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LG GW520 review

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Introduction

QWERTY is how the Cookie crumbles and LG are quite keen to build on a winning concept. And they sure didn’t work themselves to the bone. When you’ve got a Best Handset Award nominee (LG KS360) and a midrange bestseller (LG KP500), all you need to do is add two and two together. Simple math for a simple gadget: the LG GW520 is a basic touchscreen with a distinct Cookie feel, full QWERTY keyboard and social networking on its mind. Sounds right for keeping the younger crowd interested.
 
Some of you might know it as the LG Calisto. Never mind the name, it’s the same cute little fella we’re about to review in a sec. What makes it so interesting is not only the competitive price and decent feature set. We’re also curious to find how the blend of KS360 and Cookie works. It’s not about which one gets credit as the real predecessor, it’s what the offspring can do for you.
 
The LG GW520 is pretty much a Cookie with a real friendly QWERTY keyboard and fast data. The touchscreen size is the only downgrade so to say, but the full keyboard, 7.2 mbps HSDPA, push email and notifications and enhanced Widget UI are well worth the trade-off. Well, Cookie seems to rhyme quite well with QWERTY so far, now let’s see how long it’ll go.

Key features:

  • 2.8" 256K-color TFT touchscreen (240 x 400 pixels)
  • Friendly four-row slide-out QWERTY keyboard
  • Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G (with HSDPA) support
  • 3 megapixel fixed focus camera
  • Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
  • 40MB internal memory
  • Hot-swappable microSD card slot (supporting card with capacity of up to 16GB)
  • Standard microUSB port and Mass Storage mode
  • Accelerometer for auto screen rotate
  • FM radio with RDS
  • Pepped-up Widget interface with Live Square
  • Push email and Facebook applications and widgets
  • Multi-tasking with a real task manager
  • Excellent touch optimized image gallery
  • Smart dialing
  • Office document viewer
  • Affordable and easy to use touchscreen phone

Main disadvantages:

  • No Wi-Fi
  • Video recording no good at QVGA@12fps
  • Camera has no auto focus or flash
  • No DivX/Xvid video support
  • No standard 3.5mm audio jack
  • Facebook is the only social networking app and it lacks Push
Wi-Fi support would have gained the GW520 lots of extra points against the competition. But then, that would’ve involved so much smartphone pressure, which the GW520 is definitely not prepared to handle. In a way, the handset can be construed as a Cookie upgrade and a response to Samsung’s deployment in the touchscreen midrange. Affordability is key after all, and the LG GW520 is well-geared to run against the likes of Samsung Preston and Star.
 
The other things sacrificed to keep the price within acceptable limits are the camera autofocus and GPS. The latter isn’t such a big deal for a feature phone, but autofocus should be a must for a contemporary mobile phone in this class. It seems to us DivX/XviD support isn’t too much to ask either: it’s absolutely relevant to the target audience and LG have the technology anyway.
It may look like you pretty much know what to expect from the LG GW520 (or the QWERTY-enabled Cookie, which we’re so keen to call it). But it won’t be fair to judge the phone before we’ve seen it in action. Join us after this very small jump as we explore the looks and feel of this neat QWERTY slider.
 

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Samsung S3650 Corby review

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Introduction

Like every maker out there, Samsung are keen to keep users coming back for more. But serving, inspiring and entertaining today's crowd is not enough it seems. So the next step is raising future Samsung users. The S3650 Corby is tech-savvy and fresh - just like its target audience. And this entry level touchscreen seems to quite nicely suit both the user's liking and bill-payer's budget.
 
The S3650 Corby is for youngsters that are keen on technology, for active social networkers, for those who like to personalize and customize. The budget price implies no fancy stuff but the wide range of features is absolutely relevant to the target audience.
 
Samsung S3650 Corby is a very fresh looking handset too - distinct shape and bold paintjobs. It won't really make much sense in adult hands but the Fashion Jackets - bright-colored interchangeable rear covers - are perhaps as strong a selling point as the capacitive touchscreen. There're two extra Jackets in the retail box to make the time spent with the S3650 Corby even more personal experience.
On the social side, the Samsung S3650 Corby offers Facebook, MySpace and Twitter integration, while photo and video sharing are taken care of with direct uploads to YouTube, Flickr, Picasa and Photobucket. You can update your status on the various social networking sites and receive updates from your friends via a neat pop-up notification feature. All that is a tap away on the 2.8" capacitive touchscreen.
 

Key features

  • Quad-band GSM/EDGE
  • 2.8" capacitive TFT touchscreen of QVGA resolution
  • 90 MB onboard storage, microSD card slot (up to 8GB)
  • 2 megapixel fixed-focus camera with smile detection, QVGA@15fps video recording
  • FM radio with RDS
  • Find Music recognition service
  • TouchWiz and Cartoon UI
  • Social networking integration with direct file uploads
  • Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB v.2.0
  • Office document viewer
  • Smart unlock
  • Interchangeable rear covers (Fashion Jackets), ships with two extra panels
  • Relatively low price for a full touch phone (around 150 euro)

Main disadvantages

  • No 3G
  • The camera has no autofocus or flash
  • No accelerometer for screen auto rotation
  • No on-screen QWERTY keyboard
  • Proprietary connectivity port
  • No smart dialing
  • microSD slot under the battery cover
Budget and low end can be easily mixed up with the Corby. But along with the features mentioned above, the basic handset has a lot of the technology used in the more expensive Samsung Jet. The S3650 Corby supports the same finger zoom feature, it has smart unlock and runs the widget-based TouchWiz user interface - not to mention the nice Samsung's home-brew web browser.
 
The S3650 Corby is by no means different than the latest crop of low and midrange Samsung touchscreens but its distinct styling and targeting sure make it worth a peek. Hit the jump for more cool photos and a 3D spin. We then proceed with handling and ergonomics.

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Samsung S7550 Blue Earth review

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Introduction

A blue earth it is. We mean there's no need to tell you our home planet is not quite in the pink. So, before you go on reading, you might want to turn off the lights and the telly, and go pick up a wind turbine and a bunch of solar panels at the local DIY. Forget where you put the car keys? Good, get the bike. Samsung says thanks.
 
OK, now seriously. Maybe it's good to know you're not the only one using recycled paper, composting your garbage and flushing the toilet responsibly. Samsung are perhaps really trying to encourage the effort. The S7550 Blue Earth is a gadget that gives much credence to the likely growth of eco-friendly products and technology.
 
The Samsung Blue Earth is a solar powered, eco-friendly phone that promotes green thinking. It's made of recycled water bottles, has an ultra low standby power DC charger and comes in a reusable box made of recycled paper. The first solar-powered touchscreen has a special "eco mode" to use the display in an energy efficient manner. The accelerometer-based step counter has a new spin to it too. It calculates how much CO2 would have been released if you drove instead of walked.
Another quite appropriate feature is the Eco Day list in the calendar, which gives you all the environment-related dates celebrated around the world. Without the Samsung Blue Earth we'd still be ignorant enough not to know what day is today. OK, not in that sense, but we honestly had no idea that September 16th is the World Ozone Day. So, take a deep breath, congratulate us on our timing and get ready for the Samsung S7550 Blue Earth.
 

Key features

  • Solar panel for battery charging
  • GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, GPRS/EDGE class 10, UMTS 2100
  • Commendable build quality
  • 3" capacitive TFT touchscreen, WQVGA resolution (240 x 400 pixels)
  • 180MB onboard storage, microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
  • Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS support
  • 3 megapixel fixed focus camera with geo-tagging and QVGA @ 30fps video recording
  • Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB v.2.0
  • Document viewer
  • Exchange ActiveSync support
  • Smart unlock
  • Accelerometer sensor
  • FM radio with RDS
  • Music recognition service
  • 1080 mAh battery

Main disadvantages

  • No HSDPA
  • Could've been slightly thinner
  • The screen is poorly visible in the sun
  • 3 MP fixed focus camera is outdated
  • Grip and handling compromised by the solar panel
The solar panel is enough of a rarity in mobile phones. The Blue Earth is only the second mass production handset to have it, next to another Samsung phone - the entry level E1107 Crest Solar. Samsung E200 ECO in turn, was the company's first device made of environmentally-friendly materials. Eco-friendly telephony is not exclusive Samsung territory though. The Sony Ericsson GreenHeart program, as well as phones like Motorola W233 Renew and Nokia 3110 Evolve, show that major manufacturers are willing to at least explore this market niche.
Yet, the Samsung Blue Earth does look like the most complete and focused product to date. The eco-friendly concept was so far tested on rather marginal handsets - a straight-up remake like the Sony Ericsson C901 GreenHeart or downright basic phones. The Samsung Blue Earth tries to be different and we don't mean the relevant applications and the solar panel only. It's a fully featured phone and a touchscreen at that. That it was made with care for the environment doesn't mean they didn't care about the specs. The S7550 is a midrange phone which has more to offer than some of the recent Samsung bestsellers in the touchscreen category (take the S5230 Star for example). On top of the capacitive screen and TouchWiz, you get 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS and rich media.
Not the least, the Samsung S7550 Blue Earth is committed to its cause and you know that before you even take it out of the box. The retail package is enough of a green statement itself.
 

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Ufone Quiz Whiz

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Ufone Quiz Whiz
Never had a chance to play reward based quizzes??? Here is your chance to participate in an SMS quiz where rewards will be given on answering correctly. So what are you waiting for…Simply SMS ‘Game’ to 404 & challenge your IQ!!


You will have to answer a total of 15 questions, after every 5 questions, you will be rewarded.
Each question will have 3 answers from which you will have to choose one correct answer.
To help you through the game, you will also be given 3 life lines to help answer the questions.
When a question is received, you will have 5 minutes to answer it. After 5 minutes the session will expire and you will have to start over again.


How to Play - Instructions:

To start playing, simply SMS ‘Game’ to 404
Answers 5 questions correctly and win Daily SMS Buckets
Answers 10 questions correctly and win SMS Buckets fortnightly
Answers 15 questions correctly and win a subscription to Phone Book Saver
You will have 5 minutes to answer each question
Reply with ‘L’ for Life Lines
Each life line can be used only once
Life Lines are:

Ask the Audience- Results displayed in percentage
50/50-Erases 1 option
Let Us Guess-We guess the answer



Pricing:
Each SMS to 404 is charged at Rs. 2+Tax.

Terms and Conditions:
You have 5 minutes to answer each question.
This game is only for Ufone Prepaid subscribers.

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Cheif Justice of Pakistan suo motu notice of Govt. plan to sell PTCL assets

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ISLAMABAD : Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday took


suo motu notice of government's plan to sell valuable assets of PTCL to Etisalat at "throw-away" prices. Chaudhry Muhammad Rashid, a resident of Rawalpindi, has filed an application, stating that Privatisation Commission has issued a declaration in which it is said that agreements were expected between Etisalat, Punjab and Sindh governments for the transfer of PTCL land in the name of Etisalat.

It has been argued that the PTCL has Satellite Earth Station, Telephone Exchange and Staff Colonies at Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad and machinery the value of which should have been assessed first. The Chief Justice has asked Privatisation Commission of Pakistan to file comments on the application for his perusal and further orders.

The CJ also took suo motu notice of an application filed by a Chowkidar in Education Department of District Sanghar. The petitioner has stated that his duty hours from 01:00 pm to 08:00 am (nineteen hours) but he is receiving a monthly salary of Rs 3643/ only, and also not availing the holidays and days-off on Sundays.

Muhammad Ramzan, a resident of District Sanghar, has prayed that his salary may be increased minimum to Rs 9000 per month. The Chief Justice has directed the Secretary Education Sindh to explain within two weeks as to why minimum salary is not being paid to the applicant.

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9.151 billion net profit earned by PTCL

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Staff Report KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) earned Rs 9.151 billion net profit for the year


ended June 30, 2009 against Rs 2.824 billion in the last year.

The financial results of the company announced at Karachi Stock Exchange on Tuesday showed that earnings per share also jumped to Rs 1.79 in the year under review against Rs 0.55 in the last year.

Although company posted phenomenal profit compared to previous year, it was majorly due to diluted impact of Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) compared to previous year when it was at a cost of Rs 23.937 billion to the company. In the year under review, the amount on account of VSS amounted to just Rs 92 million.

If the impact of VSS is excluded from the previous year earnings, the net profit would show negative growth this year compared to last one because of fall in the total revenue which dropped to Rs 59.239 billion over Rs 66.336 billion recorded in the last year. The loss in revenue was caused by slowdown in retail segment of fixed line.

The cost of services remained almost flat whereas the financing cost increased during the year.

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Telenor Pakistan has become the country's first telco to have completed a Universal Service Fund (USF) project

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ISLAMABAD: 28th September 2009. Telenor Pakistan has become the country's first telco to have completed a Universal Service Fund project -- and that too before time. To celebrate the achievement, Chief Technical Officer Telenor Pakistan Khalid Shehzad and CEO Universal Service Fund Company Parvez Iftikhar jointly inaugurated a BTS (Base Transceiver Station) cell site in district Bahawalpur's Cholistan desert last week. This cell site is one of the total 39 sites of USF Bahawalpur project that have been set up for this communication deprived area. USF promotes the development of telecom services in un-served and under-served areas throughout the length and breadth of the country. The fund consists of contributions (1.5% of adjusted revenues) by the Telecom Operators with no government funding involved.

The Bahawalpur Cholistan District BTS cell sites set up by Telenor Pakistan will bring coverage to the remotest areas of Cholistan desert and a previously un-served population of 242,000, over an area of 20,000 sq kms. The Bahawalpur Lot covers 22% of the area and 11% of the total estimated population of Punjab Province and includes Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan Districts.

Commenting on the timely completion of the USF project, Chief Technical Officer Khalid Shehzad said, “It is our pleasure to provide deep and wide reach to un-served and under-served areas such as the Cholistan desert. We are pleased with our progress and are hoping to complete all our future projects with the same levels of effectiveness. We believe that such projects are significant in terms of increasing service penetration in the rural areas.”

Universal Services Fund’s CEO, Parvez Iftikhar, while congratulating Telenor Pakistan on the successful completion of the project, said, “USF is going to continue bringing significant advances towards enhancement of telecom services, both in rural as well as urban areas of the country. The completion of the Bahawalpur project is an important step towards the fair and effective utilization of the fund. We are also encouraging our contractors to go for Alternative Energy Solutions and are pleased to know that Telenor Pakistan is taking the initiative in this regard.”
This is the first time a cellular operator has delivered a USF project even before the assigned period of twelve months. Universal Service Fund and Telenor Pakistan entered in the contract to provide basic telephony and data services in un-served areas of Bahawalpur on September 22, 2008. Telenor further plans to energize 19 sites in this Project with solar energy hence pioneering Green Energies in telecommunication sector on mass scale.

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Nokia E55 Review

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Introduction

Sometimes, a phone is nearly perfect, except for that one small thing you want to change. If you felt that way about Nokia E52, the E55 claims to have the answer. Don't get us wrong - the E52 has killer looks and specs. And the E55… well, like we told you, it's the same phone save for that one little thing.
 
If QWERTY keyboards are for heavy texters where does half-QWERTY fit? Some would say it's the same target but different goal. You know, like heavy texting is a bad habit and half-QWERTY is the therapy. Now, now, no need to be too smart. But does it really make typing faster or slower, and how hard it is to learn the new layout? We ran a test to find out.
But more on that later. Thanks to the excellent connectivity options and Office editing out of the box, the E55 keeps your office at arm's length - whether you're out to lunch or out of town. Emails, presentations, spreadsheets, memos - you can bring all that everywhere you go. But hey, we're not saying you should. Thanks to Modes, switching between Business and Personal homescreens makes sure you don't have to bring work home.
Texting and email go without saying, but the Nokia E55 is one of the best-equipped Symbian devices around. Here's the rundown:
 

Key features

  • Compact metallic body and extra slim girth (9.9mm)
  • Quad-band GSM support
  • 3G with HSDPA 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA 2 Mbps
  • half-QWERTY keyboard
  • 2.4" 16M-color display of QVGA resolution
  • Symbian OS, S60 UI with FP2
  • 600 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB RAM
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology, DLNA support
  • Built-in GPS receiver, A-GPS support, digital compass
  • Accelerometer for screen auto-rotation and turn-to-mute
  • One-touch shortcut keys mean "business"
  • 3 megapixel enhanced fixed focus camera with LED flash
  • Secondary videocall camera
  • 60 MB of internal memory, microSD expansion, ships with a 2GB card
  • microUSB v2.0
  • Standard 3.5mm audio jack
  • Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
  • FM radio with RDS
  • Class-leading audio output quality
  • N-Gage gaming support
  • Ovi Maps preinstalled with trial turn-by-turn navigation license (10 x 1 days, to be used within 3 months) and lifetime City Explorer license
  • User-friendly Mode Switch for swapping two homescreen setups
  • Office document editor (with free MS Office 2007 update)
  • Remote lock/wipe over-the-air
  • Comfortable keypad
  • Smart dialing
  • Great battery life

Main disadvantages

  • Disappointing camera features and performance
  • Video recording maxes out at VGA@15fps
  • No DivX or XviD support (can be installed, possibly requiring a purchase)
  • No TV-out functionality
  • Keyboard takes some time getting used to (not too long though)
The Nokia E55 has something of a split personality. The business features are complete but wait till you see what it offers for recreation. N-Gage support gives you access to a host of games, the audio quality is up there with dedicated music players and the huge battery won't run out of juice until after hours of games and music.
The weekend getaway is also covered - just punch in your destination into Nokia Maps, and the E55 will take you there. It'll even suggest a list of local attractions.
Head to the next page where we open the box and share our experience with the Nokia E55 and its keyboard.

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