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Oppo Find 5 review
The smartphone market is by large dominated by android OS and among the many makers Samsung, HTC, and LG are the biggest OEMs. In China there are few emerging companies that are growing fast and winning the hearts and minds of demanding customers. One of such makers in China is Oppo. OPPO’s flagship a 5-inch [...]
Samsung Galaxy S IV Active
The dust-proof and waterproof Samsung Galaxy S IV Active has been unveiled. The S4 Active has been designed for active user in every environment. Samsung Galaxy S IV Active received the IP67 certification, which means you can take it to your wood shop, morning swim at your pool, or hiking in a desert. The waterproofing [...]
Samsung ATIV Book 7 ultrabook
Just before the release of Intel’s Haswell processor, Samsung is launching ATIV Book 7 ultrabooks with premium touchpad, 1080p screen, and SSD, but the Core i5 processor is still Ivy Bridge. Samsung had refreshed its ATIV Books with LTE capability and 1080p display not too long ago. The premium ATIV Book 7, we first saw [...]
MSI GX60 and GX70 gaming laptops
MSI’s new flagship gaming laptops GX60 and GX70 are finally ready to ship. Both devices feature the newest low-power APUs AMD A10 known as Richland. The 2.5GHz (3.2GHz max) processor is built on 32nm technology and work with Radeon HD 8000M graphic chips, promising to deliver at least 20 percent better graphic performance. To put [...]
Toshiba Kirabook ultrabook
Toshiba launches a new flagship benchmark-busting ultrabook called Kirabook. Premium brush magnesium metal chassis is said to be 90 percent stronger than aluminum counterparts in other models (like MacBook Air). The magnesium used is scratch-resistant and light. The Kira ultrabook weighs only 1.3kg (2.9lb). MacBook Air weighs about the same, but does not have a [...]
Asus Transformer Book convertible ultrabook
Asus bring first convertible ultrabook with extra battery, and extra spare hard drive in the keyboard dock. Transformer Book TX300 is out tomorrow May 21st starting at $1500. Asus’ first detachable ultrabook, the Transformer Book is a great option for oversized 13-inch tablet hybrid. This convertible ultrabook offers what others don’t. You’ll get a spare [...]
Samsung Galaxy S IV vs. LG Optimus G Pro
Both LG Optimus G Pro and 32GB model of Galaxy S IV are being launched this Friday May 10th at AT&T. Let us take a closer look at these two flagship phones. Which one is better? Last year was all about Snapdragon S4 processor. This year it seems it all comes down to Samsung’s Exynos [...]
Acer Aspire R7 Featuring 15.6-inch Floating Ezel Screen
Acer provides a unique hybrid solution to new Aspire R7 notebook. Display is firmly set to be closer to the user when in notebook mode. It can be swung 90 degrees for presentation purposes to face the opposite side and it can be lied down flat to serve as a large tablet. The tablet hybrid [...]
Sony Xperia Z vs ZL
Sony has released two Z series flagship phones this year. Both sporting top specs, but slightly different dimensions, craftsmanship and speed tests’ results. Let’s see what is behind this dual phone strategy. The new Sony Xperia ZL is a slightly reworked version of the Xperia Z released a couple of months back and features a [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad S405 – Review
The IdeaPad S405 from Lenovo boasts not just respectable entry level notebook with plenty of grunt for basic computing but a pretty design and quad-core processing to boot, at a very exciting price point. The appearance of hte IdeaPad S405 centres on its red display lid and brushed metal/black plastic insides and base. A few [...]
HP ElitePad 900 – Review
ElitePad 900 Windows 8 Slate featuring NFC, 16×10 aspect ratio, and a full size HDMI is a decent choice for a businesses tablet, but there are better alternatives. ElitePad 900 from HP arrives with HP’s marketing promise of being a tablet to meet the needs of both the office and home, and with a slick-looking [...]
Asus Zenbook UX51VZ – Review
Dubbed MacBook killer, this UX51VZ Zenbook sets a tone in hardware, workmanship, performance and price. Asus’s new Zenbook UX51VZ notebook sports a powerful quad-core CPU-GPU pairing and an outstanding brace of SSDs hooked up in RAID config for lightning access times and system performance. The chassis is titanium-colored brushed metal and measuring 15- x 10- [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad Y500 – Review
The IdeaPad Y500 is Lenovo’s SLI-configged GT 650M gaming notebook, whose other chief attraction is its price – just $1250 as configured. Lenovo haven’t pushed the boat out design-wise – very practical, easily cleaned, quite suave in its simplicity, but ground-breaking it ain’t. It all weighs more than six pounds, but with all that metal [...]
CyberPower FangBook X7-300 gaming laptop – review
FangBook X7-300 is a Powerful gaming laptop with superb graphics, performance and at a reasonable buck. Let’s take a closer look. The FangBook X7-300 from CyberPower is a notebook featuring seismic capability and mind blowing design and amongst its accomplishments. Its powerful components are packed into a slate gray brushed metal chassis whose build quality [...]
Lenovo IdeaPad Lynx – Review
Lenovo Lynx hybrid is a convertible tablet/notebook featuring energy efficient Intel Atom chip with solid performance and gorgeous design. Here is a review of Lenovo IdeaPad Lynx and its comparison to other windows 8 tablets. Lenovo IdeaPad K3011 Lynx notebook weights 1.4 pounds, and featuring well-executed craftmanship from top to bottom – not even a [...]
Sony Vaio Tap 20 AiO – Review
Tap 20 desktop solution is a not so portable 20-inch tablet for stationary use. It is graced with a display measuring a full 20-inches across the diagonal and a paunchy 31mm thick. A weight to match – 5kg. Workmanship is immaculate. Looking at the vast expanse of screen real estate when the Tap 20 is [...]
iBuyPower Valkyrie CZ-17 gaming laptop – review
iBuyPower has taken the wraps off the new Valkyrie CZ-17, boasting blockbusting performance enclosed in a brushed metal chassis. The Valkyrie CZ-17 stretches 428mm x 288mm and is 62mm thick/thin. It weighs a not insubstantial 4kg, without the extra 800 gram charger. Build quality is not surprisingly fabulous. General compututation is carried out by a [...]
Asus F75A notebook – Review
Asus’s new large-screen F75 budget notebook offers large-screen Windows 8 functionality for a sub-$500 price tag. Designwise it’s a mass of matte black surfaces – very fetching and businesslike. Clean lines and good workmanship through and through. The Asus F75A measures 420mm x 280mm x 40mm – chunky but solid, with good stability when typing [...]
