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Mercury launched their latest ‘Roxy‘ & ‘Viva’ Mobile phones. Both the phones are targeted at the budget conscious buyers,
The Viva:
Easy to grip
dual SIM
Magic Voice
LED display
1.3MP Digital Camera
FM
Bluetooth
MP3
Expandable memory
1700mAh battery 18day Standby time & 8hr Talk Time.
The Roxy
Metallic finish body
2″ Ultra bright LCD display
Bluetooth
Expandable memory
MSN & Skype
Built-in music player and FM radio
“Choices are unlimited today, but we add style and quality which makes Mercury the preferred choice. Being in IT industry for over 2 decades Mercury has the competitive edge in technology of display, clarity and specifications & these helps us in improving the product and package it with the latest trends in mobile technology. We shall be launching a new series of mobiles in the coming months, so the excitement is just building….” Said Ms Sushmita Das, Country Manager – Kobian Pte Ltd
A long time ago, Nokia came out with the 5210 and later the 5500, both these phones were extremely rugged and water resistant. But, they were no smart phones, in fact the devices were poor built versions of Nokia’s existing line.
From then till now no one thought that, post the smartphone era, we would see a Smartphone which would defy the elements and prove to be a valuable competitor in the Market.
Enter the MOTOROLA DEFY, lets take an in-depth look at the interior and exterior of the device.
Build Quality
This device exceeds many others by leaps and bounds and does exactly what everyone wants, resists water and dust, the screen is tough and scratch proof, the construction is super rigid and environment proof, Drops on concrete and mis-pocket events wont deter the DEFY from doing what it promises to do, Stay with you till the absolute end.
Rubber backing, Rigid metal frame and outer body, along with gorilla glass and masculine rivets, which man would not want a defy?
The device delivers as promised and can live up to harsh expectations, dip it in water , throw it around even go through a wash cycle. check out our quick test video below
Hardware
Buying a smartphone today leaves you expecting more for less. Lets see what we like about the device:
Stunning 3.7″ touchscreen
480×854 px Resolution
Gorilla Glass
Rubber back seal
Water resistance
Dust resistance
Wifi
FM RADIO
5 Megapixel Camera
1500mah Battery
impact resistant design
Accelerometer
Proximity Sensor
800MHz Cortex-A8 processor
TI OMAP3610 chipset
The device has all the fancy stuff you can get at the price + it has the rugged construction. We still miss HD video.
Camera & Multimedia
The Defy packs a 5 MP shooter which has auto focus, but, lacks tap to focus. Hopefully, an upgrade from motorola can add that feature to the device. I
mages come out sharp from the device and extremely quickly. Video on the other hand is just VGA and could have been HD video at 720p. That would make the camera on the defy, a complete package. The fact that you can shoot images and video underwater is what makes the camera an extremely fun instrument to use. Video at pool parties anyone?
As far as media playback goes, since the device runs Android, it is capable of a vast variety of formats and supported codecs. Everything is available either free or at a premium from the marketplace. The device packs enough power to play all sorts of videos and stream movies from the internet. The loudspeaker on the device is simply “superb” packs a punch has great sound coming from a sealed speaker.
Call Quality and Battery Life
Here at iGyaan we stress on Call quality a lot. Especially since the DEFY is priced slightly higher than other phones, we wanted that the device perform well. We got exceptionally clear sound from the earpiece, even as the device was dipped into water several times it continued to sound clearer than ever. the microphone is also exceptionally good at doing its job. Motorola made sure that the earpeice issue was resolved before launching the device.
We got zero dropped calls in our 4 hours of testing and no signal issues what so ever. The device is just plain a good phone.
Battery life was also pretty impressive we got on an average 5 hours of talk time on the device. About 8-9 hours on media playback, 6 hours of internet browsing and about 20-24hours of music playback. All of this with the WIFI on. The battery is a 1500mah battery, the large capacity plays a huge role in such battery performance.
OPERATING SYSTEM
The Defy runs Android 2.1 with MOTO BLUR- (yes MOTO BLUR works perfectly in INDIA). The performance of the device is great with a few hiccups here and there. The upgrade to ANdroid 2.2 should be rolled out soon, and should remove the lagging in the processor. Since this device has a 800 mhz cortex A8 processor , flash would work perfectly in the browser. We would also definitely love the move to sd card option.
Currently in its state the Moto Blur and customized UI from Motorola add to the experience of the OS. The OS is color-ful and has a lot of unique customizations that make life that much easier while using the DEFY.
Conclusion
An extremely well built phone / device with somewhat all the latest features. It does lack a few things (HD video, Android 2.2) but atleast a software upgrade would bring one of them. Water resistant and dust proof had us from the get go. The device is an absolute must for the outgoing individual, an outdoor person or even a clumsy fellow.
Priced at 18,000/- INR
This device gets a 4.5/5.0 from iGyaan
WE SAY POCKET IT!
Check out the full Review Video and the remaining images below.
Details of the BB messenger 6 leaked out, and looks like BB- Addicts will be gaming over the BB scape. It will work on all Blackberries on BB OS 5.0 and above, Allow users to use their BBM name as their gamer name, as well as update their status automatically to reflect completed gaming tasks. BBM 6 would also allow for larger chat groups and cross chat.
Just after the release of the Blackberry PlayBook in Q2 2011, Blackberry plans to ship out a whole bunch of ne phones set for CDMA, what does that mean? Either, we will get a whole bunch of Blackberries for TATA and RELIANCE, or we might get similar GSM variants.
First is a device called the Montana which is basically a CDMA variant of the DAKOTA. Next is Monaco which is a Storm successor featuring a 1.2GHz Qualcomm core, a 3.7-inch WVGA display, and a 5 megapixel camera with HD video capture. The other two devices are the CDMA Apollo dubbed Sedona, and a next-gen Curve with NFC support.(which we talk about in our previous post)
Blackberry addicts hold on to your breath.Above is a leaked image of what CrackBerry says is the Curve Touch, codenamed “Malibu,” and it’s all touchscreen. Specs are currently available on a CDMA variant of this phone designed for the US, But, most likely the similar specs will be available for a Global variant aswell,
800MHz Qualcomm MSM8655 processor
3.25-inch HVGA screen
5 megapixel camera with HD video
1GB storage with microSD expansion and 512MB of RAM
GPS, and NFC
These specs are still proposed. But, that is one looker of a Berry.
Motorola has just released a promo video of the new Motorola Atrix, and it makes us simply want one. The device in its full capabilities looks pretty darn awesome. Check it out.
Engadget has been digging around lately and has uncovered quite some information on HTC upcoming lineup for Mobile World Congress. The touchscreen slate prototype has an arcing earpiece and isolated front-facing camera with chrome ring. It also resembles a device earlier spotted which seems identical including the serial number at the bottom of the handset. The 4 buttons at the bottom identify that this device runs Android- 2.3 most probably.
The other device to have been spotted is a buttonless slate, pictured below, The device shows a crocked back along with a nicely large size camera and dual-led flash. This device also has verizon branding, indicating, it probably wont make it to India.
Folks over at engadget got their hands on a prototype of the “Playstation Phone” . Which is actually officially called the XPERIA PLAY. Specs include (most of them are just guesses)
1 GHZ Processor
Adreno 205 GPU
Android 2.3
512MB of RAM
roadcom BCM4329 wireless chip
Hit the Source Link Below for a full preview of the device along with more than 50 images of the product.
So we just finally got word from Motorola. As we reported, The defy was officially announced yesterday in New Delhi and was made available simultaneously across vendors and distributors.
We will be uploading the unboxing video tonight followed by the review video sometime later this week.
If you have the HD2 you might be quite aware that both Windows phone 7 and Android can be easily ported to the device. But, developers have successfully managed to dual boot the two OSs from the same SD card.
Look whats finally here, the Huawei Ideos, One of the most anticipated devices of 2010 has shown up in 2011. Huawei has tied up with Aircel to sell the device in India.
Aircel is selling Ideos for an introductory price of Rs 8499 with free data download up to 2 GB per month if purchased with a postpaid connection. Smartphone is available instantly at Aircel and Mobile Store outlets. The device packs 2.2 FroYo, 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen, 528MHz processor, 3.2MP camera, proximity and accelerometer sensors built in, MicroSD storage, Android UI, HSDPA, Bluetooth and Wi-FI connectivity.
Looks like Lg is officially the first to drop its Tegra 2 powered, Full HD video recording capable, dual core Mobile Phone. Yep its official LG is shipping the LG Optimus 2X in Korea, The first phone in the world to have a dual core processor which is available now. They will also have the white version in February, hopefully!
If you have been reading up, we posted information on the leaked bits of information from the latest build of iOS 4.3 beta 2. It looks like Apple will be dropping home buttons from all its devices. A video of 4 finger swipe- multitasking and lock / mute switch action comes courtesy antoninygaard (YouTube)
IBM and ARM have been known to team up before, but this week both companies announced a new joint initiative to develop chips measuring 14nm. That is considerably smaller compared to the current gen 20nm chipsets. This means that in the upcoming generation, the processors will be faster smaller, yet more power efficient. Read the press release below,
IBM and ARM to Collaborate on Advanced Semiconductor Technology for Mobile Electronics
SANTA CLARA, CA – 17 Jan 2011: ARM® [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)] and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an agreement between the two companies to extend their collaboration on advanced semiconductor technologies to enable the rapid development of next generation mobile products optimized for performance and power efficiency. The resulting technology will provide a suite of optimized physical and processor IP by ARM tuned to IBM’s advance manufacturing process down to 14nm; providing streamlined development and earlier introduction of advanced consumer electronics into the marketplace.
As the consumer’s requirements increase for high end features on mobile devices including; extended battery life, uninterrupted internet access, high end multimedia and secure transactions the chip design becomes increasingly more challenging. Designers must consider nanometer scale effects in terms of lithography, variability, and so on while simultaneously meeting performance, power and area (PPA) targets across hundreds of millions of transistors. This increased complexity potentially results in additional in-house design time.
Through this agreement ARM and IBM will collaboratively develop design platforms aligning the manufacturing process, microprocessor and physical IP design teams. This collaboration will minimize the risk and barriers to migrating to smaller geometries while enabling optimized density, performance, power and yield in advanced SoC designs; accelerating the introduction of advanced electronics into the marketplace.
“ARM’s Cortex processors have become the leadership platform for the majority of smart phones and many other emerging mobile devices,” said Michael Cadigan, general manager, IBM Microelectronics. “We plan to continue working closely with ARM and our foundry customers to speed the momentum of ARM technology by delivering highly advanced, low-power semiconductor technology for a variety of new communications and computing devices”
“IBM has a proven track record of delivering the core research and development that is relied upon by major semiconductor vendors worldwide for their advanced semiconductor devices. Their leadership of the ISDA alliance, which features a diverse set of top-tier companies as members, is growing in importance as consolidation trends in the semiconductor manufacturing industry continue” said Simon Segars, EVP and general manager, ARM physical IP division. “This agreement will ensure we are able to deliver highly tuned ARM Artisan Physical IP solutions on advanced ISDA process technologies to meet the early time-to-market our customers demand.”
Past collaboration with IBM and ARM on advanced geometries have been underway since 2008, resulting in the implementation of extensive process and physical IP refinements to improve SoC density, routability, manufacturability, power consumption, and performance. Moreover, through the previous collaboration on the 32nm and 28nm ARM has already delivered eleven test chips that provide concrete research structures and early silicon validation. In addition, ARM has developed specific optimizations targeting ARM processor cores including most recently a complete ARM Cortex-A9 processor core implemented on 32nm High-K Metal Gate technology.
Today’s agreement reinforces the aligned co-development of semiconductor process, foundation Physical IP building blocks, and microprocessor core optimization necessary to achieve market-leading system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. Furthermore, it extend access for ARM to continue this systematic test chip roadmap and assure early time-to-market readiness of the necessary platform of physical and processor IP solutions for nodes ranging from 20nm through 14nm.
For more information on IBM semiconductor technologies visit:
About ARM
ARM designs the technology that is at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM’s comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company’s broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies.
Is your Windows Phone device randomly sending and receiving data , Microsoft is aware of it. Apparently, there’s a “third party” that’s responsible for the misbehavior, and Redmond’s already reached out to help ’em make the necessary fixes.
The Full Statement
“We have determined that a third-party solution commonly accessed from Windows Phones is configured in a manner that potentially causes larger than expected data downloads. We are in contact with the third party to assist them in making the necessary fixes, and are also pursuing potential workarounds to address the configuration issue in case those are needed. At this point in our investigation, we believe this is responsible for most of the reported incidents.
We are investigating additional potential root causes for the remainder of the reports.
A small (low single-digit) percentage of Windows Phone customers have reported being affected.
We are continuing to investigate this issue and will update with additional information and guidance as it becomes available.”
