Jun 01 2013
So, I decided to pull the trigger on an Android tablet in the form of the Asus Google Nexus 7 tablet as well as the official dock. I thought this would be a good way to get a more recent Android device as my Samsung Galaxy S is far too long in the tooth to …
Apr 04 2013
YouTube has become a staple website in terms of video streaming with it being very popular across smartphones, tablets and traditional computers alike. It’s handy to be able to share links with others via e-mail or social media but what if you’re in the same room with other people and you fancied pushing a video …
Jan 27 2013
Here is the unboxing video for the Huawei E589 4G Mini Wi-Fi modem! It’s about the size of a deck of cards and is small enough to pop in your pocket or handbag while still keeping your other devices connected. I’ve not yet tested battery life but I’ll get a better idea in the coming weeks. …
Jan 25 2013
A while back, I wrote about how you could use KeepVid to download videos from YouTube but with recent increases in the exploitation of Java I thought I would provide an alternative. YouTube Downloader HD is a native Windows or Mac OS X application that does not require Java in order to run plus it can download …
Jan 22 2013
As advised a couple of days ago, here’s the unboxing video of the Panasonic HC-SC57DB micro Hi-Fi. This was a surprise gadget after winning having a winning entry in a recent monthly mission in the Panasonic Insider Crew. I did have my eyes on this Hi-Fi for a while but hadn’t gotten around to pulling …
Dec 18 2012
Here it is, the unboxing video of the Apple iPad mini! It really came as little surprise with the success of seven inch tablets in the market in the Android space that Apple wanted to get a slice of the action. Coming in at the top end of the seven inch range at 7.9 inches …
Nov 25 2012
As promised, here is the unboxing video for Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 handset – the Lumia 920! Nokia is betting big on Windows Phone. While Nokia seems to have navigated the potential disaster of original Windows Phone 7 devices ultimately being stranded on Windows Phone 7.8 with some incremental updates the refinements incorporated into …
Nov 03 2012
Here it is, potentially one of the most anticipated tablets to hit the market – Microsoft Surface! I ordered this back on 17/10/2012 @ 0930 hours and despite the heavy traffic on the Microsoft Store website I managed to get my order through the gate. I ended up ordering the standard 32GB Surface with black …
Oct 15 2012
Sometimes uploading videos to YouTube can be a bit of a trial in itself. If the video upload is very large and you’re up against a deadline then you need to leave plenty of time to send the file up to YouTube plus contingency should the transfer fail. However, if you didn’t want the video …
Sep 26 2012
Okay, it’s time to blow the old trumpet here 🙂 Last night, the blog racked up its 100,000th visit to the site and 125,000 pageviews since things kicked off on 30/01/2010. That’s not too bad at all given that this started off as a bit of a hobby to help keep me in the swing …
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