Videos/Unboxings

Motorola Pro+ unboxing video

Motorola launched the original Motorola Pro in February of this year. It wasn’t hugely successful. Specs were not great, the screen was simply HVGA and the keyboard lacked the finesse of it’s Blackberry rivals.

Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, that Motorola should come up with the successor to the Pro, the Pro+, so quickly after the release of it’s predecessor. The Pro+ has a similar form factor but a more refined design that the Pro, sleeker lines and more curves. The CPU clocks at 1Ghz and it benchmarks favourably against other handsets with the same CPU. The screen size has increased and fortunately so has the resolution which is now up to 480×640 or portrait VGA.

Check out the video I have for you below, it’s covers the hardware as well as some of the key parts of the OS. I’ll have a full review for you over the next week or so.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pro hands-on video

Sony Ericsson appear to be on a roll at the moment and releasing new handsets at the rate of a couple a month. Recently we’ve had the XPERIA Active, XPERIA ray and Mini Pro to review and this weeks it’s the turn of the bigger Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pro.

Like the X10 models of last year the XPERIA Pro features a large sliding qwerty keyboard hidden away under the 3.7″ 480×854 LCD display. It also features the Mobile BRAVIA engine to really push the video playback to a new level.

As always, our full review will be up in a few weeks once we’ve really had chance to use the XPERIA Pro properly. For now I have a hands-on video for you below. This is of an un-boxed pre-retail unit so I’ll also have a proper unboxing video for you once I get my hands on a retail unit.

BBM Groups – Video

One of best features available in BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is Groups, as it’s a great way to stay organized and in touch. Using Groups, you can chat, share pictures and lists, create appointments and much more with family, friends, or co-workers.

RIM have released a promo video demonstrating BBM Groups over on their YouTube channel.

For those of you that don’t understand the benefits of BBM Groups and why us BlackBerry addicts love them you may want to take a look.

You can see the video below:

Nokia 603 demo video

The 603 from Nokia is a device that we here at tracyandmatt have pretty much overlooked. That reason is that it runs Symbian and due to previous experiences with the OS most of us have been put off.

The Nokia 603 runs the latest version of Symbian, Belle, and when I saw the device in action at Nokia World I was pretty impressed. The OS didn’t really resemble any of my previous memories which was a real joy.

I found an expert to give me a brief walkthrough demo and also a look at the NFC enabled Bluetooth headset.

I think I shall pay more attention now to the Symbian devices however I am a little concerned at how long they will be supported, what with Nokia adopting Windows Phone as its primary operating system.

Anyway, you can see the video below. Please let us know your thoughts either on the forum or by the Facebook integration at the base of the post.

HTC Rhyme unboxing video

The HTC Rhyme is another of those HTC handsets that’s been know about for a while, although was previously known to the community as the HTC Bliss. Styling-wise the Rhyme is very much your typical HTC android powered phone but the colour has meant that many critics have jumped to say that the Rhyme is ‘too girly’ for the mass market. Personally I’m not convinced that’s true. Having had the Rhyme in my hand I think the colour is quite nice and I have no problem with it at all.

Another departure for HTC is in the packaging and accessories included with the HTC Rhyme and it’s almost a return to the old times with a good quality wired headset, leather pouch and a beautiful angled docking/charging station.

There’s also another unusual accessory is the light-up phone charm included in the box. This acts to alert you when you have a missed call or a message. Different!

Check out the unboxing and demo video below and we’ll have the review up soon!

Hands on with the Nokia Asha 200 and 303

While most of us have been focused on Nokia’s new Windows Mango phones we mustn’t forget that they also have some new lower end devices running on the S40 platform. The Nokia Asha 200 and 303 are clearly designed with messaging in mind as both have full QWERTY keyboards and come packed with social networking and instant messaging applications.

The Asha 200 is a dual SIM device which may appeal to many and comes with an extremely low expected price of only 60 Euros.

Slightly more expensive at 115 Euros is the Asha 303 which combines a large 2.6" capacitive touch screen with a high quality QWERTY keypad.

The device harnesses a powerful 1Ghz engine, 3G and WLAN to deliver a fast Internet experience. Social networks, email and IM are at the center of the experience, easily accessible from the homescreen. The Nokia Asha 303 is powered by the cloud-based Nokia Browser, which by compressing the web by up to 90%, provides higher speeds and a more affordable access to the Internet.

You can see a brief demo of both devices below:

Samsung Galaxy Note Demo Video

Last night in London Samsung kicked off its Galaxy Note tour at Battersea Power Station. While the venue was impressive and so was the the Note it was a strange affair. The reason it was strange was that Samsung treated the event as an announcement even though we all knew about the Note and also the Galaxy Nexus that they also ‘revealed’ to the European market.

The Galaxy Note they demoed was the white variant which I had not seen before and to be honest it looked highly impressive. Samsung are clearly confident that there is a market for a device of this size, 5.3 inches. After getting hands on with the Note I can certainly see it being popular. The proof though is in the pudding and we will have to se how sales turn out.

I managed to get a demo of the Galaxy Note, which you can see below. I am sure you will agree that the S-Pen is pretty cool.

Nokia Lumia 800 hands on video featuring Nokia Drive

I got hold of the new Nokia Lumia 800 earlier today and what an absolutely  beautiful phone it is. In the following video I show you briefly around the device and take a quick look at Nokia Drive which is the built in satellite navigation software that will come pre-installed on the device. Nokia Drive could well be the important unique selling point when it comes to Windows Phones. None of the other manufactures have built in voice guided navigation software , so Nokia Drive could well be one of the key features in driving sales of the new devices upwards.

I was suitably impressed and considering it is free I can potentially see me using a Nokia phone again in the future. It has been a while.

You can check out the video below:

Hands on with the Nokia Lumia 710 featuring Nokia Music

Whilst at Nokia World today I got to meet a nice chap called Paul who was demonstrating the Nokia Lumia 710 so I got him to show me a few of the key features with the new Windows Phone Mango device.

Nokia Music is a fantastic new service from the Finnish company and one that the public will absolutely love, and it’s free! As you will see in the video it is not just a case of streaming music as the Lumia 710 and 800 will also cache the music meaning you don’t have to be online to listen to the tracks. Perfect for travelling by plane for example.

The Nokia Lumia 710 also has a range of changeable back covers meaning you can customize the device to suit your mood. A hit with the younger generation I would imagine.

You can see the video below:

Let’s Golf 2 for BlackBerry PlayBook – Video

I’m not a golf lover in real life but what I am partial to is a golf game on mobile devices. Let’s Golf 2 recently arrived for the BlackBerry PlayBook and although I have used the game on iOS before I knew that downloading it for the PlayBook was a must.

If you want realism from a golf game then Let’s Golf isn’t the one you want. It is not designed to be real but more good fun. The characters are more cartoonish than real people but that said it is still a fantastic game and not as complicated as some golf games on other platforms.

You can see a demo of the game below: