I’ve always been a fan of Nokia handsets. Well, I was, until a few years ago when the company broke what to me was its best series of keyboard-based smartphones, the E-Series. When it was released in 2008, the E71 was one of the best phones on the market. Then Nokia ruined it
We really like the Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Android-powered smartphone for one simple reason: its price. Although it is incredibly cheap at just R1 499, it doesn’t have the nastiness that so often accompanies budget handsets. For the price you get a physical keyboard, combined with a full-colour touch display
There’s no shame in trying to hang on to Apple’s coat tails considering the US company is now by far the most valuable technology company in the world. XtremeMac wears its allegiance on its sleeve, and its latest offering, the Tango Bar speaker, offers a
Just as every hardware manufacturer has leapt onto the tablet computer bandwagon with varying degrees of success, so, too, they’re racing to get ultraportable laptop computers to market. Toshiba’s latest offering, the Portégé R830, offers great competition in terms of price and features, even
There was a time when projectors were the almost exclusive domain of big companies and those with money to burn, as a decent model cost as much as a small car. With prices falling, however, they’re becoming increasingly popular as a television alternative or an addition to the travelling salesman’s wheelie-bag
Every now and then a gadget comes along that really blows our hair back. Often it’s not even the flashiest or priciest gadgets that do it, but the ones that take us by surprise by doing something we’ve never seen before. The Mighty Dwarf “vibration multimedia speaker” is one such device. The Mighty Dwarf turns any surface
“Siri, what’s the best smartphone?” “The one you’re holding.” “Again, Siri, what is the best smartphone?” “I think you’ve already answered that question.” One more time, Siri. “You’re kidding, right?” There’s no doubt that Siri, the voice-driven “digital assistant” built into the iPhone 4S is the coolest feature
Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone device running Android 4.0 (the oddly named Ice Cream Sandwich), lands on SA shores in the next few months. TechCentral got early access to the Galaxy Nexus and put the device through its paces. Apart from one major
Samsung’s latest compact camera, the MV800, is squarely aimed at people who love taking self-portraits. Its biggest selling point is its “MultiView” 3-inch touch display that rotates 180 degrees so it can be viewed while simultaneously looking into the lens. But even without the
For a long time, the only real manufacturer of the sort of slim, lightweight laptops that have earned the title “ultrabooks” has been Apple with its MacBook Air range. That’s fine if you’re an Apple user, or don’t mind becoming one, but not if you want or need to use Windows. Finally
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