Monthly Archives: March 2003
Brother – HL-7050N
Laser printers have been fundamental pieces of office equipment for at least 15 years, so you’d expect them to have reached the pinnacle of development. In some ways that’s true; resolution and print speed have reached levels that are more than adequate for the vast majority of business documents, while the cost per page of…
HP – dvd300i
DVD writing technology is becoming faster and cheaper and offers far more features than CD writing. The most obvious advantage is the huge 4.7GB of capacity offered by a single DVD for £4. Then you have the joy of editing home movies into chapters on a DVD that can be navigated with a menu. The…
Focus Multimedia – Dogz 5
Virtual pets have been something of a craze since the heady days of Tamagotchi – remember those, the little egg shaped electronic key rings in which fluffy digital creatures lived whom you had to feed and nurture? Dogz is like this but much, much more involved. And this is the fifth incarnation of the program,…
Palm – Tungsten T
It seems that 2003 is becoming the year of the PDA, with several of the larger venders – Dell, for example – getting models into the market for the first time, while the older, better known PDA manufacturers are busy launching brand new models. Palm’s latest PDA is the Tungsten T, aimed at the higher…
Sony – Vaio PCG-GRX616SP
This is very much a notebook for people who habitually turn left on boarding an aircraft. Or it would be if anyone was actually strong enough to carry it: with its power supply it weighs a substantial 4.2kg, enough to pop the shoulder seams on a bespoke suit. Throw in the shoulder bag and a…
Polaroid – PDC 2150
There’s no doubt that digital cameras are making an impact in all areas of photography, from the high end to the entry level, plus a few new niches like key-ring cameras. Ultimately, though, the mass market requirement is for pocket cameras that can be used at parties, on holidays and other ‘real world’ events. Such…
Panasonic – Toughbook CF-R1
One of the big problems with notebooks, especially the smallest, lightest models, is that people will insist on carrying them around everywhere. Then they get dropped and broken. Panasonic’s answer to this problem is simple enough: build a tougher notebook. It has in fact done this before, although the original Toughbook really was tough, in…
Jasc – Paint Shop Pro 7 XE
To our mind photo editing is as much fun as doing the washing up or mowing the lawn. It’s an evil necessity that goes hand in hand with the wonders of digital cameras, and all we ask is that it is quick, cheap and painless. That’s why we are firm fans of Jasc Paint Shop…
M-Audio – Revolution 7.1 PCI/USB sound card
In years to come Dolby EX will displace the 5.1 Dolby surround sound that we are all familiar with. That means we’ll see 6.1 and 7.1 speaker systems that add either one or two speakers behind the listener to completely immerse you in the audio environment. We already seen Dolby EX sound cards from Creative…
Belkin – Regulator Pro Gold Series 625VA
If you rely on your PC in a home or small office and risk losing valuable data in the event of a power failure, you need more than a simple surge suppressor – you’re in the realms of the Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). While the concept of a UPS may sound rather nerdy, Belkin has…