Monthly Archives: August 2011
Logitech Wireless Speaker Z515
Fancy sharing all those 10,000 tunes on your iPad or iPhone when you’re out with your mates at a decent volume, without having to pass your earphones round the circle? The Logitech Wireless Speaker Z515 is designed to do just that, providing a decent level and quality of sound without the need to carry a…
HTC Evo 3D
The HTC Evo 3D is the second Android smartphone we’ve seen to offer some 3D capability. It is a direct rival to LG’s Optimus 3D (reviewed here) – and while it betters that handset in one or two respects, if it’s 3D you are specifically after, LG wins the race by a short neck. Big…
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3
Many photography enthusiasts want more than the basic do-it-all-for-you compact, but aren’t quite brave enough to launch into the complexities of a full-on DSLR. For some, it’s enough to add a selection of mode dials and increased manual options – but others want the flexibility that DSLRs allow with their interchangeable lenses. As a result,…
LaCie CloudBox
For those who bother to back up at all, the choices are simple – local backup to one or more hard drives which may then be physically removed from the premises for safe-keeping, or online, cloud-based storage. There are advantages and disadvantages to both: local storage is likely to be much quicker but subject to…
Snowflake Portable USB Microphone by Blue Microphones
The Snowflake Portable USB Microphone is, at first glance, a nifty piece of kit, which mounts a decent-ish quality mic (more on that in a minute) onto a strong metal base. It’s a nice idea, and one intended to help counter the poor quality of many low budget, portable microphones. The mic is designed to…
Paragon Hard Disk Manager 11 Professional
A hard disk manager is one of those pieces of software which is essential when you need to restructure a drive – but for many users, it’s infrequently used at other times. To increase its overall usefulness, Paragon has built in an effective back-up tool and a lot of extras into the latest version of…
Call of Juarez: The Cartel by Ubisoft
Call of Juarez is a Wild West shooter franchise – except it isn’t any more, not with the latest outing. The Cartel shifts the series to a modern day setting, with 1878 Colts replaced by AK-47 assault rifles, and dynamite switched for grenades. The story revolves around a Mexican drug cartel who are poisoning the…
The best Apple iPhone apps for reference and research – group test
The reference category of the Apple iTunes App Store is vast, taking in everything from birds in the trees – and the trees themselves – to TV programmes, knots, airport guides and, inevitably, Angry Birds walkthroughs. (Here’s our AB walkthrough by the way – see those birds? Fling them at those pigs). So this month…