Nokia N97 vs RIM BlackBerry Storm

Whenever a new Smartphone is about to hit the market it will always get compared to the Apple iPhone. The BlackBerry Storm did, and now the Nokia N97 is, but it is a fairer comparison to put the N97 and the Storm together.

The Nokia N97 looks to have a lot going for it and on paper will blow the BlackBerry Storm out of the water. The latest handset to come from the Nokia N-Series combines both 3.5-inch touchscreen display, as well as a full QWERTY keyboard. This is great for those who still like to touch keys when they are typing. The Nokia N97 also features assisted GPS, 32GB of onboard memory, expandable up to 48GB with a 16GB microSD, WCDMA and EGSM, HSDPA for 3G wireless, as well as Nokia Maps.

This does not seem a fair fight, as the BlackBerry Storm might have to throw the towel in already. However do not let that put you off as the Storm is a very capable phone, and the features that the cell has shows that. These include high resolution 480 x 360 pixel color display, poor 1GB onboard memory, support for microSD card, 3.2 megapixel camera, SurePress touch screen, not the best touch experience.

Just looking at a few of the features of both phones, the Nokia N97 certainly puts the BlackBerry Storm to shame

Chinese’s cloned iPhone flip phone

There were rumors about Apple planning a flip iPhone. But, till now, we still haven’t heard of any movement from Apple.

The Chinese now have taken one step ahead of Apple, rolled out an iPhone clamshell. And of course, this is a clone which is not from the original factory of Apple. This flip iPhone comes from the mainland of cloned phones, China but is made to carry the Apple logo.

The maker of this cloned handset even gives the phone a name called iPhone V126 clamshell. It looks pretty attractive and comes in the brushed aluminum casing. But the back panel clearly indicates that it’s a cloned phone from China, as it’s poorly designed.

The entire phone looks to be inspired by Apple MacBook instead of the actual iPhone. It’s a 900/1800MHz GSM phone, small, weighs 110 grams and measures 105 x 53 x 17mm. It supports two languages, Chines and English.

Other goodies packed on the cloned clamshell iPhone are a 3-megapixel camera, 256MB built-in memory with card slot for expansion, a 240 x 320 resolution 2.6-inch display, USB connectivity, e-books, Bluetooth, Digital Audio Player, and flashing LED lights under the Apple logo. This clamshell offers standby time of 100-140 hours and talk time of 120-160 minutes. Some more it presents the familiar-looking iPhone UI. It is now available in China for $100 or 680 Yuan.