Reviews, Technology

Nokia has taken a leap - making a phone that can compete with the likes of HTC Desire and the iPhone. Nokia has made touch screen handsets in the past but when the 'cool' names were mentioned, sadly a Nokia device was not on the list. Nokias answer is the N8, and the device seems to tell us a lot about Nokia itself!

A while back I wrote about semi-professional digital cameras under £200, which were all super zoom but my focus then was more toward manual controls. So I decided to take a fresh look at what long zoom lenses can offer in some of the newer compact camera models.

The Cyberphone developed by VoIP Voice is currently the best Skype compatible internet phone in terms of style, features and price.

Atcatels OT-708 is currently the cheapest touch screen phone on the market. It is pretty well rated and for the price tag of around £30 the features are impressive so I decided to take an in-depth look.

Smaller than a credit card the VX1i is light on the purse too with fully unlocked pay-as-you-go phones retailing from as low as £20. The pictures looked promising so I decided to take an in-depth look at this miniature mobile phone.

Amongst the HP Deskjet series of inkjet printers the D1560 and D1460 are popular models. In fact the D1560 it is one of the few available printers that gets over 4 stars in Amazon customer reviews and is frequently out of stock. I decided to find out why, and bought one for myself!

The DVD player market is plagued with DVD players all of which seem to perform the same function i.e. play video DVDs. However some players will also play other kinds of DVDs and CDs like MP3 CDs. Here I take a peek at a class of the most versatile DVD players which will play almost kind of disc you throw at them.

Between the world of pocket sized digital cameras and the DSLR lies the budding photographer who does not wish to spend a fortune buying a DSLR and yet is unhappy with the pocket sized camera that gives him very little or no control on the way the picture is taken. To meet the needs of these budding photographers I look at some of the best semi-professional digital cameras that are all under £200.

The Intel Atom N280 and AMD Athlon Neo MV40 are the two most popular Netbook processors. I emphasise Netbook here because I have seen attempts to sell machines having either of these as laptop and at times even desktop computers! Anyone buying a machine equipped with these processors expecting high level computing power will be disappointed. If you need a laptop buy a real laptop.

Canon's stylish IXUS range of digital cameras is aimed at the pocket camera market. These designed to impress cameras are slim and light weight and easily fit in the pocket or purse. They are not for pro photographers, however for their size they pack a lot of punch and match the superior image quality expected from Canon.