Sony Ericsson’s Greenheart program is more than just an internal standard; it is a very important ideal that many other companies should learn from. Greenheart is not the only eco-friendly standard that the company is implementing. Sony Ericsson has a very strong stand regarding proper use of energy, eliminating unwanted substances in the manufacturing of products and to achieve sustainability in aspects that many other companies ignore.
The Greenheart series is among the fruits of this noble endeavor. The Sony Ericsson Elm is the going to be the first Greenheart device for 2010. This candy bar phone may initially not seem like much; but it has some pretty impressive features, it looks rely good and most of all, the device is environmentally friendly.

Overview of Device Features

Sony Ericsson’s biggest success with the Elm is that fact that it combines green engineering with excellent features. After all, when you have a mobile phone made out of recycled plastic and controlled materials, you would think that there is a little compromise in functionality when in fact; this phone has everything you would need. Connectivity is handled by the integrated email and Facebook applications, giving you a chance to choose between work and play depending on what you need. The device also has media playback capabilities for both videos and music, keeping you entertained throughout the day. For voice calls, the new noise shield system promises to filter out all the background noise so that you never have to shout when you are in a busy place.

Other Features

One of the best features of the Elm is that you can customize the widgets that appear in your standby screen. This means you get to save a lot of time by having the phone display only the information you need at a glance. No need to press any buttons just to see that there is nothing new for you to check. Thanks to the widget manager, placing in your Facebook, Twitter and MySpace accounts for instant access is quick and easy.

Speaking of easy, you can take images, geo-tag them and easily upload the files to your social networking accounts. Thanks to the Elm’s built in GPS capabilities; you can geo-tag your photos and of course find you away around new places.

Camera Features

If you love taking images for either personal use or sharing with friends, you will enjoy the camera features on the Sony Ericsson Elm; the phone comes with both auto focus and flash allowing you to get excellent quality photos regardless of background detail or bad lighting conditions.

The camera also gives users a face and smile detection, making that perfect portrait shot a lot easier to do. Once you have taken the images you need, you can geo-tag the files (thanks to the phone’s built in GPS hardware) and send the images straight to the web for instant uploading and sharing with your friends. You can send the images to your Facebook account, your website or even your online blog site.

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Original article by Simon Drew published on amazines.com

The Samsung M2510 is a simple music phone that brings entertainment through music at a very reasonable cost. Since most GSM devices tend to be quite low on the functionality scale, it is impressive how much detail Samsung has put in into making sure that at least this phone can play music nicely. In general, most GSM devices do play music (just pop in a micro SD card, a 3.5mm audio jack and you’re ready to go), but the quality of audio output is not refined. The M2510’s music output is greatly enhanced by the use of DNSe –giving it a sound quality that goes on par with the better Sony Ericsson Walkman phones.
Size, Screen, Sound

The phone is only 99.5 x 46.5 x 15.7 mm, pretty average for a GSM device, but at least this slider packs in a few extra features to make up for the size. And yes, this is a slider phone, so that 15.7mm is pretty much understandable. The weight of the device is 90.5 grams, one of the lightest of the newer phones being released lately. Carrying this phone around or finding storage for it will not be hard as it can easily be placed inside a pocket or a bag without getting in the way. The slide form is very nice to look at too, and Samsung gives a choice of colors: blue and black.

Display-wise, this phone does not deliver much either. But that is what one would naturally come to expect from a GSM device with a 2.2 inch screen. The resolution is 176 x 220 pixels, delivering just enough horizontal lines to make the fonts easy to read. The screen is good for reading messages and checking the music player, as well as playing smaller res 3GP and MP4 files. The 256 thousand color capacity allows users to view image files nicely. Overall, it does what it is supposed to do; delivering users with an efficient screen fit for navigating the phone’s interface and music features.

Speaking of music features, that is where the M2510 shines best. It supports music playback for MP3, eAAC+ and WMA audio files (no OGG, which is a shame). The quality of audio is greatly enhanced by Samsung’s use of the Digital Natural Sound engine (DNSe). This technology help increase audio quality by eliminating most of the noise.

The Phone Camera

One feature that this phone is not to do without is the built in camera. The M2510 has a 1.5 mega pixel camera for taking photos and videos. The video quality has yet to be seen but we can expect it to encode in 3GP format. Images have a max resolution of 1280 x 1024, but this may be decreased as needed.

Power Consumption

The battery life of the Samsung M2510 is not as long as that of other devices. The 800 mAh battery capacity is considered low these days (with most devices having batteries that are well over 1000 mAh). Still, on a full charge, you can expect to have your phone operational for a full 360 hours on standby. Talk time can reach up to 8 hours of continuous GSM network access.

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Original article by Simon Drew posted on amazines.com

The Apple iPhone is in hot demand and it’s one of many reasons it is believed that Bell and Telus invested in their new network.  A side benefit, of course, is that it is now possible for the rest of us Canadians to use compatible unlocked phones.

More good news: there are many more compatible handsets to choose from today than ever before!  Besides the Apple iPhone, you can also use handsets from:

• Research In Motion (BlackBerry)
• LG
• Motorola
• Nokia
• Samsung
• HTC
• BenQ
• Sony Ericsson
• and more…

Older GSM-only phones will not work on the network but newer (since about 20o6) “dual-mode” GSM/HSPA or GSM/UMTS handsets may be compatible – check with Bell or Telus before buying to make sure.

Blogger Trusted Creation has done a  wonderful job of documenting specific Bell/Telus compatible phone models for everyone. Check out the complete list here.

With Bell and Telus having launched their new 3G network, there’s a new interest in getting unlocked cell phones in Canada.

If you’re not familiar with the term ‘unlocked,’ here’s the short version: when you purchase a cell phone in Canada, it is usually programmed to only work with the provider you bought it from.  Why? Wireless providers in Canada and the USA typically use what’s called the “razors and blades” business model (named after the strategy employed by Gillette) where they will discount or subsidize the cost of a mobile handset (the razor) in order to attract customers who pay for recurring subscriptions (the blades).  “Locking” a handset to a particular service ensures that customers will use the carrier’s services for the near future, or at least as long as a contract or “service agreement” is in place.

Unlocked handsets enable consumers and business subscribers to take their phone from provider to provider while avoiding lengthy contracts and potentially devestating early termination fees.

Original article by Eti Sharma, republished with permission of Amazines.com

A camera phone is likely to become a need of today and many mobile phone manufacturers are adding new functionality and desirability to the camera phones available all the time. Camera phone features vary considerably and it is becoming quite harder to select the right camera phone for your requirements. Let’s take two mobile phones of the biggest mobile phone manufacturers and analyze them: -

Camera: -

Nokia N86 contains many blasting camera features. It is incorporated with amazing 8 MP camera complete with a dual LED flash, Carl Zeiss Optics Tessar™ Lens, CMOS sensor, photo editor, 20 times zoom function, auto focus complete with an assist light & two stage capture function & has an 20 x digital zoom.But then i8510 is also comprised with 8 mega pixels camera which comes with highest quality imaging features such as: Auto Focus, Flash, Panorama Shot, Video Recorder, Video Player (MP4, WMV, DivX, H263 & H264), Second Camera, 3G Video Calling etc.

Other features: -

Looks & Display

If we will talk about the looks then Samsung wins over the Nokia N86. Innova8 comes with 2.8 inches TFT display with 320 x 240 pixels resolution and it weighs 140 grams while N86 features 2.6 inches QVGA screen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels & weighing 149 grams.

Music & Connectivity

Both the phones are having Music player and FM radio with RDS as well as they are also having same connectivity features including 3G HSDPA, Bluetooth®, Micro USB, EDGE, GPRS and WLAN Wi-Fi.

Memory & Browser

Nokia N86 is powered by 8GB embedded memory plus up to 16 GB of MicroSD memory card supports. On the other hand Samsung Innov8 comes with 8 & 16 GB Internal memory and can be expanded up to 16GB with a MicroSD card. Also it has 128mb Ram. Both of these are providing Symbian 9.3 operating system complete with S60 software. But Nokia N86 is having little more internet features such as WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, and RSS reader, WML while innova8 is having WAP 2.0/XHTML & HTML service.

Original article by Guna Seelan, republished with permission of Amazines.com

In today’s scenario, the significance of recycling is on a high rise. This is because more and more people have started realizing the cause of great concern that earth is getting depleted from its natural resources. So, it is imperative to adopt recycling methods so as to sustain a healthy balance in the ecological system. As the natural resources are being utilized at a whopping high rate, they reinforce the cognizance of recycling in a big way so that they provide the factor reusability. Recycling is all about the process of making the used materials suitable for further use. It is said that recycling is a significant way to make positive changes in environmental issues as it saves the wastage of natural resources in a big way.
Recycling plays a prominent role in saving our environment from hazards of harmful chemicals as well as greenhouses gases which are released from wastes in the sites of landfill. This process basically helps in reducing the pollution caused by these hazardous chemicals in a considerable way.

Recycling also helps substantially in calling off the effects caused by deforestation in the form of global warming and habitat destruction. Recycling reduces the demand of raw materials and as a result rainforests can be preserved for future use.

Energy gets conserved due to recycling which usually get wasted while making final products from raw materials. This can help largely in saving natural resources which are non renewable in nature.

Recycling also helps in saving a lot of space that usually gets wasted while making landfills for waste. Also, we can conserve natural resources for our future generations. So, get into the habit of recycling things so that they can be reused and therefore, a lot of energy and money can be saved.

Original article by md operations, republished with permission of Amazines.com

Tech lovers and mobile gadget geeks can now realize their dreams of a magical phone that blows away the boredom of using smartphones. Enter HTC’s 3rd iteration into its Android mobile phone – the HTC Hero. It’s the smartphone hero everyone is waiting for – exactly the kind that can rescue the bored masses from using any other smart phone.
Starting with its design, the HTC Hero stands above its Dream and Magic predecessors with a sleeker more sexy touch screen form. It is the first mobile smartphone featuring HTC Sense, packing a host of powerful features and application over previous Android-based mobile phones. Unique features

One remarkably noticeable feature is its slim form using Teflon coating that makes it stand out in a pack of smartphones with similar form factors. The HTC Hero uses a trackball for controlling much of the functions.

It’s the first HTC smartphone to offer Sense – the company’s customization initiative of the Android OS that enables stunning UI visuals, navigation and impressive application features. The feature allows HTC Hero owners a new level of handset personalization well above any in the smartphone market. Sense enables profile settings that are unique in the industry, allowing users to really define their mobiles phones uniquely “their phone.”

It likewise features support for Flash animation and videos, as well as multi-touch internet browsing. Managing the usual phone information such as contacts takes the boredom from the typical controls and becomes an intuitive console seamlessly integrating text messaging, email, calls, social networking and other functions. Hero’s mp3 playing experience is an immense improvement over that from your typical mobile players with the use of widgets right from the home screen. Moreover, HTC support the audio industry standards with the use of 3.5mm audio jacks, unlike other leading mobile phones using proprietary termination that keeps users away from high fidelity earphones. Standard features

Reading the spec sheet on the HTC Hero at first glance does really impress as much of the technical features are at par with those of high end smartphones. But high end it still is. You get a large display form factor using capacitive touch screen with HVGA resolution similar to what’s out there. No physical keyboard but the onscreen one is among the most response in the market, using haptics to let you know as if you’re actually typing.

Quad band/GSM/GPRS/EDGE comes in standard. The 5-megapixel camera has auto focus. Its multimedia function supports virtually all the audio and video codecs known to man. Battery life is as good as any. Bottom-line, the HTC Hero leverages the features that have made smartphones popular. And with HTC’s innovative touch, it brings smartphones to a new level of functionality and appeal.

You can find the latest HTC Hero deals on the web at HTC Hero deals. They offer a complete review as well as HTC Hero videos so that you can see whether or not this is the phone for you. Why not pay them a visit today for more information.