Smart phones are expensive and easily resalable bits of modern technology and as such, one should always be aware that smart phone theft is pretty high –simply leaving the phone lying around is a sure way to get unsavory characters interested in it. There is also much to lose as well. Aside from the fact that being stolen from can be emotionally scarring and the direct financial loss will surely affect you, there is also a matter of privacy that should not be forgotten.
Sure, there are plenty of semi-obvious things that you would not want exposed to the public –and most of that may often include entire albums of the most ‘candid’ shots you have taking with your smart phone’s five or eight mega pixel camera (or recorded in 720p HD). But beyond those embarrassing pictures of that ski trip that had you slamming face first into another skier on the slopes, there are a lot of other things to be worried about.
First off, smart phone information is a stalker’s paradise. It has information on who your friends are, what your last online or SMS communications were, where you’ve been, where you will go and for those who update the phone’s organizer function, what your plans for the rest of the week is.
GPS and location based apps keep a record of what routes you take and where you spend most of your time in. Even if you live your life as an open faced book with the people around you, being exposed to such as high degree is never a good idea. Even worse is the fact that smart phones often contain very sensitive information; banking and financial data is also stored in the smart phones of some folks.
From credit information to your PayPal account, a single online transaction on the smart phone will leave a trace of your financial data on the device.
HTC has launched a new phone that is being billed as the ultimate in the gaming smartphone segment. The new HTC 7 Trophy has a number of features that would certainly make sure that it lives up to the name.
The new HTC 7 Trophy features a touch screen that measures up at a hugely impressive 3.8 inches. The screen is also capacitive and has a 480 x 800 resolution that will make many a phone to go red with envy. The phone has a 5 megapixel colour camera that has options like auto focus and flash to make even the most novice of mobile phone users look good at taking pictures. The camera also has built-in scenes like candlelight, landscape, and portrait that would easily match the environment of your subject, letting you take even better pictures.
The phone has 8 GB of internal storage that lets you store your songs and movies. The phone has Dolby Mobile and SRS surround sound technologies in it, and these offer excellent virtual surround sound. The phone supports audio formats like m4a, .m4b, .mp3 and .wma. The gaming experience offered by this phone is second to none. This is because the phone comes with Xbox LIVE integration that lets you stay in touch with your friends and compete with them over your favourite Xbox game titles on the phone itself. This means that you are never far away from the ultimate gaming experience.
The HTC 7 Trophy has features like GPS that offers free navigation using the Bing Maps application. The phone runs on a 1300 mAh battery that provides talk time of nearly 400 minutes in GSM mode. The phone is expected to be released later this week and will be available on a two year £30 a month deal.
If the HTC Desire looks and seems like a Smarpthone you’ve already seen before, it’s because it actually is. The newest Smartphone from HTC is actually a revamped model of the HTC Google Nexus One which saw its release in January of this year. The only difference between the two is that the Desire has been blessed with the immaculate Sense user interface. In this regard, the Desire definitely makes more sense than its Nexus counterpart. Forgive the play on words. We just couldn’t resist it.
Mirror Image
One of the reasons why the Nexus One was so impressive was because of its sizable high resolution touch screen display. At 3.7” and with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, it remains to be one of the baddest in the business. The same holds true for the HTC Desire which has the exact same AMOLED capacitive touch screen. The dimensions of the two are almost exactly the same as is their weight – a virtual mirror image.
More of the Same
In terms of their features, it’s more of the same for the HTC Desire and the Nexus One. Voice and data connectivity options are similar and so are their built-in cameras which are both at 5-Megapixels. An expandable external memory of 32GB, a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and an A-GPS-capable GPS receiver are some of the other prominent features shared by these two Smartphones, and they’re definitely impressive features, especially considering how reasonable the HTC Desire deals are.
Sensing a Difference
While both handsets have the famed Android OS on board (both have the Eclair), what allows the HTC Desire to stand out is its Sense UI. The proprietary HTC user interface enhances the already impressive Google mobile OS as it integrates a lot of new features on the Desire. One of the shortcomings of the Nexus One was its lack of widget and application power. With the Desire, all these criticism can be thrown out of the window.
