Installation:
Installation is really one of those optional things for most Samsung MP3 players. They'll function just fine on their own as an MTP device but if you chose to load the Samsung Media Studio then you can have an easy to use interface to handle all your media transfers to and from the device.

Testing:
Before testing, I made sure the player was upgraded to the latest firmware available from the Samsung site.

Once powered up, I was greeted with a pretty unique interface. "Sammy" is what the dog is called who runs the little "world" the interface is based around. For teens, this can certainly be a pretty awesome interface - a break away from the usual. For adults or those who don't want such an "interesting" interface, you can chose between two other styles as well. This is a first for almost any MP3 player out there to switch interface styles entirely. I found the menus very easy to navigate through and find what I was after. There was only a slight delay when switching between menu items; it wasn't quite instant but it certainly was a hair slower than some other players I've used. Will you ever notice this? Probably not.

Video viewing was far more comfortable than I would have expected for the 2" screen. Coming from a guy who's used to watching media on his huge Zune screen, that is certainly a compliment. The screen's colours were excellent - very vivid and accurate. Same compliment goes for photo viewing on the T10.

My listening experience was also quite enjoyable on the T10. With Samsung's DNSe engine, you can tweak your listening experience to that which you enjoy by using a variety of built-in presets. The "clarity" option was something new to me, going from 0 to 2, you can tweak the "clarity" of your music. Having used "clarity" adjustments in many computer programs, I was expecting some sort of over-exagerated clearness to my music. I was certainly wrong. This actually adds a nice little clarity boost to the EQ of the song which doesn't really effect the overall tonal quality of the song, but it does make it sound better in the headphones or earphones.

To touch quickly on the touch-sensative keys, these keys worked only when touched with my bare finger. If my finger was covered with anything, such as gloves, they would not activate. To some people this has pros and cons; it's nice to be able to know that no accidental non-human objects can operate your player if it isn't locked, but, at the same time many fellow Canadians like the ability to operate their players using gloves during the sometimes harsh winters we have.