Livio Radio: Pandora Features In A Box
While traditional radio may be on the way out, its internet cousin continues to thrive, sometimes even managing to make waves. Services like Pandora and Last.fm have taken the reins from traditional airwaves and now supply the much The Livio Radio is an internet radio box that allows you to enjoy Pandora programming away from [...]
Samsung U5 Review: High-Quality Music Playback, Paltry Storage
The Samsung U5 is a small MP3 player in a long USB stick form-factor. Highly portable and inexpensive, it’s a good alternative to larger MP3 players, especially during workouts when the heft of your phone or iPod can prove to be a bother. At first glance, it looks much like a regular flash drive, complete [...]
Sony Ericsson F305 Review: Great Gaming Handset, Sadly It’s Not The PSP Phone
A PSP phone has been on a few people’s wish list for at least the last year. All indications, however, point towards such a device not really being in the cards, with nary a peep of a rumor coming out pointing to one. The Sony Ericsson F305, the company’s latest gaming phone, may be as [...]
Zune HD No Longer A Rumor, Doesn’t Come With HD Display
Microsoft just put an official stamp on the ongoing Zune HD rumors, clearing up the company’s future plans for the once-thought-to-be-doomed brand. As it turns out, the iPod Touch competitor is slated towards the second half of the year. As with pretty much every PMP in the market that dares tag an “HD” to its [...]
Kodak EasyShare M1093 IS Review
Sometimes, an ordinary camera that works as advertised is all you need. That, most certainly, is the case with the Kodak EasyShare M1093 IS. Aimed squarely at the budget end of the market, it comes with a complete set of expected features, along with one or two pleasant surprises along the way. Sporting a streamlined [...]
InFamous Review: Is This The Game To Save The PS3 From Itself?
The first few times I saw screenshots of the exclusive PS3 title Infamous, I was blown away. It looked so good, it made me want to get a PS3 at home (instead of playing at wherever I can get my hands on it). Luckily, I didn’t. For all the amounts of amazing (sorry, been following [...]
Samsung ST50 Review: One Sexy Compact Camera
Never been a big fan of Samsung cameras (never handled one before this, actually) but the ST50 looked sexy enough to pop my cherry. Measuring 94.2 x 55.7 x 16.6 mm, it’s totally pocketable, with considerably slim lines and decent-enough features for a point-and-click, it’s a hard device to resist. The back sports a 2.7-inch [...]
Apple Tablet Rumors: On The Way To Ridiculous
News of an Apple tablet hit the blogosphere hard this week, bouncing off of Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster’s latest statements about “the likelihood” of the device coming next year. As expected, online media of all sorts, shapes and sizes picked up on the prediction – which, like all analyst statements, probably won’t happen, but [...]
Budget-Friendly Samsung R522 Laptop Review
Looking for a work-centric budget laptop from a well-known manufacturer? Machines from Samsung’s R-series typically fit the bill, including the recently released 15.6-inch R522. Overall build quality is impressive, with the hardwearing plastic case looking durable enough to withstand daily rigors. High-gloss outer lid, as with the rest of the R-series models we’ve seen, attracts [...]
Standalone Media Players: Is It Time To Die Yet?
Yesterday, HP announced it will be discontinuing its MediaSmart Connect line. Last Friday, Linksys announced their range of media extenders are also getting the boot. The standalone network media player, for all intents and purposes, has proven a failure – and rightly so, in my opinion. While I personally appreciate streaming my downloaded pirated content [...]
