Hasta La Gadget!

While we caught this at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, Samsung officially launched its WiMAX / WiFi Mondi at CTIA today. Samsung’s SWD-M100 MID runs Windows Mobile — and we have to say that it looks really polished — with the transitions between homescreen panels being particularly stunning — check the vid to see it in action. While thin, the popout lower lip keypad is a tough thing to use, the width of the keypad itself and the positioning of the d-pad make it all seem a bit awkward to use. We do like the 4.3-inch display, though suspect it may prove to be a tad power hungry once this gets a little more real on Clear‘s WiMAX network. Follow on for a short vid and a handful of pics of us playing with this big glossy thing.

Gallery: Samsung Mondi WiMAX hands-on with video

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Samsung Mondi WiMAX hands-on with video originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AT&T’s Propel Pro ups the ante not only in build quality and material, but the new set is also reborn as a proper smartphone thanks to the inclusion of Windows Mobile 6.1. Though like its predecessor, we find a QWERTY keypad for the much loved messaging features, a 3 megapixel camera, and a well thought out and put together metal housing — though the latter does add heft to an already chubby device. So, what do we like? Well, the display is right on, the keypad is solid, and the $149 price tag is definitely going to win it some fans looking for a messaging device that’ll do a bit more. The heft on the other hand is a bit much, and we’re still troubled by the almost square form factor, but what do we know, people loved the Samsung Propel. We’ll take some more time to get to know it tomorrow and hopefully add a little video to the mix — and some decent lighting.

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AT&T’s Samsung Propel Pro hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re not exactly enthused at all the granularity makes up Samsung’s wide assortment of digital compacts, but it’s not like they’re the only offenders in the industry. In the high end they’ve got the HZ15W and TL320 — we’ve seen the TL320 and is marvelous analog dials in the wild before, but the HZ15W is a new one on us. Overall the camera is a bit bulky for this segment, and we’d have a hard time sticking it into a pants or jacket pocket without discomfort. That said, the camera is flush with functionality like HDMI out, 720p video recording and a wide view lens. The second look at the TL320 reminded us how completely in love we are its analog dials, though unfortunately the pre-production model we were looking at was having trouble with its OLED screen. The rest of the line, including the SL820, SL620 and SL202, was hanging out for the photo op, but there wasn’t much that stood out.

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Samsung HZ15W and hands-on, with friends originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We finally managed to wrestle one of the sleek Studio XPSs from Dell’s mitts, and we’ve got the pics to prove it. At first glance, the 13-inch laptop is striking, with its leather wrapped back and high gloss finish. However, we have a few minor quibbles that make the laptop a little less exciting than we’d hoped. Firstly, the leather is a bit rippled across the top — not a huge deal, but it skews the “design” aspect here. In a similar fashion, the super-glare display is just as distracting as it is on other screens of this type, and there seems to be another slight ripple — or wave — in the plastic (though this isn’t wholly uncommon). Once you open the box, you’re greeted to a matte, low-profile keyboard that feels terrific to the touch, though unfortunately the trackpad is not only minuscule in size, but located to the left of center, which makes no sense to us (especially on something of this size). For hands like ours, we found the experience to be a bit cramped. On the software side, the boot into Vista was certainly speedy, and though we had typical issues (crapware, pop-ups, general bugginess), the system still felt pretty snappy. We’re going to be taking a more in-depth look — especially at the capabilities of that NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G 9500M GPU — but for now, feast your eyes on the gallery below!

Update: Our mistake! We actually have the model with the 9500M GPU. Even better!

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Dell Studio XPS 13 unboxing and hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It didn’t quite make it out in January, but Foxit’s eSlick is still about the cheapest way to get an e-reader in front of your retinas. Granted, only the earliest of pre-orderers are seeing their units ship, and if you try to jump in now, you’ll be greeted with a note to not expect it for another fortnight or so. In fact, all three hues (black, grey and white) are currently sold out, with new batches expected to be ready by April 10th or so. Thankfully, the kind folks over at GearDiary have hosted up a few photos and have promised impressions in the not too distant future, so head on over if you’re anxious to see just how far this thing is from being a Kindle.

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Foxit’s eSlick e-reader ships out, gets photographed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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