Acer’s E130 is a 2.6in-touchscreen smartphone running Google Android that looks very much like it means business. It features a finger-friendly BlackBerry-style qwerty keypad and trackball – rare gems in the touchscreen-heavy Android world. Buttons on the keypad are raised in the middle yet smooth, allowing for fast. comfortable typing, while the trackball is ideal [...]
Archive for February, 2011
LG Optimus 2X
February 14th, 2011
Mobile Phones The original LG Optimus turned our heads, so we’re looking forward to getting our hands on the Optimus 2X. A high-end affair with a dual-core processor onboard, it’s likely to draw comparisons with the Nexux S and iPhone 4. It is based on Android ‘Froyo’ 2.2 but you can upgrade to ‘Gingerbread’ 2.3 over the [...]
The shape of the future
February 1st, 2011
Mobile Phones Almost all of the smartphones on the market today appear to be of a similar shape and design; many will house a full touchscreen that showcases a variety of applications. Applications can be moved around in order to create a handset that is personal to the user and most of the handsets come housed in [...]
The best of both worlds
February 1st, 2011
Mobile Phones The Blackberry Torch has taken all the features of today’s smartphones and put them in one handset. The all-new Torch doesn’t just offer a multi-touch touchscreen; it also houses a full QWERTY keypad. This is a unique feature of this handset and one that makes it suitable to a wider market. The new ‘select all’ [...]




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