Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Two OMAP 3430 Phones: Nokia N900 and Motorola Droid


The Motorola Droid continues to be the king of Android devices that include a hardware keyboard, and the smartphone which bore the Android flagship crown for some time before the Nexus One.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Sprint HTC EVO 4G – Vivek’s First Impressions


Friday was a pretty big day for Sprint and HTC, joining up to launch the HTC EVO 4G (codename Supersonic). The EVO is the first mainstream 4G smartphone to launch in the US and runs on Sprint's fledgling 4G WiMAX network.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Acer Ferrari One: An AMD Ultraportable


Ferrari. The name itself evokes images of supercars and racecars bearing the famed prancing horse logo, of glorious V12 exhaust notes, and red.

Oh yes, Rosso Scuderia, quite possibly the most instantly recognizable color in the automotive world.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

AVADirect's Clevo W860CU: Mobility 5870 vs. GTX 285M


One of the benefits of reviewing desktop hardware is the way PCs tend to come together like a combination of Lego bricks. Individual components are typically fairly easy to test against each other, often requiring as little as a simple swap.

Friday, June 11, 2010

ASRock X58 Extreme3: An Enthusiast X58 Motherboard at a Budget Price?


ASRock's current X58 line-up consist of the SuperComputer ($275), Deluxe3 ($225), Deluxe, and the Extreme3's predecessor, the Extreme (AT review, $170).

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Mac OS X Steam Performance: Half Life 2 Episode 2, Still Slower than Windows


Vacations are tough for me to come by. Planning around tradeshows is easy, but planning around unannounced product launches, new driver releases, bugs and unexpected discoveries is impossible.

Last year I threw a dart at the calendar and told myself I was taking 10 days off in May and thankfully, there wasn’t too much that was announced while I was gone.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Computex 2010: New ASUS Notebooks


ASUS has launched its fourth generation Eee PC netbooks, the Eee PC 1018, 1016 and 1015. They will all offer 10.1” displays in a slightly different chassis.