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Computing

LG G-Slate Hands-On: All The Features But Still Empty-Feeling

On paper, LG’s G-Slate (or Optimus Pad, in Europe), should convince me to finally buy a tablet. It’s running Android Honeycomb – check! Dual-core Tegra 2 chipset – check! 3D camera for video and photo trickery – check! So why did my experience with it just leave me… kinda chilly?

February 10, 2011
Mobile

The HP Veer Is Probably Too Tiny To Use For Normal Humans

The HP Veer is what I imagine would happen if you gave children the right to vote. It is tiny. The keyboard looks like a keyboard you would find on a keyboard replica of a smartphone that you attach to your regular smartphone as a mobile phone charm. Surprisingly you can still type relatively well on it, provided you don’t have sausage fingers.

Computing

HP’s TouchPad Tablet Looks Great, But Feels Slow

It might be because the actual release is half a year away, in early summer, but the impression we got when playing with the HP TouchPad was that it was slow. Not incredibly slow, but compared to, say, the Motorola Xoom or an iPad, you’ll notice slight delays between your touch and things actually moving around.

January 8, 2011
Gaming

Hands-On With The Ion Audio iCade: Buttons Fit For Mashing

I’m not good at video games. And while I don’t even attempt to figure out most of today’s crazy-ass console games, I can certainly appreciate some old school arcade-style button mashing. Ion Audio’s iCade brings that familiar satisfaction to your iPad.

Computing

Lenovo’s U1 Hybrid Hands On: Don’t Fool Me Twice

I’m having deja vu. I’ve definitely done this before. Except this time, when I try out the Lenovo U1 Hybrid, most of last year’s lingering doubts have been replaced by anticipation.

January 7, 2011
Computing

Using The Moto Atrix Notebook-Slash-Smartphone

The Atrix is a pretty great phone by itself – two 1GHz cores and 1GB of RAM makes things speedy – but it’s even more useful when you dock it into their laptop for heavy duty computering.

Gadgets

What Using Casio’s Wireless Watch Of The Future Is Like

Well, it’s definitely a prototype. But after a proper groping, we’re more excited than ever about Casio’s new Bluetooth watch of the future.

October 22, 2010
Mobile

Lightning Review: Isaiah Mustafa’s Windows Phone 7 Walkthrough

Gizmodo AU

The other night Mr Old Spice Guy himself, Isaiah Mustafa, gave me a run through of Windows Phone 7. Here’s what I thought of his performance.

October 21, 2010
Computing

First Impressions Of The New MacBook Airs

The new MacBook Airs are slimmer, snappier and better suited to cutting cheese than ever. Here’s what people are saying about actually using them.

October 13, 2010

How It Feels To Use Sony’s First Google TV

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Sony’s Internet TVs are here, and we are live at their debut with hands on. So how does it feel to use the world’s first Google TV-powered HDTV?

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