Monthly Archives: November 2010
Orange – San Francisco
The Android operating system is making its way across the full spectrum of handset prices. You’ll find it in phones that cost the better part of £500, and also in those that come in closer to £100. In the latter camp sits Orange’s new San Francisco which costs £99 on ‘pay as you go’ and…
Amazon – Kindle 3
The latest Kindle from Amazon seems to have lit the blue touchpaper as far as ebook reading is concerned and this is because it is slick and well put together in its own right, and it offers a strong range of extras. The device itself is quite small at 190 x 123 x 8.5mm and…
Asus – Eee PC 1215N
Nothing lasts for ever, and it appears the public’s love affair with netbooks is starting to lose its spark. This is due in no small part to Apple injecting new life into the tablet market, and you can expect to see a glut of these touchscreen wonders on the shelves this Christmas. Tablets lack keyboards,…
Samsung – SF310
While netbooks have become the laptops of choice for the Facebook generation who mostly want to chat online and check their e-mails, small portable notebooks are growing in popularity for youngsters, low level gamers and business folk who need decent graphic card performance allied to a powerful CPU. Hence the arrival of Samsung’s SF310. This…
Paradox Interactive – Woody Two Legs
Crewing your pirate ship with undead brings with it a number of advantages. There’s no danger of mutiny from mindless zombies or animated skeletons, and there’s no risk of scurvy, either. The lack of libido of the deceased also guarantees you won’t walk into a cabin and stumble across an able seaman being boarded by…
Android app round-up: Angry Birds, Kindle for Android, Evernote, London Tube Live, Seesmic, SBSH Safe Wallet
This month we’ve been pursuing a rather eclectic range of activities with our Android smartphone. Gaming has featured heavily thanks to one addictive app, but we’ve also been reading books, making notes, travelling, taking security seriously and, of course, keeping in touch with our nearest and dearest on Twitter. One of the most talked about…
Sony – Reader Touch PRS-650
The Sony Reader Touch PRS-650 is one of two ereaders that Sony sells. It is the larger and more fully featured of the two, and so the more expensive by £40. The aluminium chassis lends a real air of sophistication in a segment where outer shells tend to be plastic. The front button panel comprises…
Zotac – Zbox HD-ND22
The Zotac HD-ND22 is part of the Zbox mini PC range that measures a mere 188mm x 188mm square and 44mm thick. That’s a tiny form factor for a PC but Zotac has managed to pull off the trick by housing the innards of a netbook in a desktop chassis. These are barebones designs that…
RIM – BlackBerry Torch 9800
The BlackBerry Torch 9800 is a first for Research In Motion in two respects. It is the first smartphone from the company to run the latest version of its operating system, BlackBerry OS 6, and it is the first RIM smartphone to take a slider format. It has another claim to fame too. The new…
Epson – Stylus Office BX625FWD
The Epson Stylus Office BX625FWD is an interesting MFD (Multi Function Device) with a decent set of features as well as some neat touches that suggest the Epson development engineers have been hard at work. In the first place your eye will be drawn to the control panel which hinges upwards and locks in place….