The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 comes standard with 800MHz processor, WVGA 3.8-inch display, 5.0-megapixel camera, Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, digital music player, second VGA shooter around front, 4GB of internal memory, microSD card slot, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, TouchWiz interface of Samsung and USB 2.0. For connectivity, it supports all four GSM bands as well as HSDPA for data.

The Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and 800MHz processor, but its features are scaled down just a bit. You will find 3.0-megapixel camera, HVGA 3.27-inch display, Bluetooth, digital music player, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi, 4GB of internal memory and microSD card slot. It features TouchWiz interface and quadband world phone with HSDPA support.

The Galaxy Ace 2 will be offered in United Kingdom beginning in April, whereas the Mini 2 will be introduced in March 2012 in France with international release to follow. The Korean manufacturer didn’t unveil pricing at the time of this writing and there isn’t any doubt that the company will show off the phones when Mobile World Congress starts next Monday in Barcelona, Spain.

The R comes with 4.2 inch SC-LCD capacitive screen, while the Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance gets 4.0 inch Super AMOLED display. The R adds 1GB RAM and NVIDIA Tegra 2, while the Advance comes with 768MB RAM. The 4.0 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display of Advance boasts 480 x 800 pixel resolution with Corning Gorilla Glass, delivering vivid and amazing display to view 3D games, Web content and multimedia streaming. It is offered in two variants such as 768MB RAM and Dual Core 1.0GHz Cortex A9 processor that seems sufficient enough for handling 3D games and editing jobs with ease.

The Samsung I9070 Galaxy S Advance offers a 5.0-megapixel rear facing camera with autofocus and LED flash along with microSD memory card slot, A-GPS, smile and face detection, FM radio, touch focus, Wi-Fi, geotagging and 1500mAh battery.

The LG Spectrum’s 4.5-inch True HD IPS touchscreen display offers undistorted, brilliant high definition images at 16:9 aspect ratio. With 329ppi screen density, texts and pictures are sharp even at smallest details. Snap beautiful images with eight-megapixel camera and camcorder and record videos at 1080p. The Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system makes mobile life simple with intuitive function, easy navigation, total customization and more. By using dual-core processor and 4G LTE connectivity, multitasking is flawless on Spectrum. It zooms its way through emails, social networks and web surfing smoothly. The 1280 x 720 pixel resolution offers additional screen space for more visible page content while compared to usual smartphone screen.

The clean design of LG Spectrum brings preppy style to quite a lot of fastest 4G LTE data speeds around. Its attention to high definition is admirable, however a few performance and interface flaws might scare away some. There are quite a lot of themes, which came out of 2012 Consumer Electronics Show, where Verizon originally showcased off LG Spectrum, one of the advanced and latest LTE 4G smartphones. Like Nitro HD, it comes with 4.5 inch high definition display, eight-megapixel rear facing camera with 1080p video recording support and 1.5GHz dual core Snapdragon processor. You will also find front facing 1.3 megapixel camera and Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.

Besides high definition video recording and display, various applications on LG Spectrum are automatically optimized for HD playback such as ESPN Sports Center and Netflix. Like Nitro HD, its lean, clean design, a successor to its predecessor LG Revolution appeals more. The Spectrum measures 5.3 inches high, 0.42 inch thick and 2.7 inches wide and feels quite solid. However, it isn’t the rugged smartphone, which would be poised for battle against kicks, drops or other handset abuse. It features shiny black face with dark gray metallic coating rims on sides. Like Nitro HD, the Spectrum gets 4.5 inch high definition screen that boasts 1280 x 720 pixel resolution. It is quite bright, gorgeous and colorful and supports 16M colors.

The front facing 1.3 megapixel camera is situated above the LG Spectrum’s display, while beneath it; you will find three navigation buttons, which look classy. The eight-megapixel camera with lens is at the back, while the volume rocker button on the left. The power button is situated on top of the smartphone with 3.5mm headphone jack and microUSB charging port with protective sliding door to keep out muck and dust. Powering the Spectrum is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, which can be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich. It also adds Wi-Fi, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct Support, Bluetooth and GPS radios. Some of the Google services and applications on Spectrum include Google Maps with turn by turn voice navigation, YouTube and Gmail.

Standard features on LG Spectrum include 2G Network: CDMA 800 / 1900; 3G Network: CDMA2000 1xEV-DO; 4G Network: LTE 700 MHz Class 13;  4.5 inch HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with Touch-sensitive controls, 16 million colors, 720 x 1280 pixels and ~326ppi pixel density; Corning Gorilla Glass; True HD Graphic Engine; Dolby mobile sound enhancement; microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB included; 4 GB storage, 1 GB RAM; Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot; eight-megapixel camera with 3264 x 2448 pixels, LED flash, Geo-tagging, face detection, autofocus and image stabilization; Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread); Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon.

The LG Spectrum is also equipped with Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion; Adreno 220; Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass; SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS; WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash; GPS with A-GPS support; TV-out (via MHL A/V link); Active noise cancellation with dedicated microphone; SNS applications; MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV/DviX player; True HD movie editor; Document viewer/editor; Organizer; Voice memo/dial/commands; Predictive text input (Swype); Phonebook: Unlimited entries, Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Search by both first and last name, Picture ID, Ring ID; Organizer: Calendar, Alarm, Document viewer, World clock; E-mail: IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Microsoft Exchange; Notifications: Music ringtones (MP3), Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone.

The LG Spectrum adds Hearing aid compatibility: M3, Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD; Bluetooth 3.0 Profiles: Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP), Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP), Handsfree (HFP), File Transfer (FTP), Message Access Profile (MAP), Headset (HSP), Phone Book Access (PBAP), Object Push (OPP) and Serial Port (SPP) and MP3/WMA/WAV/FLAC/eAAC+/AC3/DTS player. The rated battery life of Spectrum is 8.3 hours in talktime mode and standby time of 14.5 days. Dual-core processing power, LTE speeds, and its terrific HD display add up to an excellent smartphone, the LG Spectrum.

The additions of today bring plenty of nations with iTunes Match availability to 37 with Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, also attaining iTunes in Cloud compatibility with music videos and music for first time. The South American nations watching this feature debut has iTunes in Cloud functionality that enables users for re-downloading content plenty of times to gadgets associated with iTunes Store accounts. The iTunes Match was introduced in the month of November 2011 for the price of $24.99 and allows customers to match and scan tracks in iTunes music library such as tracks copied from other sources or CDs with trucks in iTunes Store. The company enables users for downloading around 25,000 tracks with the speed of 256Kbps DRM free AAC file format.

At present, iTunes Match is available in Belgium, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Ireland, Mexico, Malta, Slovakia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Spain, United States and United Kingdom.

The only other OLED television to see store shelves was Sony XEL-1, the 11-inch pipsqueak, which nevertheless managed to offer absolute black levels. The only screen, which comes close, is the Extreme Contrast Concept Plasma of Pioneer that offered deepest black levels. The company describes 55-inch OLED as maximized performance and masterpiece of accurate color reproduction. It suffers from off-angle color issues, which LG stated that its 55-inch OLED design addresses. The Samsung’s 55-inch OLED display will provide dual core chipset and Smart Interaction of its other high performance television sets like UNES8000.

You will find a section, which filters for news on most significant issues like immigration, government spending and healthcare. Alongside United States edition, Google has also created Egyptian edition with coverage of different political parties along with filters for most significant issues. This site has productivity tool kit for journalists and campaign workers. Apart from web presence, the Atlantic Wire points out that Web giant is creating media hangout centers for journalists who are physically covering the election. For Iowa caucus at Polk County Convention Complex, it has ritzy little setup inhabited with chairs, bean bags, touchscreen televisions, couches, coffee, local cuisine, tech help center and two treadmills; all for making consumption easier and election coverage, so there is no reason to be uniformed this year.

The Nike Triax Elite HRM/SDM’s package comprises of four different components such as wristwatch, heart rate transistor belt, which you strap around your chest, hockey puck size USB dock for downloading and uploading data between your computer and watch and distance and speed monitor pod, which clips onto your shoe. Before you start running, you will have to install the included PC software that works on Mac using OS X and OS 8.6 computers, then synchronize your watch with the machine. You can make longer term exercise plans and add day to day workouts and also tag runs with keywords so that you can aggregate identically named workouts. The polycarbonate, stainless steel watch has signature diagonal display of Nike and is pretty readable.

The Nike Triax Elite HRM/SDM is designed for handling comprehensive training; heart rate, distance, time and speed in one user-friendly package. It is named as Outside Magazine’s 2004 “Gear of the Year” winner for Fitness Watches that connects to a PC for downloading workout data, watching settings and uploading workout plans. The full featured training software helps you set goals, log workouts, analyze results and build training plans, while the digital transmission eliminates cross-talk from other wireless devices. Its memory offers split time, lap time, distance, average heart rate and average pace for each lap count. The Data mode recalls lap/timing memory, average heart rate and average pace for each saved run. Pre-set alarms alert you when you are outside your target zones. Although, the Triax Elite doesn’t feature GPS; it is exceedingly good at what it promises to do.

HDRengine makes simpler the editing and creating process high-quality HDR photos by providing intuitive workflow along with full spectrum of real-time tone mapping options and tools. With either multiple bracketed exposures or single image, this engine enables photographers to easily restore low light areas in underexposed photos, create infinite variations of image or recover lost details in overexposed areas of image from most realistic look to utmost creative tone-mapping style, without conciliating color appearance and details.

Oloneo’s HDRengine is easy to use HDR application and intuitive with receptive, elegant interface providing efficient and well-organized workflow, so each step of HDR process is exceptionally easy to understand. Other notable features include full real time edition history with animated replay, instant image thumbnails and raw photo and full video tutorials and documentation directly available from within the application. Oloneo HDRengine and Oloneo PhotoEngine are only applications to provide the digital photographers with full control over exposure and light in real-time, as if they were still behind the lens.

Pantech has preloaded the Link II with plethora of great tools and applications to help you organize your life. Powering the Pantech Link II is a BMP 1.02 operating system that offers rich multimedia experience with wide range of personal customization options and applications to help you work faster and smarter. With 2.0-megapixel camera and 4x zoom, you will have no issue bringing your world into better focus. The Link II provides you with instant access to multitude of tools and applications designed to help you informed and organized including AT&T Family Map, YPmobile, AT&T Social Net, AT&T Code Scanner and AT&T Navigator.

With accessible design and great quality, the Pantech Link II is a great handset for AT&T consumers seeking a workhorse of cellphone. Many cellphone carriers in United States now market three types of smartphones. Fancy handsets like iPhone 4S, which will surely appeal to all, basic smartphones such as AT&T F160 for those who communicate a lot and featured-phones like Pantech Link II designed for those who need something in between. However, it doesn’t come with Android or iOS operating system, but features a camera, doubles as world phone and full keyboard for easy typing. The simple design, good call quality and user friendly interface make it a wonderful choice for AT&T customers.

The Pantech Link II is available for the price of $9.99 with two-year agreement of AT&T. It has a BlackBerry-like shape, with its curved bottom and keyboard. It measures 4.5 inches high, 0.39 inch deep and 2.5 inches wide, and weighs 3.3 ounces, which is great for portability. The Link II boasts a 2.4 inch screen that offers 262K color support with 320 x 240 pixel resolution. The navigation controls continue the simple theme of Link II, and you will find a square toggle with End/Power and Talk button, central OK button, two soft keys, back button and dedicated speakerphone control. All keys ate quite large and have pleasant domed shape.

The keyboard buttons of Pantech Link II are raised above the surface and provide a comfortable typing experience. With just four rows of buttons, it slightest bit cramped. It also provides plenty of specialty buttons such as vibration control, “.com” shortcut and Symbol key. The volume rocker button is located on the right hand side of the device, while the camera shutter and micro USB charging port on the left. The camera lens is on the top end of Link II next to small speaker, which is conveniently situated. The memory card slot is beneath the battery cover.

The Pantech Link II’s phonebook holds 1000 names with space in each entry for notes, multiple phone numbers, birthday, company name and title, nickname, email and mailing address. You can also added one of eight polyphonic ringtones with eight alert tones. Basic features are alarm clock, calendar, notepad, voice memo recorder, world clock, calculator, unit and currency converter, stopwatch and timer. It also adds Bluetooth 2.1, speakerphone, instant messaging, USB mass storage, Web based POP3 email and multimedia and text messaging.

The two-megapixel camera of Pantech Link II takes images in four different resolutions and offers four white balance settings, 2x zoom, three color effects, three quality settings, self timer and adjustable brightness meter. The video camera shoots clips in two different resolutions and offers similar set of editing options. It is equipped with fair selection of applications and games, which include Uno, AT&T Navigator and Maps, Yellow Pages Mobile, AT&T Social Net (Twitter, MySpace and Facebook), Tetris, MobiTV, WikiMobile, Scrabble, AT&T Code Scanner, Family Feud and AT&T Family Map.

Standard features on Pantech Link II include 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900; 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 1900; 2.4 inch TFT screen that boasts 256,000 colors and 320 x 240 pixel resolution; Vibration; Polyphonic(64), MP3 ringtones; 1000 entries, Photocall; 200 MB of internal memory; microSD, up to 32GB; 2-megapixel camera with 1600 x 1200 pixels; SMS, MMS, Email, IM; WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML; GPS with A-GPS support, AT&T Navigator; MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player; MP4/H.263/WMV player; Organizer; Voice memo and Predictive text input.

The Pantech Link II also adds Graphics: choose from your favorite celebrities, music artists and sports heroes; Themes: background, Wallpaper, custom menus/popups and icons; AT&T Preloaded Apps: AT&T Navigator, AT&T Social Net (SM), AT&T Code Scanner, AT&T FamilyMap, AT&T Address Book and YPmobile; Calendar, Alarm clock, Call Waiting, Caller ID, Personal Organizer, Calculator, Tip Calculator, Conference Calling, Call Forwarding and Multitasking. The rated battery life of Link II is 10.4 days in standby mode and 3 hours in talktime mode. Overall, it is a user friendly smartphone with few fun extras and respectable call quality.

The Motorola Theory features a similar design like Clutch +i475, measuring 0.5 inch thick, 4.4 inches high and 2.4 inches wide. It has a same slate form factor with soft touch finish and rounded corners at the back. The front trim is shiny dark gray, which adds a utilitarian look to the device. The Theory gets a 2.4 inch screen that boasts 262,000 colors with 320 x 240 pixel resolution, which is certainly sharper as compared to the 220 x 176 pixel resolution display of Clutch +i475. It allows you to adjust the menu font size, backlight time, banner text, brightness level, clock format and wallpaper. Beneath the screen, you will find a standard navigation array, which comprises of two soft buttons, dedicated camera and back key with round toggle with center Select key in between.

The Motorola Theory’s End/Power and Send keys are on either side of array. It features a QWERTY keyboard, which is quite cramped. The number keys are highlighted in white, while the spacebar is quite spacious. The keyboard also features a dedicated speakerphone key. The camera lens is located at the back of the device, while the micro USB port and 2.5mm headphone jack on the left. The volume rocker button is on the right hand side of Theory. It gets a 1000 entry phonebook with room in each for five numbers, notes, email address, street address, instant message handle and Web URL. It also allows you to organize the contacts into groups and tailor then with images for caller ID or other 16 polyphonic ringtones or message alert tones.

Basic features on Motorola Theory include notepad, vibrate mode, calculator, speakerphone, world clock, datebook and alarm clock. It also adds voice commands, Bluetooth, Web browser and GPS with TeleNav. As a standard messaging phone, it comes with multimedia and text messaging with threaded conversation support, instant messaging and email. The email portion supports Yahoo, POP/IMAP accounts, AOL, Gmail and Windows Live. The 1.3 megapixel camera can take images in four different resolutions with settings for four shutter tones with silent option, self timer, up to 4X zoom, picture frames, color effects, brightness and white balance. The image quality is not that good, and looks dark, tiny and blurry especially in low light.

Standard features on Motorola Theory include MAIL: POP3/imap email support through email/IM application Wireless web email access to Gmail, MSN and Yahoo; Full keyboard (QWERTY) with two soft keys; 2.40 inch TFT screen with 320 x 240 pixels and 262,000 colors; 1.3 megapixel camera with Digital zoom; music player: AAC, MP3, MP4, WMA and AMR; Multiple numbers per contact, Caller groups, Ring ID and Picture ID; Calendar; Alarm; Calculator, Memo; Instant Messaging: Windows Live, MSN and Yahoo; Built-in 128 MB memory; Bluetooth profiles: Handsfree (HFP), Headset (HSP), File Transfer (FTP), Generic Object Exchange (GOEP), Serial Port (SPP), Object Push (OPP), Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP), Basic Printing (BPP), Basic Imaging (BIP), Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), Phone Book Access (PBAP) and Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP); microUSB; Polyphonic ringtones; Music ringtones; Vibration Alert; Flight mode; Silent mode and Speaker Phone. The estimated battery life of Theory is 20 days in standby mode and 5 hours in talktime mode. So, those who are in the market looking for a standard messaging phone, Motorola Theory is the best choice.