All the stories tagged with Hands-On
SimpleTech Signature Mini Drive Review
06/22/2008, A few months ago, we tested the SimpleDrive from SimpleTech, this time we had the opportunity to lay our hands on the new SimpleTech series, the Signature Mini Drive. Our test unit is a Signature Mini Black Cherry 320GB. The packaging [...]
GeForce GTX 280 Review, and Why Everyone Should Care
06/16/2008, Click for live photos gallery, NVIDIA is releasing two new high-end graphics cards called GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 (official photo gallery), both are part of the GTX 200 Series. The timing is perfect: it will allow the NVIDIA [...]
HP iPaq 910c Hands-On
06/12/2008, Click to see the iPaq 910c on all sides [HP – Berlin 2008] I got my hands on the HP iPaq 910c, that will ship on June 30th. This long awaited 3G smartphone packs some nice connectivity features: Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE [...]
HP TouchSmart IQ506 – Hands-On
06/11/2008, The HP TouchSmart PCs (IQ504 and IQ506) are generating quite a buzz after they have been shown. We had the chance to play with one, and here are our first impressions. First of all, this is an evolution of the [...]
iZ3D 22″ LCD Monitor Review
03/28/2008, We have reviewed the iZ3D LCD monitor in the past, but that was the 17″ version of yore. Fast forward in time and you get a larger screen real estate as the most notable of improvements. One thing you’ll notice [...]
Mio launches the Moov product line – Mio Moov 310 Review
03/24/2008, Today, Mio unveiled four new GPS: Mio Moov 200, 210, 300 and 310, for a MRSP of $179.95, $199.95, $229.95 and $249.95 respectively. The 200 and 210 have a 3.5 TFT Anti-Glare Touch Screen (320 x 240) and the 300 [...]
SixthSense: RFID-based Surveillance
03/05/2008, [Microsoft TechFest 2008] Dr Venkat Padmanabhan from MSR Lab in Bangalore showed me a demo of this RFID-based Enterprise Intelligence application. Each object in an office has its passive RFID tag. When a person moves one object, the RFID antennas [...]
LucidTouch: the “reverse iPhone” concept
03/05/2008, [Microsoft TechFest 2008] Patrick Baudisch gave me a demo of the LucidTouch prototype that he is developing with his colleagues from Microsoft Research. Instead of the regular touch screen experience of the iPhone, the LucidTouch enables people to browse a [...]
Sony MDR-NC500D Review
03/03/2008, Everyone has heard of noise-canceling headphones but surprisingly few people actually used noise-canceling headphones. It is understandable, shelling several hundred dollars to get something that “might provide more comfort” is not tempting, at first. Off course, the best thing is [...]
Vudu Review
03/03/2008, The vudu is an elegant black box that promises to keep you far away from any DVD rental store. It is a “movie on demand” box for which the prices range from $.99 to $3.99. There is also an option [...]
Buffalo Turbo USB Is Faster
02/28/2008, You might have seen the claim by Buffalo that it’s “Turbo USB” could provide a performance boost that could be as high as 37%, we tested one of their unit and the verdict is: Turbo USB is faster. In our [...]
Skype for the PSP Review: It Is Good!
01/30/2008, We’re staying on top of this hot PSP topic: now that Skype has landed on the PSP, many of you might like to know how well it works. We tested it and our verdict is that it works really well. [...]
Monster Cables Beats by Dre Headphones Hands-On
01/29/2008, These headphones have been shown by Monster during CES (take a peek at our coverage), but I had a little bit of private time with Monster Cables and the Beats by Dre headphones, in the Apple store on Stockton in [...]
