Battle of the Smart Phones - Apple IPhone 3GS Vs BlackBerry Bold

Mobile phones have changed the way people communicate. In the same way, smart phones, which provide computer-like functions, have changed the way people use their mobile phones.

Smart phones differ from ordinary mobile phones in two simple ways: how they are built and what they can do. Currently, the Apple 3GS iPhone and the BlackBerry Bold are arguably two of the best smart phones available in the market. Here's how they match-up against each other:

DESIGN
The iPhone's revolutionary touchscreen design has set the standard for future generations of smart phones. Nokia and Samsung have developed similar designs for their smart phones. There are also more than a hundred iPhone clones out in the market, all trying to cash in on the iPhone's status. The 3GS iPhone looks virtually the same as its predecessor, the iPhone 3G. The Blackberry Bold is the best looking BlackBerry so far, but the iPhone's design is an instant classic. Winner: iPhone 3GS

OPERATING SYSTEM
It takes a bit of time to get used to both the 3GS iPhone and the BlackBerry Bold. BlackBerry has always been known for usability focused on business applications. The BlackBerry phone has shortcut keys to get things done quickly, however, it's still easier and faster to master the iPhone 3GS. Winner: iPhone 3GS

DISPLAY
The iPhone 3GS has a 3.5-inch screen with 320 x 480 pixels resolution and 16M colors. With a small 2.6-inch screen and only 16K colors, the Bold lags behind in this department not just against the iPhone but with other top smart phones as well. Winner: Apple iPhone 3GS

KEYBOARD
The BlackBerry Bold's large keyboard took up some of the space that could have been used for the display but it's worth it because it's a pleasure typing in the full QWERTY keyboard, which has a sure and fast response. The iPhone's virtual keyboard is flashy but it takes time to master fast and accurate typing. Though there's an error correction system, it's not reliable if there are a large number of mistakes. Functionality beats flashy in this round. Winner: BlackBerry Bold

APPLICATIONS
When it comes to applications, no smart phone comes close to the iPhone because it is the easiest platform to develop applications for. With thousands of developers creating millions of applications for the Apple App Store, the sky's the limit for the Apple 3GS iPhone. Winner: Apple iPhone

SPEED & CONNECTIVITY
With an ARM Cortex A8 processor clocking 600 MHz and HDSPA speed up to 7.2 Mbps, it's no wonder the 'S' in Apple iPhone 3GS stands for speed. However, the BlackBerry Bold is no slouch as it has a 624 MHz processor. Both smart phones are capable of communicating over Quad Band GSM network supporting frequency bands of 850/900/1800/1900, both are GPRS, EDGE and WiFi enabled, and both have Bluetooth A2DP support and USB Connectivity. While the BlackBerry Bold only has an HSDPA speed of 3.6 Mbps, there's really no speed difference because there are currently no service providers that give 7.2 Mbps. Winner: Draw

CAMERA
The camera has been the iPhone's "weakness" as a smart phone, but not over the BlackBerry Bold. The iPhone 3GS features a 3-megapixel camera with autofocus, a decent 640 x 480 resolution at 30fps and excellent audio. The BlackBerry Bold has a standard 2-megapixel camera with an LED flash. Winner: Apple iPhone 3GS

STORAGE
With 16GB and 32GB models, there's no question that the iPhone 3GS trumps the BlackBerry, which only has 1GB of internal memory and can only support up to 8GB of external memory. Winner: iPhone 3GS

CALL QUALITY & BATTERY LIFE
Winner: Draw

THE VERDICT
The Apple iPhone 3GS is a worthy successor to its predecessors and the BlackBerry Bold is the best BlackBerry phone ever made. The iPhone 3GS is a consumer phone with something for everyone while the BlackBerry Bold maintains BlackBerry's reputation as a business gadget. At the end of the day, it's what the user needs that matters the most.

Jewel Cole writes articles for BlazinTech, a trusted online computer store that offers several computer parts and peripherals, as well as electronic gadgets.
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China Mobile Phone Step into the World

another Blackberry model from China, Venera Voyager. Or Is it the previous alcatel in new branding ? Blackberry with made in China price
When the cell phone first appeared on the Chinese market in the late 1980s it cost 10,000-20,000 yuan, and was the size of a brick. Regarded as the ultimate status symbol, it was called the da ge da, meaning very influential person. At that time, sales of mobile phones were under state control, and stocks were limited. Purchasers were required to place an order and make an 80 percent down payment. How things have changed! Mobiles are now available in multiple choices of size, color and function, on request.

Actuality
China has become the world's largest mobile phone manufacturing base and consumer market. In the first quarter of 2008, the total mobile phone shipment in China reached 134 million units, increasing 34.5% year over year. While the subscriber base of mobile services reached 480 million at the end of the first quarter of 2008, which increased approximately 20 million when compared to the statistic data at the end of last year.

Internationalization
With expanding the industrial scale and quickening the pace of innovation, the entire domestic mobile terminal industry begins to step into the world, seeking new markets, technologies, capital and other resources for more development space. To cater to these demands, the IMIE'2007 has invited overseas buyers from 24 countries and regions, including 7 overseas mobile operators and 17 multinational purchasing delegations. Their purchasing lists include HSDPA/GSM/CDMA mobile handsets, PDAs, smart phones and other mobile devices, as well as components and accessories.

Representative Product
When it comes to affordable iPhone clones, Meizu seems to be leading the pack now that they've unveiled the pricing for their M8 cell phone. The 4GB model with built-in camera will go for 0 while the 8GB version will go for 0. The entry-level model (with no camera) will go for only 5 at 4GB and 5 at 8GB. Compare that to the iPhone's 9/9 price and suddenly Meizu's option doesn't look so bad, though it's still an iPhone clone.

Trade Shows
electronica & Productronica China With PCIM China
The electronica & ProductronicaChina event is the leading regional trade show for electronic elements and assemblies and electronics production in China. It takes place each March in conjunction with LASER. World of Photonics China in Shanghai. Messe Mnchen International (MMI, Munich Trade Fairs International Group) organizes electronica & ProductronicaChina as part of its MMI electronics trade fairs network, which includes electronica and Productronica, which are the worlds leading trade shows in their industry sectors. The network also includes premier regional trade shows in Brazil, Hong Kong and India. With a total of over 8,000 exhibiting companies and more than 280,000 attendees for the MMI electronics trade fairs, MMI is one of the world's leading trade show organizers in this sector.

71st China Electronics Fair
With its debut in 1964, CEF is an authoritative electronics show in China, which is the only one supported fully by China Ministry of Information Industry and Ministry of Commerce and it was classed “A” exhibition in 2003 by Ministry of Commerce.

Online Marketplace
Made-in-China.com, China leading online marketplace of export and import, offers product directory, offers to importer and exporter. More than ten thousands of trade leads of mobile phone and accessories are available.
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Blackberry murah ala China.

Pemasaran Blackberry begitu mendunia, begitu populernya Blackberry ini hingga mendorong para produser di China untuk mengeluarkan model dan fitur yg semacam. Untuk memiliki BB jelas akan membutuhkan banyak dana, tapi dengan Blackberry copyan ini cukup dengan dana Rp 1 juta sudah dapat menenteng "BB".

Tapi tentu saja ada harga ada kualitas jgn terlalu di bandingkan dengan BB asli yg dari RIM [research in motion]. Orang awam saat ini juga tidak mudah terkecoh dengan Blackberry palsu. Tapi ini bisa jadi alternatif terbaik baik bagi peminat BB dgn kantong pas2an. Sekarang ini ada beberapa model Blackberry made in China beredar di pasaran di Indonesia.

KOMPAS.com - Semakin banyak vendor yang mengeluarkan ponsel model Qwerty yang dapat mengakses Facebook. Setelah Nexian dan HT Mobile dan Mito, kini giliran vendor asal China D-One yang ikut mengeluarkan produk serupa.


Sekilas ponsel ini mirip dengan BlackBerry tipe Javeline. "Tapi ponsel ini lebih ramping dan tipis," ujar Nadia Sahara Marketing Manager PT. Sarindo Nusa Pratama, Principal D-One di Indonesia, Jakarta, Rabu (12/8).

Ponsel ini juga memiliki tracball yang benar-benar dapat difungsikan. Ponsel ini memiliki dual SIM Card, MP 3 Player, FM Radio dan juga kamera 2 mega piksel. Produk ini dibanderol seharga Rp 999.000 . Selain itu D-One menggandeng operator Exelcomindo Pratama.

"Kita bekerja sama dengan XL, dengan begitu walau tidak mempunyai pulsa pengguna ponsel ini dapat mengakses Facebook dan chating gratis selama 5 bulan," ujar Nadia.

Ia menuturkan, pihaknya sangat optimis dengan produk berseri DG- 628 ini. D-One telah menyiapkan 500 unit untuk tiga bulan ke depan. 2000 unit telah berada di Indonesia, sedangkan sisanya masih berada di China.

"300 masih terhambat karena ada topan. Untuk tahap awal ponsel tersebut akan ditaruh di Menara Rajawali. Kedepannya akan di pasarkan sampai Papua," tandasnya.

BOLT browser for mobile phone

Bolt-team working hard to build the best mobile browser possible.

In response to your interest in BOLT's beta program, we're happy to provide you with access to a BOLT beta download.

BOLT is still in beta testing, which means that you may encounter a bug or two as you install or run the browser, however our security and privacy controls are complete.

To install BOLT on your phone, please direct your phone's native browser to one of the links below and follow the onscreen instructions to download and install BOLT.

Please note that each mobile device implements a set of security policies that determine if an application is allowed to run. As a security measure, some devices require downloaded applications to be signed with an appropriate certificate to be allowed to run.

BOLT is signed with third-party certificates from VeriSign and Thawte. These signatures enable the device OS to confirm BOLT's authenticity, provide access to secure device APIs, and help ensure that BOLT is free from malware and/or viruses. Signed applications enable you to use BOLT with fewer permission dialogs for file and network access from your device's OS.

For BlackBerry devices, you will need to install the following BlackBerry specific version:

Blackberry download here


For regular devices we recommend you install the dual signed version first, followed by VeriSign then Thawte signed. If you have any trouble installing any of these three versions, install the unsigned version:

Dual Signed Version

download here

VeriSign Signed Version

download here

Thawte Signed Version
download here

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"BOLT" adalah sebuah aplikasi browser yang memiliki tampilan cukup menarik, tampilan yang nyaris menyerupai Opera Mini 4.2, dalam mode desktop Computer, plus di lengkapi sistem "mouse"

Saat membuka suatu website atau berkunjung ke blog sendiri, pada tampilan pertama sistem tampilan berupa "ringkasan" jika Opera Mini 4.2 kita mesti tekan "OK" sebagai "ZOOM" namun untuk "BOLT" kita tidak perlu lagi, dalam tampilan "ringkasan" BOLT memberi jendela di sisi bawah layar, jendela ini menampilkan Halaman dengan ukuran zoom standar, sehingga kita dapat membaca tulisan yang di ambangi mouse, di mana mouse di gerakkan halaman dalam jendela ini juga ikut bergerak, namun anda juga bisa menampilkan sistem flull screen,

Kekurangan "BOLT" tidak adanya sistem "Efek visual, Mode lanskap, save pages, singkronizasi, dan mungkin masih banyak lagi,

Adapun link bawan BOLT antara lain, Google, Yahoo!, Wikipedia, You Tube-broadcast Yourself, AOL.com -Welcome To AOL, CNN.com-breaking New, ESPN, The New York, MapQuent Maps, Digg-all New Video to images,

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"Bolt" ist eine Browser-Anwendung, die interessant genug ist, der Ansicht, dass fast ähnlich Opera Mini 4.2, in der Computer-Modus, sowie das komplette System "Maus"

beim Öffnen einer Website oder einem Besuch in den Blog selbst, in der ersten Display-System als "Zusammenfassung" Opera Mini 4.2 haben wir auf "OK" als "ZOOM", sondern auf "Blitz" Wir brauchen nicht zu, in der "Zusammenfassung" Schraube hat Fenster am unteren Rand des Bildschirms, das Fenster zeigt die Seite mit der Größe eines Standard-Zoom, so dass wir den Text auch lesen können auf der ambangi Maus, die Maus bewegen, wo auf der Seite in diesem Fenster auch bewegt, aber Sie können auch flull System-Bildschirm,

Mangel an "Blitz" das Fehlen eines Systems "visuelle Effekte, Landschaft-Modus, Speichern der Seite singkronizasi, und vielleicht noch viel mehr,

Die Verbindung zwischen der Schraube Bawan andere, Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, You Tube-Broadcast Yourself, AOL.com-Willkommen bei AOL, CNN.com Neue bahnbrechende, ESPN, The New York, MapQuent Karten, Digg-Video für alle neuen Bilder,

blackberry Storm

blackberry Storm, the first blackberry with touch screen the latest thunderstruck from Research In Motion.

features: Wireless email, Organizer, Browser, Phone, Camera, Video recording, BlackBerry® Maps, Media player, Built-in GPS, Corporate data access, SMS, MMS

size: 4.43"/112.5mm (Length) 2.45"/62.2mm (Width) 0.55"/13.95mm (Depth)
Weight: 5.5 oz/155g

Data Input/Navigation: SurePress™ touch screen, On screen keyboard: portrait SureType® and Multi-tap, QWERTY landscape.
Voice Input/Output: 3.5mm stereo headset capable, Integrated earpiece/ microphone,
Built-in speakerphone, Bluetooth® v2.0; mono/stereo headset, handsfree, phone book access profile, and serial port profile supported (Bluetooth® technology).

Media Player: MPEG4 H.263, MPEG4 Part 2 Simple Profile, H.264, WMV (Video format support), MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus (Audio format support).

display: High resolution 480 x 360 pixel color (Display), Transmissive TFT LCD, Font size (user selectable), Color display, Light sensing screen.

notification: Polyphonic/MIDI ringtones, MP3 ringtones, Vibrate mode, LED indicator.

battery: Up to 15 days (Standby time), Up to 5.5 hours (Talk time)

memory: Expandable memory – support for microSD card, 1 GB (Onboard memory), 128 MB Flash (Flash memory).

email: Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange,
Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for IBM® Lotus® Domino®,
Works with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Novell® GroupWise®,
Integrates with an existing enterprise email account.

security: Password protection and screen lock
Sleep mode, Support for AES or Triple DES encryption when integrated with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server,
FIPS 140-2 Compliant (FIPS Validation in Progress) (FIPS validation), Optional support for S/MIME.

network:

UMTS/HSPA networks: 2100 MHz, North America: 850 MHz GSM/GPRS networks,
North America: 1900MHz GSM®/GPRS networks,
Europe/Asia Pacific: 1800MHz GSM/GPRS networks,
Europe/Asia Pacific: 900MHz GSM/GPRS networks.

Blackberry in Indonesia.
Indosat, Indonesia's second biggest cellular operator, as official bundling vendor and operator for Blacberry Storm optimistic with selling of Blackberry Storm although Blackberry Storm has no WiFi. Marketing Director of Indosat, Guntur S Siboro said to local news portal that Indosat offer free browsing with Opera Mini and Facebook social network. So, Blackberry Storm without WiFi is not a big problem.

He also said that Blacberry Storm has different segment. People who work in the office do not need WiFi. Moreover, a lot of WiFi facility only available in certain place and usually crowded with less privacy.

Right now, Blackberry Storm for Indonesian market available and ready stock about 5000 unit for pre order. Unfortunately, the price of Blacberry Storm not yet announced by Indosat. But Indosat claimed that the price of Blackberry Storm not expensive as iPhone 3G.

"Our sales target is to ournumber Telkomsel's iPhone 3G sales. It could even be selling 2,000 iPhone 3G on the launch day only," said Teguh Prasetya, group head brand marketing, Indosat, who was quoted by Detikcom newsportal. Prasetya revealed that Indosat has been delivered 80,000 units of BlackBerry handhelds (25,000 of them are BlackBerry Bold) into the market so far.

iPhone 3G itself has sold nearly 5,000 units through Telkomsel, the country's biggest operator and sole iPhone 3G operator, just a month after its official launch in Indonesia. According to Telkomsel president director Sarwoto Atmosutarno, the company will fight to sell more iPhones this year.

Telkomsel, along with another operator Excelcom, also offers BlackBerry services.

Palm Inc grab back smartphone business from rivals.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palm Inc on Thursday said its upcoming Pre phone needs "more polishing" but that it was on track to start selling the high profit device in the first half of the year as it looks to grab back smartphone business from rivals.

The company gave the update while it reported a wider loss and revenue that fell 70 percent from a year ago, in line with its recent warning for a weak fiscal third quarter.

Its shares fell 4.7 percent after the report as some investors may have hoped for a specific launch date for Pre.

The Pre is seen as Palm's best hope to fight rivals such as Apple Inc and Research In Motion, which have hurt Palm's smartphone sales in recent years.

It said it is working hard to have Pre ready for a launch before the middle of the year at its exclusive U.S. carrier partner Sprint Nextel.

"There's no showstoppers," said Chief Executive Ed Colligan in a call with analysts. "We plan on delivering on the time frame we said we would."

Colligan also told analysts that he already uses Pre as his personal device every day and that it works well but just needs some polishing before it can go on sale. The company also said it has enough money to support the phone's launch.

Pre, which will be up against Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry, is based on a new software system known as webOS and has touchscreen controls.

Colligan told analysts that the company has a whole set of future products planned for the system.

He said some of these webOS devices could be simpler than Pre and some of them more advanced so that it can target different parts of the market.

"There's certainly opportunity for going down stream and taking functionality out and clearly there's things we can do going upscale" he said, adding that carrier customers that had seen its future product plans were impressed.

PRE TO HELP MARGINS

Once these new products are on sale the company said it aims to be able to report non-gaap gross profit margins of 30 percent plus, similar to margins it had seen in the past for its Treo smartphone line up.

Palm said its gross profit margin was 5 percent in the third quarter, ended Feb 27 and 20 percent in the second quarter.

In the current quarter it still expects to be hurt by price pressure on its legacy products and weak consumer demand due to the recession.

Palm's loss widened to $98 million, or 89 cents per share for the third quarter ended February 27, from a loss of $57 million or 53 cents per share in the year ago quarter.

Excluding items such as stock-based compensation its loss would have been 86 cents per share, roughly in line with estimates from two analysts contacted by Reuters.

Revenue fell to $90.6 million from $312.1 million, very slightly ahead of Palm's March 3 warning that revenue would be in a range of $85 million to $90 million.

However, it was still well below the $155 million average analyst estimate prior to the early March warning.

The company had warned of a bad quarter as the poor economy aggravated already weak demand for its older phones, and shipments of its new Treo Pro phone were delayed.

"The quarter looks very much like what they said," said Avian Securities analyst Matthew Thornton. "I've a tough time seeing how many people care about this quarter because the story is about the Pre and fiscal 2010."

Palm's shares fell about 4.7 percent to $7.35 in late trade after closing down another 4.7 percent in the regular Nasdaq session on Thursday.

(Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by Bernard Orr)