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Well, the days of the standalone Digital Audio Players is over now. They served us good since 2001, in the form of Creative Zen, Sandisk Sansa & iPod. They still hold the majority of market because you can buy from a verity of devices but here is the thing, Mobile Phones now are much more capable then in 2001. They have a lot of storage memory & much more feature which makes them a better buy compared to a standalone DAP which costs a lot
So, here are the latest contenders in Mobile Phones which are also a DAPs & DVPs. They are meant to play audio basically, but they can play Videos despite of having a small screen. Watching Video is not worth while on these devices duo to small screen. But still for those who need it, it will do the job just fine.
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Nokia N77
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The upcoming Nokia Phone for the masses, it’s a Smartphone actually cos it has Symbian OS 9.2 which means you can install from a verity of applications. I included this phone as there soon will be a N77 ME, & N77 is better then N73 so far. The specs are (related to use of Multimedia device only)
1) Dimension of 111 x 50 x 18.8 mm, with 114 Gm weight
2) 16 Million Color based 2.4 inch screen with a resolution of 240X320, which means VCD like quality on the mobile phone itself.
3) Expansion in the form of Transflash card 20 MB internal memory
4) GPRS, EDGE, 3G & HSCSD but Bluetooth 1.2 only (what was nokia thinking)
5) MP3/M4A/AAC/eAAC+/WMA player
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Sony Ericsson W880i
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Sony bought audio to everyone in the form of Walkman in 1970s. They recreated the music industry at that time & there walkman brand is still the biggest success. They came with the same walkman branding for their Digital Audio Phones & boy was this a success. It sure is, these walkman phones now hold recognition in a market dominated by Standalone DAPs. The specs are
1) Dimension of 103 x 46.5 x 9.5 mm & 71 gm, talk about power in a small shell
2) 256k TFT screen, not the best around. SE could have easily given a 16m color this time as this phone is already using a nVidia chip inside for displaying video, resolution of 240X320 with a 1.8 inch screen. This phone does lacks in video playback, but then again Walkman brand is made for Music playback not video
3) Expansion with Memory Stick M2 card, which right now goes up to 2 GB & is supposed to go up to 8 GB in a few years. 1 GB Card included with 16 MB inbuilt memory which acts as the RAM
4) No Wifi & EDGE here, but it has 3G with Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
5) MP3/M4A/AAC/eAAC+/WMA player
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Motorola Ming
*i.gsmarena.com/w/pics/motorola/motorola_a1200_01.jpg
One of the first phones with a Linux OS. Moto Ming supports numuras features & a really big screen, it's can very well have the potential to be a video phones. It's specs are
1) Dimension 95.7 x 51.7 x 21.5 mm, look like a Pro device weighing in at 122 gm
2) TFT Screen with 256K Colors & 320X240 resolution display, with full screen Video playback
3) 8 MB user memory & 3.5 MB Phone memory. Comon Motorola, what were u thinking, it's a smartphone for gods sake, give more inbuilt memory. Expension is in the form of MicroSD card
4) MP3/MP4/AAC+ player, however weather it playes mp4 videos is still skeptic
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Sony Ericsson W950i
*i.gsmarena.com/w/pics/sonyericsson/sonyericsson_w950_00.jpg
More like a smartphone, cos it has 3G, touch screen, Symbain OS but no camera, not even a VGA Camera, comon...whast the use of 3G then. Its specs are
1) Dimensions 106 x 54 x 15 mm, 112 gm
2) 256K TFT LCD with 240X320 resolution
3) It's symbian so you can install from many media players out there
4) 4 GB internal Memory with no expension. Well, Sony Memory sticks go upto 4 GB right now anyway, so lack of expension is not something to miss. 4 GB is a lot anyway.
5) GPRS, EDGE & 3G
6) MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player, with full playback of H.263 mp4 files at 256kbps, 30X240 full screen resolution & 30 frames.
The phone is meant more like a multimedia device cum phone. I do agree that inclusion of even a 1.3 mp camera would have made this phone perfect out there. Beats P990i hands down (other then keypad).
Read review from GSMArena
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Nokia N91 8GB
*i.gsmarena.com/w/pics/nokia/nokia-n91-01.jpg
The first Nokia N series Phone. It was meant to be a fusion of Music Player & Mobile phones, but failed due to bad camera & bulky looks. The concept took over though & we are seeing ME phones from Nokia now.
It has a unique keypad mechanism which looks dandy & cool. The specs are
1) Dimensions 113.1 x 55.2 x 22 mm with 164 gm, really bulky
2) A low resolution of 174X208 on a 256K color screen. Definately nothing compared to ther other phones.
3) 8 GB Microdrive, the one we see in Sansa & Zen etc.
4) 3G, EDGE & GPRS & even WiFi
5) Just MP3/AAC player, no WMA or RA despite of being Symbian OS
Even N73 ME is better then this phone. Though you cannot go wrong with 8 GB of storage, but you will have to live with low resolution
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Nokia 5300 Express Music
*i.gsmarena.com/w/pics/nokia/nokia-5300-00.jpg
During my recent trip to Gurgaon, I had a chance to use this Phone. The speaker is really good, alsmost equal to a W700i in sound quality. It's a slider so big screen, however despite of being 240X320 resolution based, the screen lacks the sharpness & crispness of even my K750i which runs at a lower resolution. Its specs are
1) Dimension 92.4 x 48.2 x 20.7 mm with weight 106 gm.
2) 256K color based TFT screen with 240X320 resolution screen, however it does lacks crispness compared to even a K750i
3) 1 GB memory card included, but only 5 MB internal memory.Again, what was Nokia thinking. Atleast 20 MB internal memory is required
4) GPRS & Edge
5) 1.3 mp camera
6) MP3/SpMidi/AAC/AAC+ player
You can read a review of Nokia 5300 from GSMArena
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Chose your poison
, which one you guys find better
P.S. - This thread is for the discussion of Mobile phones only. Do not hack the thread with iPhone. Macboyism strictly not allowed. If you have other contenders from Nokia & SE or Motorola or Samsung, let me know that will be added here too
So, here are the latest contenders in Mobile Phones which are also a DAPs & DVPs. They are meant to play audio basically, but they can play Videos despite of having a small screen. Watching Video is not worth while on these devices duo to small screen. But still for those who need it, it will do the job just fine.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Nokia N77
*i.gsmarena.com/w/pics/nokia/nokia-n77-00.jpg
The upcoming Nokia Phone for the masses, it’s a Smartphone actually cos it has Symbian OS 9.2 which means you can install from a verity of applications. I included this phone as there soon will be a N77 ME, & N77 is better then N73 so far. The specs are (related to use of Multimedia device only)
1) Dimension of 111 x 50 x 18.8 mm, with 114 Gm weight
2) 16 Million Color based 2.4 inch screen with a resolution of 240X320, which means VCD like quality on the mobile phone itself.
3) Expansion in the form of Transflash card 20 MB internal memory
4) GPRS, EDGE, 3G & HSCSD but Bluetooth 1.2 only (what was nokia thinking)
5) MP3/M4A/AAC/eAAC+/WMA player
__________________________________________________________________________________
Sony Ericsson W880i
*img138.imageshack.us/img138/65/4023720070306sp8.jpg
Sony bought audio to everyone in the form of Walkman in 1970s. They recreated the music industry at that time & there walkman brand is still the biggest success. They came with the same walkman branding for their Digital Audio Phones & boy was this a success. It sure is, these walkman phones now hold recognition in a market dominated by Standalone DAPs. The specs are
1) Dimension of 103 x 46.5 x 9.5 mm & 71 gm, talk about power in a small shell
2) 256k TFT screen, not the best around. SE could have easily given a 16m color this time as this phone is already using a nVidia chip inside for displaying video, resolution of 240X320 with a 1.8 inch screen. This phone does lacks in video playback, but then again Walkman brand is made for Music playback not video
3) Expansion with Memory Stick M2 card, which right now goes up to 2 GB & is supposed to go up to 8 GB in a few years. 1 GB Card included with 16 MB inbuilt memory which acts as the RAM
4) No Wifi & EDGE here, but it has 3G with Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
5) MP3/M4A/AAC/eAAC+/WMA player
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Motorola Ming
*i.gsmarena.com/w/pics/motorola/motorola_a1200_01.jpg
One of the first phones with a Linux OS. Moto Ming supports numuras features & a really big screen, it's can very well have the potential to be a video phones. It's specs are
1) Dimension 95.7 x 51.7 x 21.5 mm, look like a Pro device weighing in at 122 gm
2) TFT Screen with 256K Colors & 320X240 resolution display, with full screen Video playback
3) 8 MB user memory & 3.5 MB Phone memory. Comon Motorola, what were u thinking, it's a smartphone for gods sake, give more inbuilt memory. Expension is in the form of MicroSD card
4) MP3/MP4/AAC+ player, however weather it playes mp4 videos is still skeptic
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Sony Ericsson W950i
*i.gsmarena.com/w/pics/sonyericsson/sonyericsson_w950_00.jpg
More like a smartphone, cos it has 3G, touch screen, Symbain OS but no camera, not even a VGA Camera, comon...whast the use of 3G then. Its specs are
1) Dimensions 106 x 54 x 15 mm, 112 gm
2) 256K TFT LCD with 240X320 resolution
3) It's symbian so you can install from many media players out there
4) 4 GB internal Memory with no expension. Well, Sony Memory sticks go upto 4 GB right now anyway, so lack of expension is not something to miss. 4 GB is a lot anyway.
5) GPRS, EDGE & 3G
6) MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player, with full playback of H.263 mp4 files at 256kbps, 30X240 full screen resolution & 30 frames.
The phone is meant more like a multimedia device cum phone. I do agree that inclusion of even a 1.3 mp camera would have made this phone perfect out there. Beats P990i hands down (other then keypad).
Read review from GSMArena
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Nokia N91 8GB
*i.gsmarena.com/w/pics/nokia/nokia-n91-01.jpg
The first Nokia N series Phone. It was meant to be a fusion of Music Player & Mobile phones, but failed due to bad camera & bulky looks. The concept took over though & we are seeing ME phones from Nokia now.
It has a unique keypad mechanism which looks dandy & cool. The specs are
1) Dimensions 113.1 x 55.2 x 22 mm with 164 gm, really bulky
2) A low resolution of 174X208 on a 256K color screen. Definately nothing compared to ther other phones.
3) 8 GB Microdrive, the one we see in Sansa & Zen etc.
4) 3G, EDGE & GPRS & even WiFi
5) Just MP3/AAC player, no WMA or RA despite of being Symbian OS
Even N73 ME is better then this phone. Though you cannot go wrong with 8 GB of storage, but you will have to live with low resolution
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Nokia 5300 Express Music
*i.gsmarena.com/w/pics/nokia/nokia-5300-00.jpg
During my recent trip to Gurgaon, I had a chance to use this Phone. The speaker is really good, alsmost equal to a W700i in sound quality. It's a slider so big screen, however despite of being 240X320 resolution based, the screen lacks the sharpness & crispness of even my K750i which runs at a lower resolution. Its specs are
1) Dimension 92.4 x 48.2 x 20.7 mm with weight 106 gm.
2) 256K color based TFT screen with 240X320 resolution screen, however it does lacks crispness compared to even a K750i
3) 1 GB memory card included, but only 5 MB internal memory.Again, what was Nokia thinking. Atleast 20 MB internal memory is required
4) GPRS & Edge
5) 1.3 mp camera
6) MP3/SpMidi/AAC/AAC+ player
You can read a review of Nokia 5300 from GSMArena
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Chose your poison
, which one you guys find betterP.S. - This thread is for the discussion of Mobile phones only. Do not hack the thread with iPhone. Macboyism strictly not allowed. If you have other contenders from Nokia & SE or Motorola or Samsung, let me know that will be added here too
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