Enabling 3G calls in Samsung Mobiles

  Enabling 3G on Samsung mobiles is very easy. Let us see how to enable 3G and then we will see on how to enable video call.

• Before starting ensure your sim is 3G activated. If your sim is not activated for 3G then call your service provider and activate 3G service.
• Then download the 3G settings from your service provider to your mobile.
• In your Samsung phone go to Settings.
• In Settings Select "Wireless and Networks".
• Select mobile Network in Wireless and Network page
• Select Active point Names.
• If you have downloaded 3G settings successfully, you will find your service provider settings in Active points Name.
• Go to "Mobile network settings" page
• Enable Use packet data.
• Restart your phone. Now your phone is 3G enable.
• Now dial video call button to do video calls on your phone.

Nokia X7 Review-Price-Specification

 Nokia X7 has 4 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen. This phone got good design and many features. This X7 has Symbian Anna a revamped new touchscreen OS. This phone comes with 8MP rear camera, WiFi, 3G,upto 32GB expandable memory.

Nokia X7

Features of Nokia X7:

• Large 4 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen.
• 8MP rear camera
• Improved Symbian Anna OS.
• Good sound output
• Eye catching design.
• PC sync
• GPS with voice navigation and Ovi Maps.
• Options to download thousands of apps from Ovi store.
• Pre installed social networking apps.
• Push mail support.

Pros and Cons of Nokia X7:

Pros of X7:

• Good build quality.
• Solid hardwares.
• Large 4inch capacitive screen.
• Good web browser
• OLED powered contrast ratio.

Cons of X7:

• Average camera output.
• Battery is locked
• Low screen resolution of display.
• Fiddly micro SD card slot.

Price of Nokia X7: Nokia X7 price in India is 21,300Rs.

PC sync and Connecting to Internet: PC sync through Nokia PC suite is available. Using PC sync through Nokia PC suite you can connect your PC to internet using X7 as a modem.

Specifications of Nokia X7:

• Quad Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• 3G 900/2100 MHz
• HSDPA/HSUPA High Speed Data Transfer
• 4” inch AMOLED nHD Touch Screen
• 8 Megapixel rear Camera with Fixed focus and Dual LED Flash
• 16 Internal Memory
• up to 32GB Micro SD Card Slot
• Wireless 802.11n
• A-GPS with Digital Compass
• Bluetooth v3.0
• Accelerometer, Proximity sensor
• StereoFM Radio with RDS
• MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ media player codec support
• Flash Support
• DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
• GPS with Voice Navigation
• Push Mail
• Symbian Anna OS

Nokia PC Suite-Connecting your mobile to PC

Nokia PC suite is PC suite from Nokia. Nokia PC suite works with most of the Nokia mobiles which has PC sync options. There are two Suites from Nokia namely Nokia Suite and Nokia PC Suite.

Nokia PC Suite

Features of Nokia PC Suite:

• Connecting phone to computer
• Connect to the web using Nokia phone as a modem
• Synchronize your contacts, Calender, bookmarks
• Backup and restore your data
• Manage files- Moving files between PC and phone
• Calls and messages- Make calls or send messages from your PC using phone
• Multimedia and videos-You can convert the media to device compatible format.
• User guides- Guide to use the device.
• Nokia PC Suite Cleaner-Helps to remove unnecessary registry and other files created by PC suite.
• Update Nokia phone software.

System requirement for Nokia PC suite and Nokia Suite:

• Atleast 300 MB free disk space.
• Windows Xp with Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows 7,
• Any one of the connection option in phone: irDA(Infra red), Bluetooth, USB cable
• For Mac systems also Nokia PC suite and Ovi suite is available.

For different models of Nokia models different version of PC suite and Ovi suite is available. Download details of PC suites are given in Free Download of Nokia PC Suite and Ovi Suite

Motorola Phones Tool

 Motorola Phones tool in short form called as MPT. The latest version of MPT is Motorola Phones tool. This MPT  is a PC suite from Motorola. This Motorola Phones tool 5.0 has simple to use task based user interface.

System requirements for Motorola Phones tool 5.0:

• OPERATING SYSTEM:Windows 2000, Windows XP (SP2 or higher), Windows Vista;Windows7
• CD/DVD ROM DRIVE
• Supported GRAPHICS CARD:Graphics card with at least 32 MB video memory, a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and 16-bit color settings (24-bit or 32-bit true color is recommended)
• HARD-DISK:120 MB available hard drive space
• INTERNET CONNECTION:For product updates/upgraded, Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher recommended
• MEMORY:Minimum 128 MB RAM

Features of Motorola Phones tool 5.0:

• Synchronize your contacts
• Synchronize your address book, calendar and tasks
• Integrated with Outlook, Outlook Express, MS Exchange and Lotus Notes
• Get online via your cell phone connected to a PC
• Connect via 2G and 3G cellular networks
• Send MMS, SMS and fax messages from your PC
• Personalize your cell phone with your own ringtones and images
• Create your own ringtones and mobile videos
• Edit your own photos and turn them into wallpaper
• Transfer photos, video and music
• Back up your cell phone photos and videos
• Synchronize your music
• Synchronize your Outlook Contacts
• Get Connected to the Internet via your cell phone
• Create your own ringtones and wallpapers for your mobile
• Use the Multimedia capabilties of your phone

Motorola Phones tool 5.0 download: 

Motorola Phones tool comes bundled with your smartphone. If you dont have one you can get  by visiting Motorola Mobile Phone Tools 5.0 USB Kit. 

Motorola Phones tool free download is not available. It is a paid phone tool  from Motorola. You can free download 

Motorola Phones tool shareware version by clicking here.

Sony Ericsson PC suite- Free Download and Installation guide

 Sony Ericsson PC suite is called as Sony Ericsson PC Companion. The latest version of Ericsson PC suite is PC companion 2.0.

Features of Sony Ericsson PC companion 2.0:

• Updates your phone if any update is available.
• You can get Sony Ericsson Manuals and User guides
• Works as portal between PC and mobile.
• Download apps and software to your mobile.

System requirements for Sony Ericsson PC companion 2.0:

•     Internet broadband connection
•     Intel® Pentium® 4, 3.6 GHz or equivalent AMD processor
•     500 MB free hard disk space
•     2 GB RAM
•     1 available USB 2.0 port and USB cable
•     Microsoft® Windows XP™ SP2 (32 bit), Vista (32/64 bit) or Windows 7 (32/64 bit)

Installation Guide for Sony Ericsson PC companion 2.0:

• Download PC companion by Clicking here. 
• Run the setup files and follow the on screen instructions.

Sony Ericsson PC companion 2.0 using tips:

• Connect the USB cable to your computer and then to the phone.
• On the phone: Mount the memory card by dragging the status bar on the phone downwards and then tap USB Connected > Mount.
• Wait for the phone to connect and automatically start PC Companion.
• From the Dashboard, select the applications to start different services and get information.

Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5 Review-Price-Specifications

Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5 smartphone is well equipped and slightly expensive smartphone from Huawei. This X5 has 3.8 inch capacitive TFT LCD touch screen. The ovalesque design and rubberized back makes this phone comfortable to handle.  The TFT LCD screen is crisp and clear but not perfectly visible in bright sunlight. The X5 has 800Mhz Scorpion processor with an Adreno 205 GPU and runs with Android 2.2 Froyo OS. For text inputs this phone uses Swype. The UI functions and multitasking is smooth.

Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5

Features of Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5:

• Runs on Android Froyo OS.
• 800Mhz Scorpion processor with Adreno GPU.
• 3.8 inch capacitive touch screen.
• 3G, Edge, WiFi connectivity
• Hotspot support.
• USB tethering is available
• Bluetooth with A2DP
• USB 2.0 and Flash 10.3 support
• 5 mega pixel rear camera with geo tagging option.
• Upto 720p video recording.

Price of Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5: Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5 price in India is 14,999Rs.

Pros and Cons of Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5:

Pros of U8800 IDEOS X5:

• Very good build quality
• Smooth and responsive User interface(UI)
• Connectivity features
• USB tethering
• Hotspot support

Cons of U8800 IDEOS X5:

• Below average camera quality
• Underwhelming audio player.

PC sync of Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5: Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5 can synchronize with PC. This phone X5 has the ability to use as modem to connect to internet via PC suite. The free download of Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5 PC suite is available.

Specifications of Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5:

Dimensions(W*H*D): 120*62*11.6mm

Weight: 130 grams

Operating system: Android 2.2 Froyo

Processor: 800Mhz Scorpion processor

GPU: 205 Adreno GPU

Memory: 2GB internal

RAM: 512 MB

Display: 3.8 inch capacitive TFT touch screen.

Camera: 5 MP with upto 720 p video

Connectivit options: GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi, USB

Samsung Galaxy Ace GT- S5830 Review

The Samsung Galaxy Ace has a 3.5 inch Gorilla Glass capacitive touchscreen. This Galaxy Ace comes with Android Froyo OS and Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0 User interface.  The 800 MHz ARM II processor and Adreno 200 GPU handle the tasks very effortlessly. Importing the contacts from Google and social networking accounts is a onetime process. However it needs some extra effort.

Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830

 Samsung Galaxy Ace feature the DNSe sound enhancement and 12 sounds presets. The virtual 5.1 stereo sound and stereo FM and RDS are really sounds great.  iPhone format MP4 video files and HD YouTube video’s played quite well. The handset is 3G enables with HSDPA speed up to 7.2 Mbps and features WiFi with 3G-Enables hotspot. Ace also supports DLNA for media streaming and standard Bluetooth 2.1 and USB 2.0 connectivity. Lack of Flash support hurts web browsing.  

The 5 mega pixel auto focus rear camera doesn’t capture very good outdoors images, and indoor images too were below average. Videos can be captured at 320*240 and 15fps.  This Galaxy Ace has 3 hours 30 minutes of talk time battery life is just average.  Even though there some drawbacks, The Samsung Galaxy Ace is a decent buy. Great UI and decent audio quality are makes this phone tempt to buy. This Galaxy Ace will be getting a Gingerbread update soon.