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By July 6, 2010 Read More →

HTC Ace – let the rumours commence

htc-quietly-brilliant-logo1_thumb Don’t you just love the internet for it’s ability to spread rumour and speculation? There are always new phones and other devices rumoured and HTC seem to be running a close second behind Apple when it comes to speculation about new and as-yet unannounced handsets.

About a month ago someone messaged me through the site to say that they’d heard that there was a new device coming from HTC called the HTC Ace. They asked if I knew anything about it, at the time I knew nothing and having asked HTC, drew a blank.

We forgot about the Ace for a little while, device names get mentioned all the time and frequently come to nothing. Then about a week or so ago a few more questions about the Ace came my way. More enquiries to HTC but still nothing confirmed, no surprise there.

So this is what we have heard about the HTC Ace, which I must point out is pure rumour at the moment but I’ve had it from a few unrelated sources.

Question: What do you get if you cross the HTC Evo with the HTC Incredible?

Answer: The HTC Ace!

The HTC Ace will be a new Android 3.0 powered smartphone, running a dual-core snapdragon CPU. It will be a large touchscreen device, 4.3″ AMOLED like the HTC HD2 or EVO but styled more like the HTC Incredible. An 8 megapixel camera with flash. GPS and all the other nice bits that we’ve come to expect from an HTC Handset.

Obviously we’ll try to find out more and will have our ear very close to the ground and we’ll post more as we get it!

 

Posted by: Matt

Posted in: Rumours
By July 6, 2010 Read More →

Samsung S3370 unboxing video

S3370The Samsung S3370 is part of their Corby range but this new low end touch screen device is now packing 3G so web browsing etc wont be quite as frustrating.

Running Samsung’s, now so familiar, TouchWiz UI the S3370 will be a low cost, lightweight basic phone although it does support a vast range of features including email, Bluetooth, 3G, music player, 1.3mp camera with smile detection and integrated social media applications such as Facebook and MySpace.

As I write this I am not sure how much the Samsung S3370 will retail for but I would imagine it will be inline with previous Corby phones and therefore on PAYG should sell for around the £75.00 mark.

Lets unbox and see what we get for our money.

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By July 4, 2010 Read More →

My T-Mobile BlackBerry – an update

t-mobile_logo_large If you listen to the Mobile Tech Addict podcast that I co-host you may have heard me talking about the problems I had with the T-Mobile BlackBerry that I bought Tracy for her birthday. It’s at times like these that I’m glad that I make most purchases on my credit card. For those of you not in the know here’s a quick recap:

I bought Tracy a BB 8520 for her birthday from my local T-Mobile store. I bought it on the 7th June and put it away for Tracy’s birthday on the 17th. Come the 17th I gave Tracy her gift but within a few minutes she realised that it was faulty, the optical trackpad didn’t work. So we took the BB back to our local T-Mobile store to get it exchanged. However the store manager refused to replace the handset as he said we’d had it more than 7 days and that I would have to deal with RIM to get it replaced under warranty. Despite explaining to him what my consumer rights were and that I was fully entitled to a refund or replacement he still refused and asked me to leave the store!

 

Posted in: Editorial
By July 4, 2010 Read More →

HP Photosmart A532 unboxing video

A532-angled I’m sure that our regular readers will know that I am really in to my photography and I’m rarely found without my camera in tow. But like so many people I rarely commit my photos to paper. Over the years I’ve owned various photo printers from my first Olympus printer costing several hundred pounds where the prints, on special paper and ink, cost over £1 each to several other inkjet printers.

HP have had a range of dedicated photo printers for a while and the Photosmart range is certainly popular. Our friends over at IT247.com sent us the Photosmart A532 to review and also to give away as a competition prize (details coming up in a post shortly).

The print quality of the Photosmart A532 is amazing, and it’s cheap to run too. But at the moment, perhaps the most staggering thing about the A532 from IT247.com is that it’ll cost you less than £45! That’s about £35 of the RRP and the price that you might pay elsewhere! Check here to order.

In the video below you’ll see what’s included in the box, how easy it is to set up and how quick it prints. I’ll have a written review for you soon but for now this will give you an overview.

 

Posted in: Printers, Videos/Unboxings
By July 3, 2010 Read More →

Samsung Monte (S5620) Review

Monte-main I have here one of Samsung’s newest entry level handsets, the Samsung S5620 Monte. The Monte is a decent looking handset offering a 3" capacitive touschscreen display and features Samsung’s tried and trusted TouchWiz interface.

The first thing that entered my mind when I saw this phone was ‘Will it be as good as it looks from the outside, on the inside?’ In my review I will try and answer as many queries as I can At tracyandmatt.co.uk we always welcome your questions or queries regarding handset reviews, so please don’t hesitate to ask questions!

 

Posted in: Reviews
By July 2, 2010 Read More →

Eken M001 Android tablet unboxing video

201052717129170 A few weeks ago I mentioned that we’d spotted the Eken M001 Android tablet on eBay. At the time I’d never heard of Eken and the images shown of the device looked kin of fake, I was suspicious.

However, as we’ve now discovered it is indeed a real device and you can pick these up online for anything from £100 upwards.

Running Android 1.6 with a 7″ Touchscreen, 128MB ram and SD card support it seems like a decent toy for the £100 mark, about a quarter of the price of the iPad for example.

Should Apple be scared? Er, definitely not but there are several manufacturers out there now offering alternatives so we decided to check this one out.

Below you’ll see my quick unboxing video which I hope will give you a flavour of what the product has to offer. There will be a review online soon too.

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By July 1, 2010 Read More →

New forum sponsors: IT247.com

it247logo_250x80 I am very pleased to let inform you that from today we have a new forum sponsor IT247.com

We’ve actually worked with IT247.com a couple of times in the past and you may has spotted a few review that we’ve done with them already.

If you don’t know them already IT247.com sell everything from printers and print cartridges to computers and TV’s. Our relationship with them should enable us to provide you with reviews of a wide range of tech products going forward, we’re very excited about it!

Over the next few days we’ll also be kicking off a competition with IT247.com and you’ll find all the details here on site. However, if you want to get a head start on the competition then you can do so by following us on twitter and by following IT247 on twitter too.

In the meantime I would encourage you to head over to IT247.com and check out what they have on offer and please help welcome them aboard!

 

Posted by: Matt

Posted in: News
By June 29, 2010 Read More →

HTC Wildfire review

HTC Wildfire review Having been announced less than a month ago I was initially surprised to see the HTC Wildfire arrive in the office here so soon. Granted, we’ve already seen the Wildfire go on pre-order sale (SIM-free) at some retailers and some UK carriers announce that they too will stock it but we still thought it was some way off.

The HTC Wildfire appears to be HTC’s attempt to break in to lower end of the market. HTC’s recent wave of handsets have been at the upper-end at around the £400 mark for the HTC Desire and a little less for the HTC Legend. The Wildfire then is much less expensive than the HTC Desire which is widely regarded as the Wildfire’s bigger brother. This is a smartphone with a ‘feature phone’ price tag.

If you saw my HTC Wildfire unboxing video a few days ago you may have noticed that I said we’ll be doing something a little different with this review. Whilst the top section of the review will follow our normal format and will keep everything factual with just a little of my opinion in there the lower portion of the review will introduce comments from James, Tracy and possibly a few other members of the team, we’re going to try making it a broad view.

(a word of caution, there are a LOT of images but you can click on any one for a full-sized view.)

Posted in: Phones, Reviews
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By June 28, 2010 Read More →

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini unboxing video

x10mini It seems like a long time ago that we first saw the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini, it was actually back at MWC in February that James first got his hands on one and shortly after we got some hands on time with the Mini and the Mini Pro at a Sony Ericsson event.

So obviously it has taken Sony Ericsson some time to being the X10 Mini to market but we’re not sure what the reason for that might be, perhaps issues with gearing up the manufacturing or issues with the software, that’s anyones guess really but just the other week Orange picked up the X10 mini and are now offering it on contract.

If you haven’t seen the X10 Mini before then you might be surprised at just how small it is. I’m sure that it must be the smallest Android handset out there and among the smallest of any type. Even when you are told how small you don’t really appreciate it until you hold it yourself for the first time.

In the video below you’ll see me unbox the little beauty and show you some of the basic features and installed apps. We’ll have a full review for you soon too.

 

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
By June 26, 2010 Read More →

iPhone 4 setup video

ip4 Last night I uploaded a brief iPhone 4 unboxing video and promised you more, well I’m back with more!

In this video I’m just going through some of the initial setup steps and kinda having a look around, as it’s my first iPhone it’s a journey of discovery! 🙂

Full review and more videos coming up soon too.

 

Posted in: Videos/Unboxings
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