Camera Phones Plaza

Writing mp3 player reviews can be a difficult task because there are so many cool new models that we have to choose from. There is the Apple iPod Touch which looks just like the iPhone and there is the Sansa SanDisk mp3 player as well. But you are going to find a lot of reviews about these popular mp3 players so we have searched some mp3 player reviews which not many of you have read about so far.

The first model in line is the Samsung Q2, a very cool mp3 player that comes in an 8 GB version which costs $100 and the 16 GB version which is worth $130. This compact mp3 player comes with 3.9 x 1.9 x 0.4 inches in dimensions and it has a beautiful display that measures 2.4 inches in diagonal. This display has a 320 x 240 pixel resolution and it offers good clarity and great colors. The interface is icon driven, exceptional and very easy to navigate. Even if at first sight, this mp3 player looks cheap, the features are not that of a cheap mp3 player.

The audio formats supported are MP3, Flac, WMA and OGG and the player also support video files in the MPEG4 and WMV format. You can also transfer some pictures on your player but they will only be visible in the JPEG file format. It is true that the Samsung Q2 does not offer the same audio quality as the more expensive players. The other negative aspect is the battery performance, for continuous audio playback, you will only get 7 hours of audio playback and 4 hours of continuous video playback. Even so, the Q2 is a great budget mp3 player when you are looking to save some money.

The Philips GoGear Vibe mp3 player is another great choice if you are looking for a cheap audio playback device. This player comes in the 4 GB version which costs $49 and the 8 GB version is priced at $59. This player comes with a 1.5 inch display and a lot of other features. The Vibe mp3 player offers support for MP3, Audible, WMA and subscription audio files. This player also supports pictures as long as they are in the JPEG and BMP file formats. The included radio of this player has good reception and the earbuds that are included in the package are going to act as an antenna. You get up to 20 preset stations and they can be assigned either manually or automatically.



You can also benefit from the voice recording function. As for the battery performance, this player surely manages to deliver better than most of the other budget mp3 player on the market. Philip has rated the Vibe’s battery life to an amazing 25 hours of continuous audio playback and about 4 hours of video playback, which is more than you get from the tight competition. So, it is safe to say that we have given you 2 very good ideas for budget mp3 players.

With a starting price of almost $800, it is safe to wonder if the Canon G10 digital camera is worth the financial efforts. The Canon G10 PowerShot is very similar to its younger brother – the G9. The dimensions of this camera are 4.3 x 1.8 x 3.1 inches while the total weight is 14 ounces. The metal body of this camera may feel like tank, but I think that features and not looks are the most important aspect in the end.

The biggest change could be considered the dial configuration as the mode dial has been stacked inside the ISO dial and it is a right hand operation. The exposure compensation dial is located on the left side. The 4 way switch is going to help you will help you set up manually the macro, the flash, the drive mode and the focus features. The Function and Set button is placed behind the navigation scroll wheel found on the back. The Canon G10 digital camera comes with a new optically stabilized lens that has a f/2.8-4.8 28-140mm-equivalent and a 5X zoom which should be able to please landscape photographers but I’s sure that a lot of people are going to miss the 210 mm equivalent found on the G9. This camera comes with a range of new features that are the center piece of this new model. The G10 brings face detection self timer and i-Contrast automatic correction. As for the movie capture, nothing seems to be enhanced as we are still at the 30 fps VGA capture with no optical zoom.

Performance is the most important thing in any digital camera and, unfortunately, the performance of the G10 is mixed compare to that of its younger brother – the G9. It takes 1.3 seconds from the moment you turn on the camera and the moment when you can actually take your first picture. Under bright light, the quick focus will help keep shutter lag to a 0.4 seconds. If the light is dim, this lag increases to 0.8 seconds. When you wish to take 2 shots in a row, you have a 2.2 seconds gap between them. Continuous shooting is 1.4 frames per second. The AF system is quite responsive, yet not to be confused with a SLR. On the back of the camera there is this big 3 inch LCS display which is also bright but takes a lot of the batteries power. The difference is quite huge: if the display is turned off, you can take about 1000 pictures with this camera but if it’s turned on, the number is limited to about 400 shots.



The photo quality is impeccable and colors are great, exposures are even better. There is a bit of wide angle distortion at the 28 mm equivalent. Even so, the photos have good center and so are the edge-to-edge sharpness when you use longer focal lengths. Even if this camera does not live to the performance of other models such as the Panasonic Lumix DMC LX3 or the Nikon Coolpix P6000, this camera is still a very good choice for people that are looking for a good camera to take great pictures.

One of the best deals that you can make when it comes to Tmobile cell phones is the RIM Blackberry Bold 9700. With a starting price of $130, the Blackberry Bold 9700 is a deal that you have to take into consideration if you want to buy a smartphone. With a total weight of 122 g and with the dimensions of 109 x 60 x 14 mm, this cell phone is shaped perfectly to fit into your pocket. This Blackberry smart phone has a BlackBerry 5.0 operating system, version 5.0.0.330 that offers support for Wi-Fi calls, voice-activated dialing, smart dialing, conference calling, speed dial, visual voice mail and text plus multimedia messaging with threaded chat view.


The display of this phone measures 2.44 inches that offers a resolution of 480 x 360 pixels. Under the display, we can find the QWERTY keypad that has 35 keys. On the left side of the phone we can find a microUSB port, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a customizable shortcut key. On the right side, we have the volume rocker and the Camera button. If you will buy this smartphone, next to it in the box you will also find an AC adapter, an USB cable, a 2 GB microSD card and a wired stereo headset.



Even if there are a lot of Tmobile cell phones for us to choose from, one model that I particularly like to recommend is the Motorola Cliq, which can be bought for a price of $149 with a 2 year contract. With 4.5 x 2.3 x 0.61 inches is dimensions and 4.9 ounces in weight, this cell phone is not the thinnest or the lightest Motorola device but this does not make it less beautiful or elegant. When you purchase this cell phone, inside the package you shall find the phone, a battery, the charger, one USB cable, a start guide, a stereo handset plus a 2 GB memory card to expand the memory of you Motorola Cliq, in case the included 1 GB of memory was not enough to store everything you needed.



This cell phone comes with a 5 MP camera which is a real beauty and it comes with features like autofocus and geo-tagging. This camera is capable of taking pictures at a maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels and it can also record videos at 24 fps. This mobile phone comes with a lot of cool features that have become a must for a decent smart phone. It has noise cancellation using a dedicated microphones, there is the digital compass, the Google Maps feature that offers street view, an organizer plus a document viewer, voice dial plus voice memo and, for multimedia passionate, you get a MP3 / eAAC+ / WAV / WMA9 player and a MP4 / H.263 / H.264 / WMV9 player .The standard battery of this cell phone is capable of keeping the unit on for 6 hours of talk time and about 13 days in standby mode.

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.

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.

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.