Monthly Archives: March 2009
Samsung – NC20
The sub-notebook market, once the domain of Asus with the Eee PC, has seen larger machines over the last couple of years, starting with 7-inch screens, then 9-inch, then 10-inch. These machines are portable, cheap and excellent for use on the train or around the house for browsing the web. The Samsung NC20 is the…
Nokia – N85
Nokia’s N85 is a slightly less well featured handset than the N96, though it does share some of the features of that handset. We’d go as far as to say it is an improvement on the N96 despite lacking some of that phone’s capabilities. The N85 is smaller than the N96, making it an easier…
Mariner Software – Contour 1.1
When people moan that Hollywood is run by sheep and that all films are basically the same, they don’t know the half of it. Mariner Software, the company behind Contour, believes that behind hugely successful movies as diverse as Star Wars, American Beauty, Die Hard and Hairspray is a join-the-dots system that starts with four…
Teufel – AC 9050 PH
The AC 9050 PH is German speaker specialist Teufel’s first foray into the headphones market and is a full-sized set of over-ear cans aimed at professionals, home use and portable players. At first glance they certainly seem like a high-end pair of ‘phones, offering support and comfort through adjustable ear pieces and faux-leather padding on…
Kalypso Media – Ceville
They say what goes around comes around and, as with fashion, so with computer games: particular themes and styles have a habit of reappearing according to public taste. Animated puzzle adventure games with a comic twist were all the rage when LucasArts were producing games like the Monkey Island series and Full Throttle and then…
RIM – BlackBerry Storm
The BlackBerry Storm caused just that – a storm – when it was announced. The Storm is the first touchscreen smartphone from RIM, and that alone should have been enough to get people talking. But the real chat centered on the Storm’s unique touch control system. Basically the whole of the large front screen depresses…
Sarm Software – Resume Builder 4.8
Curriculum Vitae translates as “the path of life”, although in actuality it’s the path travelled that you want to mention. You probably won’t bother highlighting the time you were an ice cream van driver for two weeks, before turning your vehicle over in a ditch and being rushed to hospital for an emergency Flake 99…
Avanquest Solutions – encryptX DeviceDefender
Given the regularity with which laptops, USB Flash Drives and other portable media are lost, left lying about or simply stolen, it makes sense to protect the data they’re carrying, even if you can’t look after the physical devices themselves. Like everything people don’t want to do – backing up or taking out insurance –…
LG – GP08-NU10
The nattily named GP08-NU10 is a Super Multi Drive, which means it can do lots of super multiple things. Stop us if we get too technical. It does, of course, refer to this external drive’s multiple format capabilities, which means that it can read and write (deep breath) all types of standard CDs and DVDs,…
Voix – PYT Travel Speakers
It’s getting to the point where there are more travel speakers/portable docks out for iPods than there are iPods themselves; manufacturers can’t seem to resist launching new products into the market with a slight twist on the classic setup. The PYT from audio equipment specialists Voix isn’t particularly radical, though, with its most notable feature…