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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008We name the best GPUs for performance and price
We’ve looked at a host of graphics chips, and while each new GPU generation has its fans who’ll dash out and buy it no matter what, plenty of punters prefer to wait and see whether they’re worth the money.…
Celio Redfly Windows smartphone terminal
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008An expensive horse for a specific course
Review A more focused variation on the pointless ill-fated Palm Foleo, the Redfly attempts to bring laptop/netbook usability to the humble Windows smartphone.…
VIA Nano ultra-low power processor
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Atom smasher?
Preview The mobo in our pics may look like a VIA SN18000G, which sells for about £150 with a 1.8GHz C7 processor, but it’s more exciting: it’s a reference board for VIA’s would be Atom-smasher: Nano.…
Samsung SGH-F400 music phone
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Bang & Olufsen speakers on a handset? Oh yes.
Review Some phones get all the luck. Some get to be called Soul, or Tocco - we found out it’s Italian for ‘touch’ - or even Omnia. But others get lumbered with a less emotive moniker. Like F400.…
Acer Aspire One A110
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008The Eee-beater to beat
Review It was all so simple at the start of the year. You wanted a Small, Cheap Computer™, you bought an Asus EeePC 701. Now we have a plethora of SCCs to choose from - and Dell has still to get in on the act.…
Ten Best Bluetooth Headsets
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Our pick of the top handset accessories
We used to laugh when Lt Uhura would sit at her station with a lump of metal in her lughole. Yet here we are, sticking our fingers in our ear so we can take calls on our teeny-tiny Bluetooth headsets.…
Samsung NV4 multimedia camera
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Nice looks, shame about the handling
Review This is the age of convergence, when the lines between various digital devices are blurred. Many use their mobile phone to take snaps, so it’s no surprise that camera manufacturers are fighting back.…
Orbitsound T12 soundbar
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Stereo sound from one speaker? That’s just crazy talk
Review The T12 stereo ‘soundbar’ represents a totally unique take on the category; it goes back to the dawn of stereo technology itself to deliver a genuine revolution in sound reproduction.…
Olympus SP-570 UZ ’superzoom’ camera
Saturday, August 9th, 2008This puppy packs a protruding 20x zoom
Review The problem with many in-between/crossbreed/hybrid products is that they can suffer a little from an identity crisis…and the Olympus SP-570 UZ is no exception.…
TomTom GO 530 Traffic satnav
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Already tip-top TomTom gets tweaked
Review Bearing a close resemblance to the 520, the GO 530 is the entry-level unit in the new TomTom 30 range, which has now replaced the well regarded and popular 20 series.…