It was the worst day of my life. I had loads of pending work and the hours seemed to have shrunken down to minutes. I was working late and the only thing that kept me amused all night were the bright city lights that twinkled as I looked out the window, as if teasingly winking at me. It was a Friday night and the world out there was partying while I was stuck up with some research work for a presentation. I was sulking, obviously, but that surely was not going to help me, I had to complete my work at any cost.

So I was seated in front of my laptop on my desk and got back to what I was doing by doing a little research on the Internet, which was going to help me in making the presentation. As I was browsing through a website, I accidentally clicked on a link at the bottom of the page. Soon a window popped up with advertisements flashing all across it, asking me to buy something or the other. I closed it immediately and tried to get back to work but could not, as my screen was now flooded with these nasty and annoying advertisements.

I had loads of work and couldn’t believe my luck running out at the fag end of the day! I had a serious computer issue staring down on me. It was not at all acceptable! I was going to be in a big mess if I don’t get the work done on time. Sometime I just don’t understand why people rely so much on computers, which happens to be only a machine and can go wrong at any point in time. I could not think of any possible solution, I felt as if the blood from my brain was being drained out.

I was stunned, trying to think of a way out of this situation when my cousin Rob called me up. While he spoke to me, he sensed that I was a little tensed, and probed further. I told him all that had just happened and the mess my laptop was in. He immediately told me that I should get some technical assistance. On hearing this, I asked him what exactly he was suggesting. He then told me that he had once taken help from a company called iYogi to get his computer fixed. He had read about the company from an iYogi review page which he, himself, had also chanced upon some time back while browsing through some websites.

By the end of the call, he gave me their number and asked me to give them a call. Assuming that there was no better option available, I thought I should read up on an iYogi review page and find a good reason to believe in Rob’s recommendation before giving them a call. I was quite convinced after I read the review, and soon I was speaking to an online technician who greeted me and asked me for my name, e-mail ID etc. After giving out my contact details, he inquired about the problem that I was facing on my system. I narrated the whole incident to him right from the beginning till the end, after which he ran me through some steps and helped me perform them on my laptop. It took him nearly an hour to get my laptop fixed and run as good as new. I thanked him, disconnected the call and got back to accomplishing the task at hand.

The BlackBerry Torch is not the first phone to give you both a full hardware QWERTY keyboard and an ample touchscreen in a smartphone setting.

But it’s a debut for BlackBerry and one that will probably shape the future for the next generation of RIM phones. The supplied 6th version of the BlackBerry OS is looking to balance user-friendliness and performance, tradition and creativity in the latest BlackBerry touch products..

The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is the usual impressively built gadget, the ultimate email machine.

One would think RIM is among the lucky few phone makers that could’ve for ever pretended the iPhone didn’t exist. When your devices are in a class of their own and you’re a household name in corporate services, it’s easy to believe you’re special.

Phone Specification:-

• General : 2G Network     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network : HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 /800
• Announced : 2010, August
• Status : Available. Released 2010, August
• Dimensions : 111 x 62 x 14.6 mm
• Weight : 161 g
• Display Type : TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size : 360 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
• Memory Phonebook : Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Call records : Yes
• Internal : 4 GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
• Card slot : microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB card included, buy memory
• GPRS : Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
• EDGE : Class 10, 236.8 kbps
• 3G : HSDPA; HSUPA
• WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UMA (carrier-dependent)
• Bluetooth : Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
• Infrared port : No
• USB : Yes, microUSB v2.0
• Camera : 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
• Features : Geo-tagging, continuous auto-focus, image stabilization
• Features : OS BlackBerry OS 6.0
• CPU : 624 MHz processor
• Messaging : SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• Browser : HTML
• Radio : No
• Games : Yes + downloadable
• Colors : Black, White, Dark Orange
• GPS : Yes, with A-GPS support
• Java : Yes, MIDP 2.0
• Battery : Standard battery, Li-Ion 1300 mAh
• Stand-by : Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 336 h (3G)
• Talk time : Up to 5 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 40 min (3G)
• Music play : Up to 30 h

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New Nokia N9 has the specs including camera resolution of 12-megapixels, 4000×3000 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash. Nokia N9 will record video in the frame rate of 25fps and additional LED video light. This phone has 16M colors display, super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, scratch resistant surface, touch sensitive controls, proximity sensor for auto turn-off.

Nokia N9 dimensions is still not confirmed. The phone has expendable memory up to 32 GB. It has features including, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), TV-out (720p video) via HDMI and composite, Digital compass, Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI- Anodized aluminum casing, Voice command/dial, Video/photo editor, Flash Lite v4.0, etc.

Phone Specifications:-

2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network : HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Announced : Not officially announced yet
Status : Exp. release 2011
Weight : 160 g
Display Type : TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size : 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches
Alert types : Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone : Yes
Phonebook : Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records : Detailed, max 30 days
Internal : 64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM
Card slot : microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory
GPRS : Class 32
EDGE : Class 32
3G : HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth : Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, USB On-the-go support
Infrared port : No
USB : Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera : 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Features : Geo-tagging, face detection
Video : Yes, 720p, video stabilization
Secondary : Yes
Features : OS, MeeGo OS
CPU : Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 1 GHz processor
Messaging : SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
Radio : Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games : Yes + downloadable
Colors : Black, Silver, Blue
GPS : Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps
Java : Yes, MIDP 2.1
Battery : Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh

Nokia X2-01 is an S40 phone with a hardware QWERTY keyboard that is indeed very similar to the Nokia C3 but it’s obviously positioned even lower. It’s 2G-only, with 2.44″ QVGA landscape screen (not a touchscreen like the C3-01), microSD card slot, FM radio and Bluetooth.

The camera has grown to 3MP (C3 had a 2MP snapper) and yet there’s no mention of Wi-Fi (which the C3 did have). The Nokia X2-01 has two dedicated keys – one for music and one for messaging.

Phone Specifications

• 2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• Announced : 2010, November
• Status : Coming soon
• Dimensions : 119.4 x 59.8 x 14.3 mm, 86.6 cc
• Weight : 107.5 g
• Display Type : TFT, 256K colors
• Size : 320 x 240 pixels, 2.4 inches
• Alert types : Vibration, Polyphonic(64), WAV, MP3 ringtones
• Speakerphone : Yes
• Phonebook Memory : Yes, Photocall
• Call records : Yes
• Internal : 55 MB, 64 MB RAM, 128 MB ROM
• Card slot : microSD, up to 8GB
• GPRS : Yes
• EDGE : Class 32
• 3G : No
• WLAN : No
• Bluetooth : Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
• Infrared port : No
• USB : Yes, v2.0 microUSB
• Camera : VGA, 640×480 pixels
• Video : Yes, 176×144@15fps
• Features : Messaging,SMS, MMS, Email
• Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
• Radio : Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Games : Yes + downloadable
• Colors : Red, DeepGrey, Silver, Lilac, Azure
• GPS : No
• Java : Yes, MIDP 2.1
• Battery : Standard battery, Li-Ion 1020 (BL-5C)
• Stand-by : Up to 480 h

BlackBerry Style 9670, a big flip phone with a full QWERTY keyboard hiding inside, we were skeptical. But lo and behold, this is a good smart phone, thanks to its BlackBerry 6 OS, above-average camera, updated web browser, and speedy performance. Although the display is on the small side, overall this is one of the better BlackBerrys we’ve tested.

The Style looks like a flip phone that’s been widened to include a large external screen, and it slightly resembles a makeup compact. The standard color is black with elegant dark chrome accents, but a Royal Purple version will be available soon. The hinge feels pretty sturdy on this flip, and we like the brushed metal look of the battery cover.

Phone Specifications:-

• 2G Network : CDMA 800 / 1900
• 3G Network : CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
• Announced : 2010, October
• Status : Released 2010, November
• Dimensions : 175.5 x 60 x 18.5 mm
• Weight : 131 g
• Display Type : TFT, 65K colors
• Size : 360 x 400 pixels
• Phonebook : Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Call records : Yes
• Internal : 512 MB
• Card slot : microSD, up to 16GB, 8GB included, buy memory
• GPRS : No
• EDGE : No
• 3G : Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
• WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth : Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
• Infrared port : No
• USB : Yes, microUSB v2.0
• Camera : 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Features : Geo-tagging, image stabilization
• Video : Yes, VGA
• Features : OS, BlackBerry OS 6.0
• Messaging : SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• Browser : HTML
• Radio : No
• Games : Yes + downloadable
• Colors : Steel Grey, Royal Purple
• GPS : Yes, with A-GPS support
• Battery : Standard battery, Li-Ion 1150 mAh
• Stand-by : Up to 264 h
• Talk time : Up to 4 h 30 min
• Music play : Up to 14 h

The Samsung S8530 Wave II brings Bada OS back to the high-end – a 3.7″ screen WVGA screen, but Samsung made the switch to “Super Clear LCD”.

That nicely corroborates with the rumors we’ve been hearing lately of SuperAMOLED display shortages, which were supposed to ultimately lead to the end of manufacturing of the original Wave. Samsung prefers to keep their SuperAMOLED manufacturing lines busy with phones such as their Galaxy S and their upcoming WP7-based Samsung Omnia 7.

Phone Specifications:-

• 2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network : HSDPA 900 / 2100
• Announced : 2010, October
• Status : Exp. release 2010, November
• Dimensions : 123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm
• Weight : 135 g
• Display Type : Super Clear LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size : 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches
• Alert types : Vibration, MP3 ringtones
• Speakerphone : Yes
• Call records : Yes
• Internal : 2 GB storage
• Card slot : microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB card included
• GPRS : Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps
• EDGE : Class 10, 236.8 kbps
• 3G : HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
• WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Bluetooth : Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
• Infrared port : No
• USB : Yes, microUSB v2.0
• Camera : 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Features : Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stablilization, touch focus
• Video : 720p@30fps, video light
• Features : Bada OS 1.2
• CPU : ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor
• Messaging : SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, Palringo IM
• Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
• Radio : Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
• Games : Yes + downloadable
• Colors : Ebony Gray
• GPS : Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator
• Java : Yes, MIDP 2.0
• Battery : Standard battery,
• Li-Ion : 1500 mAh

The N8 is the new wannabe king of cameraphones. Fat numbers on the specs sheet and all that shining armor, the new Nseries flagship is hitting hard and playing tough.
The Nokia N8 has two massive tasks on its hands: beat digicams at their own game and bring Symbian back to its past glory. The hardest thing perhaps is to tell which one is harder. But if anyone should be trusted to perform a seemingly impossible stunt, still market leaders Nokia are a safer bet than many.

Phone Specifications:-

• 2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network : HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
• Announced : 2010, April
• Status : Available. Released 2010, October
• Dimensions : 113.5 x 59.1 x 12.9 mm, 86 cc
• Weight : 135 g
• Display Type : AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size : 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches
• Alert types : Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
• Speakerphone : Yes, 3.5 mm audio jack
• Memory Phonebook : Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
• Call records : Detailed, max 30 days
• Internal : 16 GB storage, 256MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
• Card slot : microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory
• GPRS : Class 33
• EDGE : Class 33
• 3G : HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2.0 Mbps
• WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP technology
• Bluetooth : Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
• Infrared port : No
• USB : Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
• Camera : 12 MP, 4000×3000 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash
• Features : 1/1.83” sensor size, ND filter, geo-tagging, face detection
• Video : Yes, 720p@25fps
• Secondary : VGA videocall camera
• Features : OS Symbian^3 OS
• CPU : ARM 11 680 MHz processor, 3D Graphics HW accelerator
• Messaging : SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
• Browser : WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
• Radio : Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter
• Games : Yes + downloadable
• Colors : Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange
• GPS : Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0
• Java : Yes, MIDP 2.1
• Battery : Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-4D)
• Stand-by : Up to 390 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
• Talk time : Up to 12 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
• Music play : Up to 50 h

Nokia N900 has almost nothing to do with the traditional Nseries values. The full QWERTY side-slider may look similar to its double-digit mates but the Maemo experience is completely different.
However, the N900 is not there for the mere sake of difference – a tablet and a phone, it tries to get the best of both worlds.
The internet tablet genes are strong in the Nokia N900 so connectivity and web-browsing are its greatest virtues. The large high-res display and great typing skills are the right kind of backup but we’ve seen plenty of similar packages already. We told you though – the N900 is different. It’s a Maemo-powered phone with Mozilla browsing and all-you-can-eat connectivity.

Phone Specifications:-

• 2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network : HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
• Announced : 2009, August
• Status : Available. Released 2009, November
• Dimensions : 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
• Weight : 181 g
• Display Typ : TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
• Size : 800 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches
• Alert types : Vibration; MP3 ringtones
• Speakerphone : Yes, with stereo speakers
• Phonebook Memory : 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
• 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 : 5 MP, 2576×1936 pixels
• Features : Geo-tagging
• Video : Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps
• 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
• Battery : Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J)
• Stand-by : Up to 278 h (2G) / Up to 250 h (3G)
• Talk time : Up to 6 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
• Music play : Up to 24 h 30 min

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The Nokia 6208c features design cues using premium materials including a stainless steel back cover. Other functions found on the Nokia 6208c include a 3.2 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and 4x digital zoom, a microSD memory card slot and Chinese language support.

Features:-

Price : NA
Weight : 120.1g
Size : 109.8 x 49.3 x 13.3-14.7 mm
Bluetooth  :  Enabled, v2.0
Ringtones : Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
Camera :  3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, flash, video.
Cable : v2.0 microUSB
GPRS : Class 32
Internet : Browser, WAP 2.0/xHTML

The BlackBerry Curve 3G has been officially released by Verizon Wireless. It has spec-list the 512 MB of RAM very surprizing; and there have been a few OS 6 leaks for the Curve 3G already.
Were not sure whether Verizon will release the Curve 3G with OS5 or OS6. The Curve 3G hasn’t shown up on Verizon’s website yet and Verizon isnt showing up on the Curve 3G’s official website; but that should change in the coming weeks.It has Trackpad and dedicated media keys, GPS and Wi-Fi, 3G network support.

Phone Features

* 3G network support
* Optical trackpad
* Full QWERTY keyboard
* Simultaneous voice and data
* Email and text messaging
* BlackBerry® Messenger
* Instant Messaging
* Phone
* Browser
* Camera and video recording
* Wi-Fi®
* GPS
* Media player
* Organiser
* Bluetooth®
* Tethered modem

Phone Specifications
Height:
4.29 inches (109 mm)

Width:
2.36 inches (60 mm)

Depth:
0.55 inches (13.9 mm)

Weight:
3.7 ounces (104 grams)