On test: D2 Vodafone 810
How does the Vodafone 810 handle as it slides into the mobile market?
Camera Phones
Reviews on Camera Phones
"Vodafone 810"
Published on: 6/2008
"HTC Touch Dual"
Issue: 4/2008
On test: HTC Touch Dual
The original Touch launched as a competitor to the iPhone, but although the touch-interface was great for viewing photos and playing music it was a chore to send texts or make phone calls. That's what the sliding keyboard of its follow-up - the Touch Dual - aims to redress.
"Alcatel Mandarina Duck"
Published on: 2/2008
On test: Alcatel Mandarina Duck
Phones from Alcatel tend to be in the lower price bracket even when they have features like music playing at their core. However, it also has half an eye on fashion.
Recently the fashion end of things has become more prominent with several phones being tied in with fashion brands. There's the Elle No3 handset, the LG Prada KE850 and now the dual-band Mandarina Duck mobile.
"HTC S730"
Issue: 71/2008
On test: HTC S730
HTC has come up with a lot of impressive devices, and the old HTC S710 was a case in point. We'd seen slide-out keyboards before, but not in a WM Smartphone, and suddenly the keyboard gave the platform a new lease of life based around being able to edit text in a serious way.
... The S730 takes the idea to the next level.
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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