MediaTek is unrelenting when it comes to launching new chipsets. It is more or less a monthly occurrence for them now, with the MediaTek Dimensity 720 launching on the 23rd of July and now the announcement of another affordable 5G chipset the MediaTek Dimensity 800U. Being called the Dimensity 800U it would be logical to…
A short and slightly niche review compared to my usual content. Recently I have been covering quite a bit of multi-gig networking including the Zyxel XGS1210-12 switch as well as various multi-gig Wi-Fi 6 routers. Most of the affordable 10Gbps switches use SFP+ ports rather than copper RJ45 meaning you then need to find an…
Multi-gig networking has become a strange obsession for me, it is something I very rarely need to use, but I am willing to pay a disproportionate amount of money to get. However, my willingness to spend money is always within reason, and spending several hundred on a multi-gig switch is not what I would call…
The Reolink RLC-522 is the latest POE security camera for the brand and is quite unique in that it offers 3x optical zoom, but not PTZ. It is significantly cheaper than its PTZ optical zoom counterparts, and the advantage here is that you have a bit more flexibility about where you locate the camera. Specification…
With IFA coming up we will likely start to see a lot more leaks for new devices. The latest is from @RODENT950, who only states that these are upcoming devices from Huawei and Honor in Europe soon. I am not sure what events Huawei has planned for IFA yet, but Honor has an event planned…
Real translation devices have become increasingly popular recently offering some Star Trek like universal translation functionality. The Timekettle M2 is the latest model, offering a more affordable option compared to the £170 WT2 Plus. Timekettle M2 vs Timekettle WT2 Plus Specification The Timekettle M2 is both more affordable and designed to be used in a…
Our quick guide to mobile security In today’s world, our handheld devices have become lifelines of a sort. We conduct our online banking on mobile apps, we make major purposes from our mobile browsers, we let our devices remember our credit card details, and much more. In short, the amount of trust we place in…
After not reviewing a tablet for years, this is the third in the past few months. The Android tablet market is not the best, most companies appear to have abandoned the concept of tablets. This has left Samsung and Huawei fighting it out. Samsung is the way to go if you want a high-end device,…
Sonos may dominate the world of multiroom streaming speakers, but they are not necessarily the best all round. Bluesound has supported hi-resolution audio formats from the beginning, offering a key feature that Sonos, previously, did not offer. Things have changed a little since the launch of the Sonos S2 platform, which now offers hi-resolution formats,…
In the UK, mobile data has been improving faster than our wired connections. The average speed of the Internet in the UK is 22.37MB/s placing us 34th in the world, behind economic powerhouses such as Madagascar, Portugal, Malaysia and Andorra. As of 2019, the split for technologies connecting to the 24.8% using ADSL/ADSL2+, FTTC (54.5%),…
Recently, Huawei updated its range of laptops with the current Intel 10th Generation CPUs and newer Nvidia GeForce MX250 GPU, they also expanded the Matebook 13 with new affordable options powered by the AMD Ryzen5 3500U CPU. The model I have been sent to review sits at the top of the pack costing £1199.99 RRP…
The long-term success of Huawei phones without Google is reliant on them improving the AppGallery to be a suitable replacement to Google Play Store. There are currently lots of methods to get apps on your Huawei phone, including Petal Search, but none of these is an ideal solution, no one really wants to sideload apps…