels. The new feature is a possibility to select a display backlighting (red, orange, green); it is the first GSM-phone form Motorola with this function.

You can also notice a service indicator, which is situated on the upper part of the phone. This LED is seen even when the phone is closed. When the phone is registered to a network, the indicator blinked green, otherwise, it is red. Green-red indicator means that you have an incoming call and yellow-green light means that you receive a message. By the way you can switch off this option, as for me, it is not very useful.

We don’t think that it is necessary to describe all features of v66, they are similar to Motorola T280. I would like to say only about some differences of these two phones.

In spite of that one can add several phone numbers in the phonebook, all records will be different, i.e. in the list one can see several equal names with different phone numbers. It’s also impossible to add post address, e-mail address and other information to a contact.

Currency converter is not available. There is only one cell in a calculator, where you could record one currency rate as a constant.

Alarm clock is also absent here, but there is an organizer with signal reminders.

The new phone has lesser display and it causes outward changes of several menu items. Portable handsfree with integrated FM-radio is available as an extra accessory. It will be supported by the phone firmware, what allows to control it from the phone and search radio stations by their titles (they should be recorded to the phone beforehand).

source : http://www.mobile-review.com

Motorola T720

For the first time Motorola produced a folder type phone with a colour display. The model immediately aroused everybody's interest and a lively discussion. The question what class it refers to was one of the most vivid being discussed. In reality it is a fashion phone in pure form. The absence of many features which are necessary for business users proves it one more time. The phone is rather controversial, what caused such debates. From our point of view it is a transitional model, already in the beginning of the next year we'd see a better version and after that - the other model. But let's return to the phone itself.

Motorola T720 is available in several colours, but in practice we can find only phone of silver colour now. May be later another colours would appear. The design of the phone is not typical for products from Motorola. The engineers step aside from rounded forms and constructed a right-angled handset, it is nice looking and stands out by the design. For the first time a new kind of antenna was used here. Thanks to its size, it's easy to wear the phone in the pocket of the trousers. The dimensions of the phone are 90 x 47.5 x 21 mm and it weighs 101g. By the way, a service indicator is placed near the antenna.

When the phone is closed, one can see an external display on the front cover, which shows one text line and one line with icons. The resolution of the screen is of 96х32 pixels, the display has pastel blue backlighting. If you look at the right-hand side, you'll see a dictaphone key. This key is also responsible for a voice dial. Two volume keys are positioned on the left-hand side, a portable handsfree connector is situated there too. An incoming alert and a vibrating alert will be switched off while incoming call if you press a lower volume key. A bottom side of the phone contains a system connector. Pay attention to the horizontal slot - it's a loudspeaker outlet. It is a very original decision, isn't it? The phone would've been heard at all without it, as the loudspeaker is “inside” the phone in the closed mode. This hole is also necessary to remove an upper cover, it is interchangeable in this phone. The rear part, which covers the battery also can be changed. A small effort and you remove the upper cover and easily put a new one.

If you need, you can open the phone by one hand, but it is more comfortable to do it by both. Inside the phone we see s colour display (STN technology). It shows up to 4096 colours and has a resolution of 120x160 pixels. Due to the high resolution, the screen can display up to 8 text lines, a line with tips to the soft keys and a service line with icons. The quality of the picture is not bad, but there are shortcomings, which are typical for this kind of displays. The information is almost invisible without a backlighting, and it is also impossible to read anything in the sunny weather. Of course, this defect is compensated by the external display, which shows all the information while incoming call. As for me, STN matrixes are more comfortable in the phones of other manufacturers. The information is clear without the backlighting and it is hardly readable in the sun light. Here it is not so.

A keypad is positioned on the lower part of the phone. It is made of plastic, the keys are pleasing to touch. The keypad is really good here. The functional keys are well-spaced and comfortable to press. So it makes only positive impressions. Soft-keys are under the screen, in spite of the small size, they are also very convenient. A navigation key allows to move in 4 directions, the central pressing is not available. The keys backlighting is pastel blue and all characters are visible in different lighting conditions.

One can see a battery cover from the rear of the phone, it has a slight horizontal backlash and the phone can scratch in the hands sometimes, but you don't pay attention to it. Motorola T720 "stands out" by the autonomy among the phones with the colour screens, the lithium-ion battery is only 550 mAh. According to the manufacturers the phone can work 165 in the standby mode and up to 165 minutes in the talking mode. Our practice tests showed that the autonomy of the phone could reach only one day in case of 20 minutes of talking and 15-20 minutes of using other applications. If the talk time is less and you don't use applications the phone can work one day and a half, not even two. It's a pity that a battery of external capacity can't be obtained even as additional accessory. The phone just doesn't have space for it. I tried to remember such short time of working of the other phone models, and remembered only Samsung A 400.

A full charging lasts about 2.5 hours. A new intellectual charging system is used here. In spite of the compatibility with the old chargers and a possibility to use them, I don't recommend you do it. In our case the phone didn't show a process of charging with the old charger, though it was going.

source : http://www.mobile-review.com