One of the latest hits in the touch screeen market is Corby. When the initial version of Corby was released last year, it has quite a few drawbacks like the slow interface a typical feature that was normally found in the entry level models.Now the new incarnation of Corby Corby II has arrives with enhanced features. The drawbacks that were found in CorbyI have been rectified. Now the Corby II comes with Wi-Fi .The model comes with a value that is worth for the money given. Its only rival is Star II. Both the models have more or less the same price. The Corby II is priced between 130-140 Euros. The Star II is priced at 125 Euros.

In the box

The phone comes with a battery of m100 Ah Li-Ion battery, wired stereo head set, a charger and a user guide.The Corby II is a simple and sensible phone that is designed for daily life. It takes pride in having a gorgeous design.

Dimensions, Designs and controls

Bright spots denoted the original Corby in the colorless touch screen world. The second edition also goes along with the first version. In this version there are snap panel to opt from, so one need to fix to his original preferences.
There is no Android in Corby II. The size of the phone is 10.9 x 60.6 x 11.7 mm. The phone weighs 102 g in weight. It is compact and fits well into one’s hand. The mobile can be simply, the mobile can be carried inside the pocket. With all the components duly fitted in, the mobile looks outstanding in assembly. Graphic image is present on the back side of the mobile. It is very difficult to scratch it. The bulky, lustrous plastic appears pleasant and excellent.

Screen

The mobile has a screen of 3.14” and takes pride in having a 240x320(TFT, 262,000 colors) resolution. It utilizes a resistive technology. It does not hold up multi touch. Taking into consideration the price of the mobile, it has a well displayed picture. However it lacks in brightness. From end products, the additional color gets profited. Only on vertical modes, the QWERTY keyboard is present.

Battery

The model comes out with a 1000mAh LI-Ion battery. It has backup of 8 hours talk time and a standby time of 290 hours. The regular uses of web and mail can depend on a days’ work.

Bluetooth

 The mobile has Bluetooth facililty, with serial port, hands free, headset, file transfer, Dial up networking, basic printing, object push and A2DP. EDR3 is present in Bluetooth 3. It has a simple traditional operation of Headsets. 

Camera

The handset comes with a normal 2MP camera with autofocus. The interface of the camera is horizontal. By the simple touching of the big icons all the options are chosen from the screen.The Camera supports 1600 x 1200, 1280 X 960, 640 x 480, 320 x 240 resolutions. It has modes like single shot, panorama shot and smile shot.The camera has white balance like Auto, Daylight, Flourscent, Cloudy and Incandescent.

To windup though Corby II has some required features its price tag is higher when compared to Star II.