Archive for March 4th, 2011

Motorola XOOM – Demo Video

The Motorola XOOM was announced in January at CES and also got pricing this week here in the UK. Motorola kindly invited me to pop into their offices the other day to get hands on with the XOOM and what a nice experience it was too. Rather than me mess about with it on video I decided to let an expert give me a demo.

My early impressions of the XOOM are very positive. Honeycomb on a tablet is truly awesome and I kind of fell in love with the new interactive widgets.

Check out our fantastic video below.

Nikon D3100 unboxing video

Not so long ago digital SLR cameras cost upward of a thousand pounds and were really only the domain of professionals and serious amateurs. More recently the DSLR market has opened up somewhat with entry level models costing hundreds rather than thousands of pounds.

Just the other day blog.IAMNikon.com sent us the new Nikon D3100. Aimed at those wishing to advance from the digital compact ‘point-and-shoot’ camera to something with more control. It packs some features that would be typically found on your average compact that make the transition a little easier. There’s a live view mode with full AF and a guide mode with on-screen help and prompts.

The D3100 even features HD video recording!

Below you’ll see my unboxing video of the D3100 and the AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm lens in a kit. I’m much more used to Canon DSLR’s so please forgive my lack of familiarity with the Nikon. It hasn’t taken me long to get in to it though!