With my time over at IFA for 2018, I have selected my favourite products of the year in no particular order. There were a lot of highlights this year, and I may do another post to point out honourable mentions. One trend that was obvious during MWC 2018 earlier in the year was it all…
Dell has been busy with announcing products at Gamescom 2018, then immediately after releasing more products at IFA 2018. Along with the below announcements, Dell had on show several of their new Alienware PCs which feature the latest Nvidia RTX 2080 graphics cards. Launch highlights include: New Inspiron 5000 and 7000 laptops and 2-in-1s elevate…
During IFA this year we have seen a surprising number of phone releases with the two notable ones being the Huawei Mate 20 lite and Honor Play. While they are technically owned by the same company there seems to be a growing divide between the two brands and both of these phones make for an interesting comparison as…
It may come as no surprise that Huawei has developed their own smart speaker, named the AI Cube, however they have at least added some unique features not found on any other device in this niche. The new AI Cube has a 4G LTE Cat 6 300Mbps router built into it meaning that it can…
Similar to last years IFA Huawei have announced their new flagship system on chip that will be available on the new Mate 20 phones that should launch a month from now. The Kirin 980 brings some impressive improvements from the previous 970, and during our briefing, some exciting comparisons were made between the Kirin 980…
Huawei has decided to release the Lite version of their new Mate 20 phone before the main phones this year teasing us about the possible design and specification of the new flagship. The new wallet-friendly phone comes with many high-end features with its dual front camera system being particularly appealing to the selfie generation. The…
I have high hopes that Casio will release a Wear OS based smartwatch that will eat at the market share of the multi-sports watch industry dominated by Garmin. The announcement of the WSD-F30 PRO TREK isn’t quite that watch but it is a step in the right direction and based on the specification something was would still…
The Level 20 Series by Thermaltake commemorates 20 years of dedication to the PC industry and the range offers ultra-premium build quality, unique looks and an exceptional array of features. The Thermaltake Level 20 GT has been the best full tower case I have ever used, and the Level 20 XT puts most of the…
Depending on where you live your exposure to robberies will vary greatly. With continued cuts to the police force, it may come as no surprise that robbery offences were up by 29% across the UK in 2017. Most people I know do not take-home security very seriously, at best they just lock their doors, and…
IFA starts next week and we will likely see some amazing new consumer technology. There are several big events being held with Sony and Samsung having something scheduled on 30th August and Huawei on the 31st. The Huawei event will almost certainly be the announcement of the new Kirin 980 SoC which will be the processor behind…
Having come away from the Acer Swift 7 review impressed, I have now moved to the more affordable Swift 5. With this model Acer target the problem of portability again, but at a different angle. Rather than being ultra slim the Swift 5 is one of the lightest laptops in the world weighing just 970g…
AVM the company behind the excellent range of FRITZ!Box routers have finally entered the mesh Wi-Fi market. Unlike competing brands such as the Netgear Orbi or the Linksys Velop, AVM is not releasing a separate router specialising in this, rather they are updating existing models to be compatible with the standard. FRITZ!OS 7 is the new router operating…