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    Review: Nokia Lumia 800 with Windows Phone 7 

    by
    Ben
    Published on 21st March 2012 02:01 PM     Number of Views: 5851 
    1. Categories:
    2. Handsets

    The Nokia Lumia 800 Experiments


    The Phone

    Hey, look everyone! Nokia made a relevant phone! The flagship Nokia Lumia 800, with a plastic unibody construction available in black, white, bright pink, and bright cyan, ticks all the boxes in terms of the modern day smartphone. Attempting a simplified design is something of a milestone for a company that previously specialised in sliders, grills, flaps, and ports, and I was pleased to see Nokia taking a leaf out of Apple's book when it comes to design.

    Unfortunately 'leaf out of the book' is really as far as Nokia got. Right-handers will immediately notice the irritation of the 'home' button ...
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    Mobile Broadband Shootout: Vodafone vs Three 

    by
    Ben
    Published on 18th August 2010 03:34 PM
    1. Categories:
    2. UK,
    3. Other devices,
    4. Operators,
    5. Terminals

    The Test

    Both networks will be tested at the same location at approximately the same time of day, both in good HSPA coverage. Each will undergo a total of 4 speed tests followed by two ping tests.

    Summary of results

    http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
    Vodafone: PING 249.5ms, DOWN 4790kbps, UP 1157.5kbps
    Three: PING 179ms, DOWN 5079kbps, UP 1190kbps
    Winner: Three. 70.5ms less latency, 289kbps faster downloads, 32.5kbps faster uploads.

    http://speedtest.net/
    Vodafone: PING 242.5ms, DOWN 4638.5kbps, UP 1166.5kbps
    Three: PING 171ms, DOWN 5216.5kbps, UP 1259kbps
    Winner: Three. 71.5ms less latency, 578kbps faster downloads, 92.5kbps faster uploads.

    PING bbc.co.uk
    Vodafone:
    10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 378.156/443.599/629.308/78.642 ms
    Three:
    10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 81.706/90.153/102.444/5.725 ...
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    Nokia X6 Comes With Music 

    by
    Ben
    Published on 1st February 2010 12:31 PM
    1. Categories:
    2. Handsets,
    3. Services

    Despite the wealth of features, compared to its rivals the Symbian OS looks old and neglected.

    "Nokia's X6 smartphone is more than ...
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    Google Nexus One 

    by
    Ben
    Published on 26th January 2010 02:13 AM
    1. Categories:
    2. Handsets

    Thread dedicated to the Google Nexus One, manufactured by HTC. User experiences, reviews, and videos within.
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    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12...ephone_exists/ ...
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