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The BlackBerry Curve 3G has not changed too much compared to its predecessor, the 8520, but the big difference is the added bonus of 3G.
There are also a couple of physical changes. The 9300 now has a chrome bezel similar to the 9700 and its battery cover is also new. No longer smooth but now with a kind of mottled affect.
With the UK carriers yet to announce which if them will sell the 9300 we are still in the dark when it comes to pricing but in the meantime we will crack on with the review.
Check out the unboxing video below.
You may have seen our recent BlackBerry Torch videos that I shot at the London press event last week. As normal with these events the videos never come out as good as I would like so I have used my magic powers and got hold of a Torch 9800!
In the video below you will see me demonstrate most of the features on the new BlackBerry, and I must say I am really loving the device.
Enjoy the video and tell your friends to have a look too!
The LG Cookie Fresh (GS290) is another super good value touch screen device from the South Korean giant.
At under £60 the phone is lacking a few features such as Wi-Fi and 3G but it does offer great social network integration and includes its own Facebook client.
One for the youngsters I think.
As you will see in the video, notifications are shown at the top of the BlackBerry Torch screen. Giving them a touch launches a brand new way of viewing them. Now all notifications are shown full screen in a list. By tapping any one of them, whether they be a message, calendar event, Twitter or Facebook notification you are taken into that particular application.
A great new way to manage your notifications quickly and efficiently.
Media has always been one of the things that has let down BlackBerry in the past and this has now been addressed with BlackBerry 6 on the Torch 9800.
As you will see I had a quick play with the media features on the device at the press event and things have most definitely taken a step in the right direction.
With a new picture gallery, music player and video player which looks good (unlike on current BB’s) RIM have really listened to what people want from a smartphone. Sorry about the camera going out of focus. It was the lighting in the room. You will however see the important bits.
We have been waiting for a new web browser on BlackBerry for a long time and praise the lord it is here at last. At the BlackBerry press event I had the chance to have a play and as you can see things have improved immensely.
Whether you use the onscreen keyboard or the hardware one, finding what you want on the BlackBerry Torch browser is a piece of cake. It is so much faster as you will see in the below video. I couldn’t get pinch to zoon to work, although I was told it does, but even so the browser looked great. Pages were quick to render (remember that tracyandmatt.co.uk has a lot of content) but tapping to zoom worked perfectly and the text re flow is a huge bonus. Tabbed browsing is also present which can be found in the menu and while I am on the subject I must say how nice it is to scroll the menu without being in fear of clicking the screen like on the Storm and Storm2.
Personally I can see no need for me to grab my iPhone4 for web browsing if I had a BlackBerry Torch.
Here at tracyandmatt we’ve reviewed quite a number of the HD camcorders in Sanyo’s XACTI range. In fact we quite like the Xacti camcorders as they record decent quality HD footage in MP4 format on SD memory cards which makes it easy to transfer to the PC or Mac for editing. Most of the unboxing videos that you see on our YouTube channel (over 350 videos now! 🙂 ) were recorded with my Sanyo Xacti HD1010.
In the video below you’ll see me unboxing one of Sanyo’s latest HD camcorders from the Xacti range, the VPC-CS1. The CS1 is billed as the worlds slimmest HD video camera and when you see the video below you’ll probably see why!
Naturally there will be a review here online soon but for now enjoy the video.
Seems that almost everyone is making Android powered smartphones today and while ZTE have been around since 1985 it’s only recently that their name has become known here in the UK. Three have had a number of ZTE handsets on their network over the past year or so and the latest ZTE device to make it to UK soil is the ZTE Racer.
The Racer is a fairly entry level handset but still has some good features such as Android 2.1, GPS, WiFi and a 2.8″ touchscreen. It’s perhaps not the most attractive looking handset, I’d say it’s a little bit retro but not bad.
The Racer is quite similar in overall design and spec to the Vodafone 845 and both handsets weigh in at approximately the same price. Over the next few days I’m going to be using the ZTE Racer and I’ll compare it to the Vodafone 845. The review will be up later this week but for now you can take a look at the unboxing video below and see a brief demo.
If you are looking for a small Android powered smartphone then the Vodafone 845 may well be worth considering. The 845 is one of the smaller Android devices out there at the moment and with deals from Vodafone you can pick one up ‘from free’.
Whilst the Vodafone 845 may have a fairly budget price the features aren’t so skimpy. For starters you’ll find Android 2.1 Eclair as the operating system, 2.8″ touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel camera and a host of other features. It’s good to see a smaller and less-expensive device with Android 2.1
The 845 also comes with Vodafone 360 which is one of those things that you either love or hate. Whilst I’m not really a fan I’ve not found it to be overly obtrusive on the 845 but more of that when I get to the full review.
Check out the unboxing video below and I’ll give you a quick demo of a few of the main features. I’m off to start the review now…
If we were to travel back in time to about a year ago I wonder if many of us would have predicted that Motorola would be back in the phone market in such a big way as they are now? I think it’s fair that adopting the Android platform has been the saviour of Motorola winning great popularity here in the UK with the Motorola Milestone and the Droid X in the USA.
The latest incarnation of the Milestone, the XT720 sees Motorola continuing to innovate and stands at the moment as the only smartphone to be capable of outputting video in HD over an HDMI cable, allowing you to watch back the 720p HD footage you recorded on the 8 megapixel camera.
Sporting a 3.7″ capacitive touchscreen at 480 x 854 pixels, WiFi, GPS, RDS radio stuffed in to a thin and light package and all running under Android 2.1, the Milestone XT720 seems to offer great value for the £351 asking price.
Check out the unboxing and demo video below and be sure to come back for the full review soon!
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