Articles by Gareth Halfacree
Speaktoit Assistant voice-activated Android app
Apple’s iPhone 4S Siri voice assistant – a built-in artificially intelligent assistant that responds to spoken queries and commands – certainly wowed the crowds, but it wasn’t new: Siri Assistant was available as a stand-alone app for iOS devices before Apple bought the company in 2010. Meanwhile, other companies have been producing equivalents for rival…
Jexaa JexTab 812HD Android tablet
The JexTab 812, a self-branded tablet from budget IT specialist Jexaa, promises much: an eight-inch high-resolution display, Android 2.3 ‘Gingerbread,’ and a powerful processor under the hood for under £200. Can it really deliver? Core specificationsThe JexTab 812 is based on a CR-8002HD chassis from Chinese OEM GoldenCreel. As such, it includes a Rockchip 2918…
iPhone 4S: what’s changed and what’s inside – first look
As expected, Apple has launched a successor to its popular iPhone 4 smartphone, but it’s not an iPhone 5: instead, the company has concentrated on boosting the internals while keeping the exterior the same, calling the result an iPhone 4S. Same box, new tricksIt’s not the first time Apple has done that: the successor to…
Dell Vostro 3350 laptop
Going compact – and in the laptop world, that means anything below a 15.6in screen – usually means ditching performance and features, but Dell’s Vostro 3350 promises to change all that. Borrowing a few design features from its rivals, it’s a 13.3in laptop with some serious grunt under the hood – but is it all…
HP TouchPad
The HP TouchPad tablet – the world’s first, and seemingly last, webOS-powered tablet – failed to take the world by storm when it launched, but a last-minute stock clearing reduction has slashed the price to a mere £89, and triggered a flood of tablet purchases unlike anything we’ve seen before. With HP having officially abandoned…