Videos/Unboxings

Samsung Omnia Lite unboxing video

There are quite a few Windows Mobile 6.5 powered handsets hitting the market now and the Samsung Omnia Lite is one of the latest. Samsung deem to be making the most of their Omnia brand, there are several handset to bare the name and more on the way.

The Samsung Omnia Lite

The Samsung Omnia Lite is one of the smaller Windows Mobile handsets available at the moment and certainly at the other end of the spectrum to the HD2.

As always we’re going to put the Omnia Lite through its paces over the next week or so and will have a review for you soon. For now have a look at the unboxing video below for a taste of what the handset has to offer.

Samsung Omnia Lite specification:

• Operating System – Windows Mobile 6.5
• Processor – ARM 1176 667MHz processor
• Memory – 250MB Internal
• Display – TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colours, 240 x 400 pixels, 3.0 inches
• TouchWiz v2.0 UI
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
• Operating Frequency – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900  3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 
• 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA
• Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP 
• microUSB
• GPS Integrated with A-GPS
• microSD (TransFlash), up to 32GB
• DviX/XviD/MPEG4/H.263/H.264/WMV9 player
• MP3/AAC/WMA player
• TV-out
• Camera – 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus
• Battery – Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
• Dimensions – 107 x 51.8 x 12.9 mm
• Weight – 103 grams with battery

Posted by: Matt

HTC HD2 retail unboxing video

Yesterday I have a nice ‘gift’ from our friends over at devicewire.com, the HTC HD2 which is now the full and final retail version.

The HTC HD2

This is just a quick unboxing video of the retail version of the HTC HD2 so that you can see what’s included in the final package. If you want to see the HTC HD2 in more detail or for a full tour of the user interface and a few of the applications please look at our HTC HD2 demonstration video that I recorded earlier this week.

James and I are jointly working on the HD2 review so that we can get it online for you reasonably quickly, we were waiting for the retail version to complete the review incase of any changes. We’ll have that for you soon so please do check the site regularly.

EDIT: Our extensive HTC HD2 review is now live on site.

Posted by: Matt

Powermat unboxing video

A few months ago, when we were away in the US we went to one of my favourite shops, Best Buy, and saw a huge display of Powermat products. I’d heard about the technology which is basically wireless inductive charging, but to that point hadn’t seen a product to make use of it.

The Powermat essentially comes in two parts. The mat itself, available in office/home and portable versions, and a ‘receiver’ unit. The receiver comes in a variety of forms from a simple Powercube that comes with the Powermat allowing you to charge USB devices to a selection of ‘jackets’ to fit iPhone, Blackberry and Nintendo DS.

The nice people from Powermat sent me over a review unit to take a look at so in the video below you’ll see the home/office version of the Powermat as well as the Powercube and a receiver/dock for the iPhone/iPod.

There are many other receiver units available so head over to the Powermat site to see if they make one for your favourite device.

No more tangled mess of cords or searching for the right adaptor, simply place your enabled device on the Powermat to charge. Featuring a full range of wireless charging solutions for all your favorite devices, Powermat is compatible with iPhone, BlackBerry, MP3 players, cell phones, headsets, hand held electronic games, digital cameras, and GPS units. Whether you charge at home, at the office, on the road, or in all of these places, Powermat has a solution for you.

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HTC HD2 demonstration video

Yesterday we unboxed the HTC HD2 and promised you a video demo of the user interface and some applications, well here’s the video!

Obviously we’ve only picked out a couple of things to look at else the video would have been a week long but we’ll comment on more of the apps and general usage when we come to do the full HD2 review later this week.

As I said in the previous post, please keep your questions about the HD2 coming and we’ll try to answer them either straight away or in the review itself. You can submit your questions via the HD2 forum thread.

EDIT: Our extensive HTC HD2 review is now live on site.

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HTC HD2 unboxing video

As I mentioned yesterday I’ve managed to get my hands on the HTC HD2 and I’ve been spending a lot of time playing with the handset in preparation for our HD2 review. So today I thought I would record a quick unboxing video of the device and have a brief look at the OS for you.

The HTC HD2

There have been a few questions about the HD2 already on the forum so I’ll try to answer those for you today but please do keep the questions coming!

The video below takes you around the handset and covers the main tabs within TouchFlo/Sense, I’ll have another video online later today/tomorrow where I’ll look at these tabs in more details as well as showing you the browser etc.

HTC HD2 specification:

• Operating System – Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional
• Processor – Qualcomm® MSM8250™, 1 GHz
• Memory – ROM: 512 MB / RAM: 448 MB
• Display – 4.3-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution
• Contract – No Contract SIM Free/Unlocked
• Network – HSPA/WCDMA: Europe/Asia: 900/2100 MHz
  Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• Bluetooth 2.1 With EDR and A2DP
• WiFi 802.11b/g
• MicroUSB
• GPS – Internal GPS Antenna
• Audio – 3.5mm Audio Jack
• Expansion Slot – MicroSDHC
• Camera – 5 megapixel colour camera with auto focus and dual LED flashlight
• Talk Time – Up to 380 minutes for GSM
• Standby Time – Up to 490 hours for GSM
• Battery – Lithium-ion 1230mAh removable 
• Dimensions – 120.5 X 67 X 11 mm (4.74 X 2.64 X 0.43 inches)
• Weight – 157 grams (5.54 ounces) with battery
• G-Sensor
• Proximity Sensor
• Ambient Light Sensor
• Digital Compass
• FM Radio

Don’t forget you can ask questions about the HD2 over on the HD2 forum thread.

EDIT: Our extensive HTC HD2 review is now live on site.

Posted by: Matt

HTC HD2 video

Just a short while ago James managed to get his hands on the excellent HTC HD2, he is extremely impressed with it and in his words he was ‘Not sure if he was shaking because it was my first piece of video for T&M or because I loved the handset so much!’

So James has recorded this brief video for us, the first of many I hope and for now it’s just a quick tour of the handset. We shall, of course, have move video for you shortly but thought you would appreciate this little teaser!

Be sure to come back soon for more and fire away with your HTC HD2 questions on the forum!

EDIT: Our extensive HTC HD2 review is now live on site.

Posted by: Matt

Sony Ericsson Satio unboxing video

Just last week we reviewed the Samsung Pixon12, the first mobile that we’d seen with a 12 megapixel camera. Now this week we’ve managed to get our hands on the Sony Ericsson Satio which has a 12.1 megapixel shooter. While there seems to be some debate over which company was the first to have a 12 megapixel camera phone it’s obvious that there’s some competition here!

The Sony Ericsson Satio

It’s too early for us to say which is best but I have to say that I like the design of the Satio a little better and I think that the lens cover is a great idea. The Satio also seems to be a little more focused (no pun intended) towards the social networking side in terms of sharing your photos and geotagging them before uploading to various sharing sites. You may have seen the TV ads over the past few weeks.

James will be putting the Sony Ericsson Satio through it’s paces over the next week and will have his review for us soon. I’m sure he’ll be making comparisons between this and the Pixon12. If you have any questions for us then please do head over to the forum to submit, we’ll try to cover them in the review for you.

Sony Ericsson Satio specification: 

• Operating System – Symbian OS
• Display – 3.5 inch Touchscreen (360×640 pixels) with accelerometer
• Operating Frequency – GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 & UMTS/HSDPA 900 / 2100
• WiFi 802.11b/g DLNA
• Bluetooth V2.0 with A2DP
• GPS – Built in GPS & A-GPS
• Expansion – microSD
• Camera images geo-tagging, face and smile detection
• Google maps
• FM radio with RDS
• Camera – 12.1 MP, 4256 x 2832 pixels, autofocus, xenon flash, video, video LED flash, secondary VGA videocall camera
• Dimensions – 112.0 x 55.0 x 13.0 mm
• Weight – 126g

Posted by: Matt

LG BL40 Chocolate unboxing video

LG’s Black Label handset, the LG BL40, has to be one for the more unusual form-factor handsets available at the moment with its stunning 4" 345 x 800 pixel display offering a truly cinematic ratio of 21:9 – this is a tall (or wide) handset!

The LG BL40 Chocolate

When I first head about this handset and its huge display I thought the BL40 would turn out to be a huge handset, however, it really isn’t. Sure it is large in one direction but it’s quite narrow and extremely thin which means that the whole package is quite pocketable.

The widescreen display makes the BL40 idea for mobile web-browsing but whether or not it will provide a better browsing experience than its 480×800 pixel widescreen Windows Mobile competitors remains to be seen. We’ll find out during the review which we’ll have online for you within the next week or so.

For now, have a look at the unboxing video below to see the LG BL40 in a little more detail and for a quick tour of the S-Class OS.

LG BL40 specification:

• Dimensions: 128 x 51 x 10.9mm
• Weight: 129g
• Battery:
  – Talk Time: 6 hrs
  – Standby Time: 400 hrs
  – Capacity: 1000 mAh
• Display: 345 x 800 pixels/4" – AMOLED Touch Sensitive(Capacitive)
• Network: 2G: 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad-Band) – 3G: 900/2100 (Dual-Band)
• Camera: 5 mega-pixels (auto-focus) – Schneider-Kreuznach Lens
• LED Flash
• Face Detection
• Video: Hi-Resolution VGA Video Recording – 30fps Video Recording (QVGA)
• Music: Supported formats: MP3, AAC, eAAC+ & WMA
• Dolby Mobile
• FM Stereo Radio (RDS)
• FM Transmitter
• Messaging: SMS / MMS (with video) / E-mail (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4)
• Memory: 1.1GB (internal) / microSDHC (external)
• microUSB
• 3.5mm AV Connector / TV Out
• Bluetooth (2.0 – Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g)
• Navigation: AGPS
• Accelerometer
• S-Class Interface
• Proximity Sensor

Posted by: Matt

HTC Tattoo retail unboxing video

There’s a good chance that you will have already seen my earlier HTC Tattoo unboxing video but the handset that we unboxed last week was a pre-release unit and although it was final hardware/software the box and contents were fairly generic so having got my hands on the retails version courtesy of our friends at Clove Technology, I thought I’d record a quick follow up unboxing video showing the full retail device so that there would be no question mark over what is supplied in the box etc.

The HTC Tattoo

I’m not covering the handset in a great deal of detail in this video as it is the same as the other version we looked at so if you want to check out the OS and user interface please have a look at the other video.

James is just working on the rest of the review at the moment and will have that online for us, hopefully, later this week.

HTC Tattoo Specification:

• Operating System – Android
• Processor – Qualcomm MSM7225, 528 MHz
• Memory – RAM – 256 MB / ROM – 512 MB
• Display – 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 240×320 QVGA resolution
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
  (Band frequency and data speed are operator dependent.)
• Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b/g
• HTC ExtUSB (11-pin mini-USB 2.0)
• GPS – Internal GPS antenna
• Expansion – microSD memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)
• G-sensor
• Digital Compass
• FM Radio
• 3.2 megapixel colour camera
• 4-Way navigation control with Enter button
• Talk Time – Up to 390 minutes for GSM
• Standby Time – Up to 340 hours for GSM
• Dimensions – 106 x 55.2 x 14 mm (4.17 x 2.17 x 0.55 inches)
• Weight – 113 grams (3.99 ounces) with battery
• Warranty – 2 Years

Posted by: Matt

Samsung Pixon12 unboxing video

We reviewed the original Samsung Pixon (M8800) back in December 2008. At the time the Pixon was one of a new breed of mobile phones to have decent built in cameras and was among the first to have an 8 megapixel shooter.

The Samsung Pixon12

The first Pixon was quite successful and did indeed have a really decent camera, hoping to build upon that success Samsung have released their newest camera phone, the Pixon12. Samsung say that the Pixon12 is the first camera phone in the world to have a 12 megapixel camera, better than many dedicated digital point and shoot cameras on the market today.

So the question for me is does such a combination work or does bolting a 12 megapixel digital camera on to a mobile phone end up compromising both? James will be reviewing the Samsung Pixon12 over the next week and will certainly be putting it through its paces as both a mobile phone and a camera. We’ll have some sample photos for you too!

Have a look at my unboxing video below for a quick tour of the handset and the user interface and then pop back later for the full review.

EDIT: The Samsung Pixon12 review is now live on site.

Samsung Pixon12 specification:

• Display – AMOLED, 16M colours, 3.1"
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad-Band)
• 3G: 900/2100 HSDPA (Dual-Band)
• Connectivity – microUSB
• TV Out
• Bluetooth (2.1)
• WiFi
• MicroSD
• Camera – 12 Megapixel resolution
• Xenon Flash
• 5 x Digital Zoom
• Auto Focus
• Brightness Adjust
• Video- Hi-Resolution DVD Video Recording 30fps Video Recording (720 x 480)
• Supported formats: MP4, 3GP, H.264, H.263, DivX & XviD
• FM Stereo Radio (RDS)
• Windows Media Player Sync
• DNSe (Digital Natural Sound engine)
• Battery – Capacity: 1000 mAh
• Dimensions – 107.9 x 53 x 13.8 mm
• Weight – 119g with battery

Posted by: Matt