review-hardware
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 [...]
Samsung Series 3 notebook 2013
Samsung Series 3 multimedia notebook in 2013 is a well rounded Intel chip run machine with dual-graphics solution but mediocre display. Samsung’s Series 3 350E7C-S08DE notebook offers an Intel Core i7 CPU-AMD 7670 GPU pairing and expansive 17.3-inch display in a sober mixture of plastic and metal surfaces. It measures 411mm x 270mm and rises [...]
Samsung Series 5 Media Ultrabook – Refreshed, Reviewed
Samsung’s Series 5 is a mid-range 14-inch Windows 8 notebook with high-end finishes for about $800. Let’s take a closer look. The Series 5 plumps for the minimalist style, following the current fad for lightish-colored mixtures of plastic and metal surfacing. In total the Series 5 extends 15.27 x 9.21 x 0.77 inches (388 x [...]
MSI Slider S20 convertible notebook – review
MSI releases Slider S20 windows 8 ultrabook with unique sliding mechanism and full HD 11.6-inch touch-screen. Let’s take a closer look at the specs and performance and compare it to what we have available in small convertible windows 8 notebooks. The MSI Slider S20 takes up the challenge of the Windows 8 premium convertible market, [...]
Toshiba Satellite P845T – review
Toshiba has unveiled a new unit in its notebook range, the touchscreen Satellite P845T Windows 8 notebook. The Satellite P845T plumps for a surfboard-shaped style; the aluminum and plastic metal features rounded-off corners and tapering edges, thickish around the middle. In total the Satellite P845T extends 348mm x 233mm and sits 29mm proud of its [...]
Archos 80 Titanium – Review
Superb alternative to iPad mini, Archos 80 Titanium is an 8-inch, dual-core run, Jelly Bean tablet at just $169. Archos’s Archos 80 Titanium tablet offers 8-inch display and a premium-looking bruished white aluminum casing. The It stretches the tape at 200mm x 154mm and is 9.9mm in depth, weighing 440g. Workmanship is immaculate throughout. Under [...]
Toshiba AT300SE Tablet Gets Refreshed
AT300SE tablet is a bigger and cheaper successor to AT300. This 10 hour Jelly Bean tablet is priced at £299 in UK, it is well built and quad-core snappy, keeps microSD card for expansion and micro USB port, but lacks HDMI out and disappoints in camera choices. Toshiba has refreshed the AT300 tablet to give [...]
