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Review : BlackBerry Curve 9380

RIM recently launched a new  device named Blackberry Curve 9380. RIM as of lately is trying to break away from  the image of a staid, business phone and this  device is being marketed as the first consumer oriented , mass market full touch Blackberry device.  The 9380 looks almost identical to the 9350 from the back with only difference being the placement of USB port.  The front of the Curve 9380 is dominated by a 3.2 inches (~188 ppi) TFT capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 360x480. The touchscreen is generally bright and responsive.  The bottom of the device has four backlit buttons separated by an optical trackpad in the middle.  Smooth fingerprint-prone plastic is flanked by high quality matte black plastics on both sides.  The camera remains a 5MP unit with LED flash capable of  2592х1944 pixels still resolution and  VGA recording. The video quality disappointed us but it might be a limitation with 800Mhz si...

Most Popular Mobile Platforms around the world

Mobile platforms, commonly known as mobile operating systems, control mobile handsets in the same way as an operating system (OS) such as Mac OS, Linux or Windows controls a desktop computer or laptop. Mobile platforms are undergoing rapid change with the growth of the smartphone industry. Here we’ve analysed the different operating systems in the market today: iPhone and iOS 4 Apple’s iPhone iOS is the most popular mobile operating system for smartphones. As a developer, one needs to use Mac tools on an Apple Mac to write applications for this platform. This is a problem as most developers use PCs and PC based tools. This means additional cost (to acquire hardware), as well as additional skill development. iOS is based on the Mac OS X.  To develop programs, engineers have to use objective C for the procedural code and the Xcode designer to generate the user interface. Objective C is a lot like any modern object-oriented language and doesn't take long to master. One can c...