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"Sony Ericsson U5i Vivaz review"

1 Mobile Phone

Published on 5/2010

On test: Sony Ericsson U5i Vivaz

"The Sony Ericsson Vivaz is a light and compact smartphone that packs in a 3.2in touchscreen and an 8.1-megapixel camera that can capture 720p video. Compared to other touchscreen smartphones, it's amazingly small and light. It doesn't resort to the usual boxy design, either, instead being stylishly tapered at both ends." Review details: Single Test. → Test results

"INQ Mini 3G Review"

1 Mobile Phone (approx. £90)

Published on 12/2009

On test: iNQ Mini 3G

"INQ coined the term ‘Social Mobile’ with the launch of the INQ1 in 2008. The Mini 3G is its second handset, and now it has support for Twitter and push email to add to the mix." Review details: Single Test. One smartphone was reviewed and rated on performance, features and usability. → Test results

"Acer DX900 Windows Mobile Smartphone Review"

1 Mobile Phone

Published on 7/2009

On test: Acer DX900

"When Acer acquired E-Ten, the Glofiish barand also came over, and the DX900 Windows Mobile smartphone is one of those devices to be rebranded and re-released. Touted as the first on that OS with dual-SIMs, that one is 3G/HSDPA and the other 2.5G means things are not quite equal." Review details: Single Test. One smartphone was reviewed and rated on design, features, performance and value. → Test results

"Apple iPhone 3GS Review"

1 3G Mobile Phone (approx. £530)

Published on 7/2009

On test: Apple iPhone 3GS

"As with the original iPhone and iPhone 3G, qualitatively innovative usability outweighed missing features. Apple's iPhone 3GS has addressed many of them. More of an incremental upgrade than fundamental new version, there's a lot here to persuade." Review details: Single Test. One smartphone was reviewed and rated on design, features, performance, usability and value. → Test results

Camera Phones

Nearly every new mobile phone is equipped with a digital camera of some sort.

'Camera phones' have now developed to offer resolutions in the megapixel range and so have exceeded the sub webcam quality they were known for when first introduced. In the beginning this low quality led to the phones being thought of as simply something for the kids, a snapshot-taker producing pictures that were fine when viewed on a small mobile phone screen but which were useless for anything else.

New models have incorporated autofocus and white balance and even flash bulbs to allow for use in low light conditions. Some phones also take the low light philosophy to new levels by building in an LED light to help in such situations which can double as a torch.

Many manufacturers also include simple picture editing software on phones, this allows people to take a photo, alter it or add a frame and send it on as an MMS. Some also come with a small mirror next to the lens to aid in self portraiture.

The original impetus behind developing cameras small enough to be installed into a mobile phone however, was the dream of the video phone. Many cameras allow video to be captured and sent, but it is only the 3G network that offers enough bandwidth to make or receive a full duplex video call.

At the moment though, the camera phone remains something of a paradox, not really good enough for any serious photography but quality too high to be disregarded as a mere toy.

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