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Cowon iAudio 9 PMP gets unboxed

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 17th 2009 No Comments

Perhaps it’s a 2009 thing and, come the new year, packaging will won’t enthral us so, but for now there’s a great deal of geeky appeal in how manufacturers choose to present their tech. Cowon have generally been associated more with audio performance than they have with style, but it looks like some of the “shape up” message is getting through: DAP Review have just taken delivery of the iAudio 9 PMP, and as their unboxing photoset shows there’s obviously been a lot of thought put into how it’s packaged.

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Dell Mini 3i gets unboxed

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 13th 2009 No Comments

Dell’s Mini 3i may only have been official for a few hours, but already the first unboxing is upon us. PConline have taken the glossy Android smartphone from box to bench, and there are a few surprises to be had; firstly, Dell have ignored the swathe of popular opinion and not bothered including a 3.5mm headphones jack, and secondly they’d dropped a stylus into the box.

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Nokia N97 mini and E72 video unboxings

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 12th 2009 No Comments

Nokia’s Booklet 3G isn’t the only new device from the company on our test bench today; two of the Finn’s newest smartphones have also arrived, in the shape of the N97 mini and the E72. Announced back in September and June, respectively, each offers a full QWERTY keyboard and S60 OS, but in strikingly different ways. Check out our unboxing videos, live galleries and some first impressions after the cut.

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Nokia Booklet 3G video unboxing & first-impressions

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 12th 2009 No Comments

Nokia’s The Way We Live Next 3.0 event wasn’t intended to launch any hardware, but we’ve arrived back today to find quite a few Finnish goodies waiting to be played with. First up is the Nokia Booklet 3G, the company’s first netbook and a distinctive one at that: as well as the MacBook-style design there’s integrated 3G WWAN and GPS as standard. After the cut, check out our video unboxing and initial gallery.

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Litl Webbook gets video unboxing; prototypes revealed

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 12th 2009 No Comments

We’re still more than a little bemused by the Litl Webbook; the 12-inch notebook is no mere netbook, Litl insist, but instead offers simplicity of use more akin to a TV than a computer. However, while we might not be the target audience, even after a video demo it’s unclear whether that simplicity is worth the $699 price tag. Litl have recently posted a video unboxing and hands-on demo with the Webbook.

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Video unboxing after the cut

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HTC HD2 review

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 15 Comments

Twelve months ago HTC shook up the Windows Mobile world with the launch of the Touch HD, a smartphone that offered a vast touchscreen, lashings of connectivity and the latest version of their UI tweaking, TouchFLO 3D, to produce what was hitherto thought impossible: an alluring Windows Phone. Now, the company have attempted just such a revolution with Windows Mobile 6.5 in the shape of the HTC HD2. They’ve upped their game with a speedy Snapdragon processor, even vaster display and a fresh UI that’s been educated by their recent work on Android. Can the HTC HD2 again do the unthinkable, and give us a reason to love Windows Mobile?

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Kohjinsha PA-Series MID gets video unboxing

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 No Comments

Even if you don’t quite see how a MID or UMPC might fit into your daily life, most people can summon up some enthusiasm about just how much tech is squished into those tiny chassis. Kohjinsha’s PA-Series MID wowed us when it made its dinky debut then caused us to choke when we saw what the company were charging; now Wow-Pow have unboxed the tiny convertible.

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Video unboxing after the cut

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HTC DROID Eris for Verizon gets prematurely unboxed

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Nov 5th 2009 No Comments

Want some DROID in your life but unimpressed by Motorola’s sliding marvel? Hoist your petticoats over to HTC’s stall, then, and the Verizon DROID Eris, which is yet to be officially announced but has already been unboxed by one lucky owner.

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More unboxing shots plus some first impressions after the cut

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Sony VAIO X super-waif ultraportable gets unboxed [Video]

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Nov 3rd 2009 No Comments

The Sony VAIO X super-slim ultraportable may be on sale in the US, but units actually reaching customers hands are still in short supply. That’s why we turn to Germany for our unboxing edification, with NewGadgets.de doing the honors in stripping the half-inch thick notebook from its bulky packaging.

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Video unboxing after the cut

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HTC HD2 video unboxing & first-impressions

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 2nd 2009 11 Comments

It’s fair to say that the last time we saw excitement to this degree about a Windows Phone it centered on the HTC Touch HD, and so it seems only right that it’s the company’s successor to that handset, the HTC HD2, that is prompting such interest in 2009. Announced last month after copious rumors, what makes the HD2 special is its 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, HTC Sense UI and 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. It’s taken a while, but the HTC HD2 has finally dropped onto the SlashGear test bench, so check out our first impressions and an unboxing video after the cut.

Updated with first-boot video demo after the cut

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