Saturday, March 11, 2006

Acer n311 video review

I have posted a quick and dirty video review of the Acer n311 Pocket PC below. I say quick and dirty because this was done in one take using a digital camera so apologies up front for the video and audio quality however I thought it was still worth posting. I still don’t think performance benchmarking under Windows Mobile 5 is particularly effective so figured this video clip will help many people out. Please also note that the Acer had a screen protector fitted and the two movie clips I show are WMV format (576 x 320 530kbps and 640 x 336 630kbps) played back through Windows Media Player 10. Please feel free to reply here with any questions and I will do my best to answer. I’ll also post some proper mini reviews in the coming days on various aspects of the n311. To view the video review of the UK production model of the Acer n311, click one of the two links below.

Acer n31 video review - link 1 (40Mb VGA WMV format)
Acer n31 video review - link 2 (40Mb VGA WMV format)

# posted by Andy : 3/11/2006 04:30:00 PM  
Comments:
A picture says more than 1000 words, and a video more than 1000 pictures => very fine. But I can't understand the brand of English spoken.
Many thanks.
# posted by Anonymous : 14/3/06 12:09 AM
 
Unfortunately a broad Scottish accent and a digital still camera capturing audio are not a match made in heaven. Please feel to ask any questions and I will respond - in text format of course. ;)
# posted by Andy : 17/3/06 12:00 PM
 
Mmmm....Andy, what about life-time with minimum brightness (common usage, reading)?
Maximum brightness (video playback)?
Minimum brightness with Wi-fi?
With display off in mp3 playing mode?
USB-Host supports HDD with NTFS?
# posted by Anonymous : 17/3/06 10:28 PM
 
...and what can you tell about screen quality in comparison with HP Ipaq 4700 and FS Loox 720?..
# posted by Anonymous : 19/3/06 12:49 PM
 
I'll answer these questions in the coming days when I get a chance to test them out. I'll create new posts for the various aspects of the device. From real world usage perspective, I fully charged the device on Friday afternoon and went the whole weekend without recharging until this morning when the battery was about 30%. I used the device for about an hour on Friday night, two to three hours on Saturday including an hour surfing the net via wireless and about another one and a half hours on Sunday with some wireless use. Periodically throughout the weekend I quickly check my emails via wireless as well, usually about three times a day. Overall I'm very satisfied with battery life for a small VGA device.
# posted by Andy : 20/3/06 11:58 AM
 
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