| The smartphone market is becoming crowded but that | | | | touchscreen interface - but it does have that 12 mega |
| gives us the consumer much more choice over the | | | | pixel camera as its killer feature. More recently the |
| kind of device we use, and rely on, everyday. | | | | Symbian based Sony Ericsson Aino has been talked |
| A number of mobile device operating systems | | | | about with its somewhat smaller 432x240 pixel |
| dominate the market including Symbian, Windows | | | | screen, and 8.1 mega pixel camera, but apparently it is |
| Mobile, iPhone OS, webOS, Android, Blackberry OS, | | | | Windows 7 compatible and has the killer feature of the |
| and the recent addition of Maemo. Manufacturers are | | | | Remote Play experience which lets you controls your |
| slowly turning away from their own proprietary | | | | Playstation PS3. |
| operating systems to take advantage of the stable | | | | Nokia recently launched its 5730 XpressMusic with a |
| platforms now readily available. The current hotly | | | | conservative 2.4" 240x320 screen, mind you it does |
| anticipated development in mobile OS has got be | | | | have the 8GB MicroSD card for all your music and |
| Android 2.1 (codename Eclair) which brings a much | | | | GSM standby time is quoted as 360 hours which |
| revamped UI and a number of speed improvements | | | | should keep you going for a while. For something a little |
| over previous devices - as well as that key | | | | beefier take a look at the Nokia N900 and experience |
| technology of Microsoft Exchange support to make it | | | | the operating system that is Maemo, something that |
| more desirable to business users. | | | | has Nokia all excited. With up to 32GB internal storage, |
| For handsets, upcoming devices include the HTC HD2 | | | | a 3.5" 800x480 touch screen and 3D Graphics |
| which will be running Windows Mobile 6.5 and utilises a | | | | acceleration (OpenGL ES 2.0) and a full QWERTY |
| 4.3" screen and a resolution of 800x480 (a resolution | | | | keyboard its only the weight that holds it back (181g). If |
| which is quickly becoming the norm up from 320x240). | | | | size and weight is the issue then the Nokia N97 mini |
| It also contains a 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor to | | | | could be right up your street with its 138g, yet still full |
| complement the operating system, supported by a | | | | slide-out keyboard, and 3.2" 640x360 resolution screen. |
| 512MB Rom and 448MB RAM. A 5 mega pixel | | | | LG are not resting on their laurels either with the LG |
| camera adds to the temptation. | | | | GW620 Android based phone, with its slide-out |
| Sony Ericsson recently launched the Symbina based | | | | QWERTY keyboard and 3" touch screen. |
| Satio with a mixed reception, mostly targeted at the | | | | |