Dell Streak

Apple's Tablet PC iPad is not alone in the market. Besides Dell, Asus has now also with a Tablet Streak iPad competitors presented. Unlike other planned Tablet PCs, the price of the Dell Streak based on that of the Apple iPad. Dell tries the iPad not about the price, but with the technical equipment to compete. Whether the new Dell Tablet streak with his small 5-inch display and a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels at all is a real competitor to the iPad, may be doubted. The iPad has 9.7 inch diagonal screen is almost twice as large. In order to operate the two Tablet PC different needs and target groups.

Of the remaining specifications ago, the Dell Streak quite keeps up with the iPad. The processor also operates at 1 GHz. Bluetooth, WLAN and UMTS are also on board. In contrast to the iPad, there are even two cameras for video calls and for snapshots. The camera on the back of the Dell Streak dissolves with 5 megapixels, while the front video calling camera has only VGA quality. Even a GPS chip for navigation and location-based services is integrated. The internal memory of the Dell Streak, although only 2GB in size, but the owners can even expand the memory with microSD cards. A 16 GB card is included. From the factory, operating system Android 1.6 is installed on the Dell Streak's. The Dell Streak costs from 599 euros and you can select the colors of Carbon Black and Cherry Red. For the same money, we can buy Apple iPad with 32 GB of memory, but without UMTS and GPS.

Acer Android phones BeTouch E130 and BeTouch E120

For more choice in the range of reasonable Android smartphones provides Acer. The two new phones beTouch E120 and beTouch E130 are with their facilities and its affordable price will appeal to young buyers. With two new Android smartphones Acer wants to go to catch customers. The new models beTouch listen to the designation E120 and beTouch E130. As the name suggests, both phones are equipped with a touchscreen. The beTouch Acer E130 touch screen is combined with an additional full-size QWERTY keyboard. Nevertheless, the new smartphone is therefore in the candy bar format. Both phones camera comes with a resolution of 3.2 megapixels and a built-in flash. For fast data transfers, it has HSDPA and WLAN. An FM radio and a Bluetooth interface are also on board. A 1500 mAh battery should provide enough long standby and talk time.

The touch screen of the Acer is beTouch 120 2.8 inches tall, of the 130 beTouch measures 2.6 inches. Is equal to two smartphones, the resolution of 320 by 240 pixels. MicroSD cards can expand the internal memory of both phones upto 32 GB. Thanks to a 3.5 mm jack which can connect to both the beTouch E120 and beTouch E130 to the normal headphones. The equipment is complemented by an integrated GPS module, an accelerometer and a number of software tools, eg Facebook and Twitter. Both phones come with Android in version 1.6. Completely up-to-date is the software of the Acer beTouch E120 and the Acer beTouch E130 but it still does not work. The current Android version is 2.2. Prices start at around 200 euros for the beTouch E120. For beTouch Acer E130 requires around 230 euros.

Facebook Mobile

Facebook phone is coming soon? Supposedly working employees of the largest social network in the world on its own smartphone, which will be customized for the mobile use of Facebook. What can the Facebook, and on how it looks, but is still completely open. Facebook is currently developing the software for a smartphone that will be produced by another company. The strategy is very similar to Google's luck-less high-tech Nexus One. The first "Google Phone" was made by HTC, but carried the Google logo. What could be the manufacturer for the production of the Facebook mobile phones responsible has not said.

Nor is it clear whether the device is sold exclusively in Facebook label. Another previously unanswered question is whether Facebook created a completely new operating system or relies on an existing OS such as Android and it changed only a few. In contrast to the technical details after all, the staff is working for the development of Facebook mobile. But the assumption is that there will be, for the Facebook phone more of a starter device as a high-end smartphone. When and if the Facebook mobile is actually on the market is still wide open.

Nokia Touch Mobile C7 and C6

At the Nokia World in London, the mobile phone manufacturer has introduced two interesting smartphones from the middle class. Both new Nokia phones offer a range of facilities, are among the A-GPS, n-WLAN, UMTS with HSDPA and HSUPA, Bluetooth 3.0 and an 8 megapixel camera. 

Nokia C7, that manufacturer a price of 429 euros, which is in view of the variety of equipment, is a good price. For fast wireless Internet connections are standard for n-and UMTS with HSDPA (up to 10.2 Mbps downstream) and HSUPA (up to 2 Mbit / s upstream) is available. The 8-megapixel camera can be used for recording video in HD quality (720p) and has a dual LED photo light. The second camera for video telephony offers VGA resolution (640 by 480 pixels). Further connections to offer Bluetooth 3.0 and a micro-USB port with charging function. Some main features are it comes with USB On-The-Go cable and Ovi Maps software. The Nokia C7 is not only equipped with an RDS-enabled FM radio, but also has an FM transmitter. It therefore has its own small FM radio stations can be received with as music from the phone to your car radio. 8 GB internal memory does the Nokia C7 already and microSD cards, the memory can be up to 32 GB and slightly expand, not least favorable. The question is whether this target group enough of the 3.5 AMOLED touch screen with a resolution of only 640 by 360 pixels.

Largely the same features, the Nokia C6-01, which however has only a simple case without metal and glass. The screen measures just 3.2 inches in addition to the diagonal. However, here comes the new Displaytech "Clear Black" for use at the point make a polarized coating for better readability in the open. Other differences compared to the Nokia C6 and Nokia C7 is it’s weaker battery, its slightly larger dimensions of 103.8 times 52.5 times 13.9 mm and with 340 MB internal memory is much smaller. For this is a 2 GB microSD card included. The Nokia C6-01 will be sold for 349 euros and like the Nokia C7 will come this year on the market.