The Galaxy Note occupies an odd space in the smartphone segment, positioning itself deliberately between phone and tablet, as evidenced by Samsung’s marketing material for the device. We take a look at the Note and see whether it’s all it’s cracked up to be.
Review: LG Optimus 3D (P920)
If you haven’t been living in a secluded cave in the mountains somewhere, you’ll know that three-dee is a bit of a fad at the moment (or, that’s what the manufacturers want you to think). Everybody and their dog is jumping on the bandwagon. Yes, we’re even seeing phones getting the 3D treatment. The LG Optimus 3D is the first of these to have landed on South African shores. We spent some time with it to see whether the 3D helps or hinders an otherwise solid device.
Application Showcase: Android South Africa
We take a look at a few South African centred applications, either developed locally, or targeting the local market.
Application Review: Swiftkey X
Android is known as a mobile operating system that gives you choice. One of the choices presented to you as a user is which input method you would like to use. Quite a while ago, Swiftkey appeared as a beta, and we’ve been using every iteration of it since then, the latest being Swiftkey X.
HTC Brings the EVO 3D to South Africa
HTC is finally bringing the HTC EVO 3D, an interesting device that features dual cameras and glasses-free 3D display, to South Africa.
The EVO 3D is an impressive piece of hardware, powered by a dual core 1.2GHz processor, which is backed by 1GB of RAM. Around the front, the device’s 4.3-inch qHD display features parallax-barrier glasses-free stereoscopic technology, which you can use to view the 3D images and videos that can be captured with the dual 5MP cameras.
As with all HTC’s devices, the EVO 3D comes with HTC Sense, albeit a version tweaked for its 3D display, featuring 3D menus and an active lockscreen, and all the usual value-adds that we’ve come to expect, like free maps and navigation, and HTC Watch.
The HTC EVO 3D is the second device of its kind, after LG’s Optimus 3D was released earlier this year, but we have a feeling that the EVO 3D will give you a more polished experience overall (keep an eye out for our review of the Optimus 3D later this week).
The HTC EVO 3D’s RRP is R6888, and it looks like second-tier service providers like Altech Autopage, Nashua Mobile, and Virgin Mobile will be the first to offer it. You can also buy it directly from Lab88.
See HTC’s website for more.
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