Features:
Taking a slightly different colour path than the past Samsung flash camcorders I've reviewed, the R10 has an entirely silver body - different from their usual gloss black. If you look close enough at the side where the screen folds out, they've given it a brushed aluminum pattern on top of the plastic. All the writing is etched into the plastic with only the Samsung and HD logos being glued on. If you look long ways down the camera you can see that it's actually quite thin. I'd have to say it's thinner than almost any other 1080 handheld flash cam I've previously used.

A closer look at the body reveals that it's very simple looking when it comes to the buttons. There's only three physical buttons on the outside of the body; photo, mode and record. Beside the record button is the first of two zoom toggles. Open the screen, and inside you'll find a power button, display/iCheck button and EasyQ button. On the frame of the screen is the QMenu button (discussed more later), a second zoom toggle and a second record button. With the R10's main features being operated and programmed via the touch screen there is quite simply no need for a large number of physical buttons.

A small cover on the back edge of the R10 can be opened to reveal the DC charging plug, an AV jack and a built-in HDMI port. It's nice to see the built in HDMI back again, Samsung had done this on their HMX10A but removed the feature from the HMX20C, and now it's back again on the R10.