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The Android powered HTC Dream surpasses all conventional ideas about what a phone can be. Dazzle your friends with the large sensationally crisp 3.2” display. The finger touch screen super easy and intuitive navigation. Slide the screen with a way to expose all five row QWERTY keyboard. There is plenty of space between the raised keys should write emails, messages or even chat.

The dimensions of the HTC Dream are 117.7 x 55.7 x 17.1mm with a total weight of 158g including the battery. The Dream is encased entirely in a matte-black finish. The buttons on the front of the Dream all located below the screen section, which is slightly tilted upward. Trackballs is at the center of this part, which lets you select and navigate through the pages.

Specifications are in the dream includes a wide range of wireless features, including HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS navigation. Experience the exhilarating power of search to soar to new heights in quick access to the search line. From 360-degree panoramic scenes, Google Maps Street view is the next step in the evolution of the card.

The HTC Dream comes only with a mini-USB port. It is designed for charging, syncing and connecting a wired headset, which means you need an adapter to connect your favorite headphones 3.5 mm. Slot MicroSD memory card is available at the bottom left of the device. This is well hidden and only accessible when the keyboard is exposed.

The 3.2-megapixel camera on the Dream takes decent images outdoors with acceptable colors and sharpness. The Dream comes with a removable 1150mAh battery that lasted us only one day. The data intensive nature of the operating system by using the 3G radio turned on very often. It takes a little effect on the battery, and we anticipate a daily cost for most users.

Dell Mini 5 puzzled the world for a while with his new material. it’s not just another Android-based MID, but a quick fiddle with it reveals the full-fledged 3G phone inside. Key features include 1.6 Android, five-inch 800 x 480 capacitive touch screen, QSD8250 Snapdragon chips (when the processor 1 GHz), Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and WCDMA radio.

It’s about 152mm x 78mm x 10mm at 8 ounces for the dimensions. Memory-wise there’s 405MB RAM and 1.63GB of internal storage. Many of the apps support both portrait and landscape modes, although landscape mode only works one way. In fact, it’s neat for people who love to read in portrait mode, while lying in bed. Scoreboard application is only available in portrait mode and does not seem to work, plus we have not yet found a way to initiate or receive video calls, leaving the front facing camera at 640 x 480 useless except for some random self-portraits. Hopefully the final creation of programs will have these fixed.

The main camera offers 5 megapixel images of acceptable quality, along with a decent 640 x 480 video capture, but with a small rolling shutter effect. App accompanying cameras richness of the configuration of two modes: scene, white balance, brightness, contrast and resolution. Additional settings for the photo mode, turn the flash, timer, Multi-Shot, Shutter Sound, GPS location, and flicker adjustment.

Dell Mini 5 has a mono speaker on the back, loud and surprisingly clear, but, of course, supplied earphones sound better. Those who like Bluetooth stereo headphones glad to know that our mini-5 is compatible with A2DP and AVRCP, which are particularly useful for devices of this size.

Dell may not be the first to forage into the scene of oversized smartphones, but it looks like the combination of Android, Snapdragon, 3G affordability and resurrection Tablet trend can give a Dell mini 5 enormous potential. Even the battery matches the latest 3G mobile technology, despite the wide screen and fast processor.

Apple iPad sure grab headlines, when it hits stores next month. However, a number of touch-screen tablets powered by Google’s Android operating system will be launched this year. Competing with Apple’s latest consumer gadget won’t be easy, but analysts say the software for these devices can give several important advantages. Like the iPhone OS, which will power the iPad, Android was originally designed for mobile phones. This means that there will be fast and low-power. “Android is very responsive; it’s instantly available,” says Jeff Orr, a senior analyst for mobile devices at ABI Research.
It can also make use of apps already developed for Android phones. “The real benefit [of using Android] is that it taps into this ecosystem of developers that have latched onto Android,” says Carl Howe, analyst and director of the Anywhere Consumer Research division of the Yankee Group. Most importantly, some of these Android devices come with features that the iPad currently lacks–the ability to run Flash, for example, as well as a webcam and multi-tasking software.
A number of companies demonstrated Android-based tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. Taiwanese computer makers Compal, MSI, and Quanta all gave a demonstration of Android devices with screens ranging from seven to 10 inches and is powered by Nvidia Tegra of 2 microprocessors.

In addition, at CES was an Indian company called Notion Ink, which demonstrated an Android tablet called Adam. The company showed two versions–one featuring a lower-power Pixel Qi display with three display modes, and the other featuring a regular LCD. The Adam also uses the Tegra 2, equipped with a rotating webcam, and is expected to cost between $ 327 and $ 800. is expected to go on sale later this year.

French computer maker Archos already sells an Android tablet with a five-inch screen called the Archos 5 Internet Tablet, for $499. And, perhaps most importantly, the third largest producer in the world of computers, Dell, is rumored to be developing a five-inch, multitouch, Android-driven tablet, which may be announced later this year.