Motorola has finally launched its most advanced and technically complete phone in the name of DROID. With every second manufacturer launching an Android phone, it was inevitable for Motorola to launch an Android stunner to sustain itself in the market. After disappointing everyone for so many years with not-so-great phones, finally it seems Motorola has delivered.

The Motorola DROID is beautiful in a different sense. It looks like a robust factory phone with a manly appeal to it. The phone has a huge 3.7 inch display and has a dedicated slider QWERTY keypad attached to it. The keys are well positioned and are comfortable to use. The onscreen keyboard is also comfortable to use for shorter messages. The full glass display ensures an awesome experience while surfing websites

The 256RAM inside the DROID provides a robust performance and gets all the basic tasks done without any lag. The multitasking performance of the phone is also very good. The phone has a 5-megapixel camera with flash and so imaging is a good experience in the day time as well as during the nights or dim lights. The focus feature of the phone is a bit slow so you have to be patient while taking snaps. The videos on the phone are very clear and full marks to the phone for its video clarity. The phone also rocks in the multimedia department with awesome sound quality and an excellent music player.

All the applications on the phone are responsive, although some third party applications are not supported by the phone. There is a handsome dock that comes with the phone that adds to the style quotient of the phone. The battery life of the phone is not so great but goes for around 24hrs without any hassles. A definite winner on all grounds for sure. The Motorola DROID is here to stay.

Status: Rumored
Touchscreen: 3.2 inch AMOLED 320 x 480 Touchscreen with hardware buttons
Dimensions: 115.9 x 56 x 11.9 mm; 116.7 grams
Camera: 3.2MP
Battery: 1500 mAh Li-ion Battery
Standby Time: Unknown
Talk Time: Unknown
Processor: Unknown
Internal/External Memory: 1GB
Extras: Wi-Fi, bluetooth and 3.5mm headset jack
Price: Unknown

The Samsung Galaxy Spica is the successor of Samsung Galaxy and is another super device in the Android family. When Samsung launch a device, they ensure that their device is unfamiliar and unique and they have lived up to their expectations once again. The Samsung Galaxy Spica is by far the only Android OS supported device till date that supports DivX and Xvid files. Considering the fact that several videos today are in the DivX format, one must say this is a revolution.

The phone looks very impressive and the overall finishing looks sturdy. The back of the phone provides a good grip to hold the phone and is not slippery. The keypad of the phone has a unique D-like structure with easy accessibility to the menu and the homepage. The AMOLED touch screen provides a more vibrant and pleasant color quality. The Switchers application provides an easy access to all the frequently used applications like GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

The Galaxy Spica is loaded with a 3.2-megapixel camera but lacks the autofocus feature        and also lacks flash. Hence, the pictures in daylight are brilliant but cannot say the same with pictures taken in dimlight.

The video performance is excellent thanks to the compatibility for DivX and the audio performance is also standard with an excellent music player and library. The 800 MHz processor provides excellent performance and multitasking compatibilities. The battery life of the phone is also excellent and lasts up to 3 days with full utilization. The overall multimedia support is the best as compared to any other Android phone. Despite some minor goof-ups, a must possession for smartphone lovers who want decent multimedia in their device.

HTC has the reputation to bring one of the best smart phones available in mobile market today but some years ago it has lost the battle ground while competing with Apple’s Iphone which bring revolution in the smart phone market but finally HTC is ready to get it back from Apple by introducing it’s latest hi-fi gadget named as HTC Dragon, also known as the Passion.

Rumors are catching up that it is loaded with Google’s mobile operating system called Android. At present Google is testing it thoroughly before it make a foray in the smart phone market. Reportedly it has just one virtual keyboard with a powerful 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile processor. Earlier version of HTC had physical keyboard and they used much slow processor. HTC Dragon will directly compete with iphone and counts over Motorola’s Droid. It has a 4.3-inch (480×800) capacitive display and a lithe silhouette. The powerful operating system of Google made it an unmatchable device with which you will get tons of features. This time it’s quite possible that it will be market with a brand name of Google as a “Google’s Phone” because Google is directly involved in the development. It is speculated that HTC dragon will provide a screen resolution of 800*400. The phone will be fully touch screen loaded with 2.0 firmware software along with the HTC Sense user interface which is applied for style. So this new Smart device from HTC can add a fuel to smart phone market and may be it will proved out to be “value for money”

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Samsung’s first Android phone, Bigfoot has reached market with a bang giving competition to other android phones. Along with new operating system it has a slide out QWERTY keyboard, 3 or above MP camera, Wifi, GPS and a 3 inch AMOLED display.

PROS

The phone have much thinner and sleeker design with black front and volume switches on the side which gave it an attractive appearance just like apple’s iphone.

Sound quality is awesome as speakers are well placed to allow to listen to songs with lid closed that too without any distortion.

This phone would be using first version of Android 2.0 named Donut and is believe to turn out much better than previous versions of Android.

Samsung Bigfoot would be having quad band GSM and tri-band 3G connectivity which itself provides an edge over other smartphones.

It has various widgets included like world clock, calendar, social networking sites and it might include google search as well.

CONS

The main keys of keyboard like Home, menu are missing from keyboard. They might be included in touchscreen display but not present on keyboards.

Samsung phone generally have battery and budget problem. Hope this phone solves both of them.

Samsung hasn’t given much of a colour option- only black yellow colour has been out yet with yellow on sides and otherwise black on front and back.

For those who are fascinated by the features and looks of this phone have to wait a little longer because this phone hasn’t released yet and even there is no news of releasing yet.

“Sense and simplicity” this is what Philips has built upon for years and they seems to carry away this tradition with their latest offering in Smartphone market with Philips V108. Rumors are catching up that this phone is solely for china and will be exclusively available to Chinese customer at first.

The Philips V108 is loaded with Google’s powerful mobile operating system Android. This is company’s second Google operating system base Smartphone. Philips V108 has all the features you expect in a smart phone like it comes with a 3.2 inch HVGA touch screen support. Philips V808 has weight 120 grams & 14 millimeters thick so it is very sleek and compact. Philips comes with a 3.15 megapixel camera with Autofocus. The company has loaded V108 with a Audio and video player so that you can enjoy the music any time anywhere you want. The battery back up of V108 is also great with 1000 mAh battery. So you can get rid of charging the mobile phone again and again. The internal memory of Philips V108 is 30MB much less then expected (It was thought 256MB). External memory is supported by Micro SD card which is expendable up to 8 GB. It also has Sync with USB or Bluetooth. Built-in GPS will provide the user the direction to move. The phone supports 3G through which you can do download or upload, chat, mail etc. This latest gadget from Philips will provide connectivity through GSM, EDGE and GPRS. The biggest feature it lacks is it doesn’t have FM Radio.

Motorola has reputation to bring product of 6 sigma standard that is 1 defect in a million. The company was facing hard time on the mobile front with no phone of the company which could compete or at least could be categories as a Smart phone but finally Motorola has come up with its offering in Smartphone segment with Calgary.

Calgary is Motorola’s first Smartphone which runs on the Google’s powerful mobile operating system Android. This Phone has a lot of promising features which make it very attractive. The phone has an elegant and vibrant touch screen. Calgary has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard quite similar to the Moto RAZR phones. It is dual band CDMA phone with two communication Bands are CDMA (1900 MHz), CDMA (800 MHz). Calgary is equipped with 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and digital zoom. This phone provide some unique features like Multiple Numbers per Nam , Predictive Text entry , Picture id , Ringer ID, To do list . This phone supports 3g and gives you a good experience of internet on your mobile phone with real fast download and upload and HTML Browser. For connectivity it has USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0. It also has a In built GPS system for the navigation purpose which gets power from a powerful chip. This phone includes WI-FI connectivity. The battery back up of the phone is reliable. The external memory requirement can be filled out by microSD expansion slot .Undoubtedly it’s a good purchase to invest in.

Swedish and Japanese company is basically known for bringing out the phone which provides the best music experience. But this time company is ready to upset its critics with its ambitious Xperia X3 which will certainly going to set new dimensions in the Smartphone market.

Sony Ericsson X3 will run on the powerful mobile operating system of Google that is Android. The phone has tons of features which will take your breath away. The phone is Touch sensitive and loaded with Qualcomm 1 GHz Snapdragon processor. This phone is built to give you unforgettable experience in photography. Xperia X3 comes with a stunning 8.0 megapixel camera together with Auto focus. The camera has 8*Digital zoom and a flash light. It has face and smile detection Technology which is highly unlikely you will get in any phone available in the market. Sony always has produced world class product and especially in music. This phone has a built in Music player and supports MP3, AAC, eAAC+ format. It supports monophonic, Polyphonic and MP3 ringtones. So set the tone according to your will. On the video front it supports VGA recording. This phone is 3g enabled and gives you a pleasure experience on the internet. With this you can SMS, MMS, Email (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4, and MS Exchange) really fast and can be in touch with your friends on twitter, Orkut and Facebook. As far as connectivity concerned it’s equipped with the WI-FI (IEEE 802.11g) and a mini USB port is also provided. It also has 3.5mm AV connector and Bluetooth 2.0 and what more a GPS navigation system as well. Truly a world class product from SONY ERICSSION.

HTC is famous for bringing one of the best Smartphone in the market. This time they are ready to carry this tradition with their latest offering HTC Lancaster. This smart phone is equipped with all the facility you look for in a Smartphone.

HTC Lancaster has a side sliding keyboard with a 2.8 inch touch screen with QVGA. This phone has a lot of attractive features like it’s a tri band phone that means work on three bands. It’s very light weight with weight just around 110 grams which works in its favor. HTC Lancaster has a unique HTC social messaging user interface and its HSDPA and HSUPA capable. If you are a music lover this phone won’t disappoint you with a music player and it supports MP3 and MIDI ringtones. The phone is less with 3.0 megapixel camera with Auto focus and digital zoom. The phone is also equipped with the GPS system to give you the direction with help of a powerful chip. Lancaster works on Google’s mobile operating system Android. The battery back up of phone is 1350 mAh. Lancaster is 3g enable and it makes your internet experience really easy. With Lancaster in your hand you can Email/IM Chat with anyone very easily. On the connectivity front it provides you connectivity through USB 2.0 and via Bluetooth 2.0. The phone also supports MPEG4 video another feature which is hard to find in Smartphone. The external memory requirement of the phone is supported by the microSD extension which is extendable. In short this phone is a Value for money.

LG Etna has a sleek look with side slide opener with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. LG Etna also known as LG GW620 is first Android phone by LG. it fits well budget wise with good features on a smart phone. Etna runs on Google’s Android operating system so gets the benefit of numerous mobile applications and mobile services developed by Google. Features include a 3-inch touchscreen display, 5 mega-pixel camera, designed specifically for social networking, and will allow users to easily connect and manage their social networking profiles from any location. It has enabled a special application called Social Network Services Manager, which brings together a user’s Facebook, Twitter and Bebo networks into one place, letting them check status updates. The SNS Manager connects the contact list to provide an easy to read log for each contact, so the user can see the contact for each friend, whether that be via SMS, email, Facebook, Twitter or on a call.

The device is supports quad band GSM network 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900. LG Etna a 3G device which supports HSDPA 2100. 3G also ensure faster web browsing and connectivity with 7.2 mega bytes per second of speed. It also has features like Wi-Fi, EDGE and GPRS for connectivity and web browsing. Its built in memory as well as expandable memory can be expanded up to 16 gigabytes. Such a huge memory backup helps in loading numerous music files, video files, images, etc. and for game lovers; downloading different exciting games and storing them on the memory is made easy.

With almost every second mobile manufacturer now entering the Android competition, it is now Lenovo’s turn. Lenovo has entered the smartphone market with a bang by launching the Lenovo O1 OPhone. Lenovo has launched the OPhone in alliance with China Mobile and aims to target the iPhone market base. The O1 runs the OMS (Open Mobile System), which is China Mobile’s Android based OS.

Although not a frontrunner in the mobile manufacturing arena, Lenovo has ensured that the OPhone is an absolutely powerful gadget and will definitely give a hard time to the other players in the market. The OPhone comes with a stunning 624MHz processor that performs all basic functions on the phone effortlessly and the multitasking capacity of the phone is also at par with any other smartphone.

The phone comes in two memory variants, the 8 GB and 16 GB which makes it evident that it is directly targeting the iPhone market.

The overall finishing of the phone and the looks are a definite iPhone killer and are decent and stylish at the same time. No flashy buttons on the keypad gives that extra edge to the phone over the others. It has awesome 3.5 inch touch screen with a crystal clear display. The 5-megapixel massive camera makes imaging a pleasant experience and since it is equipped with the flash, pictures in the night time are as equally impressive as the ones in the day time. All Android applications and other frequently used applications like GPS, Wi-Fi etc work seamlessly considering the fact the phone works on the OMS. The audio and video quality of the phone is also supreme, and the 3-5mm jack ensures compatibility with all headphones in the market. The music player is also well designed and is a visual treat. One must say that being a newcomer, Lenovo has definitely managed to get its basics right.