Unboxing the HTC Touch Pro (Sprint Edition)

[Note: This is a joint article being written by Doug, Lauren, and Sue.  Doug's comments will appear in normal typeface, Lauren's in bold, and Sue's will be italicized.  We are also simultaneously posting it on both JAMM and Gear Diary.]

Doug: I had a nice surprise in the mail the other day when I tore open a Fed Ex envelope to find the HTC Touch Pro.  By coincidence, as you may have noticed, Lauren and Sue (for you Gear Diary readers, they are both contributors at JAMM) both also picked up the HTC Touch Pro earlier this month.   So, we thought it would be fun for all of  us to share our thoughts together on this new device.  The Touch Pro is the latest offering from HTC and the successor to my previous phone, the Sprint Mogul.  We’ll take a closer look at all of the features of the phone, including the new Touch Flo 3D interface.  Today, though, we just wanted to take a quick look at what is in the box and share a few preliminary thoughts.

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Android G1 Unboxed

Well with twenty days to go to the official availability of the Google phone, someone is flaunting a NDA, and laying bare the contents of the G1 package. Looks like TmoNews got  the exclusive.

Head on over and have a look, and I pity the poor employee that leaked these shots, I’m sure with some enhancement, the proud owner will be able to be linked to these shots!

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Unboxing the MSI Wind

Earlier in the week, I told you I had ordered the MSI Wind.  Well, it arrived on Wednesday, and I thought it would be fun to take you along as I took my first peek into the box.

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The iPod Touch 16GB Review. Part I: Unboxing, Hardware, and Controls

Recently, I had the opportunity to purchase an iPod Touch, and surprised myself quite a bit by jumping all over it.  I say surprised myself, because I have spent the last couple of years using and reviewing almost every portable media player out there except the iPod.  In fact, I have never owned an iPod in the ten years since it came out (well, I did actually own an iPod Shuffle for about an hour).  So, why the sudden change of heart?  There were a few reasons.  First, after hearing so much about it, I was really extremely curious about the iPhone/iPod apps store.  I saw some of the apps available over at What’s on iPhone, and was thoroughly impressed.  But that can’t be the only reason.  I mean buying a whole new platform just so you can shop at their store would be pretty silly.  The main reason was that I have reviewed almost every high end portable media player out there (I am still hoping to get ahold of the Samsung YP-P2), however, I feel that without at least evaluating the iPod Touch, my understanding of the industry is severely limited.  Plus, it just looked really cool.  I opted for the 16 GB version (there are also 8 GB and 32 GB versions) mostly because I stumbled upon a good price for a refurbished model.

Of course, the iPod Touch is a pretty complicated device.  As Steve Jobs might say, it is a media player, a PDA, and an Internet communication device, all in one.  There is far too much to discuss in just one post.  So, I decided to break it into a series of smaller posts, over the course of the month of August.  Today, we’ll just get acquainted with the iPod, and take a look at the hardware and controls.  In later posts, we’ll look at:

• The iPod Touch as a portable media player
• The iPod Touch as a PDA/pocket computer (including the new Apps Store)
• The iPod Touch as an Internet/email device
• iTunes
• And then we’ll wrap it all up

Once we’re all done taking a look at the device itself, watch for plenty more reviews from the all-new iPod Touch/iPhone Apps Store.  For now, let’s get started with an unboxing and overview of the hardware and controls.

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