Sony unveils Xperia E1 and T2 Ultra smartphones

On Tuesday Sony has announced the launch of Xperia E1, and Xperia T2 Ultra smartphones.

"In Xperia E1 Sony combines the best of Sony's audio technologies with a premium exquisite design and great hardware to create a smartphone for the people who wants to express themselves out loud," said Calum MacDougall, Director of Xperia marketing at Sony Mobile Communications.

Now lets talk about  Experia E1 which is an android phone supports a 4 inch WVGA (800 x 480) display. This device is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual core processor with 512 MB RAM and 4GB storage.

This device comes with marvellous features such as walkman TM key, shake to shuffle and hardware controls for easy music control, fast data speeds with Cat 14 HSPA+. The new phone is available in white, black and purple colours.

Apart from this, Xperia T2 Ultra has 6 inch HD display (720p). It has 13 megapixel camera. Additionally, the device has 1.1 Mp front facing camera. The Sony Xperia T2 Ultra is built on Snapdragon Quad-core 1.4 GHz processor with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of on board storage. And a Micro SD slot expandable up to 32GB. This device is powered by a huge 3000 mAh embedded battery. It runs on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

The latest Sony smartphone will come in two variants--the single SIM T2 Ultra and the dual-SIM T2 Ultra dual.

However, the company has not announced the price of the new phones.

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Nokia X5 Arrives in India; Priced at Rs. 10,499

After Five months its unveiling, the Nokia X5 is finally out now . The X5 slider phone looks like a cross between a Nokia E series smartphone and an XpressMusic handset. Nokia X5 is on sale for Rs. 10,499.

It supports a 5 megapixel camera with LED Flash, 2.36 inch QVGA display and a slide out QWERTY keypad. With an internal memory of 200 MB and bundled 2 GB microSD memory card.

The phone supports dedicated music keys, and comes with a year's worth of unlimited music from Ovi Music. Nokia X5 music oriented features include a built in 'Surprise me!' option that plays random tracks when the phone is spun around. 'Playlist DJ' feature allows playlist creation tools. When music is not playing, you can shake the phone to see the number of new SMSes in the Inbox.

It runs the same Symbian Series 60 OS found on the E-series smartphones, which gives access to slew of social networking services. Connectivity options include Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and USB 2.0. Nokia X5's battery is claimed to last 16-days on standby and gives 24 hours of music playback.

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Garmin-Asus launches A10 Smartphone

Garmin-Asus has launched the Garmin-Asus A10 in the Indian market. The A10 is powered by the Android 2.1 OS, using a 3.2-inch capacitive screen capable of multi-touch. Other features are pretty much standard smartphone fare with 5 megapixel auto-focus camera, 4GB storage in addition to 512MB of RAM and 512MB of ROM for storing often accessed files. A 1500mAh battery is claimed to deliver a long battery life.

It features Garmin's proprietary car and pedestrian navigation technology, making it easy to navigate the city and utilize the built-in Point of Interest (POI) database to scope out movie show times, public transport information, shops and establishments, in addition to real-time information on weather, gas prices, and parking lot availability among other things. These services are integrated into A10's customised "click and go" function.

The navigation aspect is foolproof because the smartphone comes preinstalled with requisite maps, so users don't have to put up with the time and money spend downloading the same from third-party sources. Although, with the municipal corporations reformatting our topography with an alarming regularity, one can only hope the maps are up to date. The phone will retail in major metros at Rs 18,990.

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