The BlackBerry Curve 8500 series is coming to all carriers, including Sprint, which offers the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8530. Like most smartphones, the smartphone is a great foray into the world of electricity. smart phone for first time buyers. While it doesn’t have some of the premium design elements of other devices, the Curve 8530 … Read more
Do looks matter in a budget business notebook? Budget laptops are necessary for the self-employed and those without lots of money to burn, but those same users might also be entrepreneurs who prefer affordable, nicely designed machines that do double-duty as personal laptops rather than boxy generic systems. Lenovo clearly felt the same way: the … Read more
Design If you are looking for a comprehensive design analysis then you have chosen the wrong utility: it is a black plastic box. It’s about the size of a pack of cards, which we think is a bit curved but still pretty bad. On top of the box is the PlayStation logo and power LED. … Read more
INQ Chat 3G becomes popular and cheap INQ 1and put a full QWERTY keyboard on top. It’s a tasty addition like gravy on a pile of mashed potatoes, but the Chat 3G doesn’t live up to BlackBerry device which it simulates. 3G chat is available from £ 90 on a pay as you go agreement … Read more
Unlike the multitude of speakers available for Apple’s iPod and iPhone, Microsoft’s fledgling Zune portable music player speaker options are few and far between. Fortunately, most of the accessories made for the Zune are of pretty high quality, for example IHome ZN9 alarm clockand a solid speaker base is called Kicker ZK500. For an equally … Read more
As a sequel to one of our favorite Netbooks, the HP Mini 5102 has some sizable shoes to fill up. It’s not HP’s pick of the components we like on our 10-inch business line system – after all, most 2009 Netbooks share a very similar component – that is. is the overall build and design … Read more
We were not in love more advanced models from Apple’s most recent Mac Mini update, but we’re a bit more aggressive about this $ 599 version. A reasonably functional desktop, the entry-level Mac Mini will offer consistent everyday performance, wrapped in a familiar aluminum and plastic casing, still attractive. That combination makes this Mac Mini … Read more
Editor’s Note, Jan. 25, 2010: We initially miscalculated the ratings for this product. Overall correct rating is 6.0; Design is 7, Feature is 7 and Performance is 4. It’s nothing new, but the headphone makers’ trend in developing the newest “fashion transition” model saw a dramatic increase late in the year. Newcomers to Urbanears provide … Read more
Design and features Twinkle Little Star. Samsung Star, that is, is offered as Virgin Mobile’s prepaid phone. It’s a light and nimble creature weighing just 93.8g and at first you would almost expect the Star to have a sliding keyboard thanks to its slender design and smooth curves. Even though it didn’t do that well, … Read more
Samsung N150 One of the first netbooks to use the next generation Atom N450 CPU, the 10-inch N150 offers excellent battery life. Combined with the anti-reflective matte display, this makes it a good choice for barbarians on the road, even if it doesn’t offer a huge performance improvement over previous netbooks.