Monthly Archives: February 2004
Olympus – Camedia C-350 Zoom
The Camedia C-350 Zoom is grouped at the Olympus Web site with other cameras under a heading of ‘easy’, where the alternative groupings are ‘creative’, ‘stylish’ and ‘high end’. This, as much as anything else, indicates that Olympus sees the C-350 Zoom as a beginner’s camera. Still, at £250 it is not a pocket-money gadget,…
Atari – Terminator 3: War of the Machines
Computer game developers have always seen a hit movie as a possible cash cow and often coding begins the moment the film is in production. Unfortunately, the usual 2-3 year period that it takes most games to reach the finished stage is often abandoned in order to tie the game’s release to that of the…
Siemens – SX1
If you fancy a Symbian Series 60 phone, the number of handset makers you can choose between has just doubled, with Siemens’ SX1 finally becoming available to buy almost a year after it was first announced. Nokia, of course, has more Series 60 phones to choose from, but at least now you can select between…
BenQ – FP731
It’s sad to relate, but we still experience a small frisson of excitement whenever a new bit of computer kit arrives on the doorstep. All the more so when it’s a monitor, as the performance, quality and style of this particular component can make or break the whole computing experience. We therefore looked forward to…
ACi – Sovereign Pro
By notebook standards the ACI Sovereign Pro is what most people would think of as big. Not in the Sumo class, perhaps, but definitely a heavyweight; so more Frank Bruno than Barry McGuigan. Still, if performance and functionality are what you crave, size is no bad thing. Just don’t expect to lug its 4kg weight…
Maris Multimedia – Red Shift 5
With all this renewed activity around Mars, and George W. Lightyear’s decision to send humans there, you might, like us, be taking a more active interest in the night sky. Red Shift 5, which was launched towards the end of last year, could help enhance that interest and tell you a lot of things you…
Lexmark – P3150
Arriving in a smart-looking box that screams ‘Photo’ from every side, you could be forgiven for thinking that Lexmark’s new P3150 is a photo printer, pure and simple. It isn’t. It’s actually the latest addition to the firm’s range of all-in-one units, although one that’s very clearly targeting the digital photographer. Traditionally sneered at for…
Trust – 1210K Powerc@m Optical Zoom
Slowly but surely, Trust’s range of digital cameras is playing host to a flirtatious relationship between value and quality. Truth be told, value has been at the altar for some time, simply awaiting the arrival of more quality before the two meet up and wedlock ensues. Don’t ask where these analogies come from. They’re a…
Magix – Notation 2
Music production software often abandons conventional notation, but to share your music with others, such notation is still the most universally acceptable form. Conventional notation is by no means simple and a program designed as a word processor for music, such as this, needs to be able to handle all the nuances of modern music…
Epson – Stylus CX6400
Epson’s Stylus CX6400 all-in-one device is aimed squarely at the home office and SME sectors of the market, as a convenient printer, scanner and copier. It adds to this the extra convenience of memory card readers to upload pictures and offload scanned images. The machine’s neatly rounded lines disguise the fact that it is comparatively…