So, what is the difference between WiFi and 3G iPad iPad with a plus WiFi. It ‘s a question that seems to come up frequently, so I thought it worthwhile to find some answers to this question.

I found five major differences between the two models and continue to seek more. Here are the five differences:

Number 1: limited connectivity vs Extensive connectivity. With the iPad WiFi connectivity to the Internet is limited to areas where you can access the Internet via WiFi. With the 3G version of the iPad can be connected either via WiFi or 3G cellular network. This means you should have connectivity anywhere you get phone coverage. To get the same coverage with the WiFi version, which would need a portable Wi-Fi, as MiFi Verizon or some of the smart phones that can act as a WiFi.

Number 2: you pay for more connectivity. IPad 3G costs more to buy. At the moment I write this, the difference is about $ 130 U.S.. To use the 3G wireless service, you must have a data plan with your wireless carrier. In the U.S., AT & T offers data plans for a price. To start they had a plan for $ 14.99 per month with 250MB of data and data included a $ 30 per month plan “unlimited”. The unlimited plan was stopped very quickly and now you can get 2G of data for $ 25 per month.

Number 3: iPad with 3G also has built in GPS service. The WiFi version can do some triangulation, you need a 3G iPad to get a very accurate position fix.

Number 4: some minor physical differences. On the back of 3G iPad there is a section of black plastic that allows the iPad to get a better connection to the wireless network. The 3G version also has a port on the side for you to insert the Micro SIM card. These differences are probably not a big problem, since you probably want to use a cover to protect your iPad iPad.

Number 5: battery life shorter than for 3G. Using the 3G network chew up more battery. From what I’ve read that cuts the battery life of up to 10 hours between 7 and 8 hours. Not bad, but does not count at the end of a long day.

So, to summarize, if you’re just using the iPad around the house, get the version of Wi-Fi and if you need to use it in the field you are probably better off getting a 3G version of the iPad.

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While there are many companies competing for supremacy in the smartphone, when the two titans go head to the dominance of the consumer smartphone scene. With apologies for Blackberry, Windows 7 Phone and Palm OS, Google Android and Apple IOS are the top two mobile operating systems at the time.

Now that Verizon has officially get the iPhone, there were a lot more questions on my blog about which phone is better, iPhone or high end Android phones.

This application is a bit ‘more difficult to answer because both have distinct advantages so I thought I’d put together this article to address some of the advantages and disadvantages of each mobile operating system.

Choices – Android Advantage

If you are looking for lots of different choices, then Android is across the street. With the iPhone, you have two options, the model this year and last year’s model. Every year, Apple released a new phone. There seems to be a new Android phone coming out every few days – there are over 100 Android powered phones and this number continues to grow. Android can be found in low-cost phones that are free of charge, with two-year contract and $ 250 with two-year contract. You can get a variety of screen sizes and choose any carrier you want.

Apps – iPhone Advantage

If you want the largest selection of applications, so the Apple App Store has the advantage of about 200,000 applications. The Android Market is not a slouch by any means, as it does have more than 100,000 applications, has just not. Most developers to develop the Apple App Store in the first place because people are more accustomed to paying for applications on the iPhone than they are on Android. The biggest difference is in games – quite simply, there are far better games available for iPhone and Android right now.

Cell Phone Carrier – Android Advantage

Now that the iPhone is available in two carriers in the U.S. has not stuck with AT & T, which is a good thing for many people like AT & T had more than its share of network problems over the years with the ‘iPhone. However, the iPhone is not yet available for both Sprint and TMobile plans that offer lower costs for Verizon and AT & T so that the advantage here goes to Android.

Adobe Flash (most Video) – Android Advantage

When it comes to watching video on your iPhone, you can watch some video and many of Youtube. However, a lot of videos can be found elsewhere, and everyone uses Adobe Flash. In addition, many online games use Flash so if you like them to play, you probably have some difficulty. Android phones (that Android 2.2 or later) support Flash which means you can access all these videos and games with the phone. Is there a workaround Called iPhone app that will work on Skyfire for some of these cases, but not nearly as good as the phone can support it and certainly not “works” as Apple has tried to make their devices do.

Ease of use – iPhone Advantage

You probably do not want to take an engineering degree to use the phone. While Android is relatively easy to use, it is still not as intuitive as the iPhone. The iPhone has a simple elegance to it. Android powered smartphone tend to appeal more to the tech savvy crowd. Again, this is a matter of preference. Just as with computers, some people like some people like Windows and Mac OS. Go to the store and play with both for a while ‘and see which you like more, but if you hate computers and I barely know how to turn one, stick with the iPhone as it is easier.

Conclusion – Up To You

While I could make a case that is better or, at the end is going to depend on what you want. Me personally, I like my Android phone, but I played with a lot of iPhone and have found them fun and easy to use too. Get any one you like best.

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The Samsung Omnia II is the newest smartphone offered by Verizon Wireless. It has a few standout components, such as a 3.7-inch, WVGA, AM-OLED screen and a 5.0 megapixel camera/camcorder with flash, some new technology such as the Swype keyboard, and the usual features today’s consumers have come to expect, like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

It is available now for $200 with a two-year contract and a $100 mail-in rebate.

BUILD & DESIGN

When I took the Omnia II out of the box, the first word that came to mind was “sexy” — this really is a nice looking device. It’s a little on the large side compared to other phones, but that’s due to the 3.7-inch, AM-OLED screen, which is absolutely gorgeous. The overall design is sleek and modern, mainly black with chrome accents on the buttons and hematite around the edges of the device.

The battery cover on the back is basically black, but it has really cool red accents that show up more depending on how they catch the light. It’s a subtle effect, nothing too over-the-top or cheesy, but just different enough to set the Omnia II apart from the crowd of similar-looking devices. The top of the back panel is where you’ll find the lens for the 5.0 megapixel camera with flash and video capture capabilities.

This device has a nice heft to it — it’s not so heavy you don’t want to carry it with you, but it’s not so light it feels like an insubstantial toy. At 4.75 inches tall, 2.4 inches wide, and 0.5 inches thick it’s not something you’ll forget that you have in your pocket, but it does fit.

Buttons and controls are relatively minimal, though there are quite a few of them. The call and disconnect buttons on the front of the phone are lightly textured, while the navigator button in the middle is smooth. The left side houses the standard headphone jack, the very small volume up/down buttons, the uncovered microSD slot, and the OK button. The right side has the covered charge/sync port, the lock button, and the camera button. The lock button is easy to manipulate and is cleverly recessed in comparison to the camera button, so you shouldn’t have any problem with the phone being accidentally unlocked when in your pocket or purse.

Display
I’ve already mentioned the display, and for good reason — it’s absolutely beautiful. It’s a bit larger than usual, and everything is so big and bright it made me realize just how much squinting I seem to do with other devices. Everything is sharp and neon bright, with saturated colors. Video looks great, with no ghosting issues.

Whether you’re viewing pictures or video or just composing a text message, you’ll like what you see on the Omnia II’s stellar display.

Keyboard
This device has a virtual keyboard, not a physical one, but that doesn’t mean that it’s the same-old, same-old. This is the first device I’ve used with Swype technology, and it’s nifty.

Instead of picking up your finger or your stylus each time you want to move to the next letter, you just slide your finger or stylus to the next one. It was a little strange at first, but I’m really starting to like it. It’s easier on my fingertips than pounding the virtual keys (I always tend to push harder than I need to) and it’s fun too.

If Swype perfectly understands what you just entered, it’s exactly like typing. If it doesn’t, you’ll get a selection of as many as eight different possibilities. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how the Swype system works. Typically turning off the auto-complete or word suggestion utility is one of the first things I do when I get a new device, but so far I really like how Swype is working for me on the Omnia II.

If it turns out that you’re not a big fan, you still have your choice of block recognizer, letter recognizer, the standard Windows Mobile keyboard, the Samsung Keypad, or Transcriber.

PERFORMANCE

The Omnia II runs Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional, but it looks a lot different than you may expect. Samsung has really jazzed things up the user interface with TouchWiz 2.0, homescreen widgets, and the multimedia Cube.

There’s a lot going on here, and even after spending a couple of weeks with this device I can still lose my way now and then. Thankfully performance is nice and fast — I really haven’t seen any delays or hiccups, and applications like Word Mobile start quickly.

You can put widgets on the three-panel homescreen, and everything is fully customizable. You can even shop for new widgets in the Widget Store. You’ll find a wide variety, with everything from E! Online, G4TV.com, and the Urban Dictionary to entertainment apps like a lighter, glow stick, and Magic 8 Ball. All of the widgets currently available are free, though of course that can change at any time.

Tap the Menu button at the bottom of the screen to bring up a list of all the software installed on the device. It runs several pages and includes absolutely everything, from My Contacts and My Pictures to games and Office Mobile. You can move things around if you like, and you’ll probably want to do so — the Office applications are buried on the fourth page of the menu, with all of the carrier-specific stuff like V Cast Music and V Cast videos on the font page.

Wireless/Call Quality
My call quality tests have been OK, but not stellar — my callers can definitely tell that I’m using a mobile phone. Background noise wasn’t too much of a problem; the issue was more one of volume, making me feel that I needed to talk somewhat louder than normal in order to be heard.

3G mobile broadband, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth work exactly as expected, without any issues.

Productivity
Since this is a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone, there are plenty of productivity applications included, from the usual suspects like Office Mobile and Outlook Mobile to extras like MSN Money and Adobe Reader.

Voice Recognition from Nuance is also included, and my results are quite positive. If you find the five(!) pages of menus and the 3D Cube media interface overwhelming, you can say any command from “Call Brad” to “Go To Calendar” and things happen exactly as you say. It works very well, and was a joy to use, unlike most voice recognition apps.

The Opera Mobile Web browser works great, and I like how text is re-flowed as necessary when I double-tap the screen to zoom in.

The e-mail experience is, however, extremely frustrating. Everything seems to have been optimized to minimize bandwidth usage to an unreasonable extreme. Do you want to browse folders, not just your Inbox? You can do it, but you have to change the settings to choose which folders to access, and that menu option is pretty well hidden.

Even worse, only message headers and the first 2 Kb of each message are downloaded by default, without any graphics, unless you tap to “download Internet pictures” on a per-message basis. You also have to tap to download the rest of the message, which will only happen the next time you “connect and receive e-mail” unless you choose send/receive in the menu to make it happen immediately. Want to scroll to the right in order to see the other half of your message? You have to tap in a specific place to enable horizontal scrolling, which is a real pain. I’m hopeful that some of these settings can be tweaked on a global basis; otherwise the Windows Mobile e-mail experience will be extremely unpleasant, and not one to which I would wish to subject myself on a long-term basis.

Entertainment
There’s a lot of fun to be had with the Omnia II, and it starts on the home screen. When you select the Cube menu option at the bottom of the screen, you’re presented with a really cool spinning cube that highlights your available options, from games to V Cast music and videos, to photos and the Web.

If you don’t want to use the cube, you can make your selections at the bottom of the screen. Choose video and you’ll see a flip list of every available video on the device, whether it was preloaded or something you shot with the phone’s camcorder feature. It’s a nice interface that works well and quickly gets you where you want to go.

Entertainment options include Media Player for music and videos and a collection of games and demos such as Solitaire, Bubble Breaker, Dice, and Ferrari GT Evolution (which utilizes motion controls).

The external speaker is loud enough and clear enough to offer a good gameplay experience without requiring the use of headphones.

V Cast Song ID is included with the phone, and it works very well, even with the relatively obscure songs I tested.

Camera
The 5.0 megapixel camera takes really good quality photos and videos, with a nice array of options for scene settings and special effects. The zoom is quite nice — it gets you much closer to the action, though the picture quality does suffer a bit.

I’m quite pleased with the quality of both still photos and video I’ve been able to take with the Omnia II — it won’t replace a standalone digital camera, but it’s much better than what you’d typically expect to find on a mobile phone.

You can also edit photos on the phone: flip, resize, rotate, crop, brightness, contrast, and color effects.

Battery Life
Battery life has proven to be a real standout with the Omnia II, though I suppose I shouldn’t be too surprised considering how the e-mail experience has been throttled back so severely. I was able to get a full week on standby, and probably could have eked out a couple more days before plugging it in.

CONCLUSION

There are parts of the Samsung Omnia II that I really like — the beautiful display, the fun gaming experience, the Swype keyboard, the excellent camera, even the cool red accents on the battery cover, etc. There are also a few things I don’t like, most notably the almost wretched e-mail experience.

If you want a phone that offers a lot of entertainment options and don’t plan to use the e-mail functionality too heavily, the Omnia would be a solid choice. If however you tend to get the shakes if you don’t check your e-mail every five minutes, this isn’t the device for you.

Pros

• Gorgeous display
• Innovative Swype keyboard technology really works
• Good quality camera with video
• Offers a strong mobile entertainment experience
• Good battery life

Cons

• Painful e-mail experience
• Average voice quality
• Somewhat confusing UI/menu system

The next version of the iPhone will contain a special chip that allows it to work on networks in Europe, Africa, Asia, America, and more.

According to American ‘technology experts’ the worldwide iPhone will be launched next Summer in the US by Verizon Wireless.

The new iPhone will utilise a Qualcomm microchip that will work on both the 3G dominant European and African networks as well as the CDMA2000 networks used by Verizon and much of the rest of the world.

“This Qualcomm-powered world phone will facilitate Apple to be carrier-agnostic,” Kumar said, meaning the new iPhone will not be restricted to any network providers.

This is a logical next step for Apple, who originally released the iPhone under exclusivity deals with network partners in the US, UK, France and Germany. It has recently changed this policy to offer to offer the iPhone through many more mobile phone networks across the world.

This strategy has increased the number of iPhone users worldwide and hugely increased the Christmas party fund at Apple HQ.

Yesterday was the first day that iPhone’s were available to Orange customers in the UK, ending the exclusive deal between Apple and O2. According to early reports from Orange, they were able to sell over 30,000 iPhones by 4pm. Carphone Warehouse are planning on shifting 1M iPhones before Christmas.

The Samsung Alias 2 – recently launched by Verizon Wireless — doesn’t look all that remarkable at first glance. It’s a flip phone with a full physical keyboard, a two megapixel camera, GPS navigation, and Bluetooth wireless connectivity.

Look a little closer though, and you’ll find an innovative e-ink keyboard that changes to suit your needs, all contained in a small, lightweight package that won’t weigh you down.

BUILD AND DESIGN
From the outside, the Alias 2 looks much like any other mobile phone, with a flip-style design, a hinge and camera at the top, with buttons and a microSD slot on the sides. The exterior is made of dark gray plastic, with metallic branding accents. The overall look isn’t bargain basement, but there isn’t anything particularly pretty or sexy about it.

The hinge works both ways, meaning that you can use it as a traditional flip phone, but also as a more messaging-centric landscape device. Right now the action is very tight, and requires two hands to manipulate; only time will tell if it will loosen up. When the phone is open, it is not possible to flip the display to the other orientation without first closing the device.

The device is just about the same size as other flip phones, and feels very nice in the hand due to the patterned back plate, which helps to increase grip and prevent the phone from slipping. It also feels amazingly light — about the same as most other phones do before their batteries are installed. I was very surprised by the lightweight feel of the Alias 2. So many other phones weigh down your pockets, but not this one.

Keyboard
Verizon calls the keyboard on the Alias 2 a “Magic Keypad” and they’re exactly right — it’s one of the outstanding features of this device. E-ink technology is utilized to make the keyboard match how you want to use the phone at any given moment.

Open it up like a regular flip phone, and you’ll find a more traditional keypad layout, with two soft keys on the top row, directional and OK buttons below, send/clear/end, and then a numeric keypad. The buttons on the left and right serve as shortcut buttons that allow you to access the camera/camcorder function, use voice-activated dialing, turn the ringer on and off, or start a new text message. The buttons on the right control the Bluetooth function, the alarm clock, or take you to the games and applications menu.

Open up the device in landscape messaging mode, and the layout shifts automatically to a design more logical for that setup: a column of shortcut keys, then the numeric keypad, with send/clear/end on the bottom and directional buttons to the right. The text on the keys remains the same until you do something to change them, such as starting a new text message. In landscape mode that brings up a four-row full QWERTY keyboard that is absolutely a joy to use. In portrait mode, the numbers instantly transform into the three letter groupings you would expect for a T9 setup.

The keys are illuminated for use in low light settings, and have a unique feel to them. They are made of a slightly softer kind of plastic that feels slightly “tacky” or “gummy” to your finger. They have a very minimal convex curve and are rather close together, but I had no problems with hitting the wrong key at any time.

Of course one drawback to this keyboard is that until you become intimately familiar with all of the various layouts, you will spend a bit more time looking at your fingers than you would otherwise expect. In my mind, however, this is a reasonable tradeoff to make considering the benefits of having a phone that molds itself to they way you do business.

Display
The screen is a 2.6-inch QVGA display, and it is especially bright and vibrant. So much so, in fact, that I can easily read it outside in direct sunlight, where most phones wash out so badly that they can be very hard to use. The text is very sharp, and when you dial the phone the numbers you press are giant, which is great — most feature phones don’t tend to use all of the display. The other icons such as signal strength and battery level, are also larger than normal.

The small exterior display shows the time and date, and music playback controls are located underneath.

Ports
A headphone jack is located on the left side of the hinge, but it’s not a standard-size jack. All of the ports have hinged covers, so you don’t have to worry about losing a tiny little part.

PERFORMANCE

Since this device isn’t running a heavy-duty smartphone operating system, I expect snappy performance and instant reaction to button presses, and the Alias 2 certainly delivers. The menu system is straightforward and easy to understand, and there are even a few extras that I didn’t expect.

One of the highlights is the Easy Set-Up wizard located in the sound settings menu. It asks a series of simple questions and configures your ring tones and alerts to match. It works flawlessly, and is a big plus for this reviewer; I’m tired of slogging through menu after menu to set things up exactly the way I want them. Other folks I showed this to agreed, and I would like to see this sort of thing on other devices in the future, so I hope the user interface designers are listening.

Call Quality
Call quality is good with this Samsung model, but not exceptional. Voices on the other end sounded a bit “flat” and they could hear some background noise on my end. Most folks would be perfectly happy with the quality, and I know that I’m being nitpicky here, but that’s my job as a reviewer. In this case, I’m not sure I really would have noticed anything if I weren’t looking for negatives.

Entertainment
This phone offers the full suite of entertainment services provided by Verizon Wireless, namely V-Cast Music with Rhapsody and V-Cast Video. The music playback works well, and like most phones the sound quality through the external speaker is good, but not fabulous. I tried it out with the latest single from the Black Eyed Peas, and while the song sounded pretty good, there really wasn’t any bass. In other words, “Boom Boom Pow” didn’t have quite the same impact as it would have if listening through headphones, but the speaker is good enough to share a few tunes with your friends.

Camera
The camera takes fairly good shots, but not great. I was slightly disappointed with the camera as compared to other mobile phones I’ve reviewed recently. The details are good, but there was some over-exposure on some of the shots, especially those with widely varying levels of shade and brightness that were taken on a sunny day. The expected options are included, such as six different color effects, white balance, self timer, etc.

It can also function as a camcorder, though any videos you take are limited to just 30 seconds in length unless you have a memory expansion card installed.

Productivity
This isn’t a smartphone, so you won’t be editing any spreadsheets, but the Alias 2 does include the basics, such as a calendar, contacts, calculator, alarm clock, stop watch, world clock, notepad, and one of my favorites, USB mass storage.

Mobile Web, a basic web browser and the excellent VZ Navigator service are also included, so you can browse the Internet on a mobile broadband connection and also never worry about getting lost.

Additional applications and games are available for download from Verizon Wireless, including Visual Voice Mail. The application has some handy features, most notably the ability to respond via voice call or SMS and a message archive feature that lets you move important messages to a memory card for permanent storage. The application requires 821K of storage space and is free to download, with a $2.99 per month service fee.

Battery Life
Battery life is exceptional–I used the phone heavily for several days before the battery meter went down to half charge. The battery charger that comes with the phone is very small and light, but unfortunately does not feature folding prongs.

CONCLUSION

This is the first phone I’ve reviewed in a long while that I didn’t want to send back after the loan period. The Samsung Alias 2 is slim, light, and fully featured, though of course it can’t directly compete with its smartphone cousins.

The keyboard is just as innovative as Samsung says it is, and most importantly, this is the first phone I’ve used that molds itself to the way I want to use it, instead of forcing me into a particular mode at the time of the initial purchase.

It isn’t for everyone, but if you find yourself needing an excellent phone, and you don’t require Wi-Fi or the ability to sync with Outlook, take a closer look. The Samsung Alias 2 may be exactly what you’re looking for.

Pros

• Magic Keypad gives you access to the dial pad and quick launch functions but instantly switches to a four row
• QWERTY keypad with large buttons when you enter the messaging application
• Dual flip for use as portrait or landscape device
• Bright, easy-to-read screen
• Thin and incredibly light

Cons

• Voice quality is good, but not stellar
• Relatively underpowered camera compared to the competition

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