Amazon Echo Show 5 vs Echo Show 8 – Which is best for Black Friday?
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Amazon Echo Show 5 vs Echo Show 8 – Which is best for Black Friday?

With the start of Black Friday, two of the standout deals are the recently launched Amazon Echo Show 5 and the Echo Show 8. At full RRP the price difference is big enough to differentiate them, with the Echo Show 5 costing £79.99 and the Show 8 being £40 more at £119.99. However, with Black…

OPPO getting into the mobile chipset business with OPPO M1

OPPO getting into the mobile chipset business with OPPO M1

It looks like the mobile chipset industry could be getting another playing in the near future. OPPO has filed a trademark with EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) for the OPPO M1. It is believed that at Oppo has hired engineers from Speadtrum and MediaTek to work on the M1 chip and that they could…

Amazon Black Friday Deals Day 1 – 22/11/19 – Echo Show 5 – £49.99 & Show 8 – £59.99

Amazon Black Friday Deals Day 1 – 22/11/19 – Echo Show 5 – £49.99 & Show 8 – £59.99

Today is the first official day of Amazon’s Black Friday sales, several retailers have already started theirs, with Amazon starting you can expect many more to follow suit. As usual, I will be doing a quick post each day with some of the best deals. Amazon always heavily discount their own products and it is…

Amazon launch Fire TV Blaster – Fire TV Cube functionality for older devices
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Amazon launch Fire TV Blaster – Fire TV Cube functionality for older devices

The stand out feature of the Fire TV Cube is the ability to control you AV equipment using voice commands. With the new Fire TV Blaster, you can combine and existing Fire TV Stick plus Echo and gain full voice control over your gear. The Fire TV Blaster is a small IR blaster that works…

Nextbase 522GW Dash Camera Review – Is it worth £40 extra vs the Nextbase 512GW dashcam?
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Nextbase 522GW Dash Camera Review – Is it worth £40 extra vs the Nextbase 512GW dashcam?

I reviewed the Nextbase 512GW dashcam 2 years ago, and to date, it has remained one of the dash cams I have used. Nextbase has followed this up with the 522GW now features Alexa, because what device doesn’t nowadays? Nextbase has launched this at the same RRP as the older model, £149.99, but that model…

Oppo squeezes another Reno launch in before the year is out with 5G Reno 3 using SD735
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Oppo squeezes another Reno launch in before the year is out with 5G Reno 3 using SD735

Most companies launch one phone in each range per year, OnePlus have a mid-year incremental upgrade, but OPPO will be launching the third version of the Reno before the end of the year. Companies appear to be scrambling as quickly as possible to launch a Qualcomm Snapdragon 735 based mid-range 5G phone. Realme, Xiaomi and…

Ubiquiti AmpliFi Alien Launches with 8×8 MIMO Wi-Fi 6 and Mesh Capabilities for Gigabit Home Wi-Fi
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Ubiquiti AmpliFi Alien Launches with 8×8 MIMO Wi-Fi 6 and Mesh Capabilities for Gigabit Home Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6 has had a slow start this year. The Samsung Galaxy S10 is the only phone to feature it so far, and laptops and motherboards have only just started to come out featuring either the Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 Module or the Killer AX1650 module. Currently, it has been Netgear leading the way with…

Ely Mattress – an affordable eco-friendly all-natural mattress with a 30-day trial & 30% off for Black Friday
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Ely Mattress – an affordable eco-friendly all-natural mattress with a 30-day trial & 30% off for Black Friday

While not exactly tech or a gadget, I have covered mattresses quite a bit on this site, good sleep is an essential part of your health and overall fitness and will have a far superior benefit than buying the latest sports watch. I have previously focussed a lot on memory foam mattresses, they tend to…

Nexar Dash Cam Review – An app reliant dash cam with free cloud storage
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Nexar Dash Cam Review – An app reliant dash cam with free cloud storage

Nexar is a new company to me, but they have a significant presence in the US with a particular focus on NYC (though they are an Israeli company). Nexar is built around its AI app, and the hardware they sell is reliant on this, which is quite a bit different than your standard dashcam which…

Samsung W20 5G foldable launched in China – A Galaxy Fold with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SoC
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Samsung W20 5G foldable launched in China – A Galaxy Fold with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ SoC

Yesterday Samsung launched a new device that we will never get to use in the UK, the Samsung W20 5G foldable phone. The W-series is exclusive to China only and this model is the first Samsung phone to feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ chipset. The new phone is a rebranded version of the Samsung Galaxy…