Gareth from mobiletechaddicts blog make review on  Acer seotouch s200, which believe cheap alternative Snapdragon devices instead HTC Leo/ HD2. The review is quite simple and straight forward.

Apparently Acer s200 is not capacitive screen (aka multitouch) which is a major wasted for Snapdragon devices. The camera quality also was not likely ‘remarkable’

Click here to read more

Below are the famous Matrix trailer used for benchmark using Coreplayer WITHOUT acceleration.

Suprisingly the cheaper Acer Neo Touch is alot more smoother than HD2. HD have more larger screen which wont be issue since the resolution is the same. Or Perhaps HD2 rom not fully utilize yet.

Honestly this comparison tempting me Neo Touch over HD2.

Links

• Source
• Via wmpoweruser

Mobilereview is the godfather of PDA site review which have realistic approach with unbiase view. Dont miss it

Click here for the link

Polish site release live photos of HTC-snapdragon power known as HTC Leo.

This devices has 1Ghz Snapdragon cpu power which believe support capacitive (multitouch) WVGA screen.

I think this would give a hit to Samsung Omnia 2 and Pro which is using 800Mhz processor. But its not yet confirm will this devices using AMOLED screen.

Links

• Fist real live photos of HTC Leo
• Via msmobile

HTC will using new generation core known as “Cortex A8″.  They claim the Cortex A8 is 3x fast than current ARM processor and offering faster speed with low battery consume.

Hightlights

Its not confirm yet it’ll support the standard realvideo or rmvb. The only interest me is the IVA (Image video accelerator) multiple file format support include real video. FYI, OMAP device famously known as slower speed but with great (lowest) battery consume, better than Intel, Samsung and Qualcomm.

Perhaps HTC is fed’up with Qualcomm, but at least we have other choice than Qualcomm nightmare.

Links

• Source
• via wmpowerusers.com

Team Gsmarena.com publish review for Samsung OmniaPro devices from Samsung.  Basically its kinda like “HTC Touch Pro” (qwerty slide) contender developed by Samsung.

“…The Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO is a very good handset overall with capabilities that can easily match the HTC Touch Pro2 class-leader. In fact the faster CPU and the AMOLED screen are quite significant improvements that one can receive by choosing the Samsung over the HTC .. -gsmarena”

images from google

Featuring ultra sensitive 3.5′ AMOLED  WVGA touchscreen with 800Mhz processor like Omnia 2. Built in with dedicated GPU for faster and smoother visual acceleration. With brighter AMOLED screen, superb video record quality and standard 3.5mm earphone jack, this would give a hit for HTC because Samsung has what we want.

(cough).. At least Samsung is listen what people need unlike HTC,

Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO specification highlights

• General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/2100 MHz, HSDPA 3.6Mbps
• Form factor: Full QWERTY side-slider
• Dimensions: 112.6 x 57.8 x 16.2 mm, 159g
• Display: 3.5″ 16M color (65K effective) resistive AMOLED touchscreen of WVGA resolution
• OS: Windows Mobile 6.1 (upgradable to 6.5), TouchWiz 2.0 UI
• Memory: 1GB built-in storage, 256 MB RAM, hot-swappable microSD (up to 16GB)
• CPU: 800 MHz processor with dedicated graphics accelerator
• Camera: 5 megapixel auto-focus, with dual LED flash and VGA video at 30 fps
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, TV out, 3.5mm standard audio jack
• Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate and turn-to-mute, FM radio with RDS, DivX/XviD video support, work and leisure modes
• Battery: 1500mAh Li-Ion battery

Links
Source review
Detail specs from pdadb.net

Brandon Miniman from pocketnow.com highlight this issue during his comprehensive Omnia 2 review. He was claiming the Omnia 2  (AMOLED) has poor visibilty directly under sunlight.

* Im using  this pictures as example, this is not Samsung Omnia 2

As far with my experience on OLED (1st gen of AMOLED) screen on my previous DAP (digital portable audio), its quite hard to see under direct sunlight. Its occurs when the screen blackness not much reflect the sunlight which reduce contrasity. Everything on screen is fade and its a bit troublesome.  Its  important to see incoming call, appointment and on the go. However I dont think most people would use and texting under sunlight. So you might need to take cover for better angle.

AMOLED or not,  most touchscreen PDAs has common problem since TFT.

Links

• pocketnow.com review Omnia 2 outdoor screen visibilty
• Via wmpowerusers.com

Information

• Wikipedia –  Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED)
• Wikipedia – Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED)

Related issue

• Sun, sun , sun .. I cant seen a thing on my phone

So it finally the Samsung Omnia 2 being reviewed. Featuring AMOLED screen produce better contrast and color vibrant. Its believe this might reduce battery usage than common TFT screen.

So now whats the HTC is doing  ?

Specs sheet

• Detail specification from pdadb.net

Review Links

• Phonearena review Samsung Omnia I8000
• Slashgear video review
• Mobilereview.com review (via  google translator)

Team Phonearena makes review for Acer F900. Its another WVGA screen with large 3.8′ screen.

image by phonearea.com

“…It has really good sensitivity for a Windows Mobile device and we didn’t encounter any issues with it. Image quality is less striking, because colors don’t gradate smoothly, due to the limited color support – 65k and what´s even worse, direct sunlight turns it into a flawless mirror. That´s how we, your humble reviewers, found out we in desperate need of a shave, although the phone failed to deliver any other useful information.. -team phonarena.com”

Specifications

• Operating system: Windows Mobile® 6.1
• Processor: Samsung S3C 6410 (533 MHz)
• System memory: 128 MB SDRAM, 256 MB flash memory
• Display: 3.8″ WVGA TFT LCD touch screen, 800 x 480
• Expansibility: microSD™ Card
• Dimensions: 117.5 (L) x 63.5 (W) x 12.85 (H) mm
• Weight: 150 g
• Battery: Rechargeable lithium polymer battery, Capacity: 1530 mAh
• Battery Talk time: up to 6 hours
• BatteryStandby: up to 300 hours
• CMOS camera: 3.0 mega pixel resolution, auto-focus
• Communications: HSDPA Category 8/ HSUPA Category 5 ( 2100/1900/850 Mhz); GSM/EDGE: Quad-band, 850/900/1800/1900 MHz; GPRS/EGPRS: Class B, multi-slot class 11; WLAN: 802.11b/g Wi-Fi CERTIFIED® network connection; Bluetooth: Bluetooth® 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• GPS: SiRFstar III®
• Sensors: Accelerometer, Light sensor
• User interface: UI 2.0
• Applications: Office Mobile, Outlook Mobile, Internet Explorer 6, Maps, Friends locator, Web search, Video streaming, Webmail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Media Player.
• In-box accessories: Mini USB headset, Mini USB sync cable, Mini USB AC adaptor, Battery pack
• Optional accessories: Car mount kit, Leather case

Verdict

I think this phone is okay but not great as HTC due choppy performance on video playback with Samsung 533Mhz  processor. The reason it slow because of lack of GPU support for display acceleration.  Acer still not aware the important of GPU since Eten.

Acer F900 come with great SiRF star III GPS sensor  …however it would slowdown when navigating cpu (and memory) intensive GPS mapping program. The RAM capacity itself has only 128MB which is too small and hogging down alot delay when running memory intensive program.

My verdict – NOT worth

Review Links

• review by phonearena.com
• found via wmpowerusers.com
• specs information by teck-in

Windowsphonemix.com has coming up with Asus 835 review

“ASUS’s glide interface leaves much to be desired. Although more features  have been added, but it feels slower than its previous version, which was used in ASUS P565 and ASUS P552W  -author review”

I knew it was slow than P565,  wvga 3.5′ is reasonable for WVGA , 

• Click here for review
• via wmpoweruser.com