Despite the fact that the age of film photography is long gone, never to return, it's nice to see that, from time to time, some of the world's most important digital camera manufacturers come up with a product that brings back that age, at least in terms of design. This is exactly what Olympus has done with its Pen E-P1 digital camera, a rangefinder reminiscent of the original half-frame film Pen models, which were extremely popular products back in the 60's through mid-80's.Now, even if you're no pro photographers, you'll be immediately struck by the retro, yet refined and elegant look of the E-P1, which certa... [read more >>] Without a doubt the gaming industry has become the main force behind the rapid advancement of today's computing technology. Gaming is no longer just pure fun and games or accessories are no longer made by gamers for gamers. Gaming has become an industry, with numerous accessories and games with budgets that would make any Hollywood motion picture cry. Yet again beyond the shadow of a doubt is the fact that one of the most successful companies in the gaming accessories industry is Razer. With products ranging from gaming surfaces to gaming audio, accessories, mice, keyboards or other types of gear, Razer definitely has all bases covered... [read more >>] As some of you might remember, back when we reviewed Sony's NWZ-S739F Walkman player, we considered it one of the best media players we had ever come across. And while that statement remains true, we can honestly say that the subject of this particular review, namely the OLED touchscreen-equipped Sony Walkman NWZ-X1050 portable multimedia player, really manages to up the ante, providing a host of advanced features including superior noise canceling, Internet browsing capabilities via the built-in Wi-Fi module, more entertainment-related options, but also, unfortunately, a lower battery life.Launched back in May 2009, the X series was d... [read more >>] Over time, we've managed to get our hands on a fairly large number of Mio products and we were able to thoroughly test for ourselves what the company's GPS personal navigation devices were able to achieve. Plus, after enjoying a hands-on experience with the new Spirit interface a while ago, we were quite curious to see just how the new Moov line (the S Series) would behave when used extensively. Out of all the new models that will come equipped with the Spirit interface, we've had the chance to test the top-range one (at least in terms of dimensions), namely the Moov S760, whose size makes it a very good choice for people ri... [read more >>] The market for Flash-based Solid State Drives has matured significantly over the course of the last years, as new technologies have enabled increased performance and capacity as well as better pricing policies and reliability, when compared to some of the initial models. SSDs are becoming more and more an alternative for computer users looking to boost their system's performance, taking advantage of the read and write specifications of these compact and energy-efficient storage solutions. On that note, there are a number of SSD products out there and more to come along the way, providing users with new alternatives for boosting their s... [read more >>] We live in an ultra-connected world, where the previously strictly-enforced boundaries between various types of products are starting to slowly melt away. After all, we're seeing a lot of products endowed with all sorts of extra features and functions that push a lot further their levels of functionality being developed and launched, especially in the area of portable and communication devices. This applies especially well in the area of mobile phones in general and smartphones in particulars, these tiny handhelds now providing a very large number of Internet-related functions, starting from browsing capabilities and going up to e-mai... [read more >>] NVIDIA's ION platform has been making the headlines since late last year, when the Santa Clara, California-based chip maker initially showcased its reference design. We were lucky enough to see the first NVIDIA ION-based nettop in action round about the time the company displayed the product for the first time, but we were anxiously waiting for the first consumer products to hit the market. That came when Acer unveiled its highly anticipated Aspire Revo nettop, a small-sized desktop computer system designed to incorporate Intel's Atom processor alongside NVIDIA's GeForce motherboard GPU. We got to review the Aspire Revo earli... [read more >>] Although the younger generations have rarely heard about anything but the iPod as far as portable multimedia playback is concerned, people who were enjoying their teen years back in the 80's and 90's will surely remember Sony's portable Walkman players, which were coveted by pretty much everyone back then, or at least by those who wanted to enjoy their music wherever they might have gone.However, times and technology evolved, and the age of the portable cassette player passed, with the portable MP3 player (and later on, portable media player) becoming the true ruler in this segment. Unfortunately, Sony never managed to attain... [read more >>] Although DSLRs are the more “glamorous” digital cameras available out there (at least from the point of view of most photographers), the truth of the matter is that compact digicams, designed specifically for mainstream photographers, represent the bulk of sales for a big number of manufacturers. After all, there are a lot more people out there looking for a small, affordable and ultra-portable camera that can take good-quality photos and shoot videos for later uploading to YouTube rather than aspiring photographers in search of a device that will allow them to unleash the artist within.Given this situation, it's no wonder ... [read more >>] Although portable speakers have never managed to really become hugely popular, due mainly to the fact that most people would rather have full portable audio systems (typically, able to deliver a higher level of audio quality), they've enjoyed enough market share in order to stick around, with several companies being quite active in the development of new products of this type. However, given the fact that there were already too many players competing on this otherwise not particularly huge segment, some startups decided to tackle this whole concept from a very different point of view, which would allow them to create products that wer... 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