It’s hard to believe that it’s been only 30 months since Taiwan’s Asus invented the netbook market with its Eee PC.
The power and design of the latest generation of netbooks make the original Eee PC look like it belongs in prehistory.
Netbooks, of course, are the low-cost — and typically low-powered — laptop computers that have [...]
When Nokia introduced its now iconic E71 smartphone in July 2008, it represented a huge leap over its predecessor, the E61i. Nokia’s answer to Research In Motion’s BlackBerry range, the E71 was slimmed down, with a much faster processor, and refined software.
It’s not a stretch to suggest that the E71, which is now used by [...]
Historically, Taiwan’s HTC has focused its energies on developing Windows Mobile-based smartphones. But in the past year or so, the handset manufacturer has been two-timing Microsoft by making more and more phones that run rival Google’s Android operating system.
The Tattoo, its latest Android offering, is meant as an entry-level touch-screen alternative to more expensive options [...]
When Apple introduced the iPhone in January 2007, some commentators were quick to write obituaries for the BlackBerry. Three years later, and Research in Motion, the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry, has proved all its sceptics wrong.
The BlackBerry Bold 9700, the follow-up to the already-popular Bold 9000, is Rim’s crowning achievement to date. In [...]
It takes two grown men to lift one of Mustek’s custom-built PC rigs. The Johannesburg-based company builds the machines for people with a need for serious computing speed.
The weight is not surprising when you consider the horsepower housed inside the gargantuan chassis. Using a custom Cooler Master “Cosmos” chassis, the Mecer Graphite-branded machine can house [...]
Research in Motion’s first touch-screen phone, the BlackBerry Storm, was developed, it appeared at the time, as a knee-jerk reaction to the threat posed by Apple’s then new iPhone.
It was clear that the Storm was rushed to market. Its processor was slow, resulting in a frustratingly unresponsive device, the software was far from polished, and [...]
Nokia isn’t launching the N900, its first Linux phone, in SA. Which is a pity, because I think this device could find a ready market among the tech set. [Update: Nokia has decided to introduce the product in SA after all. It will go on sale in the second quarter of 2010.]
The N900 represents Nokia’s [...]
The basic concept of the computer mouse has barely changed in the past 30 years.
Sure, they’ve become wireless, and they use lasers instead of dust-loving trackballs, but the basic concept hasn’t changed in all that time.
Apple’s new Bluetooth-based Magic Mouse (recommended retail price: R849) doesn’t reinvent the humble computer mouse either. But it is, by [...]
A couple of years ago, it was de rigueur (well, kind of) to be seen sporting a Bluetooth headset. People would wander around in their offices, restaurants, and even shopping malls, with headsets sticking out of the side of their heads. You don’t see that any more. I guess looking like a member of the [...]
Auto-rotating space-themed backgrounds! Surely no geek can resist that? You can get them, in the October 2009 release of Ubuntu, nicknamed Karmic Koala, which made its debut last Friday.
Though cool, this is the least of the reasons why Ubuntu 9.10 remains a contender in the operating system battle involving the excellent (if expensive) alternatives of [...]
