Videos/Unboxings

Last month Nick reviewed the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic for us and was quite impressed with it. A few days later I got an email from Nick saying "I’d really like to have a look at the more basic Nokia 5310 XpressMusic to see what that has to offer". So that’s exactly what we’re going to do!

The Nokia 5310 XpressMusic

The Nokia 5310 has been around for a while and is Nokia’s entry level music handset. You can now pick the 5310 up for under £150 which sounds like a bargain.

So over the next couple of weeks Nick will put the 5310 to the test and we’ll find out if this older entry level handset has still got what it takes today.

If you want to see the Nokia 5310 in a little more detail have a look at out unboxing video below.

Nokia 5310 XpressMusic specification:

• Dimensions: – 103.8 x 44.7 x 9.9 mm:
• Weight: – 71g
• Display: 240 x 320 pixels (2 inch)
• Camera: – 2 mega-pixels
• Music: – Supported formats: MP3, AAC, eAAC+, WMA
• Network: – GSM: 900, 1800, 1900
• Memory: – 30MB internal
• FM Radio
• Bluetooth 2.0
• MicroSDHC memory card slot
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• Standard battery, Li-Ion 860 mAh

Posted by: Matt

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The INQ1 is the first handset to be released by manufacturer INQ. The handset is billed as a social networking phone and comes with Facebook, Windows Live Messenger and Skype applications pre-installed. The INQ1 is also exclusive to 3 here in the UK and on contract offers some very attractive deals such as unlimited text and data for just £15 per month!

The INQ INQ1

The INQ1 is a typical middle-of-the-range slider but has some decent features like HSDPA support and a microSD card slot that’ll support up to 16GB SDHC cards.

We’ll be reviewing the INQ1 over the next couple of weeks but in the meantime have check out Tracy’s unboxing video for a more detailed look. This is Tracy’s first unboxing video! 🙂

INQ INQ1 Specification:

• UMTS 2100
• Bluetooth
• microSDHC card support
• 3G, HSDPA
• USB 2.0
• 3.0 Megapixel camera
• 2.2" 240 x 320 pixel LCD screen
• 47.6 x 14.4 x 97 mm
• 100 grams
• SMS, MMS, E-mail, Instant Messaging, IM
• Intergrated Facebook, Skype, Windows Live Messenger and email applications

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The Nokia BH804 Bluetooth headset is quite possibly the smallest, lightest headset that you’ll find. The BH804 weighs in at just 7.2 grams and as you can see from the unboxing video below comes really nicely presented, Nokia know how to package a product!

Nokia BH804 Bluetooth Headset

The Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-804 has been designed with cutting-edge technology with genuine aluminium case; it is very slim indeed and will be a great partner with your mobile phone. The latest audio features will give you superior audio quality thanks to the digital signal processing (DSP) for background noise cancellation.

Nokia BH804 specification:

• Dimensions: 42 x 13.6 x 6 mm
• Weight: 7.2g
• Operating keys: Answer/end/power
• microUSB charging connector
• Operating range (maximum): 10 m
• Operating time (maximum): 4 h
• Standby time (maximum): 150 h
• Charging time (maximum): 1 h
• Compatible Nokia chargers: Nokia Travel Charger AC-6/DC-6
• Bluetooth 2.0 specification with EDR
• Hands-Free (HFP) Profile 1.5 and Headset (HSP) Profile 1.1

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It’s been some months since we first looked at the T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream). We were lucky enough to be able to attend the G1 launch event and to get some hands-on time with the first Android phone.

I finally managed to get hold of a retail G1 handset which, following the unboxing video below, Steve will be reviewing for us. Steve and I are fairly firm Windows Mobile fans so we’ll be making comparisons between Android and WM.

The T-Mobile G1

I’ve only used the G1 for a short period but I have to say that I am fairly impressed. The clarity of the screen is good and the touchscreen is really sensitive and responsive which means that you can navigate and use the handset without needing a stylus. The menus are fairly logical and easy to find your way around. The web browser is also rather good and does a decent job of rendering webpages, almost as well as a desktop computer albeit on a smaller scale.

Have a look at our video and pop back soon to see the full review.

T-Mobile G1 specification:

• 55.7×117.7×17.1mm
• 158 grams
• Google Android 1.0
• 32bit Qualcomm MSM7201A 528MHz CPU
• 192MB RAM, 256MB ROM
• 3.2" 320×480 color transflective TFT LCD
• Proprietary audio jack
• GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900
• UMTS1700, UMTS2100
• microSDHC memory card slot
• mini-USB port
• Bluetooth 2.0
• WLAN – 802.11b/g
• GPS, A-GPS, QuickGPS
• Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
• Accelerometer
• 3.1MP camera with autofocus
• 1150mAh removable battery

If you like unboxing videos you can see hundreds more on unboxings.com!

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Here’s something a little different for us, the Minoru 3D Webcam. I thought it was worth looking at the 3D webcam to see if we could record some of our unboxing videos in 3D!

In essence the Minoru 3D webcam is two webcams in one package and connected to the PC via one USB cable. The software on the PC then uses this stereoscopic image and applies a red filter to one channel and a blue filter to the other. The ‘channels’ are then combined in to one image and when you look at the image with the appropriate red/blue 3D glasses you see a 3D image.

The Minoru is east to setup, simply requiring driver installation and then a quick configuration process. Once set up you can take still photos or record 3D video to upload to YouTube etc.

We thought it would be fun to play with the Minoru 3D webcam and hope to have some sample 3D video for you. If you have some 3D glasses take a look at the sample images at the bottom of this post.

We have a quick unbox of the Minoru 3D webcam (not recorded in 3D) for you to have a look at and hope to follow this with some 3D footage later.

The Minoru 3D Webcam is the worlds’ first 3D Webcam. It connects to your PC just like any standard USB Webcam and once you install the supplied software it opens up the whole new world of 3D to you.
This webcam allows you to have 3D video calls using your favourite webcam software or chat program such as Skype, Windows Live Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, ooVoo and many other webcam compatible software packages that are already available.

Minoru 3D Webcam Specification:

• 3D Image when viewed with 3D glasses
• 2D Image when the viewer doesn’t have any 3D glasses
• Picture in Picture (PiP)
• Easy one click uploading of 3D videos to YouTube
• 3D snapshots can be sent by e-mail to your friends with a single click
• Works with other recording and messaging applications just like any standard webcam
• Multi-position stand – sits or stands on the user’s desk
• Perches on top of a flatscreen monitor
• Interface: USB 2.0 High Speed 3D Webcam
• Output Modes: 3D, 2D and Picture in Picture (PIP)
• 3D Mode: Optimised Red/Cyan Anaglyph viewed with Red/Cyan 3D glasses
• Output size: 800×600 / 640×480(VGA) / 352×288 / 320×240 pixels
• Frame rate: 30 Frames per second

Minoru 3D Wedcam sample image (3D Glasses Required)

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Certainly not the newest of handsets and based upon the HTC Touch Cruise (HTC Polaris), we originally reviewed the O2 XDA Orbit II last year. At the time we didn’t get our hands on the full retail package and the review unit came to us unboxed so we didn’t record an unboxing video.

Despite being fairly old device by Windows Mobile standards the Orbit II remains available on O2 and is still a popular handset which seems to be evident by the number of questions that we get about the handset. We’ve also been asked about the unboxing video so we thought it was time to get our hands on the full retail unit and record one for you.

When shipped the Orbit II comes with Windows Mobile 6 but there is a free upgrade to WM 6.1 that you can download and install yourself.

Here’s the video for you:

O2 XDA Orbit 2 specification:

Dont forget, if you like unboxing videos you can see hundreds more on unboxings.com!

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Continuing on with our Blackberry testing this week we have the Blackberry Storm 9500. Here in the UK the Storm is a Vodafone exclusive although if you hunt around enough you’ll find a few retailers offering it SIM-Free.

At the moment you can barely walk past a billboard without seeing a Vodafone advert presenting the ‘Purpose Built for Vodafone’ adverts for the Storm or the adverts on TV talking about the touchscreen technology.

The Blackberry Storm 9500 from Vodafone

On the face of it the Storm looks like a decent phone, it’s on the large side and it’s lack of buttons is quite striking. We’ll have the full Blackberry Storm review up online in a few weeks but we’ll leave you with the unboxing video for now.

Blackberry Storm specification:

• Dimensions: 112.5 x 62.2 x 13.95 mm
• Weight: 155g
• Battery Capacity: 1400 mAh
• Display: 480 x 360 pixels/3.25 inch
• Network: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad-Band), WCDMA: 2100 HSDPA (Single-Band)
• Camera: 3.2 mega-pixels (auto-focus)
• Video: Video Recording supported formats: MP4, 3GP, H.264 & H.263
• Music: Supported formats: MP3, AAC, ACC+, eAAC+ & WMA
• Messaging: SMS, MMS (with video),  E-mail (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4, MS Exchange, BlackBerry), Instant Messaging
• Memory: 1GB (internal)
• microSDHC (external)
• microUSB
• 3.5mm Audio Connector
• Bluetooth (2.0)
• Navigation: AGPS, BlackBerry Maps

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Just a few weeks ago we had a look at the HP iPAQ Data Messenger, the review of which will be live in shortly. This week we’re looking at it’s little brother, the HP iPAQ Voice Messenger. This model is smaller and lighter than the Data Messenger and has a 20 key compact QWERTY rather than the sliding QWERTY keyboard.

The HP iPAQ Voice Messenger

The Voice Messenger has a candy-bar style form and runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard (Smartphone) so there’s no touchscreen. However, we do get integrated GPS, WiFi and a pretty fast CPU coupled with decent ROM and RAM capacity. The front is gloss black and the back and sides are made of polished silver-grey metal which really looks nice if a little Blackberry-ish.

We’re reviewing the Voice Messenger at the moment alongside the Data Messenger and we should have those review here for you soon. For now, here is the HP iPAQ Voice Messenger unboxing video which you can watch to find out more.

HP iPAQ Voice Messenger specification:

• Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard
• Qualcomm 7201A 528MHz CPU
• 128 MB SDRAM
• 256 MB flash ROM
• 2.4” transmissive TFT, 64K colours, 320 x 240 pixel non-touch screen display with LED backlight
• 20-key keyboard with alphanumeric/QWERTY layout
• 5-way optical navigation key
• Integrated WLAN 802.11b/g with WPA2 security
• Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
• Micro-USB connector for synchronisation and charging
• Micro SDHC card slot – supports up to 8GB
• Tri-band UMTS (900/1900/2100 MHz), HSDPA Category 8 (up to 7.2Mbps downlink) and HSUPA
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
• Integrated GPS navigation (Assisted GPS)
• 3.1 Megapixel autofocus camera, 5X digital zoom
• LED flash
• Removable/rechargeable 1260 mAh Lithium-Polymer Battery (user changeable)
• Dimensions (W x D x H) – 5.0 x 1.36 x 11.4 cm
• Weight – 107g

First and foremost, you want it to be a phone. You’ll appreciate how easy it is to quickly dial a number on the 20-key keypad. Text messaging is easy, too, with intelligent predictive text that learns your words and style from messages and emails. You can instant message from your phone with your network of friends and colleagues with integrated Windows Live Messenger. And when you need to quickly silence your phone, simply push the convenient ringer/sound switch on top of the device. Familiar Windows Mobile 6.1 Standard Edition means you can skip the “new phone” learning curve.

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There’s no denying that the Net Book form factor is extremely popular at the moment with virtually all laptop manufacturers offering a mini laptop of some kind within their range. We’ve reviewed a large number of these in the past here on T&M from the trend-setting 7" Asus Eee PC to the more recent 9 and 10" models that have hit the market.

The Dell Inspiron Mini 9

Dell are, perhaps, late to join the party with their Inspiron Mini 9. As the name suggests, the Mini 9 comes with a 9" display and, just like many of it’s competitors, is powered by an Intel Atom low-power CPU.

So what can the Dell Mini 9 offer that sets it apart from the rest of the Net Book crowd? Well we have been using the Mini 9 for the past few weeks and are just about to finish up the review so to find out more you’ll have to stop by in a day or two. Until then have a look at the unboxing video below for a quick tour of the Mini 9 and for a couple of quick review comments.

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Specification

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Continuing our look at music phones, this week we’re looking at the Sony Ericsson W302 Walkman Phone. This is an entry level phone from Sony Ericsson but still has some nice features such as the FM radio and supplied M2 micro memory card.

The Sony Ericsson W302

Once again Nick will be putting this handset through its paces over the next few weeks and we’ll have his review here online soon. For now, have a look at the quick unboxing video, not as detailed as normal but I have laryngitis so kept it brief!

Sony Erisson W302 Walkman Phone specification:

• Dimensions – 110 x 49 x 11.7 mm
• Weight – 99.8g
• Screen – 240×320 pixel – 2.2 inches
• Music – Walkman Player – PlayNow™
• FM Radio
• Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
• Camera – 2 mega-pixel
• Networks – GSM 850, GSM 900,GSM 1800, GSM 1900
• Messaging – Email, MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
• Memory – 20 MB memory – Memory Stick Micro™ (M2™) support (512MB included in box)
• Bluetooth 2.0

The Sony Ericsson W302 is packed with impressive Walkman™ features in a no-compromise 10.5mm slim, aluminium front handset. The W302 comes complete with an impressive two megapixel camera, FM radio, TrackID™ and 512MB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2).

The W302 allows users to discover and experience music on the go. Play songs randomly or create your own playlists and listen to them anywhere, whether it’s on the bus, walking to work or at college. Listen the radio on the go and if you’re not sure who the artist is, the W302 has TrackID™ music recognition which will give you all the answers.

Posted by: Matt