Tag: REVIEW
Shiny Video Review: Vye MiniV UMPC
It’s more video fun from The Susi And Katie Hour, today looking at the MiniV UMPC device from Vye.
At a sliver under £800, does the 120GB of storage capacity, 800MHz Intel A110 processor and 1GB of RAM warrant the price? Or should…
Shiny Video Review: Nokia 8800 Arte Collection
Zara recently risked life and limb, when she reviewed two of the 8800 Arte Collection handsets from Nokia, one retailing for £750, the other £850. What did she think of the Vertu rivals? Check it out above…
Shiny Video Review: RIM's BlackBerry Pearl 8110
Haven’t caught wind of the new 8110 Pearl handset from BlackBerry? Well, lucky for you, our very own Katie Lee has put together a short review of the Blue Slate mobile, and pitted it against the original Pearl, which she’s already very fond of.
She also touches on the new price plans from T-Mobile, just recently announced, which include instant email for only £5 a month…
Shiny Video Review: Griffin Evolve wireless speakers
Opinions were split with these wireless speakers from Griffin, with Susi loving them, but Katie being quite unsure about their consistent quality. Nonetheless, if you happen to side with Susi in the video review above, pick them up for £200…
Shiny Video Review: Tech Digest throws waterproof gadgets into the Thames, but do they survive?
I’m down at the Thames River in London, soaking up the non-existent sun, and have just tested a bunch of electronics which claim to be ‘waterproof’. This was an extremely nerve-wracking video to film, namely because it was my personal mobile phone and PSP within those OverBoard cases, along with a recently-announced 850 SW camera from Olympus,…
Shiny Video Review: BooM China speakers from TwinMOS
It’s a vase. It’s a speaker. No, wait! It’s a vase speaker! It’s a vase speaker that costs £179.99!…
Shiny Video Review: Medion MD 96625 budget laptop
At a sliver under £500, this laptop is officially ‘budget’ however there’s a few commenters on our YouTube channel who claim in usual YouTube speech, ‘£500 no way is that a budget price’. I’d say for you tech-savvy readers however, you’ll agree with me when I respond to the YouTube commenter ‘yuh huh it so way is a budget price. n00b’. Check…
Shiny Video Review: Liscio mobile phone from Onyx
It’s decidedly ‘budget’, however does it still get Susi and Zara’s seal of approval? Take a look above for their verdict on the Liscio handset from Onyx, which has a 1.1″ OLED screen, 128MB of storage expandable through the microSD…
UK Government to investigate path to next generation broadband
Think your pitifully slow “nowhere near up to eight meg” broadband is a joke? You may be vaguely encouraged that the Government is starting to look at how we move Britain into truly fast, “next generation” broadband.
The Business and Competitiveness Minister, Shriti Vadera, launched the independent review on Friday. It will look at the importance of 100Mbps+ broadband to British businesses, and what the potential barriers are to achieving those kind of speeds.
“The way we will do business, access many government services, as well as information and entertainment, will change beyond recognition over our lifetime. New technologies will push the boundaries of today’s communications infrastructure,” she said. “We need to prepare the way for the UK to adopt groundbreaking new technologies to ensure that we do not get left behind – competitively or technologically.”
Shiny Video Preview: Toshiba's G450 mobile phone / MP3 player / modem
Oh dear – the quality of this video is rather shocking due to it being shot in England, aka, The Land With No Sun. My apologies. If you can get past the low-light, you’ll see the G450 from Toshiba in my hand, which is the mobile phone/MP3 player/modem combo…
