Laptops & Tablets

We check out the latest and greatest laptops, ultrabooks, netbooks and tablets. From the desktop replacement through to those as light as ‘Air’

Booq Boa Courier 13″ Review

Booq Boa Courier 13″ Review

I’ve had high praise for pretty much every booq bag I’ve had the pleasure of playing with. The privately held family company somehow manage to get it right and make some of the best laptop and camera bags on the market. So I was delighted that I got a chance…

Griffin MouthStick Stylus: Touchscreen Technology For All

Griffin MouthStick Stylus: Touchscreen Technology For All

The near ubiquity of touchscreen technology is amazing but consider the plight of people who have motor impairments or other disabilities that restrict the use of their hands. Well the folks at Griffin know the importance of keeping technology accessible to as many people as possible and have introduced the…

Chromebook Pixel Review Roundup: Google Goes Premium

Chromebook Pixel Review Roundup: Google Goes Premium

Slowly but surely, Google’s Chrome OS is gaining ground. Chromebooks – cheap, lightweight laptops featuring nothing but the Chrome Web browser – are beginning to sell in significant numbers, and within the last 12 months we’ve seen new models from HP, Lenovo, Acer and Samsung. The Pixel is Google’s attempt…

AirStash A02: Stream Theatre

AirStash A02: Stream Theatre

I’ve just purchased an iPad mini. And in a dramatic break with tradition I didn’t max out on storage space as I have with pretty much every other Apple device I’ve purchased since my first foray into Mac Life in 2003 (with a PowerBook that still boots and gets online)….

Best iPad Mini Keyboard case: Belkin FastFit vs Logitech Ultrathin

Best iPad Mini Keyboard case: Belkin FastFit vs Logitech Ultrathin

Retina display quibbles aside, the iPad mini is maybe the best iPad Apple have made to date and for certain tasks it has been one of our most pleasurable mobile computing experiences in a long long time. But as with all iPads from time to time a physical keyboard would…

Surface Pro – Battery Life Review Round-Up

Surface Pro – Battery Life Review Round-Up

As someone who still carts about a relatively hefty five year old Dell laptop, I’ve been itching to splash out on an Ultrabook or tablet-cum-keyboard for some time now. Initially I thought the Surface RT was the answer, but its lack of compatibility with the large plethora of non-Windows software…

Belkin’s Thunderstorm Handheld Home Theatre: Take your iPad to the movies

Belkin’s Thunderstorm Handheld Home Theatre: Take your iPad to the movies

Despite having splashed out a few years ago on a big telly (the prices of which are now comically low) I watch a lot of content on my iPad. Especially after I discovered that Netflix has all 5 seasons of Friday Night Lights and that my deadlines were “flexible”. But…

Best iPad mini accessories: Neat additions to the iPad’s little brother

Best iPad mini accessories: Neat additions to the iPad’s little brother

So, what do you get for the person who has everything – or at least who has the new iPad mini? Well scratch your heads no longer, for accessory makers have been quick off the mark to bring out some neat additions to the diminutive iconic tablet. Belkin has produced…

Microsoft Surface: Review of reviews

Microsoft Surface: Review of reviews

It may have taken more than a few years for the penny to drop, but finally Microsoft has released its own tablet contender to take on the more established iPad and Android heavyweights. Has Surface, running Windows 8 RT, got what it takes to compete? Many reviewers it seems, have…

iPad Mini review of reviews: Small is better

iPad Mini review of reviews: Small is better

So small is beautiful these days is it? It used to be that 10 inches was considered to be the pocket rocket but frankly that is so last year. 7 inches was the new 10 it seemed for everyone except Apple, whose genius for finding a niche is stuff of…

ASUS’s slew of Windows 8 gadgets: Intuitive and impressive but what about the price?

ASUS’s slew of Windows 8 gadgets: Intuitive and impressive but what about the price?

The run up to Christmas is traditionally a time when the techno manufacturers have a field day in launching and feverishly marketing their latest wares. This year’s pre-festive season gadgetry marketing hype is especially banal as in coinciding with the arrival of the ultra-anticipated Windows 8, means that the gadgets…

nabi 2: Keep your kids off your iPad

nabi 2: Keep your kids off your iPad

Kids’ gadgets often look great, but can offer disappointing results – the kids’ cameras on the market are a prime example – but it looks like the latest tablet designed for the children’s market is taking a leaf out of the books of the people who make devices for the…