Last night, I watched a 10 minute version of Alice in Wonderland filmed in 1903 on my 50-inch TV. It was black and white, and the film – despite having been restored – had obviously been damaged. But watching a movie based on one of the most influential books of all time filmed just eight years after the birth of cinema through my PS3 was an amazing experience. More »
After getting to briefly play with all of the new Windows Phone 7 phones this morning, there was one thing stood out like a Windows 7 shirt in an Apple Store – the handsets were like identical quintuplets. Each handset has a few minor cosmetic differences but from a distance, they all looked exactly the same. More »
Sure, you’ve read the specs of all the little wheels inside the Samsung Galaxy Tab that make it work, but what does it feel like? How does it perform? What does it taste like? I’ve just had a hands on at IFA, and here are the answers to those questions and more. Except the taste one. More »
The biggest question surrounding the introduction of Samsung’s own smartphone operating system Bada is also the most obvious: “Why?” And while Samsung have a pretty predictable response to that question, the real potential for the platform is not in smartphones alone – it’s in the potential to interact with other IT devices like televisions. I tried out an early demo of this exact application yesterday at the Bada developer day in Sydney. More »
This week, like many Australian tech journalists, I scored a little bit of face time with the new Nokia N8 (and some Nokia marketing people as well). Their message was one of optimism, of confidence, of excitement with their new smartphone. But I’m sorry to say that after a short amount of time playing with the phone, that’s not what I was feeling at all. More »
Dell first showed off their five-inch, Android running tablet/smartphone hybrid back at CES. This morning, the guys from Dell Australia gave me the chance to have a play with the device. And I have to say that over the 30 minutes or so I was playing with it, the Streak really grew on me. More »
After spending a bit of time at Sony’s Bravia launch this morning checking out their new range of IPTV TVs, I also managed to have a bit of one-on-one time with their 3D displays. My initial impressions? “Wow!”, closely followed by “Don’t buy 3D yet…” More »
I just spent an hour or so with some of the guys from Sony Computer Entertainment and getting a good, close look at the new PS3 Slim. I know the Interwebs are teeming with photos and videos and impressions, so I figured I’d give you my thoughts in Haiku format. Below the jump, of course! More »
Late last week, Olympus gave me one of their new Pen EP-1 cameras to play around with for the weekend. It was too short a time to really use it enough for a proper review, but it was long enough for me to begin falling in love with the retro-styled snapper. More »
