Emergence of Android Gadgets (Tablets and Smartphones) in the Tech Market

Android is developed by Open handset Alliance with the lead of Google. It is today's most famous operating system of famous tablets and smartphones. In the fourth quarter of 2010, Android was named as the best-selling platforms for smartphones by Canalys.

Android Operating System

The following are the current versions of the Android:

• Android v.2.0 Éclair
• Android v.2.1 Éclair
• Android v.2.2 Froyo
• Android v.2.3 Gingerbread
• Android v.3.0 Honeycomb
• Android v.3.1 Honeycomb
• Android v.3.2 Honeycomb

Example of Android 2.3 Phone - the Motorola Droid Bionic

Currently, The Android Honeycomb is for tablet computers only and is not running on any smartphones in the market. It is purely for tablets. The latest of the Android version to support smartphones is the Gingerbread. Mainstream Android 2.3 Gingerbread Phones are popular among Android fans. The following are some of the phones which run or will run on an Android v2.3 Gingerbread:

• LG Optimus Net
• HTC Evo 3D
• Samsung Galaxy SL i9003
• Motorola Photon 4G
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
• Htc desire z
• HTC desire S
• Samsung Galaxy S i900
• LG Optimus Pro
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
• LG Optimus 2x
• HTC incredible S (update)
• Huawei Ascend II
• Samsung galaxy s ii i9100 (Samsung Hercules)
• Samsung Google Nexus S i9023
• HTC panache

One Truly Engineered Smartphone: The HTC P3400

On the surface, there is no reason why HTC phones should be considered inadequate. They are well-engineered, possess good spec, and run on software built by Microsoft. Despite these attributes, the phones have, in the past, fallen short on design, price, and software. However the P3400 has surfaced and has proven itself to be HTC’s Borg
-the model that has adapted the most.

The phone comes in a surprisingly pleasant matte black finish. This lends the unit a smooth feel and also a slightly rugged impression. This is one smart phone that says it doesn’t need to be pampered.

HTC P3400 Smartphone

The good news is those used to Windows Mobile will be familiar with the OS. The bad news is those used to Win Mo will see the same old interface that’s been around since the XDA II. It was had enough before; it's worse now that the iPhone juggernaut is here with its magical touch interface.

In the spirit of its full-fledged Windows kuya, you do get used to the interface. And that’s where the P3400’s appeal starts to grow. It may not be exciting, but the interface is simple enough once you know where to find things. Be prepared to do a lot of tapping: Windows Mobile 6 is a stylus intensive interface and that makes texting a pain.

A glance at the spec sheet shows how they made this smartphone relatively affordable. The screen has only 65k colors, the camera is a paltry 2-megapixel number, there’s no Wi-Fi, no 3G and there’s a mere 128MB of ROM storage. It's a good thing SD cards are cheap now.

Those who have been wary of the high price of Windows Mobile smartphones can try this phone out relatively painlessly. But at this price, Nokia and Sony Ericsson already have phones bristling with features.

PROCESSOR Texas Instruments OMAP 580, 201Mhz
MEMORY 128MB ROM, 64MB SDRAM
SCREEN 2.8' TFT-LCD. 240x320 pixels with 65k colors
NETWORK Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
SIZE/WEIGHT 109x58x17.65mm/455g

Comparison of High-Performance Smartphones: Dual Core, and Availability

What is the difference between dual core and quadcore? The name says it all. Dual cores have two (2) processor cores while quadcore have four (4) cores in one chip. Originally, processors where only produced with single processor. Cores are units of the processor which read and execute commands. They are considered as the computing parts of the processor. Computation in processors are very fast, beyond human processing operation.

Developers invented the many-core processors to suffice the need for increasing speed of instructions from the many applications for future gadgets. Although, the speed depends on the algorithms of the applications on the gadget.
Quadcore processors are theoretically twice as fast as the dual cores.
Aside from processor, they are also called or termed as CPU (central processing unit).

Here is the summary of the list in the above link.

• Motorola Droid Bionic 4G
• Motorola Droid X2
• LG Optimus 2x
• Motorola Atrix
• Samsung Galaxy S II
• HTC Evo 3D (currently available in Sprint)

The following are some of the list of laptops with quadcore processor:

• Alienware M17x
• Lenovo ThinkPad W700ds
• Gateway P-7808u FX
• Gateway P79003FX
• Asus G71 quad-core
• HP Pavilion DV7-2180US
• Dell Precision M6400 Covet
• Acer Aspire 8930G-7665
• Gateway P-7808u FX
• HP Envy 15
• Asus G51VX-A1 15.6-inch

The dual core phone Samsung Galaxy S II will be released soon in the US through T-mobile as most reports suggest. It shall be named as Samsung Hercules in the US

The Samsung Hercules is reported to run on an Android OS Gingerbread. It will boast 8MP camera in the rear as primary camera. Aside from the US, it will also be released in Canada under TELUS Network under the same brand/name Samsung Hercules.
Another US carrier, Verizon, offers yet another dual core phone Motorola Droid Bionic on its 4G LTE Network.

Verizon also offers another dual core phone on its line up, the Droid X2 on its 3G network. Other rival networks such as Sprint, Tmobile and AT&T offer their own class of 4G phones and dual core phones as well.

Fun Without End? Get To Know The SAMSUNG 1900!

THE SAMSUNG 1900 Omnia is a phone— from a marketing standpoint- apparently designed solely to compete with the iPhone. It may fall short of Apples Liber-hyped device, but what Samsung came up with is a very sweet smart phone.

In terms of build, the Omnia even trumps the iPhone. It feels solid and has a well-balanced heft. Features-wise, Samsung threw everything in their arsenal into the Omnia: touch screen, 5—megapixel autofocus camera, 3.5G {HSDPA) connectivity, fast CPU, up to 16GB of storage, RDS Radio, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a latté machine. Ok, we were kidding about the latté.

The Omnia is one of the new generations of Windows Mobile phones to utilize version 6.1, which features threaded SMS messages. Text messages appear r in chat form as pioneered by the Treo. Seeing it implemented on the Omnia makes you realize, it’s about damn time.

The areas where the Omnia falls short are where it tries to match the iPhone. First, there's the accelerometer, which changes the orientation of the screen automatically. 1t’s tricky enough on the iPhone; here it just feels unnatural. Next is the touch screen keyboard. After a few days it was still difficult to input text quickly and accurately.

The interface that Samsung has created on top of WinMo is stylish and effective. The problem is when you use the apps and enter the realm of WinMo, the OS loses its aesthetic appeal. It feels like four years ago.

As an iPhone competitor, Samsung has created a potent challenger in the Omnia with technically better hardware than the iPhone. But it loses out when pitted against a proven strength of Apples products: the software.

SCREEN 3.2·inch WQVGA TFT touchscreen LCD

CONNECTIVITY Quad-band GSM, HSDPA, WiFi.

GPS. Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP

PLATFORM Windows Mobile 6.1

CAMERA 5 megapixel with AF

STORAGE 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM. 8/16GB of

storage + microSDHC

BATTERY LIFE 6h talk time/500h standby

SIZE/WEIGHT 1l2x56.9x12.5mm/127g

The Sony Ericsson S700i for Cyber-Shot and Mobile Phone Savvy

Sony Ericsson mobile phones plus Sony Cyber-shot digital camera equals a fantastic camera phone. Sony Ericsson could have gone so wrong in so many ways, but manages to do everything right. Well, almost.

The Sony Ericsson S700i

If you have used a Sony Cyber-shot before, you will feel right at home with this camera phone. The menus of the S700i are borrowed straight fro the camera line and the controls are right where they should be. You even get advanced features like white balance.

The Sony Ericsson S700i  is quite clunker for a mobile phone though. Its unique switchblade design, however, fools you into the thinking it is a small digital camera. So the glass is either half empty or half full, it I up to you. Mysteriously, you can only fit 128MB memory card in it, which is a shame.

For the price, you can get a modest mobile phone and a modest digital camera, but you wont look nearly half as cool. If you want a megapixel camera phone, this is a bomb.

A Closer Look to the Apple Mac Mini

Here's a preview of the old Apple Mac Mini and compae what it got to the modern iPad these days. It boasts some quality features. Let's get a closer look into it.

Apple Mac Mini

The Processor
So how did they squeeze everything in th small size of this gadget from Apple? Well, very tightly indeed. Let's just hope that the heat sink and fan do their jobs as the G4 Processor of this Mac Mini can get quite toasty, and there's hardly a fan we can see - prolly its concealed somewhere.

Rear End
In the back, you have got 2 USB ports, 1 Firewire 400 port, 1 Ethernet port, 1 Jack and 1 DVD video output doubling as a VGA output for regular monitors. Buy an optional adaptor and you can plug your Mac Mini into your TV via S-Video (high quality connection) or composite output (your basic low quality connection), in case your TV doesn't have TVI (highest quality connection), which is probably doesn't unless you are a millionaire - well we are Millionaire just FYI

Space
To save space, the Mac Mini gets its juice extremely through a power brick . So technically it's not really that small.You will have to make some room on the floor which should be enough

Hot Movie Gadgets You Might Missed Before

The Sony Ericsson S700i
Ready your self for some swivel action with the S700i from Sony Ericsson. This switchable phone comes with spankin' 1.3 Mega pixel  camear for taking snaps and shooting videos.
Its 1.9-inch screen is bigger than those in most Digicams so your eyes can rest easy.

Sony Ericson S700i

Philips 42-Inch pixel Plus 2 42PF9966
Stunning picture quality abetted by mysterious yet effective Ambilight defines the Philips Pixel Plus 2 viewing experience. This beautiful plasma screen delivers clear moving pictures thanks to Digital Natural Motion and more enhancing processor than you can wave a remote at.


Sanyo XACTI C1

Sanyo Xacti c1

It may look like a ray gun but this looker from Sanyo is both digicam and camcoder. Available in snazzy red, silver, or black, the C1 takes 3.2 Megapixels snaps or MPEG-4 video and saves them to an SD card. It sports at 5.8X optical zoom and impressive macro capability that lets you shoot as close as 2 centimeters away from your subject.

Some Cool Gadgets Way Back - iShuffle and Audio-Technica

iShuffle
Also known as the iPod mini mini, the iShuffle seeks to provide the beauty of iTunes music to the folks on a budget. The iShuffle holds around 20 songs in its 512MB incarnation, or around 60 songs in the 256MB version.

There is no screen beacause users aremeant to listen to their favorite music in either of the two ways: in the order they made their palylist or randomly. We think Steve's job should be start firing people in Apple's ipod division except iPod users will tell you that's exactly how they listen to their itunes, so who knows Apple might be onto something.

Audio-Technica at DSP 300
So you have spent the last 2 years carefully curating your own digital music collection - but now what? Share the musical love, of course by purchasing mini speakers.

These cray candle-stick shaped ones are the work of crazy bearded audiophiles at Audio-Technica and effortlessly cool British designer Pail Smith. You get two speakers and an egg-shaped digital amplifier. Even if you could afford it, you can buy them here. Tough.