#TBT: Mobile phones: Then and Now

If you grew up in the 80′s or 90′s, you’d definitely see the huge difference and improvements in the mobile industry. For our Throwback Thursday this week, we look at one of the most popular handset of of the 21st century and compare it with the handset of the 20th century.

We’re sure you still remember the Nokia 5110. It was one of the best phones of the 90′s. We compare it to the Apple iPhone to see what we’ve gained and what we’re missing.

Sometimes, technology doesn’t really improve things — they just make them more complicated.

Source: Yugatech

Motorola Moto G budget phone: 4.5-inch display, Snapdragon 400, 1GB RAM, 5MP camera

Motorola has announced its intentions to become a dominant force in the low-end smartphone market. That plan will be carried out in the form of the inexpensive Motorola Moto G smartphone, a wallet-friendly device with a 4.5-inch 720p display and quad-core Snapdragon 400 CPU for just $179.

Despite its affordable price, the Motorola Moto G isn’t short of decent specs and features. Besides a big display with high resolution and relatively fast mobile CPU, the phone also has a fast mobile data support and an adequate amount of RAM (1GB). The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 3 for improved resistance to drops and scratches. There’s even coating inside for added water resistance.

Essentially, the Moto G is the Moto X in budget form. Touting a similar curved design, this budget phone has a removable back cover that can be swapped for another color (yellow, red, black, white, pink, dark and light blue). It doesn’t have the same level of customization as its high-end sibling, but the Moto G offers a number of accessories, including flip covers, colored cases, and wireless speakers. A dual-SIM variant is also in the works.

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Lenovo Vibe Z: Snapdragon 800, 5.5-inch 1080p display, dual-SIM, 2GB RAM

Setting itself apart by sporting a Snapdragon 800 processor (instead of the MediaTek chips that Lenovo usually employs in its devices), the Lenovo Vibe Z is an upcoming smartphone with dual-SIM functionality and runs a custom Android-based ROM.

You can think of the Lenovo Vibe Z as a more powerful version of Vibe X, announced back in September. Almost every aspect has been pretty much revamped, although the same back finish for minimal fingerprint smudges is still there. The newer handset is also thicker at 7.9mm, albeit still considered thin in today’s standards. The display is now a 5.5-inch IPS display with 1080p (full HD) resolution. Standing in as the rear camera is a Sony IMX135 sensor that apparently can shoot ten photos in half a second, with a low-light mechanism and dual-LED flash that ultimately result to brighter pictures with minimal noise.

Besides the CPU, the innards consist of an Adreno 330 GPU and 2GB of DDR3 RAM. There’s a dual-SIM tray and a yet-unspecified battery that Lenovo claims to last 278.5 hours on standby for the WCDMA + GSM model. This is just one of several models to be made available for Chinese carriers, while a GSM + 4G LTE version is headed for the international market.

Source: Noypigeeks

Verizon BlackBerry Curve 9310 Smartphone

Verizon launches the BlackBerry Curve 9310 smartphone. Intended for socially-connected users, the handset comes with Facebook and Twitter app pre-loaded and a dedicated BBM button for instant access to the BlackBerry mobile social network. It has the iconic BlackBerry keyboard for quick and easy typing and an optical trackpad for easy navigation.

The Curve 9310 runs BlackBerry OS 7.1 and with 512MB of RAM. It has 512MB of internal sorage and supports microSD/SDHC up to 32GB. The handset boasts a 2.44-inch 320×240 LCD display with 164ppi, a 3.2 Megapixel with flash and video recording, FM radio, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity as well as GPS/AGPS with BlackBerry Maps pre-loaded.

Motorola RAZR V Android Smartphone

Motorola brings to Canada the RAZR V, which according to the phone maker is The RAZR for All. While there is another RAZR V for China, this Canadian version has a different look and works on GSM/WCDMA network instead of CDMA EVDO. Like its brothers, the RAZR V is super slim measuring just 8.4mm thin and is made with DuPont Kevlar fiber, “which gives an other-worldly sturdiness to the outer shell.” It also gets an invisible nano-coating shields against the unexpected splash.





The RAZR V is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM and will be launched with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It gets a 960×540 ColorBoost LCD touchscreen protected by scratch-resistant glass, a 8 Megapixel camera with LED flash and Full HD video recording, a VGA front camera for video chat and 4GB internal memory. The handset comes with Motorola’s SMARTACTIONS, which is app that “intelligently automates everyday tasks and suggests ways to personalize your phone and make your life easier.” For connectivity, the Canadian RAZR supports Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, GPS and DLNA for media streaming.



As a signature of Motorola’s handset, the RAZR V features CrystalTalk Plus noise reduction technology for clear voice call. It supports microSD up to 32GB. Heading to Canada in Q3, the phone works on quad-band GSM/EDGE and quad-band WCDMA HSDPA 3G networks. The handset is Business-Ready supporting government-grade encryption of email, contacts and calendar, remote wipe and access to corporate address information, calendar resources.