reviews

Games

Ear Force X41 Review

3:00AM Mark Wilson | The Ear Force X4 was a rare and wonderful product, the only Xbox 360 wireless surround-sound headset to integrate voice chat smoothly into the mix. Now the sequel, the Earforce X41, is even better. More »
GPS

Review: Pioneer AVIC-F10BT In-Dash Satnav System

3:47PM Nick Broughall | Earlier this week, the guys at Pioneer let me drive around in one of their cars for a couple of days to test out the AVIC-F10BT in-dash satnav entertainment system. And now that I’ve tasted the supple delights of the AVIC, my own car’s stereo system seems old and tired, like a Hollywood starlet who’s let herself go. My satnav – once the pride and joy of my glovebox – now seems clunky and cumbersome. If I could, I’d take my car and the AVIC system to Vegas and get them hitched, because the simple fact is that they belong together. More »
Computers

Benchmarked: The QuadCore i7 iMac Is Super Fast

6:00AM Brian Lam and Don Nguyen | Our iMac review included a 3.06GHz Core2Duo chip inside, but we received the top of the line iMac housing the more promising 2.8GHz Core i7 processor. Do more cores make up for lower clock speeds? Yes. Often 2-3 times. More »
Phones

Samsung Behold II Non-Review: Oh God, The Ugly

9:40AM Matt Buchanan | Samsung’s Behold II is the most impressively ugly Android phone in existence. The custom interface is so bad, so gaudy and so confusing it turned my brains into ooze. More »
Gadgets

Chumby One Review: Totally Frivolous, But Totally Adorable

2:00PM Dan Nosowitz | The new Chumby One model ditches the old beanbag casing for a retro TV–inspired look and slashes the price, though the internals are unchanged. It remains a pretty frivolous gadget yet I can’t help really liking it. More »
Games

Mad Catz MW2 Throat Mic, Controller Review (Xbox 360)

9:40AM Mark Wilson | Madcatz has two new Xbox 360 peripherals out to compliment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, a controller with mappable buttons and a badass throat mic. I actually like them both. More »
Cameras

Lightning Review: JVC PICSIO Video Camera

1:30PM Nick Broughall | Compact HD video cameras are all the rage at the moment, and JVC’s entry, the PICSIO GC-FM1, promises 1080p recording, image stabilisation and 8MP still photos from a small, shiny device. More »
Cameras

Nikon s1000pj Projector Camera Review

8:55AM John Herrman | I don’t think we’ve written a single story about the s1000pj without making fun of it somehow, and now I feel bad. Yes, a projector-camera is still a patently ridiculous piece of hardware, but I’m kinda crazy about it. More »
Computers

Nokia Booklet 3G Review

6:00AM Mark Wilson | The Nokia Booklet 3G is one of the nicest netbooks you can buy, and it aspires to be a 10-inch MacBook Pro. But it’s still just a netbook and therein lies the problem. More »