Motorola Pro+

 

The Pro+ is Motorola’s latest business- focused Android handset, featuring a full QWERTY keyboard and is geared towards stealing some of the BlackBerry lunch. Can it entice us away from RIM’S range of devices, though?

Design

The Pro+ includes a 3.1-inch capacity touch screen that’s bright and sharp. The resolution is 640X480 pixels.  These days, there’s really no excuse for a second-class QWERTY keyboard though, so the one on the Pro+ is a disappointment. It has 35 smallish keys, and while it’s nice to see the “@” symbol and a voice input key right up front, the keys are unnecessarily fiddly to use. The number keys are also arranged in a single line along the top, as with a computer. It’s not terrible, just not as good as you’ll find on similar keyboards from BlackBerry, HTC and Sony Ericsson.

Performance

While the keyboard is below par, the performance is even more so., despite a good-looking spec including a 1GHz processor backed by 512MB RAM, the Pro+ operates alarmingly slowly and there’s distinct lag when moving between apps. Some of the blame may be down to the Moto blur user interface, which is deeply integrated into the operating system.

Moto blur offers a selection of boxy widgets that show your latest social networking updates, including dedicated boxes for your very favorite people. Usefully, you can resize the boxes depending on how important you think they are. You can also sync with your PC using the Moto Phone Portal, which can connect both via wired USB connection or Wi-Fi.

Camera and web

The 5-megapixel camera offers autofocus and an LED flash as well as a broad suite of editing facilities. There are also quick options to share your photos online.

The Android web browser looks as it should, but tends to render pages a little too slowly for comfort, and despite supporting Flash video, often looks jerky when streaming. However, there’s a full version of Quick office available, allowing you to create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.

There’s 4GB of memory on board, though you can add up to 32GB more via microSD card. The 1500mAh battery holds up pretty well, delivering a good day and a half’s worth of fairly heavy use.

Conclusion

The Motorola Pro+ looks good on paper, with an improved screen, updated Android OS, decent build quality and an okay camera, as well as Quick office, but its slow performance and less than impressive keyboard count against it.

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Canon PowerShot SX150

 

Design

The sx150 isn't the smallest compact by any means at 113*73*46 mm,but its ergonomic exterior feels robust, without being heavy. The rear features well laid out menu controls and a 75 mm(3-inch) LCD screen. While a decent size, the image quality of the screen is average at best, and undermines one of the camera's most impressive features.

Shooting pictures is quick and easy; design wise, there's very little to stop you from whipping the camera out is an instant and capturing the moment. A dedicated video recording button features on the back for quick access to shooting video, and the long 12x zoom lens on the front is quiet-only in almost-silent situations will its operation be audible in any videos you take.

Features and performance

Features wise, the 14-megapixel 5x150 offers some excellent perks for a compact camera: a wide 28mm lens with  12x optical zoom, over 30 automatic scene modes, 720p HD video capture with stereo sound and most interestingly, full manual shooting controls.

Manual shooting and image quality

For budding amateurs, the SX150's full manual controls offer more creative options. These controls-which let you manually dictate exposure time and aperture size-aren't unheard of on compact cameras, but Canon has implemented them effectively for users wanting to experiment with a more hands-on approach to photography, so to speak.

Video capture

The sx150 shoots at a resolution of 1280x720 pixels(720p) in H.264 video format. The camera's optical image stabilization helps videos remain jerk -free, and overall quality is excellent.

Conclusion

Overall the Canon sx150 is impresses. It combines great picture and video quality with advanced controls in an attractive body. The LCD, however is a disappointment. as it won't let your pictures show you how good they are when you're still out and about shooting but it shouldn't be a sticking point for most people.

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