T-Mobile 3G Update

Let me tell u something…..first, One day while trying to phone my friend from UK my phone just kept disconnecting - exactly the moment it was actually getting the connected. This continued on and off for the entire day. I initially thought it was one of the troubles on my phone getting a bit too smart for itself and taking out the connection. So at that point it was time to call T-Mobile Business support…

I came to know all of a sudden that T-Mobile are doing work on providing improved levels of 3G coverage over a greater area of the UK. My disconnection was simply the knock of this fact for which all the subscriber were likely get random disconnection when trying to make calls if they have 3G activated.

The reason behind my story was to tell you about the 3G update issue of the T-mobiles which became the last major mobile carrier to announce its third-generation (3G) network, progressing out the system in New York City and UK. Unlike Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile’s 3G systems primarily focused on providing clearer calls rather than music stores, video clips, and Web browsing.

By year’s end, T-Mobile expects its high-speed data network to be availed by those cities where a majority of its subscribers currently use data services. But there is a fence round the accomplishment. It’s extremely unusual for a carrier to launch 3G with no new data services or flashy smart phones that use the high-speed network. Moreover many of the T-mobile don’t have real Web browsers—in fact, users are forbidden from loading the Opera Mini Web browser. They all use mid-speed UMTS, which runs at 384 kbps for download, rather than the much faster HSDPA. However, users can connect them to a PC as a modem. That is the setback what T-mobile experts are conforming but that’s what are that T-Mobile is working with.

Another dilemma is, when most people think of 3G— third-generation mobile-phone networks—they think of speedy data connections. But a fewer-known advantage of switching to 3G for a GSM carrier like T-Mobile is improved voice quality and more voice capacity. The 3G system, used by GSM carriers called UMTS (universal mobile telephone system) is completely unusual and more efficient than T-mobile. That is especially critical in cities where T-Mobile is spectrum-constrained for what T-Mobile had to struggle with calls dropping and not going through as its network is literally overloaded with traffic.

The 3G launch lets the carrier attack this problem in two ways. First of all, T-Mobile’s 3G is on a new spectrum: Therefore, any call made on a 3G phone, in a 3G city, doesn’t touch T-Mobile’s existing, overloaded network. Secondly, 3G can carry more calls per megahertz. Isn’t T-Mobile’s only attempt to fix its weak spectrum position?
T-Mobile is the only carrier in the world to run 3G UMTS on 1700, so phone makers will have to retool their devices specifically for T-Mobile. That isn’t too difficult, but it does mean a T-Mobile-specific phone model. Sony Ericsson, Nokia, i-Mate, and HTC have all expressed interest. Moreover it will be tested that in the near future what advantages they offer over the carrier’s GSM-only lineup.

Tags: 3g, Cell Phones, News, t-mobile, Technology

Mr. News Blog Review: HTC Diamond

HTC Diamond is a dream come true for the people who enjoy having the luxury of world in their fist. As already announced it is the successor of HTC TOUCH Pro. High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) is in the process of building up a family of Touch products, of which the HTC Touch Diamond is the fourth and newest member. It has brought a completely new picture of 3G phones with its extraordinary functions. More simply we can say it has the ability to understand what you want from your phone and execute your wishes spontaneously.

Moving ahead with its features, the first thing worth mentioning is its looks because as the saying goes “you believe what you see”. According to Horace Luke (Chief Innovator Officer) of HTC this one is the slimmest and sleekest phone they have design till today. To this we say great success, HTC Diamond’s 2.8-inch touch screen housed within a stunning formation of brushed steel and flawless faceted edges has made it as beautiful to behold as it is to use. Moreover 480×640 pixels, which is 4 times the pixels of most phones, and 65k-color VGA TFT display makes the visibility lucid as never before.

Then comes the most important part that a phone offers to its user; what good is a phone with all its features if the user faces difficulty to use it. Well to get rid of this problem Microsoft and HTC worked hand in hand to build the most user friendly OS for phones. HTC Diamond comes with Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS which provides the phone’s functions a proper interface.

Moving on to the input facilities HTC Diamond is the first of its kind to feature TouchFLO 3D - a new version of the TouchFLO interface, unique to the Touch family. This technology brought contacts, favorite music, videos and photo play and launch functions at the fingertips. Unlike similar devices, HTC opted for resistive technology for the touchscreen rather than capacitive. However, the buttons beneath the screen, as well as being pressable buttons, have capacitive touch sensitivity. This feature is used by the camera application to auto-focus the camera as a finger approaches to press the button that will take a picture.

The awesome camera that the phone features would make the user forget about the digital camera lying somewhere on their desk. A 3.2 megapixel auto-focus camera will help you capture the perfect moment in style and with a massive 4GB of internal storage you can keep all the files you need.

The credit for the phones speed goes to its 528 MHz (Qualcomm MSM7201A) CPU and 256 MB internal flash memory, 192 MB RAM with massive 4GB internal storage which enables the user to save all important and not so important files.

Yet again the phone proves its brilliance with its HSDPA technology which confers the connectivity speed of 7.2Mbps (broadband-like speed) and as well as HSUPA wireless connectivity.

The integrated ultra-sensitive GPS will helps to find destination as quickly and efficiently as a dedicated satellite navigation unit.

HTC Touch Diamond Miscellaneous features:

· Connectivity: GSM / GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth, 802.11b/g, USB

· Battery: Rechargeable 900mAh Li-ion battery (up to 396 hrs standby, 5.5 hrs talk time)

· Physical size: 102 x 51 x 11.5 mm (4 x 2 x 0.45 in)

· Weight: 110 g (3.9 oz)

With all these powerful functionalities engrossed within it the HTC Diamond should no longer be called a phone rather it is a powerful Pocket PC for all those who want the universe at their fingertips. So what are you waiting for!!!

 

Tags: Cell Phones, diamond, htc, review, smartphones, Technology

Mr. News Blog Review: Blackberry Bold (9000)

Smart phone took its next step with Blackberry Bold 9000, one of the most elegant and smartest mobile phone of modern era. Though it has been given the model name Blackberry 9000, it is more popularly known as BlackBerry Bold. It can be described as one stop phone. This enigmatic phone provides uncompromising style and features like never before. The “bold” is used as its name in order to remind the world of its power. The half-VGA (480×320 pixel resolution) and a 65,000-color display of the phone furthermore justifies its name. During the research and testing period experts kept on calling it “Bold and Brilliant” hence the name Blackberry Bold was born. The stunning display gives a feel as if the sharp and crisp images are popping out of the phone and coming to life. After long periods of examination not a tinge of blurriness or pixelation was detected. Moreover the phone’s curved edges and silver lining bordering the black casing enhances the display view.

The slick plastic on back plates has gone out of date and this one has a unique thick leatherette texture. If you are a freak for customization and want your phone look different from that of others, here it is replaceable back plates are also available in color range of blue, grey and red. The interesting vital statistics of the phone reveals 4.5 inches height by 2.6 inches width by half an inch depth, and it weighs 4.7 ounces.

Now personally most favorite part of the phone is its smart memory which makes the phone work at a speed of shooting star. The powerful 1GB on-board (storage) and 128 MB Flash (applications) is supplemented by the micro SD/SDHC expansion slot (supports up to 16GB cards). What more can be expected!

Well yet to come is its lush processor information: The RIM Blackberry Bold is equipped with a 624MHz Intel PXA270 processor which makes its performance smoother and faster. Nothing more to say on this context except for Enjoy!

The wireless options on the quad-band network system (GSM 850/900/1800/1900) of Blackberry Bold is breath taking, but the most tempting and notable item is the HSDPA/UMTS (850/1900/2100) support that boosts wireless broadband data services speeds to as fast as 7.2 Mbps. Now this is what we really call a 3G cell phone.

The Blackberry phone runs on trustworthy Blackberry OS. One of the fun features includes Media Player, Audio - BlackBerry Media Sync allows transfer of desktop iTunes music directly to the BlackBerry!!!

To make the phone even better the existing features that has been updated to match the bold and beautiful image of the phone:

Battery - 1500mAhr lithium cell

Est. Battery Life - Standby: 13 days, Talk Time: 5 hours

Media Player, Video Support - DivX 4, Div X 5 & 6 are partially supported, XviD is partially supported, H.263, H.264 and WMV3

Media Player, Audio Support - .3gp, MP3, WMA9 (.wma/.asf), WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, Professional AAC/AAC+/eAAC+

Camera - 2.0MP, 5 x digital zoom (with flash of course)

USB Port - Enables charging and high-speed data synchronizations via USB “A” to mini-USB “B” cable (I can personally say moving files back and forth is now lightning quick!)

Browser - HTML browsing, View Movies/Clips from websites built for mobile streaming, RSS feed support

The final comment that can be is BlackBerry is certainly a phone to match the taste of business professionals and power users.

Tags: 9000, blackberry, bold, cell phone, modern, News, smartphone, Technology

New tiny 5MP camera from Sharp

Sharp (you know, the guys that make all the Sidekicks except the Slide) have announced a new tiny but high resolution (5MP) camera that even has auto focus. If you ask us, this looks amazingly similar in size and shape to the cameras currently in the Sidekick LX. Sharp says the new camera will be available for mass production in July so chances are we won’t see this in the Sidekick Gekko. But this would be something to keep an eye out for the Hiptop m3 (or whatever they’re going to call it), which we speculate will be coming out at the end of the year.

via CrunchGear

Tags: Cell Phones, News, sharp, Technology

Sidekick LX (and Slide?) Video confirmed by T-Mobile

For all those that were doubting us when we said that video was coming to the Sidekick LX via an OTA, we present you with a page straight from T-Mobile.com. The text reads:

Viewing available memory for pictures and videos
To view available memory for pictures and videos, perform the following steps:
1. At the Jump screen, roll to and select Camera.
2. The available space for new pictures appears in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.

- Excerpt from Hiptop3.com

I think its so funny how T-Mobile manages to release information and they not even know it. I also find it interesting how some people locate things like this! Good job on HipTop3[dot]com’s part. Great find. Post your comments.

Tags: News, Technology

RIM to bring new certification program

“If you were eying the new certification testing that will be available at WES this year, you’ll be interested to hear about RIM’s upcoming certificates. Available this fall will be Server Support Specialist, Support Specialist, and Solution Designer certifications, on top of the System Administrator designation launching at WES. As if that wasn’t enough to cover your wall, there are plenty more on the way…”

- Excerpt from BlackberryCool.com.

In my opinion, this goes to show that RIM is planning to produce newer, different products. This could be bad and good. Good because new is always… always good. But bad because new is always… always buggy. I hope RIM really knows what they are doing on this one, but I mean… they always do don’t they?

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