Archive for: hands-on

Compaq AirLife 100 hands-on

We visited with HP to see what’s changed since we saw the Compaq AirLife during CES — aside from it now having a name — in early January. We were told by HP that the device’s plastic housing has been improved, received confirmation that it’s indeed running a 1GHz Snapdragon, and will be sold exclusively [...]

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Hands-on with TAT’s dual-screen phone concept and augmented reality app

What, you thought Home was the only project in the pipeline for these guys? The mobile UI experts at Sweden’s TAT are in the house at MWC this week showing off a couple other nifty developments that are keeping them busy these days: a dual-screen UI concept utilizing TI’s next-gen hardware, and an app that [...]

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Aava Mobile’s Intel Moorestown prototype hands-on

The LG GW990 got the lion’s share of the attention, but Intel showed off a second Moorestown-based MID (or giant smartphone, if you like) back at CES from Finnish startup Aava Mobile — more a prototype reference design created to show off Moblin 2.1′s capabilities than a retail-ready product — and it’s back in force [...]

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LG Mini GD880 hands-on

Not to be outdone, LG chose MWC to show off its Mini GD880, a svelte piece built from brushed aluminum in both black and silver. Build quality is striking here — jaw-droppingly so — with fit and finish on all corners, seams, and around the various ports looking spot on. This device also has heft [...]

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Motorola MOTOROI hands-on with video

The Motorola MOTOROI is definitely a stunner, but the looks are almost surpassed by just how amazing it feels, it glows with quality — think Milestone, but somehow nicer. The display and UI on this Android 2.0 set are right on, with no lag to speak of — in our really limited hanging-from-a-tether-being-jostled take on [...]

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Notion Ink Adam hands-on (with video) at MWC 2010

We got a few minutes today to check out the latest build on Notion Ink’s Adam prototype that we first saw back at CES. Like we heard a week or so ago, there will indeed be two versions of the Adam — one which will be 12.9 mm thick and boast the Pixel Qi 3Qi [...]

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HTC HD mini hands-on

HTC’s launch today also gives us the HD mini, and, as a result, we’re starting to have a problem sticking with a favorite with each post we put up — really, they’re all that nice. Unfortunately for us we didn’t have an HD2 to throw down and do a real side by side comparison, but [...]

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Sony Ericsson X10 mini and X10 mini pro hands-on with video

We’re kinda chuffed about Sony Ericsson’s showing this year at MWC, and between the three launched sets — Vivaz pro, X10 mini, and X10 mini pro — this little QWERTY stands out as the best of the bunch. The idea behind the X10 mini series, of course, is to have all the features and functionality [...]

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Samsung Wave first hands-on: Bada-packed and super fast (video!)

Well, we just had our first encounter with Samsung’s new Bada-sporting Wave handset. We’ll say this to start… the screen is gorgeous, and the phone itself is super fast. No hesitation almost anywhere, but it’s hard to make a judgment call at this point. A lot of the software seemed unfinished, and we saw a [...]

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Dell Mini 10 with Broadcom Crystal HD Accelerator review

Michael Dell may not be a fan of netbooks, but you wouldn’t know that from the newest Mini 10. Joining the current Mini 10v, Dell’s completely overhauled the chassis and added Intel’s new Pine Trail processor. But that’s not all: come February the little laptop will be available with Broadcom’s Crystal HD accelerator, which promises [...]

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