Over the past few days we have been playing with D-Links new range of smart home products called mydlink home. This is quite a simple range of products that offer an easy way to get into smart home and home automation. The 4 products that were supplied to review include: Home Monitor HD The mydlink…
Recently we had the opportunity to test Crucials memory upgrade service. The upgrade service is basically an automated way to be able to identify upgrade components that work with your current system. It seems to be quite a niche idea as I suspect most people that build their own system will already know what is…
Pretty much everyone has a Smartphone nowadays and every single one of them is plagued by poor battery life, so it is no wonder there has been a huge growth in companies producing external battery packs to charge your phone on the go. We get requests to review packs weekly but don’t see much point…
Over recent years solid state drives have plummeted in price and with the launch of USB3, with its transfer rates of up to 480Mb per second, we have started to see a growing supply of portable SSDs. The growth of this industry possibly fuelled by the trend of non removable drives in ultra portables, and…
Polaroid is one of the most iconic brands in history with the success of its instant cameras which dated back to 1948. Unfortunately the digital age has been unkind to Polaroid and they filed for bankruptcy back in 2001 and it has since used its licensed its brand for budget LCDs and DVD players. However…
It could be argued that now is not the best time to buy a TV, but I needed one and my requirments were relatively simple, I wanted a large 55″+ TV for less than £1k. Ideally I wanted 60″ or 4k but these too requirements appear to be unreasonably based on my budget. After researching…
Following my trip to Edinburgh with the #acerliveblog2014 event I have had some time to play with their Iconia Tab 8. The model supplied to us is the newer full HD model with a 8″ WUXGA 1920 x1200 screen that runs Android. The full specification includes: CPU – Quad-core Intel Atom Z3745 SoC running at…
Another relatively new company to the earphone market, Rock Jaw have developed a unique pair of earphones that stand out from the standard sub £50 crowd we are used to reviewing. Most earphones today tend to be quite bass heavy, often trying to replicate the success of Beats Audio. While there is nothing wrong with…
Before I arrived at the #acerliveblog2014 even I was not aware of Acers plans to enter the fitness tracking market, so it came as quite a surprise when they lent me a Liquid Leap for the weekend. Priced at £79.99 it is exactly the same price as the Fitbit Flex however Acer have added several…
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of attending an Acer live blogging event where I was able to try out several new devices of theirs to carry out some challenges set by Acer. Unfortunately due to some WiFi issues there was not that much live blogging done on my behalf, but I still managed…
SoundFace is a very new company to the market, their portable Bluetooth speaker is the first product they have launched. Soundface hope to hit the floor running, competing with more established names and products such as the Cambridge Audio G2 Ultra which we reviewed last month. The SoundFace speaker is competitively priced at £78 and…
Garmin has been at the forefront of fitness technology for many years so it comes as no surprise that they have launched into the fitness tracker market in an attempt to compete with companies like FitBit. They have entered the market with 2 products, the Vivofit and the VivoSmart priced at £99.99 and £139.99. The…
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