A new music smartphone has come out from Nokia called the 5530. It is a nice looking model that comes in a variety of colors and a screen that is hard to beat. Take a quick look in this article at the features and abilities of this second-tier phone from Nokia.

Music is the main focus of the Nokia 5530 smartphone. This bright new phone comes with something called ” XpressMusic “. The 5530 even comes with its own four gigabyte microSD card to prove the seriousness of Nokia towards the storage of songs on their new phone. You do not have to feel tied down to using their card, you can install a 32 gigabyte microSD for eight times more storage space. You can do this while the phone is on. This is called “hot-swapping” and comes in handy.

The screen on the 5530 is bright and stands up to viewing under the suns bright light. It is slightly smaller than some other flagship models, but still not bad at 2.9 inches. It is a resistive touchscreen display and has 640 by 360 pixels. The screen is the main aspect of the front of this device. Nokia designed the front of the 5530 to only have a screen and no mechanical buttons. This can wind up being a problem if the smartphone crashes and you need to do a reboot. The volume and on off are on the sides. Using the XpressMusic icon brings up the browser, Ovi icons, photos, and of course the music section. The screen has the accelerometer option so you can view it horizontally or vertically. This comes in handy when typing in some fast text messages to your friends.

The speakers are at the top and bottom and sound good for being so small. The Nokia 5530 supports bluetooth so you can use head phones without cables if you want. The smartphone comes with a pair of cable head phones and a 3.5 inch connector for them. Some other things that Nokia provides with this device is a travel charger, a connectivity cable ( CA-101D ), mini DVD, a stylus for the screen and the user’s guide. All the connectors are at the bottom of the phone.

The 5530 has a decent web browser and is supported by symbian software. If you are near a Wi-Fi hotspot you can take advantage of this feature along with email. The email is supported on all popular protocols. The SMS feature has seventy megabytes of storage available to it so you may never fill it up. You do not have to delete text messages one by one. You are given the ability to delete multiple messages at once, a true blessing to those who get lots of texts.

The phone application on the Nokia 5530 has the regular functions that everyone is accustomed to for cell phones. Call waiting and conference call are available, along with contacts with images. GSM is not a network you can send data over though. This phone has GPRS and EDGE networks. CSD and HSCSD networks are also supported.

The camera is a middle-weight, coming in at 3.2 megapixels. Video is included and you can take videos that are longer than an hour with the 5530. You can edit your videos, but you will have to review them on the phone. There is no connector for preview on a television or other device.

As stated the Nokia 5530 is built upon the idea of being able to travel with your music with you. All popular formats for audio files are supported. This is coming out soon and will be around $300 dollar range. If predictions are right, it may be sold out by Christmas.

Nokia has had plenty of good introductions in the past and now they have come up with one more; the N900. The N900 is the dream-come-true for power mobile users. Take a look at this brief review of the N900 and see if it does not beat what you have been using.

The first thing you notice about the Nokia N900 is that it is unobtrusive. Do not let the mild exterior fool you. Inside the package is about as much memory as perhaps two “regular” smartphones. The N900 is the newest flagship for Nokia and rightly so. The N900 is sometimes known as a handheld computing device. I would put it right up there with netbooks. The last Nokia flagship, the N97 was a bit anemic in the memory department. The N900 has no such problems. The processor is an ARM Cortex-A8 600 Megahertz ( Mhz ) powerhouse with its own 256 Megabytes of Random Access Memory ( RAM ) and 768 Megabytes of virtual memory. There is also one Gigabyte of application memory. There is 32 Gigabytes of integrated storage which is upgradeable to up to 48 Gigabytes with a MicroSD card. Your applications will not be running slow while you use the N900.

One of the bigger questions for most mobile users concerns Wi-Fi. Yes, the N900 has Wi-fi capability. It also has bluetooth ( 2.1 ) and HSDPA connectivity. This means triband WCDMA 900/1700/2100 and quadband GSM. It is slated to start running on the T-Mobile networks. One very nice feature is the FM transmitter. You can take advantage of all that memory space to store music and broadcast it to your car radio with the built-in FM transmitter of the N900.

In the visual department this N900 is no slouch. It comes with a five Megapixel camera. The camera is video-ready and has a cover that slides shut to protect the lens while you are not taking photos or video. That is an important feature because the lens includes Carl Zeiss optics. The screen is a resistive-touch model that is a WVGA model. It is 3.5 inches in size, equal to the iPhone. The N900 has the same appearance of the iPhone also, at first glance.

The greatest feature of the N900 is the one inside; the operating system. It uses a version of Linux called Maemo. This is a true computing device that also allows you to make phone calls. The N900 uses a browser made by Mozilla, the same folks who make Firefox. What can you do with this Maemo operating system ? For one, you can customize your “desktop” to however you like it. With Maemo, multi-tasking is made easy. You can make contact with your friends or family using Gtalk, Ovi, Skype and other IM friends, and do it from the same page. Automatic geotagging allows you to take photos and know exactly where it was you snapped them. Maemo will turn an ugly GPS tag into something understandable automatically. These are just some of the abilities of the Maemo system that form the core of the new N900.

The appearance of the Nokia N900 is right up there with the “big boys”. It comes with a keyboard slide-out that has directional arrows, which is convenient for choosing items from the screen. You can be sure you will be getting some looks when you pull this out of your pocket. If you are one of those mobile “power users” this is the next toy you will want to get your hands on. 597

If you are into music and listening to it all the time is your thing, then the Apple iPod Touch 2nd generation is for you. This gadget is an ultimate must-have. It is actually all you will ever need in terms of MP3s. The second generation model of the iPod Touch already has 32 gigabyte memory giving you enough space for all the song you will ever want. This gadget already has it all. It allows for music, photos, videos, podcasts, e-mail, internet radio, web browsing, games, downloads of wi-fi music and such other services like iTunes, App Store and Nike+ which you can use to add features to you gadget.

Having the 2nd generation iPod Touch is having a gadget that is light-years ahead of other competition in terms of capability, features and design. To top it all, the price has become more affordable than when iPod Touch was first introduced. It can now be bought at a range of $369.99 to $409.95. It also has improved its hardware and doubled the features since the first generation gadget. It now has a slim volume switch at the left side of the unit. Its chrome back is more like that of the iPhone 3G in style, being rounded in design and giving the gadget a slimmer look.

The 2nd generation iPod touch is also available in 8GB and 16GB which is more affordable. The 8GB may be bought at $229 and the 16GB at $299. It is entirely up to you which type to buy depending on your use. One thing to remember when buying this gadget is that you are buying with it the prestige of owning the most sought after Apple products.

Are you sick of having to use your bulky computer? Do you want to bring a computer with you so you can surf the net anywhere, anytime? Are you fed up with the complicated wiring of your personal computer? The answer to your problem is a laptop. A laptop is what you need if you want all of these problems solved. A laptop is a portable computer that you can bring anywhere with you. And if you are in a wi-fi area, you can access the net with your laptop. Convenience is the main thing that a laptop can provide. But there are things you have to consider when choosing a laptop. In this article, I will be enumerating five laptops that for me should be considered when purchasing one. These gadgets are the must-have brands and you may want to choose from this list.

First in the list is the Gateway E-475M. Speed is its main feature. What’s more, it has very long battery life, able to last for over 5 hours. However, this laptop does not come cheap ($1,300 to be exact), which is considered the laptop’s only downside. Its speed is recorded at 2.2 GHz and has a Core 2 Duo T7500 processor, which is the latest from Intel. The screen of this laptop is measured at 15.4 inches and weighs at 7.2 pounds. Not only this, its appearance is very sleek. Next up is the HP Pavillion DV6500T. It performs excellently and has a very lustrous design. It is light, weighing at 6.2 pounds. It has a screen of 15.4 inches as well. It offers the HP QuickPlay feature as well. However, it comes short of the Gateway with only a 4-hour battery life. Plus, it is costly but the features offered by the Pavillion are certainly worth it. The Lenovo ThinkPad R61 is also something to consider. It is one-of-a-kind with its illuminating keyboard, a feature called ThinkLight. If you are in dark places, then this feature would be useful, especially in traveling. It is lightweight, weighing 5.8 pounds. But what’s good about this laptop is that it has a fingerprint reader, ensuring the safety of files that are for personal use only. It also uses the 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 processor. But beware because it can be used for as long as 3 hours only. Another HP Pavilion model is included in the list, the DV2500T. It is very light and fashionable. Unlike other HP laptops, it is affordable. The processor it uses is not the latest but is good enough, the Intel 2 GHz Core 2 Duo T7300. It also has the HP QuickPlay feature. It weighs 5.5 pounds which is great for traveling. Unfortunately, it only has a 2.5-hour battery life span. Ending the list of laptops to consider is the Toshiba Satellite A215-S4757. It made its way to the list not because of the performance but because it is affordable and has a full-sized keyboard. This laptop is not much but it comes with a DVD burner, FireWire ports and ExpressCard and memory card slots. If you are looking for a laptop that is for basic use affordable, the Toshiba Satellite A215-S4757 might be the laptop for you.

Now that you have a guide, you may start evaluating the laptops so you would not make mistakes in choosing which one to purchase. All these mentioned laptops can offer features that you might be looking for in a typical laptop.

Apple Inc. is very well known for bringing quality products to consumers. All the gadgets they offer are highly versatile and very much in demand nowadays. Examples of the Apple products are the iPod (a portable musical device capable of storing thousands of songs depending on storage capacity), Mac Powerbook, a laptop especially made for Apple consumers, iTouch and their latest innovation, the iPhone. The iPhone is the phone that celebrities want to get their hands on. As a matter of fact, majority of superstars use the iPhone. Even an ordinary guy dreams of owning an iPhone. So what makes the iPhone marketable and the favorite among others?

Appearance is a big factor in choosing a phone. When it comes to physical looks, the iPhone is a stand out. It is 11.6 mm thin with a width of 61 mm and a length of 115 mm. Now that is thin! Not only this, it has a storage memory of 4, 8 or 16 gigabytes. That means loads of files in one slim gadget. Its camera, however, has a resolution of only 2.0 megapixels which is common among phones. The iPhone is a smartphone which is connected to the internet. It is purely touchscreen and has a virtual keyboard in place of a physical one. Its main features include a music player similar to an iPod, a camera phone, video call (for the 3G version) and internet client. So if you have Wi-Fi near you, you can access the internet using the iPhone. Its sleek design is a big bonus.

Are you still wondering why people choose the iPhone among others? With all these features, you would not need anything else. If you have the iPhone, you can have multiple functions stored in one small gadget. It’s like you have an iPod, a phone and a computer all at the same time. If you want convenience, then you just might need to have your own iPhone.

Slacker G2 portable media player works as your regular internet radio service on-the-go. It is like getting yourself a pocket-size FM radio that automatically access to various music channels whenever you are in a Wi-Fi zone. The only difference is that it shall play the genre channel of your preference based on how you are using it. The fact that it provides you a fun and easy-to-understand interface makes it a lot more entertaining to use.

Although most mobile phones nowadays allow you to listen to music anywhere, anytime simply by installing media applications of your choice, there still is a good reason why people opted to use music players such as Slacker G2 to satisfy their thirst for good music. Slacker also offers a media player application compatible to Blackberry which, nonetheless, has the same idea of fun Slacker G2 can provide. It is probably because Slacker G2 gives you choices that only focus on one thing—providing good music and predicting fresh related tracks that you might also like.

With a price tag of $200 for the basic unit or $250 for the 8GB hardware, the only reason to be deterred in buying the Slacker G2 is its screen. It does have a good resolution LCD but the screen tends to turn to black whenever you use it in direct sunlight. This is something Slacker needs to improve if it still wants to sell the hardware. If not, then they can probably choose to upgrade the Slacker application to make it compatible with other handsets.

Still, Slacker G2 is the perfect music player if you are trying to widen your music horizon simply because it is intelligent enough to acquire genre channels based on your taste whenever you are on a Wi-Fi zone and you don’t have to know it when it does! Another important thing is, of course, the sound quality of the tracks that it plays. Although there is no way for you to find out the exact bit rate, the tracks do sound like the regular 128kbps MP3. Aside from that, you can also occupy the 4-8 GB cache with tracks of your own choice by uploading them from your computer.

The best thing about Slacker G2 is that the radio streaming remains free. You only have to deal with advertisements and limited skips but most of the time, it wouldn’t matter much. But if it does to you, it would not cost you a lot to get unlimited skips and no advertisement radio from Slacker G2. You just need to add a $7.50 monthly fee.

So if you are interested with Slacker G2, you might want to try out the website first. If you have the Blackberry then you might want to consider the Slacker application. Otherwise, get the Slacker G2. There seem to lack any reason why you should regret it.