Articles by Jamie Carter
Philips HMP2000 Netflix Box
Boxee, WD Live and other tiny streamers are trying their hardest to offer a no-strings alternative to the market leader, but the gloss black and diminutive 90 x 50 x 100mm HMP2000 arrives looking every bit like an Apple TV wannabe. What it lacks in smartphone or tablet integration the HMP2000 tries to make-up for…
TomTom Western Europe for iPhone
This turn-by-turn app, from the brand that popularised the sat nav, is the most expensive around by a country mile. The cynic in us thinks this might be because TomTom can see the lucrative market for GPS hardware disappearing before its very eyes, as touchscreen smartphones become dominant. The company promises that its range of…
Pentax Q
Why does less always cost more? The Pentax Q is the smallest interchangeable lens camera, which was launched in the UK late last year. It proved too pricey and has just received a massive price cut, as a direct result. No sooner had this review sample of the Q landed in our palm, than its…
Samsung NP-900X3A-B02
January’s International CES may have been dominated by a new generation of ultrabooks, but Samsung has been playing the super-slim game for some time – with its 16.3mm-slim Series 9 laptops. Styled as ‘ultra portable’ notebooks, the slinky, metallic-styled Series 9 is a clear challenge to Apple’s 19mm-deep MacBook Air range. This variation is squarely…
Vivitek H1080
Office projectors adept with still images and Powerpoint slides are all very well – and very cheap – but with an increasing need for video and moving images in work situations, the video-capable category is getting more and more exposed to the mass market. Vivitek’s latest, a 1080p-capable beamer, primarily designed for home cinemas rather…
Polaroid Z340
Like Hoover, Sellotape and Tannoy, in its heyday the Polaroid brand was used almost as a generic term for a certain product. Can the instant photography concept make a comeback in the digital age? The Z340 is hot on the heels of products such as the X720E camcorder and an extension of the Lady GaGa-promoted…
Epson Stylus Photo PX730WD
Epson’s latest printer may be provisionally aimed at iDevice owners, but it’s D-SLR owners that are the real benefactors. The lab-quality photos is the carrot offered by Epson here. The mid-priced option from its Stylus Photo line-up does indeed deliver a convincing argument, for home printing. The promise of great quality prints is no longer…
Cocktail Audio X10
The X10 is all about digitising, accessing and even adding to a music collection – and all without the need for a computer, with the ability to fit over 7,000 albums on its 500GB innards. Working as a NAS drive as well as a modern day hi-fi, we’re not sure the X10 fills a gap…
Lenovo ThinkPad X220i
We’ve heard Lenovo’s hard-wearing laptops have come in for some pretty sturdy praise, from those with a fleet of mobile employees as well as the road-warrior class themselves. The arrival of the X220i is a good chance for us to test the brand’s rugged reputation. The Lenovo’s ThinkPad brand is reassuringly expensive to potential professional…