Archive for February, 2010

Sony Vaio F11 VPC-F11Z1/E 16.4 inch Intel Core i7 Multimedia Notebook Review

Sony Vaio F11 VPC-F11Z1/E 16.4 inch Intel Core i7 Multimedia Notebook Review
Posted in Notebook Reviews, Notebooks
Sunday, 28 February 2010 by Vito

We recently posted a review on the new Sony’s notebook featuring latest Intel platform the Sony Vaio Z VPCZ114GX/S that features Intel Core i5 this time we have a review on the 16.4 inch Intel Core i7 packing multimedia powerhouse the Sony Vaio F11 VPC-F11Z1/E. Not only it is an ultimate multimedia notebook but due to nVidia GeForce GT 330M dedicate graphics it actually can handle latest games if you don’t push the graphics settings to high. So what exactly does it bring to the table (yes literally to the table as it is a bit to big to fit in your lap) for the RRP €1,499. Sebastian Jentsch at NotebookCheck is able to answer our questions. In his review he found out that Sony Vaio F11 VPC-F11Z1E is a powerful notebook thanks to the Intel Core i7 720QM quad-core processor and dedicated nCidia GeForce GT 330M graphics. It offers abundance of connectivity such as HDMI, eSATA, SPDIF and FireWire. Oh and there is 8 GB of RAM and 64 bit Windows 7.


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HP Mini 210 HD with Broadcom Crystal Accelerator 10.1 inch Netbook Review

HP Mini 210 HD with Broadcom Crystal Accelerator 10.1 inch Netbook Review
Posted in Netbook Reviews, Netbooks
Saturday, 27 February 2010 by Vito

Dell Mini 1012 netbook isn’t the only netbook in town that features the Broadcom Crystal Video Accelerator chip. Now the HP Mini 210 HD packs one as well. Joanna Stern at Engadget spent some time with it and found out that even though its ClickPad was frustrating to use the HP Mini 210 HD offers an attractive design, comfortable keyboard and a decent 7 hour battery life. As far as for the Broadcom chip it brings some advantage over Intel GMA 3150 graphics but it doesn’t offer the same perfomance that nVidia ION does.


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Microsoft Arc Wireless Mini Keyboard Review

Microsoft Arc Wireless Mini Keyboard Review
Posted in Hardware, Hardware Reviews
Saturday, 27 February 2010 by Vito

Microsoft has produced many quality keyboards in the past but Microsoft Arc Wireless Mini Keyboard is the first one that is stylish, compact and most importantly at £31 a very affordable keyboard and Riyad Emeran at TrustedReviews concurs with us. We would just that add that it could make a great HTPC keyboard if it were only feature an integrated touchpad as well.


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Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W380 14 megapixel Digital Camera Review

Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W380 14 megapixel Digital Camera Review
Posted in Digital Camera Reviews, Digital Cameras
Saturday, 27 February 2010 by Vito

More megapixels doesn’t necessarily mean better image quality. So let’s find out if Sony managed to produce a camera with a whopping 14 megapixel that also performs well in low-light conditions. Rod Lawton at Cnet has the answers as he posted the review on the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W380 14 megapixel Digital Camera. His conclusion was that the Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-W380 is overall well-designed and versatile digital camera that manages to  produce  good quality photos.


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Asus K52JR-SX059V 15.6 inch Intel Core i3 Notebook Review

Asus K52JR-SX059V 15.6 inch Intel Core i3 Notebook Review
Posted in Notebook Reviews, Notebooks
Saturday, 27 February 2010 by Vito

It’s not i7, not even i5 but that doesn’t mean that Intel Core i3 doesn’t deliver enough power for all of your needs what also Sebastian Jentsch at NotebookCheck found out when he tested the Asus K52JR-SX059V 15.6 inch Intel Core i3 Notebook. He found out that the Asus K52JR-SX059V is a very efficient multimedia notebook and the Core i3-350M is superior to the Core 2 Duo processor when compared at the same clock rate.


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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 12 megapixel Digital Camera Review

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 12 megapixel Digital Camera Review
Posted in Digital Camera Reviews, Digital Cameras
Friday, 26 February 2010 by Vito

Panasonic has pretty much set the benchmarks for long zoom digital cameras with its Lumix TZ series. Cliff Smith at TrustedReviews posted a review on latest TZ series model the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 12 megapixel Digital Camera and it looks like that the TZ-10 continues the trend of Panasonic’s high quality long zoom camera series due to its good design, versatility, 12x optical zoom, optical image stabilisation, HD video recording, manual exposure and great low light performance.


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Dell Inspiron 580s Intel Core i3 Slimline Desktop PC Review

Dell Inspiron 580s Intel Core i3 Slimline Desktop PC Review
Posted in Hardware, Hardware Reviews
Friday, 26 February 2010 by Vito

Everyone is impressed by the power that gaming rigs such as Alienware Aurora ALX delivers but let’s not forget that most users are after basic desktop PC that are small, quite and most importantly affordable. Dell Inspiron 580s Intel Core i3 Slimline Desktop PC aims exactly at those users. Having a few Dell desktop PCs in our office we quite like Dell’s efforts in the desktop area so we were eager to see how their latest slimline PC will perform in test that was put through by J.R. Nelson at DesktopReview. His verdict was Dell Inspiron 580s isn’t the first and only attractive and capable slimline desktop PC but it definitely ticks all the right boxes such as good performance thanks to Intel Core i3, good build quality and very good value.


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Nokia E72 QWERTY Smartphone Review

Nokia E72 QWERTY Smartphone Review
Posted in Mobile Phone Reviews, Mobile Phones
Friday, 26 February 2010 by Vito

We used to own Nokia E71 and absolutely loved it so we were very happy to see the review of its successor the Nokia E72 as we wanted to find out if Nokia managed to keep the high standards it set with the E71. Frank Lewis at Cnet posted a review and his verdict was that the Nokia E72 is just an update of the E71 so it doesn’t bring anything revolutionary to the table. It features same great keyboard, build quality and messaging service as the E71 so even some BlackBerry users might want to switch.


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Alienware M11x 11.6 inch Gaming Notebook First Impressions Review

Alienware M11x 11.6 inch Gaming Notebook First Impressions Review
Posted in Notebook Reviews, Notebooks
Thursday, 25 February 2010 by Vito

We’ve already posted our share of information on the Alienware M11x 11.6 inch Gaming Notebook and now J. Simon Leitner at NotebookCheck posted first impressions review to give us some details about the chassis and hardware. In-depth review to follow soon. Not much to say here only that Dell has no idea about how currency exchange rates work as in US it starts at a very attractive price of $799 while here in UK it comes at a more premium £749.


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Asus Eee PC 1001p 10.1 inch Intel Pine Trail Netbook Review

Asus Eee PC 1001p 10.1 inch Intel Pine Trail Netbook Review
Posted in Netbook Reviews, Netbooks
Wednesday, 24 February 2010 by Vito

Asus keeps releasing new Eee PC models so that it is very difficult to keep track of them. Anyway next one up is the Asus Eee PC 1001p 10.1 inch Intel Pine Trail Netbook. Sebastian Jentsch at NetbookCheck posted a review and thinksthe Asus Eee PC 1001p is the basic Asus Intel Pine Trail model with no bluetooth, only a 160 GB hard drive and Windows XP. But on the upside it delivers 11 hour battery life so it is a bargain road warrior.


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