Tag Archive for 'hands-on'

Apple’s fourth-generation iPod nano has obviously learnt a lot from its bigger siblings, and with a slick new redesign gone is the controversial chunky casing.  The 2-inch display, with the same 320 x 240 resolution as the third-generation model, is crisp and bright, and the automatic rotation works quickly.  As with the iPhone and iPod [...]

It might not have had the full makeover that the new iPod nano received, but the second-generation iPod touch is still no slouch.  Arguably with less that needed fixing, Apple made some selective tweaks to both hardware and software that, while not quite matching the rumors, nonetheless keep the iPod touch ahead of the game.  [...]

Samsung took the wraps off their new YP-Q1 PMP at IFA 2008, and we stopped by to have a play.  With a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD, a choice of 4, 8 and 16GB capacities and touch-sensitive controls, the Q1 really should be a home run for Samsung; unfortunately, from our brief hands-on at least, we’d wager [...]

Samsung have set themselves a big task with the X360, taking on the MacBook Air, Lenovo’s X-series and numerous other models in the competitive ultraportable segment.  It tips the scales lighter than the Air (by a scant 3oz) thanks in no small part to its plastic rather than metal casing, but in our brief hands-on [...]

iRiver’s SPINN PMP keeps pulling in the kudos, and our hands-on at IFA 2008 didn’t do anything to make us doubt it.  Even a strange leather flip-case that looked like it was held on with medical tape couldn’t disguise a casing that, arguably, is more attractive than that of the iPod touch.  It’s the interface, [...]

Back in May, we talked about the Sony Sountina and its release in Japan, but now we’ve gotten up close and personal with the glass speaker at IFA 2008. Milena has sent over some great shots of the omnidirectional speaker, which is truly part sound device, part piece of art.

We had the opportunity to spends some hands-on time with Lenovo’s ThinkPad X200 recently, the company’s latest ultraportable and the smallest of the X-series notebooks.  With a 12.1-inch, 1280 x 800 WXGA display and choice of 2.26GHz (P8400) or 2.4GHz (P8600) Intel Core 2 Duo processors, the X200 is just 0.8-inches thick.  It’s also being compared [...]

HP have unveiled a set of new mobile workstations, the 8530w and 8730w, with options including Blu-ray, up to 8GB of RAM and the company’s WUXGA DreamColor display.  Both notebooks have a choice of Intel Core2 Duo  (up to 3.06 GHz, 6 MB L2 cache) or Core2 quad-core mobile processors, military-spec casings and a choice [...]

Sony invited us down to the Hilton in midtown Manhattan earlier on today to spend some hands-on time with their new 2008 VAIO lineup.  While the company could never be accused of pushing out exactly unstylish notebooks, the latest Z, FW, SR and BZ machines are particularly successful when it comes to a cohesive and [...]

Here she is folks - iPhone 3G. The iPhone 3G is launching this morning starting on the east coast at 8AM, and I have right here our very own iPhone 3G.

First thing I noticed is that in the hand, despite the swollen dimensions, the second-gen iPhone feels just as, if not more, svelte than its [...]