As we eagerly await the new Apple iPhone 4 in Dubai and UAE, we can't but anticipate how the cool phone will look and function. If anyone hears about the iPhone availability in the UAE, please post a comment in this blog including the price. We promise to post it as soon as we hear anything, so check back later!

The new iPhone 4 boasts a faster processor, larger memory and is yet thinner in size than the iPhone 3G. It looks a bit different from the earlier iPhone 3G and 3Gs. This one is more boxed - rectangular, losing a bit of the rounded edges.

Apple highlights it as -

• Multitasking done the right way
• Face Time - phone calls like you have never seen before
• Retina display - the highest resolution screen ever on a phone
• HD Video recording - Shoot, edit, share - All in HD

Apple iPhone 4 specifification

Size and weight

• Height: 4.5 inches (115.2 mm)
• Width: 2.31 inches (58.6 mm)
• Depth: 0.37 inch (9.3 mm)
• Weight: 4.8 ounces (137 grams)
  
  

Capacity: 16GB or 32GB flash drive

Camera, photos, and video

• Video recording, HD (720p) up to 30 frames per second with audio
• 5-megapixel still camera
• VGA-quality photos and video at up to 30 frames per second with the front camera
• Tap to focus video or still images
• LED flash
• Photo and video geotagging
  
  

Cellular and wireless

• UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• UMTSGSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• UMTS802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz only)
• UMTSBluetooth 2.1 + EDR wireless technology

Display

• Retina display
• 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
• 960-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi
• 800:1 contrast ratio (typical)
• 500 cd/m2 max brightness (typical)
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front and back
• Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

Sensors

• Three-axis gyro
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor

Location

• Assisted GPS
• Digital compass
• Wi-Fi
• Cellular

Power and battery

• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter
• Talk time:
• Up to 7 hours on 3G
• Up to 14 hours on 2G
• Standby time: Up to 300 hours
• Internet use:
• Up to 6 hours on 3G
• Up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi
• Video playback: Up to 10 hours
• Audio playback: Up to 40 hours

Summary

One of the most eagerly awaited phone in this part of the world, we want to get our hands on it as soon as possible. If you hear anything about the Apple iPhone 4 Dubai, UAE, let us know. We will be posting price and availability soon, keep checking back. If you need the iPhone 4 case, you can get it here: http://tbeyond.com/iphone-c-499_76_860.html

We have a write up on the iPhone 4 case Dubai: http://tbeyond.com/blogs/blog6.php/2010/06/apple-iphone-4-case-iphone-4-accessories-iphone-4-cover-out-in-dubai-uae-egypt-shipping-worldwide-now

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My first opinion of the HTC Touch HD (high definition) was that it is an iPhone clone. With a big display like the iPhone I thought it was one of the many followers. But it was good to finally have a serious look at the Touch HD. Like top of the line HTC devices, the Touch HD boasts of decent processor and memory. It has fast 3G and the latest WM 6.1, the bigger screen is a welcome relief from tiny screens from earlier HTC models. The XDA II and the XDA Universal (imate Jasjar) had good screen sizes but that was like a decade ago! A cool 5 megapixel camera is like a icing on the cake.

Specs:
Network
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100 / 900
Announced September 2008

Size
Dimensions 115 x 62.8 x 12 mm
Weight 146 g

Display
Type TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches

Memory
Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
- 288 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
- Qualcomm 528 Mhz processor

Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, miniUSB

Battery
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1350 mAh
Stand-by Up to 450 h
Talk time Up to 6 h 30 min

Features
OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, video, secondary VGA videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- A-GPS function
- TV-out
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- Voice memo
- MP3 player
- Built-in handsfree
- TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Touch-sensitive navigation controls
- Handwriting recognition
- Vibration Yes

T-Mobile and Google have announced the G1 phone which runs on the Android OS (developed by Google and the OHA) which is Open Source. It will be available in October 2008 through T-Mobile exclusively at first before being phased out to other parts of the world including UK, Europe and possibly the Middle East. The G1 is made by HTC but other manufacturers are working on new devices so we can expect some models to come to our part of the world.

History
I was just amazed from the time Google Android surfaced and had a lot of expectations on it. It was perceived as a mobile landscape changing operating system. I have been following it closely and just keeps exceeding my expectations. With the Android developer challenge Google offered $10 million in awards. Not surprisingly the applications in contest were very innovative and practical. With such programs, the phone can only get better.
I thought the applications will be good but the G1 will not be so smooth since it is the first device with Android but I was pleasantly surprised when the G1 surfaced. It was smooth, cool, with lots of features and innovations. For those of you who have been bored with Windows Mobile and Blackberry, this is a super duper option.

Vendor advantage
With the Android OS being free, the prices of the handsets are going to come down as manufacturers will not have to pay hefty OS fees. This benefit will be passed on to consumers. Manufacturers can now concentrate on improving the hardware design and usability while leaving the software to Google and the OHA. This will translate to more phone sales.

Consumer
Lower prices because of free OS, good responsive operating system, superior internet access and applications, wide availability of software from the Android market. With more people using the Internet on their phones, the data prices of Internet access will drop which will fuel sales further. This can only be good news! Who knows eventually the phone can be free since Google indends to make money from advertisements!

Specs:
Network
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 2100 / 1700 - American version
Expected October 2008

Size
Dimensions 117 x 55.7 x 17.1 mm
Weight 158 grams

Display
Type TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches

Memory
Card slot microSD (TransFlash)
- 192 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
- Qualcomm 528 Mhz processor

Data
GPRS Class 10 , 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth v2.0, headset support only
Infrared port No
USB miniUSB

Battery
Li-Ion 1150 mAh
Stand-by Up to 406 h
Talk time Up to 5 h 20 min

Features
Android OS
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Colors White, Black, Brown
Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
- Built-in GPS receiver
- Digital compass
- Document viewer
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Voice memo
- MP3 player
- Built-in handsfree
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Trackball
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Handwriting recognition
- Vibration Yes

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Specs

Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / HSDPA

Dimensions 104 x 49 x 18-19.5 mm
Weight 136 grams

Display Type TFT, 256K colors Size 240 x 320 pixels
2.4-inch scratch-resistant mineral glass display

Accelerometer : Yes

Card slot Memory Stick Micro (M2), 2 GB card included - 160 MB internal memory

GPRS, 32 - 48 kbps HSCSD No EDGE Class 10, 3G HSDPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 + A2DP
Built-in GPS receiver - AGPS

Xenon flash
Secondary video call camera

FM radio with RDS

MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player

TV out - Yes

Battery, Li-Po 930 mAh

Talk time Upto 9 hours
Stand-by Upto 380 hours

Everybody is jumping to the touch screen world, now Motorola is rumoured to be coming out with a Windows Mobile phone soon named Atila. It will be in the same category as the iPhone, Samsung Omnia and HTC.

Brief specs: GSM, Triband, HSDPA, around 400 MHz processor, 2.8 QVGA screen, Wifi, Windows Mobile 6.1

It will be interesting to see most major players of the mobile phone world making their foray into the touch screen world, with all big names Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and now Motorola all into it big time.

Want something enticing? The Samsung innov8 (pronounced as innovate) seems like the complete package. Most high end phones have one thing or the other missing. If they have good specs, they are bad in looks. If they have good processor and sleek design then they usually have low memory. Not the Samsung innov8, it has good looks, 8 megapixel camera!!, GPS, Bluetooth, Wifi, touchscreen. In fact it is very much like the Omnia specs wise, except that Omnia runs on Windows Mobile platform and is better in looks. But innov8 got a sliding keypad, but it seems the Omnia will be here first. Looks like Samsung is taking out killer devices now.

It should be available in 2 flavours 8 GB and 16 GB same as the Omnia.

Specs

Release Date: Septemer, 2008 (expected)
Dimensions: 53.9 x 106.5 x 17.2 mm

Operating System: Symbian OS 9.3 Series 60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2

Memory
ROM capacity: 8.3 GB
RAM capacity: 128 MB

Display
Display Type: color transflective TFT , 16777216 scales
Display Diagonal: 2.8"
Display Resolution: 240x320
Video out: Yes

Sound
Microphone: mono
Loadspeakers: stereo
Audio Output: 3.5mm

Network
Cellular Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS900, UMTS2100
Data Links: CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
Speakerphone : Yes

Touch screen: Yes

Keyboard: Slide-out numeric phone keyboard

Card Slots: microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
Wifi: 802.11b/g

Radio
Receiver: FM radio (87.5-108MHz) with RDS
GPS: Yes, Assisted GPS, Geotagging

Camera
Main Camera: 8 MP
Autofocus (AF): Yes
Built-in Flash: Yes
Secondary Camera: 0.3 MP

Accelerometer: Yes

Battery: 1200 mAh

Did someone wake up the sleeping giant? Finally we see Nokia coming out with a touch screen phone. Are we going to see a keen contest to the Apple iPhone? Apple iPhone has been a wonder with no other touch screen devices coming close to it in terms of commercial success. In fact before the iPhone, touch screens were used by top executives and business people or the technically affiliated. With the iPhone millions of people are now using touch screen and swearing by the easy way of doing things.

In Nokia 5800 Xpress Media, Nokia introduces a very PDA specification with 3.2 megapixel camera, Wifi, GPS and touch screen. It takes on the iPhone headon and the other touch screen models like successful HTC Touch or Sony Ericsson P1.

The 5800 Tube is expected to come by end of 2008, this is one touch screen war we are anxious to watch!

Nokia 5800 specs

• 3.2-inch touchscreen
• 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus (Carl Zeiss lens)
• Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio
  
  • 3G UMTS/HSDPA
• Bluetooth 2.0
• WiFi
• GPS + AGPS function
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• TV-out port
• 140MB on-board storage
• MicroSD slot
• 111 x 52 x 14.5 mm
• 104g
• First device powered with S60 touch