Reviews

Sigma 120-300mm ‘Sports’ lens review: slow focus, impressive range

The newest lens from Sigma marks the start of the company’s “Sports” line of lenses. This is the Sigma 120-300mm F2.8 DG OS HSM…

Sony Xperia J review: no small wonder

Sony’s Xperia J is getting on a bit, but it’s still a part of the new Xperia family, some of which I really like….

Four months on, we roast the Galaxy Note 8

I’m a bit scientific-minded, me, so I like to do things scientific-like. So I took the Samsung Note 8 tablaphonelet and made some telephone…

Waka Waka solar powered charger review: fun in the sun

Gadgets are delightful and bring so much more to our lives than simple convenience. Take the weirdly named, US$89 Waka Waka for instance. Here’s a…

System Monitor review: Android’s best stat app

This article won’t matter to many of you, however, to the fellow nerds it will appeal to, I could not recommend System Monitor fervently…

Gadget review: Samsung Galaxy S4 [video]

The Galaxy S4 is a hard phone to like, but that’s exactly what Gearburn editor Steven Norris did. With great power, comes greater mobile…

Netsurfer Dual Tablet review: thrifty Android goodness

Change is a constant in the gadget world. Devices get larger and thinner, operating system become more user-friendly and our wallets become just a…

Logitech Wireless Mini Mouse — smaller than a baby otter

I barely felt it move in my pocket. A tiny red nugget, the Logitech Wireless Mini Mouse (M187) isn’t the best mouse in the…

The Toshiba Portégé R380-10R – the beast within

The Toshiba Portégé R380-10R is the first “Ultrabook” (I use inverted commas because the term sickens me) I’ve managed to lay my hands on….

Olympus Tough TG-810 — Can a camera make you rugged?

I walked into the editorial office a few days ago, just after a fresh gadget delivery. “Here,” said one of my colleagues, “We’ve got…

Review: Nokia Lumia 800 – Achingly beautiful

Writing this review was emotional. I became deeply pensive, and at one stage called my mom to tell her that I love her and…

Logitech Wireless Touchpad: reinventing the wheel

Who ever thought that turning a mouse on its belly and rubbing its little rubber nubbin would be preferable to standard mouse control? The…

App of the Week: Puzzlejuice

This week I take a look at Puzzlejuice, a brand new puzzle game for iOS that will, as the developers say, punch your brain…

The Gobii 12MP camera turns you into an ‘almost pro’

A little while ago I sat with the Gobii 12MP camera box on my desk, about to open it and thinking to myself how…

Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro — unforgettable it ain’t

When I first got my hands on the Xperia Pro, I thought I was going to be pondering the merits of a slide-out keyboard…

DStv Walka — Plastic fantastic

It feels cheap, the sound quality is dire, and the signal is rarely clear. But hell, I love the DSTV Walka. It’s compact, low-res…

Not a Review: Gobii digital photo frame

Most of us need a digital photo frame like we need a hole in the head. In the era of flat panel TVs to…

First impressions — Windows 8 Developer Preview

When you have been using multiple versions of Windows over a two decade period, it’s not difficult to write an unbiased review about Windows…

Review: LG Flatron IPS 236V

Sleek, black curved edges melding into a clear Perspex strip designed to house a single light. A bespoke amber arm, sitting off-centre, joins the…

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