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Kobo Wireless eBook Reader review
In a market that’s increasingly dominated by Amazon and its Kindle, Kobo has relied on aggressive pricing and the promise of free books to get people interested in its own e-reading product. Its entry level device is the Kobo Wireless e-Reader, selling for £69.99 when we went shopping. Kobo sweetens the deal, too, by pre-loading…
BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone preview
After a short break in their release cycle, Research In Motion has now brought us the BlackBerry Bold 9790 – which was first announced back in November, 2011. This phone was unveiled along with the first full touch screen Curve 9380. This was made available, soon after launch. In many ways, this handset only lags…
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet
Samsung was very early out of the starting blocks with its original Galaxy Tab, which ran on Android 2.2. Now the company has come up with a 10.1in tablet which runs on Android 3.1 – and it’s an absolute stunner. Stylish buildSamsung has been in the wars with its tablet and smartphones, facing legal challenges…
Acer Iconia Tab A100
The great plus point of 7in tablets is that they’re easy to carry around – easier than their larger 10in brethren simply because they slip more neatly into a bag or even a large coat pocket. The price you pay is a smaller viewing area, obviously – but Acer thinks it’s a price worth paying,…
ViewSonic ViewPad 10 Pro
There are lots of tablets to choose from at the moment but Viewsonic has come up with a new wheeze with its the ViewSonic ViewPad 10 Pro. If you aren’t sure whether you want a Windows tablet or an Android one, you can choose the ViewPad 10 Pro and have both. The ViewSonic ViewPad 10…
LG Pentouch 50PZ850T plasma TV
While other displays from LG concentrate on 3D and even split-screen gaming and its Korean rival unveils its Samsung Galaxy Note scribble-smartphone, this plasma TV is all about doodling in digital on a huge 50in flat-panel display. You can have a look at the 50PZ850T in action here – and what you’ll notice immediately is…
VIDEO: Samsung Slate PC Series-7 at IFA 2011, Berlin – hands-on
A closer look at the new Samsung Slate – a tablet that adds slick touchscreen functionality to Windows 7, providing business users with proddable, portable computing power – without having to ditch familiar packages such as Microsoft’s Office. For a full first-look review of the Samsung Slate, click here.
Samsung Slate PC Series-7 at IFA 2011, Berlin – first look
UPDATE: To watch the Samsung Slate in action at IFA, click here. Rather overshadowed on Samsung’s humungous booth at IFA, Berlin was a device that could well be a glimpse at the future of tablet computers – or perhaps not. In a move that takes the debate back to square one, Samsung has created a…
VIDEO: LG Pen Touch at IFA 2011, Berlin
A closer look at the LG Pen Touch plasma touchscreen TV at IFA 2011, Berlin. Controlled using pressure-sensitive styluses, this super-sized plasma touchscreen not only enables users to draw on-screen, but incorporates multitouch features such as zooming by ‘pinching’ using a stylus in each hand.