It has been a wee while since we have had a new Android device from Acer but the Stream is here and its specs are on par with many of the top end handsets from other manufactures. Sporting a 3.7 inch screen and powered by a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor the Stream with Android 2.1 on [...]
Hopefully you will have seen the cool NokiaBox video that we recorded in central London. We were invited to take part in the #NokiaBox event which took place in 4 cities around the world. This ended up being on of the biggest unboxings that we’ve ever done and the first one we’ve done outside in [...]
Well this one was a little bit different. Having been teased by Nokie over the NokiaBox for the past few weeks I was invited to a meeting in London. Little did I know that I would be led to the Millennium Bridge and asked to unbox the Nokia C6 in what is possibly the biggest [...]
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 [...]
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. -Matt
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. -Matt
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 -Matt
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. -Matt
A few months ago I got my hands on the Archos 5 Internet Media Tablet and we did a little review of the portable media player. This time I’ve got my hands on the Archos 5 Internet Tablet to review. So at this point you may be wondering if I’ve just repeated myself in the [...]
The Nokia X3 has been around for a while now but we constantly get asked about it, possibly because it’s just got the circa £100 on PAYG mark. So we decided we had better get around to unboxing and reviewing it. -Matt
A few weeks ago I managed to get my hands on the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini and we were able to unbox and review that here on site already. Overall we were impressed with the phone, it’s a bit of a niche device that obviously wont suit everyone but we liked that it kinda [...]
The Nokia 7230 is a compact slider that’s reassuringly well constructed with the right details to make imaging and sharing a natural part of your everyday life. The Nokia 7230 has a compact form, excellent build quality and feels good in your hand. Enjoy the reassuring feel of premium metal elements – with accented details [...]
Yes I know it’s not an unboxing video as such but the demo phone isn’t in a box! Actually this video was quite popular on YouTube so I thought I would add it here along with the unboxing of the Galaxy S. With so many of us now using social media apps I thought would [...]
The 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. 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 [...]
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 [...]
Here is the one that thousands of you will have been waiting for; the iPhone 4. I was extremely lucky at getting one of these. I phoned Orange Thursday morning and I think I was the first to get through. A simple process and my upgrade was on its way. This is my first ever [...]
We first Heard about the HTC Wildfire last month and James was lucky enough to be invited to the HTC press briefing and get his hands on the device even getting time to review a preview video. Since then the Wildfire has been gathering interest and many now regard this as being the HTC Desire’s [...]
I commented on it a few times during the video but I have to once again say that the Super AMOLED screen on the Galaxy S is truly stunning, the video and photos don’t do it justice and words certainly cant either. All I can say is that it’s is incredibly bright and colourful and [...]
The Samsung Monte was released a few weeks ago and it’s already getting quite a lot of attention. Samsung have a huge selection of mobiles from entry level sub-£100 handsets all the way up to high-end smartphones such as the S9000 which is due next week. The Monte is a decent looking handset offering a [...]
LG have just added to their popular Viewty range and have introduced the LG Viewty GT aka LG GT405. The Viewty GT has a 3″ touchscreen display and is very much geared for web access and social networking. It includes Google Maps, Search and Mail, Skype, Facebook and Twitter right out of the box. Other [...]
The BlackBerry Pearl is nothing new but the 3G version is and we have been lucky enough to get one prior to the device going on sale. The 9105 also has a brother, the 9100. The 9100 has two letters per key, like we have seen before and the 9105 has three letters per key, [...]
The Streak is a decent looking MID (mobile internet device) although many comment that it looks like a large Blackberry Storm. The spec is also good, 1GHz CPU, 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM and 5″ screen with ‘Gorilla Glass’ which is all but indestructible. Perhaps the only disappointment with the device is that it’s currently shipping [...]
Almost three months have passed since we published our review of the Sony Ericsson Vivaz and now we’ve finally managed to get our hands on the Vivaz Pro. Quite why there has been such a gap between the two devices I’m not sure, they are very similar in design and have identical operating systems. The [...]
The Samsung S8500 Wave offers a stunning specification which enables social networking and rich multimedia to be enjoyed. All applications and media benefit from the Super AMOLED 3.3 inch display which makes the screen come alive. It provides a brighter, clearer and less reflective image and benefits from mDNIe technology. With mDNle (mobile Digital Natural [...]
Back in February of this year HTC announced 4 new handsets at MWC in Barcelona, we’ve already seen and reviewed the first three of those handsets, the HTC Desire, HTC Legend and HTC HD mini. This is the new HTC Smart, the fourth of those handsets to be announced. – Matt
There aren’t too many Windows Mobile handsets being released at the moment but we have seen a few lately. The HD mini follows in the footsteps of its bigger brother, the HD2, and offers a very similar experience albeit within a smaller package. -Matt
The X10 is a large Android powered device and with a 4″ capacitive touchscreen it is of a similar overall size to the Toshiba TG01 or the HTC HD2 although just a little smaller. I believe that it’s currently the largest-screened Android phone available at the moment. -Matt
We managed to get the new unibody HTC Legend – an Android 2.1-based device with the latest HTC Sense interface. Here we have a look at the phone and the interface itself, plus a look at the build and how the battery is inserted – this is a full unboxing, straight from the jiffy bag! [...]
There is perhaps a lot of hype around the HTC Desire so I’m sure we are all hoping that it will live up to our expectations. I’m going to spend the next week using the HTC Desire as my main phone and I will be putting together the full review along the way. – Matt
Last month saw the launch of a few new HTC devices, the HTC Legend being just of of them and it seems that this one will be the first to go on sale. So the Legend review units seem to have started to arrive with various journalists over the past few days and ours arrived [...]
Samsung released the B3410, also known as the CorbyPlus or the Delphi, at the end of last year. It seems to have become a pretty popular pay as you go handset. With it’s sliding QWERTY keyboard and decent size display it seems to be one to appeal to those that send a lot of text [...]
I’ve been trying to get my hands on the Nokia N900 for a while now, many of you have emailed me asking for a review or asking questions about the N900 so we’ve been bugging Nokia for a review model almost daily! So this is not the full retail package but something rather cool and [...]
This is another of those eagerly awaited devices, having sold over 1 million units in the US as the Motorola Droid it’s expected to be a big hit here in the UK as the Motorola Milestone. -Matt
The original Blackberry Bold, the 9000, has been with us since early 2008 and worldwide its sales have been huge. Can the new Blackberry Bold 9700 carry on the success? – Matt
If you’ve been following closely you’ll know that a few weeks ago I went off to one of the XPERIA X2 launch events in London where I got to play with the handsets as well as speak to some of the nice people from Sony Ericsson. On Friday SE send over a pre-release sample of [...]
We’ve been looking at quite a few of the Samsung Omnia handsets recently from the Omnia Lite a few weeks ago to the Omnia Pro B7330 just last week. So quite a few reviews are already in progress and will start going up next week so this morning I got my hands on the Omnia [...]
You cant fail to have noticed the news stories and blog posts about the HTC’s new flagship model, the HTC HD2. The HD2 is an excellent handset and despite having a massive 4.3″ screen HTC have managed to put together a package that feels relatively small in your hand and is slim enough to fit [...]
A little over a month ago HTC announced that they would soon launch another Google Android powered handset called the HTC Tattoo. Surprisingly soon after that announcement HTC have launched the Tattoo and we’ve just managed to get our hands on one for review. You can now read my HTC Tattoo Review tracyandmatt.co.uk -Matt
The F900, still showing fairly obvious Eten design characteristics, appears to be Acer’s answer to the popular HTC Touch HD, having virtually the same screen and a similar footprint. Whether or not the F900 can hold its own against the Touch HD we’ll find out over the next few weeks as we test it for [...]
In this video I unbox the T-Mobile G2 Touch, the T-Mobile version of the HTC Hero. The device is available to buy now from T-Mobile. P
I must admit that when I first heard about the LG GD910 Watchphone a few months ago my initial reaction was that it would be nothing more than a gimmick and would have little practical use. However, having managed to get my hands on the Watchphone a few days ago I’ve changed my mind a [...]
While the Sony Ericsson W205 is intended to be entry-level, which becomes apparent when you look at the 1.2″ Display and 1.3MP camera, but there are some features that help to elevate its status a little. For example, there’s the build in FM Radio with RDS and the ability to record the FM radio and [...]
The S312 may be entry level but it still looks the part and has some decent features. We’ll be following up the W205 review with the S312 in a few days time but have a look at the unboxing video below for more details for now. – Matt Sony Ericsson S312 unboxing video
This is one handset that we’ve had repeated requests to unbox and review on site and this week I managed to get my hands on the LG GD900 Crystal. I have to say it’s a great looking handset with an impressive touchscreen display and an equally impressive transparent sliding keypad, hence the Crystal name. – [...]
It has been quite a while since we saw a Windows Mobile device from Toshiba and this, the TG01, looks like being one of the more popular handsets they’ve released. Rumours of the Toshiba TG01 surfaced about 8 months ago but Toshiba put and end to the rumours and speculation by announcing the TG01 officially [...]
Just a quick video for you today. Last week I unboxed a pre-retail version of the HTC Hero which was in a pretty plain box. Thanks to our friends over at Orange we managed to get our hands on the full retail version. – Matt
In this video I unbox the white HTC Hero, the new flagship Android phone from HTC. The HTC Hero is available to buy now from devicewire.com. P
In this video I unbox the Acer M900, the sliding QWERTY equipped high spec Windows Mobile Professional device from Acer. The Acer M900 is available to buy now from eXpansys. P
It was barely a month ago that we were at the HTC Hero launch event and in a very short space of time the HTC Hero has become an extremely hot topic. Yesterday I managed to get my hands on the HTC Hero final hardware and software build so thought I’d run through a quick [...]
The Acer M900 is a similar size to the TP2 and also has a large WVGA (480×800) touch screen display and, perhaps more importantly, a good sized slicing QWERTY keyboard. The M900 is a little cheaper than it’s rival but has a comparable specification so it’s not surprising that we’re being asked whether we think [...]
In this video I unbox the Nokia N97, the new flagship device from the Finnish giants. The Nokia N97 is available to buy now from eXpansys. P
In this video I unbox the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic with 24 months comeswithmusic subscription. The device is available to buy now from Orange. P
In this video I unbox the HTC Touch Pro2, the follow up to the Touch Pro and the HTC Kaiser devices – featuring the new ‘Straight Talk’ conferencing feature. The HTC Pro2 is available to buy now from eXpansys. P
In this video I unbox the HTC Snap S521, the first Windows Mobile Standard landscape QWERTY device in a while, with it’s super-thin chassis, large key keyboard and innovative ‘Inner Circle’ feature. The HTC Snap is available to buy now from eXpansys. P
The LG Viewty Smart looks like a worth successor to the popular LG Viewty which has been around for over 18 months. The new handset offers a larger and higher res touchscreen display as well as an improved 8 megapixel camera, TV output (with additional cable), AGPS, photo geotagging, Google maps, etc. – Matt
It doesn’t seem like long ago that I was all excited and telling you about the latest HTC Touch Diamond2 that I’d managed to get my hands on. However this week something else turned up at tracyandmatt towers that I think could be even better! I am of course referring to the eagerly awaited HTC [...]
You may have seen the adverts for the LG Arena on TV where the phone is demonstrated as a completely touch-screen device. Fans of the HTC Touch may hove noticed some similarities between the user interface on the Arena and the Touch Cube on the HTC Touch. The LG Arena has an extremely sensitive screen [...]
The W715 is another exciting exclusive for Vodafone customers. The seamless integration with Vodafone’s Music services, such as single or full album download, provides for a great overall experience on our fast and reliable network. With fully integrated GPS and Vodafone Find&Go, this phone is offering a very attractive feature set in a combination we [...]
Although it was only announced a few months ago at MWC, it feels like I’ve been waiting ages to get my hands on the HTC Touch Diamond2. I guess I must just be impatient to replace my original Diamond! – Matt
This is one of the first Dual-SIM Windows Mobile devices to make it to the UK and the first from Acer since acquiring E-Ten last year. The Acer DX900 allows you to have uninterrupted access to two separate phone services, for example; one for business and one personal, or one for calls and another for [...]
We’ve looked at several Lumix models in the past but this FX500 is one of the higher models from Panasonic. Features include 10MP sensor, 25mm wide angle lens, 5x optical zoom, face chaser, smile sensor, steady shot – the list goes on! There’s even a 3″ Touch Screen on the back to simplify menu navigation [...]
The HTC Touch Viva is one of the latest handsets from HTC within the Touch range. The Viva is actually a fairly entry level. However it does have a reasonable amount of ROM/RAM and also has WiFi. The spec may seem a bit mean, especially in the CPU department, but having used the Viva briefly [...]
The INQ1 is excusive to 3 and was released in the UK in November of last year. A much more affordable phone, aimed at the younger generation, the INQ1 is being sold as “The Social Mobile” with fast access to Facebook, Windows Live Messenger and free Skype-to-Skype calls. This is Tracy’s first unboxing video! – [...]
I know the G1 has been out for a while but I’ve just managed to get my hands on this T-Mobile G1 retail unit to unbox. So far I’d say that the G1 is a decent handset but I’ll be using it more before I make up my mind! – Matt
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 [...]
In this video I unbox the Pantech Matrix Pro, available from AT&T. This Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) handset features both a QWERTY slider and a 12 key slider and is a follow up to the Pantech Duo. P
In this video I unbox the innovative ‘ice’ handset from new player in the market Mobinnova. The device features an innovative WQVGA display with a dedicated shortcut area, and a secondary screen in place of a directional pad that fan adjust it’s functionality depending on the application in use. The handset will be available to [...]
The Blackberry Storm 9500 is an interesting looking touch screen device from RIM. Larger and heavier than the other devices in the Blackberry range it does offer a decent amount of memory and fast CPU. Add that to the touchscreen and accelerometer and you have a good combination – many of HTC’s recent devices prove [...]
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 [...]
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). – Matt
Here I finally get to unbox a retail, black, Sony Ericsson Xperia X1i! Hurrah! P
In this unboxing video I have a look at the Blackberry 8900 (RIM Javelin) which many people are refering to as the new mini Blackberry Bold and looking at the handset its easy to see why. The 8900 is in fact a new Curve model though. The screen is extremely clear and sharp thanks to [...]
Nokia’s XpressMusic range is doing very well at the moment and this Nokia 5800 seems to be king. The Nokia 5800 in this unboxing video is one of only a few Nokia devices to feature a touchscreen and has very few hardware buttons apart from the regular ‘phone keys’. While targetting music lovers the 5800 [...]
The Data Messenger looks quite similar to the HTC TyTN II and shares the same form factor. But interestingly, despite being released well over a year later than the trusty TyTN II the spec of this handset isn’t much better than the TyTN II. A beautiful 3G smartphone with large touch screen display, full slide-out [...]
Here’s a video unboxing of the android-toting T-Mobile G1 (UK version) in my favourite gadget colour… WHITE! I’ve included the HTC Touch Diamond in the video for size comparisons. P
The HTC Touch HD is another important device for HTC – many claiming it as HTC’s asnwer to the iPhone. It’s glorious WVGA display sets the HD apart from many of it’s competitors and it has the power under the hood to match. HTC Touch HD Review – Matt
The Innov8 is a fairly good looking candybar style handset with a slider that reveals a numeric pad and looks a little like a bigger N95. The screen is a generous 2.8″ QVGA which does make the handset a little more chunky than I would like. Samsung i8510 Innov8 Review – Matt
I’m unboxing two handsets in this video, the Velocity Mobile 83 and the Velocity Mobile 103. Velocity Mobile are fairly new to the Windows Mobile arena. – Matt
The Glofiish X610 is like the V900′s ugly sister, there isn’t a TV tuner in this model but you can still find a built in SiRF StarIII GPS chipset and a reasonably fast CPU. There’s only 64MB or RAM though so it can struggle from time-to-time. Eten Glofiish X610 Review – Matt
Eten have been around for a while and we have seen several devices under the Glofiish brand. However, the V900 it something a bit special as it’s one of a very few devices that has a built in DVB TV tuner that allows you to watch free-to-air digital TV. Unlike some other handsets that I’ve [...]
Yes, I know it’s another one of those not-quite and unboing videos but once again Paul and I managed to get our hands on this early T-Mobile G1 android phones so we thought we would give you a quick video tour of the device while no one from T-Mobile was looking! – Matt
In this unboxing video I show off the Blackberry 9000 Bold before taking a brief look at the O/S. – Matt
Ok, ok so this is another video that isn’t really an unboxing but it is a popular and important video. Paul and I were quite literally the first to get our hands on this production unit at the launch event that we weren’t really meant to have! – Matt
Palm are arguably the pioneer of the PDA right from the original Palm Pilot in the mid-90′s through to today’s Treo Pro. What started off as a modest 512kB PDA has today morphed into a sophisticated multimedia device. No longer a simple PDA, no longer a simple phone. The screen on the Treo Pro is [...]
The Samsung i900 Omnia is another device that seems to be a direct response to the Apple iPhone. It has a large, wide touchscreen and a seeming lack of other hardware buttons. It has proven to be a popular seller for the Samsung. Samsung i900 Omnia review – Matt
Yet another massively popular device from HTC the Touch Pro was deemed by many to be the replacement for the ageing HTC TyTN II. The Touch Pro that you see in this unboxing video was literally one of the first here in the UK and altough it is full retail hardware we had a while [...]
You don’t have to buy a Blackberry or Windows Mobile device to pick up your email these days, most high-end mobile phones have a built in Email client these days. However, if you want to send more than just the odd email you’ll probably want a device with a built-in keyboard. The Nokia E71 is [...]
The iPAQ 914c is another great looking device from HP. The iPAQ 914 is a blackberry-style Windows Mobile device with a fixed full QWERTY keyboard. Typically you would expect a device of this form factor to be a Windows Mobile Standard style Smartphone but in this case HP have included WM 6.1 professional complete with [...]
Not the most well known of manufacturers, Mobile & Wireless Group (MWG) is a Singapore based start-up company founded by the team responsible for O2’s ground-breaking range of PDA-phones. Previous models being the likes of the Atom Life and V, and also the UBiQUiO range most of which we have covered previously. The MWg Zinc [...]
Here’s my unboxing video featuring the T-Mobile MDA Compact IV… the slightly restyled HTC Touch Diamond variant! It’s nice… P
The Celio Redbly may look like a conventional small laptop computer but it is in fact a ‘mobile companion’ – it does in fact connect to a Windows Mobile device either via USB or via Bluetooth to port the small screen of the mobile device to the larger screen on the Redfly. Watch the unboxing [...]
Here’s my unboxing video of the groundbreaking HTC Touch Diamond, complete with furry carpet background! P
The Secret is certainly a good looking phone and one that you’ll probably want to show off to all of your friends. There’s a touchscreen and built in touch panel with haptic feedback, it seems that more and more phones have some element of touch screen action these days. LG KF750 ‘Secret’ review – Matt
We unboxed and reviewed the Nokia N800 some time ago and thought it was quite a cool device but we were unsure who would actually use it. Nokia released this updated version, N810, which included a sliding QWERTY keyboard and newer version of the Linux based OS. As the name intimates, the N810’s primary function [...]
There was a big gap between Windows Mobile device from Toshiba, this being the first since their G900 which, when launched the year earlier, was met with very mixed reviews. This G710 is a Windows Mobile Standard (Smartphone) handset so there’s no touch-screen. There are definite similarities between this and the popular Blackberry devices so [...]
“It’s a busy, trail-blazing life you lead and Atom V with its intelligence and reliability is designed to fit right into it. With the sleek Atom V, you know you’re always on the right track wherever you may find yourself. Thanks to sophisticated inbuilt GPS*, powerful processing and a complete suite of multimedia features including [...]
The HTC Touch Diamond was launched in May 2008 and got instant rave reviews. I still use my HTC Touch Diamond to this day and suspect that, for me, the only handset to knock it off my top spot will be the Diamond2. This was also our first introduction to TouchFlo 3D which you’ll still [...]
The i-mate Ultimate 9502 – a device that promised so much… and delivered so little! Great specs, but poor design and software ultimately let it down (in my eyes)… P
As you can see form this unboxing video the HTC p6500 is a beast of a handset and not one that you’ll be able to easily slide in to your back pocket! The HTC P6500 is aimed at more industrial applications from logistics to warehousing and transportation, this full-featured PDA fits perfectly into any industry. [...]
I must confess I had a bit of a soft spot for the Asus M530W, as did Chris, my podcast co-host! Here I unbox it on video. P
Here’s my video unboxing of the Eten / Glofiish (now Acer!) M800… a sliding QWERTY equipped Pocket PC (Professional) device. Competing with the Kaiser (aka TyTN II) at the time was difficult, but with it’s VGA screen and excellent GPS, it was a decent all round machine. P
Until the launch of the HTC TyTN II back in September 2007, my phone of choice was the Samsung i600. I liked the integrated keyboard and slim form factor but the one thing missing was built in GPS. However, Samsung recently released the i780 which looks like an updated version of the i600 but has [...]
The HP iPAQ 614 was one of those devices that was subject to big launch delays. It was promised on a particualr date only to fail to meet that deadline etc. It was a bit of a chame really as the months of delays meant that those wanting it got fed up with waiting and [...]
Previously known to us as the HTC Pharos, the P3470 was introduced by HTC early in 2008 as a budget GPS enabled Windows Mobile. First impressions are that the device seems quite capable and despite the relatively slow CPU (just 201 mHz) it seems to run along quite smoothly, probably aided by the 128MB of [...]
The i-mate JAMA 101 reminds me of the old i-mate Jam (HTC Magician) and looks like an updated version of that device. It’s small, light and has decent syling. The JAMA 101 is one of the world’s most compact Windows Mobile 6 professional phones. The 2.4″ touch screen is housed in a stylish jet-black rubberised [...]
Neonode isn’t a name that too many people will know but the company has been making Windows CE based handset for some time. The latest Neonode N2 may well look like a childs cyber-pet but is in fact a time touch screen Windows handset. Despite Neonode successfully negotiating deals with mobile operators in India they [...]
Running Windows Mobiel Classic the Mio Digiwalker P560 was a great little PDA for those wanting a neat GPS capable. The 3.5” display gives you increased functionality in dealing with your everyday tasks. View and edit Word and Excel files, view a PowerPoint presentation, all from the palm of your hand. – Matt
Pretty hefty looking the HP iPAQ 214, at first glance, seems a step back to the original iPAQ days. A PDA Device running Windows Mobile 6 Classic, with all of the standard features you would expect from this operating system – Except, no SIM card or telephone support. HP have integrated full wireless and Bluetooth [...]
Here is a video of me unboxing the MWg Atom Life. MWg, formerly known as O2 Asia, released this device exclusively through their investors eXpansys. P
Budget Windows Mobile Professional Device, with masses of storage and surround sound for annoying your fellow bus passengers, a bit bling looking but with a great radio application. MWg bought and rebranded this O2 handset. You can see the full MWg Atom Life review on tracyandmatt.co.uk – Matt
The HTC Touch Cruise is another one of those devices from HTC that everyone seems to be talking about and waiting for. It’s the latest in the line of devices from HTC to bear the Touch monica and to include the TouchFLO software and the extra-sensitive touchscreen. Looking a lot like the HTC Artemis the [...]
Here’s my video of the Benq E72 being unboxed, a tiny candy bar Smartphone. P
The i-mate ULTIMATE 8150 is very similar to the 6150, same size and design with the exception of the screen and keypad – the screen is a little smaller to accomodate the keypad. The i-mate Ultimate 8150 is a 640×480 touch screen device powered by Windows Mobile 6. Complete with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3G and XGA [...]
First impressions are that the 6150 is a nice looking device and it’s great to see another Windows Mobile phone with a VGA display and the addition of the VGA output is interesting. However, it’s strange how quickly new technology seems to become the norm so the lack of GPS is slightly disappointing. I-Mate released [...]
Here is a video of me unboxing the X600 from Eten / Glofiish (now Acer). P
Here I unbox the original T-Mobile Shadow for the USA, the Windows Mobile Smartphone slider with the 20 key keypad. Superceded by the Shadow II now, this still remains one of my favourite devices of all time! P
Here I unbox the innovative dual slider Pantech Duo… now replaced by the Matrix Pro! This remains unique in that it has the sliding 12 key and sliding QWERTY keypads, and if it only had WiFi and a standard charging connector, I think it would have been a lot more popular! P
The HTC S730 was another BIG device for HTC. Perhaps not to the same scale as the TyTN II or the Touch series – but it’s got to be number 3 in line. It sounds too good to be true really – a candybar phone, a large QWERTY keyboard and the still new Windows Mobile [...]
Here I unbox the 20 key HTC Touch Dual and compare it with the 12 key version. This is a truly excellent handset, that at the time of writing is still yet to be replaced (sadly). The 20 key version was only available outside the UK. P
The HTC Touch Dual was another device that everyone was talking about before Christmas 2007. Thanks to our friends over at Clove Technology we’ve managed to get our hands on one to review. Despite the original Touch having a somewhat limited spec, it sold by the bucket load. When HTC released a new group of [...]
You may remember the adverts on TV, an attractive looking black and silver phone with a built in 5 megapixel digital camera that has a high ISO sensitivity setting for capturing shots in dark conditions. Check out our LG Viewty review to find out what we thought of it! -Matt
E-TEN’s Glofiish X800 was, at the time, one of only a few handsets to have a 480×640 VGA display, fewer still also had built in GPS. E-TEN’s next-generation Glofiish X800 Pocket PC Phone has begun shipping to channel partners around the globe. The X800 is E-TEN’s first handset to support 3.5G HSDPA connectivity for high-speed [...]
The Asus M530w has a full qwerty keyboard and but it’s not a slider. That means it’s fairly big, pocket calculator size, and certainly looks rather geeky. However, for the form factor chosen, it’s making the best of things really. It looks and feels expensive, and the black/silver colour scheme look good, if a little [...]
At the time I recorded this unboxing video the Asus P526 (Asus Pegasus) was one of the few candy-bar style Windows Mobile devices to include GPS, Touchscreen and a phone keypad and seemed to cater for almost everyone. There are a few disapointments though. Firstly there is no built in WiFi nor is there 3G/UMTS [...]
The Samsung i620 took many of its design cues from the popular Samsung i600 and put them in to a small sliding keyboard device. This makes the Samsung i620 a compact and pocketable device. You can find out what we thought of the i620 by reading our Samsung i620 review. – Matt
We decided to take a quick look at the UBiQUiO 401 phone as it’s another of those devices that seems to have gone unnoticed and seems to have fallen well below most peoples radar. We wondered if there was a good reason for this as the 401 is an inexpensive Windows Mobile Smartphone with a [...]
OK, I do realise that the Eten Glofiish M700 is far from being a new device, but it’s one that we didn’t get around to looking at when it was first released and it seems to be one of those devices that, despite its apparent abilities, has been overlooked by many. This was the first [...]
In September 2007 the HTC TyTN II finally went on sale. It was an instant success, most retailers sold out on launch day and were selling pre-allocated stock for weeks later. Even now you can find TyTN II’s for sale at most mobile retailers and on some of the UK networks still carry the handset [...]
The Blackberry Curve was actually the first Blackberry I ever used in anger. I have to confess that I was quite anti-Blackberry at the time, it bugged me that you had to install exepnsive servers and software to use it with Exchange server. Anyway, the Curve was actually quite a nice handset and was the [...]
It may well look like a stormtroopers mobile phone but the O2 Cocoon is actually a well featured mobile. Designed as a life-style device is boasts a large 2Gb of internal storage and has an RDS enabled FM radio. The other cool feature is the external LED display that actually shines through the white case [...]
This was the first time we’d looked at a Sony Ericsson smart device. I know earlier models such as the P900 were popular so it was time to see what all the fuss was about. Alistair reviewed the Sony Ericsson P1i for us in October 2007 – Matt
The Nokia E90 Communicator sets a new standard for productivity whilst away from the office. With features ranging from a 3.2 megapixel camera to HSDPA, the Nokia E90 is the must have device from the world famous Nokia. – Matt
Yes the Orange version of the HTC Touch (HTC P3450 or HTC Elf) was essentially the same as the HTC branded unit but there were a few differences in the OS build which I highlight in this unboxing video. – Matt
The iPAQ 514 is a basic phone but has a number of features that you might expect to find on a higher-end device such as the inclusion of WiFi. This unboxing video is of the iPAQ 514c – the ‘c’ denoting that it has a built in camera. You can read the full HP iPAQ [...]
The Toshiba Portégé G900 was the first Windows Mobile device to break the mold and have a 3″ hi-res 800 x 480 display. Packing a QWERTY keyboard and 520mHz CPU the G900 was a powerhouse device that for some reason just wasn’t particularly popular. It was initially plagued but a nasty bug that prevented the [...]
The HTC P6300 (HTC Panda) was another Windows Mobile device from HTC to have a built in GPS chipset. It was also a larger device that was more like the HTC Alpine and HTC Blueangel. The HTC P6300 had previously been referred to at the HTC Panda and is also available on O2 as the [...]
The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet was a welcome update to the popular, yet under-powered, N770. The N800 features a faster CPU and more RAM and also includes an VGA camera for video with the likes of Skype. We thought that the Nokia N800 was an interesting looking device and wondered if it could work as [...]
The HTC Touch is probably he one device to really put HTC on the mainstream map. Before this point HTC was really only know to Windows Mobile enthusiasts but with the launch of the HTC Touch in June of 2007 HTC almost became a household name overnight and resulted on all of the UK networks [...]
Ok, I know this isn’t technically an unboxing video (that came later) but this was the first time that the HTC Touch had been seen in public. In this video you can see it playing with the TouchFlo user interface. – Matt
Ideal for business and pleasure, the Portégé G500 gives you the best of both worlds. This quality and compact slider phone uses fingerprint technology to protect the data stored on the handset. Combining phone, email, web and an MP3 player on a Windows Mobile® 5.0 operating system, the G500 helps you to stay in touch [...]
Although this Orange version of the Samsung i600 is essentially the same as the vanilla Samsung version both have exactly the same hardware but there are some software differences as, once again, Orange removed MSN messenger from their version and branded the homescreen and icons. Perhaps the biggest problem to face the i600 was the [...]
The Orange E600 was the Orange released version of the HTC S620 and apart from some changes to the ROM, which included Orange removing Windows Messenger this is essentially the same device. When it was first released the E600 was only offered to Orange Business and Corporate customers and although that was almost two years [...]
The O2 XDA Orbit is based on the popular HTC Artemis platform, one of the first more mainstream devices to have built in GPS a fact exploited by O2 with the inclusion of CoPilot in the bundle. We went on to review the O2 Orbit in June of 2007 – Matt
The Orange E650 and the HTC S710 may both be HTC Vox devices but there are some minor differences between the two. Have a closer look at this unboxing video to find out more. – Matt
News of the HTC Advantage X7500 (HTC Athena) leaked out a few months before the device finally found its way on to the market here in the UK. This unboxing video is of a pre-release unit but the final product was identical to this. The original Windows Mobile 5.0 OS was updated in models sold [...]
This unboxing video was our first look at the Nokia N95 and in fact we were among the first here in the UK to get our hands on this Symbian based mobile. Although the N95 has now been replaced by the N96 the N95 remains popular despite early teething problems with the ROM that caused [...]
The Samsung i600 (Samsung Blackjack) was a popular handset back in 2007 and while it’s somewhat long in the tooth now it can still be purchased for a bargain price from a number of online retailers. Initally launched with Windows Mobile 5.0 Samsung made a Window Mobile 6.0 update available a few months later. Matt
Here I unbox the T-Mobile Ameo, also known as the HTC Advantage / Athena! P
It has been a wee while since we have had a new Android device from Acer but the Stream is here and its specs are on par with many of the top end handsets from other manufactures. Sporting a 3.7 inch screen and powered by a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor the Stream with Android 2.1 on board certainly has what it takes to be a flagship device but looks wise it is defiantly unique. I don’t think we have seen media controls on the front of another Android phone before and it looks a bit odd to be honest.
-Matt