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EDITORIAL & HIGHLIGHTS The Outdoors Issue ›› September 2011

16 11 17 Climb aboard the tech bus ometimes you’ll wait ages for a bus and then several come Salong at once, and this was indeed the case for big tech » Features news in August. The mighty Google bought Motorola Mobility to strengthen its patent portfolio (see p7), while HP admitted Tech Outdoors defeat by calling an end to its WebOS-based TouchPad tablet, With spring officially arriving we’ve rounded-up all before we here in SA could even get a sniff of it (we lament its the best running and outdoor gadgets to put a bounce 11 premature departure on p25). In the same announcement HP back in your step. Come on summer! also stated that they might consider full separation of its Personal Systems Group (PSG), which includes their notebooks and desktop PCs, through spin-off or other » Tablets transaction. If all this was not enough, one of the business world’s most prominent CEOs, Steve Jobs, called an end to his The latest Tablets amazing tenure at Apple’s helm, now serving as chairman of Looking for a tablet? Don’t miss our reviews of three of the board of directors (see p3). the latest 10" Android tablets hitting the SA market. 16 With all the hard news out of the way, our Outdoor issue is Read more about Asus’ Slider, the Motorola Xoom and all about finding the best gear to take on the great outdoors Samsung’s hot Galaxy Tab 10.1 write here. this spring. Winter felt way too long and I for one cannot wait to get back into the sun. » Competition Enjoy the issue, Mike ([email protected]) Kaspersky & Microsoft We have three copies of Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 featuring hybrid protection to give away, and if 17 you’re not lucky there how about winning an amazing Samsung Omnia 7 running Windows Phone 7?

» Gadgets Garmin Forerunner 610 We take the new Forerunner 610 GPS training watch for a run to test out its all new touchscreen capabilities. How 21 well did it perform? Read here to find out.

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NEWS TOP TECH TITBITS Google munches Motorola HP drops TouchPad, might spin Apple CEO Steve Mobility off PC division Jobs resigns

oogle stunned the industry when it P dropped a bombshell of its own s the chief executive officer of one Gannounced that it will be acquiring Hwhen it announced that it was Aof the most successful technology Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in discontinuing its TouchPad tablet line companies in the world, Steve Jobs’ order to “Supercharge Android, and webOS-based smartphones. This resignation from Apple helped to make enhance competition, and offer follows a poor adoption rate in the US, August one of the big IT news months wonderful user experiences”. The despite a $100 price cut on the device. of the year. However, Jobs will stay on purchase is motivated by Google’s In the same announcement, the in the company, to serve as chairman desire to strengthen its patent company confirmed that it was of the board, director and “Apple portfolio, in order to shield it against considering a full or partial separation of employee”. He quickly urged the board lawsuits from the likes of Apple and the Personal Systems Group division, to name Tim Cook as his successor Microsoft (see more on p9). Google which encompasses consumer PCs and CEO of Apple, which it has. CEO and co-founder Larry Page mobile computing devices. This has left In an open letter, Jobs stated: “I explained that Motorola will be run as a many industry commentators without have always said if there ever came a separate business and that the Google immediate answers to why HP would do day when I could no longer meet my would continue to work with other this, seeing that HP is the number one duties and expectations as Apple’s hardware partners who have based notebook manufacturer in the world. CEO, I would be the first to let you their phones on the Android platform. The separation is far from a done deal know. Unfortunately, that day has

$100. Special bargain price on the HP TouchPad to get rid of stock. $100. Special bargain price on the HP TouchPad (bit.ly/googorola) though. (bit.ly/touchgone) come.”

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Asus Republic of Gamers MARS II GPU sus calls this Alimited edition graphics processing unit, the “world’s Razer fastest, most powerful Switchblade graphics card”. With portable gaming PC good reason seeing that f you’re enthusiastic combines twin Nvidia GeForce Iabout portable gaming, GTX 580 GPUs and sports a massive then no doubt you’ve heard about 3 GB of GDDR5 video memory. the Nintendo 3DS and the Sony PSP No.1 on our Xmas 2011 wish Vita. How about the Razer Switchblade? list, no RRP or release date The device, which is based on an Intel is available yet. Atom processor and is currently in Sony 3D DEV-3 development, features a multi-touch 7" and DEV-5 Sony screen, a dynamic tactile keyboard, and binoculars Handycam 3D an intelligent user interface that adjusts ometimes HDR-TD10 the configuration Scatching a atching and key layout on- glimpse of that Wmovies the-fly based on elusive bird or in 3D and game content member of the big five playing and user happens so fast, that there stereoscopic games is one thing, requirements. may not be time to reach for the camera taking 3D home movies and making bag. Enter Sony’s new DEV-3 and DEV-5 your own 3D masterpieces is quite binoculars, the world’s first digital another. Sony’s HD 3D Camcorder binoculars with full HD (1080p, AVCHD enables you to switch between recording 2.0 format) video recording and a 3D movies in 1920 x 1080 in 3D or full high mode. It’s out in November in the US for definition 2D, while 3D content can also the pricey sums of $1400 and $2000 be previewed on the camcorder’s LCD (approximately R10 000 and R14 420) screen. It retails for $1500 (R10 800). respectively. No local release date is available yet. 3

SCI NEWS ECO NEWS Sci News

Twist and turn Coffee break A drop in the ocean he perfect golf swing is all in the hips. ell-tale signs of your coffee break he Earth was a suffocating place about TAnd the shoulders it seems, with a Tmay soon be a thing of the past, say T2.3 billion years ago. But a paper in a study that recently appeared in the physicists in a recent article in the recent issue of the Proceedings of the Journal of Applied Biomechanics, showing journal, Nature. Paper stains from, for National Academy of Sciences, says that the pros have got it down to a tee. example, spilt coffee are caused by the oxygen may have been around 300 million Scientists recorded three-dimensional shape of the particles suspended in the years earlier. Spurred by earlier findings of images of a group of pro golfers’ as well fluid drops. By systematically stretching fossilised traces of chemicals called as amateurs’ swings. Analyses showed perfectly round particles suspended in sterols, which contain oxygen, scientists that the pros all tilted their shoulders to a water, the researchers showed that grew yeast cells under two different similar degree, displayed a similar degree more oblong particles tend to cling to conditions. Without oxygen available, the of twist relative to the shoulder tilt and one another because of strong yeast happily took up sterols from the exerted similar peak turning force when attraction forces. The oblong shape culture medium. But when tiny amounts hitting the ball – which they all did really prevents the particles from flowing of oxygen were introduced, the cells well. Amateurs, though, displayed a evenly to the edge of the water drop. started to make their own sterols. The much more variable style and, not As the water evaporates, they thus get results suggest that as blue-green algae surprisingly, clubbed the ball with less stuck on the paper. A drop of soap slowly got the hang of photosynthetically force. The study shows that the added to the mix, however, broke the producing oxygen, other oxygen- combination of the correct shoulder tilt, surface tension of the water drops and dependent organisms immediately used it. hip swing and turning force is the key to allowed even evaporation of the fluid, The eventual oxygen spike thus occurred golfing success, while simultaneously leaving no stains behind. The findings only once more colonies of the blue-green minimising injury risk. may be useful for printing and painting algae caught on, leading to an oversupply techniques. of the life-giving gas. Lucky for us. [LP] » More hot science IBM produces first ‘brain chips’: The case for parallel universes: Aliens may destroy humanity to protect bbc.in/iwantbrain bit.ly/morethan1 other civilisations: bit.ly/spareme

Eco News

Nashua Mobile saves paper, Ford & SunPower join forces Philips winner of L Prize plants trees on green car tech competition ashua Mobile launched an initiative in ord and SunPower have teamed up ast month the US Department of NSeptember 2008 via which they Fto provide a high-efficiency rooftop LEnergy announced that Philips Lighting hoped to get their clients to convert to solar system, providing Focus Electric North America has won the 60-watt electronic billing. The company car owners with enough renewable replacement bulb category of the Bright committed to donating R10 to Food & energy production, to offset the energy Tomorrow Lighting Prize (L Prize) Trees for Africa (FTFA) for every used for charging. The 2.5 kilowatt competition. The Department of Energy’s L customer that opted to receive electronic SunPower system will produce an Prize challenged the lighting industry to bills as opposed to printed paper bills. estimated 3000 kilowatt hours of develop high performance, energy-saving Nashua Mobile has now revealed that electricity per year and employs high- replacements for conventional light bulbs, due to the success of this project FTFA efficiency solar panels that generate which will save American consumers and has already been able to plant over 7278 around 50% more electricity than businesses money. Philips’ replacement trees across South Africa, as well as to conventional panels and also utilises bulb holds the potential for massive power train and pay stipends to 146 less roof space. savings, because if every 60-watt unemployed people within disadvantaged It was sized to accommodate a incandescent bulb in the States was communities. With their latest cheque of customer that drives approximately. replaced with the 10-watt L Prize winner, R383 480, FTFA will be able to plant a 1600 km per month. The cost of having then the American nation’s power savings further 4262 trees across the country, a green charging solution for your eco- would amount to a whopping 35 terawatt- bringing the total number of trees friendly car comes at a high cost hours of electricity or $3.9 billion annually, planted to 11 540. though, with a base price of just under as well as avoiding 20 million metric tons $10 000 (almost R72 000). of carbon emissions. » Other interesting eco news Discarded alligator fat can be converted Get ready for planting season in SA. One hour of TV = 22 minutes less life.

20% – 30%. Amount of battery life that will be gained on the new LG Optimus Sol by energy efficiency features. 20% – 30%. Amount of battery life that will be gained on the new LG into biodiesel. http://cnet.co/fatallig www.plantingseason.co.za http://bit.ly/killertv 5

INTERVIEWS Interview: Megan Nicholas, TS: You have two really solid the Atrix offerings – the Xoom on the smartphone is Country Director, tablet side (see p17 for also available on review) and the Atrix on the the Xoom on smartphone side. Are you the Android Motorola Mobility happy with these? 2.1 platform part from being purchased by MN: I am, but don’t forget we [this allows for a have other phones coming up. The virtual Windows AGoogle, Motorola Mobility lower-end Android, the Motorola desktop]. You also launched the Atrix smartphone and Fire, will retail for about R1700 have USB host Xoom tablet locally. We talked to and is a QWERTY touch phone. support, so you can There is also a higher-end connect the device to an Megan Nicholas to discuss these external USB flash disk. interesting developments. TS: The Atrix smartphone seems to be a few steps ahead of the competition. Tell us more. TechSmart (TS): Did you expect the Google purchase of Motorola Ability? Megan Nicholas (MN): No, it was a complete surprise for us. Super AMOLED 720p display. Super AMOLED 720p display. The Motorola Atrix docked in the Lapdock to form a notebook.

TS: How has the SA QWERTY touch – the more solid MN: The main driver will be the HD market taken to Motorola Pro with a bigger screen. Multimedia Dock with which you can Android? connect to a TV. For the man on the MN: The SA TS: A number of other tablets are running street it’s easy to use. The notebook market doesn’t the Tegra 2 processor, just like the Xoom. dock is suitable for the corporate know a lot about What is the differentiating factor? market. Companies are looking to put Android, so it’s an education process. MN: We future proofed the device their field marketing agents on the Worldwide, Android has a 50% market making it MicroSD card ready, so you Lapdock, since with this you can dock share – two years ago it was next to can go add all the way up to 32 GB of your smartphone in the Lapdock, do full nothing. We are sitting on 6-8% and we extra storage. The Webtop software with reporting on it like a regular notebook will follow this trend. which you can go on to Citrix that is on and send orders immediately.

Interview: Rob Orr, are new Facebook browsing communication to the next level. capabilities; while the new Liquid TS: Why do you think BlackBerry is so Vice President for Product Graphics user interface is also onboard. popular here in SA? The 9360 also offers improvements in RO: The things that make BlackBerry Management, the form of an 800 are BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) MHz processor – the and further enhanced Research In fastest on a Curve messaging capabilities. yet, a new display BlackBerry has brought resolution of 480 x smartphone technology to a Motion 360 pixels, GPS, new segment, and for many Wi-Fi, memory it’s their first experience on he new BlackBerry Curve 9360 improved to 512 the internet. Furthermore it’s MB and a sleek cost effective and cost Thas been released internationally backlit keyboard. controlled. and is a lot sleeker (11 mm) and faster (800 MHz processor) than its TS: What are you TS: Tell us a bit more about most excited about in BBM 6. older Curve brothers. We talked to the new Curve RO: BBM 6 takes the Rob Orr, vice president for Product models? messaging experience and RO: There are lots, enhances it. For example the Management at Research In but if I have to pick I developers have worked on Motion, about the new features. would say the design. the chat user interface, you The Curve range has can post your status on always been very BBM, allow friends to join TechSmart (TS): So approachable and for games and access new what’s important many it’s their first content and services on the new smartphone straight from BBM. We BlackBerry Curve experience. Our have 67 million BlackBerry 9360? industrial designers users, with 50 million BBM Rob Orr (RO): I have done a marvelous users, across the globe would say three job and the Curve’s right now. BlackBerry is main things. We name is now reflected in growing in a number of are bringing the its design, with a curved emerging markets, such new BlackBerry 7 slope on the front and as Venezuela and Dubai, operating system back. The new BlackBerry but also, for example, in to the Curve Curve 9360 takes the the prepaid sector in the UK

Reported specs for Google’s Nexus Prime smartphone: 1.5 GHz dual core CPU, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 1 GB RAM and a 4.65" Nexus Prime smartphone: 1.5 GHz dual core CPU, specs for Google’s Reported franchise; there hardware, software and and the Netherlands. 7

THE BIG ISSUE MOBILE APPS ANDROID PATENT WAR With a leading market share in the burgeoning smartphone market and 500 000 handsets acvated THE BIG each day, Google’s Android operang system (OS) seems unstoppable. But now its growth is sﬂed by a number of companies claiming copyright infringement on patents used in the popular OS.

he Google patent war has HTC, in regards to campaign against Android by Microsoft, Tsteadily gathered steam, with patents relating to user Oracle, Apple and other companies, legal battles being fought on many interface, design and waged through bogus patents [lawsuits].” fronts. Redmond-based software hardware. giant, Microsoft, started its Googorola is born systematic “sign patent agreement or The quest to find a Now it seems Google has played its trump get sued” campaign against many an patent lawsuit shield card with the announcement that it will be Android original equipment manufacturer In order to protect its acquiring Motorola Mobility for $12.5 (OEM). According to reports, the partners from Android billion. “Our acquisition of Motorola will company is receiving a lovely $5 for patent lawsuits Google needed to secure increase competition by strengthening every HTC device being sold and is a wealth of patents under its patent Google’s patent portfolio, which will currently making more money off portfolio, so it started shopping around. A enable us to better protect Android from Android than it is off its own Windows half-hearted bid ($900 million) for Nortel anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Phone OS. Network’s patent portfolio of over 6000 Apple and other companies,” Google CEO Another Silicone Valley heavyweight, patents and patent applications failed. and co-founder, Larry Page, explained. Oracle, sued Google stating that Android Instead it was claimed by an alliance of, Many questions can be posed as a “knowingly, directly and repeatedly amongst others, Apple, Ericsson, result of this deal, including whether the infringed” on its Java-related intellectual Microsoft, Research In Motion and Sony Motorola patent portfolio is strong enough property (latest is that Google might be whose winning bid was five times as and if all manufacturers using Android are willing to settle with Oracle). This while much ($4.5 billion). In the meantime, still equal. The more pertinent question the biggest fish in the tech company Google purchased over 1000 of IBM’s for us though is what could Google have pond, Apple, started waging its own large patents and also took the contentious come up with for Android, if it spent $12.5 scale battles with the biggest Android patents war issue into the PR arena, billion on its development rather than smartphone maker Samsung as well as stating that there’s “a hostile, organised defending Android from lawsuits? [HD]

Need to go somewhere? Just take out your smartphone ›› Nokia and Google update their map applications

GPS navigation received a boost the quickest and most For Android over the past several weeks in the environmentally- After a long wait efficient route. Nokia South Africans are form of a new update for Nokia Maps traffic includes now also privy to Maps as well as Google Maps updates on congestion, Google Maps Navigation (Beta) being made road closures, road Navigation (Beta) available for South Africa. works and other traffic for Android running incidents, colour- smartphones or coding roads as red, tablets. Google amber or green Maps Navigation is depending on traffic an internet- flow. The maps connected GPS software comes pre- navigation or loaded on all Nokia ‘satnav’ system, smartphones, and which provides provides free turn-by- turn-by-turn voice turn voice guided navigation, while the driving directions traffic service is available on all touch as a free feature of Google Maps. The Symbian smartphones. update followed Google’s Nokia South Africa’s Patrick Henchie announcement last month that it had explained that Nokia Maps included released Google Maps 5.9, adding voice okia South Africa’s latest update to 100% coverage of the road network and ringtone notifications for Transit NNokia Maps, version six, which will (554 239 km), with speed limits for Navigation (beta) as well as adding run on a range of Nokia touchscreen major roads and lane guidance for all support for tablets, while bubble phones, including the 5230, N97, N97 motorways. Along with walk navigation, buttons are making a reappearance, mini, N8, C7 and C601, is a free which is available for Joburg and Cape helping to add call and navigate buttons download that is available from the Ovi Town, Nokia Maps for desktop on the main map. Transit Navigation for store or as a software update within the (http://maps.nokia.com) has also been public transport employs GPS to existing Nokia maps application. The updated and now includes photo- determine a user’s current location company explained that the latest realistic 3D imaging of Cape Town, along their route and then alerts them update shows people real-time traffic amongst other major global cities, such when it’s time to get off the bus or

52%. Percentage of the US smartphone market belong to Android. 11% BlackBerry OS’s share of the market. belong to Android. 11% BlackBerry OS’s of the US smartphone market 52%. Percentage conditions, enabling users to pre-plan as San Francisco. train. [RN] 9

FEATURE Puma Vibram Fiveﬁngers Bikila LS Tech Running Complete If Hobbits had the need for Trailfox 4 running shoes When it we’re quite Great gear comes to sure it would the great look a bit like outdoors, you this. Vibram don’t want to started the for that PB suffer due to “barefoot” running craze inadequate trail which has now taken the t’s time to shake off that winter running shoes. Puma’s Trailfox range has running world by storm. Their new Bikila Ifat and hit the road again. Luckily built up quite a reputation over the past LS’s closed quick lace system makes sure few years, with the new Complete different foot types fit comfortably, and there’s some excellent tech-ﬁlled Trailfox 4 looking set to continue in this apart from looking unlike any other running gear to get you up and running in tradition. With ldCELL cushioning for shoe, the Vibrams can also be no time. improved shock absorption, directional machine washed. R1499. lugs to help with footing and a forefoot frame for added support, there’s no trail Nike+ SportWatch GPS this shoe can’t tackle. R1199. powered by TomTom Working in conjunction with Nike Vapor Flash jacket the Nike+ sensor (although Remaining visible at all not needed), the Nike+ times is the name of the SportWatch GPS tracks not only road safety game while distance, pace and time, but now also running. Nike’s new maps your route thanks to help from the Vapor Flash jacket has a folks at TomTom. Once done you download reflective laminated face data to your PC via the included USB that ensures 360- connection. This cheeky timepiece gives degrees of visibility in little run reminders, while also low-light conditions. And congratulating you for a hard worked while one side is highly visible, the personal best. Unfortunately we’ll have to jacket can also be reversed to be worn wait until February 2012 for a local debut. when not sweating on the road. It costs a pretty penny though, retailing at R2999 Also check out the the Garmin Forerunner in Nike stores only. 610 on p21.

ten metres, freezeproof to minus ten models have received a The great tech degrees Celcius and shockproof from performance upgrade in heights of up to 1.5 metres. The camera the form of 2nd outdoors further features full HD (1080p) video generation Intel Core and includes a built-in GPS, electronic i5 vPro processors. compass and integrated world This should add even Must have map, enabling users to faster performance, geotag their images with the CF-31 for and track their route example boasting a 13.1" when exploring. high brightness LCD (1200 nits) outdoor and battery life of between thirteen and Bear Grylls twenty hours. Most importantly it’s dust Survival Kit and water resistant and has passed a The name Bear drop-shock free fall test up to 1.3 meters. gadgets Grylls is Call Vanessa on 011-313-1492 or synonymous with [email protected]. pring has sprung and if you’re survival under extreme conditions. Therefore when he Motorola Defy+ Sheading to the great outdoors, endorses a survival kit, you know it’s The Motorola Defy+ the following tech gear is going to be worth taking notice of. The smartphone is the go-to essential. Bear Grylls Survival Kit contains a Gerber device when you want a miniature multi-tool, miniature light, phone that’s water hand saw, signaling mirror and number of resistant, scratch resistant Nikon other survivor essentials that is a must in and dust proof. It features Coolpix case of outdoor emergency. R649 from the same life-proof design AW100 The G.A.D.G.E.T. Shop. of the Motorola Defy (our If cameras www.thegadgetshop.co.za review: bit.ly/defymoto), were people, but comes with a 1 GHz the Nikon Panasonic Toughbook processor that the runs 25% quicker than Coolpix Panasonic’s Toughbook range are built for its predecessor’s 800 MHz Cortex-A8 AW100 camera would be the adventurer outdoor abuse and its line-up includes processor. Additionally, it comes pre- you read about in National Geographic fully rugged, semi-rugged and business loaded with a CardioTrainer application, who is bushwacking through the Amazon, rugged notebooks that are designed to which no doubt trail runners and joggers barefoot. This 16 megapixel camera work in extreme conditions or less than will find a use for. We might just see a

58%. Increase in the number of people in the US watching TV online. 58%. Increase in the number of people US watching boasts a 5x zoom and is waterproof to ideal situations. The latest fully rugged spring release for this phone. [RN]

SMARTPHONES Nokia E6 ›› Business savvy touch-and-type experience

Before unveiling its compare well to other first Windows Phone smartphones featuring CPU speeds of 1 GHz, 7 OS powered with top of the line smartphone, Nokia models sporting dual- seems content to core chips. That said, the continue with E6’s battery life is much better than the usual one Symbian-operating day fare, lasting well mobile devices such over two days. Also as the new E6. It runs onboard is 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity, support for the new Symbian USB flash drives, Anna OS, which Bluetooth 3.0 and an sports some under eight megapixel camera the hood and that has a dual-LED flash and HD-ready (720p) cosmetic improvements. video recording. Nokia’s E6 par with modern rivals such as Android boasts a solid 8 GB of internal memory okia’s E6 comes with a very grip- and and iOS. Symbian Anna sports a fresh that can be boosted by adding a microSD Npocket-friendly (115.5 x 59 x 10.5 look and the ability to have five home- card of up to 32 GB. mm) design, with an easy-on-the-fingers screens with faster movement between QWERTY keyboard. Besides the keyboard, them due to real-time scrolling. You lack Conclusion the smartphone features a 2.46" the OS customisation levels of rivals Nokia’s E6 makes for a decent offering, capacitive touch-screen boasting a VGA including Android though, and whilst retailing for R4499, which nets you a free (640 x 480 pixels) resolution that packs accessing functionality is simple, the car charger, leather pouch and a handy more pixels per inch (328 ppi) than the same convoluted menu structure windscreen dock for when you employ iPhone 4’s superb Retina Display (326 characterised by other Symbian versions Ovi Maps to guide you whilst driving. ppi). It translates to photos, websites and remains. Symbian Anna is a much needed upgrade video looking very good indeed. to Symbian^3 and looks a little more Features modern too, but still doesn’t rival iOS or Symbian Anna Keeping things running smoothly is a 680 Android. [HD] The E6 runs on Symbian Anna with which MHz ARM 11 CPU, but we did experience Nokia hopes to bring its mobile OS on instances of occasional lag. It does not Full review: bit.ly/NokiaE6review

HTC Desire S ›› Compactly capable

There is a certain level of quality the best apps arrangement in the same slot that holds the battery in place. we have come to expect from HTC, business and intuitive accessibility to Additionally, the 3.7" screen, while numerous functions, all while retaining capturing its fair share of fingerprints, is and picking up the Desire S Android’s familiarity. bright, clear, and offers up saturated and conveys this at first touch. vivid colours that made the most of the Performance Desire S’s screen size. General phone navigation is fast and he Desire S is somehow compact and fluid, thanks in no small part to the 1 GHz Features Tsizable enough at the same time, with CPU, which is joined by 768 MB of RAM While it may not be enough to stand alone a reassuring weight and slight heft that and 1.1 GB of internal storage. Of course, as a feature, for those who tend to browse renders it neither overly heavy nor this can be expanded with a microSD the internet on their smartphone, the unpleasantly bulky. However, it’s what slot, which is neatly hidden beneath the Desire S’s does boast the ability to reflow happens when you turn on a device text from websites to fill the screen. For (using a thankfully slightly raised any screen smaller than the 4" mark, this power button on the top) that makes a considerable difference, that, matters, and on this count, the when paired with the bright screen, made Desire S does not disappoint. a bit of internet surfing on the Desire S HTC has opted to include the that much more feasible. Beyond the latest version of Android’s basic functionality, which the Desire S handles beautifully, it also has a few other “The phone is features on offer. Along with its VGA front facing camera for video calling, the somehow compact Desire S is also home to a five megapixel colour camera, with a flawless auto- and sizable enough focus and LED flash as well as 720p at the same time.” video recording. Gingerbread (2.3.3), and Conclusion overlay this with it Sense (2.1) The Desire S is another sought after interface. At this point, HTC smartphone in HTC’s lineup that we knows what it’s doing with battled to find fault with, that offers Sense, and on the Desire S it a slick interface in a compact yet shows. The Sense interface flies ‘big enough’ package. It retails for

5.3 billion. Mobile subscribers around the globe, 77% of total global population. between integrated social feeds, R4988. [RN] 13

HARDWARE Asus G74Sx ›› This beast is a beauty

Make no mistake, Asus’ G74Sx is GTX 560M with a massive 3 GB and one USB 3.0, a Blu-ray player and dedicated video memory, full 1080p high for more extreme performance, one a beast in size, in performance definition and a screen resolution of touch overclocking. and in price. 1920 x 1080 was apparently not enough for Asus. It needed to ensure the Conclusion notebook was really cutting edge, and At a battery life of around two and a half he G74Sx’s all black exterior may not this it has accomplished with the built-in hours, it would be reasonable to expect Tscream high performance notebook stereoscopic (3D) 17.3" display. The 3D the power brick to be constantly close as loudly as some other gaming option is there and it does work, by. However, this matters little, as the notebooks of its ilk, but it has plenty of provided you don’t mind wearing 3D G74Sx seems to be built for the gaming enthusiast who does not want to settle for anything less than optimal “It came as little surprise that it delivered some of the performance. It retails for a hefty best benchmarking scores we’ve ever recorded.” R26 999. [RN]

computing muscle in its stead. At 4.28 glasses, which require power from one of kg, the G74Sx is not a notebook that the notebook’s USB ports. Either way, you would ever venture to try balance on our test game, Crysis 2, with all the your lap for extended periods of time, settings turned to maximum, looked rather, it’s more akin to a high spectacular and played smoothly on the performance car for gaming. It seems to G74S’s crisp and clear screen both with lend itself to serving as an ideal LAN or and without 3D turned on. gaming notebook when you want to slay the most demanding of games and Everything else applications. Along with one terabyte (1000 GB) of hard drive space, the notebook further See me roar boasts a full sized keyboard and notepad The G74S packs an Intel Sandy Bridge with a generously size trackpad, Core i7 (2630 QM) processor, and a both of which whopping 16 GB of DDR3 RAM. It came were as little surprise that it delivered some of comfortable to the best benchmarking scores we’ve use. This ever recorded. accompanies Wi-Fi However, running on an Nvidia GeForce (802.11n), an HDMI port, three USB 2.0

Samsung Series 9 900X ›› Thin, light and powerful

The Samsung 900X notebook is impressive battery life of between five to regular motorised hard disk. An auto- wafer-thin and light enough to six and a half hours before requiring a sensing backlit keyboard, that visit to the charger. The 13.3" screen, automatically lit up as the environment carry just about anywhere, but which boasted 16 million colours, a solid in which it was being used became still manages to pack some 1366 x 768 resolution and a good 400 darker, gave just the right amount of impressive features. nit brightness, was sharp and clear. light to make finding the keys easy. However, the fact that the trackpad’s Feature packed mouse-buttons are also sensitive to espite being thin and light at 1.31 kg Most notable was the notebook’s quick touch can make it difficult to operate. Dand measuring 327.6 (width) x 227 response time, taking under 20 seconds While lacking an optical drive, several (depth) x 15.7 mm (height), the 900X is to boot up from a powered down state ports were hidden behind two flaps on nonetheless solid enough, thanks to its and, if in a sleep state, waking in an the sides of the notebook. These Duralumin cover. More impressive included a micro SD slot, a 3.5 mm importantly, the reduction in three seconds. headphones jack and one USB 2.0 as weight hasn’t come at the This was due well as a mini Ethernet, mini HDMI and a expense of performance. in part, to USB 3.0 port. Instead of a brick sized the 900X’s charger, the 900X’s mini charger is a big “The 900X takes respectable benefit when travelling, making the 128 GB system truly portable. under 20 seconds solid state to boot up from a drive Conclusion instead Despite the touchpad issues, the 900X powered down of a hit just about every note. The bright screen, solid yet light build, illuminated state.” keyboard and quick boot times were some of our Performance outstanding features, and Apart from looking extremely stylish, made the 900X a superb the 900X ran smoothly on an Intel thin and light notebook. It Sandy Bridge Core i5 CPU (1.5 GHz), retails for a pricey with 4 GB of memory on the 64-bit R14 000. [RN] Windows 7 Home edition. For a thin-and- light unit it ran quietly and produced Full review:

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The wise say tablets are for media but unlike a full sized notebook the Armed with a Tegra 2 processor and consumption, not media creation. Slider’s keyboard comes across a bit 1 GB of RAM, the Asus Eee Pad Slider Asus’ Slider tablet with slide-out cramped. Once you know how, the SL101 is equal in power to other 10" keyboard is easy to slip out, while at the Android devices in market, but with the QWERTY keyboard begs to differ. same time it tilts the screen allowing for big plus of an included slide-out a more comfortable viewing angle. keyboard. If you’re going to take lots of here are loads of 10’ Android tablets The added keyboard does come with notes, write emails or create the odd Tin market, each offering pretty much a downside, as it adds considerable document, you should seriously the same with slight variations here and weight and size to the device. It pulls consider the Slider. Our model was Wi-Fi there. Asus’ Slider SL101 is the first one the scales at 960 g, while its only with 16 GB of space. It retails for that really brings something different to competitors range between 595 g on R5999 and comes with a nice the table. This of course in the form of a the Samsung 10.1 to 765 g on the pouch. [MJ] very useful slide-out QWERTY keyboard Acer Iconia A500. that went a long way in impressing us. Ports galore Now with keyboard Another stand-out feature of Typing on a tablet can be an awkward the Asus Slider is the amount experience, which can be made a lot of ports found on the unit. more comfortable by either a stand that The added keyboard allowed raises the screen into a more Asus to include both a full comfortable position, or a separate USB 2.0 port and a stand-alone keyboard. Asus’ slide-out microSD card slot, while “Another stand-out feature of the Asus Slider is the amount of ports found on the unit.” smart 94%. Percentage of respondents in a survey of 1100 tablet buyers who considered the iPad to be their device of choice. offering is slightly superior, since the a mini keyboard is always attached and HDMI surprisingly comfortable to work on. port can also Comfortable can be a relative term, be found, although you TOP PRODUCT since compared to typing on glass it’s would have to bring your own AWARD both more responsive and a lot easier, HDMI cable to this tablet party.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 ›› Thinnest 10.1" tablet by far

Samsung has launched its latest performance didn’t disappoint. We performed equally as brilliantly. Our salvo in the tablet wars with a experienced no lag when navigating browsing experience was similarly through the Honeycomb 3.1 interface, impressive. Multi-touch, opening and 10.1" Honeycomb device that is while performing common tasks and managing multiple tabs worked the thinnest and lightest to date. opening and closing applications were flawlessly, making zooming into pages equally as responsive. Playback of and navigating between multiple tabs a or starters, the Galaxy Tab 10.1’s 1080p full high definition video on the pleasure. Fmost noticeable differentiator is its device was a sight to behold. Simply With Wi-Fi 802.11n, the Tab 8.6 mm thinness and low weight of put, video, which renders at 30 fps, maintained a strong and stable 595 g. Despite its solid construction and looks awesome on the Tab. connection to our wireless router, while its 10.1" size (almost half an inch larger Additionally, as a somewhat portable its battery gave us up to ten hours than the iPad 2’s 9.7"), the Galaxy Tab gaming device, the Galaxy Tab depending on our usage pattern. While the Tab does have a three megapixel “The race for the definitive Android tablet is far from rear camera and a two megapixel front camera for video-calling, it over, but with the Galaxy Tab 10.1, there is a clear disappointingly does not have a slot for contender of what an adding external storage. Android tablet can be.” Conclusion The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is not perfect proved to be neither ungainly nor (a lack of additional ports being overtly heavy. one) – but it is close enough to Equally as important, the Galaxy make it a superb, impressive tablet. Tab 10.1’s screen was excellent, The race for the definitive Android offering deep blacks, superb contrast tablet is far from over, but with the and vivid colours at a WXGA 1280 x Galaxy Tab 10.1, there is a clear 800 resolution that coped admirably contender of what an Android tablet with direct light. However, its glossy can be. The 32 GB Wi-Fi and 3G coating did readily attract fingerprint version, which is at present the only and necessitated constant cleaning. model available, retails for R7500. [RN] A real performer With an Nvidia Tegra 1 GHz dual- Full review: core processor, Galaxy Tab 10.1’s bit.ly/samtab10

16 TABLETS Motorola Xoom MZ601 ›› Room to Xoom

While it seems as though almost such as YouTube, Google Maps and the While we wish that the 10.1" WXGA every manufacturer is rolling out occasional game and handled browsing (1280x 800) screen would have been a the internet and opening multiple tabs bit brighter at its maximum setting, and its version of an Android without a hitch. No Android tablet matched the Galaxy Tab 10.1’s, it was Honeycomb tablet of late, it would though can match the smooth nonetheless adequate enough to be be easy to forget that Motorola’s experience of the iPad. comfortable to read and view. XOOM was actually the world’s “Its anodized aluminum Features and foibles first Honeycomb tablet. The sound on the XOOM is excellent, composition lends it a offering, crisp, loud, clear sound even at n its surface the XOOM is actually the 50% mark. With a five megapixel Oquite attractive, with its black solid, even rugged, feel.” rear and two megapixel front facing screen and silver accents around camera, HD 720p playback, up to ten three quarters of its diameter, and hours battery life and 802.11n Wi-Fi, while it’s also on the thicker and the XOOM has all the right features for a heavier side at 708 g, its anodized tablet of its class. The one minor aluminum composition lends it a annoyance was the placement of the solid, even rugged, feel. Most power button on the back of the device notably, the XOOM’s 32 GB capacity is next to the left speaker. accompanied by both an onboard microSD slot and micro USB port, Conclusion which is something that some other Since the Motorola XOOM’s global Honeycomb tablets (like Samsung’s release, we have seen the likes of the 10.1) still inexplicably lack. Acer Iconia A500, Asus Transformer and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, which Performance means that the XOOM has a fair As we have come to expect from 10.1" amount of competition now. While tablets, the XOOM boasts the Tegra 2 1 its build and obvious quality is GHz dual-core processor, which coped commendable, we suspect that the as well as expected with all the general next generation of XOOM’s will tasks we could throw at it. It provided need something extra to smooth transitions between pages when differentiate it more or help it stay navigating, responsive pinch to zoom ahead of the tablet pack. It retails and it blistered through applications for R6599. [RN]

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DIGITAL CAMERAS Olympus Tough TG-310 ›› When the going gets tough

The Olympus Tough legacy is quite make the TG-310 waterproof (up to 3 m) count of 280 000 compares unfavourably a mean one – build a rock solid with most of the buttons rubberized and with say for example the Canon G12’s the battery/SD card slot securely locking 461 000. With no optical viewfinder camera that can roll with the via a two-step process. Although it’s not present you’re dependent on the LCD punches and make it as user- necessarily a feature that South Africans screen at the back to view whatever friendly as possible. The latest would make use of that often, the Tough you’re shooting and when doing so addition to the range, the TG-310, will continue to work in sub-zero images are simply not displayed crisp temperatures of up to -10°C, so enough. This makes composition a is no exception – providing rugged remember that when you’re up for a frustrating experience, since only when good looks in quite a small body. skiing holiday in Lesotho. playing back images will your pics display sharply. For such a rugged camera the But why so small? size of the buttons is also a slight ou know from the start that the 14.5 One of the biggest problems we concern with a number of them a bit too Ymegapixel Olympus Tough TG-310 is experienced with the camera was the small. It’s especially the dainty power not your usual little compact, seeing that LCD screen at the back. Its 2.7" screen button that needs attention and we it looks rock solid. According to Olympus size is pretty much standard, but its pixel preferred the design on the it can survive drops from 1.5 m, which is previous TG-3000, but luckily the shutter button is nice and “We’ll actually bet that it large. can survive a good Final word Despite this the Tough distance more since its impressed with a number of features, such as interesting build quality exudes filter effects and HDMI out, confidence.” making an appearance, while 720p video recording is also typically what most cameras are included. Whether your subjected to at least once during the vacations consist of trips to the course of their lifetime. We’ll actually mountains, bush, sea or bet that it can survive a good desert, the Olympus Tough TG- distance more since its build quality 310 makes for the perfect exudes confidence. Olympus went travelling companion. It retails to a great deal of trouble to also for about R2099. [MJ]

Canon IXUS 310 HS ›› Ergonomic ease

While we love and turn to our number of buttons or dials to set the light, fish eye effect, monochrome, super smartphone camera as much as the camera’s functions. That task is left to vivid and slow motion movie, amongst the 3.2" touchscreen which covers the others. Apertures on offer range in ½ next photographer when a quick back of the camera. The screen, which is stop increments from f2 to f8, while and casual snap is called for, no doubt one of the camera’s most shutter speed range incrementally from there’s still something to be said for striking features, serves triple duty as 15 seconds to 1/1000 of a second. an ergonomic, solid and dedicated viewfinder, the screen from which to Additionally, the IXUS, which records to check one’s photos and control panel for SD cards, offers an impressive 24 mm compact camera. Canon’s IXUS 310 the camera’s functions. focal length at its widest zoom range, HS is exactly that. motion tracking, several auto-focus Feature set options and most notably, full (1080p) Functions are a plenty, with the high-definition video. he IXUS is styled such that it seems abundance of modes on offer including Tto slide and rest comfortably in one’s Program mode, Aperture Priority, Shutter Quality hand, as if daring you not to cradle the priority, portrait, high speed burst, In terms of the quality of the images camera’s noticeably curved and pleasing handheld nightscene, low themselves, the IXUS produced shape. On the front of the body, only consistent and above average results, in a variety of lighting conditions, including “The screen, which is indoor, low light, outdoor, with or without flash and at various ISO no doubt amongst the settings, of which the IXUS goes up to 3200. Additionally, the modes – camera’s most striking and their in camera processing – features, serves triple worked as advertised, offering a number of no fuss creative options. duty” Conclusion the 4.4 x optical zoom lens and flash For a mid-range compact camera, are noticeable, while the top of the the IXUS was a pleasure to hold, to camera is almost as minimalistic, use and to photograph with, with just a power button, full HD offered an abundance of easily switch, zoom and shutter release. accessible features and produced Indeed, the one thing you won’t find impressive images. It has an RRP

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