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HTC One X – Review
HTC had a difficult 2011, but the One X, One S and One V are a new trio of handsets that could well restore the company’s fortunes. All three smartphones run HTC’s lightweight Sense 4 UI atop Google Ice Cream Sandwich. AT&T One X launched on May 6 for $199 on contract. It loses NVidia’s [...]
RIM – The Way Forward
RIM has recently confirmed that a 4G version of the Blackberry Playbook is set for release, and a few spec details have also been made known, not least an improved 1.5GHz dual-core CPU, where the original sported a 1GHz dual-core. NFC capabilities and 4G LTE could mean consumers will take a closer look, especially if [...]
Samsung Galaxy S3 – review
Enough tittle-tattle, it’s time for some cold hard, silicon and Gorilla Glass to put all those Samsung Galaxy S3 rumours to bed. The first thing that will strike consumers about the Samsung Galaxy S3 is its fantastically vibrant 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display. And delving a bit deeper, we’ll notice how wonderfully smoothy everything runs [...]
Ivy Bridge Explained
The Ivy Bridge upgrade constitutes a ‘tick’ in Intel’s tick-tock roadmap, meaning a shrinking of the die rather than an overhaul of the architecture. So it’s basically a 22nm version of the last generation Sandy Bridge 32nm CPUs, though Intel is keen to stress there is more to the new Ivy Bridge range than a [...]
Asus N56VM – Review
The arrival of Intel’s third-gen Ivy Bridge CPUs means massive discounts are starting to appear on machines featuring the old Sandy Bridge generation of processors. But some people won’t be swayed from buying an Ivy Bridger anyhow. Such as the Asus N56VM , priced at $1200, a 15.6-inch desktop replacement. That means powerful. The Asus [...]
Acer Travelmate 6595 – Review
At first glance the Acer TravelMate 6595 is identifiable as a corporate machine; fingerprint reader, 34mm ExpressCard reader, SmartCard slot. Then there’s a ’3G’ sticker advertising the 6595′s internal 3G/UMTS module, which is tucked away in the battery compartment. The appearance of the TravelMate 6595 is sombre black and gray, and the brushed aluminum of [...]
HP dm4 beats Audio – Review
HP is ever keen to talk up its Dr. Dre Beats Audio sound systems, so it comes as no surprise that the company has now named a notebook after its Beats Audio credentials. The HP Pavilion dm4 is a multimedia laptop with especial emphasis on audio oomph. The DM4 notebook is configurable up to a [...]
Acer Aspire One D270 – Review
The Acer Aspire One D270 packs in the latest Intel Cedar Trail Atom CPU, and sells at just 300 euros. Driver issues mean the Cedar Trail processors only support DirectX 9, and not DirectX 10, yet since the integrated GMA3600 GPU lacks the power to run DirectX 10 games anyway, this shouldn’t matter. The new [...]
Acer AC700 Chromebook
The Chromebook has been re-launched in the form of the Acer AC700 Chromebook. Chromebooks are laptops that run the Chrome operating system, which is Google’s padded-out version of the Chrome browser. But the Chromebook is a cloud-based format – they don’t offer any onboard storage – users must store their data in the cloud, using [...]
Google Drive – Review
Google Drive has launched as a serious threat to the other cloud storage solutions on the market. It’s also pitched in opposition to Microsoft’s corporate MS Office software. Google will use its phenomenal reserves of information, gleaned from everyday searches, to attempt to predict what people will like and how they will behave. In so [...]
