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Unboxing Video: General Mobile DSTL1

by Michael Oryl on September 1, 2009 6:56 pm

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General Mobile DSTL1

General Mobile DSTL1

Yeah, that’s right. My General Mobile DSTL1 finally arrived today. I’m still playing around with it, getting the lay of its dual-SIM land, but so far I’m pretty pleased with it.

For now, until I get time to put together some more in-depth videos of the device, here’s a simple unboxing and initial startup of the DSTL1, so you can get an idea of what to expect.

Update: don’t miss the review videos and photo gallery, either.

Video after the jump:

General Mobile DSTL1

General Mobile DSTL1

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http://www.nitrodesk.com NitroDesk Inc.

Looks cool Michael!
How easy/hard are the buttons to find when not backlit ? Also, did you say the menu button is the DPAD down button ? Looking forward to more..
-nitro
http://www.mobileburn.com/ Michael Oryl

Yeah, the d-pad center button is the menu button. I thought that was going to be a real issue, but turns out I haven’t been bothered at all. Even though I have always liked having a d-pad or trackball on Android devices, I never really use them. As such, the d-pad button works for me since I don’t really use the d-pad except for the very rare cursor moving in a text field. And that doesn’t require the button, either. So it seems to work out.

The dual-SIM stuff is pretty neat. Have it working on AT&T and T-Mobile and WiFi for data. Can only have one SIM designated for data, but it works. Just wish this version had 850MHz GSM support…
vitriolix

Interesting, didn’t know there were any resistive Android devices. How is it to type on?
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Curt

Hi,

How can I buy this phone?
This phone is able to connect trough 3G/HSDPA?

Best regards:

Curtis
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http://www.mobileburn.com/ Michael Oryl

For those interested, you can buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=DSTL1
http://www.artofhitech.com/

Not sure if that version supports the 850MHz band used in much of the U.S. though, so be warned.

As to the hardware buttons, I don’t find finding them to be an issue. The d-pad is very obvious, and the buttons around it can be found because of that. Back is upper right of the d-pad, end call is lower right, etc. Seems to work fine.

Typing is pretty good in general. Resistive screens are better for accuracy, so that helps. The portrait-mode keyboard is a bit small, but the landscape version works well. You can enable clicks and vibration feedback, too.
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