Technology on Your Hand ………

  Ah, the Apple iPhone SE. The Special Edition. Even if the Smaller Edition was more appropriate. And just like the first iPhone SE, its second generation is both - Small, even if larger than the first one, and Special - as such launch happens once in four years or so. We are sure Apple had plans for a great premiere event last March, but COVID-19 turned everything upside down and such plans were abruptly scrapped. The new iPhone was unveiled fanfare-less on the maker's website, out of the blue, but it quickly became famous for being not only one of the cheapest iPhones ever made but also as one of the season's hottest bang for the buck offers. Imagine that - bang for the buck coming from Apple! Indeed, the highlight feature of the new iPhone SE is the A13 Bionic chip - that's Apple's latest platform - the one that's powering the iPhone 11 trio. As for the rest, well, it's mostly iPhone 8. Apple did use the 2.5 years old iPhone 8 as a canvas in more than one way...

The OnePlus Nord is kind of a big deal. Or, at least, that's what OnePlus has been working hard to convey. The PR "hype machine" has been working over-time and the results are definitely showing. For better or worse, everybody seems to be discussing the Nord and a lot is actually riding on its success as a result. Going off of the company's own commercial message, the OnePlus Nord is intended to mark a new beginning, a bold start of a whole family of Nord devices. Another stab at the mid-range market and an attempt to break ground where the OnePlus X failed. And when the makers of the original "flagship killer" phone, the masters of guerilla marketing, the proverbial "underdogs" from a wilder, past Android realm start saying such things, people tend to listen and then expect nothing short of a market splash. It's frankly hard to think of a harder and tighter position to put one single phone in on today's cutthroat mobile scene. And the most...

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 Network:  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 900 / 2100 Display      :   PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Memory    :  microSD, up to 32GB, 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM Data           :  Yes WLAN        :  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot CPU           :  Dual-core 800 MHz OS             :  Android OS, v2.3

Nokia X7 Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 Display     :  AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Memory   : microSD, up to 32GB, 16 GB storage, 256MB RAM, 1 GB ROM Data          :  Class 33 WLAN       :  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP technology Camera     : 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus,   CPU           :  680 MHz ARM 11 OS             :  Symbian^3 OS, upgradable to Nokia Belle Price        :  260 EUR

N8 Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 Display     :  AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Memory   : microSD, up to 32GB, 16 GB storage, 256MB RAM, 512 MB ROM Data          :  Class 33 WLAN       :  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP technology Camera     : 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus,   CPU           :  680 MHz ARM 11 OS             :  Symbian^3 OS, upgradable to Nokia Belle Price        :  230 EUR

N9 Network:  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900,  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100  Display  : AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors  Data:  Class 33 WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot  Camera: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, dual LED flash  CPU: 1 GHz Cortex A8  OS: MeeGo OS, v1.2 Harmattan Price:310 EUR

NOKIA E7 Network:  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 Type:             AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Data:            Class 32 Camera:    8 MP CPU:           680 MHz ARM 11 OS:            Symbian^3 OS, upgradeable to Nokia Belle OS Price: 270 EUR