Now that the official announcement of the Nokia Lumia 800 is out of the way, many review sites have got their hands on time with he device and have posted their early impressions of the device. So here they are
After the Titan Review Roundup , its time to give the same treatment to the HTC Radar , to find out what the reviewers think about it have a look below
HTC Radar
HTC Radar Review by PhoneArena
The folks at phonearena.com were impressed with the unibody design and display
Regarding the display : vibrant colours, solid viewing angles and good levels of responsiveness. Outdoor viewing is on the whole good as are brightness and contrast levels…The HTC Radar comes equipped with a 5MP autofocus camera with a single LED flash. Despite this sounding lackluster, we’re pleased to see an f2.2 aperture on the HTC Radar’s lens and the inclusion of touch to focus capture as well as a range of modes such as panorama, burst shot, face detection and effects….Photos taken on the handset offer a good level of detail for the most part, and while with the HTC Trophy and the HTC HD7 autofocus was hit and miss, HTC have managed to iron out any kinks. Color reproduction is accurate for the most part, if slightly dull….720p HD video performs well overall. Videos captured on the HTC Radar also play back pretty smoothly and should suffice for most day to day needs…Thanks to HTC, you can also rent films on the go through their Watch service which allows you to download movies straight to your phone while taking full advantage of the audio enhancements…Call quality on the HTC Radar is great. Tones are clear and accurately reproduced and there are no issues with regards to either volume or clarity..The HTC Radar is all the Trophy was and then some…
Pros
Smooth performance
High-quality construction
Good video recording quality
Cons
Immature OS with limited app support
Dull pictures
Few noteworth differences between this and the HTC 7 Trophy
We take a look at some of the review for HTC Titan the powerhouse Windows Phone device from HTC. If you are after the HTC Titan Specs and Promo Video click that link and to find out what the reviewers think about it have a look below
HTC Titan : It’s Windows Phone, but not as we know it
HTC Titan in your Hands
According to the folks at techradar.com, the design of the phone lacks the wow factor but was impressed with the camera and processor
…It’s thin and curved, so it wins points for that, but overall lacks the wow factor of the hewn metal of the iPhone 4 or the sleek lines of the Galaxy S2 – Microsoft should be begging manufacturers to come up with sexier designs to help the platform flourish…. It comes with a a double LED flash for the camera – this means the range of conditions for photo taking has increased considerably and places the phone in the higher echelons of snap quality (theoretically)….it ( the processor ) seems to be able to handle everything we threw at it… the quality of the Super LCD screen is impressive – the colours are rich and the blacks deep – although as you can see in our side by side comparison, not really in the same league as the Samsung Galaxy S….Our early impressions of the HTC Titan are mixed: on the one hand, Windows Phone has taken a step forward with Mango, and the Titan is everything its name promises, with a larger screen and hefty proportions that actually fit in the hand quite well.But on the other hand, it’s nothing overly exciting to look at, bar the larger screen. A single core processor is hardly ground breaking, despite the added speed, and the functional design of the device doesn’t set our pulses racing.
Dell Venue Pro’s stand out feature is the portrait slide-out keyboard. Its got rounded chrome sides, the black contoured back and a 4.1-inch curved WVGA AMOLED Gorilla Glass screen. ( Corning Gorilla glass is an environmentally friendly alkali-aluminosilicate thin-sheet glass designed specifically to function as a cover glass for high-end display devices such as notebook PCs, televisions, and mobile phones and has a higher scratch and damage resistance when compared to normal screens. ) There is a 5 megapixel cam with flash and a 3.5mm headphone jack on the top of the device and a micro-USB port on the bottom edge.
The 8 MP camera is the standout feature on the HTC 7 Mozart and is one of the selling point of the 7 Mozart along with the beautiful Aluminium UniBody. With a Xenon flash the video capture is best done when there is good surrounding light coz there is no way to run the Xenon flash for video capture. I am quite impressed , its a great video camera especially for a mobile phone.
NewsGeek has put up a video of WP7 vs the iPhone 3Gs on their youtube channel. We are not sure what network ( WiFi or 3G .. ) these devices are connected to. It looks like they try 3 websites
il.msn.com
nytimes.com
microsoft.com
iPhone 3GS outperforms the WP7 device ( when you look at the load time ). Keep in mind WP7 is a prototype device. But since the OS is quite close to the release build and IE Mobile is not looking to live up to its promise. Opera you will be missed :(
Does anyone know if the Taylor has the required min specs for WP7 ( coz this is a device that will NOT be released , its just a prototype device for developers )
Looks like all the top Tech Blogs got a Prototype with the technical preview of Windows Phone 7. Most of the review had quite positive response, keep in mind this is not the final product. All the reviews use the Samsung Taylor Prototype.
Engadget got their hands on WP7 and they seems to be impressed with the device head over there for the full in-depth review of WP7 ( Pre Release version ). From the video one thing that looks annoying is the white text in backgrounds with light shades doesn’t look very readable but all in all a positive response.
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