Q. I want a phone were i can listen to music, play games, text easy, and have great service. I just don't know if I should go with the Droid X2 with 3G or to go 4G and pay the extra money.
A. The wait is finally over for Verizon Wireless's first 4G LTE smartphone! Say hello to the HTC Thunderbolt, which will be taking advantage of the company's new 4G LTE network. After reviewing AT&T's Inspire 4G, which is cut from nearly the same cloth, it was apparent that Verizon customers were the lucky ones based on the Thunderbolt's overall package. Not only does it connect to Verizon's new 4G LTE network, but the phone actually offered some significantly advanced features when compared to its AT&T cousin. Competing smartphones should be sweating copiously with the release of this phone, which offers 40GB of storage out of the box, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera with skype video chat on the rise, kickstand, and access to the burgeoning Android Market. It's not the most groundbreaking device on the planet, but we found it to rank amongst the top smartphones in its time. Join us on our hunt for the storm as we chase the HTC Thunderbolt (specs) throughout the InfoSync labs.
Design
From a head-on perspective, the Thunderbolt is almost identical to the HTC Inspire 4G. We're assaulted by a sizable 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen display and a panel of haptic feedback buttons: Home, Menu, Back, and Search. Just like the Inspire 4G, the phone's screen was highly sensitive and offered an impressive graphics spread. However, the Thunderbolt strays from the Inspire by embedding a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera next to the handset speaker. At some point, users will be able to take advantage of video calling via skype, but that wasn't available to us just yet. To compliment the front-facing camera, the phone is equipped with an 8-megapixel primary camera on the back with 720p HD video recording capability and a dual LED flash.
Aside from the front-facing camera, the phone is a memory machine compared to the Inspire 4G. Out of the box, we get a whopping 32GB MicroSD card and 8GB of internal storage, bringing the total to 40GB from the starting line! The HTC Inspire 4G has 4GB of internal space and an 8GB MicroSD card, offering a net of 12GB out of the box. For the multimedia junkie, the Thunderbolt packs in one of the largest storage capacities in its class. Unfortunately, accessing the MicroSD card means removing the batteryâsomething we didn't have to accomplish on the Inspire 4G, thanks to its separate compartments. Therefore, we found it was best to connect the phone to a computer via the included USB cable for drag-and-drop action.Lastly, you'll notice that the phone has a kickstand for propping the phone up while watching movies and playing certain games. Not only that, but we truly dig the phone's style, flaunting a gunmetal gray and matte black color combination with stainless metal kickstand running across like a belt. It also offers the standard architectural fanfare, including a 3.5mm audio jack, volume control rocker, open USB terminal, and Power/Lock switch. Portability wise, the phone is slightly thicker than the Inspire 4G, but we prefer its looks over its AT&T cousin any day.
Software and Interface
The phone is equipped with a 1GHz Snapdragon MSM8655 chipset with the Adreno 205 GPU for improved graphics and video hardware acceleration, which is the same configuration found in the Inspire 4G. More common traits consist of the Thunderbolt's Android 2.2 OS with the latest iteration of HTC Sense. It's worth noting that the phone will receive an Android 2.3 upgrade within the near future, an OS tweak that we praised on the Nexus S. Let's just say the Thunderbolt was one of the faster smartphones we've tested, enabling us to fly through screens and pages effortlessly.
But the star of the show was HTC Sense. The latest version of the highly acclaimed interface offered more versatility in the appearance department via the Personalize feature. Here we could choose from various Scenes, which acted like profiles that were tailored to a particular user's interests. Social, Work, Play, and Travel were some options offered by HTC, and we could also apply Skins (Themes) that customized the entire look of the phone. In fact, when we tap and hold on one of the Thunderbolt's 7 home screens, the Personalize screen pops up, offering Widgets, Applications, Shortcuts, Folders, and even Sound Settings.
We got Leap, which allowed us to pinch and zoom a home screen to display all home screens minimized at once, and HTC Sense offered its famous Weather widget with live weather updates and animation. We really liked the fact that the dropdown menu displayed our most recently opened applications, and Androids Manage Applications program enabled us to kill programs that were hanging around and chomping memory and battery life. Overall, the HTC Sense experience was seamless and refinedâcertainly an example of premiere phone software.
Design
From a head-on perspective, the Thunderbolt is almost identical to the HTC Inspire 4G. We're assaulted by a sizable 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen display and a panel of haptic feedback buttons: Home, Menu, Back, and Search. Just like the Inspire 4G, the phone's screen was highly sensitive and offered an impressive graphics spread. However, the Thunderbolt strays from the Inspire by embedding a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera next to the handset speaker. At some point, users will be able to take advantage of video calling via skype, but that wasn't available to us just yet. To compliment the front-facing camera, the phone is equipped with an 8-megapixel primary camera on the back with 720p HD video recording capability and a dual LED flash.
Aside from the front-facing camera, the phone is a memory machine compared to the Inspire 4G. Out of the box, we get a whopping 32GB MicroSD card and 8GB of internal storage, bringing the total to 40GB from the starting line! The HTC Inspire 4G has 4GB of internal space and an 8GB MicroSD card, offering a net of 12GB out of the box. For the multimedia junkie, the Thunderbolt packs in one of the largest storage capacities in its class. Unfortunately, accessing the MicroSD card means removing the batteryâsomething we didn't have to accomplish on the Inspire 4G, thanks to its separate compartments. Therefore, we found it was best to connect the phone to a computer via the included USB cable for drag-and-drop action.Lastly, you'll notice that the phone has a kickstand for propping the phone up while watching movies and playing certain games. Not only that, but we truly dig the phone's style, flaunting a gunmetal gray and matte black color combination with stainless metal kickstand running across like a belt. It also offers the standard architectural fanfare, including a 3.5mm audio jack, volume control rocker, open USB terminal, and Power/Lock switch. Portability wise, the phone is slightly thicker than the Inspire 4G, but we prefer its looks over its AT&T cousin any day.
Software and Interface
The phone is equipped with a 1GHz Snapdragon MSM8655 chipset with the Adreno 205 GPU for improved graphics and video hardware acceleration, which is the same configuration found in the Inspire 4G. More common traits consist of the Thunderbolt's Android 2.2 OS with the latest iteration of HTC Sense. It's worth noting that the phone will receive an Android 2.3 upgrade within the near future, an OS tweak that we praised on the Nexus S. Let's just say the Thunderbolt was one of the faster smartphones we've tested, enabling us to fly through screens and pages effortlessly.
But the star of the show was HTC Sense. The latest version of the highly acclaimed interface offered more versatility in the appearance department via the Personalize feature. Here we could choose from various Scenes, which acted like profiles that were tailored to a particular user's interests. Social, Work, Play, and Travel were some options offered by HTC, and we could also apply Skins (Themes) that customized the entire look of the phone. In fact, when we tap and hold on one of the Thunderbolt's 7 home screens, the Personalize screen pops up, offering Widgets, Applications, Shortcuts, Folders, and even Sound Settings.
We got Leap, which allowed us to pinch and zoom a home screen to display all home screens minimized at once, and HTC Sense offered its famous Weather widget with live weather updates and animation. We really liked the fact that the dropdown menu displayed our most recently opened applications, and Androids Manage Applications program enabled us to kill programs that were hanging around and chomping memory and battery life. Overall, the HTC Sense experience was seamless and refinedâcertainly an example of premiere phone software.
What is the best tablet for using a word document?
Q. Dont want to carry laptop to college, thinking a tablet with a keyboard attachment will br small enough to carry 24/7. What yablet would be best for using a word document? I know it wont take the place of a laptop all the time, just want something little to carry.
A. ASUS Transformer Infinity TF700T. Great tablet if you don't mind the Android operating system. It has some nice word documents you can buy for it and it also has a keyboard doc that you can buy. I have a friend that owns the tablet and the keyboard and he loves it. Works just like a netbook/laptop. I would highly recommend you consider getting a small 10-11 inch laptop, though. They weigh about the same as a tablet with a keyboard and you get a better experience and can do more with it. Tablets are basically just luxuries, when laptops can do more for about the same price or even less.
But, if you are determined to get a tablet, the ASUS infinity is the way to go. The keyboard you can buy for it is quite amazing, as it adds more battery, USB ports, an SD slot, and has a nice trackpad. The tablet itself packs in a powerful quad core 1.6 GHz processor, which is about as fast as a lot of lower end laptops out there today. The screen resolution, although not as nice as the new ipad, still packs in a 224 ppi high definition display screen. It's relatively lightweight and thin, and also has many features most other tablets simply lack, like the micro SD port, HDMI port, USB port (with the doc), and SD port with the dock. If you don't like the Android OS, go with the iPad. Stay away from Windows RT. Just my opinion.
The tablet itself costs 500 bucks, and the keyboard costs 150 bucks. The keyboard is pretty nice like I said. If you want a tablet more for gaming, go with the iPad, but if you are looking for a tablet for work/school, the android OS is the way to go. Another option other than the ASUS infinity is the Nexus 10.
But, if you are determined to get a tablet, the ASUS infinity is the way to go. The keyboard you can buy for it is quite amazing, as it adds more battery, USB ports, an SD slot, and has a nice trackpad. The tablet itself packs in a powerful quad core 1.6 GHz processor, which is about as fast as a lot of lower end laptops out there today. The screen resolution, although not as nice as the new ipad, still packs in a 224 ppi high definition display screen. It's relatively lightweight and thin, and also has many features most other tablets simply lack, like the micro SD port, HDMI port, USB port (with the doc), and SD port with the dock. If you don't like the Android OS, go with the iPad. Stay away from Windows RT. Just my opinion.
The tablet itself costs 500 bucks, and the keyboard costs 150 bucks. The keyboard is pretty nice like I said. If you want a tablet more for gaming, go with the iPad, but if you are looking for a tablet for work/school, the android OS is the way to go. Another option other than the ASUS infinity is the Nexus 10.
What model of android tablets supports SMS messaging and calls?
Q. I'm finding a tablet that can be used as a phone with SMS messaging and call support like the samsung galaxy tab 7.0 plus...
Is there any other models or brand that has the same features?...
Price is not an issue...I just need info...
Thanks in advance!
Regards!
In addition, I need unlocked versions... :)
Is there any other models or brand that has the same features?...
Price is not an issue...I just need info...
Thanks in advance!
Regards!
In addition, I need unlocked versions... :)
A. I can give you two choices ..... new android 4.0 tablets now available. Those tablet are the "iPad killers" and supporting SMS messaging with the "mySMS" application.
- Cube U9GT2 (16GB) ~249$
- ONDA vi40 Elite (16GB) ~289$
Both the Onda VI40 Android 4.0 IPS Capacitive tablet PC and the Cube U9T2 ICS have very similar specifications and features. First is the 9.7" Capacitive multi-touch IPS screen.
Onda made its name way back in 2008 when it released a 4.3" touch screen mp4 player that please called an iPod Touch wannabe or alternative. This model did well, but the marketing and product development of the company went astray.
This is why I was both suprised and happy to be reviewing first 9.7" Android 4.0 tablet PC by Onda, the VI40 Elite Edition Tablet PC. Boasting 9.7-inch 1024 x 768 capacitive multi-touch IPS display it seems to be 5-point touch. It adopts the fastest yet 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A10 processor with Mali-400 GPU (graphics processor).
The onda VI40 Elite tablet also packs dual cameras, a 1.3 Mega Pixel front-facing camera and a 5.0M pixel rear-facing camera. More the VI40 supports 2160p Super HD video playback.
It has a 6500mAh battery giving you around 4.5 to 5 hours of internet surfing time.
The Cube U9GT2 also has a 9.7" IPS screen but with a more responsive 10-point multi touch screen. The processor is not as fast but will do the job clocking in at 1.2GHz on a Rockchip RK2918 CPU.
In addition to a better screen, the Cube Android 4.0 Tablet also has 16gb of built-in memory compared to Onda's 8gb. The Cube tablet also has larger 8000mah battery for 6 hours of internet surfing or "10 hours music, 4 hours video, 5 hours wifi."
The Cube doesn't have a 5mp camera but it does have dual 2 mega pixel cameras for quality photos and video from front and back.
The Onda VI40 Elite may prove to rule supreme as today's android tablet forum enthusiasts like the cheapest deal, even if the battery only gets an hour less usage from a full charge.
Both have microSD card slots so one could buy a memory card to make up for the 8gb of memory the Onda so dearly misses.
Last thought, the Apple iPad 2 should be wetting its pants now. Both of these tablets are more powerful and have just as responsive capacitive screens. Not to mention extra goodies like dual cameras and open source Ice Cream Sandwich. Yum!
Full specificatons, reviews and buy links here:
http://www.freewebstore.org/qualitycontrolshop
- Cube U9GT2 (16GB) ~249$
- ONDA vi40 Elite (16GB) ~289$
Both the Onda VI40 Android 4.0 IPS Capacitive tablet PC and the Cube U9T2 ICS have very similar specifications and features. First is the 9.7" Capacitive multi-touch IPS screen.
Onda made its name way back in 2008 when it released a 4.3" touch screen mp4 player that please called an iPod Touch wannabe or alternative. This model did well, but the marketing and product development of the company went astray.
This is why I was both suprised and happy to be reviewing first 9.7" Android 4.0 tablet PC by Onda, the VI40 Elite Edition Tablet PC. Boasting 9.7-inch 1024 x 768 capacitive multi-touch IPS display it seems to be 5-point touch. It adopts the fastest yet 1.5GHz ARM Cortex-A10 processor with Mali-400 GPU (graphics processor).
The onda VI40 Elite tablet also packs dual cameras, a 1.3 Mega Pixel front-facing camera and a 5.0M pixel rear-facing camera. More the VI40 supports 2160p Super HD video playback.
It has a 6500mAh battery giving you around 4.5 to 5 hours of internet surfing time.
The Cube U9GT2 also has a 9.7" IPS screen but with a more responsive 10-point multi touch screen. The processor is not as fast but will do the job clocking in at 1.2GHz on a Rockchip RK2918 CPU.
In addition to a better screen, the Cube Android 4.0 Tablet also has 16gb of built-in memory compared to Onda's 8gb. The Cube tablet also has larger 8000mah battery for 6 hours of internet surfing or "10 hours music, 4 hours video, 5 hours wifi."
The Cube doesn't have a 5mp camera but it does have dual 2 mega pixel cameras for quality photos and video from front and back.
The Onda VI40 Elite may prove to rule supreme as today's android tablet forum enthusiasts like the cheapest deal, even if the battery only gets an hour less usage from a full charge.
Both have microSD card slots so one could buy a memory card to make up for the 8gb of memory the Onda so dearly misses.
Last thought, the Apple iPad 2 should be wetting its pants now. Both of these tablets are more powerful and have just as responsive capacitive screens. Not to mention extra goodies like dual cameras and open source Ice Cream Sandwich. Yum!
Full specificatons, reviews and buy links here:
http://www.freewebstore.org/qualitycontrolshop
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