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If all those superb HTC models that already exist on the market were not enough, HTC has announced the release of a new cell phone, more beautiful, more elegant, smarter and sexier than all those that were before it. Yes, I’m talking about the HTC Wildfire, the latest smart phone announced this month by HTC. Aside from having a beautiful appearance, this cell phone is also going to gather a lot of the newest technology features.
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The Wildfire offers support for both 2G (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) as well as 3G networks (HSDPA 900 / 2100). This unit measures 106.8 x 60.4 x 12 mm in dimensions and it has a total weight of 118 grams. Sure, it may not be the thinnest nor the lightest cell phone ever but I’m sure that the features are going to make the dimensions seem worthless. The entire front side is covered by a 3.2 inches touch screen that offers support for 16 M colors and it comes at a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. This display is the center piece of this cell phone as it comes with a lot of cool features that every smart phone display should have: touch sensitive control, accelerometer sensor for auto rotate, proximity sensor, an optical trackpad, a multi touch input method and also the HTC sense user interface.

Another very important aspect for a smart phone is always going to be the memory. The HTC Wildfire comes with 384 MB of RAM and 512 MB of ROM but thanks to the microSD card slot, you can add up to 32 GB of internal memory. This cell phone comes with a lot of cool features like an integrated WI-Fi which gives you the possibility to connect to the internet using available wireless connections, just like a laptop. One of the things you are going to really love about the Wildfire is the included camera. The 5 MP camera found on this smart phone features LED flash, autofocus, geo-tagging and smile detection and with all that, it can take pictures at a maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. This mobile device takes its power from a 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM 7225 processor and it uses the Android v2.1 operating system to run all your applications.



If we were to start making a complete list of the features this cell phone has, it would probably take us long hours. Instead, let us speak of the things you really want to hear. If listening to music is your main interest, you will be happy to know that this mobile phone comes with an MP3 / WAV / AAC+ / WMA9 music player and if you like to watch a good clip or movie from time to time, you can use this phone’s included MP4 / WMV9 / H.263 / H.264 video player. You can use your cell phone to connect to social networks like Facebook, Twitter or Flickr. It is said that battery performance is never spectacular on a smart phone but the HTC Wildfire did a pretty good job at impressing us. With the standard Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery, this unit will manage to stay on for 8 hours and 10 minutes of talk time in a 3G network and about 690 hours in standby mode.

The HTC Tattoo is one cell phone which I have particularly grown to admire. In fact, I think there is something special about the design of every HTC new smart phone as they come with those elegant and huge displays that occupy almost the entire front side of the cell phone.
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But let us get back to the example of the HTC Tattoo. This cell phone offers support for both 2G (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) and 3G networks (HSDPA 900 / 2100). This cell phone has been available ever since September 2009 so people have gotten their chance to get used to this model and reviews are available all over the internet. However, we are going to try to present this cell phone as briefly as we can. This cell phone model measures 106 x 55.2 x 14 mm in dimensions and it comes with a total weight of 113 grams. The TFT display is composed of quite a resistive touch screen which offers support for 65K colors. The display measures 2.8 inches in diagonal and it comes with a native resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. This beautiful and huge display comes with an accelerometer sensor for auto rotation and a lot of other cool features to go along.

Thanks to the great memory of the phone, you get the possibility to store an unlimited number of contacts in the cell phone’s agenda and the call records list is also unlimited. The internal memory of this cell phone is composed of 256 MB of RAM and 512 MB of ROM. Thanks to included microSD card slot, you can add a memory card and therefore extend the memory of your cell phone. The HTC Tattoo comes with integrated Wi-Fi so you can connect to a wireless hotspot whenever there is one available. The camera which is included on this cell phone model is a 3.15 MP one and it can take pictures at a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels which is pretty high for a cell phone’s camera. With this camera you can also record videos at 15 frames per second.

The HTC Tattoo is based on the 528 MHz Qualcomm MSM 7225 processor to run and the operating system found on this smart phone is the Android v 1.6. Other features of this cell phone are the GPS support, the stereo FM included and even the games which are already preinstalled. If you are interesting in using the cell phone to listen to music, you should know that the Tattoo comes with an MP3 / eAAC+ / WAV / WMA9 player and for video playback you can use the MP4 / H.263 / H.264 / WMV9 player.

You also get a digital compass, a dedicated search key and a voice memo function. As for the battery performance, the standard Li-Ion 110 mAh battery is capable of keeping this cell phone on for nearly 6 hours of talk time in 3G mode and up to 520 hours in standby mode.

If you are looking for a new cell phone and don’t know what to choose, the best chance is to start looking at some Sprint cell phones. Why Sprint cell phones? If you choose a Sprint service plan you will have the opportunity to receive any mobile phone you want for free. In order to help you, in this review you shall find some of the best Sprint cell phones which we think deserve your attention.
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The first mobile phone which we have chosen is the Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8530 Black. You can have this amazing business handset for free only though Sprint Service. If you don’t know it by now, the BlackBerry mobile phones are some of the most luxurious and powerful handsets on the market, being the strongest rival of the HTC. The Sprint BlackBerry Curve 8530 offers you all the applications you need when you want to keep in touch with your friends.

Being a business unit, it comes with a full QWERTY keyboard and a very responsive optical track pad, many connectivity options and an attractive design. Measuring 109 x 60 x 13.9 mm in dimensions and 106 grams in weight, this smart phone feels very comfortable and you will love to carry it with you everywhere. Equipped with a 2.46 inch TFT display which offers a native resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, it will offer you a crisp view with a high-quality of images. Because the connectivity options are the most important for a business unit, the BlackBerry Curve 8530 comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, microUSB and support for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 3G.

With all these you can have access to all your favorite WEB pages like AOL, MSN, Windows Live, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, IMAP4 or POP3 and because it comes with a pre-installed BlackBerry operating system, you can install on it all your favorite applications.

If you are interested in a multimedia cell phone, one of the best Sprint cell phones of this kind is the Samsung Exclaim M550. Known also as Samsung Blueberry, this mobile phone comes equipped with many attractive features and a beautiful design. Being available for free though Sprint, the Samsung Blueberry is one of the best sold Sprint cell phones. But let’s talk a bit about it. The Samsung Exclaim comes with a case with dual-slider design (full QWERTY keyboard / alpha-numeric keypad), excellent for those people who loves to write messages or other kind of texts.



Measuring 4.45 x 2.24 x 0.67 inches in dimensions and 4.69 ounces in weight, it is one of the most portable and practical QWERTY mobile phone. The display of the phone is a 2.6 inch TFT one which has a native resolution of 240 x 480 pixels. This display offers excellent quality images with sharp colors and a great contrast. Being a multimedia cell phone, the Samsung Exclaim grants you access to Sprint Mobile Email, Sprint TV and FM Radio at EV-DO speed, NFL Mobile Live, Nascar Sprint Cup Mobile, enjoy your favorite songs (it has support for MP3, AAC, AAC+ and WMA). It also offers you a 2 Megapixel camera to take good quality photos, a maximum internal memory of 32 GB and a GPS for keeping you on the right road.

In our days, there are many companies which offer amazing cell phones at an incredible price together with service plans which can be customized according to your preferences. Being the most popular, we have chosen AT&T for this review, a company which offers powerful handsets at a very low price and even for free. In this review we will show you some great deals, some of the best AT&T cell phones which money can buy.
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The first AT&T cell phone presented is the AT&T Samsung Mythic. Like all new cell phones, this unit comes with a full touch screen and many other multimedia functions, included in a slim and beautiful design. The case of this cell phone is made of plastic and measures 114 x 52 x 12.7 mm in dimensions and 108 grams in weight. Available for free though AT&T service, this cell phone comes with a huge 3.3 inches TFT resistive touch screen which has a native resolution of 360 x 640 pixels and support for up to 256K colors.

With such a powerful display you will be capable of watching movies with a great image quality. Because it is more of a multimedia cell phone than a business unit, the Samsung Mythic comes with an integrated 3.15 Megapixel camera armed with autofocus, LED flash, smile detection and geo-tagging. This camera is capable of taking good quality photos at a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and record QVGA clips at a speed of 15 fps. For storing your photos, songs or other files the Mythic has 189 MB of internal memory and a microSD card slot which supports up to 8 GB.

For connectivity, this beautiful cell phone offers Bluetooth, microUB and GPS with A-GPS support plus support for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 3G. The battery life of the phone is assured by a Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery so it is capable to stay on for up to 3 hours of conversations and up to 252 hours in standby mode.

If you prefer a business cell phone, then we recommend the AT&T LG Xenon. Being one of the best AT&T cell phones available for free, this handset will surprise you with its performance and top-rated features. The LG Xenon is in fact a QWERTY business cell phone which comes with a classic case made of resistant plastic.

Measuring 105.5 x 53.5 x 15.8 mm in dimensions and 108 grams in weight, this unit has proven to be very practical and feels very comfortable in your hands. Launched in March of 2009, the Xenon disposes of many high-end features. One of the most important and also attractive features of this cell phone is the display. With a 2.8 inches diagonal, this TFT touch screen comes with a native resolution of 240 x 400 pixels and support for up to 65K colors, so the images will have a great quality of colors. Being a business handset, it also comes with a full QWERTY keyboard which being composed by large, flat and very responsive keys, will offer you a great experience during typing your messages or other texts.

If you want to take some photos, the LG Xenon has a 2 Megapixel camera which we think is enough for a business cell phone. For connectivity, it comes with Bluetooth, microUSB and GPS plus support for GSM, GPRS, EDGE and 3G. The battery life of this cell phone is rated at 4 hours of conversations and up to 264 hours in standby mode, great values for such a powerful unit.

I am sure that every one of you has seen at least once a Leica digital camera. One thing which not so many of you know is that almost every year, Panasonic and Leica collaborate in order to bring us some cool new digital camera models and those models get branded under each of the manufacturer’s name. Today, we are going to take the example of the Leica D-Lux 3, a camera that perks over the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2, considered to be its twin. The Leica D-Lux 3 comes in both black and silver colors and it has some amateur oriented features like different focus models, raw file support, and even semi manual exposure options.
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This Leica digital camera comes with a 10 MP sensor and a native 16:9 aspect ratio. Compared to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2, the Leica D-Lux 3 manages to win the fight when it comes to ISO speeds. All this is due to the fact that the Leica comes with a touch more aggressive filtering and this helps reduce sharpness. However, when you want to print some photos taken with this camera, you will notice that the actual picture looks way better than it does on the laptop’s display. The photos you can take with this Leica digital camera are decent. The white balance is ok and dynamic range, exposure and color saturation are the same. When it comes to performance, it is difficult to tell the difference between the Leica and the Panasonic.

There is a 0.7 lag registered under typical lighting and there is a 1.7 seconds lag registered in dim light. Under the best conditions, you have to wait about 2.3 seconds between taking 2 shots and raw shooting requires you to wait about 5.2 seconds between shots.

They say that the camera’s interface is not really going to slow you down. Thanks to the properly placed set of buttons, switches and dials, you can access different shooting options. If you skim through the manual or you may come across some mystifying options. For example, there are 5 different AF modes: one area high speed, one area, spot, three area high speed and a nine area. If you don’t know they exist, it’s going to be hard to tell them apart from the icons.



On the back of the Leica D-Lux 3 you are going to see a superb 2.8 inch display is quite large, bright, clear, and colorful and it comes with a wide aspect.With a total weight of 7.6 ounces, it is not exactly the lightest camera we have ever seen and it will not fit into just any kind of pocket. But it is, however, a compact camera which will fit into bigger pockets and it could be a good friend and a reliable vacation companion.

It may not come with many high end technology features, but for a starting price $1700, I am pretty sure you are paying for some kind of quality material. In fact, if we think that Leica produces even $5000 digital cameras, I think we can trust this manufacturer.