There are three things that strike you as you take HTC’s new flagship Android smartphone, the One X, out of its box. The first is how big the screen is; the second how thin and light it is for such a large phone; and, the third, how gorgeous its curved design looks. In the 130g HTC
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The Ultrabook wave is growing rapidly, with every major manufacturer now offering an ultra-portable range of thin and lightweight laptops with potent processors and the speed benefits offered by solid-state drives. Dell’s latest foray into the Ultrabook market is in its XPS range. With it, the US computer manufacturer
Pitched as an “SA-inspired” tablet, the first generation of Wise Touch Tablets are meant as a budget alternative to high-end tablets. The tablets offer preinstalled localised content and are intended for educational applications. The biggest selling point of the Wise tablet is its price. At R2 100 for the Wi-Fi-only
When people are asked to think of a hybrid vehicle, the first name that invariably pops into their heads is Toyota’s iconic Prius. But the Japanese carmaker is intent on making full hybrids — cars that can run solely on a battery-powered motor or a petrol engine or a combination of both — available across its range
Though Huawei isn’t a newcomer to SA, it’s only really begun to get traction in smartphones this year. It’s best known for its budget handsets but the Chinese company is also looking to tackle the top-end of the market. One of its first attempts is the U8860 “Honor”, a smartphone with a feature-phone price tag
When Samsung sent us its Series 7 Slate tablet PC to review a couple of weeks ago, we couldn’t resist the temptation to ditch Windows 7 from its 128GB solid-state drive and install the consumer preview of Windows 8. After all, Windows 8 is designed from the ground up as a tablet-friendly operating system
It’s all too easy to get wrapped up in the latest top-end devices with their multiple cores and mega-megapixel cameras. For the bulk of consumers, budget smartphones are a far more exciting prospect. Korean electronics company LG’s Optimus L3 is just such a device, offering great functionality at a low price
The Asha 303 is the flagship handset in Nokia’s feature-phone range and, considering its diminutive price and attractive design, it’s likely to do rather well with its target markets: the youth and those in emerging markets who want functionality without an enormous
The global tablet market is still dominated by Apple’s iPad, but there are two gaps that Huawei, and other manufacturers such as Amazon.com and Samsung, are looking to fill: the sub-10-inch tablet and budget markets. With the MediaPad, Huawei hopes to address
Android tablets may be improving and Windows 8 slates are on the horizon. But there’s still only one real game in town in the tablet computer market: Apple’s iconic iPad. The new one — the third generation, but don’t call it the iPad 3 — ups the bar to which Apple’s rivals are going to have to measure up