Received a Milestone as part of RippleVox Trial program. On top of the phone, Starhub has also throw in free MaxMobile Premium data plan for a month! Yippe!
The milestone has a sturdy build quality, especially the slide-out keyboard, it feels that it will last for long. In addition, the golden touch to a little here and there, plus the rubbery backing add a nice classy feel to the phone.
Some thought here, I would prefer spring loaded slider, but the manual mechanism works very well still. For some reasons, lately more phones are designed without the hot-swappable micro-SD slot, so does the Milestone. Not much of an issue though, these are nice to have, but not must.
Unlike other region, this Milestone is preloaded with the latest Android, Eclair version 2.1. The startup splash screen has been modified to that of Starhub, and the set is preloaded with Starhub wallpapers and Mobile TV app.
Logged in to my google account, and milestone is all sync with my contacts, calendars and emails =D
Next milestone for Milestone - Maximise its potential!
Unlike much of the silicon case on the market, this Jacket case fits nicely. All cutout are aligned with the ports and buttons.
A closer look at the buttons. They are actually covered up by the case. Nice thought to prevent dust from getting, but that makes the lock key slightly harder to use.
Newsflash! Newsflash! 'A new phone on the block'! Its the latest 8Megapixel camera phone from Samsung, the Samsung Innov8.
Basically, You will be overwhelmed by the features of the phone. It has a 8Megapixel camera phone with auto focus, auto macro, face detection, smile detection, blink detection, auto panarama shooting, auto white balance, auto flash, VGA video recording, slow motion video recording anti shake detection, WDR, GPS tagging, ISO settings, and exposure metering. Not satisfied? The phone is also preinstalled with Symbian OS 9, realplayer, music player, divx decorder, recorder, radio, video editor, digital frame, smart reader, units converter, zip manager, quickoffice, PDF reader, fring, DLNA, ShoZu, Yahoo Go, CNN, FIFA 08, Asphalt4, google apps, landmarks, dictionary, samsung widgets, bluetooth, wifi, 8GB storage, optical mouse, 3.5mm headset jack. That should be enough of the rattling.
First impression of the phone is great. When i first saw the photos on the web, the phone looks huge and heavy. But the real set feels nice on hand and the weight does not appear to be as heavy as it seems on the web.
On to the unboxing photos;
Small box for a feature laden phone
All the accessories that comes with my test set.
A closer look at the headset, both the normal earpiece and the headset uses 3.5mm....
hmm, wondering how they did it...
A lot of shortcut keys on the face, besides the usual left and right softkeys, there are 2 more shortcut keys (the ones in chrome), 5-direction pad, optical mouse. On the right side of the phone is the camera mode, shutter key and micro sd slot.
On the left, there's the volume rocker, the headset jack, and charger jack. At the back is the camera lens, LED flash and stereo speakers.
After plugging in the phone to the windows, a few interesting icons showed up. There's a I8510 on Local under Scanners and Cameras, the I8510 (PMP style icon) and the Samsung Phone Browser. Not sure what is the I8510 for, as it doesn't show anything when i open it.
Finally the startup sequence of the phone,
Wahaha, just collected my Samsung Soul this morning. Yea, you heard me, i collected not purchased. I was selected to test drive the Soul for a period of 2 weeks. It would be nice if i could keep the set for free :P
Anyhow, for the next couple of days, i would be experiencing the magical touch :D
Enough said, onto the photos...
The magical touch！
I was captivated the moment i saw the Soul.
The full accessories, minus the micro SD card.
Thanks Samsung for the trial set!
