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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
My second Transcend hard drive review for the week, this time we have the StoreJet 100 for Mac which is a 2TB USB 3.0 mechanical exceptional hard drive that has Mac specific features including support for Time Machine and HFS+ file system. The unit itself is quite attractive as far as external HDs go, it … Read more
Inateck is a lesser known company that sells a lot of products on Amazon including USB hubs, HD docks, chargers and speakers. I was recently send their BTSP-20 water-resistant bluetooth speaker which is currently available on Amazon for a bargain price of £32.99. This is not an attractive speaker at all, and unfortunately I would … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Another new company and another pair of in-ear headphones to review. Today I have the PUMP audio earphones which has some quite cocky marketing claiming they are the best earphones in the world. So are is this claim true? Let’s find out. From the press literature I received the earphones are: “Designed for premium audio … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
You may have not heard of Naim before unless you are an audiophile but they hope to change this with the release of their Mu-So all in one wireless speaker. Priced at £895 this would be considered a high end speaker for most people, but it is actually an entry level system for Naim. The … Read more
Gadgeo are a relatively new brand that produces iPhone accessories and earphones. Priced at £19.99 with free delivery these earphones are targeting quite a large crowd including the excellent SoundMAGIC E10, the well established Sennheiser CX 300 II, or even the FSL Zinc earphones with a 3 year warranty. The earphones come basically but nicely … Read more