LG GENISIS

LG Genesis

LG, with US Cellular launched its new Genesis smart phone in May, 2011. The new phone features two, yes two touch screens, which had attracted a lot of users. The mobile also has a physical keyboard which gives the look of a miniature notebook. The phone is the smart phone version of its predecessor LG enV, as it has the same dual screen design. 

 

The keyboard is quite roomy, with QWERTY layout. Running on Android 2.2 version, equipped with 5-MP camera and with some great pre-installed apps, this phone is available in the market from May, 2011.

The new Genesis is pretty much like its predecessors, LG enV Touch but, Genesis is a bit larger. With the dimensions of 4.23 inches tall, 2.4 inches wide and 0.66 inches deep, the phone gives look of a solid smart phone. It is also the heftiest smart phone in market, weighing around 6 ounces. The reason of the bulkiness could be the added Keyboard.

There are two touch screens with the front one measuring 3.5 inches. The display is an ordinary 480x800 pixels TFT screen, which disappoints many, because it could not be considered to the super LCD o the Super AMOLED screens found with the other trendy smart phones. But it does not feel that bad, because of the 16 million colours support it has. The screen does get washed out in bright sunlight.

Favourably, even though the images and video are not that bright, but the touch screens are very responsive and the accelerometers are quick to detect the change in axis. There are four touch sense buttons on the screen for contacts, phone book, messages and web browser. Other then these four, there are four normal touch buttons as well that are not part of the screen. They are for the standard home, menu, search and back shortcuts. The spines of the phone’s body accommodate a range of buttons and ports. The 3.5mm jack for headset and the Micro-USB port are on the right, while the dedicated camera key, the volume control and the power button are on the left side. The 5-megapixel camera and the flash LED are at the back.

As mentioned before, the phone is quite hefty, and the reason for that are the QWERTY layout keyboard and the second (internal) screen. The screen could be opened up to 180 degrees. The internal screen is same as the external one, except that it smaller in size, i.e. 3.2 inches. The keyboard keys are quite large and spacious and it is easy to use the keyboard. There is a dedicated navigation control and android keys on either side of the keyboard.

The phone runs on Android 2.2 and has some nice widgets and application pre-installed. There are LG’s own Facebook and Twitter applications that make the social networking more fun. The 5-MP camera could be used as camcorder in QVGA mode. The phone has 1GHz Snapdragon processor by Qualcomm in its core and is powered by a 1500mAh battery that gives 150 minutes talk time.

If the drawbacks such as speed i.e. 3G, not 4G and the ordinary display, could be balanced with the extra screen and a roomy keyboard advantages, then this phone is quite a good buy for $149.99 per year.

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Hello Everyone....sorry for posting after so much time.....I know you all missed me and my posts......and I am joking ;)

Anyways, now I have decided to start doing some reviews on some smart phones and Laptops

I will start with a Laptop i.e Portege R835, anew medium ended laptop by Toshiba.....Have a look!

The New Portege 800

Last year, Toshiba launched its Protege 700 series which was considered as a best laptop of that year. This year Toshiba has launched it new Portege 800 series, which retains the dynamicity of the 13 inch Portege Laptops and comes with a few additional features, one of which that is most talked about is its powerful battery.

The portege 800 series laptops have almost the same body of the R700 series, with a few exceptions. The bluish metal alloy body looks elegant as ever, but the sides of the screen is overly chromed and gives a cheap feeling to laptop. The laptop is quite light 3.2 pounds, just like its counter parts in the same category but not as thin like MacBook Air or Samsung 9 series. The laptop reaches a maximum height of 1.1 inches and a minimum of 0.7 inches, hence, the light weight.

The keyboard has the famous trendy look of island keys that are widely spaced and gives a nice look. The keys are more rectangular in shape rather than being square, which would cause typing errors. This style for keys would be selected in such manner so that the size of touch pad could be increased and that is why we see a spacious touch pad and palm rest below the keyboard. The tactile buttons for left and right click are big as well. The keyboard is not backlit and it’s hard to find the keys because many keys are moved from their conventional location, especially Enter and the Right Shift key. As you can see below

The upper lid has the shiny screen with the resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. The viewing angles of the screen are a bit disappointing and so is the audio, which has always been a letdown in Portege laptops. The R800 series is equipped with Intel HD 3000 graphics accelerator, which cannot be considered as a dedicated graphics option, but it was able to play some of the games, like Unreal Tournament 3, at a fair enough speed.

The laptop has a current generation Core-i processor in it and has a very nice 4 GB of memory that could be increased to 8 GB max. The hard disk is of 640GB with 5400 rpm. This combination enables a user to do multitasking without any hiccup. The R835 performed so well that it out mastered Samsung 9 series and the irony is that one could by two Portege laptops in the price of one Samsung 9. The laptop has quite a few notable expansion ports as USB 3.0 port, HDMI pat. The Laptop’s battery is the biggest pros, with 7 hours video playback support, the battery performance has stunned many critics till now.      

The new Toshiba Portege R835 is a new 13 inch category laptop that could be used as an alternative to MacBook Pro. The machine is equipped with a second generation Intel Core-i processor and has a very powerful battery, but has a few down sides, such as missing Bluetooth and mobile hot Spot support. But, overall it could be considered as a pretty nice buy within an $800 budget.

Pictures Courtesy of cnet reviews 

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