Archive for the ‘Toys’ Category
Review: Motorola International 3200 GSM Phone
I bought a ‘new’ phone September last year and I realise that I haven’t put any details up. I’d had my eye on an ‘old school’ phone for some time, and one came up on ebay that I was able to snag. The Motorola International 3200 was the first hand-held digital cellphone, beaten to being [...]
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Review: PhotoFast G Monster 1.8″ V4 SSD
Here are some preliminary benchmark results, using CrystalDiskMark 3, for my new 1.8″ SSD. I have also performed tests using a 1.8″ HDD. The SDD is a PhotoFast G Monster V4, in the 1.8″ ZIF form-facto and the HDD is a Toshiba MK1011GAH. 5x 100MB + 5x 1000MB with HDD 5x 100MB + 5x 1000MB [...]
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Review: Audio-Technica QuietPoint ATH-ANC3 Active Noise Cancelling Headphones
I’ve been using Audio-Technica ATH-CK5 -in-ear phones for about three years now, and the little plastic loop on one perished and so it doesn’t sit well in my ear any more. This is a shame because these earphones have great sound (considering the price) and have the bulk of the cord removable. They’re designed to [...]
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Review: Cambridge Audio Sonata AR30 Receiver
Our old stereo amplifier finally got to the point it was taking too long for the right channel to turn on, and our hands were getting sore from thumping it, that it was time for a new amp. Decisions, decisions! Our requirements were quite simple: Had to sound good, but not superb AM/FM receiver built [...]
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Review: iriver B30 Music Player
My old iPod Nano (first generation, 4GB) was starting to get a little long in the tooth and so I’ve had a good look around at the options for replacement. The choice came down to two: the latest ipod nano with video playback, and the iriver B30. I’ve gone with the B30 for a few [...]
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Review: Asus EEE Box
I’ve replaced two HP e-Vectra computers (P3-600s) that were getting long in the tooth with an EEE Box B202 running Windows XP Home. This is a really nice machine that draws very little power. I’ve got it set up as a file server for exchanging files at home, a place to store backups, runs my [...]
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Review: Blueant Z9i Headset
Update (13/8/2008): My Z9i wasn’t performing quite to spec. It wouldn’t pair with more than two devices (advertised as doing 5) and was sometimes connecting and disconnecting with my W880i cellphone. I thought I was going slightly mad, but I found an interesting posting on the Mobile Barbarian blog. It seems that others were having [...]
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Review: Unicomp Customizer 104/105 Keyboard
I’ve been on the hunt for a really good keyboard for some time. I bought a cheap Logitech one to go with my new desktop PC, but discovered that the arrangement is non standard. While it has all the keys (unlike some of the Apple keyboards) they’re in strange places and crammed in together. I [...]
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Review: iGo Stowaway Sierra Bluetooth Keyboard
I’ve been looking for a bluetooth keyboard to make life a little easier with my Dell PDA (X51v), but I was pushed to do something about it when I bought the Fujitsu P1620 laptop. The keys on that laptop are useable for simple things, but to bang out a blog entry would be easier using [...]
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Using a cellphone for email
Yesterday I set up my Gmail account with IMAP. I’d been using Gmail for sometime with POP3, but IMAP works better with slow connections as you can delete the crud before it is downloaded. My cellphone, a SonyEricsson W880i, supports IMAP and SMTP, so I thought I’d change the mail settings from my Dreamhost account [...]
