Monthly Archives: November 2004
Freecom – FS-50
We all know about external DVD writers. They use a regular internal drive in an external housing with either a USB or Firewire interface (or both), and the result is that an external CD writer or DVD writer is big and clunky and costs slightly more than an internal drive. The alternative is a slim…
Sony Ericsson – P910i
Sony Ericsson caused quite a stir with its first UIQ-based smartphone, the P800, last year. Since then we’ve seen an update in the shape of the P900 and now another named the P910i. All three versions of the phone have added something new to the mix, with the P910i bringing a memory boost and ‘qwerty’…
ECS – 915P-A
When Intel introduced its new LGA775 processor socket for the Prescott Pentium 4, it handed its customers a bigger dilemma than usual; should they upgrade their Socket 478 PC with a faster processor that was at the end of one particular road, or should they buy a new Socket 775 motherboard and processor to start…
Sapphire – Radeon X800 XT PCI-E VIVO
At the launch of Intel’s latest 915 and 925 chipsets, the only PCI-Express graphics cards to be found were low-end and medium mainstream cards, and indeed we were told it would be sometime before any high-end cards would surface, so it comes as a bit of a surprise to find that Sapphire has launched one…
BenQ – FP783
In the crowded market of TFT monitors, the race is always on to provide a little bit extra in terms of value, style or performance, to get the edge over rivals. BenQ has certainly made its splash for fame with the FP783. The first thing you notice when you take it out of the packaging…
Dell – Dimension XPS
The people at Dell are past masters at watching a market segment grow and, when they deem the time is right, launching a product and muscling their way in to try to get the segment leader spot. The last time it worked was with the highly popular Axim PDA, but the whether they will be…
Think Outside – Stowaway Universal Bluetooth Keyboard
Many owners of PDAs rather like the idea of using them as serious data input machines – taking advantage of the word processing or notes applications that come as standard or bulking out with something more feature-rich, and ditching the laptop. It’s a fair enough dream. But to make it happen you’ll need a keyboard…
Fujitsu Siemens – Pocket LOOX 720
If you are looking for a Pocket PC PDA and want to be at the cutting edge, then you need Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition because it supports VGA screen resolution (640 x 480), and, well, it’s just the latest thing. There will soon be a number of Pocket PCs running this operating system available…
Creative – WebCam Notebook
Whether you’re a hectic business person on the move or a student wanting to keep in touch with your friends, a sensibly sized and priced Webcam is the perfect accessory for your laptop when you’re away from base. Anything that takes up as little space as possible and doesn’t weigh as much as a half-brick…
Codemasters – Club Football
A modest hit when it made its full debut on console platforms last year, Club Football is one of the few games now that bothers to even attempt to crack the monopoly held by FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer. After all, in the action footie game genre, FIFA has for a long time held the…