Videos/Unboxings

BlackBerry PlayBook Rapid Charging Pod – Unboxing video

The BlackBerry® Rapid Charging Pod may be the most convenient and attractive way to charge your BlackBerry® PlayBook tablet. Offering a rapid charge rate that’s up to two times faster than the standard BlackBerry tablet charger, it keeps it sitting upright on the perfect angle for watching videos, photo slideshows, or browsing the web. Use it where wherever you are-it comes with a convenient six-foot power cable and country-specific adapters, and is BlackBerry® Protect Safety Certified.

.    Optimizing viewing angle
.    Access multimedia or browse web while charging at home or the office
.    Charges the BlackBerry® PlayBook two-times faster than the standard charger

You can see the unboxing video below:

Meet Thorsten Heins the New President and CEO of Research In Motion

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Porsche Design P’9981 BlackBerry unboxing video

Officially launched in late October over in Dubai the BlackBerry P’9981 is now gracing our shores here in the UK. Available to buy in Harrods the specially designed BlackBerry will set you back a mere £1,275. Yes, you did read that right!

Essentially the P’9981 is a Bold 9900 but with a design change. Is the Porsche twist worth the extra money? It won’t be to most of us but for the lucky ones that can afford snazzy kit like this I am sure they can justify the extra spend.

RIM have kindly sent me a P’9981 this week so below you can see the unboxing video.

We would love to hear your thoughts on the device.

My most used apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook – Video

With the cost of the BlackBerry PlayBook dropping dramatically recently and with version 2.0 of the tablet OS arriving next month PlayBook sales could well be on the up.

I thought it may be worth showing you which apps and features I tend to use most on the PlayBook. We all use our Tablets differently and have different preferences but with web browsing and social networking being top of most peoples list you can see how I use the BlackBerry PlayBook to get my social fix.

Gaming too is fantastic on the PlayBook. With many big well known companies, such as Gameloft, now supporting the PlayBook you can expect to find some familiar titles within App World.

You can see the video below:

Cut The Rope HD available for BlackBerry PlayBook – Video

This game has been huge on the iPhone (it even won a BAFTA!) and we are now lucky enough to get it for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Cut The Rope is one of those addictive games that sucks you in, a bit like Angry Birds. This one requires a little more mental agility though. Maybe that is why I am not very good at it!

The little monster Om Nom is hungry and the only thing standing between him and a full belly is you – that is your help cutting the ropes that hold the candy he wants.

If you own the BlackBerry PlayBook then I think this app is a must. Perfect for those commutes to work or playing in bed. I must warn you though that a quick game may turn out to be not so quick!

You can see a brief demo video below.

HTC Explorer unboxing video

The HTC Explorer is the newest Android smartphone from HTC. HTC state that the Explorer is their most affordable smartphone coming in at the £150 mark it’s currently their least expensive (current) model.

The explorer is certainly small, a few millimetres shorter than the Wildfire and a little thinner than the Wildfire S whilst retaining the same 3.2″ HVGA screen size. Not surprisingly, the HTC Explorer doesn’t have the same aluminium construction as its more expensive counterparts, but instead has a rubberised back and edges that looks like an additional case around it.

There is a price to pay for the reduced cost of the HTC Explorer, the CPU is a somewhat limited 600MHz and available storage is just 90MB so you’ll be reaching for a MicroSD card pretty quickly. That said, as you can see in the benchmark in the video below, the Explorer seems to run at a reasonable pace and benefits from HTC Sense 3.5

Full review coming soon but for now here’s the unboxing and demo video.

Sony Xperia S – Video

We told you earlier today about the new Xperia S that Sony had announced. They now have a short promo video on their YouTube channel which I thought was worth sharing with you as the device looks a right ‘Bobby Dazzler!’ For non UK residents click here if confused!

• 4.3 inch Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
• HD resolution screen (1280 × 720)
• Front (720p) and back (1080p) cameras for HD recording
• 1.5GHz dual-core processor
• 32GB flash storage
• 12MP back camera
• Sony Exmor RT for mobile
• Fastest Capture to take shots in just 1.5 seconds directly from standby mode
• NFC (Near Field Communications) enabled to access growing range of NFC applications and services as well as Xperia SmartTags
• With HD sharing through DLNA, HDMI and using BRAVIA Sync for controlling your Xperia S with your TV remote control when connected to the TV

You can see the video below:

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 demo videos

Kevin from CrackBerry.com has been lucky enough to get hands on with OS 2.0 for the BlackBerry PlayBook over at the CES show in Las Vegas today. We posted the features of the new improved software just yesterday but now we can see exactly how cool these new improvements actually are.

With social integration throughout the email, contacts and calendar applications these new native features will really make us PlayBook users so so happy.

Another superb feature is using your BlackBerry Smartphone as a remote control for the PlayBook. One word: “amazing”.

If you don’t use/own a PlayBook I strongly urge you to watch the below videos.  I think you will agree that RIM are making vast improvements with the tablet OS and I for one cant wait until next month when the new software version rolls out.

Thanks to CrackBerry.com for the following videos:

Trial Xtreme for Android – Video

I do like a nice motorbike game and I recently found Trial Xteme 2 for the Android platform and thought it worthy of showing you on video.

Trial Xtreme 2 is the sequel to multi-million selling hit Trial Xtreme, packed with more levels, amazing new graphics and more blistering motorcycle stunt action than ever.

Crank up the throttle, rev your engine and negotiate your way across 36 new action-packed levels.

Trial Xtreme 2 uses the cutting edge NVIDIA PhysX engine to give you the most realistic ride of your life, demanding skill and concentration to take to take your bike riding skills to the max!

You can see my demo video below:

INRIX Traffic (multi platform) – Video

If you are a driver then you will be aware that there is nothing more frustrating than getting stuck in a traffic jam. INRIX Traffic is a GPS based mobile application which will allow you to check current traffic conditions as well as forecast ones for later in the day. You can even report incidents from the app!

So, I thought I would show you briefly on video what the app looks like. In the video below you will see the INRIX app running on BlackBerry, iOS, Android and Windows Phone.

The application is free on all the above platforms so why not give it a try. You can either search your own app store or find links here.