Everybody had been waiting for the iPhone 4 AT&T since a long time and when it finally came out, it was not a surprise to see that the handset was selling like hot cakes in the market. iPhone 4 AT&T has been touted as the best smart phone ever and it lives up to that tag. The best part about it is that the Retina display which is really awesome. The screen is so named because you cannot see the pixels on the screen through naked eye. such is the density.

There have been a few problems with the phone though. People are saying that the phone has a ‘death grip’, holding the phone in a certain way causes the dropped phone calls. this problem occurs because the antenna of the phone is located on the spine and hence you are bound to touch it quite often.

Another phone that has been selling well in the market is the HTC Legend. there are a lot of HTC Legend reviews on the Internet, and most of them say that the handset has a really gorgeous AMOLED screen. The HTC Legend comes with Android 2.1 preloaded and the fast processor makes sure that you don’t have to wait too much. The RAM is also increased as compared to the previous model. The camera is equipped with flash and you can easily take pictures even in the dark. Finally, there is lot of new useful enhancements on board courtesy of HTC Sense.

However, HTC Legend reviews also say that the photo quality from the camera is not that god. The phone is not compatible with 3G bands in North America so people there cannot exploit full features of the phone. we still think that this phone is a worth upgrading if you already have the Hero as there are a lot of new features. The phone also has a solid build and it is one of the best Android phones ever from this class of smart phones.

Palm is also a big name in the smart phone world and it is really hard to ignore this manufacturer because they have given us some excellent handsets. Go through some Palm Pixi reviews, they all say that this handset is remarkably thin and the QWERTY keyboard is improved too. The updated OS gives you Yahoo integration along with some enhanced features for messaging. Finally, there are some added goodies like 3G support, GPS and Bluetooth. on the flip side, the Palm Pixi reviews balk on the absence of Wi-Fi in the gadget. The reviews also say that the battery of the phone drains really quickly. The picture quality of the camera could have been better and it doesn’t record video. there are not a lot of editing options either. The Palm Pixi reviews say that the phone is meant for first time smartphone users. this phone is not made for businessmen since it lacks some of the high end features that they are used to.

So it all comes down to what kind of user group you belong to. For the high end smart phone user – there is the iPhone 4, for the mid range user, there is the HTC Legend and Palm Pixi is for someone who is new to the smart phone world.

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To launch the new year, I got the next best thing to a brain implant — a smart phone.

The new me — call it David 2.0 — has been a long time coming.

In the end, the decision to upgrade cellphones was not to ease me into the 21st century, with calendars, friends and information at my fingertips.

It was done as a matter of public safety. when people saw me using a flip phone, they hurt themselves laughing. They took pictures of it with their phones, while driving, and messaged it to their friends, while driving, so the whole viral planet could stare at me and shriek, as if I had six eyes.

I remember when our newsroom took one small step for man by purchasing hand-held, two-way radios so we could communicate quicker than carrier pigeons. They weighed as much as Coke machines and were similar in size.

As fate would have it, we shared a frequency with the local beer trucks and taxi cabs. this worked out well. we knew where all the wrecks were going to happen before they happened.

No wonder the flip phone seemed quite up-to-date, even snappy, to the man whose own children call him “Señor Eighties.”

Now I have an iPhone 4. I climbed right into this Tower of Babble as if I’d been there all my life. I haven’t even advanced to the second floor yet, and already I can stand on the beach and watch YouTube videos — of a beach.

I used to wonder what was so smart about something that made people wander around Walmart like bumper cars, knocking into everything because they were staring at a phone. Now I know that the actual world outside of the phone is background noise, like a planet with no name.

My wife upgraded to an iPhone 4S. I think the “S” stands for Siri. She can talk into her phone and a personal assistant named Siri answers. She can say, “I’m hungry,” and Siri will flash up a list of restaurants, starting with the closest one.

But the other day I overheard Siri tell my wife: “I’m not allowed to engage in frivolous conversations.”

I said, “I’m not sure this relationship is going to last.”

My smart phone must have been in a different reading group. It’s not nearly as smart as Siri. I have to “type” my text messages and emails on a tiny keyboard not nearly as fat as my fingers. Now I, too, am wandering around Walmart bumping into things, texting such breathless news as, “Im n wally wrld.”

Thus we have advanced from hunting and gathering to hunting and pecking.

Follow columnist David Lauderdale at twitter.com/ThatsLauderdale.

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2012 is almost upon us. And I have some good news and some bad news in regards to the year ahead.

The bad news? If you think you’re running fast now, get yourself some new track shoes, because the world isn’t slowing down. in fact, it is only going to continue to go faster and get more complex. The good news is that we can turn this challenge into an opportunity by embracing three leadership strategies.

1. get clear about winning.

I don’t mean partially clear, or sort of clear. I mean crystal clear on what winning looks like for your organization.

Become obsessive about winning, defining it with as much specificity as possible. Talk about it all the time with employees and other key stakeholders. put visual reminders around you. Prompt yourself via your smart phone. make sure every meeting starts out talking about winning. Embed your definition of winning into all your ways of working.

The hard part is that we can no longer define winning once, and then let it go. We now have to constantly revise and update our picture of winning as the world changes around us. We need to continually think about winning, continually fine-tune our version of winning, and continually move towards it while bringing our employees along with us.

Why is the pursuit of winning so important?

In keeps people focused and motivated. It aligns them with the vision and direction of the organization. It gives them a sense of purpose and a reason to show up for work every day. And it gives people the courage and tenacity to fight through setbacks and adversity.

Perhaps most important, winning helps people believe they can accomplish anything. just look at what Tim Tebow is doing with the Denver Broncos. he has taken his team from last to first in their division in less than half a season. And he’s got them (and an entire city) believing they could go all the way to the Super Bowl. And even if they don’t, the ride will have been an amazing one setting them up to be winners next season as well.

What could your team accomplish if people knew what winning looked like, believed they could do it, and focused on it every day?

2. Shed your outdated ways of looking at the world.

What gets in the way of winning?

More often than not, it’s our old ideas about what we know to be true about our customers, markets, and industries. It’s our brain’s natural tendency to screen in information that agrees with our view of the world and screen out data that contradicts it. And it’s our thought bubbles (unspoken thoughts and assumptions) that tell us what made us successful in the past will continue to make us successful in the future.

I’m not saying all old ideas are bad. but when our world changes so quickly, we need to make a habit of checking our ideas, assumptions, and beliefs on a regular basis. And by regular, I mean every few months, at minimum. Once a year will not cut it

Start by gathering information on what you know to be true. Not what you assume, speculate or hope, but what you know to be true through verifiable data. for example, aging populations, changing employee demographics, shifting customer communication channels, etc. Then compare this data with what you think you know to be true.

Put the two data sets together and begin to explore:

• Of what we know to be true, what is no longer true? Why?
• What has changed with our customers? our industry?
• What new wants or needs do our customers have?
• What new services and/or products can we come up with to meet those needs?
• How can we redefine value in our market?

3.slow down to go fast.

I’ve been talking about this concept for several years, and it becomes even more important in 2012.

Slowing down to go fast requires pausing occasionally to step back from your day-to-day, and re-evaluate the world around you. take a look at trends and significant events beyond the walls of your business, and even your industry as a whole. what are other companies doing that might be applied to your business? what patterns and connections can you make that other people might not see?

Get in the habit of asking what if questions like: what if we could solve the one unsolvable problem that everyone in our industry is ignoring? Or, what would happen if our biggest competitor suddenly went out of business? Focus on identifying opportunities to add value to your customers in ways that nobody else is doing. Develop significant initiatives that support leveraging those opportunities, and get (and keep) everyone in your organization clear on achieving them.

Set yourself up to win by creating space for your brain to ponder, wonder, explore, and connect.for example, start meetings by asking, When we have done this incredibly well, how will we have done it? This will prompt your brain to look for solutions rather than what’s in the way.

Winning is about subtle shifts in language and behavior each and every day. Ultimately, it comes down to whether you’re looking for and working towards solutions, or talking about and focusing on roadblocks.

It’s easy to tell the companies that have a clear picture of winning versus those that don’t. for example, Southwest Airlines is really clear on their mission as the low-cost provider. No baggage fees. No change fees. Constantly fine-tuning faster ways to load the airplane. They get it, their employees get it, and so do their loyal customers.

Counter this with American Airlines, which recently filed for bankruptcy. I frequently fly American because I live in San Diego and have limited options. I have no clue how their leadership defines winning, but I am guessing it varies dramatically from how their flight attendants and gate personnel currently define it. I often wonder if their idea of winning is to see how badly they can tick off their passengers every day.

When it comes to winning, make sure everyone in your ecosystem gets it. Not just employees, but suppliers, vendors, partners, alliances, and even (and especially) your customers. When you’re a winner, it’s obvious to those who meet you and work with you.

Get clear on winning in 2012. start looking at the world differently. And slow down to go fast so that you can focus on solutions rather than what’s getting in the way. Playing to not lose is just as hard and not nearly as much fun

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Affordable, with many different options, the iPhone 3GS Smart Phone from Apple is a one-of-a-kind device. In regard to smartphones, this particular model a few years ago was the best in its league. New releases in the smart phone arena such as iPhone 4 has overshadowed this particular model. People that could not afford the iPhone 3GS Smart Phone before can do so now since the newest version has been unveiled.

When you get the iPhone 3GS, you are buying an iPod in addition to your phone. So, if you aren’t already in possession of an iPod or other MP3 player this is a great way to get one without buying an entirely separate device. Because all of Apple’s products are built to work together, if you do already own an iPod or another Apple device like an iMac or an iPad, you can easily transfer those files to your iPhone. you also are able to use the iTunes store which has tons of movies and other forms of entertainment. the high res images offered by the iPhone 3GS make it easy to watch movies and videos. In short, the iPhone is a complete entertainment center in addition to a communication device. there is so much available with cell tower leases that we had a tough time figuring out what to include, here.

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What you can and should do is look for your self because we know there are other great sources on the net.

That will always be a great idea, and you will find that it will be extremely useful.

The only way you will be in a the best position to decide what course to follow is through timely information.

The camera on the iPhone 3GS smart phone allows you to take both high quality photos and videos. while the 3 megapixel camera has good performance quality, it isn’t quite as impressive as the cameras you will find in later model smart phones but it works fine for regular use. If you’re a serious photographer or maker or videos, you’ll probably have separate devices for taking pictures or shooting movies anyway. For casual users, however, the iPhone 3GS works perfectly well for photos and videos and makes it easy to email them or upload them to the web.

The question that you might be considering is whether or not you should wait for the iPhone 5, get the already available iPhone 4, or get the cheaper iPhone 3GS right now.

This question can only be answered by you and what you intend to do with your iPhone once you get it. People usually get merchandise that is too advanced for their needs which may be the case with those looking for a smart phone. Many features that are improved in these later years include faster Internet speed and the ability to take high-resolution images. With the more advanced iPhone’s, and not the iPhone 3GS, you can actually make video phone calls. Only a few years old, the iPhone 3GS smartphone is like ancient technology when compared to the advancements in cellular technology as of late. Surfing the web, taking and uploading vids and pics, is easy to do with the smartphone. Almost anyone can get the iPhone 3GS smartphone at this low bargain price, so you might want to consider getting this feature packed smartphone today.

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Are you saying: not another clone? well for your knowledge, this isn’t just a clone, it is a iPhone clone. You will find Fly-Ying F006 to be very interesting to use as your own personal smart phone. the Features of this phone are not that different from the standard iPhone. the Fly-Ying F006 is known as being the newest best thing that hits the market and it is just like the iPhone. Read the rest of the article to find out some good features about the clone.

The F006 is one phone that’s providing plenty of memory and it even supports media. the eye catcher of the clone is the new dual sim card expansion. You might be surprised to know, but the dual sim card allows two different numbers, which provides calling and texting at the same time. the dual phone number allows you to enjoy two way calling in a different kind of way. You will now be able to have sim cards from different companies, which is perfect for those individuals that travel a lot.

Traveling with this phone is a good idea, because of the nice features of camera and music media. First off, you should look into the camera specifications.

The camera is a 2. 1 mega pixel camera, which provides the user with some high quality pictures. the software that’s built in allows the images to be browsed easily as it has a good amount of memory.

The display is a little smaller than the actual iPhone, which gives some space for the keypad for calling and texting. the display didn’t change much, the resolution is better now that’s it’s a smaller screen. the mobile TV is also available for people that’s going to be traveling for a long distance. the Fm Radio and Bluetooth will be available to the clone users. the speaker phone is pretty good as well.

The Fly-Ying F006 has many new features that will surprise you. Everyone needs a phone when they are traveling and this phone will definitely do the job that needs to be done. we know that the small display when you compare it to the regular iPhone is way different, but if you think about it, smaller is better as it does not distort the picture coming across on the phone. There are many features to this handset that we know you and everyone else will enjoy.

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I have been using the HTC freestyle for the past few weeks and absolutely hate it. I am going to go trade it in for another phone. what is the best NON SMART PHONE at&t offers?

What is the best non-smart phone at&t offers?

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Which is the best smartphone for use with online college courses?
I am planning on teaching online this summer and would like the flexibility while traveling of not having to worry about trying to use my laptop. I'm due for a new cellphone (still using a Palm Treo 700). I want to buy a new smart phone. Does anyone have any good experience using a smart phone for online classes?

May be this site can help you
http//. www.a1onlineeducation.com

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NEW YORK – On a recent trip to Spain and Andorra, I loaded a Lonely Planet Discover Spain guide on my iPad, put Lonely Planet city guides for Barcelona and Madrid on my iPhone, and for good measure, carried around a Rick Steves Spain guide — the paper kind. I also installed maps on my iPad from a company called Dubbele that specializes in mobile maps.

After two weeks on buses, trains, planes as well as skis and on foot, the verdict is in. Digital devices are making headway but the printed guidebook isn’t a relic yet.

Using a smart phone on a trip has advantages. GPS can figure out where you are or find a spot to eat or shop. Nifty images of attractions along with contact information and hours of operation are at your fingertips. but nothing beats a good travel guidebook for reading up on a destination. Tuck a postcard in the page with all the restaurant listings you’d like to try, scribble extra info on the margins, or push your seat to a reclining position and read during your flight.

On the other hand, twice during the trip I took with friends, information delivered digitally saved the day. first, on New Year’s Eve, the trendy tapas bar in Barcelona where we’d made reservations for five had only marked down space for two of us. The restaurant expected three of us would simply leave, but loyalty won out and we all took a hike through Las Ramblas and the Gothic Quarter. it was 9 p.m. on Dec. 31, not an easy time to find a decent restaurant with space open. As my friends griped, I consulted the Lonely Planet guide on the iPhone, which pinpointed several nearby restaurants. following the handy map, we managed to weasel our way into a great spot for a fabulous evening.

Then, when two from our group decided to take an extra day in Barcelona, I worried they’d never find our lodge in Andorra, located on a tiny unlit windy mountain road. using Google Maps would have required an Internet connection and resulted in international roaming data charges. but using the large Dubbele map I’d installed from iTunes on the iPad, our friends were able to find us.

Reading the Lonely Planet guide on the tablet was also easy on the eyes. The text is clear and big enough to read. Maps and photos are not tiny thumbnails lacking detail, nor are they so zoomed-in that the scale is lost. It’s possible to bookmark and there are plenty of hyperlinks throughout the guide.

But digital devices have their drawbacks. A $500 tablet may not be the best item to toss in the back seat of a car, read at the pub or consult in a drizzle. Books dry out. Electronics are easily ruined and damaged, and can also be targets of theft.

And unlike a book, smart phones and readers need juice. I found myself obsessively searching for outlets everywhere I went — rooting under tables in cafes, pulling couches away from walls in hotels and sprawling on the floor in a bus station to gain a coveted electrical current. Apparently, air travelers in Madrid don’t use electricity. I spent 20 minutes hunting around the international terminal to find an outlet. Of the small handful I found, all were either not functional or occupied. (Abroad you need adapters too, since currents and plugs are different.)

In addition, data isn’t cheap. it isn’t even reasonable. It’s downright spendy. be aware of data charges if you travel internationally. and, just because you’ve purchased an international data plan, don’t assume your costs are contained. Some places don’t abide by these plans — including Andorra, where I paid a princely sum for using my iPhone.

Overall, I could have gotten by with just one source of travel information instead of three. but after comparing the three in real time, I think the best way to go is to take a book and a phone. The iPad is a good delivery system for e-mail and other content — including travel guidebooks — but it isn’t a primary communication device. it can be a good option, however, for travelers who read a lot and prefer e-books to carrying around “War and Peace” or the collected works of Dean Koontz.

A final thought: Paper guidebooks don’t have bugs and don’t crash. it is extremely frustrating repeatedly trying to access an app and have the smart phone just freeze or repeatedly download a Google Map. I have yet to open a book and see nothing but blank pages.

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WIRED: Access to the web could drive further social change across the world

THE HUAWEI Ideos is not the fastest phone on the market. It doesn’t brim with features. It doesn’t even have the best battery life and it’s certainly not the cheapest phone. but it is the cheapest smart phone at around €75. or more to the point, 8499 Kenyan shillings.

There’s been much talk of the sub-$100 (or €75) smart phone, especially at the Mobile World Congress, the meeting of the world’s mobile phone manufacturers, phone companies and analysts, which took place last week in Barcelona. the truth is that in name at least, Android phones have been hitting close to €75 for a while: you can pick up one for that on a pay as you go plan across most of Europe.

But the Huawei Ideos is the real, unsubsidised deal. and despite being significantly pricier than the cheapest phone, which hovers around the €10 mark, the phone has been selling very well in Kenya, a market that by all accounts is the leading indicator for the billions of basic mobile users outside the US and Europe.

This is the beginning of a major shift in what we can expect from mobile phones and their users across the world. It will take some time to play out, but smart phones will remorselessly push out other phones.

The smart phone market hit 100 million shipped units this year. That’s triple the total three years ago and double that a year earlier. As Finnish analysts Asymco note, a growth rate of that nature, in the midst of a recession, can only demonstrate where the market is heading. Commentators at the congress were already talking about €60 Android devices, which takes smart phones below the average price for all phones last year.

It’s easy to see this as a battle between Android and Apple, Microsoft and RIM. but what it also means is that the five billion mobile phone users across the world will also have access to the internet. all the major vendors of next-generation smart phones include web and net access by default and their browsers and applications can handle the demands of sending, receiving and displaying net content as easily and as speedily as the PCs that defined the first wave of popular internet use.

Kenyan internet data plans are about €10 for 600MB, which is well over the average used by smart phones – far more than the average subscriber costs for the modern African, but close to the price paid just a few years go. It makes sense for phone companies, faced with this falling revenue, to guide its emerging market customers back to a more expensive model.

In return though, every new smart phone user gains an incredible amount of information and the chance to contribute to a two-way conversation.

Concentrating on Kenya once more, the country’s innovative M-Pesa system, which allows phone users to store, bank and trade money using their mobile phones, was for the first time connected to the Visa credit/debit card system. So now millions of Kenyans will also be able to buy goods online.

We’ve seen incredible changes in North Africa in the past few weeks, which were at least partially encouraged by the access the population there had to the internet and satellite television. but that came at the culmination of a decade-long conversation in relatively affluent countries between radicals, politicians and academics concerning Arab identity that had at least the partial attention of the West.

If the average westerner has a hazy idea of the Middle East, their understanding of sub-Saharan Africa and other poorer places in the world is almost non-existent, mediated by aid organisations and those countries’ often autocratic leaders. Direct communication between the citizens of African countries is often not much better.

With bidirectional access to the internet on mobile phones, there are at least opportunities for that to change. It’s unlikely that smart phones or the net on their own will be a driver for that transformation. It will take profit-seeking companies or change-seeking activists and politicians to take advantage of the new opportunity.

But that change is going to come incredibly quickly. four years ago, the iPhone had just launched and was being primarily sold to users who were already blasé about the promise and potential of the internet. in four years’ time, equivalent tools will be in the hands of hundreds of millions who will never have experienced the net before.

They will not have had the opportunity to download and examine free resources that would have dwarfed even national libraries. they will never have been able to correct what is being said about them. they will never before had the opportunity to publish to their fellow citizens without first asking permission, whether it was from a publishing house, a printer or a government.

It doesn’t really matter who wins the smart phone war. what matters is what those who will own them will do with their new individual, power.

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I currently have tmobile. I don't care what company. just curious before I buy a new phone. Please do not recommend the iPhone. I am so over the iPhone and don't follow trends. I like to take pictures, surf the web and tango with friends. what is the best phone out right now? (besides people's opinion of the iPhone)

if uve used iphone than the only option u have is samsung i9000 galaxy s(samsung vibrant/fascinate in other markets) it runs android is very very fast. has a beautiful 4 inch super amoled screen has tons of apps. includes all iphone app + more.. and is 2nd thinnest smartphone availlable. other choice is nokia n8 which runs symbian. it isnt as snappy as android or ios but has more feature than anyphone in the market.

samsung monte GT S5620 is d superb fon. 3g/wifi/gps/fast web browsing/stylish full touch/ sns links/widgets.

Blackberry Torch or HTC HD7/.

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