Review Motorola Defy Pro Smartphone Tough and Classy

The Motorola Defy Pro has a strong resemblance to a BlackBerry model, but adds IP67 certification which means it is resistant to spills and dust. The Motorola Defy Pro offers a 2.7 inch touchscreen made from Gorilla Glass and is built to take all the abuse that someone with an active lifestyle heaps upon his smartphone.

Speaking of active lifestyles, the Motorola Defy Pro has a special dashboard that helps you track specific outdoor activities such as camping, hiking and a daily workout. There is both a 5MP rear-facing camera and a VGA shooter on front for self-portraits and video chat. Android 2.3 is installed.

Whether it’s the rain or a clumsy cocktail, a sandy beach or a pocket full of change, the MOTOROLA DEFY PRO is ready for whatever life throws your way. It's dustproof and water resistant, with a Corning® Gorilla® Glass display that resists scuffs and scratches too. And with its large capacity (1700 mAh) battery, it’s up to you when the fun stops, not your phone.

MOTOROLA DEFY PRO is not only smart, it's fun! It has our advanced user interface, featuring customizable activity dashboards. The Social Graph grants instant access to your most frequently contacted friends, while the Activity Graph displays your most actively used apps.

Your active lifestyle demands it, and the MOTOROLA DEFY PRO delivers, with front- and rear-facing cameras that allow you to both show and tell. Use the webcam on front, for video chat, or the quality 5 MP camera with auto-focus, LED flash and 4x digital zoom, for great pictures and videos you can easily save or share.

MOTOROLA DEFY PRO has all the functionality you'd expect from a smartphone, plus access to infinite entertainment choices via Google Play™, where there are more than 600,000 apps, games, books and videos at your disposal. It's a complete digital universe, right there in your pocket.

Never miss a meeting (or anniversary) with MOTOROLA DEFY PRO, your lifeline to logistics. Use it as a personal planner, to coordinate your work schedule with family play. A specialized instrument dashboard helps you track specific outdoor activities, with camping, hiking and daily workout views.

When the day is done and it’s time to chill, MOTOROLA DEFY PRO will have plenty of power left in its high capacity battery to entertain. There's an integrated music player and easy-to-use interface, for instant access to your favourite songs.

Motorola Defy Pro XT560 Specification

Datasheet;Views:	7819 views since addition of datasheet (July 06, 2012)
Datasheet;State:	Final specifications
Release+Date:	July, 2012
Dimensions:	66 x 110.8 x 12.35 millimetres
Mass:	116 grams (battery included)
Software:Environment
Embedded;Operating+System:	Google Android 2.3.7 Browse devices running this OS
Microprocessor,;Chipset
CPU;Clock:	1000 MHz
CPU:	Qualcomm MSM7227A Browse devices based on this microprocessor
Memory,:Storage+capacity
RAM+capacity:	512 MiB
ROM;capacity:	1 GiB
Display
Display:Type:	Supported
Display-Diagonal:	2.7 "
Display:Resolution:	480 x 320
Sound
Microphone(s):	mono
Loudspeaker(s):	mono
Audio:Output:	3.5mm
Cellular:Phone
Cellular-Networks:	GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850 (B5), UMTS2100 (B1)
Cellular-Data_Links:	GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA
Call+Alert:	64 -chord melody
Vibrating-Alert:	Supported
Speakerphone_:	Supported
Control+Peripherals
Positioning;Device:	Multi-touch screen
Primary;Keyboard:	Built-in QWERTY-type keyboard
Directional_Pad:	Not supported
Scroll+Wheel:	Not supported
Interfaces
Expansion_Slots:	microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash
USB:	USB 2.0 client, 480Mbit/s micro-USB
Bluetooth:	Bluetooth 3.0
Wireless:LAN:	802.11b, 802.11i, 802.11g, 802.11n
Infrared_Gate:	Not supported
Multimedia+Telecommunication
Analog-Radio-Receiver:	FM radio (76-90MHz) with RDS
Digital+Media+Broadcast-Tuner:	Not supported
Satellite:Navigation
Built-in:GPS-module:	Supported
Complementary:GPS+Services:	Assisted GPS, QuickGPS, Geotagging
Built-in+Digital;Camera
Main-Camera:	5 MP
Autofocus+(AF):	Supported
Optical;Zoom:	1 x
Built-in-Flash:	mobile light (LED)
Secondary;Camera:	0.3 MP
Additional+Details
Built-in;accelerometer:	Supported
Ingress:Protection;Level:	IP67
Battery:	removable
Battery+Capacity:	1700 mAh

Review and Specifications Nokia Lumia 800 Details

Products Nokia Lumia 800 is the best breakthrough Nokia at the moment. Lumia 800 not less hebaat from other Android phones and iPhones. But very, very unfortunate, and I am very sorry about this, that Lumia 800 does not have a secondary camera, and so can not do video calling. This is similar to the existing N9 is perfect, there is a secondary camera but not able to do video calling. In my opinion, the decision taken by Nokia of late very great, but it was too frivolous.

Why Nokia did not dare to release a perfect product as well as what Apple can give perfection during this time, why be postponed. Should additional facilities and a secondary video calling camera does not need to be added to the product Lumia 900. Lumia 900 only comes with an extra minimal, there is no significant innovation. Lumia 800 was great, but a bit disappointing owners were ultimately unable to reconcile Lumia 800 miilknya with Android phones and the iPhone belonged to someone else. It is unfortunate.

Nokia lumia is a phone that is pretty good considering that the processor is the processor used in the above average as well as how to use a fairly good and completeness is laudable.

Nokia Lumia 800

Unfortunately the level of applications and games, nokia lumia still not perfect considering the number of paid games and at least a game that has graphics high definition (HD), an even number of games with high definition graphics on the nokia lumia still less than the number of Symbian, but it still nokia lumia need to focus on in terms of payment that can be changed quickly with the rupiah currency and payment via mobile phone.

If nokia lumia was able to have a game with high definition graphics quality a lot, obviously nokia lumia will be much better and have a lot of interest in considering the use of basic nokia easier and operation of windows that are currently the majority, obviously it is inversely proportional to the android and apple with basic operations difficult. coupled with the ease of mobile repair nokia, nokia lumia obviously is a perfect phone if it has apps and games are more and more good, especially in terms of graphics.

Full Specifications of Nokia Lumia 800

GENERAL	Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, 3G HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
SCREEN	Tipe	AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Ukuran	480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches (~252 ppi pixel density) Multitouch, Corning Gorilla Glass - Nokia ClearBlack display
DIMENSI	Ukuran/Berat	116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76.1 cc / 142 g
AUDIO	Fitur	Vibration MP3, WAV Ringtones
	Jack	3.5mm jack audio
	Speakerphone	Ya
MEMORY	Internal	16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
	Eksternal	Tidak
DATA	3G	HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
	EDGE	Class 33
	GPRS	Class 33
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
	Bluetooth	v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
	Infrared	Tidak
	USB/Port	microUSB v2.0
CAMERA	Primer	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofoc
	Sekunder	Tidak
	Video Record	720p@30fps
BATERAI	Tipe	Standard battery, Li-Ion 1450 mAh (BV-5JW)
	Standby	Up to 265 h (2G) / Up to 335 h (3G)
	Talk Time	Up to 13 h (2G) / Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)
FITUR	OS	Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
	CPU	Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon, 1.4 GHz Scorpion, GPU Adreno 205 Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds
	GPS	with A-GPS support
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Java	Java: Tidak Fitur Lain: - MicroSIM card support only - SNS integration - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Document viewer/editor - Video/photo editor - Voice memo/command/dial - Predictive text input
OTHER FEATURES	Multiple SIM	Micro SIM
	Video Player	MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
	MP3 Player	- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
	Audio Record	Ya
	TV	Tidak

Prices and Specifications Latest Nokia E6

Latest Nokia E6

Prices and Specifications Nokia E6 Gallery - Nokia E6 is the successor of the Nokia E71 and Nokia E72 are unique with a full Qwerty keyboard and a high resolution touch screen. Designed using premium materials such as glass and stainless steel, the device comes in the right size for easy use with either one or two hands.

Nokia E6 mobile phone with dimensions of 115.5 x 59 x 10.5mm with a weight of 133 g is not only tasty and sturdy when gripped. Casing material is a combination of glass and steel, so it looks solid and elegant.

CellPhone Nokia E6 operates in quad-band 2G and five-band 3G. In addition, the Nokia E6 offers high-speed HSDPA network capabilities are claimed to be able download speeds up to 10.2Mbps and upload speeds of 2Mbps (HSUPA). Nokia E6 uses the latest Symbian platform together with the Symbian Anna Nokia X7.

GENERAL
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Announced 2011, April
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2011, Q2
 
SIZE
Dimensions 115.5 x 59 x 10.5 mm, 66 cc
Weight 133 g
 
DISPLAY
Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 640 x 480 pixels, 2.46 inches
- QWERTY keyboard
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
 
SOUND
Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 
MEMORY
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Internal 8 GB storage, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB
 
DATA
GPRS Class 33
EDGE Class 33
3G HSDPA 10.2Mbps, HSUPA 2.0Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB, USB On-the-go support
 
CAMERA
Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, face detection
Video Yes, 720p@25fps
Secondary Yes, VGA
 
FEATURES
OS Symbian Anna OS
CPU 600 MHz ARM 11 processor, 2D/3D Graphics HW Accelerator with OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable
Colors Black, White, Silver
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Digital compass
- TV-out
- MP4/H.264/H.263/RV player
- MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/eAAC+ player
- QuickOffice document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Organizer
- Flash Lite 4.0
- Voice command/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
 
BATTERY
 Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
Stand-by Up to 681 h (2G) / Up to 744 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 14 h 48 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)

Samsung Galaxy Axiom With Android 4.0

Meet the Samsung Galaxy Axiom, the U.S. Cellular poster product for the GS3-ification of entry-level and midrange phones. The Axiom shares many of the same basic elements and a lot of the same design philosophy as the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. Although it's roughly the same size as the Mini, its hardware and software features are still a step down.

That isn't to say you should steer clear of the Axiom. Its excellent price just a penny on contract if you live in a 4G area and $79.99 if you're in a 3G 'hood keeps it in the running as a midrange Android phone, and it comes with a lot of hardware features, including two cameras and HD video, plus the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS and NFC.

Samsung Galaxy Axiom

These features make it a good choice for people who are watching their purse strings or who are transitioning to a smartphone; however, I wouldn't recommend it for those looking for more power. There are a few red flags in addition: call quality was a little choppy, the roaming 3G network was slow and frequently stuttered, and the handset is a little bulky. Since I wasn't able to test the Axiom's 4G network -- or even its 3G network in its home area take my experiences with a grain of salt.

Design and build
With its rounded corners, gray-blue brushed-metal look, and central physical home button, the stylish Galaxy Axiom strongly resembles the Galaxy S3 Mini. Like the Mini, the Axiom has a 4-inch screen and some slick metallic-looking accents. That's where the similarities stop. The Axiom is thicker than the Mini, and uses a different display technology, an LCD touch screen with WVGA resolution (800x480 pixels) rather than an AMOLED screen.

As for the size, the Axiom's curved back fit well into my hands. At 4.8 inches tall by 2.5 inches wide, it's small enough to operate one-handed. The 0.47-inch thickness and 4.8-ounce weight made the phone seem thick and heavy, but more than once I forgot I had slipped it into my back pocket, which means in the end, it didn't really weigh me down.

Below the screen, you'll find touch-sensitive navigation buttons for the menu and the back button. Between these is the physical home button. In Android 4.0, these take on double functions, such as launching thumbnails of recently opened apps. Above the display are all the proximity and light sensors, plus a front-facing camera. The bottom of the phone houses the Micro-USB charging port, and the top has the 3.5mm headset jack. You'll find the volume rocker on the left, above a microSD card slot. The power button is on the right and the 5-megapixel camera lens and flash are on the back panel.

I really like the handset's appearance, and although it is broad in girth, on the whole I did enjoy the illusion of a premium product.

OS and apps
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich powers the Axiom, with Samsung's TouchWiz interface on top. Thanks to the combination, you can customize multiple home screens, access system settings from the notifications menu, pinch to see all your screens, and trace your words on a virtual keyboard. As on all Android phones, you'll be able to manage multiple inboxes and social-networking accounts, syncing contacts and calendars.
A plethora of Google services at your fingertips includes access to turn-by-turn voice navigation, YouTube, and Google Music. The Play store is your source for thousands of other apps and games, and of course, you'll get a browser, a music player, a file manager, and a calculator all bundled into Android.

GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth are smartphone standards, but the addition of NFC support means you'll be able to share photos among compatible phones via S Beam, and you can pay for goods and services using the preloaded Google Wallet app.

Speaking of preloaded apps, you'll also find Flipboard, Samsung's Media Hub, and Google's Chrome browser. The S Voice assistant is on tap to help out, or you can continue to use Google's own built-in voice actions feature. U.S. Cellular refrains from adding its own apps, which helps keep clutter down.

Cameras
Samsung cameras are generally pretty good, and the Axiom's 5-megapixel shooter conformed more or less to my expectations. Outdoor shots taken in natural daylight situations were the best of the bunch. Artificial, indoor lighting tended to overwhelm the mechanism and produce blurrier photos.

Call quality
I tested the Galaxy Axiom in San Francisco using U.S. Cellular's roaming network (CDMA:850/1900/1700/2100.) Since San Francisco is neither in the carrier's 4G zone nor even in its home network, my experience with call quality will likely differ from your own if you live within U.S. Cellular's network footprint.
Regardless, audio was fairly poor on my end. I heard a high though quiet whine throughout my main test call, and fellow CNET editor Brian Bennett's voice on the other end of the line sounded choppy, though the voice quality was true to life. Volume was strong set on medium-high in a relatively quiet room. If the room were louder, I might have surpassed my volume needs. I've heard much clearer, less distorted calls on Samsung devices. On his end, Brian said I sounded warm, clear, and loud, but he could detect a faint background hiss each time I spoke.

Performance
When it comes to the processor and network speeds, you'll find uneven performance. I mentioned that since I live and test in a U.S. Cellular roaming network area, I only sucked down 3G speeds and very slow ones at that. Out of seven tests using the diagnostic Speedtest.net app, results typically showed 0.07Mbps downlink and 0.13Mbps uplink. The highest scores were, respectively, 0.26 down and 0.82 up. Real-world tests painted a similar story, with app downloads taking minutes for a handful of megabytes to install, and Web site pages loading up four times more slowly than the top LTE performers.

To make matters worse, the network frequently disconnected, requiring me to reload the Google Play store over and over again before I could download a single app -- to cite just one example. I really hope that the carrier's home network behaves better.

HTC Wildfire review and Spesification

The hardware of the HTC Wildfire isn't exactly 'jaw dropping,' but still great for an 'entry-level' handset for folks on a budget. Specs include a 5 MP camera with geo-tagging & auto-focus, 3.2" inch capacitive that supports multi-touch and gesture input and packed with Android 2.1 Eclair definitely showing the Wildfire is the successor to HTC's other budget phone - the Tattoo.

A fun fact about this phone is the name -HTC ran an online poll to decide what the handset should be called and "Wildfire" came out on top. The name ends up all too fitting.

The HTC Wildfire features HTC's typically fresh stylings, which include an optical trackpad for navigation. It has since seen its successor in the HTC Wildfire S.

The HTC Wildfire smartphone has a very similar design to the Desire, albeit in a smaller, more pocketable form factor. Despite targeting a young, budget-conscious audience, the Wildfire's build quality hasn't taken a hit; HTC has once again employed an attractive combination of brushed metal and solid feeling plastics. Like its more advanced sibling, the Wildfire is a delight to hold and has a distinctive slightly curved "chin". It comes in black and white variants, with the latter exclusively sold through Fone Zone stores on post-paid plans until 28 September, before it is available from all Telstra stores and partners.

The HTC Wildfire includes the same responsive optical trackpad seen on the Desire. Above it are four touch-sensitive keys — home, menu, back and search. They work well enough, but the lack of backlighting means using them at night is problematic. A physical power/lock button on top and left mounted volume controls complete the physical controls.

HTC Wildfire

HTC has kept the handset's price down by cutting a few corners with the HTC Wildfire's display, opting for a regular TFT LCD screen rather than the excellent AMOLED display used by phones like the Desire and the Legend. The result is a low-resolution display that's hard to see in direct sunlight and has poor viewing angles, but at this price, its hard to complain. It uses capacitive touchscreen technology, so it's already a step ahead of some other budget Google Android phones, such as LG's Optimus.

The capacitive touchscreen makes text input a positive experience, and the Wildfire's on-screen keyboard is well designed. Keys are slightly smaller and more cramped than the Desire, but the responsive screen, haptic feedback and excellent spelling correction aid the experience. Our main complaint is slight keystroke lag when typing quickly — the Wildfire is a little sluggish at keeping up with your taps, often taking half a second to register keystrokes on the screen.

The HTC Wildfire runs the 2.1 version of Google's Android operating system and it includes all the regular features and functions of more expensive Android smartphones. Access to the Android Market for third-party apps, an excellent notifications taskbar and automatic and seamless synchronisation with Google services are all part of the experience, as is HTC's Sense UI. The Wildfire can have up to seven home screens for live widgets and shortcuts, and you can pinch the screen to quickly display them and select an active screen.

The Sense UI includes HTC's Friend Stream, which integrates all of your social-networking contacts, including from Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, into one organised "stream" of updates; People, which combines all forms of contact with an individual in your phonebook; as well as News, Facebook, Web Bookmarks and HTC's much-loved weather widget. Finally, Footprints allows you to take a geotagged photo and store the image in a particular category, then instantly share it with others via email.

The HTC Wildfire has a few exclusive features, headed by a "next generation caller ID" function that allows you to see Facebook updates and birthday information when making or receiving a call. The Wildfire also has the ability to import contacts and calendar entries from your old mobile phone via Bluetooth, and includes HTC's Sync software for music synchronisation with your PC.

One of the more impressive features is Swype text input, an option that allows you to slide your fingers over the letters you want to type in a single motion, letting the software work out the word you are trying to write. Swype is an excellent feature and considering the smaller screen size of the HTC Wildfire compared to the Desire, it’s a very smart and thoughtful inclusion.

Although the HTC Wildfire is capable of almost everything the Desire is, most tasks take a second or two longer. In addition to the keystroke lag while text messaging, the Wildfire also chugs along when browsing through images in the gallery, loading web pages, playing videos and taking photos with the 5-megapixel camera. We've clearly been spoiled by playing with faster, more expensive Android smartphones, so the HTC Wildfire's sluggishness is a tad frustrating. When you consider its price though, these minor issues are much easier to live with and are a small compromise to pay for a handset that offers outstanding value for money.

The HTC Wildfire's camera has autofocus and flash, and doubles as a video recorder, but video playback on such a low resolution display isn't ideal. Other standard features include a built-in accelerometer, a digital compass and a GPS receiver, while the web browser displays Flash content and supports multitouch zooming. The Wildfire also has a microSD card slot for extra storage, located behind the rear battery cover.

A real positive of the HTC Wildfire is its battery life. No doubt partly thanks to the low-resolution display, the Wildfire managed to last more than a full day with moderate use — placing it ahead of the iPhone 3GS and HTC's own Desire and HTC Legend smartphones.

Sony Xperia P LT22i Dual Core Review

Sony Xperia P LT22i Dual Core

Sony Xperia P which is the latest generation NXT Series after of Sony Xperia S. This is evident from the slick design carries. Maturity design starts from a packaged sales packaging simple, and efficient. Hold Xperia P for the first time, you will certainly remember his brother body design with which is Sony Xperia Sola. Yups, is somewhat similar, except that the dimensions of the Xperia P larger, wider screens, and there is a transparent strip at the bottom of the phone.

Four corners of a square phone aristocrats, like Hershey’s chocolate sticks. Things are quite unique is Transparent Strip featuring touchkeys towards Back, Home, and Settings. If Sony had the courage to try out most of his body with a transparent section, it is not complicated on the next few years Sony will launch a full transparent phone instead?

Unibodynya impressively simple design, with a few key aide at his side, which is volume buttons, power button, camera shutter. Not only that, a USB port, speaker hole, HDMI port and hotswap on pinned on the right side. At the back of the phone, there is an LED flash, the camera hole, NFC sticker scanner and the Sony logo. While at the top of the phone, there is a 3.5mm audio jack.

Screen and InterfaceLED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors; 540 x 960 pixels, 4.0 inches (~275 ppi pixel density); Multitouch; Scratch-resistant glass; Sony WhiteMagic technology; Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine ; Timescape UI

Finishing the screen on this phone is also stylish, with a wide cross-section of 4-inch, 16 million color LCD screen adds to passion for you to browse each page on this phone. Multitouch capacitive touch screen works. Displacement smooth and zippy pages that perform well under finger pressure though.
The quality is quite optimal screen brightness, even when PULSE trials in the sun still bright, it’s not because of the presence of Sony White Magic Technology. Sony Xperia P uses Android 2.3.7 OS and Timescape UI for a slick interface, with a pleasant user experience.

From the page menu is well laid out, with five screens homescreen shortcut for the choice of well-appointed, includes interactive widgets, shortcuts and folders storage applications. Go to page menu, you will find 3 pages menu is arranged in a grid. This amount could be increased later as the increasing number of applications that you are stuffed.

Pushing comfort entertainment sector, Sony Xperia P provides the hardware and software features, as well as access to a shortcut on the homescreen, the Media folder offers quick access to picture galleries, inbuilt music player, FM radio and camera. Although these features can be accessed easily enough through the main menu, the availability on the home page are quite fun and adds to the experience of inclusion.Hardware
CPU Hardware: RionGrande; Dual core ARM v7 Processor (VFPv3,NEON)/ 1GHz; GPU renderer: Mali 400MP; RAM : 772MB; OS: Android v2.3.7

Relying on dual processor, with a frequency of 1 GHz CPU, Xperia P promises a fairly comfortable in venturing into the virtual world. The process of loading and loading pages, progresses rapidly, and do not hang in the middle of the road.

Internet and Connections

Data: GPRS Up to 100 kbps/ EDGE Up to 296 kbps; Speed: HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps Koneksi : WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR NFC ,USB, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support.

An integral part of the modern smartphone is Internet capability. Sony Xperia P has the performance and reasonably good performance of its class, with a variety of features to enhance the browsing experience. Sony Xperia P through a browser, either via 3G or Wi-Fi internet connection, capable of displaying web pages quickly.

Once page is available image and sharp text with the presence of flash that integrates the ability to display video. Process each page scroll running smoothly, and to do multitabs.

Through Live Ware Manager, Smart Tags and your desired setting, along with his action you have the opportunity to open a second shortcut with NFC technology. With Shortcuts you can open from contacts, gallery, calculator, to your favorite web page. For the record, the NFC capability will not only be used fellow Sony but also other smartphones that support NFC.

Unique FeaturesOffice Suite; Neo Reader, EA Games (Tiger Woods PGA 2012 Dead Space, Need Fot Speed, Plants vs Zombies), Media Remote, ASTRO, Wisepilot
For those of you who are mobile, and want to get all the information quickly through barcode, P Xperia Neo features the Reader that allows you to scan / scan barcodes for mobile then displays the information you need. During scanning, the phone you have the internet connection. There are also ASTRO File Manager which is a feature of modern highly complex and complete. In it, you can set up and there are various panels that help you search for the desired file.

Camera

Primary 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization Video, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light ; SecondaryCamera: VGA
Quality camera carried by the Sony Xperia P, can not be taken lightly. Image in the room at the shoot under LED lighting is sharp enough and not over the flash compensation. While in natural lighting or outdoor environments, the camera Sony Xperia P is a player who is quite prominent.
Vary your camera to shoot 3D panorama display shoot wide angle.

Audio Sector

MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player, MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player; Radio FM;
In the audio entertainment sector, Xperia P provides a set of features to pamper you music lovers. Start of Play Now service, Track ID searching for a variety of information about the song being played eg on chart songs, lyrics, or information about the artist. xLOUD and 3D surround sound completes the output power becomes clearer sound and no noise.

In addition to working multitasking, you can go directly to the music player and radio through one of the default shortcuts on the homescreen Media. Or if you want practical, use NFC Smart Tags.

Benchmark

Quadrant Standard Edition v2.1 ; Antutu Benchmark v2.8.2
In order to measure performance and CPU performance of this phone, PULSE using Quadrant and Antutu. When tested using the Quadrant Xperia P gain points by 2357. While the performance tested using Antutu Benchmark scored 5319, well beyond the Nexus S and the HTC EVO 3D.

Conclusion
Sony Xperia P is a multimedia phone with an elegant design and features a reliable connection. The sophistication of multimedia features to support applications increasingly felt a Play Now, 3D Surround, TrackID and Sony’s Sony Music Entertainment. Problem tag becomes a relative, due to a variety of innovations and features mature diusungnya, Xperia P deserves to be taken into account and compete with other top Android. (Nariswari)
(+)
• Nice and futuristic design (transparent strip)
• 8 MP camera with full HD recording quality
• Display with Bravia Engine
• Connection NFC and Smart Tag
(-)
• Android OS v4.0 yet Ice Cream Sandwich
• There is no memory card slot
• Using a micro SIM
• Some users will certainly appreciate microHDMI port standard it requires you to carry additional adapters.
New price: US $385
Second price: US $300

Nokia Lumia 820 reviews

Nokia Lumia 820

The Lumia 820 is the midrange version of Nokia's top-notch Windows Phone 8 handset, with wireless charging, Amoled screen, changeable covers and eight-megapixel camera.
It's on sale now for around £380.

Design
Looking very similar to the high-end Lumia 920, the 820 drops a few features along with the price, but still delivers full-fat Windows Phone 8 while still leaving room for some change in your pocket.
Like its cousin it's chunky and heavy (though a smidgeon lighter and thinner) but this one is available with changeable covers in different colours to suit your mood -- there's also a rugged version planned. You don't get any spare cases as standard, though, so you'll need to shell out extra for them. Like the 920, the standard case permits wireless charging, though you'll need to buy Nokia's charging plate to rest it on.

Removable case also means removable battery, as it happens, and underneath you'll find a slot for your SIM card, and for the first time we've seen on a Windows phone, a microSD card slot so you can bump up the 8GB of onboard memory by up to 64GB.

The screen isn't quite up there with the 920's HD display but it's a 4.5-inch AMOLED with a resolution of 800x480 pixels -- not super-sharp perhaps, but perfectly capable of giving a good account of web pages or viewing movies, even if they're not HD. It's very sensitive too, and like the 920 you can use it even when you're wearing gloves.

Performance
It's running a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon processor -- much the same as on its pricier cousin -- and it seems equally fast in use. And in case you were wondering, that's very fast.

Windows Phone 8 isn't a root-and-branch redesign of the operating system, but it offers quite a few behind-the-scenes tweaks and fixes, as well as some new features like resizable tiles for the Start screen and useful apps like Kids Corner, which allows your offspring to play with your phone without wiping any data or sending embarrassing emails. You can find out more about the new features in Windows Phone 8 in our more in-depth Lumia 920 review.

The eight-megapixel camera is just a little bit below the 920's 8.7 megapixels and includes a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens, autofocus and a dual LED flash and f/2.2 aperture. WP8 now gives you the option to download additional "lenses" -- apps that enhance your camera. It's early days but the selection includes Smart Shoot (editing), Cinemagraph (animate sections of your pics) and Panorama, as well as CNN, which allows you to submit your pics for inclusion on the news channel. Picture quality is pretty good overall, certainly better than you'll get from the eight-megapixel camera on HTC's Windows Phone 8X.

Microsoft Office is on board, though not quite as full featured as the version on the 920. However, the selection of Nokia apps goes a long way to make up for it, with free music via Nokia Music, plus free maps and satnav from Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive.

The 1,650mAh battery doesn't quite match the 920's 2,000mAh but at least it managed to last through a full day of fairly heavy use.

Conclusion
It doesn't have all the big-number specs, but the Lumia 820 offers an affordable way to get to know Windows Phone 8 as well as a lot of free extras, including Nokia's impressive music and satnav offerings. Want something even better? The Nokia Lumia 920 might be for you.

Asus Zenbook Prime UX32VD

Asus could have stopped when they made one of the best Ultrabooks on the market (twice). Last year's Zenbook UX31E was one of the best Ultrabooks on the market, despite its flaws. This summer's Zenbook Prime UX31A is once again one of our top picks, and it addressed the UX31E's flaws (keyboard, good but not stellar display). As if the 1080p IPS display on the Zenbook Prime UX31A didn't push the envelope enough, Asus has let loose the Zenbook Prime UX32VD, a near dead ringer for the UX31A but with added goodies: dedicated graphics and upgradable RAM and hard drive. Nice.

Like the UX31A, the Zenbook Prime UX32VD has an impressive 1920 x 1080 IPS display, a backlit keyboard, third generation ULV CPUs and a killer unibody aluminum design. Given the extra space required for upgradable parts and dedicated graphics, the UX32VD is a tiny bit thicker and a little heavier (3.2 pounds vs. 2.86), but it shares the same design, materials and attractive look as the UX31A as well as its 13.3" display size. In fact, so much is the same that this review will share some copy with our UX31A review.

Specs

The Asus Zenbook Prime UX32VD (who picked those final letters?) is an Ultrabook with a 13.3", 1920 x 1080 IPS display, 1.7GHz Intel Core i5 and i7 ULV CPUs (the 1.9GHz i7 is more prevalent and the i5 is more often found in the non-1080p UX32A), a 500 gig conventional hard drive with a small SSD that acts as an Intel Express Cache to speed boot and resume times, 4 gigs of DDR3 RAM and both Intel HD 4000 and Nvidia GeForce GT620M dedicated graphics. Not too shabby for $1,299. The laptop has a unibody aluminum casing that looks every bit as modern, classy and sleek as Asus' more conventional Ultrabooks. 

It has dual band Intel WiFi 802.11b/g/n with WiDi, Bluetooth and a 720p webcam. Notably absent is an optical drive, which you won't find on 13" Ultrabooks. The machine has three USB 3.0 ports (two on the right, one on the left), an HDMI port, mini VGA, a 3.5mm jack and an SD card slot. Asus provides a USB 10/100 Ethernet dongle and a VGA adapter.

Other Zenbook Prime Models

- The first generation Zenbook UX31E had a lower resolution, non-IPS display and Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs. It looks nearly identical to the UX31A.

- The Zenbook Prime UX31A is available with a 1.7GHz Intel Core i5 CPU (UX31A-DB51) or with a 1.9GHz Intel Core i7 CPU and a 256 gig SSD (UX31A-DB72). A classic Ultrabook by Intel's definition with SSD storage, Intel ULV CPUs and an extremely thin and light design.

- There are custom Best Buy and Amazon models as well. The Best Buy model is the same as the DB51 minus the 1 year accidental damage warranty. The Amazon AB71 has the Core i7 CPU and a 128 gig SSD.

- The Asus Zenbook Prime UX32VD has dedicated Nvidia GT620M graphics (a lower end dedicated GPU) and both the RAM and hard drive are upgradable. The UX32VD ships with a conventional spinning 500 gig hard drive and a small SSD drive that boosts boot and resume times. 

- Lastly, the Zenbook UX32A (no "Prime" in the name) is a low spec model with a 1.4GHz Core i3 ULV CPU, 320 gig conventional hard disk and a lower resolution display (not a good pick).

* The word Prime= 1080p display, an SSD drive and a backlit keyboard. 

Design and Ergonomics

The 3.2 pound UX32VD Zenbook Prime looks almost identical to the Zenbook Prime UX31A, and that's a good thing since that machine is simply stunning looking and well made. The casing is metal and rigid, though the keyboard deck is softer and we noted some trampolining in the center that will drive serious typists a little mad. The lid and bottom panel as well as the keyboard deck are very firm in contrast. The UX32VD is just a little thicker than the 0.67" UX31A, but it's still very slim at 0.7".

The combo of a dark metal swirl lid and a brushed stainless steel hinge barrel and bottom look great. The laptop looks and feels like a high quality piece of tech that holds its own against the MacBook Air. Like the Air, it tapers and is 5.5 mm thin at the front and 9mm at the rear. Looks are subjective, but I think the Zenbook Primes are some of the most attractive Ultrabooks on the market. The metal edges are well machined so there's no roughness or sharpness, but the front tapers to a fine point that might bother some folks' wrists.

The keyboard is much improved from Asus' first generation Ultrabooks, the UX31E and UX21E. The Chiclet style backlit keyboard has good tactile feel and travel by skinny Ultrabook standards. My only complaint is the mushy give in the center and right-of-center keyboard area. It's not a deal breaker, but it's not as good as the UX31A keyboard. 

The Elan trackpad is the same as that of the UX31A, and it's much, much better than the UX31E trackpad. However, Asus' drivers are the weakest part of the equation and I found the trackpad behaved better once I removed Asus' trackpad software and stuck with Elan's. Asus has issued a few driver updates for the trackpad, and it's now usable though not better than Elan's software.

1080p Display

The 13.3" matte 1920 x 1080 panel is simply gorgeous: very bright with lovely balanced colors and high contrast. Text is very sharp and black levels are excellent. Asus didn't skimp here. The panel is brighter than most notebooks on the market except the UX31A. The display will likely set the Zenbook Prime series ahead of the competition for some time. Since this is an IPS panel, viewing angles are very wide, and there's no need to angle the display forward and back to find the sweet spot as with TN panels. Whites are wonderfully neutral and the display looks as good as the Retina MacBook Pro. Color accuracy is much better than average for a notebook panel and it should please photo pros.

It wouldn't be an Asus product if we didn't have some light bleed, and though light bleed in IPS displays isn't uncommon, Asus seems to have more than their share. What is light bleed? The display may have lighter spots near the edges when viewing black backgrounds like the black bars in letterboxed widescreen movies. Our unit, which came from a local retailer, has a small amount of light bleed along the bottom edge, but it's nothing we'd call bad (watch our video review to see the display showing a pure black image in the dark). 

The Zenbook Prime has Intel WiFi and Intel graphics: the happy couple that's required for Intel WiDi wireless display, which is pre-installed. With WiDi and a receiver box that plugs into your home theater setup via HDMI like the Netgear Push2TV, you can stream your display's contents to your HD TV, or use your TV as a second monitor sans wires. For those who prefer wires, there's a micro HDMI 1.4 port on the right side and a 3.5mm combo headphone/mic jack. For those who use projectors and older monitors, there's a mini VGA port and Asus includes a dongle adapter that converts it to a full size VGA port. 

Performance and Horsepower

The UX32VD runs on Intel third generation Ivy Bridge ULV CPUs--no surprise there. But the Intel HD 4000 graphics plus switchable Nvidia GeForce GT620M graphics with 1 gig VRAM is news for Ultrabooks. Before you get excited, the GeForce GT620M is based on the older Fermi architecture rather than the just released Kepler architecture. What does that mean? It's not as power frugal as Kepler. And the 40nm, 64 bit GT620M used in the Asus is a low end GPU that outperforms the admittedly decent Intel HD 4000 GPU, but doesn't outperform it by a huge margin. This is an entry level dedicated GPU that will gain you 5-15 fps in 3D games but won't allow you to play the most recent 3D games like Battlefield 3 at native resolution and high settings. The machine can play current games like Diablo 3 and Skyrim at low settings and 1366 x 768 resolution with frame rates in the mid-30's to mid-40's.

The machine uses Nvidia Optimus graphics switching technology to automatically switch between integrated and dedicated graphics based on demand and the application being run, and it generally does a good job. Should you wish to override this, you can right click on an app and select the GPU you wish to use when running that app. 

Unlike most Ultrabooks whose RAM is soldered to the motherboard and thus isn't upgradable, the UX32VD has 2 gigs soldered to the motherboard and a standard SODIMM RAM slot. It ships with a 2gig DDR3 1600Mhz DIMM for a total of 4 gigs of RAM. Should you wish to remove the 11 or so Torx T5 screws that affix the bottom plate (it's not hard at all), then you can replace the DIMM and upgrade to 6 or 10 gigs of RAM using a 4 or 8 gig RAM module.

While the UX31E and UX31A use solid state drives, the Zenbook Prime UX32VD has a conventional 500 gig, 5400 RPM spinning hard drive with either a 24 or 32 gig SanDisk U100 iSSD drive soldered to the motherboard that acts as an Express Cache to speed up Windows and boot and resume times. Our model has a 32 gig SSD, but Asus lists 24 gigs as standard and some users say they've gotten the 24 gig SSD. The SSD doesn't appear under Windows disk manager or the file manager since it's used expressly as a caching drive and you can't access it directly so we're not terribly concerned about the capacity variance.

Benchmarks

PCMark Vantage

PCMarks 7386
PCMark Memories 5080
TV and Movies 3881
Gaming 10,008
Music 10,766
Communications 10,888
Productivity 8187
HDD 18,779

3DMark Vantage 4240
CPU 9117, GPU 3600
Windows Experience Index:
Processor: 7.1
RAM: 5.9
Graphics (for Aero): 6.3
Gaming Graphics: 6.3
HDD: 5.9

Benchmark Comparison Table

PCMark Vantage
Asus Zenbook Prime UX32VD	7386
Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A (Core i5)	12,272
Asus Zenbook UX31E (core i5 Sandy Bridge)	10,021
Sony Vaio T (Core i7 ULV Ivy Bridge Ultrabook)	12,120
Lenovo ThinkPad X230 (Core i5 Ivy Bridge)	8152
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Core i7 Ivy Bridge)	12,339
Sony Vaio S 13.3 (Core i5, NVidia GT640M LE)	7575

Battery Life

Like most Ultrabooks, the Lithium Ion polymer battery is sealed inside. The Zenbook Prime UX32VD has a beefy 48 Wh battery but the demands of a spinning hard drive and dedicated graphics take their toll. With normal productivity use (MS Office, web, email, social networking and some streaming video), the notebook lasted 4 hours and 40 minutes on a charge, which is significantly lower than the 5.7 hours we got with the Zenbook Prime UX31A.

Conclusion

The Asus Zenbook Prime UX32VD is one of the first Ultrabooks in the brave new frontier that marries typical Ultrabook specs with upgradable parts and dedicated graphics. Our advice? Wait for the second or third generation where dedicated graphics performance improves along with battery life. The NVidia GT620M doesn't offer enough graphics prowess to offset the drop in battery life and the UX32VD isn't a serious gaming machine. It's a "half way" machine that doesn't offer the power of a larger notebook nor the battery life and SSD durability of an Ultrabook. That said, if you love the look and feel of Ultrabooks and wish for a bit more graphics power and upgradable parts, the Zenbook Prime UX32VD offers that in a slim and attractive package. And the display? It's wonderful.

Related:

Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A Review

Ultrabook Reviews

Price: $1,299 with Core i7, 4 gigs RAM and 500 gig HDD

Website: www.asus.com

Sony Xperia Ion

The Sony Xperia Ion is a sweet phone for a great price that's just not getting enough love. For $99 on contract with ATT, you get an award winning design with a sleek glass front and curved metal back, LTE 4G and a 12MP camera. And you thought the $99 Nokia Lumia was a good deal? The Ion tops it for hardware specs. The phone has a 4.6" 720p display with Sony's various marketing names heaped on (Bravia, HD Reality Display) that's simply stunning, and it has HDMI out with an intuitive TV app.




So what's the catch? It runs Android OS 2.3.7 Gingerbread rather than 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. That's doubly vexing when Sony recently updated older Xperia models to ICS. As a consolation, they say the Ion will get ICS too. In the meantime, the Sony UI on top of Android is light, and you get a fairly fresh Android experience.





While the latest top dog phones like the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III run on the fourth generation Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 CPU, the Sony Xperia Ion runs on a third gen Snapdragon S3 clocked at 1.5GHz. It has Adreno 220 graphics, and honestly it's no slouch. Human nature and a fear of obsolesce drive us toward the fastest thing we can buy, but the S3 was this spring's top performer and it's still respectable with a Quadrant score of 3100.




Voice quality is excellent: we noted landline clarity on both ends and good volume. Reception is similar to the competition (One X and Samsung Galaxy S III) and data speeds are excellent on AT&T's LTE network.




The star of the show is no doubt the 12 megapixel rear camera with flash. It has a fast f2.4 lens and a Sony Exmor R sensor that can shoot 1080p video and some of the nicest photos we've seen from a phone. Colors are particularly impressive: rich and accurate. We took some light life street shots and were impressed with the camera's low light color and contrast capture. We'll have samples in our full review.




Specs:

4.6", 1280 x 720 LCD (Mobile Bravia)
1.5GHz Qualcomm S3 dual core CPU with Adreno 220 graphics
Micro HDMI and micro USB ports
16 gigs storage
MicroSD card slot
Quad band GSM, triband 3G, LTE 4G
12MP rear camera with Sony Exmor R sensor and f2.4 lens and flash, 16 digital zoom, 1080p video recording, 3D sweep panorama recording
1.3MP front camera
Android OS 2.3.7, upgradable to 4.0 ICS
WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS
NFC
$99 with contract, $449 without contract

Here's our Sony Xperia Ion video review. Our full written review will follow in the coming days

HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE

Is bigger always better? Not for those of you who simply can't stand carrying today's 
 gargantuan phones. The Droid Incredible 4G LTE is all about livin' small. Downsizing. Less is more. OK, this 4" Android smartphone isn't all that small compared to the now diminutive iPhone 4s. But you will notice that your pocket doesn't have as embarrassing a bulge, and you won't need hand stretching exercises to train for your next phone.




The third generation Droid Incredible by HTC may be smaller than the 4.8" Samsung Galaxy S III and other big boys on Verizon Wireless, but it has plenty of top notch features. A sharp Super LCD display running a qHD resolution, a 1.2GHz dual core Snapdragon S4 Krait CPU and a sharp 8 megapixel camera with BSI sensor and simultaneous 1080p plus still photo recording grace the feature list.




The Droid Incredible 4G LTE runs Android OS 4 Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC Sense software. Unlike the HTC One X, it has a removable back so you can access the 1700 mAh battery and there's a microSD card slot to expand on the 8 gigs of built in storage. There's no dedicated imaging chip here, but the phone is a capable shooter.




The phone has that distinctive Droid Incredible look with a sculpted waterfall back and red accents (power button, lens ring). The red Beats logo fits right in, and like HTC's other recent Android phones, the Incredible 4G LTE has Beats Audio that enhances audio.




The Droid Incredible 4G LTE sells for $199 with contract, though Verizon's website has a web special for $150. The Incredible's biggest problem on Verizon? The Samsung Galaxy S III that sells for $199 and has every feature except a virtual kitchen sink.

Here's our HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE video review. Our full written review will follow next week.

Lenovo IdeaPad S2109 Tablet

Goodness knows there are plenty of Android tablets on the market now, particularly 10.1" models. So Lenovo decided to differentiate their newest tablet, the IdeaPad S2109 (or simply IdeaPad S2), with a 4:3 aspect ratio 9.7" IPS panel. It runs at 1024 x 768, just like the iPad, and is less oblong than the usual 1280 x 800 Android 10.1" tablet.




The Lenovo IdeaPad S2109 has a bright 420 nit IPS display that's absolutely sharp and lovely. The aspect ratio is better suited to reading eBooks and PDFs, though movies and more recent TV shows will have those big black bars top and bottom. Some folks feel a 4:3 tablet is easier to hold, but I'd say the Lenovo is more pleasant to hold because it weighs just 1.3 pounds and is slim but not painfully skinny.





The tablet runs Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on a 1GHz dual core TI OMAP CPU with 1 gig of DDR2 RAM and 8 or 16 gigs of storage (a 32 gig model is coming). It has a microSD card slot for expansion, a micro HDMI port with HDCP copy protection support, micro USB and a 3.5mm jack.




The Lenovo IdeaPad S2109 and the New iPad



The Lenovo IdeaPad S2 is available now, with a $399 list price for the 8 gig and $449 for the 16 gig. That's not wildly price competitive with tablets like the $399 Asus Transformer Pad TF300, 1080p $449 Acer Iconia Tab A700 and the $449 Toshiba Excite 10 with Tegra 3 quad core CPUs, but Lenovo's website has enticing sales. Right now, the 16 gig model is just $349.

Here's our Lenovo IdeaPad S2109 video review. Our full review will follow in the coming days.

source

Motorola Atrix HD

When a seemingly high end phone comes in at $99 on contract, our first thought is "something has to be missing". Yes, AT&T is very aggressive with their contract pricing, but consider the lovely Nokia Lumia 900: awesome phone, but the hardware specs aren't up there with the $199 phones. The $99 Sony Xperia Ion has an elegant metal casing, a stand-out display and a 12MP camera, but it's running Android 2.3 Gingerbread on a third rather than fourth generation CPU. So what's the story with the bargain priced Motorola Atrix HD?

Specs

The Atrix HD seems to have it all: Android 4.0 ICS, a lovely 4.5" "ColorBoost" 720p display, the same 1.5GHz fourth gen Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core CPU as the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X, an 8mp rear camera that can shoot 1080p video, dual band WiFi (nice), Bluetooth 4.0 and a GPS. The only thing missing is NFC, but that isn't a huge deal (yet) on AT&T since there's no way to use it for mobile payments.

Design and Ergonomics

Despite the name, the Motorola Atrix HD is a GSM Motorola Droid RAZR rather than the reincarnation of the last two Atrix Android smartphones on AT&T. It has the beveled Gorilla Glass front and a Kevlar back with the RAZR's distinctive top cap that houses the camera, LED flash, HDMI and USB ports. It's a good looking phone with a sealed casing. That means you can't swap the 1780 mAh Lithium Ion battery since it's sealed inside. There is a microSD card slot on the side though, along with a micro SIM card slot. The Atrix HD's corners are matte and have softer curves than the Droid RAZR, and we confess to prefer the RAZR's edgier design.

4.5" smartphones aren't tiny beasts, but the 4.9 ounce Atrix HD is reasonably easy to hold. I find the hand-centric curves of the HTC One X more comfortable, but the Atrix HD is less slippery than the curvy-glossy Samsung Galaxy S III. Despite its slightly smaller screen size, the Atrix HD isn't appreciably smaller than the One X and GS III. 

I confess to love the patterned Kevlar back for both looks and texture. The subtly curved Gorilla Glass edges give the phone a more polished look and the black on white stripe on our white model gives visual interest. There's a large speaker grille on the back hump, and this is indeed a loud phone with more fullness than most smartphones offer. The small power and volume controls on the right side are a bit hard to press, but we like having both micro USB and micro HDMI ports (no hunting for MHL adapters). 

Display

The Atrix HD has a 4.5" TFT LCD with ColorBoost (Motorola's marketing term). As the name implies, it has excellent colors that are rich yet not unnatural. The 1280 x 720 display is tack sharp and gets plenty bright. Viewing angles are also wide, though the HTC One X's viewing angles are a bit wider with less glare. Moto's display reminds us of LG's IPS displays, and that's a good thing. As Motorola likes to remind us, since this isn't a Super AMOLED display like the Galaxy S III, there's no Pentile Matrix and resulting smaller number of subpixels. The 326 ppi display is thus sharp with no text jaggies upon close inspection.

Calling and Data

The Motorola Atrix HD has simply excellent call quality. In fact, AT&T's top four Android phones all offer excellent voice (Atrix HD, HTC One X, Samsung Galaxy S III and the Sony Xperia Ion). Incoming and outgoing voice are extremely clear, full and volume is adequate. The speaker is also better than average in terms of volume and fullness, and it reminds us of the original Droid's speaker.

The phone is quad band GSM with 3G and 4G HSPA+ on the 850/1700/1900/2100MHz bands. It has LTE 4G and download speeds averaged 23Mbps while upload speeds averaged 17Mbps in the Dallas area. Those are obviously excellent data speeds that are similar to AT&T's other top LTE Android smartphones.

Reception is solid on 3G and LTE, as we've come to expect from Motorola, and LTE reception is again identical to the top four Androids on AT&T.

Performance and Horsepower

Don't let the budget price fool you: the Atrix HD has the same 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 "Krait" CPU as the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S III on AT&T. That's currently the fastest CPU available on a US Android smartphone, and the Atrix HD indeed feels fast. Motorola's very clean rendition of Android OS 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich no doubt helps speed things along as well. The phone has the usual 1 gig of RAM but only 8 gigs of internal storage (~ 5 gigs available) vs. 16 gigs on the big boys. That's still plenty of room for large app installations, and there's a microSD card slot located on the phone's side so you can further expand storage for media files and documents. Motorola says the Atrix HD is compatible with cards up to 32 gigs capacity.

Benchmarks

	Quadrant	GLBenchmark 2.1Egypt Offscreen	AnTuTu	Sunspider JavaScript Test
Motorola Atrix HD	4627	55 fps	6123	1314
HTC One X	5001	56 fps	7074	1617
Samsung Galaxy S III	5102	51 fps	7011	1825
Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket	3346	33 fps	5367	2237
Sony Xperia Ion	3126	34 fps	6391	2410

Software: Ice Cream Sandwich

I really like what Motorola has done with Android OS 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich; or more specifically I like what they haven't done. This is the cleanest skin on Android I've seen yet for ICS handsets, and that's a good thing. It doesn't bog down the smartphone or dumb down the UI and try to make it look like Gingerbread so folks won't have to learn a new trick here or there. Motorola's custom square icons are here, but that's pretty much it for significant UI changes. One thing they did add (or rather subtract) is a unique home screen treatment where you start with one main screen and add others, as you desire. You can start with templates or just an additional empty screen. For those who don't clutter their home screens with endless widgets and icons, this is much cleaner and you won't be swiping through unwanted and unnecessary screens.

Motorola's Smart Actions from the Droid series is here, and it offers useful settings customizations based on time of day or locale. You can have it use different sounds and email schedules when at work vs. home, for example. When it's bedtime, it can automatically reduce power consumption by increasing sync intervals.

Camera

Well, it isn't all puppies and roses. The 8 megapixel camera is distinctly average, and this is the one area where the Atrix HD falls short of the One X, GS III and Sony Xperia Ion. It has a bright LED flash and it can shoot 1080p video at 30 fps, but photos lack the sharp detail of the competition. Photos have visible artifacts and both photos and video have oversaturated colors (which some folks may like). It's not a horrid camera; it's just not excellent like the 8MP and higher competition on AT&T.

The Atrix HD has a front 1.3MP camera that worked well for video chat using Skype and Google Talk. Our video partners said we looked clear and bright.

Battery Life

Though I own and use phones with sealed batteries that can't be swapped on the road, I'm not a fan. If you're 9 hours into a business trip and your phone runs out of juice, you're either tethered to an AC outlet instead of getting work done or you're juggling external battery packs that trickle charge the phone. Such is the price we pay for thinner and lighter smartphones.

The Atrix HD, like the RAZR, has a Lithium Ion battery that's sealed inside. We do wish Moto and AT&T had gone with the RAZR MAXX's much more ample battery, but this is a $99 phone. That means a 1780 mAh battery that will get average users through the day with the usual regime of nightly charging. If you're a light user, you'll probably go 2 days on a charge. If you're a streaming video addict, play games with gusto or navigate using the GPS for daily trips, the phone may not make it until bedtime. The same is true of the HTC One X (battery also sealed inside) and the Xperia Ion. The Samsung Galaxy S III's 2100 mAh battery earns 20 to 40 minutes longer runtimes, which isn't much, but it does have a removable battery.

Conclusion

We're really impressed by Motorola's first Android 4 handset for AT&T. It has the stylish good looks of the Droid RAZR with the price tag of a bargain smartphone. The 720p display is very sharp and colorful with good viewing angles and outdoor visibility, and the speaker is above average. Call quality is tops as are data speeds and the phone is fast thanks to ICS and the Qualcomm S4 CPU. The sealed battery isn't ideal for road warriors who need 12 hours of heavy use per day on a charge, but for average use it's adequate (and no worse than the HTC One X). Our only complaint? The camera is decent but doesn't hold up against AT&T's top Android phones. But if high quality imaging isn't your top priority and your budget is tight, the Motorola Atrix HD is a winner. 

Price: $99 with 2 year contract, $449 without contract

Websites: wireless.att.com, www.motorola.com/us/consumers/home