Archive for the ‘HardWare’ Category

With social network integration, VOIP, and a plug-in architecture, Yahoo's IM client is one of the richest around. Full story

The Garmin nüvi 3790T, with its glass capacitive touch screen and gorgeous map graphics, shows that the standalone GPS category is far from dead. Full story

The Archos 3cam vision has a touch screen, shoots photos and video, and does a lot of things a $100 MP3 player typically can't. Full story

The Samsung Smiley SGH-T359 isn't bad for a budget messaging device, but T-Mobile has several better handsets that each cost just a few bucks more. Full story

Android's original wireless carrier finally gets an Android super-phone to call its own. Full story

The Samsung Captivate delivers Android super-phone power to AT&T subscribers. Full story

Designwise, the iHome iP49 has the makings of the perfect portable iPod dock, but audio performance is just so-so and alarm features are lacking. Full story

Image Courtesy Toshiba Desktop replacement laptops used to be priced well above $1000 because of the high performance components that were placed into them. As mobile parts have become more powerful and prices have come down, companies like Toshiba can offer 17-inch laptops that offer good performance for under $1000. Toshiba even manages ... Full story

Image Courtesy Velocity Micro Velocity Micro has been in business for some time and they have kept their product names similar through the years. The NoteMagix M17 Ultra is their 17-inch laptop that is designed for general purpose users. I have reviewed the systems in the past and they always seemed ... Full story

Systemax PCs are most directly related to TigerDirect. Both of these companies are owned by a parent company called Systemax. TigerDirect is used to sell the Systemax PC line of computers in addition to other computer products. They offer systems with some pretty strong features for extremely reasonable prices. The question is, can they also provide a strong level of support for those systems? Find ... Full story