HTC HD2

Quietly brilliant is what HTC like to call themselves and they've been giving enough proof lately. But allow us to disagree. The last thing to call the HD2 is quiet - the monster of a PocketPC simply screams rock'n'roll.
We just got a glimpse of the Snapdragon-powered giant in the preview we posted a few days back. It's now time to let it off the leash and hope we can keep up with its speed. The HTC HD2, a.k.a. Leo, is the company's first Snapdragon-based device and also the first Windows Mobile smartphone ever to have a capacitive touchscreen (read: super thumb-friendly).

A capacitive touchscreen on a PocketPC? No way? Well, you'd better get used to it because they are just going to keep on coming. The HTC HD2 may be the first of its kind but the next ones are just around the corner. And what's even more important, a capacitive screen gives WinMo unmatched and absolutely unexpected user friendliness. With the large screen, icons are big, almost huge, and you can easily thumb your way around the menu and apps.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is one of the hottest names in the industry and it's not even released yet. Santa won't be able to get us one for Christmas but next year holds a serious promise for us geeks. The Sony Ericsson's first Snapdragon device and first Android smartphone is one seriously capable handset that promises great user experience.

We first met the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 a month ago at its official announcement event in London. The device that might end up deciding the company's fate left us feeling quite positive about its market prospects so we are really pleased to finally welcome it to our office.

Samsung S7070 Diva

The Samsung S7070 Diva is a style-conscious phone with a fairly standard front but with a very distinct 3D quilted pattern shape on the back panel. It marks the start of a new product family of female oriented style-driven phones in Samsung portfolio. The signature back pattern is complemented by the diamond back key dead center below the display.
The phone has been obviously designed with young women in mind and offers Facebook and MySpace integration and other social network applications. Other features such as the stereo FM radio and a 3 MP fixed-focus camera with smile shot and up to ISO 800 sensitivity will keep active young people entertained all day long.

Samsung S7070 Diva at a glance

Key Features:

General: GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz, GPRS/EDGE class 12

Form factor: Touchscreen bar, no keypad

Dimensions: 101.0 x 54.8 x 13.4 mm, 94 g

Display: 2.8-inch resistive TFT touchscreen, QVGA resolution (240 x 320 pixels)

Platform: Latest TouchWiz UI

Memory: 40MB, Non-hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 8GB)

Camera: 3 megapixel fixed focus camera with Smile shot, face detection, blink detection, Beauty Effect and Lomo Effect

Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB v.2.0

Misc: Accelerometer sensor for turn to mute, FM radio with RDS and broadcast recording, DNSe sound effect, Gesture lock, Pop-up SNS for Facebook, MySpace and Twitter integration, Wish list

Battery: 960 mAh battery

The Samsung S7070 is certainly not your ordinary handset. The pearly white paint job and the 3D quilted back are two things that do a lot to set it apart - not to mention the gem-inspired Back key below the screen. It's certainly a treat for the ladies - an attempt to liven up things in the lower range of the touchscreen market.

Nokia E72

Nokia E72 is one of those handsets everybody is talking about long before their release. There may be nothing much to talk about - after all everyone knows what to expect of the Eseries and they have never let us down. But still, savoring the next batch of Eseries steel is always a pleasure.

The Finns keep feeding business ammo to the market and there's nothing out of the usual at first sight. We already tasted the new Eseries generation and the E52 and E55 were the usual good healthy meals. The E72 though needs to be nothing short of delicious.


There's no need to tell you the Nokia E72 walks and talks business. The big one though has greater responsibility to carry. We guess the E72 will not fear being judged against the best messengers in its class. But it will certainly look back to a haunting shadow within its own family. The Nokia E72 can certainly go where the E71 would not venture. But it's not only the equipment (of which the E72 has aplenty) that makes a winner.

Key features:
Quad-band GSM support
3G with HSDPA 10.2Mbps and HSUPA 2Mbps
Landscape 2.36" 16M-color display of QVGA resolution
Comfortable full QWERTY keypad
Optical trackpad on the D-pad
Symbian 9.3 OS, S60 UI with FP2
600 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB of SDRAM
5 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology, DLNA support
Built-in GPS receiver, A-GPS support, digital compass
Accelerometer for turn-to-mute
250 MB of internal memory, microSD expansion, ships with a 4GB card
Standard 3.5mm audio jack
Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support and microUSB v2.0
FM radio with RDS
Remote Wipe
Great battery life
Office document editor (including MS Office 2007)
User-friendly Mode Switch for swapping two homescreen setups
Smart dialing
Full Flash support
Great audio output quality
Lifetime Nokia Messaging subscription

Nokia N900

New launch by Nokia N900
Key Features:
General                :2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

                            3G Network HSDPA 1700 / 2100 / 900

Announced           :2009, August

Status Available   :Released 2009, November

Size Dimensions   :110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc

Weight                :181 g

Display Type        :TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size                     :800 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches

  - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate

- Full QWERTY keyboard

Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones

Speakerphone     :Yes, with stereo speakers

  - 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

Call records Detailed, max 30 days

Internal 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM

Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, buy memory

Data GPRS Class 32

EDGE Class 32

3G HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA

Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP

Infrared port Yes

USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera Primary 5 MP, 2576x1936 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Dual LED flash, video light

Features Geo-tagging

Video Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps

Secondary Yes, VGA

Features OS Maemo 5

CPU ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics

Messaging SMS (threaded view), Email, Push Email, IM

Browser xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds

Radio Stereo FM radio (via third party software); FM transmitter

Games Yes, 5 + downloadable

Colors Black

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps

Java No

  - Skype and GoogleTalk VoIP integration

- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ music player

- WMV/RealVideo/MP4/AVI/XviD/DivX video player

- TV-out

- PDF document viewer

- Photo editor

- Adobe Flash Player 9.4

Battery   Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J)

Cadillac cancels plans for V12 XLKS flagship sedan

GM has indefinitely cancelled plans to build a V12 powered flagship sedan in order to move further with plans to build a replacement for the STS and DTS sedans.

It was reported earlier this month that Cadillac has also halted development for the STS/DTS replacement in favor of more fuel-efficient models.

According to InsideLine’s sources, Cadillac has now shelved plans to produce what was known as the XLS sedan (based on the Sixteen Concept) and its V12 engine to focus fully on single high-end luxury model. The sedan is internally known as the DT7 and will be based on the rear-wheel-drive ZETA platform currently used on the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro.

Production is scheduled to begin...

BMW Unveils Its New 5 Series Sedan

Get ready America, the new 6^th generation BMW 5 Series Sedan was unveiled in Munich today, and will be heading stateside very soon. BMW says the 5 Series has an athletic and executive look with “innovative comfort and safety features” that reflects its standards for high-performance vehicles. This sedan has the longest wheelbase in the segment, a long sleek hood, short overhangs, and a coupe-like roofline—the new BMW 5 Series will be available with one V-8 and one inline-6 gasoline engine. Autoblog reports that “the new 5 Series picks up much of what can be found in the 7 Series and the Gran Turismo.”