Expanding the problem towards four other big mobile producers was not a smart choice for Apple and the time will surely prove that.

All four blamed companies filled press releases where they explained about their antennas and some(Samsung) claimed as “unacceptable” the decision of Apple. RIM made it clear that they are a global leader in antenna design and the they always avoided the designs like the ones Apple used on iPhone 4. HTC responded through a PR voice that they had just 0.016% users complaining about antenna issues. Nokia, one of the largest mobile producers ensured customers that they put antenna design on top of their priorities when they design a new phone.

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“Antenna design is a complex subject and has been a core competence at Nokia for decades, across hundreds of phone models. Nokia was the pioneer in internal antennas; the Nokia 8810, launched in 1998, was the first commercial phone with this feature.

Nokia has invested thousands of man hours in studying human behavior, including how people hold their phones for calls, music playing, web browsing and so on. As you would expect from a company focused on connecting people, we prioritize antenna performance over physical design if they are ever in conflict.

In general, antenna performance of a mobile device/phone may be affected with a tight grip, depending on how the device is held. That’s why Nokia designs our phones to ensure acceptable performance in all real life cases, for example when the phone is held in either hand. Nokia has invested thousands of man hours in studying how people hold their phones and allows for this in designs, for example by having antennas both at the top and bottom of the phone and by careful selection of materials and their use in the mechanical design.”

HTC

“Approximately .016% of customers”, Eric Lin, the company’s global PR and online community manager exclusively revealed to us before adding that “we have had very few complaints about signal or antenna problems on the Eris”.

RIM

Apple’s attempt to draw RIM into Apple’s self-made debacle is unacceptable. Apple’s claims about RIM products appear to be deliberate attempts to distort the public’s understanding of an antenna design issue and to deflect attention from Apple’s difficult situation. RIM is a global leader in antenna design and has been successfully designing industry-leading wireless data products with efficient and effective radio performance for over 20 years. During that time, RIM has avoided designs like the one Apple used in the iPhone 4 and instead has used innovative designs which reduce the risk for dropped calls, especially in areas of lower coverage. One thing is for certain, RIM’s customers don’t need to use a case for their BlackBerry smartphone to maintain proper connectivity. Apple clearly made certain design decisions and it should take responsibility for these decisions rather than trying to draw RIM and others into a situation that relates specifically to Apple.

Samsung

The antenna is located at the bottom of the Omnia 2 phone, while iPhone’s antenna is on the lower left side of the device. Our design keeps the distance between a hand and an antenna. We have fully conducted field tests before the rollout of smartphones. Reception problems have not happened so far, and there is no room for such problems to happen in the future.

Sources: Nokia, HTC, RIM, Samsung

Why Small? Having just 110 grams, 10.3 cm long and 1.1 cm thick will fit perfectly for our packets.

The 3.2-inches touch screen display supports a 320 X 480 HVGA resolution and 65000 colors. It supports multi-touch, accelerometer sensor, proximity sensor and pick-to-mute function.

Under the display we found five buttons: Call, Home, Menu, Back and End-Call, while above is the earpiece and a status LED. On the sides there are buttons only on the left one, the volume rockers.

At the back we found the 5 megapixel camera equipped with autofocus and Geo-tagging, but no LED flash. Photos can be taken with a resolution up to 2592 x 1944 pixels, while videos can be shoot in VGA@30fps.

Mixing a 600 Mhz Qualcomm 7227 processor, Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system and HTC Sense User Interface might result in a quite brilliant result. HTC Sense powers the Home Screen with updates from People, Messages, Mail, Internet, Calendar, Stocks, Photos & Videos, Music, Weather, Twitter, Footprints, Settings. Support for social networking is also available: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube video sharing.

Applications for HTC HD Mini can be downloaded through Marketplace(688 apps available till now).

Storage has 512 Mb ROM and 384 Mb RAM memory, but a microSD card extension is also supported, up to 32Gb. The battery is a 1200 mAh standard  Li-Ion one and provide up to 400 minutes of talk tine and 500 hours in stand by mode.

Connectivity sustain phone’s potential and gives 3G, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, microUSB and a 3.5 mm jack port to complete the action. Tethering(same as iPhone) is also available, which means you can share your Internet connection through USB or Bluetooth and become in a Wi-Fi router as well as GPS which can be used through Google Maps or CoPilot Live 8(trial) apps.

The small phone comes with two installed Internet browsers: Opera Mobile and Internet Explorer Mobile 6. The slight difference between them is that IE browser comes with FLASH support while Opera doesn’t.

HTC HD Mini is available worldwide since April 2010 and can be purchased for around $500(unlocked).

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Last week Verizon Wireless made public the specs for another HTC phone device called Droid Incredible.

HTC Droid is powered by a 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and Android v2.1 operating system with HTC Sense experience. The built-in HTML browser will have support for Flash lite 4.0 .

His 3.7-inches touchscreen display is Amoled based and has 16M colors. On such a big screen a 480 x 800 pixels resolution is supported along with the basic features: multi-touch, accelerometer or proximity sensor. Also an optical joystick is right under the display and the four touch sensitive buttons: Home, Menu, Back and Search.

Verizon said that this phone has at the back an astonishing 8 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and smile-detection or geo-tagging as some of the features. The ROM and RAM memory has 512 Mb and the internal 8Gb+microSD slot card.

Connectivity gives flawless specifications: 3G, GPRS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, microUSB and a 3.5 mm headset jack. Gps is available with Google Maps Navigation. To continue, other available apps are:  Google Talk, Gmail, Youtube, Google Calendar, Google Search, Twitter, Facebook or the Verizon Wireless exclusive ones, NFL Mobile and Skype Mobile. Android Market is also there with more than 30,000 applications.

Verizon will release HTC Droid Incredible on April 29 in stores with an estimated price of $200 at a 2-year contract deal.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and NEW YORK – Verizon Wireless today announced DROID Incredible by HTC, the newest Android device on the nation’s most reliable wireless 3G network, will be available beginning April 29.
Featuring a “topographic” design that demonstrates the powerful engineering just beneath the surface, DROID Incredible by HTC is designed with craftsmanship and precision while making it easier than ever to stay connected.
DROID Incredible by HTC features the newest version of the HTC Sense experience, a seven-panel home screen with a wide selection of interactive widgets so the most important content is immediately available at a touch.

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As we supposed, the mobile phone is an Android based model and the specifications are top-notch.

Let’s begin the top-notch features with the display: a 4.3-inches TFT touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The display features pinch-to-zoom and tactile feedback.

The processor is a 1Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon(QSD8650) and the operating system is, at least now, Android v2.1. The internal memory has: 1GB ROM and 512MB RAM. Phone will ship with a 8Gb microSD card and supports up to 32Gb(microSD cards).

At the back an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and double led flash will help you to forget the digital camera devices, because it is capable of even shooting HD videos at 720p. To complete this, a HDMI port is available in case you want to watch the media content on higher resolution devices. Also, a 1.3 megapixel camera is near the display.

HTC Evo has a built in kickstand and 3.5 mm stereo headset port so you can watch your media files quite comfortable. FM Radio is also included.

The connectivity is flawless: 3G and 4G (10 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload) is available along Bluetooth 2.1 or Wi-Fi. Another crazy feature is 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot capability which means that the phone connects(same as a router)up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices. Gps is also available and Sprint Navigation application will give you turn-by-turn driving directions and 3D maps.

HTC Sense user experience is updated and now features Friend Stream(a tool that integrates Facebook, Twitter and more into a single flow of updates). Other known applications are: Google Search, Google Maps, Google Talk, Gmail, YouTube or Sprint application(Sprint TV and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile). In case you want more Android Market awaits you with at least 30,000 apps.

It is rumored that HTC Evo will be released by Spring this summer(2010), but a price has not been revealed yet.

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Let’s begin with Legend, a model we’ve previewed last December in one of our post, discovering all of his features, but this was not official as it was at MWC. Made of a single piece of aluminium, the Legend phone has an AMOLED display with 16 M colors. It features an optical trackball, under the display and a 5 megapixel camera, on the back.

The processor is clocked at 600 Mhz and supports the Android™ 2.1 platform (Éclair) with HTC Sense. The storage has 384 Mb(RAM) and 512 Mb(ROM) which can be extended through microSD card slot, up to 32GB. Connectivity offers Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi, Gprs, MicroUSB and the Li-Ion battery has 1300 mAh.

Enough with Legend, next is Desire.

Desire model is one the biggest mobile phone released by HTC on the market. It comes with an 3.7-inches AMOLED touchscreen and 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor(same as Nexus One). The operating system is the same as Legend, Android™ 2.1. Under the display there are 4 buttons and in the middle, is situated a trackpad. The back camera has 5 megapixel and the battery is an Li-Ion one with 1400 mAh. Internal memory has 512 Mb, the RAM one 576 MB and the connectivity options stays the same from Legend.

The last, but not the poorest model presented by HTC at MWC 2010 was the HD mini one.

As design HD mini is the smallest version of HD 2 model and comes with a 2.7-inches touchscreen. The processor has 600 Mhz and features Windows Mobile 6.5 version for operating system with HTC Sense user interface(UI). The back camera is the same, 5 megapixel as well as the connectivity features, but the battery is a Li-Ion one with 1200 mAh.

These are the three wonders that HTC featured during  MWC 2010 and plans to launch this year.

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The phone has a 3.2-inches touchscreen display and is just 11.4mm thick. Under the display we find an optical mouse and on the back is a 5 megapixel camera equipped with autofocus and a built-in flash.

Being a smartphone, the Legend comes with a Qualcomm MSM7227 600Mhz processor and Android 2.x as operating system.

Internal memory has 512MB + 256MB RAM and microSD slot supports a card up to 32GB. Battery has 1300MaH.

Other features that phone supports are: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Gps through A-Gps support, G-sensor, Digital Compass.

It is rumoured the phone will be out in March 2010, but we don’t know yet any estimated price.

If you wondered in past years, what Google will do when it will enter on mobile phones market, now you have a answer. We surfed the net today and find out that Google employees got the new Google phone, called Nexus One.

As you might guessed, the device is built with the help of HTC and looks close to an upcoming HTC model called Passion/Dragon.

The Google(Nexus One) phone comes with a 3.7″ AMOLED display, 5 megapixel camera, trackball and is fully unlocked.

The operating system seems to be Android 2.0.1 and as loaded up applications Google Navigation, Google Googles.

Google employees tweeted about this phone and said:

ZOMG we had fireworks and we all got the new Google phone. It’s beautiful.

Like an iPhone on beautifying steroids.

It is expected to be launched and sell by Google directly to consumers at the beginning of 2010.

More info’s and pics at engadget.