Yikes – today I slept in. By that, I mean I didn’t get up until 7:45am. Now I feel all disoriented and off schedule.
Today’s tech reviews are a bunch of hardware pieces and a few other things. Have a good day, everyone.
Applesac 13” MacBook Sleeve by Colcasac
Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/review/applesac-13-macbook-sleeve-by-colcasac/
Review Blurb: “Fortunately for me, I received a new laptop sleeve from Colcasac called the Applesac, designed specifically for my 13” MacBook. This sleeve is very model specific, so when I say 13” MacBook I mean 13” MacBook. You’ll be hard pressed to get anything else in this thing with such a precise fit. But for those who use said laptop as their machine of choice, read on for info about a pretty slick product.”
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How Stuff Works – Cell Phone Towers
Link: http://www.testfreaks.com/blog/information/how-stuff-works-cell-phone-towers/
Article Blurb: “There is an object near you right now that is extremely technical. Maybe it’s in your pocket, or in a holster on your belt. Perhaps sitting on your desk, or in your purse. It could even be in your hand, showing you these words right now. It’s lurking with you everywhere you go, and the invisible signals that make it work are pummeling your body from every direction millions of times per day. It is a marvel of human invention, and has used its power to change the daily lives of modern people. It is (bum bum BUM!) a cell phone”
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Cooler Master Storm Sentinel Advance & CS-M FPS Tactics Pad
Review Blurb: “I know my first mouse was a simple two-button, beige, loud clicking monster from days long ago. As time progressed from roller-balls to optical mice, things vastly improved, not only for movement, but no longer was the need to constantly remove hair from the roller ball. While optical sensing was a huge leap in mouse technology, Lasers sure stole the show. Along with all the internal technological advances, the exteriors have also come a long way from the square, beige mouse I had for my Commodore 64.”
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Chillblast Fusion Switchblade
Link: http://www.xsreviews.co.uk/reviews/other-products/chillblast-fusion-switchblade/
Review Blurb: “While the majority of readers of sites like this will be builders of their own PCs, there are some of you that will always consider purchasing a pre-built one. The reasons for doing so are multitudinous. Not only do you get a professionally built unit, but you get a nice fat warranty and in the case of many, a guaranteed functioning overclock without the need for all that tweaking and testing.”
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ASUS F50Sv
Link: http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Notebooks/ASUS-F50Sv.html
Review Blurb: “Today’s insatiable notebook market can always make room for another new model, and ASUS is producing new models almost on weekly bases. This time we present you model from ASUS Versatile Performance series (or, for rest of us something in between gaming and multimedia): F50Sv. Interesting and modern design, quality build and very decent performances are main characteristic or this model.”
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Evercool Transformer 4 CPU Cooler
Link: http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7687&Itemid=40
Review Blurb: “The Evercool Transformer 4 is a large tower heatpipe cooler which is similar to some others that we’ve taken a look at in the past, however the Transformer 4 comes with 2 120mm fans which are designed to achieve a balance of high performance cooling while remaining nice and quiet. “
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Zalman GS1000 Plus Tower Case
Link: http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7664&Itemid=40
Review Blurb: “It’s been a little over a year since we looked at a case from Zalman. In fact, the last case we looked at was the precursor to the case we have on the bench today – the GS1000 Plus. Last August we looked at the GS1000 case and found the overall design and layout to be quite good, but it did lack in a few areas. Today we are looking at the new and hopefully improved GS1000 Plus case. This case supports up to E-ATX motherboards, has nice aluminum side panels and can support some of the longest PCIe graphics cards available. It has pretty good ventilation, a bottom mounted PSU and supports six Hard Drives – 3 of which are hot-swap SATA. This case is also tool-less and you’ll only need a screwdriver to strap your PSU onto the PSU bracket and install your motherboard. Once that is done, basic hardware swapping is easy as cake (pie is harder than you’d think).”
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GIGABYTE Radeon HD 5870 Graphics Card in CrossFire X
Review Blurb: “As our third retail HD 5870 rolled into the labs it was time to check out CrossFire X. Some may wonder what CrossFire X is. Well, it’s like CrossFire, but with an X. On a serious note, though, in a single GPU setup it means we’re going to be dealing with three cards today. If you’re packing a dual GPU setup it tends to mean you’re dealing with four GPUs which is something we intend to attack when the HD 5870 X2 shows up on our door step.”
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Smartphone App Stores Compared
Link: http://news.digitaltrends.com/feature/143/smartphone-app-stores-compared
Article Blurb: “If a building is only as good as its foundation, then a smartphone is only as good as its app store. Even as manufacturers continue to stack their handsets with YouTube support, instant messaging, and other essentials right out of the box, the features just don’t add up to the amount of capability a phone can take on in the hands of the right developers: You name it, a good smartphone can do it.”
