Monthly Archives: February 2009
Brother – MFC-990CW
The MFC-990CW is the highest specification model of a new batch of five A4 All-in-One inkjet printers that Brother has released, using the same engine as a similar recent series of multifunction A3 printers. As you’d expect from a top of the range model, the usual copy, print, scan and fax functions incorporate a host…
Lenovo – ThinkPad X200
Lenovo’s laptops aren’t exactly designed for those looking for cheap bargains, but if you do decide to shell out for the ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC you’ll get a computer with plenty of interesting features. This is Lenovo’s first wide screen Tablet PC and its 12.1-inch display manages to deliver 1200 x 800 pixels, which is…
Avanquest – Who Do You Think You Are? v3 Deluxe Edition
When you install Version 3 of the Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA) software it announces itself, and takes up residence, as Family Tree Maker 2008. Fortunately, it’s not the original issue with severely-challenged functionality but the later ‘v2008 New’. This was heavily patched to restore some of the omitted features in a series…
Toshiba – Satellite Pro S300
Toshiba has released some interesting laptops recently, including ultra-lightweight models in the Portege range and some eye-catching designs under the Qosmio badge. The Satellite Pro desktop replacement line-up, however, is a far more sombre affair, preferring to offer value for money as opposed to stylish looks or ultra-portability. There are actually several different models available…
Avanquest – Scrapbook Factory Deluxe 4.0
Memories. They’re like the corners of your mind, if the famous song is to be believed. Some you remember, some you forget, and some you wish you could forget. Yes, we know all about that incident (we’ve been reviewing e-mail sniffing programs on the side). But don’t worry, your secret’s safe: we won’t tell. For…
Kensington – Notebook Expansion Dock with Video
For those who want to use a laptop as their main PC, it makes a lot of sense to have an expansion dock. An expansion dock is a secondary backplane for a portable machine, which normally plugs into a multi-contact, proprietary socket on the back of the laptop. With notebooks continuing to drop in price,…
FujiFilm – FinePix J12
A newcomer looking at the bewildering range of digital cameras available on the market at present could be excused for wondering how to get started. If all you want is a basic, cheap camera that takes good quality pictures and has the minimum amount of control systems to wade through, then the FinePix J12 is…
Samsung – SyncMaster 2263DX
There seems to be an increasing demand for 22-inch monitors at the moment, with both business and home users demanding that extra width and space for presentations, graphics, movies and games. With this sudden surge in interest, Samsung has come up with a novel way of standing above the crowd. When you open the box…
O2 – Xda Zest
The Xda is a stalwart of O2′s smartphone lineup, and there have been plenty of models in the past. But the new Xda Zest has some unique factors we’ve not seen before from O2. Probably the most important of these is that it is the first ever Xda to be available on a Pay and…
Canon – PowerShot G10
The market is littered with small, compact digital cameras capable of producing fairly decent shots, but climb slightly higher up the ladder and there are relatively few high-end compacts from which to choose. Indeed, for the past few years Canon’s G-series PowerShot range has almost had a monopoly in this segment, and it’s clearly looking…