Yearly Archives: 2011
Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive
Iomega’s eGo 320GB USB 3.0 portable hard drive immediately hits you with its sense of style, but fortunately, there’s substance to back it up. The drive is priced at £55, where on a pound for gigabyte basis, there’s clearly better value elsewhere but the Iomega eGo adds a justifiable premium. Ths is the performance addition…
Samsung 830SSD 512GB (MZ-7PC512D/EU)
In early 2011 Samsung reminded the world that they actually make SSD’s. This was when they launched the 470 series of drives, with a 3Gb/s interface that received well-deserved praise but unfortunately the timing of the launch was around the same time as Sandforce unleashed its mighty SF2000 series of SATA 6Gb/s controllers. These left…
Nikon COOLPIX P7100
Another year, another upgrade. Nikon have decided enough time has elapsed to look seriously at last year’s flagship model in the COOLPIX digital compact series, the P7000, and make a few significant alterations and additions to meet the needs of today’s serious pro-am photographers. If you gave a cursory glance at the exterior you would…
Xerox Phaser 6010
The first outing for Xerox’s colour LED print engine was in Dell’s range of small-footprint colour printers and all-in-ones, launched in 2010. Since then, Xerox has built them into its own range of low-cost devices. The Phaser 6010 now arrives as a smart, smooth, ice-white and translucent blue box, taking up very little room on…
Epson Stylus Office BX935FWD
The circa £200 level of the market for home office-friendly, do-it-all printers is competitive indeed, but this oversized option from Epson covers more bases than most – and proves an efficient performer in key areas. An inkjet, rather than the more fashionable laser, printer, the BX935FWD can indulge not just in printing, but also in…
Canon PIXMA MG2150
While the dreaded Retail Price Index continues to rise, which makes the monthly food and utilities bills that much more scary, it’s reassuring to know that some useful household products seem to be heading in the opposite direction. If you run a small business from home and need to replace or install a new printer,…
The Best Apple iPhone games – Group Review
That’s enough work for this year then. Instead, let’s check out a selection of our top iPhone games courtesy of many happy hours spent thumbs a-tapping, when we should have been doing something sensible. APP OF THE MONTH: Tiny Wings, PRICE: 69p, RATING: 5/5 Of course there had to be an iPhone game with birds…
Gigaset SL910A
Given that most home telephones look like they were designed by Fred Flintstone (with Barney Rubble perhaps consulting on the documentation) it’s surprising that it’s taken this long to see something you plug into a landline that looks like a smartphone and has some smartphone-style features – most impressively a full colour touch screen. Smartphone…
Android Smartphone Apps Roundup December 2011
‘Tis the season to be jolly. Whether it is planning your Christmas present buying, relaxing during the holidays season or just customising your phone there’s plenty on offer this festive season that will mean your smartphone can help you achieve a state of Christmas bliss. Christmas Radio PRICE: £FREE RATING: 4/5 If you like Christmas…
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
If you don’t load up Harry Potter: Years 5-7 expecting any kind of surprise, then rest assured, there’s no chance of a rug being pulled on you. The LEGO games have, for many years, worked to a core formula, and the fact that this particular title follows on from the earlier Harry Potter Years 1-4…