In Part 4 we looked at a €399 AMD Fusion-based Lenovo S205. Through a number of video editing software tests I managed to get an acceptable 720p rendering speed out of the device which would be OK for short projects. For 480p output, it was good though.  In this article I’m taking it up a notch in processing power to an Intel ‘Sandy Bridge’ based 13 inch laptop. It’s the lightweight Samsung 900X3A and given the right software, it’s proving to be a fantastic machine for 720p editing, rendering and […]

Though it showed up on the web back in March, the Droid 3 has finally received the official treatment. The phone will make it’s debut on July 14th on Verizon for $199 w/ contract or with an upgrade. Let’s dig into the specs, shall we: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS 4-inch capacitive touchscreen (Gorilla Glass) ‘qHD’ display @ 960×540 Sliding 5-row QWERTY keyboard Dual-core CPU @ 1GHz 8MP rear-camera capable of 1080p record and playback (through HDMI-out) 16GB built-in memory MicroSD card slot supporting up to 32GB cards World Phone – […]

Though it showed up on the web back in March, the Droid 3 has finally received the official treatment. The phone will make it’s debut on July 14th on Verizon for $199 w/ contract or with an upgrade. Let’s dig into the specs, shall we: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS 4-inch capacitive touchscreen (Gorilla Glass) ‘qHD’ display @ 960×540 Sliding 5-row QWERTY keyboard Dual-core CPU @ 1GHz 8MP rear-camera capable of 1080p record and playback (through HDMI-out) 16GB built-in memory MicroSD card slot supporting up to 32GB cards World Phone – […]

As a mark of respect to my readers that live in the public web domain (i.e. are not in Google Plus yet) and trust that I write openly for the internet, I’ve decided to refrain from using Google Plus until it becomes a public service. Yes, you can read my public postings but you can’t read my ‘restricted’ postings and that’s not what I intend to do as a blogger, connector and communicator. It came to me yesterday when I was talking to a local friend and respected mobile video […]

I keep reading articles that talk about Ultrabooks being an alternative to tablets and I think some misunderstanding has crept into common thought. Yes, there was a mention of ‘tablets’ when Intel talked about Ultrabooks but they weren’t referring to the tablet marketplace, they were simply referring to features. Consumer tablets offer some excellent advantages over the laptop. Not only in the mobile form factor but in the software. Features like always-on, touch user interfaces, long battery life, sensors and more. What Ultrabooks are aiming to do is to look […]

The HP TouchPad has hit the streets and the reviews are in… and they’re mixed. After reading through a number of reviews, here are a few of the things I’m seeing repeated: Sub-par performance the TouchPad’s 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060 should have the oomph to compete with contemporary tablets, but it sounds like applications are running sluggishly, which is likely a combination of developers getting used to the platform and the software lacking a few years of optimization that has been seen on Android and iOS. Auto-rotation responsiveness is a […]

Just over a month ago AMD announced their tablet-focused Z-01 APU, a dual-core APU focused at the Windows Tablet market. On-stage at the announcement was MSI showing off the Windpad 110W. We’ve seen a video and had a taster of the specs and hints about the price but today we’re able to bring you something more official. Remember the MSI Windpad 110W has the 1280×800 screen and integrated mouse pointer, 32GB SSD, HD decoder (via the 6250M graphics,) 2GB of RAM and Windows 7 Home Premium A well balanced feature […]

I, like many others, believe that Windows 8 will re-enable the pocket productivity market and lift us out of this strange consumer-focused mobile mess we’re in at the moment and get us back to a place where we have ultra mobile PC choices for our mobile, flexible working practices and scenarios. Marketing, social networking, price wars and tablet fever are getting in the way of what many people want productivity in the pocket. I love Android and IOS of course but I’m not letting that change my opinion that there […]