Archive for November, 2007
Cect HT-508 dual SIM mobile phone test
I think in these days everybody who has an active life and lives in a city owns a mobile phone. There are a lot of brands like Nokia, Sony Ericsson , Samsung that create a lot of types of mobile phones, everyone better than the previous and with a lot of gadgets for them. Al most every non-low-cost phone has a camera build-in, a music player, a video player and stuff like this that are meant to make our life nicer and proud of ourselves , but in the same time they make us want every time a better gadget.
A big problem appeared along with the great offers of the telecommunication companies. Everyone has great offers but for using inside their network. Many people began to wear with them 2 mobile phones. I am one of those. So time asked a new invention: 2 mobile phones in a single one.
There are many companies that created Dual Sim phones, but mainly their origins are in China . One of the best company is CECT. They create a lot of dual sim phones, some of them unfortunately being copies of mobile phones from well known companies.
I’ll give you a few examples :
- Cect P-168 Ifone vs. Apple Iphone
- Nokia 6300 vs. Cect 6300
- Cect N95 vs. Nokia N95
- Cect N73 vs Nokia N73
….. and this list can continue as they are very good working people.
Anyway this is maybe the bad side….no inspiration, but the results are very good and the company is growing very fast. They give nice looking product at very affordable prices.
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Special Case – CECT HT-508
As I heard a lot of talking about these phones and I was caring 2 mobile phones with me I decided to test one of these products. I bought a Cect HT-508:
First impression… very nice. I expected something maybe cheep looking, but I had a nice surprise. My first problem with it was …turning it on. I pun the battery in it but… no turning on. After a few “scientific researching” of pushing every button like crazy I made a long press on the top right button and the phone started.
When the phone started I instantly had a problem: CHINEESE language. So I searched the internet and I found the magic key sequence: *#0000# . This resets the language phone to english. The screen is looking great, has a very good resolution 240×320 and 265.000 colors. So personally no complaining about it . The touch screen works very good , nice response. I hate the pen for the touch screen. That looks cheap and it’s not extendable. It has a fixed length and …it’s kind of short.
The sound is ok…I really don’t know how to describe it. It has a very high volume, so until now I didn’t manage to set it to ring decently so I won’t have a heart attack sometime when it will ring. Beside this is a very nice mp3 player and if you use your earphones it’s really nice. The AudioPlayer can be played in the background so it can be used easily as an mp3 player. You can customize very well the ringtones for every sim separately, so that you’ll know from the ringtone on what phone are you called.
What I hate about it is the default sounds and that I can’t customize the message tone. I had to deal with what the phones has and they are not really nice.
The camera is …just an ordinary mobile phone camera. Definitely not a 3.0 MegaPixels camera. It’s very good for a quick photo so that you can remember something nice. The maximum resolution is 1280×960 and the clarity of the photos is ….let’s say almost ok. I kind of like how it records videos….continuous with no braking and you can easily see what it meant to record. So the video recording is very ok for a mobile phone … as much as I’ve tested. By the way it has 2 cameras one in the back and one in the front, but if you wonderer…..NO, it doesn’t support 3G.
The games are boring. Nothing special….you’ll get bored by them in the first day. So that’s it about the games.
For connectivity the phone has Bluetooth, GPRS and cable connection. They are ok. Nothing special about this section. Everything is exactly as you know from every phone. Special thing about it is that once you connect your phone to your PC with a data cable you get 3 options on the phone screen: Mass Storage ( option that shows your phone to the PC as a mass storage device), WebCam (with this you can use your phone as a personal webcam) and the last option is COM port.
Once you have connected your phone to your PC by a com port you’ll need some software to work with the phone. I tried a lot of them and only one worked : PhoneSuite v2.1.4.
The PhoneSuite
It’s very nice, very intuitive and good for basic modifications and operations.
Some hints :
- For making your phone silent you have to make a long press on the # key.
- For locking the keys…well here is a little problem. The only way is to set from the menu a timing in which you want the keys to get locked. For unlocking them you have to press # twice.
- The annoying icons non removable from the screen (in the buttons) are real buttons. Every one has the function given by the icon.
- When you installed your second sim don’t panic is nothing happens it will react but it will take some time.
- The card used by this phone is microSD and it works very nicely.
Another good resource for this phone is the website : http://zen2cool1.free.fr/. Here you can download tons of wallpapers , screen savers and bootscreens. Very nice website.
Alien Skin Software Releases Image Doctor 2 Plugin
The new version of Image Doctor offers improvements in rendering speed and quality, plus a new range of skin retouching capabilities.
Image Doctor offers a series of image-retouching filters for Photoshop and other similar applications that allow the user to easily restore old photos, retouch photos, remove unwanted objects and repair low quality images.
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Here’s an example of what it can do :
Image Doctor renders seamless removals of unsightly blemishes and objects. It enables photo editors to de-clutter bad photographic compositions with just a few clicks of a mouse. Web designers, service bureaus, and hobbyists can restore and repurpose badly compressed JPEGs, including cell phone photos. Portrait photographers can use Image Doctor as digital makeup, removing pimples, moles, scars, and tattoos in one click. Photographers can then soften skin areas where these blemishes were or fix oily patches of skin. Hobbyists and professionals can use Image Doctor to restore old photos by removing dust and scratches.
Image Doctor 2 offers a number of improvements to the original release. Chief among these improvements is Image Doctor 2’s rendering speed and quality.
Image Doctor 2 now offers more seamless integration of replacement pixels with the existing background so that the edges of repaired areas now more smoothly blend with the balance of the photo. The software also is improved in its ability to match the patterns of the existing background. Image Doctor 2’s JPEG Repair offers higher quality fixes of JPEG compression.
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Lexmark Ink Cartridges - great resource for Lexmark printer owners
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I stumbled upon this while searching for a cartridge for my Lexmark printer, and I was amazed by the quantity of Lexmark printers they support. Basically cartridges for every type of printer Lexmark ever produced can be found here, beginning with Lexmark 1 ink series and ending with the Lexmark 82 series. The price range also is quite accessible. One of the other great things about buying your cartridges from Cartridge SAVE is the cost saving Multi-SAVE Lexmark cartridge packs that reduces your printing costs.
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Flash Components | Flashloaded review
Every respectable designer needs good resources in order to produce great results. Flash Components does exactly that, provide you with the best Flash resources possible. Their Flash components are easy to use, aesthetically pleasing, and accessible.
The website offers innovative and affordable Flash components, Flash templates, movies, video loops and sound loops. Apart from these Flash Components offers a bunch of Flash freebies for download.
The Flash components are organized by category, including CMS, Menus, Navigation, Sound and Video, Charts and Various. Some of their best examples are the Flash Guestbook, the designersPoll, the flipNavigation and the beautiful 3D menu.
The Flash Guestbook uses PHP and MySQL to record feedback and comments from visitors and displays them via the Flash interface. Moderation is possible via the backend admin panel.
DesignersPoll offers a beautiful, simple, elegant and fully skinnable voting solution based on a XML file database.
The flipNavigation component offers the possibility to create entire websites, banners, widgets and slideshows with flip transitions using images, SWFs and movie clips, with no coding.
The 3D menu is a superb navigation solution for a modern website. It can also be modified to create a 3D photo gallery.
The Flash Movies and Video Loops section offers a wide variety of animations and movies organized by categories so you’ll be likely to find what you are looking for. Even the Sound Loops section includes a huge number of sounds you can use on your website, button or banner designs.
As a conclusion this is a great solution for any designer in need of Flash Components, Movies, Video or Sound Loops. This website contains only the best resources suitable for any need.
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Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2008 Opens for Entries
The Adobe Design Achievement Awards celebrate student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative arts.
This year the awards, open to graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from selected higher education institutions, has an increased focus on the interactive design field and the importance of the integration between design and development.
Students can submit entries via the Adobe Design Achievement Awards website. The entries are viewable by visitors via ADAA Live!. The designs will be judged by a 12 member jury in May 2008. The semifinalists will present the source files for their designs. Finalists will be invited to New York and will win cash and software prizes. The total value of the prizes is about 65k$.
Submissions are accepted online till May 2, 2008.
For more information visit the Adobe Design Achievement Awards website.
