News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
News, Reviews and more from Australia's Macintosh Authority
The MacCase Premium Leather Flight Jacket for the MacBook and MacBook Air is as much a style choice as a functional one.
Anthony Caruana | Nov 8, 2008
HP's iPaq 912c promises plenty but doesn't quite hit the spot.
Anthony Caruana | Oct 8, 2008
The Centro looks like another in the long line of Treo smartphones although, at 54mm wide, it's a little narrower and consequently easier to hold than its Treo forebears. There's the familiar Palm QWERTY keyboard sitting below a very nice 320x320 display. Typically, entry-level smartphones skimp on the screen but Palm has delivered an excellent touchscreen with good colour depth and brightness. However, will any of that be enough to counter the comin iPhone onslaught?
Anthony Caruana | Jun 17, 2008
HTC has more mobile devices in its range than you can poke a stick at — 19 at the time of writing. In other words, it has the entire market covered and offers a smartphone solution for just about everyone. However, why it needs so many is a bit of mystery as one model — the Touch Cruise — seems to tick most of the boxes smartphone users would have on their shopping list. HTC's customisation aids its usability and it packs plenty of features. Mac users will need to factor in extra costs for a memory card and — as it's a Windows Mobile device — sync software.
Anthony Caruana | May 20, 2008
The Asus Eee PC might have a funny name but it's a great little computer. At a tick over 900g, it's small and light enough to pop into just about any bag. As an ultra-compact system it does plenty although it has some limitations. On the hardware side, the Eee PC is robust and ready to go at a moment's notice. By eschewing a spinning hard disk and using 4GB of flash memory it's able to save on power and deliver a lightning-fast start-up time. The installed applications, including the Open Office Suite, launched quickly and typical actions like launching and saving documents never kept us waiting. The 7-inch display runs at 800x480, which is adequate, and there's a VGA output for connecting a screen or projector. When a computer is shrunk to this size, one thing that does suffer is data input. The Eee PC's keyboard sports a full set of keys, although I found that the reduced size of the keys lead to numerous errors. Once I’d tapped in a couple of hundred words (the equivalent of a short letter), my error rate dropped. There's a touchpad for controlling the mouse pointer but no buttons — clicking involves tapping on the pad.
Anthony Caruana | Feb 14, 2008
O2 has bucked the trend of ever-shrinking smartphones with the XDAFlame. Weighing in at a hefty 190g it manages to pack in a VGA screenpowered by the 3D NVIDIA GoForce 5500. In fact, the multimediacapability is a real highlight and even supports output to a TV via a3.5mm port.
Anthony Caruana | Dec 22, 2007
The HTC Touch runs Windows Mobile 6, the most recent version of Redmond’s mobile OS.
Anthony Caruana | Dec 10, 2007
Myvu has announced that its Crystal video goggles now work with the iPhone. The Crystal glasses require a new cable which costs $US24.95.
