Wi-Fi hotspot from Vodafone

Here comes Vodafone’s rsponse to the Three’s MiFi dongle reviewed here.
I’m talking about the R201 mobile hotspot.

It’s got a Micro SDHC slot and the ability to share an HSDPA 3G connection with up to five devices over 802.11b/g Wi-Fi.

The guys over at ElectricPig.co.uk comment that the specs show ‘a slot for a 16GB microSD card’.
This is not yet clear form what Vodafone says but if so it can be enough space for a shared network.
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Nokia C6 Review

Nokia C6 is already in the stores for some time now and several gadget/mobile sites have a few words to say about it.
Please find below what we skimmed from the world wide web.

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Desire HD or HTC Vision on September 15

Taiwan based company HTC will be announcing their latest cell phone on the 15th of September, in London.
The Desire HD and the HTC Vision will be running on Android operating system.

The guys over at Softpedia, Gizmodo or Eurodroid have some interesting things to say about this announcement.
I invite you to read all three opinions by simply following the links attached to their names but here’s a short summary of the three:
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Revive your drowned cellphone

The magical solution comes yet again from Japan.
These gadget saviors have come up with a device that blows dry any mobile that’s been drowned.
Presumably, this should work with any type of gadget as long as you’re quick enough in taking the battery off before any circuit damage can be done!

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Longer battery life for your Android

The guys over at PCMag managed to compile a list full of useful advices concerning the improvement of the Android’s battery life. These advices will work on any Android Phone starting with T-Mobile G1 and going to the latest Motorola Droid X.

Please find their findings below but remember to check their page too for the full article:

Set display brightness to adjust automatically. Turning down the brightness is obvious. But the automatic adjustment setting is less well known. Activating it means the OS will automatically dim its display in darker environments, including seemingly well-lit indoor rooms.

Reduce e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook polling. This is a big one. Even handset manufacturers like Motorola don’t necessary get this. Set your various messaging apps to “manual” and you’ll instantly extend your device’s battery life by a significant amount.

Kill extra tasks. This one is controversial, because Android does its own task management. Each new version of Android has improved automatic task management. But some programs still misbehave, especially social-networking apps that like to poll the Internet frequently. Having a task killer like Advanced Task Killer around can help neutralize unexpected network access and lengthen your battery life.

Turn hardware features off. It’s great that today’s phones have GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, but do you really need all three activated 24 hours per day? Android keeps location-based apps resident in the background. The constant drain on the battery will become noticeable, fast. If you’ve got an HTC EVO 4G, you can turn off 4G mode separately—a good thing, since WiMAX consumes extra power but has yet to blanket the country. On AT&T and T-Mobile phones, you can even turn 3G off when you don’t need speedy Internet access.

Dump unnecessary home screen widgets. Just because they’re sitting on the home screen, seemingly inactive, doesn’t mean they’re not consuming power. That goes for widgets that poll status updates in the background, as well as ones that just sit there but look pretty and animated.

Reduce RSS feed update frequency. Staying current with the news is fine, but why update feeds constantly in the background? Plenty of third-party apps set their defaults to poll at a set period of time. Others may offer a choice, but give no indication to the user that battery life will suffer as a result.

Android Market can help. Power Manager is a powerful Android app that helps you manage many of the settings we discussed in this article. It also can add a few features here and there when necessary, such as the ability to tune the screen timeout while on a call (although the effect of that one can be miniscule). If your Android device lacks a task manager, try the free Advanced Task Manager.

Subaru outback comes with in-car WIFI

Subaru has announced that purchasers of its 2011 Outback will be able to pick up an in-car Wi-Fi system as an $499 add-on (plus $35 activation fee) to the car’s $23,000 asking price.
The 802.11 a/b/g hotspot runs on 2.5G and 3G cellular networks, powered by Autonet Mobile, giving drivers and passengers a Wi-Fi bubble throughout a fairly significant chunk of the United States.

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Nokia Kinetic has Lift Off

Shawn Spencer from The Daily Tech News made a short review on a new Nokia phone but this time it does not focus on it’s smart-phone capabilities but more on the coolness factor of the phone.
This one can literary stand up whenever you receive a call and you can reject it by simply taping it down.

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Describe the Windows Phone 7 in 1 word: Neat

Matt Buchanan (Gizmodo) managed to get his hands on the brand new Windows Phone 7 and has plenty of things to say about it. Make sure you go and check his whole review over at MSNBC. I’ll just go ahead and post below the summary of his findings:

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Motorola Charm

Hello wifi-ers!
This week’s surprise is the Newest Device with MOTOBLUR™: Motorola CHARM™
We have a fresh out of the oven press release from Motorola with some teasing info on the most charming android yet!

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) today announced the upcoming availability of Motorola CHARM™, a touch screen smartphone that packs a social networking punch with Android™ 2.1, MOTOBLURTM enhancements, a compact design and a BACKTRACK™ feature that makes screen navigation even more intuitive.

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iPhone 4 Camera Review

Chris Gampat from ThePhoblographer.com. has a wild review for you guys.
He’s testing the iPhone 4 camera to no end and he’s coming up with some interesting results.
Have a look at some of his findings below but make sure to visit his full review here to check out the image gallery as well.

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