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If you are running a small business from your home and need professional-grade letters or printed output or, perhaps, a small business that where just adding one more item such as a laser-printer might seem enough to push you through your front door, then setting up the Brother HL-2270DW Compact Laser Printer may just be a fine solution.

Right from the box, you will find that Brother’s HL-2270DW will fit in just about any out of the way space in your home or office. At 14.2 by 14.5 by 7.8 inches and weighing about 8 pounds, you can easily find a spot on a shelf or a table for the printer. Just about square and only 8 inches high, it is easy to site and hook up to your network because the HL-2270DW comes set up for wireless and wired Internet setup.

The HL-2270DW is equipped with WiFi 802.11 b/g networking capability which means that it will discover and recognize any of the many small routers used in home and small business networks, where networked printing is a very welcomed accessory.

As long as your router has hotspot capability, all it takes it turning on your router’s 802.11 b/g hotspot capability of your router and in only a couple of minutes the Brother should find it and make its protection conform to the wireless protection management used by your wireless network, whether its simple WEP, WPA or WPA2. The HL-2270DW not only features Automatic Protection Recognition but it is also compatible with AOSS.

Once it is part of your wireless network, any computers or intelligent devices that have network printing capability – a tablet with a printing app, for example or a netbook or even a smartphone with the right app – can then download documents right to the laser printer and their printed output will be high-quality as the HL-2270DW has 2400 by 600 dpi duplex printing capability. Duplex printing, a mark of a sophisticated printer, allows you to print a document on both side of a page automatically.

The HL-2270DW is a rather flexible piece of equipment as it will not only recognize wireless printing, but you can also just slip a network cable into the Ethernet port and the printer will become part of your network, easily handling any print jobs sent to it. Its printer cartridge is good for up to 2600 pages before it must be changed which is a straightforward affair (flip to top open, remove the old cart, shake the new one, pull any tabs out of the way and reinsert).

One thing that you will have to ensure when you set up the HL-2270DW is that the table or bench allows you to have access to the front and rear of the printer because the printer allows you straight-through printing so that all of your documents have a professional look.

For the small businesses just having a small networkable printer that can take the place of a huge affair that takes up lots of space in an otherwise crowded to the ceiling office is a blessing in disguise, especially when you see the quality of the output.

The HL-2270DW just makes sense in most cases and it should stand up to the daily use of your office where you may have to print on both sides of the pages – the Brother does this automatically – and of your kids whose “important texts” may need printing, too. That’s why this is a very popular model.

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If there is a “horsepower” race going on in the camera world, it has to be between Nikon and Canon as each one tries to outdo the other (and Sony, for that matter) with the mind-boggling numbers that each is capable of.

Nikon probably though it had the race won with the introduction of the D3 body which is a good body that delivers excellent low-light performance and good performance under just about any adverse condition you can think of – low light, backlight, bright light, night light, handheld and the like – but it may not have been watching its rearview because it cannot have expected Canon to have waited around with its older EOS D1 MarkIII body because Canon has just passed Nikon in many areas.

Let’s face it, the X model of the D3 or the Nikon D3X has a huge resolution of 24.5MP, but in FX mode – 39 by 24 mm – and while it can shoot at up to 5 fps it just doesn’t seem to have the handheld versatility of the new Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

Granted the Canon does give up about 3MP in resolution to the Nikon, but unless you are looking under a hugely powerful magnifying glass, you won’t see any difference in the finished product. Also, the Canon has an ISO range that is about four times as great as the Nikon, up to 25600, while the Nikon is still riding about 6400, which is good, but not quite as wide as the Canon.

And, yes, the Nikon will shoot at 5 fps continues versus the 3.9 fps of the Canon, but again, the rub is that you cannot take full advantage of the huge Nikon resolution. Let’s face it, 24.5 MP is excellent resolution, but where and how can you achieve it. Try handholding a spider in a web and waiting for the camera to optimize its huge resolution, you’ll probably find the results are about the same as the EOS running around 6400 or so or the D3 running at the same speed. Okay, so grab a tripod and shoot the same image and the same thing happens.

The huge resolution is great if you are shooting things, like the Grand Canyon, that really don’t move very much or if you are shooting a great-looking indoor, properly lit setup, using studio kleges and umbrellas with the right filtering. That’s where the advantage seems to be.

If you had three camera bodies and gadget bags in your car’s trunk and had to pick the one you want for everyday use, you’d probably go with the Canon 5D Mark II first, the Nikon D3 second and the Nikon D3X third because it is a tossup between the D3 and D3X in everyday use and the Canon clearly blows them away with autostablization and its range of long lenses. Imaging a 5,000 mm zoom on a tripod that’s autostablized as you shoot a tennis match. You’ll be able to get the sweat pouring off the tennis ball with very little effort. The D3 can deliver the same results. If you want the full results from the D3X you’ll have to move it indoors to a studio and wait for everything to happen so that the studio lights can snap and you can get the image.

The D3X, by the way can handle 12- and 14-bit imaging and while the Nikon does hold some sort of landspeed record at 138 MB NEF, we cannot say that the D3X is worth three times the amount you’ll pay for the Canon.

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Although it is larger than the competition and it may lack some of the nicer built-in features such as duplexing (using both sides of the document), the Hewlett-Packard 7510 Photosmart All-in-One with eFax and network printing is quite a device.

Did you know that HP with its Photosmart 7510 All-in-One with eFax Printer has hitched this printer to Apple’s iOS 4.2 operating system so that not only will it work directly with your iPad or iPhone, but it can also work with your iPod, as well? If you have some videos uploaded all you have to do is bring your Apple device near the HP and the image you want to see and/or edit will appear in the four-by-six built-in display. Once you have made all the fixes you want, you can then easily either fax it along or you can print it out. Indeed, HP not only allows you about 1,000 black-and-white impressions, but you also have about 300 color impressions that range from 4 by 6 to a maximum of 8.5 by 11.5 which makes this device quite flexible.

It becomes even more flexible when you consider that not only can you use it with a networked PC as a printserver through a USB port, but, if you want to just use it as part of a network, itself, all you have to do is: Set it up as an old-fashioned printerserver linked to a PC; Use your router’s wireless hotspot and the WiFi 802.11 b/g capability built in; Use the Ethernet port built in.

That’s pretty easy, isn’t it? When you are through you will have a device that not only acts as a printer that will work with either Windows or a Mac but you will also have a device that faxes at 600 dpi or prints as the same level (there is also a color mode available) that delivers up to 99 copies. The All-in-One also acts as a fax or a copier so in one device you have everything you need for your family.

It is bigger than the others on the market at 17.9 by 17.7 by 8.7 and weighs in at a hefty 18.5 pounds but it still has quite a number of nice features, including the 4 by 6-inch built in screen that allows you to manipulate your images before you print them. It is also set up to print directly from the network, however, it will only handle one job at a time.

As a printer, it operates at up to 13.5 pages per minutes in black-and-white mode and 9 pages per minute in color. It’s scan resolution is 1200 by 2400 dpi and it acts as a flatbed scanner.

You can boost its efficiency by using duplex printing, but this is a limited option as it will only handle 25 documents. Other networkable printers offer far more duplex ability. The fallback for the HP is its direct link to Macs through an older version of Apple’s iOS 4.2.

This is a nice, although older, version of today’s more modern printers and it is a bit more flexible as it has more print modes available, including the ability to print directly from memory modules.

Still, is it work the extra money you’ll spend on HP supportware? The answer is – it depends. It depends if you want the name HP and its reliability on your network or you are willing to settle for something else that’s a little smaller and maybe a tad faster. The ultimate answer is up to you.

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Sony always seems to come up with something interesting and just a tad different in its camcorders. It was one of the first major manufacturers to make personal camcorder equipment, although it was large at the time – 1985. By 1995, though the great-grandfather of today’s HDR-CX160 Handycam Camcorder was already setting standards for the industry as does the CX160.

For example, the CX160 is a true high-definition handycam, running at 1920 by 1080 resolution. This is also the native resolution. This means it will interface directly with a high-definition display in your home or you can use the built-in USB cable to upload up to six hours of videography to your PC. The base memory of the CX160 is 16 GB. It is standard SDHC memory so it is available from just about any vendor. Interestingly, though, the CX160 will also accept a 32 GB memory module so you can store as much as 12 hours of video for upload to your PC.

The CX160 video is enhanced by having an optical zoom, which uses the mechanical zoom as well, that gives a total of 42x zoom so that long distance videography is an easy chore that, believe it or not, can be handheld. If you look at the construction of the CX160, you should notice that there is a huge hand/wrist strap. When you combine this tight-fitting strap with a VGA resolution (235K pixels) that swings through 270 degrees, you effectively have a natural tripod – your body – as one hand can steady the base of the handycam while the other is tightly held to the handycam by the strap and using these two points, plus your legs and back braced against a building or using a fence means you just have to watch the three-inch display for your framing and you then zoom out as far as you can.

Normally at long distances, you encounter handshake, but the CX160 has a three-way autostablization system built in that keeps images rock steady even at maximum extension.

Another great feature of this handycam the Exmor R CMOS low-light sensor. With this sensor in place the CX160 has fine low-light sensitivity so that you can handhold and continue shooting good imagery even as daylight is fading to evening. There’s more to the Exmor R system than just good low-light photography, though, as it also helps to improve image clarity and helps to reduce graininess for clearer imagery. This is accomplished by moving the photo diodes above the camcorder’s support circuitry. This positioning enables the photo diodes to maximize light-gathering, even at low light levels and enhances low-light videography.

Actually, the number of things this camcorder can do is amazing. For example, not only can you view the video directly but you can also have up to 90 separate image modes for maximum flexibility. Normally, the CX160 feature known as Intelligent Auto Mode takes the 10 built-in modes – landscape, backlight, sunlight, low light, spot light, macro, portrait, baby, walk and tripod – and taking a little from each gives you as many as 90 different potential automatic videographic modes to use.

Further, the CX160 offers Tracking focus that works with Sony’s Facial Recognition algorithm that allows you to select an object or person with the touch of the LCD display and the camera will then automatically follow that object or person whether it moves into or out of the frame.

If you want to do some quick editing, you can use the Highlight Playback mode which creates scenes out of key sequences that you have already shot and then lets you look at them and edit and then look at other scenes and pinpoint the key scenes you want and then you can put them together and identify other key sequences.

One could go on and on with all of the features available with this handycam. Just try one out for a few days and check how useful it is, right down to the Golf mode that allows you to take 22 ultrafast images of your golf swing (or tennis) and then look at them in sequence to see what you are doing right or wrong. And, if you need still images, the CX-160 also offers you up to three 3MP stills, which is a nice feature.

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How can you top success? Well Canon seems to know how to do it with its upgraded EOS 5D Mark II 21.1 MP full-frame dSLR. Having shot for some years with the older body, you have to wonder if all of the hype that comes with a new camera is true, however, in this case it is. Granted, this is only about the body, as the body and lenses are sold separately, but when we worked through some very familiar controls on the back (the menu toggle button), we found that there was a mode that allowed us more access to the controls that we used to have to step through several menu levels to reach. It’s a much more straightforward camera that offers features that makes our old camera look like a 1950 Chevy and the new one look like the latest Lamborghini.

For starters, the older body was state-of-the-art for the time, shooting at about 12.1MP. That was actually high-quality in late 2007 when we picked up our EOS body and two lenses. At the time, it was offered with the standard 18-55mm autostablized zoom. However, we also picked up an 18-300 mm Tamron that interfaced with the autostablization system and we found that most of the time the Canon lens, which was a good lens, mind you, did sit in the gadget bag.

The new Mark II, though, blows the old model away. For starters, it delivers an unheard of 21.1MP resolution. That, in itself would be news, but, there’s another feature that also blows that away and that’s the upgraded DIGIC processor that Canon uses. Where we used to think ISO 100-6400 (more with handheld mode on a tripod) was fine, the new processor allows shooting from ISO 100-25,600. To us that’s the equivalent of shooting a gnat by moonlight, handheld.

The upgrades in this magnesium-alloy body go on. For example, not only has the menu function been streamlined, but the CMOS cleaning system has been improved and there is now low-pass filtering with fluorine coating that should effectively raise the noise floor through which you can actually hand hold this body.

Granted, the biggest lens we ever hand held on this body was the Tamron at full extension – that was and is a long lens – but we suspect that if you are using a dedicated 28mm wide-angle to shoot a low-light closeup – say of an entertainment event where they don’t like strobes going off (who can blame them either, they are distracting) – you will find that even at a super-high ISO setting 12,300 or better, for example, that you will be amazed with the Canon’s handheld results.

The improvements to the EOS continue to be significant. At the time, we thought 3fps continuous shooting was good, well, they’ve improved that to 3.9 fps and let you blast away for up to 319 images on a standard memory card. Transcend memory has been upped to 32 GB so you can literally shoot an entire video with just the EOS and right lens set (Canon offers an autostablized lens set that starts at about 28mm and which goes up to the Big Bertha-sized lenses you see at sporting events the 3,000 and 4,000 mm long lenses that also offer zoom. You really do need a tripod when you try to use one of those or you might just throw your back out.)

As noted, the improvements come hot and heavy to the EOS, including feeding JPEGs straight to your PC through an HDMI cable that use just the illumination provided by the peripherals. That’s quite an improvement as is the ultimate resolution of the EOS. The new EOS shoots at high-definition levels – 1920 by 1080 resolution – which means that with the right cable and device, you can actually upload images not only to your PC, but also directly to any high-definition device such as a high definition monitor. There’s also a new 14-bit analog/digital converter for better performance and the direct view or clear view window in back is now minimally VGA and has a full 170-degree viewing angle and special anti-reflective coatings

The list of options available for the EOS body is just huge (we’d opt for the external strobe this time around, it does make wider-lighting available and will run at speeds that match the EOS). We’d also buy the bigger memory card this time around (when we purchased ours a while back 4 GB was tops).

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The Motorola EX128 Unlocked Phone is neither an example of a hybrid-style phone that has some features of more modern smartphones and yet relies on SIM technology to function.

Using the EX128, one has to insert a pair of SIMs into special slots in the phone. Instead of using onboard memory and a microprocessor to drive the phone, the SIMs handle all of the work. The model that is used is that of a phonebook. Each SIM is individually addressable so that if one is calling on one SIM and the phone receives a call, the other SIM activates and directs the call to either call-waiting, if one has that feature installed or to voicemail.

There is a slot available for an 8GB microSD memory card, but that is used for items such as emails, texts or memos one receives or places. The numbers that are called are stored on the SIM. Indeed, a call history is also stored on the SIM. The EX128 can store up to 1,000 phone numbers.

Using Java as its operating system, the EX128 has several apps preinstalled. The apps include a phonebook, memo pad and access to email or texting. One app opens a small QWERTY-style keyboard at the bottom of the 3.2-inch high-resolution screen whose resolution is 240 by 400. This display delivers a deep range of colors and its contrast is excellent. One will find the blacks are surprisingly rich when using this display.

The EX128′s touchscreen keyboard features keys that are on the small side, though, and one will find the need to use a stylus to text or send emails because the keys are not large. This means that one’s text input will be slowed, although it does support predictive text input which means that it studies one’s text inputs and anticipates the completed word which can speed things up, a bit, as well. Apps are also built in that allow one to send SMS or MMS texts and to receive and send emails.

The EX128 is equipped with an FM stereo radio that recognizes the RDS system. RDS is a Radio Directory Service that takes information from the radio station tuned in and displays it on screen. The information, for example, ranges from type of station to music played. The sound output one will find is more than reasonable from a 4.2 inch by 2.2 inch by 0.5 inch device that weighs only 3.2 ounces. Its light weight works to one’s advantage if you spend hours on the phone. It also includes a voice memo app, while supporting audio that can be loaded from the memory card. Audio support includes MP3, WAV and eAAC+.

That phone time is limited to three hours as the EX128 will operate for three hours before it needs a charge, however, there is a micro-USB 2.0 port that allows one to charge the lithium-ion battery rapidly.

The EX128 is a quad-band phone that operates on the 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz frequency bands. It is compatible with AT&T and T-Mobile’s GSM system, as well as GPRS and EDGE. It is not compatible with CDMA systems offered by Verizon, Alltell and Sprint.

It also supports the Bluetooth standard so you can sync the phone with other Bluetooth devices or, if you have a PC equipped with Bluetooth, you can sync your available apps to the PC.

The EX128 is, as noted, a hybrid phone. It is a more than reasonable alternative to a far more expensive smartphone with its extensive feature base, if one does not need all of the features. Its light weight and speed, as well as its ability to store phonebooks independent of memory is considered a plus by many people.

The bottom line is the EX128 is a fine example of a hybrid phone that offers some functionality for one who needs a lightweight phone primarily for calling, emailing and texting.

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The Blackberry 9700 Bold Smartphone, offered by RIM, is a pioneering smartphone as it was introduced about two years ago. Operating on the 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz bands in GSM/EDGE mode and now offering access to 3G/HSPDA/UMTS capability on the 850, 900, 1700, 1900 and 2100 MHz segments, RIM has broadened the ability of one to the ISP of one’s choice. As long as the ISP’s network supports these operating modes, one can use the Bold and its long-list of features.

Network-capable, the Bold is compatible with the 802.11 b/g WiFi modes. These modes will allow the Bold to interface with many public hotspots that offer 802.11 g capability, while the older b mode will allow one to use the Bold with an older home router that may support the b/g standard. This gives one the opportunity to use the Bold directly with one’s home network. Or, if one has a Bluetooth-capable desktop, one can sync the Bold to the desktop and use this capability to update files, video or music.

Contrary to the smartphone market which seems to be rushing headlong into the open-architecture of the Android operating system, RIM still maintains tight control over the Bold by using a proprietary 528 MHz ARM processor and RIM’s Blackberry 5.0 operating system. To its credit, RIM does make API (programmable interface) ability available to users who can then write their own apps to run under the Blackberry operating system and there is even a RIM-sponsored app that allows users to connect to Android devices, so one is not totally locked into RIM’s proprietary architecture. However, this is an issue that one must know before exploring the highly capable Bold.

The Bold supports only 256 MB of onboard flash memory, however, a microSD card interface allows one to expand the amount of memory available to 32 GB. One will find that this is the type of memory needed if one is going to use the video imaging capability of the 3.2 MP autofocus camera with which the Bold is equipped. With this amount of memory onboard, one can also write or edit documents from the built-in QWERTY-style keyboard that sits below the 2.44-inch high-resolution screen. The TFT screen supports up to 65,000 colors. The Bold’s video modes include DivX/WMV/XviD/3gp, while its audio mode supports MP3/WMA/AAC+, all major sound modes. One will find it plays up to 35 hours of audio.

The central feature of the Bold is its laptop-derived touchpad. One will find that if one uses a laptop and its touchpad than navigating the Bold’s variety of preinstalled applications and menus is done with just a slid of the index finger and a tap. It is quite easy and intuitive to use. In addition, the keyboard allows easy access to email and texting because the keys, while not large enough for touch-typing, are big enough to allow one to use fairly speedy two or three-finger keying. The key action is quite positive.

The Bold is preloaded with a Word, Excel, PowerPoint, a PDF file viewer and offers excellent email access to one’s home or corporate network device. RIM does maintain its own server center for the Blackberry network which now boasts up to 70 million users worldwide, as well as access to many apps that work with the Blackberry. The Blackberry Bold, which was once the top of RIM’s line, but which has been joined by other compatible Blackberry devices offers up to 480 hours of standby time.

Altogether, one will find it easy to edit files, upload them and share them with others, as well as take either single images and look at them for instant review on the 480 by 360 screen. The screen offers rich color saturation and excellent contrast.

The Bold is not a heavyweight device, although it’s images make it look like it is. It is 4.3 inches deep by 2.41 inches wide and.6 inches thick and weighs about 4.8 ounces. If one is looking for a quality and reasonably priced smartphone then the Bold is well worth a look.

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The Motorola EX115 Dual SIM unlocked phone is a hybrid phone that bridges the era of SIM-based devices that relied on small, insertable, programmable SIM cards for their functionality and today’s smartphones that used dual-core processors and the Android or proprietary operating systems and memory to deliver their functionality.

Interestingly, while Motorola’s older phones, based on SIM technology, were designed to work with CDMA-style networks, such as those used by Sprint/Nextel, the EX115 has been designed to work with the GSM network offered by T-Mobile and AT&T. As such, it is a quad-band phone, designed to operate in the 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz bands.

The near-smartphone EX115, which can support up to 32 GB of memory, uses SIM memory dual-SIM technology. SIM technology embeds phone books and other phone information on small, removable electronic cards, about the size of a dime that easily slide into and out of the phone.

Using this technology is interesting in the EX115. When a call (text or email) is received, it activates one SIM, while the other remains active awaiting another call. If a call is received, and you have either call-waiting or voicemail activated, the caller or texter is automatically diverted to the second SIM and an alert is issued either with a different ring tone. Interestingly, one can program individual ring tones for each SIM, while, at the same time, one can also program each number in a phonebook, the basic building block of the SIM technology, with a separate ring tone.

The EX115 comes preloaded with social networking capability as it has apps loaded to interface with Facebook or YouTube. It also includes a calendar feature, as well as various reminders and alarms that you can program to reminder yourself when you have an appointment scheduled or if an event is planned.

It features a small 2.3-inch screen, although it is 3.76 inches long. More than half of the front face is taken up by a full QWERTY-style keyboard that makes email and texting easier, although the tiny keys do not lend themselves to touch-typing. One can easily and quickly type an email with a couple few fingertaps on real keys.

It also features a fixed focus 3.15MP rear camera and the ability to take and upload images to the Internet through its cell connection. (This is, still, after all, a hybrid-style phone and does not have WiFi capability, instead, relying on its cell connectivity to handle the job). Interestingly, despite all of the technology that has raised the density of digital photography to 18+ MP, if you want to view a standard image on the Internet, 3.15 MP is all that you need for reasonable detail. The 2.3-inch screen, by the way, delivers an excellent, if small image.

The EX115 allows a little more than two hours of talk time, while its standby capability is about 240 hours from its lithium ion batteries. It is a small, lightweight unit at 3.76 by 1.81 by 0.59 inches and 3.68 ounces. It is also a reminder that though a technology may be somewhat older, it can still work, despite being passed in the fast lane of digital communication by smarter phones.

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With the exception of the screen size – the Samsung’s superAMOLED Plus touchscreen is slightly larger than the iPhone 4S, but not much – they are for all intents and purposes the same pieces of hardware. For example, the Samsung uses a dual-core 1GHz processor with software that has been optimized to used each processor, while the iPhone 4S offers the same style of Apple-centric dual-core processor whose operating system software has been optimized, as well.

Indeed, the systems are so close that Apple has opted to go to court to try and enjoin Samsung from using the technology it has developed for the I9100 Galaxy S II. The case is still in process, so there has been no decision yet. For example, both can use up at least 32 GB of memory so there’s plenty of storage available for play lists and other items such as calendars and to-do lists.

The key differences, though, are at the software, not hardware level. The Samsung uses the Android 3.1 operating system to run its applications, while the Apple iPhone 4S locks you into its iOS 5. And, while Android can claim up to 300,000 applications developed for its Google-backed software, Apple does claim that iOS has about 500,000 applications developed for the system.

Where the Samsung has a distinct advantage over the iPhone is that any app developed for the Galaxy S II is free, while you must go to Apple’s app store and purchase the applications you need. This is nothing new to the Apple-centric world that is used to paying for tunes, applications and other upgrades. Apple has had its iTunes store for some time, as it has had its App store as well. And, Apple does have an iTools branch of the store, as well.

If you are used to living in Apple’s store-driven world, then this is no shocker, but if you are coming out of an Apple and into a free Samsung, then you will find that there’s a universe of applications software out there that doesn’t have to cost you anything to purchase. Your just download the app, install it and you are off.

Perhaps the biggest difference – one that does put the iPhone 4S well ahead of Samsung’s Galaxy – is the Apple Siri personal assistant software. In looking at it closely, you will find that it does give your iPhone a real workout as most of the applications that are installed in the phone are involved in making Siri work.

For example, Siri is voice-driven. In other words, if you tell it to do something, it will not only respond to you but you but when the request is achieved, Siri will announce it. That’s not all, though, Siri offers you the ability to turn spoken words into text, which is a nice piece of work. And, it will go on to set your calendar, remember your to-do list, if you have programmed it beforehand and more.

In other words, Siri is truly a digital analog to a real administrative assistant, all contained in your iPhone 4S.

That’s not to say there are not pieces of Siri-like software apps available for the Galaxy because among the 200,000 to 300,000 – and growing – number of apps available, there are bound to be text-to-speech; calendars-to-text, and more available. It’s just that they don’t have an umbrella piece of software over them.

As for the rest of the differences between the iPhone 4S and the Samsung, you would have to use a micrometer to find any real difference. The screen resolutions are about the same as are the camera resolutions and the 1080p native high-definition native resolution are the same on both phones.

The key difference is the “personal assistant” Siri. It’s a big one, but, as noted, who knows how long it will be before someone finds a way to make a similar assistant for the Samsung.

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The Samsung S5570 Galaxy Mini Smartphone was developed for the international GSM/Edge/GPRS market. It is a quad-band device, operating in the 800, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz bands, supported in the US by T-Mobile and AT&T, as well as the higher-speed ranges, supported at 7.2 Mbps, supporting HSPDA in the 900 and 2100 MHz bands.

The S5570 is small enough to fit in one’s hand easily, measuring only 4.03 by 2.4 by 0.4 inches and weighing about 4 ounces so it is quite convenient to use. For its mini-size, though, it is quite a capable smartphone as it uses the Android operating system and this gives one access more than 200,000 apps (up to 600,000 with some versions of the operating system), so one can customize it to meet one’s specific needs.

It offers several built-in apps when purchased, such as access to Google phone, YouTube, Google mail and Google Talk (Gtalk) as well as Google’s social hub (Google released Google+, its own social networking tool, however, using the right app one can access Facebook and Twitter and follow the other major sites). For the most part, one will find that these apps will do quite nicely, however, one can access other apps to fine-tune the mini-sized smartphone to a greater degree.

Startup internal memory is limited to 348 MB, but it the S5570 also offers the ability to upgrade to up to 16 GB of hot-swappable memory with, however, one must remember that every time you upgrade smartphone it does take away from the amount of memory available for other options.

The S5570 is Internet-ready with access to WiFi standard 802.11 b/g/n. This means that not only can one use it at home with an older (b/g) router, but one can also find public hotspots using the N standard. It is also compatible with Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP so that one can sync other devices to it or one can sync it to another device.

The QVGA 320 by 240 resolution gives one a rich, vivid display that is position sensitive. Like other Samsung’s it relies on three gyros to sync up its position relative to one’s hand orientation so that if you are viewing it in portrait and swing it 90 degrees to use it in landscape mode the screen understands and updates instantly.

The key to the S5570, as with all Android-capable devices, is the wide and rich variety of apps available with which one can customize their smartphone. Since the S5570 has GPS (A-GPS) built-in, obtaining the right Google Map app or Google Earth app can turn your mini-sized smartphone into a navigation device and since it offers a 3.5 mm standard audio output, one should be able to find an audio stream through which you can hear a variety of music. Also, with the right app installed one should be able to easily find streaming video content. Remember that if one uses this for streaming video it may not offer all of the rich blacks and colors due to its limited resolution.

Still the 3-inch screen is a perfect fit for this mini-sized smartphone. With the universe of Android-based apps available you can quickly set up the S5570 with an app that delivers a mini-sized QWERTY-like keyboard that is better for single-finger typing that touch typing, though, it still speeds texting and emails. And with 16 GB of hot-swappable microSD memory capability you can easily share images you take directly with other larger devices or via the Internet.

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Roberto Sedycias works as an IT consultant for ecommUS

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