So let’s get it out of the way.

No matter what smartphone platform you are using, be it Android, Blackberry, iOS or Windows Mobile, it’s still a smartphone. Which is the best is up to you. Do not go around and belittle the other because :

1) You are not making any money out of it

2) You are basically mocking yourself for mocking other platforms

So what if your platform has got more apps? So what is your platform has got flash support? Get real lar. It’s a phone, maximise it instead of telling others how bad their phone is. That’s childish.

Just enjoy la your phone.

So with that out of the way, let’s dive into the HTC HD7.

I know it’s not anywhere near new. But I just got my hand on the phone. So please bear with me. There are a whole lot of reviews out there. But there was none I could find to fuel my curiosity regarding the new smartphone OS.

The phone came in the standard HTC slide out box. Included inside are the adapter plug, USB cable for charging and syncing, earphones, some documentation as well as the phone itself. Nothing special. Was hoping for a case, but there’s none. 

So.. the phone. Glorious 4.3” screen.

It’s big, bright and wonderfully pleasant to use. PS – sorry for the bad photo quality. hahaha. Promise to get better photos next

And it’s very slim as well. I like!

The back is rather standard except for the build in kick stand which is rather sturdy.. surprisingly. I was half expecting a flimsy stand.

The phone is big. But it’s not THAT big until it’s big enough that you would rather leave it at home. You can still easily pocket it. Even in my shirt pocket. My short pants pockets had no problems with it, and I am sure that the phone will fit nicely in my jeans pockets as well.

The one thing which I REALLY like about this phone (or rather the new Windows Mobile OS) is its presentation.

Everything is big.. with large easy to read fonts and minialistic icons which rotates rather neatly according to your phone orientation. Android’s emails and fonts are probably rather function, but these are useful. hehe. I like!

The home tiles are easy to use. Rather basic and I would prefer a more standard ‘pages’ instead of one page with large tiles to scroll. But it will do. No complains, just preference

People in the HD7, or rather contacts, is deeply rooted in facebook. Here you see updates of my facebook contacts. Unfortunately I have a whole new list of people in my phonebook now because Windows Mobile directly brings in my facebook contacts into the phonebook. And because I like to my google contacts, I now have two contacts in my phonebook. But it’s ok, the search function is still not too bad.

So, everything good about the phone?

Well, I have had the phone for less than a week. Probably 4 days. But here’s what I found out. Firstly, the battery life is horrendous. A fully charged battery at 7am will run out of juice by 2pm. And and it I do a little gaming or youtube or some online status checks and all that, it will drop even faster.

There’s no bluetooth file transfer :S Come on Microsoft… what’s with this? Bluetooth file transfer is probably one of the most basic function of a bluetooth. But hey.. Android and iOS also started with bluetooth file transfer so that’s no surprise. Hopefully they include bluetooth filetransfer as an update instead of a completely new version of the OS.

Good news is that it now has cut and paste. hahaha. I know, a little behind but at least it’s here. When I first got the phone, it was without cut and paste function. Rather annoying but the  March 2011 update solved it.

The other thing which is annoying is how the apps work. Everything is online. For example, the Facebook application is a real time online app. You launch it and it loads it’s content. It’s everytime you launch the application, it reloads everything. Same goes to FourSquare and Twitter.

But all those drawbacks ain’t gonna cut it for me. The one thing which puts this phone in my ‘like’ list is it’s screen and how the OS presents itself. Also, I notice that because the screen is bigger, typing is such a joy now. So it’s a plus point for me there.

So there you go… a short preview of the HD7. We shall have a more in depth review coming up soon. Still have yet to try out the camera function.

But here’s a quick photo sample of a fish head noodle for your reference. I thinking it’s a little under exposed.

And again, sorry for the handshake photos. Promise to take better pictures next

This is a rather old model. It was launch about a year back. But, since I do not have sponsors giving me phones each month to review, I have to make do with reviews of phones or any other toys bought myself. This will be a quick review.
Let’s start from the begining. I had a Nokia 3120 Classic before this phone. It was marvel of a phone. Fast, small and light and had everything I needed in a phone. If it had an autofocus camera, it would have been PERFECT. Unfortunately it did not. But I did use the phone and was very happy with it… until I got bored with it. So I went out looking for a new phone to cure the boredom. After considering all the phones within my budget of RM900, I settled for the Sony Ericsson W980 which I got for RM850 (original Sony ERicsson warranty). Not bad.

Overall specs?

- 2.2″ screen

- 8GB built in memory.

- Flip phone.

- 3.2mp non-af camera.

That’s about the specs I needed when considering the phone. PLus it looked REALLY cool with them shiny surface and all.

The entire front is glass like. It looks very cool. But you would have to constantly wipe it as it attracts fingerprints like spilled ribena to ants. It also scratches rather easily. And I mean REALLY easily. I have only use this phone for about 2 weeks and I was careful not to put the phone into the pocket with stuff. It’s always in the pocket by itself, and yet there are scratches. If you are getting this phone, do get a nice little pouch for it. Good thing is that it doubles as your mirror. I use it to check for anything in my teeth, or eye shit when i wake up just in time for tea in the office.

The tip of the flip is transparent plastic from which tiny LEDs lights it up with white light when a call comes in, or blinks orange to the beat of the music in walkman mode. Quite cool.

Comes with 8GB of built in memory. More than enough to satisfy the hard of the hardest core music on the go fan. For me, I have uploaded about 3GB worth of songs. But have yet to plug in the headset. So why I got this phone? because it looks cool. And it has been a while since my last flip phone

the 3.2mp camera, without AF. Nothing to shout about. It’s great for outdoor photos under bright light, but low light situations like in doors, the images it takes are rather bland. Plus, since it’s fixed focus, detailed shots like food photos are horrible as it cannot focus on near objects.

Photos taken further away seems to be better.

But still nothing to shout about. It’s good for the occassional snap shot.

When I first saw this phone on the internet, it did not appeal to me much. It was when I held it in my hand at one of the handphone shops here, only did i realised how small it is.

It’s small and nice when closed. BUt when you open it up, it can get rather big. But that’s ok, you ain’t gonna put it in your pocket while it is open right?

But it fits my hands just nice.

And the thing i hate most about Sony Ericsson phones, the multi-port thingy. It’s your charging port as well as your data port. After a while it gets loose.

So how is the phone?

It’s nice. I got it mainly because of its form factor. The stuff that I do not like about is the software. It’s slow. Not slow slow like Nokia’s N73 slow, but it’s still slow. But that’s ok. Just that at times when you are in a hurry, it gets pretty irritating. Other stuff I do not like is the keypad.

The spacing it too big for texting. You have to stretch your fingers to reach the keys. Not a very good key pad for someone who text a lot.

Other than that, this is not a bad phone. WIth it’s features and 8gb built in memory, its a bargain at below RM900.

It’s quite an entertaining movie. From the start till the end, it’s action non-stop. The story and plot is also quite refreshing, although stories of similar plots have been done many times over. But it’s still an OK movie. It would have been a fantastic movie if:

1) Different cast

2) Different shooting technique

Firstly, it would have been great if they casted Jason Statham or even Nic Cage to be Danny Fischer. Cena was a little too big to fit the role. At times his movements were ackward. Some probably would not notice but, if you pay a little attention to his hands while he’s holding his mobile phone, you can see that he is way too big. But this is still OK. Cena scrapped through as Danny Fischer.

The worse was how the movie was shot. My goodness. My 1 year old niece can hold a camera steadier. OK. It’s ok if during the action scenes that you bob the camera up and down, side to side with the action. But, do they REALLY have to bob it up and down, side to side while they were standing still and talking? Let me show you an example of how the ENTIRE movie was shot.

The movie is still very nice, with all the action and stuff. I could still take it. But any of you out there who has trouble playing first person shooter, please do give this movie a miss if you to keep your lunch/dinner in your stomach.